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killing dogs and wolves, when they attack a flock of sheep, 
kill far more than they need for food. Most dogs will 
attack a rat or rats at sight, and never cease their efforts 
till the last one is killed or escapes. By a course of educa- 
tion, either direct or indirect, all domestic dogs are taught 
what animals they may kill and what they may not. With 
setters and pointers, this is not always an easy task, as 
any one who has been out in the country with some ma- 
ture, city-bred dogs on their first outing can testify. The 
farmer's sheep and poultry then have cause for alarm. 
This instinct to pursue and kill is dog nature, and more- 
over it is good dog nature. Checked to proper limitations 
and schooled to the sportsman's purposes, the traits dis- 
played are what make the dog a useful servant. He has 
the inclination, intelligence and capabilities for hunting; 
these the sportsman applies to the furtherance of his own 
pleasure. 
Left to his own inclination entirely, the dog hunts for 
himself. Nevertheless, his passion for hunting is so great 
that he will subpiit to much restriction in his methods 
and great loss in respect to what he captures, before he 
will desist. Yet too much restriction may lesson his 
ardor; too much punishment may suppress all effort. 
So far as teaching the dog how to hunt is concerned, 
the trainer is such an imimportant factor that he is hardly 
wort'h considering; but he is an all-important factor in 
giving the dog the necessary opportunities to learn. These 
being given, the manner of 'seeking, or whether he seeks 
at all, lies with the dog. The beginner generally falls into 
the error of attempting to train the dog before the latter 
knows anything about seeking or finding. The true 
method is to permit the dog to- seek and find in his own 
manner, and then school his efforts to the use of the gun. 
However expert a trainer may be, any efforts directed 
toward improving the dog's natural methods of hunting 
are likely to end in failure, or are likely to mar them. 
If a dog is naturally deficient in speed, nose, stamina, in- 
dustry, intelligence, etc., no trainer can supply the qualities 
which nature omitted. It is impossible to make a good 
dog out of a naturally poor one, though the reverse is 
possible. In this connection it may be mentioned that a 
good pedigree is not necessarily a guarantee of a good 
worker. A poor dog with a fine pedigree is no better than 
a poor dog with no pedigree at all. The test of field merit 
is the test of the individual himself; the excellence of an 
ancestry may be something entirely apart from any 
qualities possessed by the individual, or it may be present 
in a greater or less degree; it all is as it may happen to 
be. The dog as a worker must stand or fall on his own 
merits. 
In character, intelligence, stamina, industry, selfishness 
and unselfishness, etc., dogs vary quite as much as men 
vary, and there are no hard and fast rules for the training 
of the one any more than there are for the training of the 
other. He is the best teacher of man or dog who can 
best understand the capabilities of his pupil, so modifying 
or combining methods that they are presented in the best 
manner to the pupil's capacity and the circumstances of 
the particular case. To determine nicely all these points 
requires close observation and good temper, and also the 
teacher must always keep in mind the two standpoints, 
his own on the one hand as a teacher imparting knowl- 
edge, and on the other that of the dog whose intellect is 
relatively weak, whose ability to acquire ideas is rela- 
tively limited, and whose nature is such that the lessons 
of servitude are repugnant to him. Although compara- 
tively slow in learning the lessons inculcated by his trainer, 
the dog is quick to learn how best to apply his powers for 
the benefit of his own needs. 
The beginner who feels his way carefully along will 
make much better progress than he whose efforts are 
marked by inconsiderate haste. It is easily perceived 
that if the trainer does not endeavor to understand the 
nature and capacity of his pixpil, his efforts to teach will 
be far from good. And yet what he fails to learn at first 
he must learn at last, for he must learn to understand his 
dog before his dog can learn to understand him. 
Let the amateur consider that the dog's education is 
properly a matter of weeks and months, and not a matter 
of a few lessons carefully given or many lessons forcefully 
given ; that the trainer's haste does not in the least add 
to the dog's ability or inclination to learn, and that a puppy 
is an undeveloped" creature which needs age for the proper 
development of its reasoning powers. 
B. Waters. 
Points and Flushes. 
We are indebted to Mr. C. W. Buttles, of Columbus, 
O., for a fine reproduction of a field trial scene, showing 
dogs in competition, mounted judges and spectators. It 
represents some of his artistic effort. 
