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seen. As a ruatter of fact, one could ride a bicycle from 
Telegraph Creek to Teslin Lake, barring the hills. Had 
the work been done early in the season, what a difference 
there would have been in Teslin to-day. Late as it is, there 
are more people on the trail now than there have been 
at any one time during the season. Every conceivable 
kind of vehicle excepting a baby carriage — ^push carts, dog- 
carts and pull-carts, oxen hitched single, double and tan- 
dem, yoked and collared, horses fat, lean and sore-backed, 
donkeys, burros, mules and asses, driving and being 
driven,'all rushing, pushing and scrouging to get to Teslin, 
whose lake shores they expect to see covered with nug- 
gets. A Boston man dropped in to-day and said: "Any 
gold close by?" "Not that I have heard of," said I. 
"What! Really! Well, what are you doing here?" "Too 
poor to get any farther," said T. "Come, now," he^said. 
"No joking. Is there no gold on the banks of Teslin 
Lake? That is the only thing that has kept me alive for 
the last two months. I thought when I once got here 
the hard work was all done; that accumulating gold when 
you get in was easy." I told him I knew some old pros- 
pectors who had been in the country for the last twenty 
years, and to-day all they had in the world was the 
clothes in their dunnage bag. 
I have a chance to send this letter, so must bring it to 
a finish. O- T. S. 
Fixtures. 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Tan 16.— Bakersfield, Cal.— Field trials of the Pacific Coast Field 
Trials Club. J. Kilgarif, Sec'y. „ a 
Jan. 18.— Logansport, Ind.— North Central Indiana Poultry As- 
sociation's bench show. Sol. D. Brandt, Sec'y- ^ . „, , , 
Jan. 19-21.— New Orleans, La.— New Orleans Fox Terrier Club s 
show. Wm. Le Monnier Sec'y. . . . , 
Jan. 23.— West Point, Miss.— Champion Field Trials Association s 
fourth annual trials. ~ , , 
Feb. 21-24.— New York.— Westminster Kennel Club s twenty- 
third annual show. Jas. Mortimer, Sec'y and Supt. 
March 7-10.— Grand Rapids, Mich.— Butterfly Association s bench 
show. Miss Grace H. Griswold, Sec'y. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Jan. 16.— West Point, Miss.— U. S. F. T. C. winter trials. W. B. 
Stafford, Sec'y. „ . , ^, . . , . , . 
Feb. 6.— Madison, Ala.— Alabama Field Trial Club's third annual 
trials. T. H. Spencer, Sec'y. 
Fox Hunting in Dakota. 
Chicago, 111., Dec. iS-— In the South they hunt foxes 
with foxhounds, and join the folk of the old world in 
calling it absolute treason to kill a fox in any other way. 
In New England they go not fox hunting, but fox shoot- 
ing, and consider it sweet and decent to shoot a driven 
fox with any sort of gun. Out in North Dakota they 
hunt the fox with greyhounds. I have often seen these 
dogs kill wolves and jack rabbits, and other animals up 
to the antelope and deer, but I never saw a fox hunt with 
greyhounds, and I think never read of one, though, of 
course, since the greyhounds have become so common 
in the Western prairie States, they must have been gener- 
ally used in that manner. Mr. Clint Smith, of Fargo, 
North Dakota, sends me the following little account of the 
way they do it out in his part of the world, and knowing 
Mr. Smith as I do from other hunting with him in that 
section, I can well imagine the hilarity of the.se winter 
fox chases with the narrow gauge hounds. 
"The day was a beautiful one," he says, "the sun shone 
bright and warm, and at fifteen minutes of ten we started 
with the dog, our party being Charley, old man Pull and 
myself. We went west to the second tree claim, and then 
north, and crossed the Cheyenne River; then went west 
about half a mile. Here we saw a fox, about a quarter of 
a mile away, on the plowing. We drove as close as we 
could, and gave a yell, and away went the fox, and away 
went the dogs, first Rox, then Bob, then Nig. They went 
to him like a blizzard, made three good, sharp turns and 
drove him into the black dog, and it was all over with the 
fox. 
"Charley and I walked over and got the fox away from 
the dogs, and found they had chewed him up somewhat, 
but not badly. We then started northwest to the Glen- 
dale hay land. Passing by some snow drifts in a little 
piece of stubble, we noticed the rabbit tracks quite fresh, 
so Pull and I got out to see if we couldn't kick out a 
jack, which we succeeded in doing, and with a 'Hi _yi' 
to the dogs, they went off in a bunch. They made a nice 
run, but it was a short one. Rox made the turn and kill, 
but he had a little the advantage, as he got sighted first 
and consequently got the best of the start. You should 
have seen those dogs land on that jack. They fell over 
each other and stood on their heads in the snow. 
