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FORE ST AND^ STREAM. 
I [Dec. 8, 1900. 
Continental Field Trial Club's 
Trials. 
After the trials of the preceding two weeks were con- 
cluded, the prospects of a good entry in the Members^ 
Stake of the Continental Field Trial Club were not 
promising. The weather during the running of the pre- 
ceding trial had been mostly unpleasant, the competition 
of it dragged wearisomely a large part of the time, and a 
majority of the sportsmen present left before and after 
the trials were concluded. . , ^, , 
However, the Members' Stake of the Continental Club 
was a gratifying success. The number of starters was 
eight. The competition was of an exceedingly high degree 
of sound merit, considering it as a whole. 
The stake was at first fixed to be run on Friday, but for 
the convenience of the members it was postponed to the 
following day, Dec. i. 
The distinguished field trial handler and field trial judge, 
Mr. Frank Richards, accepted an invitation to judge the 
stake. He managed the competition skillfully. 
The weather was ideal for good competition. The 
night had been keenly frosty. The air in the morning was 
sharp. The shadows" of trees and fences were white, while 
in the open, under the warmth of a bright sun, the vege- 
tation glistened with the wet of the melted frost. The 
birds sought the open, where there was warmth and 
comfort, so that there were birds found in abundance 
for thfl purposes of the competition. 
The dogs were handled by their owners. They were 
drawn to run in the order as follows : 
P. Lorillard, Jr.'s b., w. and t. setter dog Jean de Reszke 
(Gleam's Pink — Dell V.) with C. W. Keyes' liv. and w. pointer 
dog Hillcrest Brant (Von Gull— Baby Ruth). 
Edm. H. Osthaus' liv, and w. pointer bitch Ripsey (Rip Rap — 
Dolly D.) with Eldred Kennels' b., w. and t. setter bitch Vivian 
(Gath's Mark — Gossip). 
P. ' Lorillard, Jr.'s, b., w. and t. setter bitch Lenabelle (Sam — 
Minnie B.) with J. W. Baker's lem. belton dog Rod Noble (Rod- 
field — Daughter Noble), withdrawn. 
Edm. H. Osthaus' liv. and w. pointer dog Paladin (Ripsaw — 
Cricket) with H. Ames' o. b. setter bitch Belle of Hard Bargain 
(Count Gladstone IV.— Daisy Croft). 
A start was made near the railroad, about three miles 
from town. The weather conditions were perfect. The 
competition was well managed. 
First Round. 
Jean de Reszke and Hillcrest Brant opened the compe- 
tition at 9:10. They soon disappeared over the top of a 
hill and were both found on a point on a bevy. On the 
scattered birds, Jean pointed a single. Sent on, he next 
found and pointed a bevy, and Brant backed him in a 
wiggly manner. Both were steady to shot. Up at 9:54. 
Jean was the most independent ranger. Brant trailed "him 
a good part of the time. They went at good speed, and 
beat out a fairly wide scope of ground. 
Ripsey and Vivian were started at 9:57. Ripsey had 
been hunted a good deal during the week, and ran sore 
and a bit stale. Her owner had no intention to run her 
in this stake till the evening before the race, so that she 
had no preliminary conditioning with a view to com- 
petition. However, she ranged middling well, and went 
better as the heat advanced and as she got warmed up to 
her work. The judge rode up a bevy, and on the marked 
birds in woods Ripsey flushed a single. Vivian made a 
point, probably on foot scent, as a single bird was flushed 
some yards away after she had moved on. Sent on, in an 
open field Vivian pointed a bevy and then flushed it. Rip- 
sey backed staunchly. Ripsey pointed a single accurately 
in the open field. Sent on, she again pointed and was 
backed by Vivian; as she moved on to locate with her 
handler, the birds flushed. In an open field Ripsey pointed 
where some crows had been, and was backed. Ripsey 
pointed a hevy in open weeds and was backed by Vivian. 
On a side hill in weeds, Vivian pointed a single bird ; she 
moved forward and it flushed. Up at 10 -.46. Ripsey was 
w'ise in her seeking, and showed a great deal of bird sense. 
Vivian also was wise, but she marred her work by point- 
ing inaccurately, Their range was middling. 
