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and as not a quail had been found, it was no trial. At all 
(events, no decision could be rendered under the circum- 
stances. The secretary called a meeting of the club, and 
tthe views of the judges were unanimously sustained and 
fcommended. The club decided to postpone the trials till 
I>ecember to be held in North Carolina if suitable provi- 
!sion could be made for them. 
On Monday evening an impromptu bench show was 
'held. The judges were Major J. M. Taylor, Messrs. G. 
Muss-Arnolt, and B. Waters. There were three classes, 
light weight dogs, heavy weight dogs, and open class 
bitches. There were seven light weight dogs, of which 
first went to Blackstone, second to Champ, third to Joe 
Gray. The other contestants were Fair Acre Ben, Top Notch 
Tobie, Cornish Chief, Rap of Jingo. In heavy weights 
the Avinners were: First, Tioga Chief; Second, Top 
Notch Launcelot; Third, Sam's Mars. The others were 
Bro^ATOe, Nero and Schuyler's Rip Rap. There were three 
bitches, which won in the following order : Bessie, Bang 
Eani;- IL, Top Notch Jingolette, and Fair Acre Fay. 
Agticultufal. 
Hempstead, L. L, Nov. 16.— Editor Forest and Stream: 
Will you kindly give publicity to the inclosed letter, 
which, I am sure, will be of the greatest interest to your 
Canadian readers, as well as to all our show-giving 
clubs which have not, hitherto, been considered "agricul- 
tural associations." 
James Mortimer, Superintendent. 
[Copy.] 
Treasury Department. 
■ ' Office of the Secretary. 
Division of Customs. 
Washington, Nov. Ii, 1903- 
The Collector of Customs. Platisburg, N. Y. 
Sir : — The Department has considered the letter of Mr. 
(George de Forest Grant, President of the Westminster 
Kennel Club, dated New York the 30th ultimo, addressed 
'.to you, in the matter of the free entry of dogs brought to 
■.this country for exhibition at kennel shows. 
Paragraph 474 of the tariff Act of July 24, 1897, pro- 
vides for the free entry of — • 
"Animals brought into the United States temporarily 
for a period not exceeding six months, for the purpose 
of exhibition or competition for prizes offered by any 
agricultural or racing association; but a bond shall be 
given in accordance with regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary of the Treasury;" 
and the Department has heretofore held that a kennel 
club was not an agricultural or racing association, and 
therefore dogs could not be admitted to free entry under 
this provision of law. 
Upon reconsideratian, the Department is of opinion 
that under the generic definition of the word "agricul- 
ture," an association devoted to the breeding of thorough- 
Hired dogs and the improvement of the different breeds, 
may fairly be considered an agricultural association, and 
that upon the importation of dogs for exhibition or com- 
-petition for prizes offered by bench shows, same may be 
admitted to entry under the above provision of law. 
Respectfully, 
(Signed) H. A. Taylor, 
Assistant Secretary. 
Rttssian Wolfhound CI«b of Ametica* 
New York, Nov. 18.— It is my duty and pleasure 
to inform you that at a meeting held at the Brooklyn 
JBench Show, Thursday, Nov. 12, 1903, the exhibitors 
,and others interested in the Russian wolfhound, or- 
iganized a specialty club for the amelioration of the 
breed, to be known as the Russian Wolfhound -Club 
•of America. An executive committee, consisting of 
:Dr. J. E. DeMund and James Mortimer, together \vith 
the undersigned, was appointed to frame a constitu- 
tion and standard, to be passed upon by the club at a 
meeting to be held at Madison Square Garden at 9 
o'clock P. M., Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1904, during the 
show of the Westminster Kennel CUib. The purpose 
of the cli'b is to place the Russian wolfhound, both as 
a working dog and as a "chien de luxe," first in popu- 
d-Ar esteem among the larger breeds of dogs. To this 
end better classification and special prizes from this 
and foreign countries are already being arranged for 
for the winter shows. Applications for membership will 
be gladly received by 
Joseph B. Thomas, Jr., Secretary. 
