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FORES'!' AND STREAM. 
[Feb. ig, i8g8, 
price, and was to be delivered after the field trials were 
over. 
Mr. C. E. Davis, No. 2 Market street, Boston, requests- 
us to publish the following; "Champion Duke of Kent 
II. has strayed or been .stolen from the Glen Rock Ken- 
nels, Ballard Vale, Mass. If any of the many readers of 
Forest and Stream who know Duke will let us know 
if they learn of his whereabouts, we will be very thank- 
ftil." 
Mr. George H. Thompson, secretary, writes us under 
date of Feb. 10 that the annual meeting of the Irish Set- 
ter Club of America will be held at the Madison Square 
Garden, Feb. 22, at 8 P. M., during the W. K. C. show. 
The Breeder and Sportsman of February, in its cours 
ing notes, has this to say: "Corn-sing at Sacramento 
sufTered a hard blow last Sunday. A kick against the 
decision of the judge resulted in something like a riot. 
The crowd attempted to pull the judge from his horse. 
The result was a sale of the fences, etc., and there will 
be a cessation of coursing in the capital city for several 
months." It would setm that sport on the coast is taken 
very seriously in the coursing world. 
The show of the French Bulldog Club, held in the 
Waldorf-Astoria, NeAV York, on Feb. 12, has been de- 
clared a gratifying success, so much so that the club 
will possibly make it an annual fixture. As a proposi- 
t'on entirely apart from this matter, the holding of two 
or more shows by different clubs in the. same city is sure 
to bring trouble to the A. K. C. sooner or later. If it 
is permitted 'to one and refused to another, it then af- 
fords grounds for a charge of favoritism; if two or three 
oi' more clubs are given the same franchise, there is then 
Donnybrook possibilities. 
Mr. George W. Clayton, superintendent of. the Nx)rtM^ 
western Kennel Club's show to be held at St. Paul, Minn.,.. 
March 8 to 11, writes us as follows: "Throughr an erroir 
of the printer, the date of birth was left out of our entry 
blanks. There will be a winners' class for prizes^"' Those: 
who make entries should therefore note that in- filling; 
out the blanks it is necessary to specify the datfe' ofi birth! 
of the dogs entered. Entries close March i. 
Mr. Howard Vernon's pointer dog Glenbeigli was; 
poisoned at Bakerfield in the week during whibJi tbc 
Pacific Coast, trials were run. A chemist who analyzed! 
the contents of the dog's stomach reported that he' had' 
found several pieces of meat containing arsenic. The 
conjecture is that he found and ate some poisoned nueafe 
wbich was intended for coj^otes, but there is also ant 
opinion that it was given intentionally. 
Mr. A. E. xA.shbrook, secretary of the Kansas City- 
Kennel Club, writes us that: "The judges for our show. 
March 15-18, are Miss Anna Whitney, Lancaster, Mass. ; 
James Mortimer, New York; P. T. Madison, Indianap- 
olis; John Davidson, Monroe, Mich., and J. A. Graham,, 
St. Louis. Our prize list Avill be out next Wednesday." 
The entries to the W. K. C. show number 1,700 so. 
far as heard from. A few more of the late stragglers, 
may swell the total slightly. This is a record breaker. 
The entries are as follows: English bloodhounds, 20; 
mastiffs, 27; rough-coated St. Bernards, 103; smooth- 
coated St. Bernards, 30; Great Danes, 90; Newfound- 
land dogs, 7; Russian wolfhounds, 35; deerhounds, 5; 
greyhounds, 39; foxhounds, lo; pointers, 100; English 
setters, 68; Irish setters, 39; Gordon setters, 31; Irish 
water spaniels, 4; field spaniels, 31; cocker spaniels, 97; 
collies, 77; old English sheep dogs, 4; poodles, 60; 
Dalmatians, S; bulldogs, 102; French bulldogs, 20; bull 
terriers, 120; Airedale terriers, 8; Boston terri- 
ers, ICS; Basset hounds, 6; dachshunde, 37; beagles.. 
62; fox terriers, smooth, 94; fox terriers, wire, 69; Irish 
terriers, 53; Scottish terriers, 12; black and tan terriers. 
18; Welsh terriers, I ; Skye terriers, 4; Dandie Dinmont 
terriers, i; white English terriers, 3; whippets, 4;. 
