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[April, 8, 1899. 
will mention one thing, in which I think instinct and rea- 
son acted harmoniously. Possibly some may object to 
calling that peculiar sense which we call "scent" possessed 
by dogs and other animals, instinct — ^but we call it that for 
lack of a better word. One of my sons had been in the 
woods, and in climbing a tree had lost his pocketbook 
containing some money. In the afternoon of the same day 
my two sons were sitting on the front doorstep, when 
they saw Philip coming from the woods with some- 
thing in his mouth. He came to them, passed by the 
younger one, and dropped the purse at the feet of its 
owner. Now in this case, instinct, or that faculty of scent 
peculiar to animals, made Philip know that the purse 
belonged to his friend, my son. Why didn't he leave 
it, just as he would leave the scent of his footsteps? 
Something besides instinct told him that his j^oung master 
valued this purse. In his poor dumb, doggy, grateful 
mind, he reasoned out that it was his duty as a faithful, 
conscientious, well-bred, well-treated dog, to carry this 
purse to his master. And he did it. And that he knew 
he had done the proper thing, and was as well pleased as 
his young master was, let no one doubt! His vocal 
organs were all imperfect. He could not talk; but he 
wig-wagged his sentiments just as clearly as Dewey or 
Schley could signal from ship to shore. Faithful and 
almost human, old Phil ! Under the bed of annual foliage 
plants the remains of his true and plucky little ego rest. 
Of his sub-ego I am an agnostic. 
Two other fox terriers that I bred, both related to 
Philip— their mother by Perry Belmont's Bacchanal— were 
■very intelligent ; perhaps not more so than their brothers 
and sisters. -kt 1 
One of them I gave to my daughter, hvmg m New York 
city. She brought him into the country one summer and 
he got filled with fleas. When she took him to town she 
put him into the bath tub and scrubbed him with a brush. 
Some time afterward she went away and left him with the 
servants, and he went into the coal cellar and got very 
dirty. When his mistress returned he expressed great 
delight, and ran upstairs to the bath room, jumped into 
the bath tub, took the brush in his mouth and whined ; 
asking her as plainly as language could have expressed 
it, to wash him as she had done before. Memory and 
intelligence were certainly shown, and I think. there \vas 
also a little bit of what we call reason exhibited. And 
as "cleanliness is akin to godliness," let us humbly regard 
the dog as not beneath our esteem. In olden times they 
ate of "the crumbs which fell from their master s table, 
and these "crumbs" were pieces of soft bread which seryed 
the purpose of napkins, and were not the chance drop- 
^^■The litter sister to this fox terrier is the handsomest 
fox terrier I ever saw. She belongs to Dr. Rodman, of 
Huntington, L. I., a brother of the former owner of the 
famous setter known as Scott Rodman's Dash. He had a 
bull terrier which he kept on the chain. His wife told him 
that the fox terrier unbuckled his collar and let hmi loose. 
He would not believe it, until one day she called to him 
and told him to watch the fox terrier. He sa\y her pull 
at the strap until she got the end out from the loop, then 
she pulled on it until she unbuckled it— the bull terrier 
holding still the while— and when she had got the collar 
off they started away for a frolic. Now I do not think 
you can call this instinct. I think there was more ego than 
sub-ego in it ; and if there was not reason, what will you 
call it? 11 4. 
I could cite many more instances equally as strong, 
which have come under my own observation, but 1 will 
close this communication with one more, which i can 
vouch for as being authentic. • u u 1 nn „ 
In 18S1-3 I was living at the Hague, ni Holland. 1 he 
champlain of the English embassy then was the Rev. Mr. 
Harris He told me that he was visiting at a gentleman s 
place in England, and saw a large dog chase a rat under 
an outbuilding. He could not get into the hole through 
which the rat went. He started for the house and came 
back with a cat in his mouth, and put her at the ho e. 
The cat went under the building and caught the rat. ihe 
dog was on good terms with the cat. 
