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tion and took him on his first hunt- He followed me 
readily for about a quarter of a mile, and then showed 
a desire to return home. Calling him to shoulder, I shot 
a linnet. He watched the motion of the gun with evi- 
dences of delight, and as the bird fell he sprang to the 
ground and brought the bleeding^ : trophy to my feet. 
This was sufficient for the first , day, and we returned 
home, where he received the ■bij-d as his share of the day's 
sport. • . ' , , : r , 
Every day for a week I continued to take him further 
and further from hoine until I felt that his education was 
about complete. A tramp of three miles and back had no 
terrors for him, and his bright golden brown eyes were 
often first to discover the hidden bird. I have not yet 
succeeded in teaching him that all birds are not game, 
nor have I succeeded in getting him to retrieve rabbits 
and squirrels. Like all of his kind, he has an antipathy 
for water and will not venture iri after birds that fall in 
streams. . 
The details of our most recent hunting trip are typical 
of his work, and will serve to show to what extent 
Wuzzy's education has been carried. I started out one 
evening and gave a peculiar whistle, which the cat has 
learned to recognize as his particular call. He came 
sleepily around the corner of the house, as if half-inclined 
to resent interference with his nap, but when he saw the 
gun his resentment passed and he was all life and action. 
He frisked about like a dog, running up and down my 
clothing, climbing trees and scampering along the top 
of fences for a few hundred yards, when he settled down 
to business and began casting about for game. Espying 
a dove on a dead limb, he crouched and began lashing 
his long tail in perfect tiger motion. Thus he lay until 
I sighted the bird, flushed it and brought it down, when 
he was ofif, swifter' than a dog, and grasping the flutter- 
ing dove almost as soon as it touched the g'rotind. Before 
I had the dove strung on my game carrier he was 
crouching again, and it took me several minutes to dis- 
cover that the object of his solicitude was a little wren 
hopping about among the bushes. I had some difficulty 
in convincing Wuzzy that the wren was too small for us, 
and he gave me several reproachful looks after we had 
left it behind. 
I was first to sight the next bird, and flushed and 
dropped a meadow lark While the cat was looking in 
another direction. In-stantly on the sound of the gun 
Wuzzy was alert, and noting the aim of the gun, he was 
ofif like a shot after the bird, which he found by circling 
like a true hunter. Thus the hunt progressed until we 
reached a spring, about three miles from home, just at 
sundown, the time when doves delight to drink, and then 
came what I consider the brightest achievement of the 
cat. 
Hiding behind a scrub oak, I called Wuzzy to shoulder. 
His bright eyes were constantly watching, and when a 
deve appeared flying swiftly toward the spring, the cat 
was trembling with' excitement until the bird alighted 
for its evening drink, then he bounded: from my shoulder 
to a nearby rock, and stood lashing his tail which the 
frightened bird flushed and swiftly winged its way to fall 
by a shot. Retrieving the bird, he waited patiently until ^ 
the next appeared, and the performance was repeated, 
until approaching darkness drove us home. I have shot 
over many hunting dogs that would try to find game 
when the shot was fired, whether the bird fell or not— 
Wuzzy never makes this mistake. Two doves were 
missed, and flew av/ay unharmed, and the cat made no 
attempt to follow them, but immediately returned to my 
shoulder. 
As a sequence to his training, Wuzzy has picked up, 
of his own accord, certain habits that are usually con- 
sidered to belong especially to the dog. He objects to 
being left at home when any member of the family goes 
visiting, and will EoHow to the neighbor's, and if the visit 
happens to be a long one he will give most reproachful 
3''owls from the front porch until the hint is , taken and 
the visit -put short. Occasionally, when we have spent 
the evening at a neighbor's, we have been_ followed by 
Wuzzy, and we were always sure to find him curled up 
at their front door when we started home. — San Fran- 
cisco Chronicle. ' 
Connecticut Field Trials Club 
Nov. 7 the Connecticut Field Trials were run at Hamp- 
ton. 
Derby Class. 
