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thing must be done to prevent so many trout being taken 
late in the summer and fall, especially at the Upper 
Dam, or Rangeley fishing will very soon be where that of 
the Adirondacks is to-day. The Commissioners, at the 
close of the hearing, reserved their decision. 
Alexander H. Wood, of Boston, died at 7 o'clock Satur- 
day evening. Mr. Wood was well known and much 
beloved by anglers who have had the good fortune to 
know him. Both a trout and salmon fisherman, he made 
many visits to favorite waters. A fishing friend of 
Grover Cleveland and Joseph Jefferson, he was interested 
in trout and salmon waters with them. Born in Kelso, 
Scotland, sixty-four years ago< he early acquired a 
Scotchman's love for the angle. At the age of twenty he 
came to America, and as soon as success in a mercantile 
life would allow, he gave time and attention to his favorite 
pa.stime. 
Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Stowell and Mr. and Mrs. N. 
Brewer, of Lynn, have been having great success bass 
fishing at the Gables, Mt. Vernon, Me. Strings of 50 and 
100 bass a day have been made, some of the fish going 
up to over 3lbs. Special. 
Staten Island Fishing:, 
Gifford's, S. I., N. Y,, June 19. — One of the pleasant 
surprises of the season is the number of weakfish which 
are caught here every day. The fishing began very early 
this year, and the fish are caught in large numbers. Last 
Wednesday Mr. Fred Sibley, of New York, got fourteen 
fine weakfish, and on Saturday Mr. Winfield Provost, of 
Hackensack, N. J., and two friends, took eighteen home. 
On the same day Mr. Samuel Beatty, of New York, 
caught a dozen, averaging about 2lbs. each. On Sunday 
the fishing was not so good, due, no doubt, to the cool 
spell of the past few days. Nevertheless, the usual pleas- 
ant gathering of ladies and gentlemen took place, and 
nobody grumbled because there were no fish. 
The company here is of the pleasantest; everybody is 
good natured whether there be good fishing or none_ at 
all, and Mrs. Collins and her obliging young lady assist- 
ants do all in their power to make pleasant the stay of 
the stranger within their gates. G. F. D. 
New Dorp, S. L, N. Y., June 19. — ^Weakfishing has 
just begun here, the first fish of the season being landed 
early last week. The fish were large, weighing about 3lbs. 
each. Will keep you posted as to the fishing here. 
Capt. G. W. PETEtsai. 
Lake Winnipiscogee. 
A Franiclin Falls^ N. H., correspondent reports the 
taking at Lake Winnipiseogee, in two days' fishing, of 
thirty-five trout and a salmon, the string weighing isolbs., 
by Messrs. M. M. Fitzgerald, C. L. Eddy and A. S. Ash- 
worth. 
he Menmt 
Fixtufcs. 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Sept. 4-7.— Toronto, Can.— Toronto Industrial Exhibition Asso- 
ciation's eleventh annual show. ^, , , , 
Nov. 22-24.— New York.— American Pet Dog Club s show. a. 
C. Hodge, Supt. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Nov. 6.— Bicknell, Ind.— Indiana Field Trial Club's trials. S. 
H. Socwell, Sec'y. ^. 
Nov. 14.— Chatham, Ont.— International Field Trial Club s tenth 
annual trials. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec'y. _ ^. , , ^ . , , , 
Nov. 14.— Washington, C. H., O.— Ohio Field Trial Club s 
trials. C. E. Baughn, Sec'y. ^. , , ^ . . ^, , 
Dec. S.— Newton, N. C— Continental Field Trial Club's trials. 
Thos. Sturges, Sec'y. 
Dog Lore. 
My old friend and shooting compaiiion Jake is the 
possessor of a young dog mostly of the setter persuasion, 
whose doings have been very interesting to note. The 
day when Cap and I first became acquainted was cold 
and blustery, and the scattered birds found in the high 
woods were wild as hav/ks. This was the dog's first ex- 
perience, and his owner was anxious to overcome his 
gun-shyness, which had before been noticed. 
From the start he took considerable interest in his 
work. The few shots fired in the woods, and fortunately 
not very close to him, did not cause him any annoyance. 
Soon, however, we approached a clearing, where two 
farmer boys, who escorted us at their own suggestion, 
discovered a rabbit. They proceeded to shoot after poor 
■'Mollie" with their muzzle-loaders charged with black 
powder. A third discharge of their artillery was too 
much for Cap, and he came by me at a determined dog- 
trot toward the barn where our team was hitched. Coax- 
ing had no effect, so we allowed him to give us the 
go-by. An hour later, when we returned to the barn, we 
discovered Cap in the wagon, with a half-grown chicken, 
which he had seized en route, and without damage to the 
bird. This he was playing with very much as a cat with 
a mouse. Just why he, who had not possessed the rep- 
utation of a "chicken dog" before, should have chosen 
this time for game practice caused considerable comment. 
