FOREST AND STREAM, 
IJULY 25, S903- 
the pups should know the exact line taken, and take 
the pups over it, trying to encourage them to hunt 
until they get to their _man, who should reward them 
with a bit of meat. This may have to be repeated sev- 
eral times before they really get their heads down; but 
when they have once begun to hunt they improve rap- 
idly and take great delight in the quest. Everything 
should be made as easy as possible at first and the 
diflficulties increased very gradually. This may be done 
by having the line crossed by others, by increasing the 
time before the pups are laid on, or by crossing roads, 
etc. When the pups get old enough they should be 
taught to jump boldly and to swim brooks where neces- 
sary. When young hounds have begun to run fairly 
well it Avill be found very useful to let the runner carry 
a bundle of sticks two feet or two feet six inches long, 
pointed at one end and with a piece of white paper in 
a cleft at the other end. When he makes a turn or 
crosses a fence he should put one of these sticks down 
and incline it in the direction he is going to take next. 
This will give the person hunting the hounds some 
idea of the correctness of their work, though the best 
hounds do not always run the nearest to the line. On 
a good scenting day I have seen hounds running hard 
fifty yards or more to leeward of the line taken. These 
sticks should be taken up when done with, or they may 
be found misleading on some other occasion. The 
hounds will soon learn to cast themselves or try back 
if they overrun the line, and should never receive any 
assistance so long as they continue working on their 
own account. It is most important that they should 
become self-reliant. The line should be varied as 
much as possible. It is not well to run hounds over 
exactly the same course they have been hunted on some 
previous occasion. If some hounds are much slower 
than the rest it is best to hunt them by themselves, or 
they may get to "score to cry," as the old writers say, 
instead of patiently working out the line for them- 
selves. 
It is a great advantage to get hounds accustomed 
to strange sights and noises. If a hound is intended to 
be brought to a pitch of excellence that shall enable 
him to be used in thoroughfares, he should be brought 
up in a town and see as much bustle as possible. If 
he is only intended to be used in open country, with 
occasional bits of road work, this is not necessary. 
Bloodhounds give tongue freely when hunting any wild 
animal, but many hounds run perfectly mute when hunt- 
ing man. This is, however, very much a matter of 
breeding. Some strains run man without giving tongue 
at all; others are very musical. 
The Story of a Dog. 
Master Frisky, by Clarence Hawks, "the blind poet of 
New England," is one of those charming nature books of 
modern structure which are doing good work in teaching 
kindness to animals, and encouraging us humans to cul- 
tivate their acquaintance by interesting us in their lov- 
able traits; for really there is much that is interesting in 
the brute creation if we can only draw it out. Rudyard 
Kipling and Seton Thompson have taught us this, and 
so have numerous other writers of their class and cult. 
As long ago as our childhood nurses and mothers 
would tell us animal stories in baby language; and back 
of that good Esop of old went so far as to invest those 
stories with instructive moral points whereby we might 
build up character on the ideographs presented and be 
convinced that animals in their wild or domesticated 
state are something more than mere dumb beasts to be 
hunted and tortured for sport, eaten for food, worked 
and overworked, and beaten when incapable. It is the 
novel sensation of kindled love in the marble heart that 
makes these books so attractive to old and young, and 
can invest with glamour the story of an intelligent collie 
dog. 
Master Frisky is an ideal pup, through whose medium 
v.'e find novelty, as well as pleasure, in extending our ac- 
quaintance into the animal kingdom. Under tutelage we 
can now see new beauties where all was once a barren 
waste. What we once saw with half an eye we now 
behold with a stereoscopic view; for Hawks not only de- 
scribes the antics, caprices and temperaments of his 
canine friend and his companions, but their social games, 
predilections, modes of communicating with each other 
and making their wants known to men by voice and 
sign, attributing motives, designs and calculation, giving 
striking instances of heroism, sympathy and self-denial, 
not only for their own but other species, which disclose 
a high grade of intelligence. Crowell & Co., of this city, 
are the publishers of the book, and the price is 50 cents. 
It is a blessed thing to have astute animal interpreters, 
for few of us have learned their language, and most ani- 
mals are as shy of strangers as tlie wayside rustic who 
gapes at a salutation and is dumb : apparently but little 
above their own intellectual plane. 
