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Bfonswicfc Fttf Club. 
The- annulal tneeting of the Brunswick Fur Cjub was held at 
Barre, Mass., on Jan. 17, 1898, Vice-President Dennison in the 
chair. 
The reports of the secretary and treasurer, were read and ac- 
cepted. O. W. Bennett, R. S. Cook and Porter Cleveland were 
elected to honorary membership and J. H. Van Dorn to active 
membershij). 
The election of officefs 16t 189S restjlted in the choice of O. F. 
.loslin. President; L,. C. Dennison. A. B. F. TCinney. C. L. Wel- 
lington, Vice-Presidents: A. B. McGregor, M. F. H. Bradford 
S. Turpin, Secretary; W. A. Bragdon. Treasurer; A. F. Joslin, 
Dr. A. C. Heffenger, L. E. Conant, L. H. Parsons, George E. 
Carr, Executive Committee; J. H. Van Dorn, Delegate to the 
A. K. C. 
It was voted to give a sptcra"! prize oi $10 at the TSTew Ybrlc 
7uid Boston shows for the hest Arnerican foxhound. Tt was 
voted to hohi tne field trials during the week of Oct. 17, and it was 
announceo that Dr. HefFenger would give a hunting medal, Mr. 
Parsons a Derby medal and Mr. Joslin a speed and driving medal, 
as special prizes at the trials. 
^The following committees were appointed: On Field Trial 
Grounds, R. D. Pcrrv. .S. Decatur and Solomon Bennett: C)n 
Field Trial Judges, W. A. Bragdon. A. B. F. Kinney, H. A. 
Stetson: On Membership, H. j. Given, George E. Carr. Ad- 
journed. BRADFORn S. TUBPIN, Sec'vn 
POINTS AND FLUSHES. 
The famous pointer bitch Maid of Kent, owned hv 
the Charlottesville Field Trial Kennels, died recenth' 
from an attack of brain trouble, the symptoms being 
those of violent insanity. The attack came on suddenly 
when Mr. Buckle was returning with her from field 
work. Death soon followed. Fortunately as anything 
could be where there was so much loss, two puppies 
were saved from her last litter by Tippoo. She was 
about eight or nine years old. In her field trial days she 
was one of the best pointers that ever entered a compe- 
tition or a day's work to the gun. She gave Antonio a 
close contest for first in the four-hour stake at Lexington. 
N. C, some years ago. and there were several witnesses 
who thought her Avork the better. All in all, she con- 
tributed much toward gaining the esteem of the public 
for the modern pointer, and was a living testimonial of 
the skill of the breeders. 
Secretary James L. Little, of the N. E. Kennel Club, 
writes: "Will you please, through the columns of your 
paper, suggest to dogmen that we should like photos of 
some of their best dogs for publication in Boston dailies, 
at the same time calling attention to the fact that name 
of owner, name of dog. registered ntunber, if any, and 
winnings should accompany same. Mr. H. W. Lacy, 
of Boston, has been decided upon as the judge for black 
and tan terriers at our coming show." 
The following extract from a letter from Mr. Thomas 
Johnson gives information of the serious loss .which he 
has suffered in his kennel interests, and for which he has 
our sympathies: "You will be sorry to hear that poor 
old Pitti Sing was suffocated with two others yesterday. 
My kennelman put a number of dogs together the even- 
ing previous in their kennel boxes, and the night being 
extremely cold he placed saclcs over the apertures to 
keep the dogs Avann. The consequence was they were 
stifled and three were found dead. One Avas my best 
young black setter. The other was a very promising 
young pointer, the result of a cross from Alberta Joe 
and a blood sister of Mr. Dexter's celebrated India. Mr. 
Dexter was, with me, anxious to cross Alberta Joe on 
old Rip Rap stock, so kindly presented me with Indiana, 
aboA^e mentioned. I Avas also looking forward with 
inuch interest to rearing another litter the coming sum- 
mer from old Sing. This seems rather visionary Avhen 
you remember that her daughter Avon the Irish Field 
Trials elcA^en years ago, and second in the National 
trials the same year. Old Sing's achievements are noAV 
almost ancient history, yet the day before her death she 
was more sprightly than Ipts of dogs three years old, 
luTt nil desperandum." 