"We now worked over toward Canfield, and on the 
plowing just north of the elevator we saw another fox. 
We drove toward him, and he worked to the north. I 
happened to look to the south, and saw still another fox 
walk out from behind a straw stack. 'Great Scot! Two 
at once !' said Pull, excitedly. 'The more we kill the more 
there are.' We drove for the one to. the north, he 
jumped, and away went the dogs. The fox had a big 
start, but they got to him, and got three or four turns out 
of him, when he holed. Pull plugged the hole, and is 
going out to-morrow to dig him out. In the meantime the 
other fox had turned and run east, and I guess he hit the 
timber, for we could not find him. This was a little bad 
luck, but Pull said : 'Good bye, my boys, I'll see you some 
other time." 
^'Charley thought that we had better cross the track 
now, and go south, so away we went. About a mile and a 
half south we saw another fox, and here we had the 
star run of the day. He jumped when we were quite a 
way from him, but Rox got his eye on him, and with both 
of the others close up, the fourth race of the day 
was on. That fox was a clinker. Not a stop did he 
make, and no look around, but just tended to business. 
Pull said : 'Look at them boys shovel snow !' and how 
the snow did fly. They landed him in about a mile, after 
five or . six of as pretty turns as you ever saw, and they 
were bunched so that we could not tell which one killed. 
We now had two foxes and a jack, which was pretty 
good, and so we started for home. 
"We drove north and struck the road that goes by Luce 
UNBALLASTEl) SAILING BOAT, 16FT. 
Barnes', and we passed his place about 5 o'clock. We had 
got almost to Fulkrod's. and were talking about one thing 
and another, when Puii .said: 'Say, boys, there is a nice 
fox,' and tiiere on the jjlovving, walking around, was a 
fox. We knew it was getting late, but we wanted that 
fox, so when we got to the corner we crossed the track 
and went west. Bob had wrenched his shoulder in the 
last cha e, so we let Rox and Nig catch this one. When 
the fox jumped Charley gave a yell, Nig caught sight, 
away he went with Rox after him, and the Derby was 
on. They ran straight south, almost to Barnes' house, 
where they made three or four good, sharp turns, and old 
Rox took him in out of th& wet. So oar day's sport was 
over. 
"This is how we hunt foxes in North Dakota. This 
makes twenty-six foxes and nine jacks we have killed this 
fall with our pack. We .saw two nice big flocks of 
chickens, over lOO in all, I should say." 
As the yachting journal of America, the Forest, and Stream is 
the recognized medium of communication between the maker of 
yachtsmen's supplies and the yachting public. Its value for ad- 
vertising has been aemonstrated by patrons who have employed 
its columns continuously for years. 
The labors of the Sound Y. R. A. executive committee 
have lasted well up to the end of the year, the work en- 
trusted to it at the meeting of Nov. 3 having been com- 
pleted only on Dec. 27. It is but fair to say that in re- 
vising and extending many of the regulations, the com- 
mittee has done much more than to prepare a table of 
scantling restrictions; but the necessity for the revision 
of the cabin regulation, knockabout rules, etc., was too 
plain to be avoided. As they now stand, the new regula- 
tions cover the main points very thoroughly, and offer 
good inducements to general building and racing in the 
smaller classes, below 36ft. While experience wiU de- 
velop some defects, we believe that a substantial step has 
been made toward the regular and systematic improve- 
ment of the rules year by year, until a reasonable degree 
of perfection is attained. The Y. R. A. of Massachu- 
setts has also practically finished its work of revision, even 
with the new year; in good season for the building of the 
smaller sizes of yachts. 
The Sound Y. R. A. 
A MEETING of the executive committee of the Sound 
Y. R. A. was held on Dec. 27 at the Seawanhaka C. Y. C. 
house; all the members of the committee except Mr. Hart 
iDeing present. All the other changes having been dis- 
posed of and adopted by the Association at previous meet- 
ings, the entire evening was devoted to the details of the 
Table of Scantling. Mr. Stephens' adaptation of the table 
prepared by him for the Y. R. U. of the Great Lakes was 
discussed item by item, and a few clerical changes made, 
after which it was adopted by the committee. In the two 
open classes, of 21ft. and i8ft. R. M., an extension of the 
original table, the committee at a previous meeting de- 
cided to make the sizes less than a proportionate reduc- 
tion from the cabin classes would calk for; the planking 
for the 21 ft. class, for instance, being 5/8 and for the i8ft. 
class ; somewhat over the current ijractice in this type 
of small sailing lioat, and from two to three times as thick 
as the latest racing construction. After a long discussion 
it was finally decided to further increase the size of 
planking and decking to %m. in the 21ft. class, and j^in. 
in the i8ft. class, and the frames to iJ4 and lin. respective- 
ly. This brings the construction of the 21ft. class by Sea- 
wanhaka rule rather over that of the 21ft. l.w.l. knock- 
abouts. The question of allowing existing yachts of good 
construction, but not fully complying with the table, to 
race in their classes, was discussed ; but it was decided 
to leave this to the different clubs. 