Indian folk-lore teaches that animals are not lower 
than man, but different in mental organism and cali- 
ber, as well as physical structure, speaking a different 
language and having different viewpoints. The souls of 
their deceased ancestors are inanimate in the animals they 
liunt, and they treat them always with profound respect, 
as the Siberians do their reindeer, never killing one with- 
- out apologizing. The Indians wear the symbols of the 
bear, wolf and beaver as totems from infancy, and use 
them for tribal designations and for grave watchers and 
guardians, allotting to them a future place in the immor- 
tal life. Charles Hallock. 
Nebraska Trials. 
Omaha, Neb.— With the approach of Nebraska's 
-second annual meet o£ the State Field Trial Association, 
the interest on all hands is intensifying. The trials will 
open Tuesday, August 18, and continue for three days. 
The entries have closed and the lists show 300 dogs, from 
all parts of the country, and including many of the best 
specimens of valuable bird dogs in the United States. 
Among these are J. H. McPharlin, of O'Neill, with 20 
head; A. B. Caldwell, of Allidonia, Ohio, 11; Nat B. Nes- 
bitt. Chesterville, Miss., 10; W. D. Gilchrist, Courtland, 
Ala'., 20; Asher Cody, Holland, Mich., 20; George Mc- 
Linn, Mexico, Mo., 10; W, .W. Henry, Butler, Mo„ 8; E, 
R. Shelley, Clair, Mich., 20; W. J. Wilson. Sparta, 111., 
12; E. S. Munger, Clyde, O., 15; Charles Tucker, Staun- 
ton Depot, Tenn., 15; J. A. Gude, Bruceville, Ind., 12; Ed. 
Garr, Louisville, Ky., 12 ; W. B. Stafford, Trenton, Tenn., 
15; Chas. Askins, Marion, 111., -12; J. H. Johnson, Car- 
lisle, Ind., is; W. W. Updike, Robinson, III., 15; W. E. 
Utterbach, Nebraska City, 8; W. D. Hardin, Omaha, 4; 
W. D. Townsend, Omaha, i; Dr. Simmiers, Omaha, 10; 
H. A. Schubillia, Tracey, Minn., 4; Wilber Fawcett, 
Omaha, i. The purses will consist of a derby and all-age 
stake. In each there will be five cash prizes. There will 
be $750 in each stake, and they will be divided 30, 25, 20. 
IS and 10 per cent., and there will be no division of any 
of the ca.sh prizes. 
The board of governors. Dr. J. E. Summers, Jr. ; Sandy 
Griswold, Mayor Frank E. Moorcs, Omaha; W. D. Har- 
din, Council Bluffs; P. J. McManus, O'Neill; W. H. 
Livingston, Sioux City; J. L. Gray, Fort Collins, Col; 
J. F. O'Donnell, O'Neill; H. A. Staunton, O'Neill; Roy 
Johnson, Peoria, 111.; T. J. Foley, Omaha, and R. Deb 
Smith, Anaconda, Mont., are now busy at work perfecting 
their pilans to make Nebraska's second annual field trials 
the greatest trials on chicken ever held in the United 
States. Sandy Griswold. 
Points and Flwshes. 
We acknowledge the receipt of Vol. Ill of the Field 
Dog Stud Book, published by the American Field Pub- 
lishing Co., for Mrs. Dr. N. Rowc, Chicago. It con- 
tains registrations from No. 2046 to No. 390s. Besides 
the registrations, it contains a list of the field trials 
and the winners, setters, pointers, beagles and fox 
hounds of 1902. It is well and tastefully bound, typo- 
graphically excellent and profusely illustrated. 
♦ 
Yachting: Fixttttes fot J 903. 
Members of race committee will confer a favor by sending notice 
of errors or omissions in the following list, and also changes which 
may be made in the future. 
America's Cap Races, Aug. 20 and alternate days. 
JULY. 
22. Inter-Lake Y. A., open, yacht and power races, Put-In-Bay. 
23. Inter-Lake Y. A., squadron sail and auxiliary race, Put-in-Bay. 
24 Inter-Lake Y. A., open, Put-in-Bay. 
24-25. Biloxi, Southern Gulf Coast Y. A., Biloxi, Miss, 
25. Indian Harbor, club, Greenwich. 
25. Beverly, cruise, rendezvous Monument Beach. 
25. Boston, club, Hull. U 
25. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club, Oyster Bay. 