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Designing Competition. 
$225 in Priies. 
Two designing competitions have been given in 
Forest and Stream. The first was for a 25ft. water- 
line cruiser; the second was for a 15ft. one-design class. 
Both competitions were vei-y successful. The great in- 
terest taken in those competitions has prompted us to 
give a third one, open to amateurs and professionals. 
The prizes which will be given are as follows: 
First prize — $100. 
Second prize — $60. ' '^'•^ 
Third prize — $40. 
Fourth prize— $25, offered by Mr. Theodore Zerega 
for the best interior plan. 
The designs are for a yacht conforming to the fol- 
lowing conditional 
I. Cent§rboaf4 ^:ruiser, 40ft. I. w. 1. 
JL Bo^t must not draw over 6ft with centerboard up, 
i^^in^ .The io\YGsUr6?bQ|r4 to covering h^9¥i 
The design must be modern in every particular, with- 
out containing any extreme or abnormal features. The 
conditions have been made as simple as possible, that 
competitors might have all latitude and scope ill Work- 
ing out their ideas. We wish to produce an able and 
comfortable cruising boat, one that shall havd ainple 
accommodation for two or three men living aboard for 
a period of several months, and ofie that .can- be easily 
managed at all times by two or three paid hands. The 
draft is restricted to 6ft. in order that the boat may 
have access to nearly all the desirable harbors, and 
may, thereby, widely increase her cruising field. 
Drawings Required, 
I. Sheer plan, scale ^'m.=ilt. — showing center of 
buoyancy, center of lateral resistance and center of 
effort of both rigs. 
II. Half breadth, scale ^in.=ift. 
III. Body plan, scale ^in.=ift. 
IV. Cabin plan, inboard profile and at least one 
cross section, scale ^in,=ift. 
V. Two sail plans, scale J4in.=lft.; one as a yawl; 
one as a pole mast sloop. 
In the case of the yawl rig the position and height 
of the mast and length of gaff are to be the same as 
in the cutter rig. Plans must show working topsail and 
size of light sails. 
VI. All ballast outside on keel except amount neces- 
sary for trimming. 
An outline specification must accompany each de- 
sign. The drawings should be carefully made and let- 
tered. All drawings should be on white paper or 
tracing cloth in black ink. No colored inks or pig- 
ments should be used. The designs must bear a nom- 
de-plume only, and no indication must be given of the 
author. In a sealed envelope, however, the designer 
must inclose his own name and address, together with 
his nom-de-plume. All designs must be received at the 
office of the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 
346 Broadway, New Ifork-- City, not later than March 
T. 1Q04. All drawings will be returned, but postage 
should accompany each. 
The Forest and Stream reserves the right to pub- 
lish any or all of the designs. 
Mr. Clinton H. Crane, of the firm of Messrs. Tams, 
Lemoine & Crane, who passed upon the designs sub- 
mitted for the 25ft. with great care, has again con- 
sented to judge the designs and make the awards. 
The members of the White Bear Y. C. are to make a 
supreme effort to win the Seawanhaka cup next sum- 
mer. Four trial boats are to be built. One will be 
designed by Mr. B. B. Crowninshield and a second by 
Mr. Charles D. Mower. These two boats will probably 
be built in the East under the superintendence of the 
designers. The other two boats will be Western pro- 
ductions. Jones & La Borde jwill design and build 
one and Gus Amundson will turn out the other. The 
Crowninshield boat will be an improved Massasoit, a 
bont the White Bear men all thought well of. Mr. 
Mower will turn out an improved Seeress, which boat 
did remarkably well on White Bear Lake, after she 
received bilge boards. Jones & La Borde will turn 
out an improved Tecumseh. All the new boats will 
be fitted with bilge boards. A committee has been ap- 
pointed to look after the four boats to be built, and no 
detail will be overlooked that will tend to make the 
boats as near perfect as is possible to get them. 
