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numbers, though th^re were a few of the sterhng en- 
thusiasm which impelled them to stay from start to finish. 
A start was made near the Gibson place. 
Minnie's Girl and Sioux were cast off at 8:io. Neither 
dog ranged in the form shown in previous competition of 
the week, and they missed a number of good opportunities 
to point bevies, which were in the course worked over. 
Bradley walked up a bevy and Girl was then seen to be 
pointing, she having been on point before the birds were 
flushed. She made two points on singles. Sioux flushed 
a single bird, made a false point, and passed within a 
few feet of a bevy which he should have pointed, and 
pointed a bevy toward the close of the heat. The judges 
rode up two bevies on the course. 
Sam T. and Pinmoney were started at 10:15. .They 
began reading in opposite directions in a bottom, pointing 
now and then, till they were three or four hundred yards 
apart, and each pointed a bevy. Soon Pinmoney was 
lost for some minutes. The heat was resumed, and run 
over the two-hour limit to make up for the lost time. 
During the further running, Sam pointed three bevies 
and made four good points on single birds. He pointed a 
number of times on footscent, and seemed to be over- 
cautious. He backed promptly and prettily. Pinmoney 
pointed two bevies, and made another point, apparently 
on a rabbit, but when sent on a bevy was flushed a few 
yards ahead of the point. She made a false point or two. 
Both were fast and beat out a great deal of ground. Pin- 
money showed the better judgment and better execution 
on birds. 
Colonel R. and Jack were cast off after lunch at 1 :04. 
They ran in a form far inferior to that of their previous 
comipetitions. Jack false pointed repeatedly, and Colonel 
seemed frivolous, and lacked interest in his work. Jack 
went wide and would have made a good showing but for 
bis bad errors in pointing false. He made five points 
before he made a true point, his sixth being a good one 
on a bevy. He made two points on single birds in woods 
and one flush, after which in open stubble he made an- 
other false point. Colonel was not doing any better. He 
first flushed a single bird found alone in the open. Then 
on sifgle birds of Jack's bevy he made two flushes, and 
in the open by the edge of the woods he pointed and some 
birds were seen to flush. The heat was a poor one in 
respect to bird work, and was inferior in respect to range 
and judgment. 
Lad of Jingo and Uncle B. were cast off at 3:12. The 
heal was marked by plenty of bird work, though the 
pointing and locating were rather erroneous. Lad showed 
distinct ability in finding and locating, but he preferred to 
flush rather than point, and many of his points were from 
sharp caution, instead of honest inclination on his own 
part. However, a few times he pointed honestly at a 
distance, after choosing his own distance from the birds, 
Avhich was generally as close as he could get to them. 
He has promising material in him, which will be in more 
useful shape after further experience and discipline. He 
has a bad habit of refusing to back and stealing the point. 
On the other hand. Uncle backed stanchly and well. He 
found and pointed four bevies, made three points, to 
which nothing was found, and pointed eight times on 
scattered birds. Uncle made two bevy points, divided 
three points on singles, and made two points on them 
alone. Both were going well when the heat ended. 
Monday, Nov. 27, Ninth Day. 
Second Series. 
Four dogs were retained in the morning, namely, Young 
Jingo, Sam T., Lad of Jingo and Pink's Boy. 
Monday Morning, Ninth Day, Nov. 27. — The rains fell 
yesterday and throught the night; this morning there is 
no prospect of its clearing up. 
Monday Night. — Special to Forest and Stream : The 
second round was begun to-day at i :58. The grounds 
were muddy and the birds proved very hard to find. None 
of the dogs ran in their previous good form. Young 
Jingo beat Sam T. in an ordinary heat. Sam's over- 
caution and indecision scored against him. He pointed a 
bevy and twice on singles. Jingo pointed a bevy and 
next stopped to the flush of a single, and the bevy flushed 
wild to ar point. 
Pink's Boy beat Lad of Jingo, being stancher and 
more obedient. Boy pointed two bevies well, and roading 
scattered birds he pointed. Lad roading them to a flush. 
The heats were one hour long. The winers were : 
First, Pink's Boy; second, Young Jingo; third, Lad of 
Jingo. The decision gave satisfaction. 