Lenabelle and Vivian were cast off at 10 :56. Rod Noble 
was the dog drawn to run against the former, but his 
owner delayed till the last moment in the matter of en- 
gaging a wagon, and as there was none there which suited 
him. Rod was left in town. Vivian was run merely as a 
bracemate with no reference to the competition. Vivian 
found and pointed two bevies. Lenabelle was lost quite a 
long while. Near the end of the heat she found and 
pointed a be^o^. Up at 11:58. Lenabelle was erratic in 
her ranging, and her competition was ordinary. She had 
good speed, but her range was not conducted with judg- 
ment. . 
Belle of Hard Bargain and_ Paladin started at 12 :i2. 
The srai was: shining clear and warm. Belle immediately 
began, to cast wide, and took her range with good judg- 
ment,. She made a long cast up a valley through some 
stubble, going up on one side and returning on the other. 
Not . far away from the .party she found and pointed a 
bevy. '.The dogs were brought together. There was ho 
succfis.s \yith the scattered birds. Paladin nicely pointed a 
bevy jji th^ open field and Belle backed him well. In the 
woods on the scattered birds Paladin pointed a single bird 
well and, flushed one. Up at 12:52. Belle had much the ad- 
vantage in speed and range. Paladin was going better to- 
ward I he rniddle and close of the heat. 
Second Round. 
A rest of nearly two hours was taken at lunch. Four 
dogs were retained in the running, with Paladin held 
in reserve. They competed as follows : 
Jean de Reszke and Ripsey at 2:47 started in an open 
field. Ripsey going along the foot of a weed field was lost 
to view. Going along the top of it some moments after- 
ward. Jean pointed. A large bevy "flushed wild. Ripsey. 
too; standing at the foot of -the hill, was pointing it. Jea'n 
made a good point on a single in the open. ?nd Ripsey 
hacked staunchly. On the scattered birds in the woods ' 
Ripsey made five points on singles and Jean made two. 
Leaving the end of the woods, Ripse}', close by a fence, 
pointed ; on the opposite side of the fenc« Jean, coming in 
down- wind, flushed the havy which she- was pointing. 
The birds were not followed. In a cornfield Ripsey next 
found and pointed a bevy, and Jean backed. The birds 
were followed into a pine woods. Both pointed a single 
Jeai) next poirfted and was backed, btU nothing was 
found; foot scent, probably. Each next made a good 
point on single birds in pine woods. The heat was full 
of good working action on birds. Ripsey was ranging 
and going better than in her first heat. She distinctly out- 
worked her competitor on birds, though J tan, too, showed 
ability in bird work. Ripsey distinguished herself by her 
precision and reliability in point work and her excellent 
bird sense. Up at 3 :2i. 
Belle of Hard Bargain and Lenabelle were cast off at 
3:30. A bevy was seen to cross ahead out of some pines 
and Belle came galloping out in the wake of it. No one 
could tell whether it was an error or a coincidence. "Belle 
next pointed a bevy in the open and Lenabelle backed. 
Sent on. Belle pointed and Lenabelle, going up to her, re- 
fused to back, and stole the point. Nothing was found. 
Belle next roaded under difficult conditions to a point on 
a bevy in brush in a run, and Lenabelle crowded in ahead 
and flushed the bevy. Sent on. In the open Belle pointed 
a bevy. Lenabelle was not near at the time. Belle was 
steady to wing. Much of the ground was rough and irreg- 
ular so that good ranging was a matter of impossibility. 
The heat ended at 4 :09. 
The judge announced then that the competition was 
ended, and that the winners were: First, Belle of Hard 
Bargain; second, Lenabelle; third, Ripsey. 
The owners of the winners were the recipients of hearty 
congratulations. 
Jean ran a much better race than Lenabelle, and second 
and third was thought by many to lie between him and 
Ripsey, with Ripsey for choice. 
The conditions of the stake were $10 entrance, sweep- 
stake, 50, 30 and 20 per cent, to first, second and third 
respectively. The winner of first also received a beauti- 
ful silver loving cup and a portrait of the winner donated 
by the eminent artist, Mr. Edmund H. Osthaus. 
B. Waters. 
United States Field Trial CItib. 
Trenton, Tenn., Nov. 27. — The following gentlemen 
will act as judges in the January trials of the United 
States Field Trial Club, to be held .at Grand Junction, 
Tenn. : Pointer Derby, P. Lorillard, Jr., Theo Sturges 
and Arthur Merr.vman. Setter Derby and All-Age Stake, 
Theo Sturges, Arthur Merryman and C. E. Buckle. 
W. B. Stafford, Secretary. 
Notice. 
All communications intended for Forest and StrsAm shotild 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper. 