Boston Letter. 
Boston, Nov. 22. — Probably on account of the unsettled 
cnndition of affairs in regard to new rules and new 
restricted classes, there is not nearly as much activity in 
the production of new boats in Boston and vicinity as is 
usually .shown at this time of the year. The builders are 
fairly busy, but the work is being principally done on 
cruisers, steam yachts and gasolene launches. This fall- 
ing off in the production of new boats for the restricted 
classes is only natural, however, and there is a feeling 
of confidence among the yachtsmen that a reaction will 
s.jcn be observed. The types of boats that have been 
built during the past two seasons for the restricted 
classes have become so radical that it has been found ab- 
solutely necessary to change the rules. This has been 
brought about by the introduction of new classes, the 
restrictions governing which have already been published 
in Forest and Stream. 
The establishing of these classes has brought about 
practically a revolution in the makeup of the rules of the 
Yj'cht R-iciug Association of Massachusetts. And thus 
it is, as is always the case when complete new classes are 
adopted, that the yachtsmen are not in any great hurry 
to build. It only takes a few new boats in Massachusetts 
Bay, however, to get the others in the. same classes 
started, and that is why there is more or less confidence 
that next season will find reasonably good representation 
at the open events. 
It is only in the smallest of the new classes, the isft. 
class, that there has been any tendency to build boats up 
to the present time. Mr. E. A. Boardman has an order 
for one of these boats for Mr. C. Keith Pevear, a Boston 
young man who summers at Annisquam. Mr. Pevear 
gives promise of being very clever at the helm. He was 
very successful last season in sailing Ventum of the An» 
nisquam Y. C, one-design dory class, He is coming up a 
little higher in tackling the new clasSj his boat for whiph 
will be called Ventura II., and it may fe^ tha^ before many 
mmm fee wiU mmg th^ of 
m Massachusetts Bay. Mf. Boatdman has anothef ofdet 
for a is-footer fot a yaehtsmah who wishes to remain 
unknown at present. Messrs. Burgess and Packard have 
an ordet for one tHoOtgr, and Mr. Fred D. Lawley is 
said to haV& orders for three; but in all of these cases 
the names of the owners are withheld. It is understood 
that Commodore H. H. Wiggin, of the Annisquam Y. C, 
is desirous of going into the class, and it is more than 
likely that one of Mr. Lawley's orders is from him. 
■-As yet not a single order has been heard from for the 
2ift. class and nothing has been heard from for the 30- 
rating class. With the 30-rating class it is not to be ex- 
pected that any new boats will be started, however, for 
the rules have not yet been completed. When the adop- 
tion of this class was being discussed, it was found that 
it would be absolutely necessary to change some of the 
conditions. The whole ground will be gone over care- 
fully, so that when the changes have been presented, the 
rules will be in such shape that yachtsmen who desire to 
may go ahead on the construction of new boats. It is 
not to be expected that there will be many new boats built 
for the class, on account of the system of measurement 
and rating being entirely new in local waters ; but should 
the boats turn out all right, it is possible that the class 
may become popular. 
For the new 21ft. class it looks as though everybody is 
waiting for somebody else to start the building movement. 
Mr. Charles Francis Adams, 2d, has already ordered an 
i8-footer to be designed by Mr. E. A. Boardman. From 
the fact that Mr. Adams has gone into one class, after 
having drawn up rules and restrictions for another, it can- 
not be claimed, by any means, that he is inconsistent. Mr. 
Adams was not the agitator of the new 21ft. class, but 
drew up the rules for it at the request of those who 
wanted the class formed. He is perfectly neutral in the 
matter of 21-footers, and for that reason the rules gov- 
erning the class are likely to give more satisfaction than 
if they Avere drawn up by men who intended to build 
boats. 