B. Waters. 
Chat of the International Trials. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
I trust there is no apology necessary for a short script 
upqn anything pertaining to sporting matters seeking 
entry into your journal. Hav.ing just returned from our 
annual international field trials, the feelings and associa- 
tions connected therewith are still strong upon me, and 
it is a pleasing revery to review the memories of that oc- 
casion — to mentally enjoy them again — perhaps to furnish 
something of the same sensation to many who were there 
present, as well as to some of your readers who had not 
that privilege. 
Field trials to all who have once contracted that dis- 
ease are an annually recurring malady, which has its reg- 
ular onset, manifestations and course, like other endemic 
diseases. Often discouraging and disappointing in results 
as far as our favorites and anticipations of their success 
are concerned, ytt to the conscientious follower of them 
in their true object and purpose there intermingles a 
sense of enjoyment and enthusiasm on the whole, urging 
us on afresh to further efforts and a stronger desire yet 
to doAvn the other fellow's dog some day; while the asso- 
ciations connected therewith generally are and will be a 
source of pleasure to recall. Our old-time sporting 
friends we can reasonably hope once more to meet, to hear 
the same old chestnuts, brag about our dogs — what they 
can do and have done — tell about the wonderful bags 
and shooting made aiid how Dash made that wonderful 
point, standing on his ear, tail straight up in the air, 
Very well, then; to go on to practical matter;,. -Our 
trials this year were rather dampened by the weather in- 
terfering with the work at first and the enjoyment of the 
outing; yet on the concluding day the birds, having lain 
up for two days, were all on the feed and we were scarcely 
out of birds for ten consecutive minutes during the day, 
furnishing abundant opportunities for the dogs and facil- 
itating the work of the judges. So many birds I have 
never seen in the many years I have attended these trials. 
In both Derby and All-Age stakes we had the pleas- 
ure of seeing a real good dog at his work under the best 
conditions to show his quality, and no man who loves 
a good dog would have failed to enjoy it. The work of 
the winner of the All-Age was exceptionally fine, and all 
he did marked him as a very superior dog. It is a mat- 
ter of much regret that we have likely seen the last of 
him, as he has been sold to a gentleman of New York 
city. It is dogs like these that truly exemplify the object 
of field trials; and to see their work is a good liberal edu- 
cation in do'g knowledge, as well as a stimulation to raise 
or get one as good. The gentleman who bought him is 
to be congratulated on his purchase. If he is not suited 
with him, he will be a mighty hard man to suit. 
The Derby winner proved herself a very smart bitch 
and well deserving of the place. Her work stood out 
sharply h-om that of the rest. The second dogs in both 
stakes, owned by Mr. Wells, of Chatham, were also of the 
first class. Old Cleo, notwithstanding her age (nine 
years), and having ran three hard heats inside of five 
hours (the last two consecutively), was as fresh in her 
concluding heat as in her first, ever busy among her 
birds and never long out of them. She is a rare bit of 
stuff, though too diminutive to show up well in field trial 
work. She does not catch your eye with stylish points, 
dashing style and picturesque work, yet she is out strictly 
for business and generally is strictly in it, too. One coifld 
not but be in sympathy with her, battling for a place and 
to retain her reputation in the face of her declining years. 
In Milo Mr. Wells has the material for a very promis- 
ing dog who will likely be heard from in the future. 
Joseph M., winner of third in the All-Age, started in well 
and did some high-class work, but failed to maintain it 
in his concluding heat. The winner of third in the Derby, 
while a very good little bitch, failed to make the most of 
her opportunities, chiefly when most needed. She will 
with age do better. Dan Thiers, fourth in Derby, a large 
upstanding dog with a very good head, was inclined to 
get beyond killing range and at times was a little hard to 
get. With more experience and under better control he 
will make a good one. Of the remaining dogs it might 
be said that some of them ran in hard luck and some 
did not come up to expectation. The judges had no diffi- 
culty in picking the best of them a;ccording to the work 
shown. There were of course more or less differences 
of opinion in the judgments given. On the whole the 
awards were thought satisfactory. 
And thus terminated a very enjoyable meeting. Had 
the weather been a trifle better it would have been more 
so. Yet it could hardly have been better adapted to the 
purpose of the meeting itself, forcing the birds out on the 
last day into the stubbles to feed, making it a red-letter 
day for dog work. 
