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Flxttifea. 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Oct. 21-24. — ^New York. — ^Ladies* Kennel Association of America's 
show. Jliss M, K. Bird, Westbury, L. I., Hon. Sec'y- 
Nov. 26-29.— Pliiladelphia. — Philadelphia Dog Show Association's 
show. M. A. Viti, Sec'y. 
' FIELD TRIALS. 
Oct. 27. — Paris, Mo. — Missouri Field Trial Association's (member 
of the American Championship Club), sixth annual trials. L. S. 
Eddins, Sec'y, Sedalia, Mo. 
Oct. 27.— Washington C. O., Ohio.— Monongahela Field Trial 
CUib's field trials. A. C. Peterson. Sec'y. 
Cct. 28.— Whitby Island. Wash.— Pacific Northwest Field Trials 
F. R. Atkins, Sec'y. Seattle, Wash. 
Oct. 28. . Wis.— Northwestern Beagle Club's second 
annual trials. Louis Steffen, Sec'y. 
Nov. 3. — Robinson, 111. — Illinois Field Trial Association's (mem- 
ber of the American Championship Club) fourth annual trials. W. 
R. (irecn, Sec'y, Marshall, 111. 
Nov. 3.— Thirteenth annual field trials of the National Beagle 
Club of America, Charles R. Ste'^enson, Sec'y, 106 Market street, 
Camden. N. J. 
Nov. 3.— Lake View, Mich. — Michigan Field Trial Association's 
(member of the American Championship Club) fifth annual trials. 
C. D. Stuart, Sec'y, Benton Harbor, Mich. 
Nov. 4.— Washington C. H., Ohio. — Ohio Field Trial Associa- 
tion's (member of the American Championship Club) fifth annual 
trials. C. E. Baughn. Sec'y. 
Nov. 6. — Eastport. L. I.— Pointer Club of America's (member of 
the American Championship Club) second annual trials. R. E. 
W est lake. Sic'y, Scranton, Pa. 
Nov. 7-S.— Robinson, 111. — Western Irish Setter Club's inaugural 
trials. T, L. Fenn, Secy. 
Nov. 10.— P.icknell, Ind.— Independent Field Trial Club's (mem- 
ber of the American Championship Club) fourth annual trials. 
11. S. Humphrey, Sec'y. Indianapolis, Ind. 
Nov. 11.— Hampton, Conn. — Connecticut Field Trial Club's trials. 
F. W. Smith, Sec'y, New Haven. 
_ Nov. 10.— Ruthven, Ont.— North American Field Trial Associa- 
tion's (member of the American Championship Club) fourth 
annual trials. Richard Bangham, Sec'y, Windsor, Ont, 
Nov. 11.— St. Joachim, Ont.— International Field Trial Club's 
fourteenth annual trials. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec'y. 
Nov. 17.— Glasgow, Ky. — Third annual trials of the Kentucky 
Field Trial Club. S. B. Hays, Sec'y. 
Nov. IS.— Branchton, Pa.— Central Beagle Club's seventh annual 
trials, A. C. Peterson, Sec'y. 
.Nov. 18.— Ruthven, Ont. — Fourth annual trials of the North 
American Field Trial Club. Alfred Wigle, Sec'y, Windsor, Ont. 
Nov. 24.— Glasgow, Ky.— American Champion.ship Field Trial 
.Association's second annual trials. C. B. Cooke, .Sec'y. 
Nov. 29.— Thomasville, N. C— Continental Field Trial Club's 
eighth annual trials. 
Dec. 1.— Washington C. H., Ohio.— American Championship 
Field Trial Club's second annual trials. Chas. B. Cooke, Sec'y, 
Richmond, Va. 
Dec. 15.— IJuntsville, Ala.— Alabama Field Trial Club's (member 
of the American Championship Club) third annual trials. John 
F. Fletcher, Sec'y, Birmingham, Ala. 
Smu§:gling and First Bite. 