25. Royal Canadian, L. Y. R. A., skiff races, Toronto. ' 
25. Hartford, Y. R. A. of L. I. Sound, special. 
25. Marine and Field, Y. R. A. of Gravesend Bay. f 
25. Hempstead Harbor, Y. R. A. of L. I. Sound, annual. 
25. Bridgeport Y. R. A. of L. I. Sound, annual. 
25. Chicago, club. Lake Michigan. 
25. Penataquit Corinthian, cruise, rendezvous Bay Shore. 
27. Atlantic, club. Sea Gate. 
27-29. New York, Newport series, all classes, Newport- 
^11^ For Cruising Yachtsmen, 
With the purpose of stimulating the interest in cruis- 
ing, and the keeping of a detailed log by cruising 
yachtsmen during the season of 1903, 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 mak- 
ing subsequent cruises on the same waters. 
Prizes will be awarded to the three best stories as fol- 
lows: 
First prize, $75.00. 
Second prize, $50.00. 
Third prize, $25.00. 
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 1903. 
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 description 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 descrip- 
tion of the handling of the ship in all weathers will be 
regarded very favorably in making awards, and it is 
suggested to writers that an accurate account be kept 
of all incidents happening while under way. 
4. Photographs of the boat and of the country passed 
through, not smaller than 4x5, should, if possible, ac- 
company each story, and they will be considered in 
making the awards. 
5. An outline chart of the trip drawn on white paper 
in black ink (no coloring pigment to be used) should 
also be sent in. 
6. Competitors should avoid the use of slang or in- 
correct nautical expressions in their stories, as it will 
count against them in awarding the prizes. 
7. The story should contain about seven thousand 
words, written on one side of the paper only, and must 
be received at the ofBce of the Forest and Stream Pub- 
lishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York City, on 
or before Nov. 15, 1903- 
A Cruise on the Sound. 
Story Submitted in "Forest and Stream" Cruising Com- 
petition. 
BY GERALD CURRAN^ NEW YORK CITY. 
This summer while trying to decide by myself the best 
and cheapest way of enjoying my vacation, I happened 
to run across an old friend of mine, Tom 
We both got talking about vacations, and he suggested 
that if I liked the water so much, why iiot try a trip on 
a Gloucester fishing sloop. This did not strike me at all, 
m fact fell far short of its mark; but in the end we 
compromised by deciding to cruise on the Sound for a 
couple of weeks or longer if we could steal the time. 
The next thing to be done was to procure a boat. Now 
this is no easy task. We both worked like dogs, can- 
vassing every yacht agency and scouring all of the papers 
for advertisements, even putting one in ourselves. By 
the tenth of July we had tried everything we could think 
of, with no tangible results. As a last hope, Tom said 
he would try in New Haven. If we were going at all we 
roust start by the eighteenth, so he got busy and really 
succeeded in his attempt. This done, we laid in a stock 
of goods, wet and dry, and shipped them up to the boat, 
and on the eighteenth packed o.ur grips and arrived safely 
in New Plaven. 
The boat was not much to look at, and so I told Tom, 
but to keep me in good spirits, he said to wait until I 
saw her sail before I became too deeply prejudiced. 
She was moored to the dock, a sloop 30ft. waterline, 8ft. 
beam, drawing 4j4ft., a keel boat and carried a mainsail, 
stay sail and jib. The owner was unable to find the top- 
sail, so we had to leave it behind. On entering the cabin 
it gave a look of roominess, a bunk on either side, ice- 
box under the cock-pit (and an exceptionally hard , one 
to get at) small oil stove forward, and cooking utensils 
stacked around on nails. The boat originally carried a 
centerboard, but for some untold reason the owner took 
the board out and put a keel on her. He must have been 
born and bred in the Great Sahara, anyway he was no 
authority on boat building. The keel was at least two 
feet too short and consequently on every tack we lost 
about one-quarter of the distance. She was not much 
on pointing,_ as we afterwards found out. The boat 
leaked considerably and the bilge water kept coming 
through the cabin floor whenever she heeled at all. 