The loving cup to be presented to Mr; J. Pierpont 
Morgan by the N. Y. Y. C. will be ready shortly for 
presentation, which will be made, it has been decided, as 
soon as the new home of the club is ready for occupancy. 
It is thought eminently fitting that the first function to 
be held in the new house should be one of compliment to 
Mr. Morgan, since he is the donor of the ground that the 
house stands upon. 
There will always be a desire to have the taces for' the 
America Cup sailed at Newport, but the reason urged, 
namely, that there will be fewer boats following the com- 
peting yachts, should always be sufficient to defeat itself, 
because it means that there will be fewer people to see the 
sport. The more spectators the better. It will be better 
to endure the discomforts of the Sandy Hook cotirse for 
the sake of the enormous public interest that can be grati- 
fied there ; and as for keeping the course clear, that was 
done in the Shamrock year bej^ond the power of any 
yachtsman to criticise. Sir Thomas Lipton has put him- 
self squarely on record as in favor of the Sandy Hook 
course over all others for the next international yacht 
race. 
The Newport Y. R. A. 
New York City, Dec. i. — Editor For'est and Stream: 
The Newport Yacht Racing Association has determined 
to give two series of races of three each in the sumrner 
of 1901. The first series will take place on July 18," 20 
and 22, and the second series in the week immediately 
succeeding the Ne_w York Y. C. cruise. H. B. Duryea,'. -W. 
Cane, R. N. Ellis, committee. ' 
Mr. J. Lawson-Johnston died on board his yacht White 
Ladye at Cannes, France, on Nov. 24. In November, 
1897, he bought from the Prince of Wales the racing yacht 
Britannia, which was afterward sold to Mr. Ernest Terah 
Hobley, who in turn sold it to Mr. Jameson. The vessel 
afterward sailed under the colors of the Prince of Wales. 
Mr, Lawson-Johnston later bought the yacht White Ladye, 
which Avas , formerly owned by Mrs.' Langtry. He re- 
cently rented Inyerary Castle, the Scottish seat of t-life 
Duke of Argyll.. He also made liberal provision for the 
widows and children of soldiers who fought in the, Boer 
war. 
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The Nominating Committee of the Manhasset Bay Y. C. 
has named the following officers for election at the an- '. 
nual meeting: Com., Hazen L. Ho3't, steamer BeUe 
Hazen; Vice-Com., M. Roosevelt Schuyler, cutter Jessica; 
Rear-Com., Stephen W. Roach, steamer Emeline; SecV, 
Edward M. - MacLellan ; Treas., W. Forbes Morgan, Jr'; 
Meas.. Charles D. Mower; Trustees, for three years, 
George B. -Wilson, James Francis; for two years, Augus- . 
tin Monroe, Julian Rix ; for ofie vear, Horatio R. Harper, 
W. W. Phillips. , ■ 
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Mr. B', B. Crowninshield has an order for a' fleet of 
one-design catboats to be u'sed at South Yarmouth. Mass. ' 
The boats will be about isft. on the waterline, 20ft. over 
all, and are designed for cornfort,abIe afternoon sailing as 
well as for racing, 
Isolde. 
Isolde was designed by Mr. William Fife, Jr., for Mr. 
Peter Donaldson, and was built at the Fife yard at Fairlie,. 
Scotland, in 1895. Although designed solely for racing,, 
her accommodations below decks are excellent, and her 
comparatively small and compact rig make her an almost 
ideal cruiser. As a racing boat her performances have 
been most consistent from the start; she was very suc- 
cessful in the old 40-rating class for which she was 
originally designed, and her enviable record has con- 
tinued down to the close of last season's racing in the 
65ft. class. The first season she raced she started fifty- 
two times and won thirty-one first prizes and six others, 
the value of the prizes amounting to £1,162. Isolde was 
bought early this year by Com. Fred M. Hoyt, of the 
Stamford Y. C, and was sailed across by Capt. Alexan- 
der Hogarth. She made the passage from the Clyde to 
Halifax, N. S., in thirty-two days, arriving there on 
July 2. Mr. Hoyt met her at Halifax, and on July 4 
left there for Greenport, where she arrived on July 12.. 
Fife boats are known the world over for their great 
beauty, and in this feature Isolde maintains her designer's 
" reputation. Her low freeboard (2ft. 8in.. the same as the 
40ft. cutter Minerva, one of Fife's earlier productions) 
tends to give her a very shippy appearance. Isolde is of 
composite construction, and her angle frames are strongly 
strapped and braced. The planking is of elm, pitch pine 
and teak 2in. thick, and the deck is of yellow pine l^in. 
thick. Her dimensions are as follows : 
Length — 
Over all 84ft. 6in. 
