April 30, 1898.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
3BS 
The Leetly Fishyman's Boy. 
Dat leetly fishyiflans was be Pierre La Rocbe. Tie ms ttiek flat 
leetly song in bees bend o£ it, an' M'sieu' Mumpsin say be was 
gat 'ballot so mitcli rbyni' as dey was raisin in it. 
Ah do' know what dat mean, pro'bly. 
M'sieu' Mumpsin was wrote on dc papier jus' seni Pierre was 
spoke it. an' de bes' was be mak' b'lieve it was true story, bappcn 
in t'anada. — Antoine Bissette. 
Mah fader she keel in de Papineau war; 
Mah mudder cotne dead for so sorry; 
Bose lef me for be poor awful Hn boy, 
'E a'n't know where he live to-morry. 
Mali one' he tol' me come live long to be. 
Mali ha'nt say he be faddcr and mudder, 
Mais always Ab'll took de bes' Ah'll gat, mc; 
Ah'Il took dat w'en Ah'll can't get no odder. 
Mah one' bugly, for lick me lak t'under, 
Mali ba'nt niak' gre't nowze wid his mouse, 
'F you'll heard it, den you'll prob'bly was wonder 
How many chill'n dey gat in dat house. 
One tarn dey tol' it Ah'll might gone feeshin'— 
'Ta'n't often Ah'll get it chance for some play; 
But if Ah can had de be,s' t'ing for weeshin', 
Ah'll a'n't want better as had it dat way. 
Ab'll leetly small feller, 'bout free, four foot hole, 
Jus' hable for pull up big angly worm; 
But two tree Ah'll chop for mak' 'it two pole, 
Was mos' clear off one corner de farm. 
Dell Ah go on de bank of de river. 
An' lucky mah hook so Ah'll can't spit more, 
An' more as two nacre Ah'll kiver, 
Wid all kan' o' fecsh Ah'll a'n't sec befforc. 
Wid peek'ril, bass, parch, sheep'head an' dore, 
Ah'll poun' de groun' fas' as two man's trash, 
An' bull-plug plenty sam' in dat story 
Some peop' was tol' 'bout dat Kankakee ma'sb. 
Mah one', mah ha'nt, dey bose was get grosse riche, 
Por sol' w'at Ah'll ketch dat day, Ah s'pose; 
An' heat so much all kan' o' fcesb ? 
De bone stick out so he can't pull his close. 
An' dey come dead an' go, Ah dt)' know w'ere, 
An' lef de money an' de farm bcbin'; 
An' Ah go feeshin', me, an' took good care. 
Because w'at dey lef all was be mine. 
Imnet 
, Three Good Dog Stories. 
We were speaking of the power possessed by 'some 
animals ot communicating their ideas one to 'another 
and niy friend kmdly furnished me with two or three 
stories to illustrate the point. He said: James Cum- 
mmg was fishing a stream near Coupar, and Was much 
annoyed by a_ small terrier, which followed him along 
the path barkmg, till he turned and "flicked" the dog- 
over the noTse with his fishing rod, when the dog'at once 
ran oft. My friend went on with his fishing, and" forgot 
the incident till he noticed the small dog returning trot- 
ting by the side of a large retriever, who, withotit anv 
grovvlmg or preliminaries, quietly bit Cuniming's heel 
and m the same quiet and dignified manner at once re- 
tired, honor having been satisfied. 
In the district of Rangitikei, New Zealand, where I 
lived for some years, hares were verv plentiful and 
coursing was the sport indulged in by everybody the 
result being that greyhounds swarmed in the townships • 
and while their owners were busy, they were inclined to 
suiter from ennui, and thus it happened that some fifteen 
to twenty hounds would often trot out from the village 
quite unattended, about a quarter of a mile, to a pad- 
dock opposite my house, and there they would mass up 
m one corner dose to the gate. Presently one of the 
ntimber would dash out from the mob toward the middle 
of the field, and when it had got some 50 to 70yds start 
would begin to "double" and twist exactly as a hare 
would do when hard, pressed. The pack would at once 
commence the chase, while the "hare" dog dodged and 
turned at full speed, till at last he was "collared" and 
pulled down, when the panting pack would return to the 
rendezvous at the gate, and after a brief "blow" another 
dog would break away and assume the role of "hare " 
This sport I have seen carried on for nearly an hour at 
a stretch, perfectly spontaneous on the part of the dogs. 