Mr. Vero Shaw, in his pleasant reminiscences of his 
recent visit to_ America, published in the Stock-Keeper 
(Eng.), has this to say concerning the benching of dogs 
in America, his criticism being evoked by observing the 
manner of benching at the Brooklyn shovr: "1 can offer 
no opinion upon the open black cockers and some other 
classes, as, owing to an abominable custom Avhich prc- 
A^ails in America, all the dogs of each oAvner can be 
benched together, and in the case of these dogs they 
Avere so completely jumbled up Avhen I Avent round to 
take final notes, that I could make nothing of them. 
Surely, if only for the sake of the public, Avho pay dol- 
lars at the doors, and who naturally desire to be able to 
distinguish the dogs, this selfish system, Avhich is un- 
worthy of good sportsmen like the Americans, should 
be abolished. I am told it is the usual custom; if so, it 
is a blot upon the management of dog shows in such 
an enlightened country." 
The Canoe- Yacht Eel. 
The little ship here illustrated, the canoe-yacht Eel, is one of the 
later aiid largest of the peculiar type of cruising craft developed 
by that unique organization, the tfumber Yawl Club, of Hull, 
Eng. The club, which has a membership of seventy-five and a 
fleet of fifty boats, mainly canoe-yawls and canoe-yachts of from 
13 to 23ft., has its headquarters on the Humber, with the stormy 
North .Sea but twenty miles away to the eastward; and on the 
west a network of small rivers — the Trent, Ouse, Derwent, Foss, 
Aire, Hull and Witham, with their many connecting canals. The 
cruising for which the club is noted is done both on the North 
Sea and the inland rivers, so that the larger boats of the fleet, 
in spite of very light draft, are necessai-ily very stanch and sturdy 
craft. A day's trip by steamer from Hull to Rotterdam or other 
of the Dutch or German ports opens up hundreds of miles of 
canoeable waters, the Dutch and German rivers and canals; and 
not a season passes without a squadron cruise of the TI. Y. C. 
on these waters. The members of the club hail from Hull, Scar- 
Itorough, Grimsby and other North Sea ports. The club has a 
station on Hornsea Mere, a lake barely a mile in diameter, and 
situated at Hornsea, almost on the sea, though not directly con- 
nected with it. Many of the yachts are built and raced here, 
being transferred by cart to the beach and launched in the sea, 
or in the other direction to the Humber. Eel was designed by 
her owner, Mr. George F. Holmes, mate of the club, in 1896, and 
iHJilt feF bim by J, A. Akester, at Hornsea, Mr. Holmes has 
FORES'! AND STREAM. 
designed many canOe-yawls and caiToe^achts, some of whicli he 
has built himself; and he has cruised for years both on inlatad 
and open waters. For the former use, his canoe-yawls Cassy and 
Ethel, with others illustrated in the pa.st in the Forest and 
Stream, have proved A'ery successful, and from them he has 
developed the larger type of canoejyacht called for by longer 
cruises on open waters. 
Eel was launched on Hornsea Mere just before Easter of 1897, 
and after some preliminary sailing there she was carted to the 
beach and re-launched on the night of May 28, after waiting 
for a favorable slant of weatlier following a hard blow. VV^e 
reproduce from the H. Y. C. book of 1897 some sketches of her 
launching and first cruise. Between that date and her laying 
up, on Oct. 30, she was used regularly for "week-end" cruises 
and on holidays, and for a vacation cruise on German waters, 
as Avcll as for some races with others of her class. She covered 
during the season some 500 miles on the Humber, Trent, (juse 
and other rivers, and abput the same distance on the Elbe and 
Baltic. What Avas of more importance to her skipper than the 
mere distance sailed was the ojiportunity to fill four sketch- 
books during the season. Single-handed or with a congenial 
companion, the Eel was started on Saturday afternoons for 
some quiet spot, up or down, according to the tide; Sunday 
was spent in idle sailing and sketching, and the night or early 
nioming tide brought her skipper back to business. The follow- 
ing description was written for the Forest and StbkAm by Mr. 
.'Vlbert Strange, of Scarborough, another canoe-yawler and single- 
hander, owner of the two canoe-yachts Cherub I. and IT. Mr. 
Strange made the German cruise with Mr. Holmes. 