Shipperkes, 4; Pomei-anians, 2; Yorkshire terriers, 14;; 
toy terriers other than Yorkshire, 7; pugs, 16; toy 
spaniels, 43; Italian greyhounds, 2;^ miscellaneous, rec- 
ognized breeds unclassified, 11. 
Mr. William Gould Brokaw desires that there shall be 
no restrictions as to age of pointers that com.pete for 
the Brokaw challenge cups; also that the cups must be 
won three times instead of twice before becoming the 
absolute property of the winner. All dogs entered for 
competition must be benched consecutively according to 
their numbers in the catalogue. This will be rigidly en- 
forced. Mr. Henry Jarrett offers a silver cup for the 
best field or Clumber spaniel stud dog shown with two 
of his gee. 
Readers are invited to send us the names of friends who 
might he interested in a current copy of the Forest and 
Stream. We shall be glad to forward a specimen number 
0 any person 'whose address may be furnished us for thai 
purpose. 
The members of the Montreal Stock Exchange have 
.shown a most commendable spirit in arranging to build 
a 20-footer for the defense of the Seawanhaka interna- 
tional cup next summer. The venture of the Royal St. 
Lawrence Y. C. in challenging for the cup in 1896 has 
become a national affair, the win of that year and the 
successful defense last year being achievements of which 
every Canadian may feel proud. It is but fair that the 
club, which solely by its own exertions has done so much 
for the national honor, should now receive assistance 
from without in its second defense of the cup. 
Since the death of Mr. Ogden Goelet it has been an 
interesting question among yachtsmen whether the great 
annual trophies established by him would be perpetu- 
ated in his name by his heirsi Such, it now appears, will 
not he done, and the "Goelet cups" will disappear from 
j^achting. At the same time their place will at once 
be taken by new cups of the same value, $i,obo for 
:schooners and $500 for cutters, established by Mr. John 
Jacob Astor. At the annual meeting of the club two 
offers of such cups were made, the prior one being ac- 
■cepted. 
So far as mere money goes, there is no lack of good 
prizes in yachting; men can always be found who Will 
contribute liberally in this way, and the clubs, as in 
the case of the Larchmont Y. C. and its annual schooner 
cup, are always ready to otter prizes. The real need in 
yachting is not gold, but plain, common sand, the qual- 
ity which impels a man to harden his heart and heave on 
his halyards when he knows that it is not "his day," for 
the sake of his club and to give his opponents a race. 
Without this, all the gold in the Klondike cannot help 
yacht racing. 
The fate of the last Goelet cup is still undecided. As 
will be remembered, it was not awarded because it call- 
not be given in the rules for a sail-over, and no schooner 
in the New York Y. C. fleet would sail the course 
against Colonia and risk a defeat. It is said that the 
cup will be given by Mrs. Goelet as a perpetual challenge 
•cup. 
A Fin-Keel 25-footen 
The recent attempt of the American Y. C. to establish 
a 25ft. l.w.l. one-design class brought out in the com- 
petition a variety of designs, one of which, the choice 
of the special committee, has already been illustrated in 
the Forest and Stream. Another fin-keel design was 
submitted by Mr. George Hill, of the Atlantic Y. C, 
designer and owner of the keel sloop Akista, which de- 
sign is here illustrated. The following summary of the 
principal points accompanied the plans and specifica- 
tions: 
Type.— I have presented a moderate fin-keel because 
it gives: 
(a) Very large accommodations for moderate dis- 
placement. 
(b) Very great strength of form (as here designed). 
(c) Least possible resistance and so greatest possible 
■■^peed for given waterline length and displacement. 
(d) It is the most seaworthy yacht of which I have 
knowledge when properly designed. 
(e) The bg.lanced rudder gives great control, quick- 
ness in maneuvering, and still permits the yacht to sail 
for an hour at a time without change of helm. 
(f) The shoi't bowsprit enables one to get the 
anchor without marring the hull; it also brings the center 
of effort, center of lateral resistance, and center of water- 
line all in the same vertical. The main boom is easily 
reached from deck. 
(g) With mast in water, the yacht floats so high as 
to keep water out of the cabin. She therefore cannot 
retain such an inclined position, and cannot sink. 
Form. — The principles demonstrated as required for 
fast sailing are all met: 
(a) The form i-emains the same under all angles of 
heel. 
(b) The entrance and run are long, easy and sym- 
metrical, and carried out far enough to prevent exces- 
sive wave~ making. 
(c) The form is not extreme. 