The Greyhound (English) Stud Book, Vol. XIX., con- 
tains the names, colors, ages and pedigrees of greyhounds 
registered therein up to June i, 1900; and full informa- 
tion on subjects relating to coursing. It can be obtained 
of Mr. Horace Cox, Field Office, Windsor House, Bream's 
Buildings, E, C, London. 
Aug. 30 the Ladies' Kennel Association decided to 
offer its premierships and specials at the shows to be hdld 
in the following cities: New York, Boston, Philadel- 
phia, Chicago. Providence, Cleveland, Baltirnore, Dan- 
bury, Milwaukee, Pittsburg and San Francisco. 
M. K. Bird, Hon. Sec'y L. K. A. 
The Connecticut Field Trials Club, of which Mr. 
John E. Bassett, P. O. Box 603, New Haven, Conn., 
is the secretary, is earnestly interested in promoting field 
trial interests and sportsmen's interest in the East. Its 
field trials are open to all New England and will be 
run at Hampton, Conn., commencing Nov. 7- The 
Derby is open to setters and pointers whelped after Jan. 
I, 1899. The entries to this stake close Oct. 3. The 
All-Age Stake is open to setters and pointers which 
have not won first prize in any recognized field trials. 
Entries close Oct. 17. Forfeit $5 arid $5 additional to 
start in each stake. Purse divided 50, 30 and 20 per 
cent. The judges are Messrs. John C. Chamberlin, 
Bridgeport, Conn.; Ransom. T. Hewitt, South Wethers- 
field, Conn., and Joseph T. Lane, Hartford, Conn. Mr. 
E, Knight Sperry is the president of the club. 
Yachting Fixtures, im 
SEPTEMBER. 
7. Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
8. Hull-Massachusetts, invitation race, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
8. Seawanhaka Corinthian, fall regatta, Oyster Bay, L. I. bound, 
g. Larchmont, schooner cup, Larchmont Long Island Sound. 
8. Queen City. 22ft. knockabout class, loronto, Toronto Bay. 
3. Haverhill, club, Haverhill, Mass. 
8. f i-r^taquit Corinthian, special, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
8. Manchester, handicap, Manchester, Mass. 
8. Columbia, cruise to Hull. 
8. Winthrop, cruise to Hull. 
8. South Boston, handicap race to Hull. 
8-9. Y. R. A. of Massachusetts, rendezvous at Hull. 
8-9. American, cruise, Newburyport. 
8-10. California, cruise to Suisun, San Francosco Bay. 
11. New York, fall sweepstakes. New York, ofT Sandy Hook. 
15. Manhasset, closing race. Port Washington, Long Island Sound. 
13. Atlantic, fall race, Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
15. Atlantic, club. Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
15. South Boston, sailing dinghies. City Point, Boston Harbor. 
22-23. California, cruise to Martinez, San Francisco, San Francisco 
Kav 
22. Riverside, fail regatta. Riverside, Long Island Sound. 
22. Canarsie. Commodore's cups. Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
22. Haverhill, fourth championship, Haverhill, Mass. 
The Fisher Cup Matches. 
CHAKL«TTE^ N. Y. — LAKE ONTARIO. 
Sept. 8, ID, II. 
The full conditions agreed to by the Rochester Y. C. 
and the Royal Canadian Y. C. to govern the coming 
matches for the Fisher cup are as follows: 
Conditions governing the match for Fisher cup, to be 
sailed between yachts representing the Rochester Y. C. 
and the Royal Canadian Y. C. 
Rules. — The racing rules shall be those of the Lake 
Yacht Racing Association as existing at this date, sub- 
ject to such conditions and variations as are herein pro- 
vided and in accordance with the deed of gift dated 
Nov. 5, 189s, and the supplementary conditions in con- 
nection therewith, dated Nov. 5, 1898. 
Construction. — The yachts shall be of wooden con- 
struction in accordance with_ the scantling tables in the 
rules above mentioned. 
Size of Yachts. — ^The competing yachts shall be in the 
35ft. class. 
Number of Races. — ^The winner of two out of three 
races shall be declared the winner of the match. 
Dates of Races.— The first race shall be sailed on Satur- 
day, Sept. 8, igoo, and the other races on consecutive 
days thereafter until completed, Sundays excepted. 