An amusing case of an attempt at dog smuggling was 
brought to light at Calais on Wednesday morning. • A 
"lady" attired as a nurse, and to all appearances carry- 
ing a baby in her arms, boarded the mail boat for Dover, 
and immediately entered the saloon. However, the 
stewardess had her suspicions aroused, and on speaking 
to the "lady" noticed two dog's feet protruding from the 
clothes which were supposed to cover her Uttle child. 
The officials were coinm.unicated with, and, being fairly 
found out in her attempt to evade the quarantine orders, 
the "hdy" confessed her misdeed, had her dog taken 
from her and left behind, probably to whine over the 
absence of a far too indulgent mistress. Such an attempt 
as this to break the law is very wrong, and will no doubt 
be the means of causing considerable unpleasantness to 
real nurses with real babies who may be crossing from 
the French to the English coast. No greater insult can 
be offered to a nurse when the bonafides of the child she 
may be carrying is called in question, and this recent 
instance only proves that a woman with her pet dog 
does not care what risks she may run or what incon- 
venience she may cause to other people so long as she 
can gain her own ends. 
There is a story told of a foxhound bitch of the late 
Colonel Thornton's, which, notwithstanding the fact that 
the whip lashed out its eye when she was full cry. stuck 
to the line of her fox and was fairly in at the finish. This 
case of gameness and determination has never been sur- 
passed, but it was pretty well equalled one day last week. 
A field of grain was being cut on the farm of Mr. Buck- 
nell, near Aldermaston, when a big rough-coated sheep- 
dog, ill the company of the harvesters, put up and chased 
a rabbit. As they were passing near him, a youth seized 
a sickle and threw it at the rabbit. Unfortunately, miss- 
ing its mark, the sharp blade hit the dog on the tail, 
ciuting it completely off within about four inches of the 
body. This notwithstanding, the dog continued the chase 
and eventually killed the rabbit. The wound is rapidly 
healing, and it is said that the unfortunate dog looks all 
the better for being docked, bearing a greater resem- 
blance to the old English bob-tailed sheepdog than it 
.did previously. 
The dog which bites will always be with us; still, it 
seems strange that when once it has shown undue use of 
its teeth on the person its owner should run the risk of 
keeping the animal, or, at any rate, of allowing it to be 
at large. A somewhat interesting case bearing on this 
was heard at Edmonton County Court on Friday the 
I2th inst. It appeared that the plaintiff's little boy. of 
g yeai-s old was out walking when he was attacked by 
a collie dog, knocked down, and severely bitten in the 
thigh. The dog was at the time in the care of the de- 
fendant's daughter. Damages to the amount of £5 was 
claimed, and it was proved that the dog, when in charge 
of the same young lady, had previously bitten another 
child. So far the case was simple, but an attempt was 
made to prove that the dog had been irritated by the de- 
fendant and his brother throwing stones at it, and 
knowledge of the dog's previous biting was denied. His 
Honor Judge Tindal Atkinson, in giving judgment, said 
he did not think that the defendant had personal knowl- 
edge that his dog had bitten anyone on a former occa- 
sion, but he was in the habit of allowing his daughter 
to take charge of the dog. It had been admitted that the 
plaintiff had been bitten, and it had been proved that the 
dog had, in the presence of Miss Collins, bitten, or at- 
tempted to bite, other children. It had been urged that 
her knowledge could not make her father liable, but, in 
bis opinion, if an owner intrusted a dog to another pe^r 
son, and if it bit anyone in the presence of that person, 
the owner must be taken to have knowledge of the fact. 