A number of yachtsmen who sail mostly in Marblehead 
waters have been interested in the formation of a one- 
design class of i8ft. knockabouts, and it is for this class 
that Mr. Boardman was commissioned by Mr. Adams to 
turn out the lines of a keel boat. The model made from 
these lines shows a nicely turned boat that will sail well 
in all weathers. Vice-Commodore C. H. W. Foster has 
ordered a boat to be built from these lines, and it is now 
thought that three or four more will be built. The model 
is built to conform to the restrictions of the Eighteen- 
Foot Knockabout Association, and it is expected that the 
boats will follow the Y. R. A. circuit of open races, be- 
sides participating in impromptu scraps as a one-design 
class. 
Messrs. Swasey, Raymond & Page have orders for a 
50ft. cabin cruising launch, a 40ft. cabin launch, a 55ft. 
waterline auxiliary schooner, a 30ft. speed launch, and a 
33ft. automobile launch with a guaranteed speed of 18 
miles an hour. They also have an order for a ggft. steel 
steam yacht for Mr. Brown, of Pittsburg, to have a speed 
of 20 knots. This yacht is now being built at Lawley's. 
Messrs. Burgess & Packard have orders for a 35 ft. 
launch for Mr. A. H. Chase, of Providence, R. I. ; a one- 
design class of 15-footers for Cape Cod, and a Y. R. A. 
15-footer. 
Messrs. Wilson & Silsby have received orders for 
complete suits of sails for the following yachts : Senta, 
Mr. Thomas M. McKee ; new auxiliary schooner Intrepid, 
Mr. Phoenix; auxiliary schooner Oonas, Mr. W. H. Alley; 
Heron, Mr. W. B. Badger; Dilemma, Mr. L. A. Fish; 
Spindrift, Mr. David Dunlop, St. Petersburg, Va. ; Mavis, 
Mr. W. M. Lovering, and i8-footer, Mr. E. R. W. Bur- 
ges.s, Jamaica, W. 1. They also have an order for ten 
suits of sails for i8-footers of White Bear Lake, and a 
mainsail for Mr. B. C. Williams, of St. Petersburg, Fla. 
John B. Killeen. 
Ocean Racing- on the Pacific* 
To show what sort of racing the yachtsmeii around 
Honolulu engage in, the following extracts from a let- 
ter may prove interesting. The letter is from T. W. * 
Hobron, owner of the sloop Gladys, built at Tiburon, 
and subsequently taken to the islands. Several of the 
yachts mentioned in the letter are well known to San 
Francisco yachtsmen. That the Gladys is a fine sea 
boat is proven in the description of the races, which 
were around the island of Oahn, on which Honolulu 
is situated, a distance of 102 miles. The race was be- 
tween the La Paloma, Gladys and Helene. In part 
the letter is as follows: 
"We arranged the race to leave off Pearl Harbor 
Bay Friday evening. The Paloma at once romped 
away, but we held on to the Helene until after the 
moon set. She was then abeam and way to leeward. 
We saw nothing of the Paloma until next morning at 
daylight. As usual with the two big boats, they were 
loaded below the Pliinsol mark with professional 
talent, the Paloma carrying two native skippers, who 
had run schooners to Waialua for years. We thought 
we would perhaps be *up against it' with such a crew, 
for we never carry professional pilots. I had two 
others for crew, but, poor boys, they got terribly sea 
sick. This is the sort of weather the Gladys has her 
giant competitors at a disadvantage, especially during 
darkness. They never dare to sail them as we put the 
little craft into it, but 'nurse' them in the heavy seas. 
At 2:57 A. M. I had the special light off Waialua abeam 
within our agreed two-mile limit. We then stood out 
to sea and laid off and on until daylight. It seemed a 
long wait, and I had to keep a careful lookout for the 
other boats, one of them carrying no lights. I wanted 
to lower the mainsail and set the storm trysail, and 
heave to comfortably, but my crew were too miserable 
to work." — San Francisco Bulletin. 
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