I next heard of him last spring, when Jake's good lady 
attempted the raising of a brood of ducks, with a hen as 
mater. While the young birds were in the yard, he would 
station himself between them and the creek, and for a 
time managed to keep them away from the water. They 
finally evaded him and reached the creek. Then he was 
kept busy plunging in and bringing the birds to the house 
and his mistress, with the feet of the little swimmers only 
visible as they fanned the air in vain efforts to escape. 
Each bird was carefully deposited before Jake or Mrs. 
B. with an air of having done quite the proper thing; 
nor could he seem to understand that he had not saved 
each duck from a watery grave. However, the incarcer- 
ation of the birds in his mouth soon wrought its work, 
as the little things were almost smothered, and they 
hardly survived a second trip from the creek. 
This occurred on a place stocked with chickens of all 
sizes, which he never molested, unless they happened to 
wander into the feed house. Should they do so, and Cap 
discovered them, there was a quick and noisy scatteration. 
His last effort to immortalize himself occurred a month 
ago, when his master .secured a dozen quail for breed- 
ing. The crate containing the birds was placed on a bar- 
rel in a large room, where Cap and his father, a dog "of 
credit and renown," soon located them. They were 
greatly excited over their find, and it required some work 
to get them out of the way while Jake was hitching up 
his team preparator3r to distributing the birds on the 
farms, fully two miles away. The dogs were fastened up 
initil he was well started with the birds, wliich he released 
by pairs. A couple which had died on their journey from 
the West were also thrown out from' the wagon into a 
swam]jy spot on one of the farms. 
Both dogs were awaiting Jake's return, having discov- 
ered in the meantime that the birds had been removed. 
As soon as the team appeared, they took the back track 
at a clipping gait. Within less than two hours they re- 
turired, Cap holding in his mouth one of the dead birds 
which his master had thrown away in the swamp. This 
was easily identified from its condition and shape, as it 
had been trampled flat by tlie other birds before it was 
removed from the crate. Cap's satisfaction at his bit of 
work was unbounded. If the previous examples of his 
mentality are clever, we must consider this last feat re- 
markable. Yet, in the language of truthful James, "I 
state but the facts." As between reason and instinct in 
dogs, I favor the former. To those who care to work out 
the mental processes involved above, paraphrasing our 
Revolutionary hero, I say, "If this be reason, make the 
most of it." ScAiPE. 
Philadelphia. 
Points and Flashes. 
The Philadelphia Dog Show Association, recently ad- 
mitted to the American Kennel Club, will hold a dog 
show in Philadelphia during next November, and have 
claimed the iSth, i6th, 17th and i8th as dates. 
standing and running gear is completed, and it is expected 
that, once launched and her masts stepped, her outfit wiU 
be finished in a day or two." 
Fixtures. 
JUNE. 
21. Royal Nova Scotia, open, Halifax, N. S. 
21. East Gloucester, cup, Gloucester, Mass. 
22. New York, annual, open, New York, New York Harbor. 
24. Boston, club handicap, South Boston, Boston Harbor. 
24. Norwalk, club, Norwalk, Conn., Long Island Sound. 
24. Corinthian, Phila., knockabout, Essington, Delaware River. 
24. West End. club, Detroit, Lake St. Clair. 
24. Beverly, club Cor., Monument Beach, Buzzard's Bay. 
24. Royal Nova Scotia, knockabout class, Halifax, N. S. 
24. Seawanhaka Cor., annual, open, Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
24. Winthrop, club, Great Head, Boston Harbor. 
24. Morris Yachtsmen, special, City Island, Long Island Sound. 
24. Burgess. 2d cham., Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
24. Jamaica Bay, club, cats, Jamaica Bay. 
25. Penataquit Cor., club, Bayshore, Great South Bay. 
26-29. Sea. Cor., cruise to New London and return, L. I. Sound. 
28. Mosquito Fleet, open. South Boston, Boston Harbor. 
28. East Gloucester, cup, Gloucester, Mass. 
JULY. 
Wood's Holl, sprit and cat class, Quissett. 
Quincy, club, Quincy, Boston Harbor. 
Eastern, annual, Mart)lehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
American, annual cruise, Newburyport to Boston. 
