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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Aug. 3, igoi. 
Fixiures. 
Sept. 2-5.— Toronto, Can.— Dog show of the Toronto Industrial 
Exhibition. W. P. Fraser, Sec'y. and Supt. 
Jennie* 
New York. — It was seven years ago in September that 
my old friend Lewis came sauntering into the office close 
on to lunch time and took up his "sideways" position in 
a straight-back chair and converted it into a rocker, and 
asked me how I felt. I told him I felt very like buying a 
bird dog. "Well," said he, "I guess I have one that would 
suit you." 
"All right, I'll take him, or her, or — well, what is its 
name? How much? Here, I'll just give you a check for 
it now and bind the bargain." 
He protested, reminded me of the pig In the poke, etc., 
but I bought the dog, and then found it was a blue bel- 
lon named Jennie — plain Jennie. 
Two days later I went home and found Jennie in the 
kennel alone. On looking her over I determined her 
pretty .spots were worth what I paid for her, and that 
check would have bought a fair horse too. Since that 
time she has been the inspiration of many hunting 
romances — in the mountains playmate, room mate and bed 
fellow in the South, principal, professional, most proficient 
in the hunt, going on when others quit, measuring her gait 
by the sun. a bit speedier at sundown than sun up, though 
foot sore in four places, and would have been in six had 
she had them. A companion intelligent and faithful at 
home; one of the family that only missed the soup course, 
because soup is served hot. We all loved her, just as 
much out of hunting season as in. 
But Jennie is dead ! And now memory— at times in- 
convenient memory — plays its pranks, its overwhelming 
\\nth good things that can never occur again, thus the in- 
convenience, then the sadness— the world is full of Jennies, 
but only one is the average lot of man. 
She is the first love in the animal world. We will be 
faithful to her memory; we can't help it, with the passing 
on. The old zest is coated, and a little rust on the gun 
barrels doesn't seem to worry me so much. 
We may hunt on for years, and shoot over all kinds of 
dogs and own some good ones — in fact, from a field point 
nf view, some better than Jennie — but when the hour glass 
is mostly run out and we look back, think back, dream 
back, of those days afield, pre-eminently above and be- 
yond, and in a class of her own, will stand Jennie. 
_ I see her still, jumping from rock to rock sideways at 
times; that nose, so full of delicate and tender tissues, on 
which the faintest scent makes an impression, well into 
the wind, speeding here, hesitating there, as that wing- 
tipped grouse speeds on from danger, seeking security 
among the rocks, her nostrils open, they drink the wind, 
it's tainted a second and gone; she changes her course, and 
the impression grows stronger ; her legs shorten ; the body 
lengthens, her mouth closses, respiration ceases ; it makes 
too much noise; she slides on up straight as an arrow- 
close to a high fiat rock ; she hesitates, looks up, measures 
distance, crouches, springs into space, the front paws hold, 
the hind ones claw the soft rock, and she is up and on; 
but only for a second, mounted on nature's pedestal there 
in full view, with the upper hip drawn in, one front paw 
drawn up under her body, her tail and head on a graceful 
level, still, very still, all that moved was the heart; I 
think its pumping worried her, stood that mottled statute. 
This is one of the pictures that helps me in her loss. 
I have another Jennie, and a most promising one, but the 
truth is best told by the innocent ones at home. She 
hasn't as many pretty spots as dear old Jennie, and I— 
well I fear she never will have. 
Thomas Elmer. 
Philadelphia Dog- Show. 
Philadelphia, Pa.— The third anntial show of the 
Philadelphia Dog Show Association will be under the 
.supervision of the following Bench Show Committee: 
Clement B. Newbold, Edward Moore Robinson, Alexan- 
der Van Rensselaer, Louis A. Biddle, Marcel A. Viti, S. 
Boyd Carrigan. Reginald K. Shober, D. Murray Bohlen, 
Francis E. Bond, Mitchell Harrison, Jay B, Lippincotti 
C, Leland Harrison, Sidney W. Keith, George R. Packard' 
Henry Jarrett, John W. Geary, James W. Paul, Jr., and 
Robert Toland. 
The prizes will be uniform throughout, $15, $10 and $5 
ni all puppy, novice, limit and open classes. The entries 
will close Nov, II. Specialist clubs and individuals who 
intend offering special prizes are requested to communi- 
cate with 
Marcel A. Viti, Secretary, 
320 Witherspoon Building. 
The Irish Setter Cl«b. 
Lansdowne, Pa., July 26. — Editor Forest and Stream: . 
The Irish Setter Club of America off^ers $30 to the first 
Irish setter and $20 to the second Irish setter winning an 
undivided first, second or third prize in any State of any 
bona fide field trial in the United States or Canada dur- 
ing the season of 1901-1902, prior to Feb. 11, 1902. 
Geo. H. Thomson, Sec'y I. S. C. 