A great number of small boat sailors in England still prefer to 
use craft in which they can — however small the ship may be — enjoy 
the pleasurable adventures of cruising. Many too prefer to do 
their cruising in small boats of the canoe type, as being on the 
whole move suitable to the waters of the larger estuaries, where 
strong tides, shallow harbors, and large shoal patches abound. 
And as their wanderings are not confined to the waters of their 
own island, but arc extended to the nearer rivers and seas of 
Northern Etu-ope — Belgium, Holland, Denmark, etc. — their craft 
being transported on a steamer's deck for the over-sea passage, 
the question of convenience of handling by crane or steam winch 
operates sttohgly tbward keeping the boats of a reasonable size, 
and extremely moderate displacement for their dimensions. 
Eel is the latest oivtcome of -a- series of experiments carried on 
by various members of the Humber Yawl Club during many 
years. The first yawls of this club were very srrtall shallow craft, 
with small sails, small centerplate, and lOOlbs. or more of ballast. 
By and by these little ships grew larger, developing iron outside 
keels, larger and heavier centerplates, and larger sails, bvit still de- 
pending for shelter and sleeping accomm.odations upon the tentj 
which was of course only used when at anchor or in port. 
Whether the men became less hardy; or whether till; vVeather bf 
these islands has grown colder or wettfer, is hot for the writer to 
say, but at any rate cruising ih cohipany with small cutters and 
other cabined craft developed in some of the members of the H. 
Y. C. a taste for comfort and for an atmosphere of refinement that 
could only be satisfied by some sort of a cabin and a petroleum 
stove, and Viking, 18ft.x5, was the forerunner of the type craft 
which, with Cherub, 20ft.x5ft. lOin., as an intermediate size, has 
culminated in Eel. 
English yachtsmen have always had a lingering regard for com- 
paratively easy beam, although the fishermen and coast boatmen 
have never departed from the 3-beam standard of beauty; and I 
confess that when I first saw Eel under the builder's shed she 
looked strangely wide for a pleasure craft, even for a canoe-yawl; 
and 1 told her owner that he had jjerhaps bitten off a bigger lump 
of boat than lie would be able to swallow, at any rate single- 
handed. My subsequent experiences in racing an'd cruising in 
Eel lead me to modify this opinion. She can be just about man- 
aged single-handed by a smart man under most circumstances 
short of extremes, but she is a sight nicer with two; and the fortu- 
nate "deckie" who sails with her genial owner is rarely liable to 
be called away from the galley help in the navigation, Avhile the 
spacious cabin always there, ar- always a snug, warm home at 
night, makes the hardships so<=,Mc:snes fek in cruising, even in 
these latitudes, very easy indeed 
The displacement, of about 40c\,;, is no Oar to her being carried 
on deck by most coasting steamer.s; her length, of Sift, ("and all 
boat at that), is not difficult to sto^ or sling inboard, even on a 
very small vessel. Although the beam is large, this in itself is no 
hindrance, and as I dare say my cousins across the pond will not 
consider it at all out of the way after their own catboats. It doesn't 
seem to stop her in sailing,v-and is a very necessary factor in en- 
abhng her to carry her rather large sails (for this side) as well as 
she does. 
The designed draft of water of 2ft. renders her quite independent 
of the centerplate, although the addition of so valuable an assist- 
ance in getting to windAvard is very appreciable. The sharp rise 
of floor, however, gives very great weatherlhiess, and should any 
accident prevent the plate from being lowered the boat handles 
with perfect surety under all circumstances. This in itself is a 
great element of safety, as nothing is much more helpless than the 
shallow^ type of centerboarder Avhen the board mutinies, breaks, or 
is lost. 
I had the pleasure of an extended cruise tliis summer in Eel 
She was taken on a steamer from Hull to Hamburg, and at that 
port put overboard. We voyaged up the Elbe far beyond the in- 
fluence Of 4he -tidal current and then down past Hamburg some 
50 miles to the mouth of the river. Here we M'ent through the 
new North Sea canal to Kiel, and from thence cruised for some 
time in the open Baltic, meeting all conditions of weather. The 
boat behaved splendidly under all circumstances. We found that 
[Jan. 29, 1898. 
no local craft, even of much greater rig, could hold their own with 
us, excepting of course racing yachts. The fishing craft of twice 
her size were as a rule hopelessly beaten, and I don't remember 
any time that we were beaten in windward work by any craft 
smaller than a 50-ton schooner, and it took her some time to dis- 
pose of us, so slippery a customer is Eel in a T)out to windward. 