(d) The midship section is one peculiarly adapted 
to a fin-keel, is yery stable, and with a good freeboard 
makes a very dry yacht. 
Construction. — The entire frame is fastened to an 
extremely rigid fin, bolted and strapped, that with the 
steel ribs the yacht cannot work or be injured except 
by being practically destroyed. The yellow pine skin 
makes a more durable and smoother job than a softer 
wood; more expensive to build, but less expensive to 
keep np. All rigging is specially designed for strength, 
lightness and ease of handling. All halyards lead aft 
to the cockpit. 
Accommodation. — The main cabin .sleeps two on tran- 
soms, two on berths. The decks are wide enough to 
use, and to carry the yawl free from all danger of being 
carried away. The cockpit is arranged to make the 
decks available, which is only possible in yachts of this 
type. The main cabin has 6ft. head room between tran- 
■soms and over full length of floor. 
The galley is large, with plenty of storage space. The 
ice box will hold i5olbs. of ice. There is a great deal 
of locker room in the main cabin, giving separate spaces 
for rubbers, oil skins, ropes, sails, etc. Water flows to 
faucets by gravity. The tanks help to make the hull 
non-sinkable. 
The wide deck is of special advantage in racing. 
The fittings are specially complete, including every- 
thing requisite for cruisinar or racing, except crockery, 
stores and bedding. See the specification. The dis- 
placement contemplates the carrying of stove, etc., and 
this makes it unnecessary and undesirable to strip the 
yacht to race. 
The dimensions and details are as follows: 
Length, over all 36ft. 
Length, l.w.l 24ft. 
_ Depth, hull below l.w.l aft. 6in. 
j_ Least freeboard 2ft, Sin. 
Head room, main cabin. .. 6ft. 
Head room over berths, main cabin. . 4ft. 
* Displacement 1 r.soolbs. 
Weight, hull 4,oooIbs. 
^ Weight, spars, sails and fittings [,ooolbs. 
Weight, stores r,ooolbs. 
Weight, keel 5,50olbs. 
Area of lateral plane, hull. 37.4sq.ft, 
Area of lateral plane, rudder. 6.osq.ft. 
Area of lateral plane, fin 35.osq.ft. 
78.4sq.ft. 
Sails, mainsail 640sq.ft. 
Sails, jib T6osq.ft. 
Sails, spinaker 350sq.ft. 
The plans were accompanied b.y very complete speci- 
fications, and a tender to build a fleet of ten to twelve 
yachts, each completely rigged and fitted with anchor; 
cable, davits and dinghy, for $1,250 each. The construc- 
tion is a novelty in that the main keel, or at least its 
middle portion, is cast as a broad flange on the uppel' 
edge of the fin, being loft. long, 2ft. wide and ^in. thick, 
The remainder of the keel forward and aft is composed 
of two oak pieces each 4 by 8in., bolted to the fin Casting. 
The stem is of oak, sided 3in., and the transom of i^in. 
mahogany. The garboards are of ij-ain. yellow pine, 
8in. wide, and the rest of the planking of the same ma- 
terial, iin. thick and not more th&n 8in. nor less than 
3in. wide. The frames are in part of steel angles, 
xK^lK5f3-i6in., eleven on each side; the rest being of 
bent oak, sided tj^in., moulded 2in., the spacing through- 
out being I2in. The chainplate frames are sided 4in. 
Strong oak floor timbers are used, carried up to the 
cabin floor. The sheerstrake, planksheer and partner 
planks are of oak. The deck beams are of bent oak, 
ipartner beams sided 4in., moulded 2in. ; other beams 
t^^xtj-^iu.i With beam at fore end of house sided 2j4iri. 
The clamp, of yellow pine, is Ii4iu.x6irt. 
The cabin trunk is of bent oak, with after bulkhead and 
cockpit Staving of matched cypress. The companion and 
fore hatch are of mahogany and the interior trim of 
cypress. The plumbing includes yacht W. c, two tanks 
of 20 gallons capacity each, and bilge pump; 
The special features of the design were very fully 
discussed by Mr. Hill in a letter published in the FoS- 
KST AND Stream of Nov. 6. 1897. 