He considered scienter had been proved, and he awarded 
plaintiff £3 12s. As a fact, the amount is small in com- 
parison with the injury which might have ensued from 
the bite of the dog, but the decision of the judge is not 
only good law, but common sense. In those days of 
rabies scares and dog regulations the ordinary biting 
dog is one of the problems which has to be taken into 
consideration, and if an owner persists in keeping a dog 
wdien it is known to have already had that "first Ule" 
to which imder ordinary circumstances it is entitled, he 
has only himself to blame if he is cast in heavy damages 
when it repeats the offence, which it is pretty well cer- 
tain to do sooner or later. A dog which bites should 
either be strictly confined and kept under control, or, fail- 
ing this, be destroyed. — Field (London). 
Points Clwb of Ametica Field Ttials. 
The Pointer Club has issued the following circular: 
Derby, All-Age and Championship Stakes.— Entries 
close Oct, 15. Members' Stake before starting. Your at- 
tention is directed to the date, Oct. 15, of the closing 
of entries of the Derby, All-Age and Championship 
Stakes of our annual field trials, which will commence 
on Nov. 6 at Eastport, Long Island. The entry fee ibv 
each- stake is $5, to accompany each nomination,' the bal- 
ance $5, $10 and $20 respectively, is payable before start- 
ing. We have control of 6,000 acres for the trials and 
reliable information obtained assures us of plenty of birds. 
Entries to Members' Stake will close before starting, the 
fee being $10. It is earnestly hoped that the members 
of our club will come forward with their entries promptly, 
thereby insuring a successful trial. I am pleased to state 
that nominations are now coming in, and the outlook for 
a good list of starters is most flattering. Trains will 
leave Long Island City via Thirty-fourth street ferry 
New York, at 8:30 A. M. and 31,30 P. M. Excursion 
tickets, $3.60. Distance, seventy miles. 
C. F. LewiSj Secretary and Treasurer. 
4S Wall Street, New York. 
National Beagfle CIttb of Amefka. 
Mr. Bradford S. TuRrm, of Roxbury, Mass., and Mr. 
George B. Appleby, of O^^ford, Mass.. have accepted the 
invitation to act as judges in the thirteenth annual trials 
of fhe National Beagle Club of America, which will com- 
mence on Nov. 3, 1902, at Mincola, Long Island. 
For Cruising Yachtsmen. 
With the purpose of stimulating the interest in cruis- 
ing, and the keeping of a detailed log by cruising y-achts- 
men during the season of 1902, the publishers of Forest 
AND Stream offer prizes for the best stories of cruises 
submitted to be published in Forest and Stream. It is 
believed that these will form not only entertaining records 
of pleasant summer days spent afloat along our coasts and 
waterways, but will furnish information of practical value 
to other yachtsmen making subsequent cruises on the 
same waters. 
Prizes will be awarded to the three best stories as fol- 
lows : I , , < I i 
First prize, $50.00. 
Second prize, $30.00. 
Third prize, $20.00. 
Contributions are invited under the following condi- 
tions : , 
1. The cruise must be made in waters of the United 
States or Canada in the season of 1902. 
2. The cruise must be made in a sailing yacht, power 
to be used only as an auxiliary, if at all. 
3. The story must be prefaced by a <lescription of the 
boat. Cruises should be treated in as interesting and 
readable a way as possible, but should be practical and 
contain all possible information and data that would be of 
value to men going over the same route. A description 
of the handling of the ship in all weathers will be re- 
garded very favorably in making awards, and it is sug- 
gested to- writers that an accurate account be kept of all 
incidents happening while under way. 
4. An outline chart suitable for reproduction, showing 
the course taken, must accompany each article. When 
possible, articles should be accompanied by amateur photo- 
graplK taken on the cruise, including one of the boat. 
Good photographs will be considered in making the 
awards. 
5. The story should contain about seven thousand 
words, written on one side of the paper only, and must 
be received at the office of the Forest and Stream Pub- 
lishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York city, on or 
before Nov. 15, 1902. 
Mr. T. C. Zerega has very kindly consented to act as 
judge and to make the awards. 
Cruise to Lakeville. 