New Rochelle, annual, open, New Rochelle, L. I. Sound. 
Columbia-Defender, New York, New York Harbor. 
New Jersey-Knickerbocker, cup, Bayonne, Newark Bay. 
Beverly, Cor., Monument Beach, Buzzard's Bay. 
Burgess, club, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
4. WiUiamsburgh, an. cruise to Cold Spg. Harbor, L. I. Sound. 
Winthrop, hand sweeps, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 
Savin Hill, open. Savin Hill, Boston Harbor. 
Corinthian, Phila., knockabouts, Essington, Delaware River. 
Penataquit Cor., snipe class, Bayshore, Great South Bay. 
Stamford, annual, open. 
5-6. Seawanhaka Cor., 20ft. trials, Oyster Bay, L. 1. Sound. 
Atlantic, cruise, rendezvous at Larchmont; 5, Larchmont to 
Black Rock, I51ack Rock to New London; 7, New London to 
Shelter Island. 
■5 6. Chicago, trial races, Canada cup, Chicago, Lake Michigan. 
Larchmont, annual, open, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
Boston City, open. South Boston, Boston Harbor. 
Corinthian, Marblehead, club cham., Marblehead, Mass. Bay. 
Wollaston, Burgess cup, Wollaston, Mass. 
East Gloucester, club, Gloucester, Mass. 
Pavonia, club special, Communipaw, New York Bay. 
Newport, annual, Newport, Narragansett Bay. 
Jamaica Bay, club, Jamaica Bay. 
Quannapowitt, club. 
Wood's Holl, sprit & cat classes, Wood's Holl, Hadley Harbor. 
American, annual, open, Milton Point, Long Island Sound. 
East Gloucester, club, Gloucester, Mass. 
Indian Harbor, special, Greenwich, Long Island Sound. 
Sea Cliff, open. Sea Cliff, Long Island Sound. 
Riverside, annual, open, Riverside, Long Island Sound. 
Jamaica Bay, dory class, Jamaica Bay. 
Corinthian, Phila., knockabouts, Essington, Delaware River. 
3. 
The London Times describes the new Shamrock as 
follows: 
"The hull of Shamrock is made of a new alloy of ex- 
treme lightness and strength. Nothing could be smoother 
than the under-water surface it makes. The yacht is 
unlike the later challengers in many respects, but the 
model, except in the matter of draft, is largely that of the 
52-rater Saint, though it embodies much of what wasj 
successful in Ailsa. 
"The following are her dimensions : Length over all, 
125ft. ; length on load waterline, 89ft. ; beam, 22ft. ; length 
from bowsprit end to main boom end, 190ft. Her draft is 
19ft. 9in., and the height from deck level to topmast head 
is 138ft. 
"It is improbable that she will race on this side the 
Atlantic." 
The beam, 22ft., is less by a couple of feet than the 
yacht was supposed to have, bitt it is doubtful whether 
the Times figures are correct. 
The Yachting World says : 
"Further unexpected difficulties have been met in the 
construction of the Shamrock, and though none of them 
will permanently afifect the boat, they have delayed the 
work so that her launch is impossible before the last day 
of the month, and some modification of the arrangements 
for the sailing trials have been rendered necessary by the 
delay in her construction. The only thing yet absolutely 
fixed is that when she is launched she will be taken to 
Fay's yard, at Southampton, to be finished there. All her 
Out of the many vague reports current there is nothing 
known to a certainty. The yacht will probably bo 
launched about the end of June. She may sail some in- 
formal trials with Britannia, but there is no likelihood of 
any such thorough trial and tuning up as the Americati 
yacht will undergo. 
I)r In the middle of last week it was expected th.it 
Columbia would be ready for trial by Juiic 18 at latest, but 
this was found to be impossible. The tender St. Michaels 
went to City Island and brought a wooden boom of De- 
fender to Bristol, to be Used in the trial ; but it is prob* 
able that the new steel boom will be ready by the middle 
of this week. 
It was expected tbat Columbia would be ready for her 
first sail on June 21, but an unexpected cause of delay ap- 
peared at a late moment. The blocks "are largely of 
aluminum castings, made at a foundry at Warren, about 
four miles from Bristol, When they were tested in the 
machine last week they failed, both in the shells and 
sheaves, so that it was necessary to make new and stronger 
ones. This will cause a delay, and it is not yet known 
when the first trial will take place. The 64ft. topmast was 
sent up on June 19, and most of the ri gging is in place. 
The Canada Cup. 