The North American Y. R. U, 
On Saturday last Mr. .,Emilius Jarvis arrived in New 
York from Southampton on the steamer St. Louis, of 
the American Line, being thus one of the witnesses of 
the exciting rescue of the passengers and crew of the 
steamer Veendam, sunk at sea by Collision with some 
unknown obstruction.^ Mr. jarvis sailed from New York- 
early in November, immediately after the organization 
of the North American Y'actit Racing Union, with which 
he is identified as a member of the council, Mr. J. M. 
Macdonough, another member, acCornpanying him. Both 
went abroad on private business, but the opportunity thus 
offered was utilized by the Y. R. U. tb tuake overtures 
toward future harmonious relations and United action 
in yachting legislation with the British Y. R. A, The 
two delegates were instructed to present to the Y. R. A, 
the plans and objects of the American organization, and 
to suggest the desire of that association for a common 
rule of measurement on both sides of the Atlantic, should 
any rule be found which wotild be acceptable to both 
parties. 
Vei-y brief reports of the movements of the delegates 
and the nati:re of their reception have been received 
here, and Mr. Jarvis' retiu'n (Mr. ±Macdonough being 
still abroad) was awaited with much interest. At his 
suggestion by letter, a meeting of the council was called 
for Saturda.v CA^ening, the St. Louis being due early in 
the morning. Being naturally in a hurry to reach his 
home in Toronto, Mr. Jarvis had planned to take a train 
early in the evening, after devoting a couple of hours to 
the meeting. Owing to the dense fog the St. Louis did 
not reach her dock until afternoon, but Mr. Jarvis was 
at the Imperial by 7:30, when the first of the members 
arrived. It. was considerably later before the meeting 
convened, there being present Messrs. F. Bowne Jones, 
N. D. Lawton, A. D. F. Bancroft and A. J. Prime. Mr. 
W. P. Stephens, of the Seawanhaka C. Y. C. special 
committee on measurement, was present by invitation. 
Mr. Jarvis had not prepared a written report, but he 
told a very interesting story of his trip, reading several 
letters and exhibiting a number of sketches of midship 
sections of successful yachts of the past two seasons. In 
the first place he and his associate were provided with 
letters to Mr. Dixon Kemp, Secretary of the British Y. 
R. A., which letters were forwarded to Mr. Kemp on ar- 
rival in London. Mr. Kemp was seriously ill at the 
time, and the letters were not acknowledged, and as it 
appears, were not laid before the Y. R. A., though an 
invitation to attend a meeting of the Association was 
received from the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Lake. As Mr. 
Macdonough was called to the continent, Mr. Jarvis 
alone appeared before the meeting, which, owing to 
the absence of the letters of introduction, was ignorant 
of the details of his mission. He was treated very 
courteously, and asked to address the meeting, but after 
a few questions as to whether the New York Y. C. and 
the Eastern Y. C. were connected with the new associa- 
tion nothing more was said, and the meeting was over. 
Later on, however, Mr. Jarvis, in the course of social ' 
meetings with members of the council of the Y. R. A., 
came to realize that the object of his visit was misun- 
derstood, and thus had failed to awaken any interest and 
response on the part of the Association. Mr. C. Newton 
Robinson interested himself in the matter, and arranged 
for a special general meeting of the Y. R. A. to meet 
Mr. Jarvis; but- after chasing the latter to Scotland and 
back to Birmingham the invitation was received too late 
for him to attend the meeting. It was proposed to call 
another meeting after Mr. Jarvis' private business 
brought him again to London, but instead of this 
at his suggestion several social meetings of members 
of the council were held. In the course of these the 
history of the new American organization, its numerical 
strength and nationally representative character, were 
laid before the British yachtsmen, as well as its general 
wishes as to a new measurement rule. The response was 
most gratifying, there being a general recognition of the 
desirability of united action, and a desire to further it. 
As to the details of measurement, the opinion was 
unanimous that the present Y. R. A. rule, after two 
seasons of trial under the actual test of building and rac- 
ing, was producing the type of yacht which it was ex- 
pected to encourage. Both the members of the council 
and the designers were unanimous on this point. The 
suggestion was made that the American Association 
should adopt the Y- R- A. rule or one similar to it as an 
experiment, with the probability that after one or two 
seasons of trial the two nations might be able to unite 
in harmonizing any differences then existing in the rules. 
The council gave Mr. Jarvis letters to the designers, 
with special requests that they would furnish him with 
all information as to their new yachts, and sketches 
showing the types. In the course of the winter Mr. Jar- 
vis has met Messrs. Watson, Fife, Soper, Payne^ Hop'e 