That night when everything was aboard, we both de- 
cided _ that it was easily the best stunt to get down to 
Morris Cove, then get a good early start the next morn- 
ing. The night was warm and sultry, with only a faint 
breath now and then. We hoisted the mainsail and jib, 
but did not move. I then got into the dinghy and Tom 
cast me a line to the great derision of a number of small 
boys on the bank. At last we got her towed out beyond 
the pier and caught a faint breeze. Five miles to south- 
ward we saw the lights of the New Haven breakwater, 
and keeping in the channel, made out with wind ajid 
tide. We anchored off Morris Cove about 12. Every- 
thing was in order by this time and we got into bed, or 
rather wrapped ourselves up in blankets, in very short 
order, not, however, forgetting our mid-night swim. 
It was the first time I had been in salt water for nearly 
a year, and it immediately brought me back to the time 
I used to spend all my summers that way; making me 
envious of all who did not have to slave; and at last 
dropped into a light slumber. Sleep was not for us that 
night, however. Every steamcraft or auxiliary going by 
would wake us up with a start, and when the Richard 
Peck went out-bound for New York, our language was 
not fit to print. By dint of much will power, hoVever. 
we rnanaged to "tear of? a few yards." At 4:45 the next 
morning we were both up and making preparations to get 
away. Tom was for cooking breakfast first, but this 
time I had my way, so we got up sail and started while 
Tom cooked breakfast. 
The Sound looked very ugly indeed, dark with lots 
of white-caps and a strong east wind blowing, bringing 
with it enough rain and fog to make a record wheat crop 
in the whole United States. 
Breakfast consisted of poached eggs, fried sausages an<l 
ccfifee. It was fine for Tom, who ate in the cabin, but am 
afraid I did not enjoy it as much being outside sailing. 
Rain was pattering down on the eggs and sausages in a 
continuous stream, and it was pretty tough work to gei 
everything inside of me before it was drenched. Still 
nothing daunted we kept along. Stood out on port lack 
for about three miles; wind began to freshen here how- 
ever, so_we decided to tie in a reef and make for Bran- 
ford Point, which stood about six miles away. I bro'.ight 
her up into the wind and Tom started to get the sail 
down, but here our troubles began. The peak halyard 
caught between the jaws of the gaff and the mast, and 
try as we might we could not budge it. Here indeed 
was a dilemma for two amateurs. To add to our dis- 
comfort the sausages were beginning to show Iheir in 
digestible facilities. The boat was now bobbing up and 
down and all around, there being quite a sea on. I 
bravely volunteered to climb the mast and loosen up the 
halyard, but here the sausages got to work again with 
renewed vigor, so slipped down again. Tom then tried 
it and, happy to say, succeeded. We tied the reef in and 
Tom put one in the jib also and we were off again. One 
reef point in the jib was left imtied and the first puff of 
wind that struck us tore a big rent in it. This was dis- 
couraging, but nevertheless took in the jib and got the 
staysail up and kept at it. 
Just about this time I very inconsiderately fell asleeii 
in the cabin. Tom took charge, and when I woke up two 
hours later, found us one mile from shore and two mile.s 
east of Branford Point. We went close to shore now, 
dropped anchor and had some lunch. After our repast of 
canned beef, beer and crackers, patched up the jib witli 
some duck trousers and started off again, it being about 
2.30 P. M. to try for Sachem's Head, eight miles to east- 
ward. We failed in the attempt and put into the Thim 
bles, two miles this side. We anchored here in a very 
good harbor just off Money Island. This is so called be- 
cause it is supposed to have been one of the hiding places 
Captain Kidd used to store his ill-gotten gains. We were 
both tuckered out at this, our first day's experience, and 
lay down and slept like logs until 6.30 P. M. We were 
awakened by a man bumping into us in a small boat. 
We stuck our heads out of the cabin and found three 
natives in boats. At our appearance they immediately set 
up an awful din. We found out at last that they were 
regular runners in for the three hotels on the Island. 
Each one offered us a dinner for less than the other till 
it really seemed as if we would get one for nothing if 
we waited much longer. We found out afterward that 
there was much rivalry, and that each hotel keeper tried 
to draw the trade of the other by this means. We at 
last decided to try a shore dinner at the Money Island 
Hotel at so cents a head; this closed the bargain, and 
