FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Feb. 12, 189S. 
Jn the matter of the American Spaniel CJub versus 
Toon & Thomas, this firm was suspended until Jan, i, 
]899- 
All entries at Wilmington and Grand Rapids which 
were marked in the catalogue "reg." the wins of the 
dogs so catalogued, if any, Avere ordered canceled, and 
the clubs were ordered fined for such violation of the 
ntles. 
The deposit made by the Toronto show of 1897, with 
its claim for dates, was ordered returned. 
E. S. Gordon, of Willimantic, Conn., made charges 
against Julius Herold for advertising dogs for sale with 
fraudulent pedigrees. Mr. Herold was suspended. 
Claims for kennel names were granted as follows: 
"Ardenia," to J. L. Arden. 
"Clifton," to R. S. McCree. 
"Impei-ial," to Dr. L. G. Knox. 
"Iroquois," to T^. Loring Brooks. 
"The Meadows," to Kernochan &j Steven.^DiiA 
"Round Plain," to John Caswell. 
"Summit Ridge," to F. W. Dickson. 
"Woodhavcn," to Whiton & Little. 
The folloAving officers were elected by the as.sociate 
members: President, H. PI. PInnnewell, Jr.; Vice- 
President, Dudley Winthrop; Secretary, Janiea L. Ker- 
nochan; Delegates, A. Clinton Wilmerdiug, PI. K. 
Bloodgood. G. W. H. Ritchie. 
The International Field Trials. 
FoKEST, Ont., Jan. 31. — Editor J'orcst and Stream: 
Protests were entered by W. B. Wells, Hes. Miikius 
and W. "W. McCain against the awards made by the 
judges in the all-age stakes of the International Field 
Trials held at Mitchell's Bay, Ont, in November last. 
The executive committee of the International Field 
Trials Club met at the Rankin House, Chatham, on 
AVednesday, Jan. 26, to investigate the matter. The fol- 
lowing members of the committee were present; Dr. 
Nicliolls, Dr. Totten, Montague Smith, J. Kime, C. R. 
Atkinson, Jr., W. D. Tristam, Thomas Gutridge and 
A. Wells. 
I inclose j^ou copy of the unanimous finding of the 
committee, which was arrived at after a long and patient 
discussion of the facts as placed before them. Mr. Wells 
was the only one of the protesting parties present. 
Montague Smith, Sec'y Committee. 
Whereas, Protests have been entered against the de- 
cisions of the judges in the all-age stakes of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Club, held on Nov. 16, 17, 18 
and 19, 1897, on the ground that relations existed be- 
tween one of the contestants, Richard Bangham, and 
one of the judges, W. E. Warner, in that the said 
Bangham, prior to and during the running of the 
said all-age stakes, accommodated the said Warner 
bj^ becoming sm^ety for the payment of a debt due by 
said Warner to one P. Farrell, of Woodstock, the knowl- 
edge of which was not communicated in any manner to 
any person whatever by the said Bangham until some 
time after the judges' awards had been made; and this 
committee having heard the evidence and statements ad- 
duced by the parties protesting and in reply thereto, and 
being of opinion from the evidence before them that the 
said Bangham acted in the matter without any dishonest 
motive or -intent, but solely to save the said Warner 
from arrest, the said Warner having endeavored first 
to see the secretary of the club, who is one of the pro- 
testing parties; 
This committee therefore resolves that the secretary- 
treasurer be instructed to pay over the stakes in the 
said recited all-age stakes to the parties found to be 
entitled thereto by the aAvard of the said judges. 
And it is further resolved that this committee is of 
opinion that the said protests were entered in good faith, 
and on grounds Avhich in the interests of the club de- 
manded investigation. 
And it is further resolved that this committee, accord- 
ing to the evidence, is of opinion that the judge, John 
Davidson, be exonerated from any charge that may or 
might be inferred against him regarding said protests, 
and believe that he acted fairly and honorably in making 
his awards at said trials. 
And it is further resolved that this committee censm^es 
in the strongest terms the actions of the said Bangham 
as a contestant in said stake, and as an officer of this 
club, in that he did not report his actions regarding 
his accommodation to said Warner to each of th^ con- 
testants in said all-age stake, and to the secretary and 
other officers of the club, at the first opportunity, and 
recommend in the interests of the club that the said 
Bangham do forthwith forward his resignation as an 
officer thereof to the secretary. 