Now there was exhibited in this very good reason, and 
also quick action upon this reason. There was no in- 
stinct about it. It was downright and upright reason. It 
was a clear case of raiiocination. This dog may not 
ever have put a fire-brand on an expiring fire to keep 
himself warm. Possibly he might have kept warm m 
some other way. ,r> T-j ^..ct a 
Perhaps he would have accepted a calf s hide stuffed 
with straw for a real calf— as many a child might do— and 
not have noticed a color in pups that smelt alike, but you 
couldn't fool him on the size of a hole, and the compara- 
tive size of himself and a cat. . „ 
The old saying is : "There's reason m all things, and 
we beg leave to add, "especially in dogs."^^ Canibus 
Charlottesville Field Trial Kennels. 
Mr Edward Dexter, of Boston, Mass., whose name is 
familiar to all sportsmen who are interested m the affairs 
of the dog and gun, has sold his famous kennel of pomt'.^rs 
and setters to Mr. Hobart Ames, of North Easton. Mass. 
The kennel will be located at Charlottesville, Va., and 
North Easton, Mass., and will continue under the old 
name, which has been conspicuous in field trial annals for 
so many years. We are informed that Mr. Dexter feels 
that he is in years where he would prefer to see a younger 
man carry on his good work on the hnes laid down by 
him with such success through so many years, and he feels 
■content in having found that man in the person of the 
popular sportsman, Mr. Hobart Ames. The pohcy of the 
kennel will be to run the dogs to their utmost m every 
competition, try to breed the highest type and worker pos- 
sible the pointer receiving special attention Mr. Ames 
will add his own famous bitches, all field trial winners, to 
the kennels. They are Christina Guenn and Lady Mil- 
^*^Mr. Dexter's name has been associated for many years 
with field trial competition where it was hottest — East 
and V/est and South. He was neither exultant in victory 
nor despondent in defeat, though to success he was not 
at all a stranger. Plis retirement is distinctly a loss., Mr. 
Ames has been a field trial patron for many years, and 
now' w\im the §pb?r^ of his action in -the sportsman s 
Jim. 
Edmund Day in Detroit Tribune. 
Jest an orn'ry yaller pup, 
'Thout no breed nor kin. 
Eats a heap o' vittles up, 
Yet he's alius thin. 
'Taint the sleekest kinder skin- 
Hides the kindest heart; 
Take a costly dog ter win 
Me and Jim apart. 
Tell yer what the critter done. 
He jest saved my life, 
That time old Marm Robinson-, 
Visited my wife. 
She's Sue's mother, don't yer see; 
• Best she ever had, 
But we never could agree, 
'Ca-use I made her mad. 
Marm staid with us jest a week, 
Seemed an awful spell; 
Wife an' me, we didn't speak, 
Home was jest like — well 
'Tweren't jest as nice a place 
As it was before. 
Frowns and scowls on ev'ry face, 
An' a heap o' jaw. 
Then I found this yaller pup, 
Comin' home one night; 
Picked the orn'ry critter up, 
I was kinder tight. 
Fetched him home like he is now, 
Got marm's dander up. 
Made her raise an awful row, 
Swore she'd kill the pup. 
Jim next day got prowhn' 'round. 
While marm took her nap, 
An' when she were sleepin' sound, 
Ate her Sunday cap. 
Chewed her knittin' all ter bits. 
Chased her Maltese cat. 
Scared the critter inter fits — 
Wise young pup, sir, that. 
Marm she swore she wouldn't stay 
In the he use with him, 
Packed her duds an' moved next day, 
All along of Jim. 
An' when I come home that night, 
'Spectin' frowns an' strife. 
Jim he wore that collar bright — 
Put thar bv my wife. 
Now you see whv we love Jim; 
Yes, my wife an' me. 
Think a mighty heap o' him, 
Saved us both, yer sec. 
Marm writes that she'll visit us, 
When Jim goes away. 
Wife an' me no longer fuss- 
Jim, you bet, will stay. 
Mr. A. C Wilmerdingf's Watnong Wiggley. 