The Corinthian Y. C, of San Francisco, is, if a.-ny- 
tiling, a live little club. Its members believe in yachting 
and do it. They sail for pleasure and get it. Forty sail- 
ing yachts, big and little, comprise its fleet, and there are 
no idlers. The management at the beginning of each 
season issues a schedule of cruises, and each event brings 
out a good fleet. Labor Day falling on Monday this 
year, afforded three successive off days, and in consa- 
quence the following announcement formed a part of the 
schedule of events: 
High Water. Low Water. 
Aug. 30, Cruise to Lakeville 21.10.54 14.51.26 
Aug. 3T, Cruise to Lakeville 10.40.51 15.45.23 
Sept. I. Cruise to Lakeville. .. ,.11.20.54 16.35.20 
Now Lakeville, be it known, is not a yachting center, 
or, as to that, ^ny Oth^r kind of 9, center; but it is on 
the map, and all good C rinthian yachtsmen are supposed! 
to be able to find any old place that is duly charted. The 
following rough draft is approximately accurate, and 
sh9ws the way from Tiburon (Corinthian Y. C. anchor- 
age) to Lakeville less plainly than does the Government 
charts : 
It looked easy, on paper, and no one for a moment 
doubted the ability of the fleet to assemble at Lakeville in 
due schedule time. It was to be a run to the drawbridge 
Saturday afternoon — free wind and tide. Then to Lake-' 
ville and back to the draw bridge on Sunday. That left 
Monday for the windward beat home. 
Here in San Francisco we schedule the wind with the 
same confidence as the tide. We count on a never-failing 
twenty to thirty-five miles an hour wind coming in 
MAY. 
through the Golden Gate and passing up the bay. Our 
yachts have evolved a type which seems best suited to the 
local conditions of heavy wind and sea, and are uniformly 
deep bodied, beamy, heavily ballasted and powerfully con- 
sLructed. Six thousand pounds of fixed ballast for 25ft. 
Avaterline is not unusual, and is found useful and con- 
\ c nient when bucking one of our regular summer breezes. 
For the crliise to Lakeville. the writer took passage on 
the May at the invitation of her owner, the Commodore. 
May is essentially a "big-little boat." Waterline 
r_\a4ft.; sail area, 67S.49ft. ; draft (board up), 4ft. Fair 
sizcid cockpit and cabin big enough for a 35-footer. Our 
cargo comprised the Commodore, tlie Artist (a title which 
ho disclaims), and the writer; and provisions apparently 
ample for a week's cruise. Two Primo oil stoves manip- 
ulated by the combined genius of the Commodore and 
Artist demonstrated the powers of mind over matter be- 
low decks. 
At about 3 P. M. the fleet broke anchors and headed 
up the bay. A nice breeze soon carried us by Angel 
Island, and the prospects of a fine run with the wind and 
tide were never brighter. The larger yachts gradually 
took the lead and looked proud and beautiful. We shortly 
noticed, however, that as tail-enders we were man.festly 
closing up the gap which separated us from the leaders, 
and we began to fhink that, after all, size was not always 
equivalent to speed; and the Commodore, in consequence 
soon began to show unmistakable signs of haughtiness — a 
condition.no one has ever seen him assume on any ac- 
count other than his boat. His pride M''as . shortly 
banished. The leading yachts had run into a dead calm 
and we were soon with them on equally painful terms. 
But we w^ould soon have wind. Calms, in summer, on 
San Francisco Bay, are so thoroughly out of place that 
j;o one could believe this one would last long. But the 
tide— a good long flood— was under us, and we were in no 
hurry, and so why should w^e care. That tide, too, proved 
a delusion. Whether the fault of the tide table or of the 
tide, no one has yet discovered; but our fleet, like the 
Irish Dragoon, was plainly advancing backward. Our 
pennants drooped with the sadness of wilted flowers. The 
duighys mixed, side on, with dangling sheets. Not a rip- 
ple. Not a sound. Everything sun. The quiet could 
aloiost be heard. But for the chaffing of the crews ther^ 