And it is further resolved that this committee con- 
demns the action of said W. E. Warner in placing himself 
under obligations to any contestant or other person in- 
terested in said trials, and thereby rendering himself lia- 
ble to be charged with being biased or prejudiced in ar- 
riAang at his decisions. 
(Signed) J. L. Nicholls, Chairman. 
Montague Smith, Secretary'. 
[The above finding is painfully inconsistent. First 
it is declared that Mr. Bangham "acted in the matter 
without any dishonest motive or intent, but solely to 
save the said Warner from arrest," and then he is cen- 
sured in the strongest terms as a contestant and officer, 
etc. The act of Mr. Bangham, under the circumstances, 
was sufficient to cast a cloud upon the wins and to 
warrant their cancellation. To allow them to stand as 
above does not in the least free them from impropriety 
and suspicion.] 
POINTS AND FLUSHES. 
The annual meeting of the A. K. C. will be held in 
Madison Square Garden Feb. 23, at 2 o'clock P. M.. Im- 
mediately following the meeting of the club a meeting 
of the executive board will be held. 
The Western Canada Kennel Club, Winnipeg, in its 
premivim list among other things has this to say to its 
friends: "The club is not a joint stock company, and 
its members have no pecuniary interests in its financial 
success or otherwise, beyond a philanthropic desire to 
eticourage holding strictly amateur field trials and bench 
shows, and the recovery of lost, stolen or straj^ed dogs 
registered with the club." It is to he regretted that every 
city in the United States has not its own organization 
inspired with the same purposes. 
The St. Bernard Club of America was resuscitated re- 
cently. Mr. Jacob Ruppert, Jr., is president, Mr. Dudley 
E. Waters secretary. It cannot be the old club, inasmuch 
as that club went officially out of existence some months 
ago, but it undoubtedly can be a better one if it can 
maintain interest and action in its affairs. 
At the American Plorse Exchange, Limited, Broad- 
way and 50th street, New York, on Friday, Feb. 25, at 2 
o'clock, there will be a combination sale of dogs. En- 
tries close Feb. 22. 
A. C, A. Memberslup. 
Application.? for membership may be made to the purser of the 
division in which the applicant resides on blanks furnished by 
purser, the applicant becoming a member provided no objection 
be made within fourteen days after his name has been officially 
published in the Forest and Stream. 
Atlantic Diyision. 
TT. L. Stevens, New York. 
Frank U. Gregory, Brooklyn. 
Fred'k E. Driggs, New York. 
Eastern Division. 
Edward E. Eaton, Wawbewawa C. A., We.st Newton, Mass 
Koscoe R. Perry, 27 Pratt street, Allston, Mass. 
-Lincoln D. Hatch, 7 Gannett street, Roxbury, Mass. 
\\^inis G. Bancroft, Wawbewawa C. A., Auburndale, Mass. 
Emitting. 
Kennel Notes. ^ 
SAEES. 
Ml-. F. C. Moxham has sold 
Allie M.. beagle dog, to Mr. Wm. M. Stanibach. 
LW.rjc, beagle bitch, to Mr. B. Borrowman. 
BRED. 
Mr. G. G. Wllliainsoti's English setter bilch Oneida F., Dec. 
28, to Albert Eang. 
jinaiitntj. 
American Canoe Association^ J 897-98. 
Commodore, F. L. Dunnell, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Sec'y-Treas., C. V. Schuyler, 309 Sixth avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Librarian, W. P. .Stephens, IJayonne, N. J. 
PURSERS. 
Atlantic Division, Wm. M. Carpenter, Main street. Sing Sing, 
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; initiation fee, $1. 
Western Canoe Association, tS95-96* 
Commodore, C. F. Pennewell, Detroit, Mich. 
Vice-Commodore, Nat. FI. Cook. Chicago, 111. 
Rear-Commodore, E. H. Flolmes, M^ilwaukce, Wis. 
Sec'y-Treas., W. D. Stearns, Detroit, Mich. 
E.xecutive Coinmittee: R. M. Lamp, Madison, Wis.; C. J. Stead- 
man, Cincinnati, O.; F. W. Dickens, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Indian Canoe Models. 