Mr. A. Clinton Wilmerding writes: I have. just lost my 
well-known working . spaniel Watnong Wiggley (No. 
38683) by pneumonia. He was a striking dog in ap- 
pearance, being beautifully marked, and active and stylish 
when worked with the gun. There are a host of people 
who knew him who will feel his loss almost as keenly as I 
do, as he was such a popular favorite. I killed about 200 
birds over him last fall. He was about seven years old 
at the time of his death. 
A. C. A. Regatta Programme, J 899. 
Since the annual meeting Com. Thorn has appointed 
a regatta committee, including Messrs. Al. T, Brown 
and John W. Ely, of Rochester, and F. B. Huntington,- 
of Milwaukee; also Mr. John S. Wright, of Rochester, 
as chairman of the camp site committee, and Dr. F. R. 
Smith, of Rochester, as Fleet Surgeon. The regatta 
committee has issued the following proposed pro- 
gramme for the meet races, to which the attention 
of all members is called. Com. Thorn has not yet de- 
cided on the camp site, though it will be somewhere in 
the vicinity of Grindstone Island. 
Thousand Islands, Aug. 4 to 18 inclusive, 1899. 
Members A. C. A. — Following programme of events 
fdr the next annual meet of the American Canoe As- 
sociation has been prepared by the regatta committee. 
Criticism and suggestions invited. The committee's shell 
is good and thick; take a hack at it and have done with 
it. If any member can suggest anything new in the rac- 
ing line, we want to "get next" immediately. 
Sailing Races — Decked Canoes. 
Event No. i — ^Record Combined^ Race — Paddling and 
sailing, half mile alternately, three miles; time limit, one 
and one-half hours; start to be made under paddle. Aug. 
8, A. M. 
Event No. 2 — Record Sailing — Four and one-half 
miles; time limit, two hours: same rig and seat to be 
used in events Nos. i and 2. Aug. 8. P. M. 
Event No. 3 — Record Paddling — One-half mile 
straight-aXvay. Same canoe as events Nos. i and 2. Aug. 
9, A° M. " 
Event No. 4 — Unlimited Sailing — Six miles; time 
limit, two and one-half hours ; see rule i of sailing- regu- 
lations. Contestants in Trophy race will be selected in 
this event under xnh 5 pf racing regulations. Aug. 9, 
Event No. 5 — ^Trophy Sailing — Nine miles; time liiuit, 
three and one-half hours. See rule 5 of racing regula- 
tions. Aug. 10, A. M. 
Event No. 6 — Dolphin Sailing Trophy — Seven and 
one-half miles; time limit, three hours. Canoe winning 
first place in Trophy race will not compete in this event. 
Aug. 10, A. M. 
Event No. 7 — Novice Sailing — Three miles; time limit, 
two and one-half hours. Open only to members who 
have never contested in any but their own club sailing 
races. Aug. 10, P. M. 
Event No. 8— Sailing, Live Man Overboard — Decked 
sailing canoes, one-fourth mile. At the discharge of gun, 
the passenger will go overboard, the canoe will pass 
around the quarter-mile buoy, pick up his man, and then 
sail to home buoy. 
Sailing" Races — Open Canoes. 
Event No. g — Open Canoe Sailing — One and one-half 
miles; one and one-half hour's time limit. Open or par- 
tially decked canoes allowed. 
Event No. 10 — Combined Sailing and Paddling — One- 
half mile alternately, one and one-half miles; time limit, 
one and one-half hours. Start under sail. Single blades. 
Open or partially decked canoes allowed. 
Note — In events 9 and 10 the sail area is limited to 
40 square feet. No rudder, or seat projecting beyond 
gunwales, allowed. One pair detachalale leeboards may 
be used. The paddle can only be used for steering except 
in event No. 10 on the paddling leg. The same canoe, 
sail and leeboards will be used in both events. Canoes 
may have the usual bow and stern decks of about 32ins., 
and side decks of about 2ins. wide with combing about 
ij^ins. high. Canvas covers or other substitutes. for decks 
will be measured as decks. " ' 
Division Sailing Races. 