Courses. — The races shall be sailed on Lake Ontario 
oft' Charlotte, the first course to be over an eq,ui!ateral 
triangle of 3>4 nautical miles to the leg, twice round, or 
21 miles in all. 
The second course shall be five natttical rhiles to the 
windward or leeward and return, twice round. The 
steamer bearing the buoy for this race shall be started at 
the time the preparatory gun is fired. 
The third course, if a third shall be necessary, shall be 
arrived at by the toss of a coin between the skippers of 
the competing yachts, the one winning to have the right 
to name the course, the same to be either a repetition of 
the triangular course or a course to windward or leeward 
and return and the same distance as the course on the 
second day. The triangular course shall be so sailed that 
one side of the triangle shall be to windward if possible. 
In windward and leeward races all buoys shall be left to 
starboard and in triangular races all buoys shall be left to 
starboard or port, as directed by the judges. 
Time. — All races shall be started at 11 o'clock A. M. 
Any race not completed in five and one-half hours by the 
winning yacht shall be resailed. 
The start may be postponed by the judges: 
First, in case of fog. 
Second, if in their opinion the space round the starting 
line is not sufificiently clear at the time appointed for 
starting. 
Third, in case both yachts consent to a postponement. 
Fotirth, in case of serious accident to either yacht, as 
hereinafter provided. 
Fifth, should such a course appear to them desirable. 
And in case of postponement the judges shall determine 
the time for starting, but in no ease shall a race be 
started later than i P. M. 
A 3-acht crossing the line before the starting signal is 
given shall be recalled by five short blasts of the whistle 
and the hoisting of her national flag. 
An unfinished race shall be resailed until completed. 
Accidents. — In case of accident to either yacht prior 
to the preparatory signal notice thereof shall immediately 
be signalled to the judges, who shall have power to post- 
pone the race if the accident, in their opinion, is sufficiently 
seriotts to warrant such a course, or if an accident 
occurs during a race the yacht to which the accident has 
happened shall have sufficient tim-e to make repairs before 
being required to start in the next race. 
Scrutineers. — Each yacht shall have on board during 
the races a representative named by her competitor whose 
weight shall not exceed isolbs. 
The names of the scrutineers shall be given to the 
judges not less than twenty-four hours before the first 
race and the scrutineers shall report to the judges within 
six hours after the termination of the race. 
Management. — The races shall be sailed under the man- 
agement of three judges, none of whom shall be interested 
in either yacht. One shall be appointed by each club, and 
the two so appointed shall select a third one on or be- 
fore Sept. I. and they shall act as judges and timekeepers 
and settle all disputes. The decision of a majority shall be 
final in all matters. 
The judges shall be the regatta committee referred to 
in the rules of the Lake Yacht Racing Association. 
Measurements. — The certificates of the measurers of the 
Rochester Y. C. and the Royal Canadian Y. C. given 
under the rules of the Lake Yacht Racing Association 
shall be accepted by the judges unless they or a majority 
of them shall deem it expedient to make a fresh tneasure- 
ment before or at any time during the races. Each yacht 
shall be entitled to a copy of the certificate of the other 
yacht and in the event of a fresh measurement being 
made sliall be entitled to have a representative present 
when such measurements are taken. 
Crews.^ — The crews shall be limited to six 'men, whose 
total weight shall not exceed i.osolbs. 
Instructions.— Charts of the course and instructions 
shall be furnished to the competing yachts not later 
than 7 o'clock on the morning of the race. 
Alterations. — These conditions may be altered or 
amended by mutual agreement at any time. 
As the result of a number of trials, Minota was selected 
last week to represent the Royal Canadian Y. C. Mr. 
^^imilius Jarvis will sail her. Mr. Doris has been at 
Charlotte since Aug, 28, fitting out and sailing Genesee. 
The America Cup. 
The following is from the European Edition of the 
New York Herald, and confirms the opinion that Sir 
Ihomas Lipton has no immediate intentions of chal- 
lenging for the America Cup: 
Sir Thomas Lipton. in conversation with the Queens- 
town correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at the Royal 
Cork Y. C, said that no time had been mentioned for 
the international race up to the present. 
"You see," he remarked, "there is no challenge yet sent 
to America, and consequently arrangements could not be 
made. 
"I intend calling my new yacht Shamrock, the same 
as her predecessor. 