There is only one drawback to this location for the trials, 
and that is the long drive and the horrible roads. Once 
at Mitchells Bay and under Host Raymond's hospitable 
roof we are all right, and right among the birds, which 
after all is the main consideration. 
We missed many old-time faces this year that had be- 
come almost a feature of these trials, such as Messrs. T. 
Johnson, Jno. Davidson, Hough, Hayman, Tay-lor, Lacy, 
L. H. Smith and others; but other and younger men are 
cropping up. Soon these will become the old-timers in 
their turn, and we old fellows will have joined our old fa- 
vorites in the happy hunting grounds in the Indian's 
paradise and nought remain of us but a memory. I 
doixbt if the young fry will get more enjoyment out of it 
than we old fellows have. I trust the foundation we have 
laid they will continue to build upon and maintain the 
standard of excellence the old chaps have worked hard to 
establish. Adieu till 1900. Vox Canis. 
Points and Flushes* 
The host of friends of Mr. W. W. Titus, the famous 
handler, whose home is at West Point, Miss., will he 
profoundly grieved at the great loss which befell him while 
at Newton, N. C. attending the E. F. T. C. trials. His 
bat-ns and kennels were burned, with about thirty tons of 
hay and 200 bushels of corn. The dogs were all liberated, 
but two ran back into the kennels and were burned to 
death. On Monday night the sportsmen present sub- 
scribed $200 for Mr. Titus, as a testimonial of the 
sympathy they felt for him, and as a partial lessening of 
the calamity. The loss was estimated at about $1,000. 
Indian Child Life. 
All persons who are interested in outdoor life, and 
above all in hunting, feel also an interest in the primitive 
American hunter— the Indian — about whose doings so 
much has been published in Forest and Stream. In fact, 
as time goes on and the occupancy of this country by the 
Indians becomes more and more remote, the public at 
large is becoming anxious to learn more and more of this 
departed race— what were his beliefs, how he lived and 
^ov&d. . . . 
Evidence of this increased mterest is seen m the publica- 
tion in popular periodicals of stories of Indians and in 
the more frequent publishing of books about them, which 
meet with ready sale. One of the last of these, published 
by the F. A. Stokes Co., is a little book entitled "Indian 
Child Life," the joint production of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. 
Deming. The text, by Mrs. Deming, is written for very 
small children and serves merely to explain the pictures, 
though giving also many suggestions as to the child hab- 
its of various tribes of Indians. 
Mr. Deming's eighteen pictures in color, however, ap- 
peal to the eye of any age. They give a very clear in- 
sight into the camp life of the little Indian child, show his 
sports and games, the pets that he has, the accidents that 
may befall him, the instructions that he receives, and in 
one case the dreadftd gunishment that comes to him 
when he disobeys the advice given him by his parents. 
The text is copiously illustrated by black and white 
sketches, which are full of character. 
We know of no one who catches the true flavor of In- 
dian life as Mr. Deming does, and in these pictures of the 
little red children and their friends he is at his best. The 
volume is one which cannot fail to delight all the young, 
and the best thing about it is its' fidelity to nature. 
The Canada cup has at last reached Chicago, after a 
brief stay in Rochester, and it was the centerpiece at the 
banquet given by the Chicago Y. C. to those of its mem- 
bers who took part in the challenge for it. The banquet 
took place on Nov. 23 at the Chicago Athletic Club, the 
guests being Vice-Com. G. R. Peare, Rear-Com. George 
Warrington, S. H. Smith, D. D. Griffiths, J. B. Berri- 
man, Sec'y C. H. Thorne, W. R. Crawford and H. G. 
Lytton. F. K. Bull was absent, being in Racine, and 
Com. Morgan was prevented from attending, having been 
injured in a buggy accident in the afternoon. Messrs. 
Burroughs and Van Voorhis, of the Rocrester Y. C, and 
Mr. C. G. Davis were invited, but sent letters of regret. 
The Canada cup was shown on the banquet board, draped 
with the American and Canadian flags, and the same 
scheme of decoration was followed out in the fittings of 
the hall. Charles E. Kremer presided as toast master, and 
different members responded fittingly. 