L.W.L 60ft. 
Overhang — 
Bow lift. 
Stern T3ft. 6in. 
Beam- 
Extreme 17ft. 
L.W.L 15ft. 
Freeboard — 
Bow 4ft. loin. 
Least 2ft. 8in. 
Stern 3ft. 6in. 
Draft ...... . -., . * . « . , lift. gin. 
Sail area* Y. R. A, rule 4,000 sq. ft. 
The result o£ her racing in American waters during 
the past season is as follows: 
Aug. 8, N. Y, Y. C. Cruise — ^Run from New Haven to 
New London, Astrild won, Hester second and Isolde 
third. 
Aug. 9, N. Y. Y. C. Cruise — Run from New London to 
Newport, Hester won, Isolde second and Astrild third. 
Aug. id. _N. Y. Y. C. Cruise — -Run from Newport to 
Vineyard Haven, Isolde won, Hester second and Astrild 
third. 
Aug. II, N. Y. Y. C. Cruise — Run from Vineyard 
Haven to Newport, Isolde won, Hester second and Astrild 
third. 
Aug. 13, Race for Redmond Cup — Isolde won, Astrild 
second and Hester third. Race for the Astor cup, Isolde 
finished fifth. 
Sept. I, Larchmont Y. C. — ^Isolde won and Astrild 
second. 
Sept. 3, Larchmont Y. C. — Isolde won and Astrild 
second. 
Sept. 8, Larchmont Y. C. — Astrild won and Isolde 
second. 
Sept. 15, Atlantic Y. C— Isolde won and Astrild second. 
The plans of Isolde that appear in this issue were taken 
from Dixon Kemp's Yacht Architecture. 
THe Yachtsmen's Club* 
Mr. C. T. Piecre, Chairman of the Executive Commit- 
tee of the Yachtsmen's Club, has issued a circular which 
has been sent to all the club members, that a series of 
lectures on subjects of interest to all yachtsmen will be 
given at the club rooms, 47 West Forty-third street, every 
Wednesdaj^ evening at 8:30 during the winter. It will 
be seen from the following. programme that the ablest men 
in the country have been secured to speak on scientific 
yachting topics, and there is every reason to believe that 
the lectures will be a great success. The idea is an ad- 
mirable one, and the club should receive the hearty sup- 
port of yachtsmen in its efiEorts to raise the standard of 
yachting. 
47 West Forty-third Street, New York, Nov. 30. — Dear 
Sir : Arrangements are now about completed for a series 
of informal lectures or talks on subjects of interest to 
yachtsmen, to be given at the club rooms every Wednes- 
day evening during the winter. 
The series will commence on Wednesday, Dec. S> at 
8:50 P. M.. when Mr. Gilbert H. Wilson will talk on 
"Sails, Their Construction, Care and Handling." On 
Wednesday, Dec. 12, Mr. John L. Bliss will talk on "The 
Compass and Its Adjustment." 
The complete programme shortly to be announced will 
include talks on yacht designing, construction, etc., by 
Messrs. B. B. Crowninshield, John Hyslop and Clinton H- 
Crane, and on rigging and knots by Mr. John F. Byno, 
also a class in navigation under the tuition of Capt. 
Howard Patterson. 
A mess dinner will be served every Wednesday even- 
ing to members who notify the House Committee a day 
in advance. The price will be one dollar per cover. 
Dinner will be served a la carte without notice. 
The following gentlemen are proposed for membership : 
Vice-Com. R. P. Doremus, Atlantic Y._ C. ; Mr. E. B. 
Havens. Atlantic Y. C. : Mr. B. B. Crowninshield, Eastern 
-Y. C. ; Mr. W. Rooseve]t-Schu5der, Manhasset Bay Y. C; 
Mr: J. G.- Eraser, Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. 
C. T. Pierce, Sec'y. 
The Morse Iron Works and Dry Dock Company has 
added to its plant and yacht basin at the foot of Fifty- 
sixth, Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth streets, South 
Brooklyn, by the purchase of the Mumm property on the 
north, better known - as the McGowan yacht basin, and 
has already coinmenced extensive improvements. 
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The sloop yacht Schemer, Mr. Robert Henke, is being 
given a new bow and overhanging stem at Attlewood's; 
yard, foot of Twenty-fourth street. South Brooklyn, 