Getting Down to Business.— "What a very short man 
the third judge is." "Yes; he judges the dachshunds." — 
Cleveland Plain Dealer. 
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Official organ. Forest and Shream. 
'Mid Reef and Rapid.— XVIL 
BY F. R. WEBB. 
"That is the head of the falls." .said George, as we 
paddled leisurely through the still reach above, down 
toward the cliffs. 
"How long is it?" asked the Colonel. 
"Well, the whole rapid is a mile and a quarter long," I 
answered, "but it is not all swift water; there are several 
short, still reaches in it. The worst places are the 
middle of the falls— the part known as the Devil's Race- 
path and the extreme lower end. Now you must all be 
careful, and not run too close together, for the falls are at 
their worst in low water. It is not that the water is so 
terribly rough, although rough enough in several places, 
but the place is so rocky and the boat channel so ob- 
structed with reefs and fish dams and the water is so 
swift and strong that caution is necessary." 
We paddled leisurely up to the remains of the old navi- 
gation dam at the head of the falls, which formerly threw 
all the water in a deep, contracted flow down over the 
reefs at the head, close to the cliff along the left bank, and 
took a good look down the long, narrow, cliff-lined gorge, 
the Colonel in particular studying with interest the place 
about which he had heard so much. 
A towering wall of massive cliffs loomed up out of 
the water on the left and stretched away in a gloom^^ 
frowning, diminishing, down-hill perspective along the 
riverside for a mile or more, with here and there a 
bold, rocky point jutting out from the wall into the river. 
A straggling, ragged mat of low, scrubby trees and bushes 
covered its brow, and trailing vines and creepers hung in 
unkempt festoons down over the face of the cliffs. The 
river spread out to a considerable breadth, and the right 
bank sloped away gently out of the water in "a barren, 
water-washed waste of white, glistening stones and gravel 
as far back from the river as we could see, testifying to 
the fury and impetuosity with which the river rushed 
down through this gorge in high water. Back of this 
beach the high land rose up to a level fully equal to that 
of the cliffs, but with a gentler slope, and further back 
from the river. 
The bed of the river was a wilderness of reefs for the 
first hundred yards, through and among which the water 
rushed and chaffed impetuously, fretting itself into foam. 
We slipped through the remains of the old navigation 
dam and cautiouslj'^ threaded our way among the reels 
without much difficulty, as we were familiar with the 
somewhat crooked and winding channel. Below this was 
a reach of still, black, sullen looking water, in which the 
beetling crags were reflected somberly, and upon whose 
surface the bubbles floated, sharply white and distinct. 
We paddled slowly and carefully through this reach, 
keening a sharp lookout for the ever-present, submerged 
reefs. / 
"Now for the Racepath." exclaimed George, who was 
in the lead, as we approached a long fall of nearly hall a 
mile in extent, down which the water- rushed and roared 
through a conglomeration of ledges and reefs, absolutely 
impassable, except for a small, narrow canal, which led 
close along the foot of the cliff, hardly a boat's length in 
width, and down which the water shot with arrow-like 
swiftness, turning a little to the right at the bottom ot 
the fall, where the river broke up into huge waves as the 
rush from the canal and the falls met the deep, still water 
below. A massive, crag-like buttress projected into the 
river in a sharp point from the foot of the cliff, around 
which the surging waters whirled and foamed in fury. 
This wild shoot was not inaptly termed. the Devil's Race- 
path by the old-time boatmen, since everything wild, rough 
or savage seems to be the special property of his satanic 
majesty, as the too numerous to mention Devil's Punch- 
bowls, Devil's Backbones, Devil's Slides, etc., found in al- 
most every community would seem to indicate. 
We had an exhilarating shoot down this little canal, and 
the cliffs, rocks and bushes shot by us up stream with 
dizzying velocity, as we whirled swiftly past, and the 
big waves got in their work to good advantage, as we were 
shot out of the mouth of the race into their tumultuous 
embraces. 
"Commodore, do you remember that little channel we 
discovered last year' along the face of the cliff through 
the falls ahead while we were fishing along there?" said 
George, as we paddled leisurely along over the smooth but 
swift stretch below, and approached the last and worst 
half mile of the falls— the Kemple's Falls proper of the 
old-time boatmen, which is a conglomeration of reefs, 
ledges and dams, compared to which those above the 
Race-path were but as child's play, A long navigation 
dam put out from the cliff on the left at the head of the 
reefs, and sloped away, down and across the river, until 
it ended a few yards from the right bank in an open 
passage, around and down which most of the water of 
the river rushed in a powerful sweep. 
This was the remains of the old boat channel which 
passed through the rest of the falls on the right side, a 
chaos of reefs lying to the left, and along close to the cliff, 
through which led the little channel we were now dis- 
cussing. 
"Yes ; I remember we made a note of it and decided that 
if we could slip over the dam it would afford a better 
passage through the falls than the regular boat channel 
over to the right," I answered. 