It is in the hope that such a handy and compact little ship will 
interest the cruising readers of the Forest and Stream that her 
owner has drawn the lines, and I have written this short descrip- 
tion of the boat and her capabilities. There may be perhaps an 
opening in America for some SAich type of really useful little 
cruiser. Anyway, we have both derived so much profit and pleas- 
ure from the accounts of craft on your side, and from the number- 
less plans and lines which enrich your pages, that we offer these 
in grateful recognition of favors past and to come. 
The rig, it will be observed, includes that very useful contri- 
vance the roller jib, which does not seem to haA'e caught on in 
America to the extent its merits deserve. Indeed it is not too 
much to say that it is the one thing above all others that makes the 
boat so eas}^ to handle, as any amount of headsail can be given 
her, from the full amount to the complete stowage of the sail, 
without leaving- the well. The jib itself is well cut, and stands as 
long as any sail in the boat. MoreoA'cr, it drives better than any 
other sail, and was made hy Perry, of Birkenhead, who seems 
specially good at making this particular sail. rhe prmciple on 
which it works is very simple; a pull on the jib sheet imrolls the 
sail, which is seized to a hollow wooden roller which revolves on a 
wire stay, passing through its axis, and at the same time rolls up 
the roller line on the flanged ferrule at the tack. When the sail is 
fully sheeted the ferrule is filled by the roller line. To take sail 
off, slack jib sheet and pull on the roller line. This pull rotates 
the roller and winds up the sail. It never seems to get out of 
order, and in sails say up to 100ft. or 120ft. coti'd not well be bet- 
tered. For larger sizes its use is not so desirable. 
The construction of Eel is strong, but quite light enough for 
cruising purposes. The keel is of mahogany, 2in. thick and about 
16in. wide amidships. There are five grown oak frames l%in. 
square. Between each of these frames are three bent timbers of 
American elm l%in.x%in. ; these are jogged into the keel. The 
planking is of larch, %in. thick, fifteen planks a side, car\fel built. 
The gunwale is outside and extra large for strength when being 
hoisted or lying alongside piers; it is_.3in.xll^in., wi'th a protecting 
band of galvanized iron all around %in. thick. 
The deck is double, pine and redwood forming the under skin. 
Under the fore deck the pine is Viin. thick, laid diagonally; aft it 
is y^m. Over all is %in. teak; between the two a thick coat of 
paint on calico, giving a light but very tight deck. The sectional 
drawings show very clearly the general arrangements and the some- 
what unusual form of centerplate, which is easily raised by the 
.Spanish Burton .shoAvn in the deck plan. 
The Seawanhaka Knockahottts. 
The Seawanhaka fleet is now so far advanced at Stearns's yard, 
Marblehead, that the boats avHI probably be finished, excepting 
the rigging, by some time next month. The work of duplicating 
so , often by a definite system has proved very satisfactory, there 
having been few delays; and the boats of the series have followed 
each other quickly and smoothly. Two more orders have been 
taken recently, making up the original numtfp- of twenty-four, for 
Messrs. J. R. Maxwell, Jr., and George Milne. In addition to 
the nine boats of the same design building under a sub-contract 
at Gloucester for the \A'estchester Country Club, and the six at 
Flarlan & Hollingsworth's, Wilmington, for the Corinthian Y. C, 
of Philadelphia, Mr. Stearns has just signed contracts for eight 
of similar model for the Cohasset Y. C, to be .33ft. over all. Sft. 
6in. beam, and Sft. 6in. draft, with centerboards as iir the S. C. Y. 
C. boats. It is probable that more will be ordered for the same 
class. The 21-footer ^'erona, designed and built by Mr. Steams 
last year, has recently been sold to Charles Osborne, of the S. C. 
Y. C. ; she is practically the original of the new one-design class, 
but is a keel boat and rather elaborately fitted up. Mr. Stearns 
has also orders for designs for several yachts of 21 to 30ft. I.w.l 
mtanng. 
Amerkaft Canoe Association, J 897-98. 