Another curious story was told me by Dr. Frank Wal- 
lace McKcnzie, of Wellington, N. Z., whose father owned 
a run in Otago, which was much overrun by rabbits In 
order to keep the rabbits in check, if possible, a nonde- 
script pack of dogs was kept at the station to hunt rab- 
bits for their living. The pack was composed of half- 
bred greyhounds and collies chiefly, and they were in 
the habit of going out every morning quite by them- 
selves and hunting all day, returning in the evening to 
the station. A very small Scotch terrier always accom- 
panied these expeditions, his small body allowing him 
to take the part of a ferret, and turn the rabbits out of 
their burrows. This dog, therefore, became necessary 
to others if they wanted really good "sport; but there 
Avere times— as this dog grew old— when the comforts of 
the kitchen fire outweighed the joyous excitement of 
digging rabbits out of the snow, and as he was a privi- 
leged individual, and his daily bread did not depend en- 
tirely lipon the slaughter of. the chase, he would some- 
time's aibsent himself from the "meet;" but the other dogs 
knew better than to start without him, so a deputation 
would return^ to the kitchen to ask him to "reconsider 
his position," and being arm.e.d.with wider powers of 
perstta;sion than most deputations, when this one was 
met with snarls and growls, it set upon the object of its 
prayers, and dragged him out of the place. At once he 
was surrounded by the pack, and hurried off to the hunt- 
ing ground in no very gentle manner. Once there, the 
"spirit of the chase" would come over him, and his stiff- 
ness wear off, but the same performance would probably 
have to be ^blie through next morning. I have often 
wondered what the other dogs did when this terrier died. 
— Our Dogs. 
POINTS AND FLUSHES. 
The American Kennel Club Stud Book for 1897, Vol. 
XIV., is now ready for delivery. In binding, printing, 
etc., the volume is up to the usual excellent standard of 
the A. K. C. books. It contains pedigrees from Nos. 
42,590 to 46,327; a list of the officers, active members 
and associate members of the A. K. C., advisory com- 
mittee, a record of tlie bench show and field trial win- 
nings of 1897, cancellations, kennel names, prefixes and 
affixes, re-registrations, standing committees, a list of 
the bench shows and judges of 1897 and bench show 
winnings of the winners of 1897. The volume covers 
the records from Jan. i to Dec. 31, 1897. It can be 
obtained of A. P. Vredenburgh, Secretary American 
Kennel Club, 55 Liberty street. New York. 
Mr. C. E. Buckle, of the Charlottesville Field Trial 
Kennels, writes us that he leaves for England on the 
23d inst., returning in time for the summer training on 
chickens and the Manitoba field trials. Capt. C. E. Mc- 
Murdo, Charlottesville, Va., will attend to the business 
aftairs of the kennel in the meantime. 
The steam yacht Free Lance has been presented to 
the United States Government by her owner, F. Augus- 
tus Schermerhorn, of New York. She was designed by 
A. Cary Smith and built by the Crescent Shipyard, Lewis 
Nixon, in 1895. Her dimensions are: Over all, 137ft.; 
l.w.l., 109ft.; beam, 20ft.; depth, nft. 7in.; draft, 8ft. She 
is of steel, schooner rigged, and carried triple expansion 
engines. Her speed will make her a very useful craft. 
Since last week the Board on Auxiliary Cruisers has 
recommended the purchase of ten additional light draft 
vessels, yachts and tugs, and a number of yachts have 
been inspected. Those purchased are Thespia, Viking. 
Restless and Corsair, Penelope and Aileen. The work of 
converting them goes on rapidly at the Brooklyn isfavy 
Yard, The Scorpion was finished last week and sailed 
for the South. When she left the yard, with only her 
foremast standing, and that cut off at the hounds, with 
her bowsprit sawed ofi" plumb with the figurehead, with 
topsides, deck houses, spars and boats of one dull shade, 
a dark lead color, and with two sin. guns forward and 
two aft, with a half dozen rapid-fire guns in addition, no 
one would have recognized her as the shapely Sovereign. 
The names of the yachts thus far completed are: 
Original. New. Commander. 
Mayflower, Mayflower, M. R. S. Mackenzie, 
Hermione, ITawk, J. Hood. 