Event No. 11 — Atlantic Division Cup. - 
Event No. 12 — Central Division Cup. 
Event No. 13 — Northern Division Cup. 
Event No. 14 — Eastern Division Cup. 
Event No. 15 — Western Division Cup. 
Event No. 16 — Northern Division Open Canoe Sailing 
for Orilla Cup. 
Note — Division sailing cup races will be sailed on 
Aug. 14, weather permitting, provided they have not 
been sailed at division meets and will be sailed under 
the rules provided by each division, which will be posted 
on the bulletin board day of race, and called in the order 
published. Division regatta committees will run their 
own sailing races. (See chap. 9.) 
A, C, A. "War Canoe' Championship Race. 
Event No. 17 — ^War Canoe Race — A. C. A. champion- 
ship, one mile straight-away. Aug. 16, 10 A. M. 
Division Paddling Races* 
Event No. 18 — ^Western Division Gardiner cup pad- 
dling; open canoes. 
Event No. 19 — Northern Division war canoe race; 
open to A. C. A. members only. Aug. 16, 3 P. M. 
Paddling Races, 
Event No. 20 — Trophy Paddling — One mile straight- 
9.way; paddles optional. Aug. 15. . ^_ . 
Event No. 21 — Tandem Paddling — ^^Single blade, open 
canoes, half mile with turn. 
Event No. 22 — ^Relay Race — Open paddling canoes, 
single blades; one and one-half miles, over sailing 
course; three men from each club or division. Starters 
paddle to and around first buoy, pass an article to second 
man, who paddles to and around second buoy, passing 
to third man, who paddles to the finish. 
Event No. 23 — Paddling— Single blade, half-mile, with 
turn. 
Event No. 24 — Novice Paddling — Single blade, open 
canoes, one-half mile with turn. Open only to members 
who have never contested in any but their club paddling 
races. 
Event No. 25 — Four Men Paddling — Single blades, 
open canoes, one-half mile with turn. 
Event No. 26 — Tandem Overboard — Single blades, 
open canoes, one-fourth mile. At the discharge of the 
gun both men will jump overboard, clear of their canoes, 
regain their seats in same, and paddle to home buoy. 
Event No. 27 — Tail-end Race — Single blade, ope^i 
canoes, one-eighth mile. Paddlers will kneel in bow of 
canoe and paddle bow first with the wind. 
Event No. 28— ^Upset Paddling — Single blade, open 
canoes. 
Event No. 29 — Hurry-scurry — Single blade," open ca- 
noes. Run, jump, swim and paddle. 
Event No. 30 — Ladies' Paddjing — Single blade, open 
canoes, one-fourth mile with turn. 
Event No. 31— Ladies' Tandem Paddling — Single blade, 
open canoes, one-fourth mile with turn. 
Event No. 32 — Swimming — One hundred yards. 
Event No. 33 — Tilting Tournament — Sparring poles 
will be provided by the regatta committee. Eact sparrer 
will stand immediately aft the forward thwart. Both 
contestants must -be on their feet when giving and 
taking. 
Notes. 
First, second -and third prizes will be awarded in all 
events except No, 33, Two starters to win first, three 
starters to win second, and four starters to win third. 
Flag prizes will be awarded sailors and paddlers. First 
prize flag will be blue ground with event in white letters'; 
second priz:e same as first, except body will be red; third 
prize same as the others, except body will be white. - ■ 
Events Nos. i,' 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14. 15 'wilj 
be called on the dates shown in programme Weather -per- 
mitting. The time for starting same will be posted on 
bidletin board by 8 A. M., date of race. Postponed events 
will be run off first opportunity. 
Events Nos. 17, 19, 20 will be run on dales shown in 
programme, wind, sea, or rain notwithstanding. 
The committee reserves the right to call remainder of 
programme at any time during the meet when in their 
judgment the conditions are most opportune notice of 
which will be ppsted on the bulletiri board at 8 A. M-'j 
^ate of race. _ 