The Derby class had the following entries: 
Flora Noble H. (Lancaster — Topsy IH.), handled by 
owner, W. J. Purcell, with Evans' Pride (Ch. Cincinnati 
Pride — Albert Bonnett). Handled by C. H. Evans. ; 
Mushkodose (Nox — Bess), handled by Orin T. Baker, 
with Sohtaire (Jim Rod's Lou), handled by C. Hawkins. 
Good Hope Clip (Baxter — Tony Lit), handled by C. 
Hawkins, with Pet ( ■- ), handled by owner, O. 
D. Redfield. 
Ranger Boy, a bye (Lancaster — Topsy HI.), handled 
by owner, W. J. Purcell. 
First prize, Evans' Pride; second prize, Flora Noble IL ; 
third prize, Pet. 
Some very fine work was shown throughout the trial 
Evans' Pride did creditable work, showed good speed, 
ranged well and very staunch. Flora Noble II. was well 
under control, easily handled, very careful and steady. 
Pet, for a seven months old puppy, did fine work and 
showed good training. Steady to shot and wing and 
retrieved dead qiiail. 
The day for field work could not' have been finer if it 
had been made to order. • 
An attendance of about fifty people followed the judges 
and enjoyed the outing very much. 
The Derby class was disposed of at 3 o'clock P. M. 
Three brace of the All-Age was run. This used up 
the afternoon, and the party adjourned to the hotel, where 
they found a nice dinner waiting. 
At 8 o'clock the annual meeting was called to order by 
President E. Knight Sperry, who made a very interesting 
speech, referring to his experience with bird dogs in 
days gone by. 
ISlr. F. M. Chapin told the boys a story regarding his fox 
hunting in southern Georgia, and his daring ride on 
Jack the Ripper, also his loss of $10 bei th^t a red fox 
woyid not dimb a tspee. 
Judge Clark, of WilHamantic, was introduced by Presi- 
dent Sperry. Mr. Clark entertained the party for about 
one hour, giving his experience with the fox hounds and 
fox hunting, referring back to his schoor days when quite 
a youngster in respect to waiting in a certain place where 
'foxes crossed the roadway on which he went to school. 
Mr. Clark said the music those hounds made seemed to 
have a charm to his ear, and why he waited words could 
not express, for many a morning he was late at school 
just because he had to wait to see the fox cross the road- 
way. In Mr. Clark's remarks he said it was a true sports- 
man who loved his dog. and a blessing that every sports- 
man had the best dog he ever owned. He requested the 
party to stand to their title — a sportsman — be a gentleman 
and a true sportsman — regard the Sabbath day as God's 
day, and six days for usual avocation and sport. 
Following the speeches, the election of officers for the 
ensuing year took place, as follows: E. Knight Sperry, 
President; Dr. J. E. Hair, First Vice-President; H. L. 
Wade, Second Vice-President ; N. Wallace, W. G. Com- 
stock and E.. S. Gordon, Board of Governors; F. M. 
Chapin, Secretary and Trea.surer, Pine Meadow, Conn. 
John E. Bassett, former Secretary and Treasurer, re- 
signed. Mr. Bassett has been Secretary and Treasurer 
since the club organized in 1898. A vote of thanks was 
extended to him for the interest he had taken in the 
club. Mr. Bassett thanked the members and said, "What 
I have done I have done with a pleasure to myself, and I 
hope an honor to the club." No further business, the 
meeting adjourned. 
Nov. 8 the All-Age Stake continued. Dogs drawn as 
follows : 
Montel, Jr. (Montel— Gvpsy Belle 11.), handled by 
trainer, H. L. Keyes, with Prince ( ), handled 
by tra-'ner, E. L. Post. 
Good Hope Nellie (Antonio — Duff), handled by 
trainer, C. Hawkins, with Count Navarre (Soudan — 
Rhasne), handled by trainer, E. S. Gordon, 
Glen Noble (Lem Gladstone — Glen), handled by trainer, 
C. Hawkins, with Blade's Ruby (Sir Jock — Ruby Fel- 
ton), handled by O. D. Redfield. 
Dash ( • — . ), handled by owner, Jesse A. 
Stewart, with Ruby's Dan (Dan Gladstone — Gath's 
Ruby), handled by owner, W. G. Comstock. 
Nig (Shot — Queen), handled by owner. W. W. B. 