Columbia; Wasp, A. Ward, 
Alicia, Hornet, J. M. Helm. 
Almy, Eagle, W. H.. Southerland, 
Sovereign,. ..Scorpion, Adolph Marix, 
Josephine, Vixen, Alex Sharp, Jr. 
Com. Morga?v, of the New York Y. C, has given or- 
ders that all the stations of the club be put in commission 
at once, that all telephonic and telegraphic facilities at 
them be perfected, and that they be placed at the disposal 
of the Government. These stations are placed as follows- 
No. I— Bay Ridge, N. Y. 
No. 2— New York, Twenty-sixth street. East River, 
No. 3 — Whitestone, L. I. 
No. 4- — New London. 
No. 5— Shelter Island. 
Mo. 6 — Newport. 
No. 7 — Vineyard Haven. 
No. 8— Atlantic Highlands. 
No. 9 — Ardsley-on-Hudson. 
, No. 10— Glen Cove, L. I. - 
The trustees of the Larchmont Y. C. have extended 
to Lieut.-Commander Field, United States Navy, in 
command of the Third Coast Defense District, the full 
use of all the facilities of the club house and station, in- 
cluding such accommodation as he may require in' the 
main house and other buildings; and the use for any 
purpose of the club floats and landing stages, launches, 
telegraph instruments, and long-distance telephones. The 
trustees of the club further announce that in the event 
of actual hostihties between the United States and any 
other country during the coming yachting season the 
events already scheduled, including regattas and the fes- 
tivities of race week, will be omitted. 
On April 25 the following orders were issued by 
Major H. H. Adams, in charge of the fortifications o"f 
New York Harbor: 
Submarine mines having been placed in position in 
connection with the defenses of New York, the follow- 
ing regulations for safe navigation by friendly vessels 
and for the protection of the defenses are hereby estab- 
lished by authority of the Secretary of War : 
1. No vessels will be allowed to pass Sandy Hook or 
the Narrows between the hours of sunset and sunrise.' , 
During this interval vessels must not approach within 
three miles of Coney Island, Gedney's Channel, Sandy 
Hook or the Narrows. 
2. Patrol boats will be stationed above and below the 
defenses. These boats are authorized to stop vessels to 
inquire into their character, or to instruct them how 
to pass through the mine fields. The orders of. the patrol 
boats must be strictly observed. 
3. Sailing vessels and all small vessels drawing 3ft. or 
less can safely pass through any part of the channels 
during the daytime. 
4. Steam vessels must pass at slow speed through a 
special channel, which will be inarked by buoys. 
5. Vessels are warned that if they disregard these regu- 
lations they will expose themselves to serious damage 
and will be liable to be fired on by the batteries, ' 
"With Coal to Callao. 
£. J. Brady in the Sydney Bulletin. 
They slewed her in to dump her load. 
And cleaned her aft and fore; 
They turned her out to take the road 
She'd taken oft before; 
All geared aloft, all free aloft, all tight and trim IjcIow, 
To take the road, and make the road, the road to Galtap. 
lie kissed the girl ashore he'd foimd, 
And said: "You'll never miss me; 
You won't start wecpin' if I'm drowned, 
^ But kiss me, sweetheart, kiss me! 
'Tis miles to go, long miles to go, eight thousand miles or so. 
With seas about and seas abeam, and coal to Callao!" 
Around his neck she twined her arms, 
"Luck speed you. Jack!" cried she, 
"And from the sea and all its harms 
Come back some day to me. 
I'll wait for you, I'll watch for you, though well, dear lad, I 
know 
There's other girls and fairer girls— the girls of Callao." 
He took his sheath knife from his belt 
And said, " Tore God, my beauty, * 
Yon sun from out the sky may melt. 
But I won't turn from duty. 
This lock o' yourn, this curl o' yourn, goes with ine where I go- 
Across the world, around the world, to hell- or Callao!" 
Her eyes were like two shining stars 
That sparkle through the rain. 
All sail was bent upon the spars. 
He kissed his love again. 
'Twas "Come aboard!" and "All aboard, and let her shore lines go, 
And take the road, and make the road— the road to Callao." 
They swung across Newcastle bar. 
And sou' by east away; 
They saw the Cross hung out afar 
Below the Milky Way; 
They saw the land go down a-lee, and heard the rollers go 
Across the road, along the road, the road to Callao. 