The numerous changes of details in all parts of the new 
rules at the meetings of the committee and the Associa- 
tion have made a great deal of work for the secretary, 
and the final proofs of the much revised ainendments have 
not yet been made. We shall publish the complete rules 
as soon as the official copy is ready. 
Designed by Miss Minnie Doyle, 1898. 
A Lady YacKt Designer. 
There is no good reason why a lady should not in- 
terest herself in a pursuit so artistic and fascinating as 
yacht designing, but it is a fact that very few do. One 
of these few is Miss Maimic Doyle, of Kingstown, Ire- 
land, the seventeen-year-old daughter of James Doyle, 
the designer and builder of the well-known Colleen one- 
design class. The design here reproduced, from the 
Yachtsman, is for a i6ft. unballasted sailing boat, the un- 
assisted work of the fair amateur, and does her much 
credit. 
The Canada Cup. 
The Chicago correspondent of the Toronto Globe 
writes as follows concerning the Canada cup races of next 
summer: 
The coming races will be second in importance only to 
those in which Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht will meet the 
defender of the America Cup. In many respects the race 
on the inland sea will be a rival to the one on the ocean. 
It will be the first time in the history of yachting that 
two international events of so great importance have taken 
place within a single year. 
The Canadians, as the holders of the c-up. will be the 
entertainers, and they are making great preparations for 
the event. Their committees are now at work not only 
urging the construction of yachts, but planning the event 
itself. They are hoping that some member of the Royal 
House of England will be a spectator of the contest that 
will decide the supremacy of yacht building along the 
great lakes. Invitations will be extended to the Prince 
of Wales and the Duke of York. They will be engrossed 
and sent to England by chosen delegates. 
Chicago men are pleased that so much has come as a 
result of their challenge. Members of the club meet al- 
most daily to act on the propositions that come from local 
men for building yachts to enter the preliminary contests. 
Work on some of the boats has already begun, and others 
will be started in the slip at South Chicago next week. 
Commodore F. W. Morgan is one of the most active 
builders. 
The Ametica Cup. 
While- work is progressing regularly both at FairHe and 
Bristol, neither Mr. Fife , nor Mr. Herreshoff is taking 
the public into his confidence as to details. Such news 
as is published on both sides of the ocean in consider- 
able quantity is all unreliable and largely untrue; being- 
absurd or impossible on its face. It is definitely known 
that work has been pushed on Defender at Bristol, and 
much of her aluminum has been removed, to be re- 
placed by new sheets and bars. The other metals in the 
hull are in good condition. The keel mould for the new 
boat is about finished, and it is stated, but without g-ood 
authority, that it shows a shorter and lighter keel than 
that of Defender. It will not be run until the old ship 
is out of the shop. The most reliable reports about the 
new Shamrock are to the effect that she will be built by 
Thorneycroft & Co., the noted builders of torpedo craft, at 
Chiswick on the Thames; where the material will be 
shaped from moulds and templets sent from Fairlie; the 
ship being erected at the Blackwall Yard, further down 
the river. The material is stated to be nickel steel, made 
by Krupp, of Essen, Germany, the same material that the 
German 65-footer Kommodore was built of. It is settled 
that Capt. Archie Llogarth, formerly of the Fife 6s-footer 
Isolde, will command her. One report has it that the con- 
struction will be carried out at Harlan & Wolf's yard, Bel- 
fast. 
Hollow Spars. 
The Spalding St. Lawrence Boat Company, which has 
made a reputation within the past two years as the maker 
of hollow spars after the method of L. K. Young, and 
under his superintendence, is continually improving its 
product and starts the season of 1899 with a, specially 
fine stock of spruce timber selected for this purpose, much 
of it being brought from the Pacific Coast. The saving 
of weight in these over solid spars makes them indis- 
pensable in a racing yacht, and with the waterproof ce- 
ment used gives them a life that was not possible in hol- 
low spars made a few years ago. 