As relating to a well-known international trophy, the 
dispute between the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. of 
Oyster Bay and the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. of Mont- 
real is far more than a mere private quarrel between two 
clubs ; and we .give as fully as possible such of the pro- 
ceedings as have been made public. The main point of 
issue, whether the course laid out by the Royal St. Law- 
rence sailing committee was in accord with the condi- 
tions of the declaration of trust, is a difficult one to decide ; 
and a fair decision can only be reached through a con- 
sideration of the evidence on both sides. So far as the 
friendly relations of the two clubs are concerned^ the 
letter of the Seawanhaka race committee has put matters 
back where they were on the night of the receipt of the 
famous Kerr-Dresser telegram in 1898. 
From one point or another about the Lakes a report 
comes every week of a new challenge for the Canada 
cup, but none has yet been sent, and there is very little 
probability of another match before 1901. 
Sir Thomas Lipton has offered his steam yacht Erin 
to the British Government free of cost as a hospital ship; 
but the offer has been declined. 
The death was announced by cable last Week from 
London of Dixon Kemp, for many years yachting editor 
of the Field, at the age of sixty. Mr. Kemp's work for 
yachting was such as to demand a more extended review 
than is possible on this short notice. Another English 
yachtsman who has recently passed away is Sir George 
Curtis Lampson, the first owner of Miranda, schr., de- 
signed and built for him by John Harvey in 1875. 
There is afloat about City Island a vague rumor that 
in the event of a challenge for the America Cup for 1900 
a defender of the Cartoon type will be built there by F. 
T. Wood, builder of Syce, Kestrel, Norota, Pyxie and 
other fast yachts, from the designs of Gardner & Cox. 
The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company is already at 
work on four of the new one-design cutters, for Messrs. 
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., H. P. Wlntney, E. D. Morgan and 
August Belmont. The dimensions are reported to be 
104ft. over all, 70ft. l.w.L, 19ft. 6in. beam and 14ft. draft; 
77ft. R.M. These yachts will have as tenders a class of 
one-design steam yachts of the torpedo boat type, also 
built by the Herreshoff' Manufacturing Company. They 
will be Sift, over all, 72ft. l.w.L, iift. 6in. beam, with 
flush decks and no deck houses. Messrs. Morgan, Van- 
derbilt and Belmont have already placed orders for them. 
The latest silly story in yachting, apparently a piire 
fake, tas it has been promptly denied by Sir Thomas Lip- 
ton, was to the*effect that, as the Herreshoffs had never 
built any schooners. Sir Thomas would challenge in 1901 
with a schooner, designed by Mr. Watson and built this 
winter so as to have a season's trial, the challenge being 
made in September, 1900, for a race in May, 1901. The 
only good purpose served by the yarn was the providing 
of big headlines for the evening papers. It evidently had 
no foundation whatever, but was cabled across for this 
purpose. At the present time there is no certainty as to 
any plans for next year. Sir Thomas Lipton will prob- 
ably alter and refit Shamrock for the home racing against 
Meteor II. and the new Watson cutter for C. D. Rose, 
now nearly ready for launching. Columbia may or may 
not go abroad, either to the Mediterranean in the spring 
or later to the British races, but as no positive statement 
has been made by her owners, the reports circulated fronr 
day to day are but giiesses at best. 
On Nov. t6 Columbia was hauled out on the marine 
railway at Hawkins* Yard, City Island, Defender being 
already struck over on to the adjoining bulkhead, where 
preparations are being made to roof her over and tirotect 
her thoroughly from the weather. As she now lies on 
the railway, free to the eye or to the camera for a short 
time. Columbia is an interesting study, especially m com- 
parison with Defender, a few feet away. The form of 
the old boat is in the main more pleasing to the eye than 
the new one. The midship section is a continuous S CMrve. 
with no straight tangent between the bilge aad the hollow 
of the floor, while in Columbia the bilge itself is harder 
than in Defender, and below it is a marked flat to the 
floor, with a sharp hollow joining it to the fin. The 
form of middle body resulting from Defender's^easy sec- 
tion is more pleasing to tlie eye than that of Columbia; 
but in the new boat the fore and aft lines are carried 
out more easily and smoothly^ especially in the counter, 