Commodore, F. E. Dunnell, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Sec'y-Treas.. C. V. Schuyler, 309 Sixth avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Librarian, W. P. Stephens; Bayonne, N. .1. 
PURSERS. 
Atlantic Division, Wm. M. Carpenter, Main street, Sing Sin{;, 
N. Y', 
.Central Division, Laurence C. Woodworth, Gouverneur, N. Y, ■ 
Eastern Division, F. J. Burrage, West Newton, Mass. 
Northern Division, Edgar C. Woolsey, .37 Charles street, Ottawa, 
Can. 
Annual dues, $1; Inittatiorl fee, $1. 
Western Canoe Association, J ^95-96. 
Commodore, C. F. Pennewell, Detroit, Mich, 
V'ice-Commodore, Nat. H. Cook, Chicago, 111. 
Rear-Commodore, E. H. Holmes, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Sec'y-Treas., W. D. Stearns, Detroit, Mich. 
E.xeCutlve Committee: R. M. Lamp, Madison, Wis.; C. J. Stead- 
man, Cincinnati, O.; F. W. Dickens, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Th^ Atlantic i!)ivisi6n §mbket; 
The Atlantic Division of the American Canoe Association en- 
tertained the Central, Eastern and- Northern Divisions at an in- 
formal smoker on Saturday evening, Jan. 15. The attendance of 
about 125 members and friends was a source of gratification, and 
the committee of arrangements, composed of Rear-Com. Pinkney, 
Mr. John C. Mowbray and Mr. Paul B. Rossire, furnished a 
right royal programme for the occasion. Chief "Big Foot" Seavey 
stalked around with a Sft. churchwarden clasped in his prehensile 
hands, and assisted some , of the newer and smaller members to 
connect their large-sized pipes with the gas. Dunnie, our coni- 
niodore-elect — in the words of the good Mr. Bennett — was in his 
usually amiable mood, and spoke briefly of the 1898 m.eet, the 
plans and work of the various committees, and his words were 
listened to with the greatest of interest. 
It was a pleasure to watch the reception of the men, as they 
came in, by those already there. The greetings were most heartv, 
and every one was in the best of spirits. Capt. Forbush, Dad 
Thorne, Willy Williams and Mr. Skissenhoefer (it is easier done 
than said) came all the way from Buffalo to attend the smoker. 
Last year they were represented at camp for the first time, having 
about ten men present; this year they expect an attendance of 
twenty-five from their club. Bad Thorne has been appointed 
chairman of the 1898 camo site committee, and Willy is on the 
regatta committee, with the Right-Hon. Hogan. I. K., H. R. ; Ta- 
tassit Southgate, of Worcester, Mass.; Messrs. Lawrence and 
Packer, from Trenton, and others from the Red Dragon C. C. of 
Philadelphia. Men from Sing Sing, Newark, Yonkers. Brooklyn 
and other suburbs of New York talked canoe, sang, ate, drank, 
watched a light-fingered gentlem.an hatch eggs from the ether, 
laughed at the antics of a trio of colored "coonists," and con- 
tributed in every way to a most enjoyable evening. The 
committee is certainly to be congratulated on the result of its 
efforts. 0\'er here Com. Dunnell and ex-Vice-Com. Quick had 
their noses together over some argument, and as I passed the 
former was saying: "We had to do it, farmer, for how can a 
$700 meet be run on $400?" Presumably they were discussing the 
$5 per clubita act recently prornulgated by the commodore for 
prizes. Over in that corner the genial commodore of the I5rook- 
lyn C. C, Judge Dater, and a bevy of admirers were discussing 
things, pipes, etc., and Our Bob, ex-Com. Dorland, Lin Palmer, 
ex-Rear-Com. Billy Barlow and some of the smaller fry were 
laughing and joking, while the rest of those present w:ere lost in 
merry contemplation of the Only Ho, "the like of ye whiche is not 
yette." Jack Mowbrav, the brothers Douglass, "Mrs." Peebles. 
One-Legged Pinney, Com. Paul B. Rossire'. Sec'v-Treas. Schuyler 
and Tommy Hale were among I he lights which glittered so pro- 
fusely in the "vast amphitheater," and all, from beginning to end, 
without exception, were most enthusiastic, verbally and otherwise,' 
in maniiesting the pleasure this initial meet of 1898 had given them^ 