On June 10 the first of a series of three races for the 
McFarlin cup was sailed off Charlotte by the Rochester 
Y. C. The race was a drift, only three yachts, Verona, 
Genesee and Iris, finishing. Verona, the 27-footer pur- 
chased in Hamilton, beat Genesee by a few seconds, but 
the race was no test. On the following day Genesee sailed 
from Charlotte for Buffalo, and on her arrival there she 
was swung aboard a steamer to be taken to Chicago. 
Prairie was due at Chicago about June 17. She passed 
Detroit in tow of Vailima on June 13. 
The following paragraph has been sent out as news from 
Chicago, and published in many papers. It evidently re- 
fers to the yacht launched some six weeks ago, and fully 
described at that time: 
Chicago^ June 15. — Another international racer has 
been launched for the trial races in this city. The supple- 
mentary contests, which will last for a week, will begin 
on July 4, and are for the purpose of selecting a craft to 
uphold the challenge of the Chicago Y. C. for the Canada 
cup. The name of the 35-footer last launched is the 
Josephine. She is a modified bulb keel, 26ft. on the water- 
line and 47ft. over all, and spreads 1,500ft. of canvas. 
Thus far but four yachts have been reported as built 
for the trial races — Genesee, Prairie, Josephine and Veva, 
It is now reported that the Racine Boat Manufacturing 
Company has a 35-footer ready for Mr. George Warring- 
ton, of Chicago. 
The newspapers on .both sides of the line are already ex- 
changing compliments, as follows: 
Chicago, June 16. — At the present time there are three 
Canadian cup defenders in the water. The Canadians are 
preparing a warm defense for the Chicago Y. C. when it 
goes to Toronto in August to bring back the Canada cup. 
Of the three boats, there is but one that is seriously 
feared by the Chicagoans, and that is Duggan's Toronto. 
Duggan has a reputation for building boats with an 
ability to get over the water like a hungry greyhotmd 
going after a fat rabbit. His boat is a centerboard, and 
is said to be built On the principle of one-raters — rather on 
the skimming-dish pattern, and as fast as it is able to 
make 'em. The Toronto has lead on the centerboard, with 
a lead shoe on the bottom. She has no inside ballast, and 
at present is being fitted out with three suits of sails. 
That Fearnside boat, the Hamilton, is now in commis- 
sion, but those who have seen her do not express atly 
great admiration for her. Canadians who would like to 
see the Chicago Y. C. win out say that there will be 
nothing to fear from the Hamilton. She is shy consider- 
able lead on her keel, and will not be able to show her 
heels to any one unless this is remedied, so they thick up 
north. 
The first Canadian boat in the water was the Myrtle, 
and since her launching she has done nothing to set the 
world afire. Like the Hamilton, she needs more lead on 
the keel, and even with the additional ballast will not be 
fast enough to win out, the critics say. She is rated as 
about a match for the Ef tna. 
Hamilton. — Reports from Rochester are to the effect that 
in the first of a series of yacht races, off Charlotte, for the 
Fisher cup, the Rochester Canada cup challenger Genesee 
was badly beaten by the Verona, a 27-footer built . by 
Weir, of this city, and sold last year to a Rochester syndi- 
cate. As the cup defender now being built by Mr. Weir 
is expected to prove many minutes faster than the much 
smaller Verona, it would appear that the Genesee, at least, 
of the American challengers, might as well be counted out 
of the game. 
Royal Hamilton Y. G 
HAMILTON — BURLINGTON BAY. 
Saturday, June 10. 
The fi.rst race of the new 35ft. class on the Lakes was 
sailed at Hamilton on June 10, the starters being the fin- 
keel Hamilton, designed by J. H. Fearnside, and the fin- 
keel Myrtle, designed by Wm. Burnside. The two yachts 
are new and but recently launched. Hamilton carried an 
old and small suit of canvas belonging to the old Nadia. 
her new sails not being ready. Myrtle had her new 
canvas. Under the circumstances the race cannot he 
considered as a fair test. The wind was light from the 
east. The tiines were : 
35ft. Class— Start, 2:35. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Myrtle 5 SI 45 <ffi J5 
Hatniltwii , 5 ,^1 38 ?, m 
Skilt,^— t(3ti Otass—Stail, 3:00- 
Sotliii . .4 57 5U 1 a? 50 
Flight . . , .5 01 10 ? 01 10 
Sara 5 02 05 2 03 0,5 
Rippah 5 05 45 2 05 '15 
Amah 5 08 20 2 00 20 
.Sheila 5 08 10 2 OS 10 
.Sultana - 5 14 30 2 14 30 
Thetis ,...,...,..,5 1S45- 2rJ5IS. 