"Why, what's the matter with the boat channel?" asked 
Lacy, as we paused to inspect the dam. 
"Well, just at the end of the dam," I replied, "the old 
channel is filled up, and the water now sweeps around 
sharply to the left in an irresistible current. The right 
bank is lined with reefs ; the channel to the left is nar- 
row, and a mass of reefs lies squarely in the middle of 
it, just where it is calculated to do the most good, and 
it is impossible to dodge the reefs in the middle without 
going ashore on the reefs at the side. Also, just below 
is a fish dam with an impassable shoot at its point. I 
hung up there last j'-ear and narrowly escaped a capsize, 
and George and I decided next cruise to try the new 
channel next the cliffs." 
"I think we can slip over the dam over there to the 
right," said George, indicating a httle gap or depression 
in the rocks and reefs of which the dam was com- 
posed, through which the water poured in a perpendicular 
little cataract, down the face of the dam, which was some 
2 or 3ft. high. It was a peculiarly difficult shoot to make, 
as owing to the long down-sream trend of the dam the 
current swept swiftly along its face as along a wall, in- 
stead of setting squarely against it, therefore it was neces- 
sary to take the little, narrow shoot at an angle, otherwise 
the strong current would carry the stern around out of 
iine with the .shoot, and a hang-up and probable capsize 
would result. It need scarcely be said that it required 
nice calculation to get the exact angle of approach. 
George started in first, while the rest of us hung up in 
the slack water in the lee of a big line of reefs above, 
gently back-paddling to maintain our positions, while we 
watched him. Dropping cautiously down along the face of 
the dam until the bow of his canoe was within a yard of 
the desired shoot, he held her stationary by back-paddling, 
until by patient, skillful maneuvering he got her into the 
desired position, with her nose lying in the little gap, when 
he let go, and as the powerful sweep of the current swung 
the stern of his canoe around, she slipped gently and 
easily over, without touching anywhere, although the gap 
was hardly a yard wide, and dropped, Svith a gentle 
splash, into the deep, swift water below, where she was 
caught up and whirled away down the crooked, swift little 
channel, dodging around here and there to avoid fhe 
rocks, most of which were of considerable size, and stood 
high out of the water. 
I followed and dropped down toward the shoot, pretty 
much as George had done. 
"Hurry up there. Commodore. Don't keep us holding 
back here all day," said the Colonel, whose boat was 
heavy and hard to hold, and who didn't take much stock 
in our back-paddling methods, generally preferring to 
take his shoots with a rush. 
This rattled me, of course, and I took the .shoot before 
I was fairly ready, and although the bow of my canoe 
reached the gap all right, instead of slipping easily over as 
George had done, the set of the water carried my canoe 
out of line to the right, and her keel hung on the rocks 
at the side, squarely amidships, and she swung roimd as on 
a pivot, until right across the dam, when she lodged and 
careened until her decks were awash and the water just 
level with the top of the coaming. 
[to be continued.] 
A, C. A. Meet. 
The Twenty-Second AnntJal General Meet, Aog. 9 tot 
The twenty-second annual meet of the American Canoe 
Association will take us back again to the ever-popular 
islands of the St. Lawrence River. 
The Camp Site, 
The Commodore has kindly placed at the exclusive 
disposal of the Association his island of Mudlunta for 
the meet of 1901. 
The Island of Mudlunta (meaning half moon) is one 
of the prettiest islands of the St. Lawrence. It is one of 
the Admiralty group, is over ten acres in extent, and 
situated about two miles south of Gananoque, between 
the Canadian and middle channel, and is believed will 
make one of the most attractive and convenient sites the 
Association has ever had the pleasure of camping on. 
Headquarters will be very conveniently located in the 
Coinmodore's residence (which will be used exclusively 
for that purpose only during the two weeks of camp), 
within easy access from the main and ladies' camp and 
dock. 
The main camp will He to the east of headquarters on 
a high and level tract of land, and will embrace such a 
space that desirable spots can be secured by all. 
The ladies' camp, or Squaw Point, will be situated to 
the west of headquarters, and while the portion laid out 
for this purpose is not as large as that of the main camp, 
still a sufficient number of beautiful and desirable spots 
will be found to accommodate every one. 
The Camp Store. 
The exckisive privileges of the right of sale on the 
cahip grounds have been awarded to' Messrs. Johnston 
and Hale, both of whom have been in the grocery and 
supply business in Gananoque for years, and were also 
camp storekeepers at Stave Island, giving general satis- 
faction. It is hoped that the members will patronize 
them exclusively. They will build a commodious store 
in the vicinity of headquarters, and will endeavor to serve 
to the best of their ability the wants of the -members. 
They will also supply ice if required. 
The Mess Tent. 
Thi§ will he most ^dv^ntageo^sly sityate^ on a kvel 