The sun came up on sixty days 
And set on sixty nights; 
Beneath the star-lit heaven's maze 
She kept her course to rights. 
And while the cool winds kissed her wings, as white as di-iveu 
snow, 
She drove the dancing spray ahead— laid down for Callao. 
They heaved her log for sixty days. 
But on the sixty-first 
Her greasy cargo vi'cnt ablaze. 
And then the batches burst! 
'Twas "Man the pumps! All hands to pumps; and curse her a'= 
ye go; 
A broken ship, a burning ship, ten days from Callao!" 
They tied the air pumps throat and neck 
With canvas triplefofd, 
Then passed the wet hose down the deck 
To flood her flaming hold; 
All cursing bard, all praying Christ to heed them in their woe. 
lo bring their seared and sinful souls alive to Callao. 
The yellow smoke that trailed a-lee. 
It clouded in her wake; 
The steam that tore the lashings free 
Hissed like a scalded snake; 
And blinded, beaten, driven back, they watched the jfire fien<l 
grow. 
And cursed the hour and damned the day they sailed for Callao. 
Death's angel bared his flaming sword 
And smote her hip and thigh; 
Her forernast splintered by the board 
Like twig three seasons dry; 
But when the mainmast crashed to port they sweltered in their 
woe. 
To see her useless boats drift by— ten days to Callao. 
The prisoned gas shot out aflame 
And licked her mizen yard; 
Her broken bones against her frame 
Jammed home again and jarred; 
They flung the hurried scrawl adrift, to let their fellows know 
What fate was theirs who'd fought with death, bound out for 
Callao. 
She lurched abeam until the brine 
Began to lap her rail, 
Till doom and she witli level twine 
Were reeving neck and tail. 
They_ dragged the rum keg aft at that, and let the liquor flow, 
lo die the death they had to die, ten days from Callao. 
But when she gulfed the water in. 
And when her stern heaved clear, 
With God's good grace to shrive their sin. 
They rose a British cheer- 
Then choked like men who pay the debt all men to nature owe 
On either road, on every road, 'tween this and' Callao 
* * * * III ' * 4 
They're swinging coal aboard the Star 
Longside Newcastle quay; 
And out. across Newcastle bar 
Far spreads the lonely sea; -' ~ 
Arid Jack's fond lass has found a friend to love her e'er he go 
Along the road, the level road, the road to Callao 
Long: Island Sound Y. R. A. 
A MEETING of the executive committee of the Soimd 
A. Avas held on April 18 at the Seawanhaka C. Y 
C. house, all the members being present, as follows- C 
1. Pierce, Riverside Y. C; O. E. Cromwell, Seawan- 
haka Y C; E. Burton Hart, Jr., Huguenot Y. C; W 
P. Stephens, Corinthian Fleet; O. H. Chellborg Knicl<:- 
erbocker Y. C; F. Bowne Jones, Indian Harbor Y. C^- 
and Charles P. Tower, New Rochelle Y. C. 
The committee organized for the vear with Mr. Crom- 
well again as chairman and Mr. Chas. P. Tower as sec- 
retary. Mr. F. B. Jones, who has held the office of sec- 
retary since the organization of the Association de- 
clined a re-election. A vote of thanks for the work he 
had done during his incumbency was tendered. The fol- 
lowing amendment was adopted, the wording having 
been delegated to the executive committee— Rule II., 
Section 4: 
The racing measurement of a yacht launched after Nov. 
I. 1896, shall be assumed to be the maximum limit of her 
class; or any yacht the measurement of which has been 
increased to such an extent as to place her in a class 
above that in which she sailed prior to that date (Nov. i, 
1896) shall assume the maximum length of that class in 
which- she will sail. , 
At the annual meeting a rearrangement of the starting 
signals was decided on,. the finab details being left to the 
committee. The arrangement adopted at the meeting 
was as follows: . , . . 
Red ball — For all schooners. 
White ball — First class, 70, 60 and 5Tft. classes of 
sloops, cutters and yawls. 
Blue' ball— 43, 36 and 30ft. classes of sloops, cutters- , 
and yawls. 
Two red balls--2S, 20 and 15ft, classes of cabin and 
open sloops. 
Two white balls— 30 and 25ft. classes of cabin cats. 