Editor Eorest and Stream : 
The canoe birch (Betula papyrifera) is found, accord- 
ing to Gray, "from N. Eng. to N. Penn., N. 111. and 
Minn., and far north and westward." No doubt the 
area in which the birch canoe was manufactured coin- 
cided with the distribution of the tree. 
In this region were different Indian tribes, and each 
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tribe had its own -narodel for canoes. It would be a valu- 
able contribution to ethnology if each reader who has 
accurate information on the subject would send it in. 
The first outlines given Were taken from a small 
model canoe, made by Indians of Flalifax, N. S. These 
were probably Micmacs. The other outlines were 
drawn from memory of canoes that I have seen, but 
what tribes used these models I cannot tell; perhaps 
some other reader can. Ernest Seton Thompson. 
The Wawbewawa Smoker. 
The Wawbewawas again entertained the Boston canoeists at 
their cozy club house on the Charles JJiver, Auburndale, Mass., 
on Saturday evening, Jan. 29. 
The third smoker of the winter season was right up to the 
Wawbewawa standard, and the three-score canoemen who gath- 
ered for the fltcasion can testify to its success. 
f^lenty of good music was furnished by the entertainmeiat com- 
mittee, and A. C. A. matters were freely discussed by a represen- 
tative body of Eastern Division paddlers. 
Rear-Commodore R. If. Hammond came down from Worcester, 
ex-Vice-Commodore Raymond Apollonio and ex-Purser R. N. 
Cutter came from Winchester, Parry C. Wiggin, of the executive 
committee, Fred Wallace came from Lawrence, and among other 
well-known A. C. A. men present W'ere: Vice-Commodore Louis S. 
Drake, Purser Francis J. Burrage, Louis A. Hall, Charles F. 
Dodge, Win. V. Forsaith, T. A. Apollonio, H-. L. Bosson, Harry 
C. Wiggin, L. S. F. Hoffman, J. Winn Brown, Charles T. Esta- 
brook, Frank R. Kimball, Clarence B. Ashenden, Frank T. Ash- 
enden, Clifford Kimball and Henry W. Langley, representing the 
Tatassit Club, of Worcester; Fish Brook Association and Lawrence 
C. C of Lawrence; Shu-shu-gah. of Winchester; Puritans, of 
Boston; Innitous, of Woburn; Waltham and \'\''akefield clubs, 
and the Wawbewawas. 
The committee in charge of the winter's entertain inent con- 
sists of T.ouis S. Drake, T^ouis S. F Hoffman, Wm. V. Forsaith, 
Francis J. Burrage and Louis A. Hall. 
_ The formation cl the Inland Lake Yachting Associa- 
tion adds another body to the list of local organizations 
devoted to the advancement of yachting, and in fact 
completes it for the present. The clubs of the inland 
lakes of the West, some twenty in all, have made up the 
only group not united in a local association; and though 
there has been no lack of life and activity within the 
clubs, in the absence of such an association and of the 
uniform rules which it enforces, the racing as a whole 
has suffered. The formation of the new association is 
likely to bring about the same result as in other locali- 
ties, such as Boston and New York — improvement of 
the rules, better management of races and renewed 'm-^ 
terest both in local and interclub events. The condi- 
tions on such waters as Lake Minnetonka. Lake Geneva, 
Fox Lake. White Bear Lake, etc.. favor one form of 
yachtmg, the racing of small racing craft. There is 
little chance for the cruiser or knockabout in any form; 
the waters are too limited in area, but there is no other 
place in the country where the conditions are so favor- 
able for the development of the extreme racing machine, 
and of very high speeds, in classes such as the 15 and 20- 
footers. With the efforts of the local owners and de- 
signers of the different lakes centered "on two or three 
standard classes, instead of on a dozen or more different 
classes, as m the past, very great improvements in speed 
may be looked for. The new association has our best 
wishes for its success. 
Knockabouts and Raceabottts.** 
Nearly a year ago the Forest and Stream suggested a new 
name, Kaceabout " as far more appropriate than the original 
term knockabout for the 1897 models such as Hazard, Fly, Gos- 
Jmg, iVlongoose, etc., designed and used solely for racing. Though 
nominally withm the official limits of the knockabout class, such 
boats are really very different from the real cruising craft which 
gave a name to the type. 