"The challenger will have the advantage of testing her 
sailing qualities when she is built with the old Sham- 
rock. They will have trial races. I have not changed, nor 
do I intend to change, the construction of the old boat, so 
that she may have a fair trial with the new boat in 
exactly the same shape as she was when she competed 
with Columbia." 
A,sked if he considered American yachtsmen equal to 
British, Sir Thomas said: 
"I do in every respect. I say without fear that there are 
no finer yachtsmen in the world than Americans." 
He could never ascertain, Sir Thomas went on to say. 
why American yacht owners sought after British skippers 
so much as they had. He expressed his gratitude to 
the yachting fraternity in America for the extraordinary 
welcome they gave him and for their sportsmanlike con- 
duct in the management of the races, and for the general 
courtesy extended to him. He received mascots and other 
tokens of good luck from all parts of America, from Eng- 
land as well as from Ireland, and from Germany. 
Fitzsimmons, the great pugilist, even sent him a horse- 
shoe, but all in vain. The best boat won on her merits. 
*T did not," he added, "spare money on Shamrock's 
build, nor in racing, nor in equipping her with crew and 
gear. She cost ten times as much as any other yacht 
that ever raced for the America Cup, besides what it cost 
to take her across the Atlantic." 
Sir Thomas was then asked if there was any truth in 
the report that appeared in the newspapers that the next 
challenge would be made by him under the auspices of 
the Royal Cork Y. C. 
He replied that there was not, as that matter had not 
yet entered his mind. 
He had received a cablegram that day from Mr. J. V. S. 
Oddie secretary of the New York Y. C, inviting him to 
attend the race for the Sir Thomas Lipton cup. but unfor- 
tunately he was unable to do so. 
He was at present going on a visit to his friends in 
the west of Ireland. 
Asked if he would retire in the event of another chal- 
lenger appearing in the field. Sir Thomas answered: 
"Undoubtedly. I have had one chance, and I would 
make way for any one else, and in addition, I would place 
at his di.sposal my yacht, Shamrock, for trial races pre- 
vious to the departure for America." 
Finally, Sir Thomas expressed a decided opinion that 
Shamrock was the best craft in England adding that the 
boat that went to America mttst be able to vanquish 
Shamrock easily to have any chance of winning the cup. 
Kingston Y. C. 
KINGSTON, MASS. " 
Friday, Aug. 24. 
The annual race of the Kingston Y. C. on ^A.ug. 24 
was sailed in a freshening S.W. breeze that called for 
two reefs before the finish and disabled many yachts. 
The times were : 
25ft. Class. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Hermes, A. W. Chesterton ................... .2 27 51 . ,, 
Areyto, L. D. Baker........ .. ......... .Disabled. 
Early Dawn, J. E. Doherty. .................. .Disabled. 
21ft. Cabin Class. 
Zaza, Tech boys ......2 27 38 . .. ,. 
Scamper, Reed Bros........ .2 31 56 . 
Usona, C. Pryor ....2 47 30 . .. .. 
Geisha, W. T. Whitman............ Disabled. 
Dosia, E. A. Phemister Disabled. 
Fanny D., A. E. Walker Disabled. 
ISft. Class. 
Dauntless, Benner & Patten 2 38 51 
Raduga, W. Burgess ..... 2 43 00 , ^. .. 
Knockabout Class. 
Spider, H. H. Hunt ...2 39 32 ... . 
Kittawake, H. M. Jones.................. 2 40 09 
Lobster 2d, C. Clapp. ......................... .2 40 39 . .. .. 
Miladi, F. R. Adams.................... 2 40 48 
Dazzler, Goodspeed Bros. .................... .2 44 54 
Oom Paul, G. P. Cushman. .Disabled. 
Handicap Class. 
Emerell, P. H. Lowe.... 2 49 05 2 37 05 
White Swallow, E. Watson..... 2 50 17 2 38 17 
Dolohin, N. Morton , 3 00 53 2 49 53 
Rainbow, W. Ormond 2 57 59 2 49 59 
Veritas, A. Holmes................... 3 08 07 2 50 07 
Latona, C. Foster Withdrew. 
Nancy Hanks, P. W. Maglathlin. . . ........Disabled- 
Rooster, A. E. Walker......... Disabled. 
Mildred L Withdrew. 
Frolic, J. Dawes..... Withdrew. 
Solitaire, B. B. Baker. .......................... Withdrew. 
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