Markham, with Ruby's Rod (Kingston Mark — Ruby), 
handled by owner, W. G. Comstock. 
American Boy (Kingston — Many Troubles), handled by 
trainer, O. D. Redfield, with Toosy HI. (Van HI.— 
Gina), handled by owner, W. J. Purcell. 
Well may the boys of New England be proud of their 
president and extend to him many thanks for guiding 
them to the beautiful land of Hampton Hills, where every 
sportsman's dog had a fine showing on qiiail and fair 
judging by Mr, R. T. Hewitt and Joseph G. Lane. 
First prize, Count Navarre; second prize. Nig; third 
prize. Ruby and Rod and Blade's Ruby divided. 
Concerning ^'Training' ttie HtintJng Dogf/* 
Utica^ N. Y., Oct. 8. — Editor Forest and Stream: I 
want to congratulate you on your magnificent work on 
the dog which you are publishing. 
I long ago drifted away from the old line of breaking. 
When I would ask old trainers why a dog wanted to chase, 
break shot and flush, some would answer, "Pure cussed- 
ness," and when they licked them so they would not do 
so, they had a gun-shy, bird-shy, cowed dog or a blinker. 
I by accident let a dog run his first year wild. By work- 
ing through the county the dog would hunt to his heart's 
content, and going over the Blue Mountains brought in 
many young wild turkeys and partridge. 
He would hunt and locate his game to a nicety, point 
them long enough to be sure they were there, and catch 
them. 
I only had to kill a few birds over this dog to teach 
him to point longer. 
When saying to old dog breakers that I believed in 
the above theory, they laughed at me. They said it was 
impossible. 
I take some pride in what yoti say, as I have long 
believed in your way of breaking, yard breaking, making 
him point, never stopping, directing him here or there or 
saying one word to him, according to tny experience — all 
rot. 
I believe your book should be in every boy's hands in 
this country that ever intends to break a dog for the gun. 
If any one don't believe'the above is right and will come 
to Utica any time while the \a.\y is off of ruffed grouse, I 
will show them a dog that is never directed or spoken to 
except to encourage him. He hunts according to the way 
you are going and the speed you are going, uses his own 
judgment as to wind and cover and ground, and hunts in 
his own natural peculiar way. 
They might say I had an extra good dog. The above 
way, which corresponds so clearly to the views of such 
an able authority on the dog. will bring out all there is 
in the dog, and the dog's ability will depend on the 
experience he gets as to absolute perfection. 
E. D. FXJLFORD. 
Deatli of P. T. Madison* 
We are informed that Mr. P. T. Madison, of Indianap- 
olis, Ind., died at his home on Friday of last week. 
He had been in ill-health during many recent years. 
He was conspicuous in the field trial world, having 
filled the office of secretary successively in several field 
trial clubs, notably the Indiana Kennel Club, the United 
States Field Trial Club, the Continental Field Trial Club 
and the Independent Field Trial Club, to the latter of 
which he filled the office of secretary at the time of his 
death. He also wasi the owner of dogs which were 
successful in field trial competition, the most conspicuous 
of which is Rodfield, 
It was stated in these columns last week that officers 
of the Colombian Government had arrived in New York 
to take Mr. George Gould's yacht, Atalanta, to her new 
home. Owing to their not making the final payment for 
the yacht, the sale was declared off, the Colombian 
Government forfeiting the $70,000 they had already paid. 
The change of government in Colombia is responsible for 
the failure to purchase the yacht. It is now stated that 
Gen. N. Bolet Peraza, of the Venezuelan Government, has 
offered Mr. Gould a sum considerably in excess of the 
amount that the Colombian Government was to pay, and 
in all probability the yacht will go to the Venezuelan 
Government. 
A CABLE frorn Glasgow states that the contract to build 
Sir Thomas Lipton's new challenger, Shamrock II., has 
been awarded to D. & W. Henderson, the builders of the 
three Valkyries. March 31 is the date set for the com- 
pletion of the boat. 
Minnesota. 
We are indebted to the builder, Gus Amundson, of 
White Bear Lake, Minnesota, for the accompanying de- 
sign of the racing sloop Minnesota, the challenger of this 
year for the Seawanhaka cup. The yacht was designed 
and built by Mr. Amundson for a syndicate headed by F. 