This year a new class has been created, with 600 in place of 
oOOsq.ft. of sail, still more of a racer, and the name "Raceabout" 
lias recently been suggested by a correspondent of the Boston 
Globe, and advocated by that paper as fonows: 
"Raceabout" for the new restricted class of 21-footers 
with eOOsq.ft. of sail, seems to have "caught on" with the yachts- 
men, and IS likely to be adopted in place of the term "knock- 
about, which applies strictly only to cruising boats with a stem- 
stavsail rig. 
In bringing out the name the Globe followed the suggestion of 
a correspondent, but the writer has since had his attention called 
to the following extract from an editorial in the Forest and 
Stream, m its issue of March 6, 1897, in which is given a resume 
of the new boats to come, and in which mention has just been 
made of the Seawanhaka 20-footers: 
"The next size, the 'raceabout,' or the 'fin de siecle' per- 
version of the late knockabout, promises to be popular and nu- 
merous. 
The writer tenders his apologies to Mr. Stephens, and recog- 
nizes his "copyright." The "knockabout" has been for at least 
two years a racing boat, although retaining in all practical respects 
Its safe, able and weatherly qualities. For the coming season the 
racing qualities are distinctly admitted bv the Knockabout As- 
sociation, whde at the same time the cruising qualities have in no 
way been lessened. The class has been broadened by the addi- 
tion of 100ft. of sail and permission to use spinakers, and at the 
same time centerboards have been admitted. 
But at the same time the safe and cruising qualities of beam, 
draft and ballast have been retained. The new boats will be 
speedier and yet just as safe and desirable— even if not more so— 
than the old ones. Yet as they will almost all carry short bow- 
sprits they will depart from the strict "knockabout" and therefore 
deserve a new name. 
"Raceabout" seems to fit, and the writer is not jealous becatise 
some one else suggested the name. 
And if evidence is desired that the class will be a racing one there 
is no need to look further than the order just placed with Purdon 
by Charles F. Adams 2d for an up-to-date boat to conform to 
the class restrictions. Mr. Adams is one of the best known of 
racing yachtsmen in the East. He would not have a slow boat as a 
gift. He believes in racing as the best part of the sport of yacht- 
ing, and would not have built a 500ft. of sail knockabout under 
any circumstances. 
But with more sail, the carrying of a spinaker and the admis- 
sion of the centerboards, coupled with the fact that some of the 
keenest racing men among the Eastern amateurs will be found 
in the class, Mr. Adams believes that it will furnish the sport 
he desJres, and will therefore leave the "skimming dish" fleet 
for the semi-cruiser. 
It will probably seem strange to him to change from the tick- 
lish and must-be-carefully-handled Rooster to the non-capsizable 
"raceabout" type; but if any one doubts his ability to sail one type 
as well as the other, they have only to refer to the Eastern knock- 
about race late in the season of 1896, in which he brought Vishnu 
home in second place, although never having been in the boat 
before. 
His boat will be of just as small displacement and just as 
light as the restrictions will allow. She will be just over the 
minimum of 7ft. 9in. waterline beam and 3ft. draft, and will he 
32ft. 3in. over all. She will be double planked. Lawley will build 
her. although he will not start work on her until the first of 
March. 
Mr. Adams's entry in the class is sure to increase the interest 
in it, while he himself is assured of the best of sport. 
No Time Allowance. 
Association dubs which have declared for "no time allowance," 
either by vote in Association meetings or by special resolutions: 
Hull, Massachusetts, Boston, Burgess, Bunker Hill, Duxbury, 
Kingston, Plymouth, Mosquito Fleet, Winthrop. 
Clubs which have disapproved the Association's action: Dpr^ 
Chester, South Boston. 
Clubs which have made no opposition: Ouincy, Savin Hill. 
Clubs in the foregoing list which gave open races last season: 
FIull, Massachusetts, Boston, Burgess, Duxbury, Kingston, 
Plymouth, Mosquito Fleet, Winthrop, Quincy and Savin Hill, 
as well as South Bo.ston and Dorchester. 
Cohasset will vote "no time allowance" and probably give an 
open race the coming season. 
Draw your own conclusions. — Boston Globe. 
Narada, steam yaclit, Henry Walters, after several delays, sailed 
from New York on Feb. 7 for Marseilles, with Capt. Dudley 
Brand in command. Mr. Walters will join her on the other side 
for a Mediterranean cruise. 