M. Douglas and Cass Gilbert, of the White Bear Y. C. 
The story of Ler races with the Royal St. Lawrence 
Y. C. representative, Red Coat, was told in the Forest 
AND Stream of Aug. 11-18. These races left no doubt 
as to the superiority of Red Coat in her home waters, 
but at the same time it is a question whether the defeat 
of Minnesota was not due to the fact that she was un- 
suited to local conditions, rather than to defects of 
design or construction. Mr. Amundson has been very 
.succesaful in many classes on the Minnesota lakes, but 
his experience has been limited to these small, land- 
locked waters, and he has had no opportunity to visit 
Lake St. Louis and study the locale of the Seawanhaka 
cup races or the defending fleet. One great point of 
superiority in Red Coat, as in all the Duggan boats, was 
her freeboard and power, fitting her for the rough water 
so frequently encountered on Lake St. Louis. She was 
ahead of Minnesota in this respect just as Glencairn II. 
was superior to El Heirie in 1896, and Glencairn II. to 
Momo in 1897. So far as we are aware, no thorough test 
has been made of the Duggan boats on the Western lakes, 
the prevailing type being of light power and low free- 
board. 
The design of Minnesota speaks for itself as to fair 
and easy lines and a generally good form, there being none 
of the extreme freak features which prevail in nearly all 
the modern skimming dishes. The whole form of the 
boat, as partly shown in the large picture, is fair and 
sweet, without the characteristic hump in the bow which 
marks so many of the class. Not only were the lines 
fair in the design, but the boat herself showed a very 
fair body, something difficult to attain in this flat form 
of hull and in light construction. In general workman- 
ship and exterior finish she will stand beside anything yet 
seen in the class, there being not merely good but very 
fine work in all parts. Her planking is of J^in. smooth- 
lap, with frames i]4 by Kin., spaced 6in. There is a 
flat keelson of ?^in. cedar for the full length inside, on 
which are the bedpieces of the trunk. The planking is 
ship-lapped, the upper strake is of mahogany and the 
rest varnished of white cedar, and the deck is covered 
with oiled drilling. The coaming and similar fittings are 
of mahogany. The centerboard is of 5-r6in. steel, the 
peculiar shape being shown in the picture. The 
dimensions are: 
Length — 
Over all 36ft. 3 in. 
L.W.L. . 26ft. 8 in. 
Overhang — 
Bow Sft. 9 in. 
Counter 3ft. 10 in. 
Breadth- 
Extreme 7ft. 
L.W.L 6ft. 5 in. 
Draft 5 in. 
Freeboard — 
Bow ift. 4J^in. 
Least II in. 
Counter 11 in. 
Mast, from stem at L.W.L 7ft. 
The official measurements taken just before the cup 
races were as follows: 
Mainsail — 
Boom 24.Soft. 
Hoist 15.84ft. 
Gaff 14.33ft. 
Clew to throat 28.42ft. 
Leach .'^5-33ft. 
Area 385 sq. ft. 
Head Triangle — 
Perpendicular 19.12ft. 
Base .. . . 11.62ft. 
Area 109 sq. ft. 
Spinaker boom 18. t6ft. 
Spinaker per 25.25ft. 
Total sail area 494 sq. ft. 
L.W.L 25.50ft. 
Points an<i Flushes* 
A Challenge fof the Canada Ctrp. 
Word comes from Toronto that Com. George Gooder- 
ham, of the Royal Canadian Y. C, has announced h's in- 
tention of challenging for the Canada cup. The challenge 
will be forwarded to the Chicago Y. C. in a few days. 
Then a conference will be held by the representatives of 
the two clubs to arrange for the preliminaries of the race. 
The western Massachusetts Fox Club held its annual 
meet at Westfield on Thursday and Friday, 'Nov. i!i 
9nd 16. 
On Nov. 8 the yacht Prndenpe, Capt, Sterling, from 
Boston for New York, which was dismasted off Boston 
Light and was towed back to the city by the police boat 
Guard4a4i, is owne4 by J. H, Hutcliins, of New yofk. 
