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member as to the truth of the allegations contained in the 
foregoing as affecting each personally, and after _ each 
member had denied that he had, either privately or in his 
capacity of member of this committee, offered any mone- 
tary subsidy or consideration to aid any show to be held 
in "the North under the rules of the American Kennel 
Club in opposition to shows held under the rules of the 
Western Kennel League, it was moved and seconded that 
the statement published in the sporting papers over the 
alleged signature of Norman J. Stewart, Secretary of the 
Western Kennel League, that the American Kennel Club, 
or anyone having authority to speak for the American 
Kennel Club, had offered any monetary subsidy to aid in 
holding a show in the North under the rules of the Amer- 
ican Kennel Club in opposition to shows held under the 
rules of the Western Kennel League, was, in so far as this 
Pacific Advisory Committee of the American Kennel Club 
or any of its members are concerned, an utter fabrication, 
devoid of any foundation in substance or in truth. 
Carried. 
Points and Flushes. 
Through the courtesy of the publisher, Mr. H. B. 
Donovan, 124 Victoria street, Toronto, Canada, we have a 
copy of the Canadian Kennel Club Stud Book, Vol. VII. 
It contains registrations No. 6,527 to 7,058, and winnings 
for the year ending August 31, 1903. The information it 
contains concerning the advantages of membership in the 
Canadian Kennel Club is worthy of perusal and consider- 
ation. Mr. Donovan will gladly furnish particulars to 
applicants. 
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Spratt's Patent, 450-456 Market street, Newark, N. J., 
will send gratis to applicants a colored map of the 
World's Fair grounds at St. Louis. The location of the 
buildings, railroad terminals, entrances, streets, etc., are 
accurately portrayed. The map is a Rand, McNally pro- 
duction, therefore its accuracy is unquestioned. An in- 
dex facilitates reference to any point desired. 
Walker Cup Races. 
The second annual series of races for the Walker cup, 
held under the auspices of the Country Club, of Detroit, 
began Tuesday, September 6. 
The 21 ft. restricted class was adopted only last summer 
amid a hurricane of opposition from some of the leading 
yachtsmen, on the grounds that it had been abandoned 
in the East, and for that reason must be very faulty, in- 
deed. But the members of the Country Club are an am- 
bitious lot of enthusiasts, and once a start has been, made, 
will not stop except for good reasons. They argued that 
the class as set forth in their restrictions was radically 
different from that used in the East, and produced a more 
wholesome type of boat. The result was that the club 
finally adopted the class, and later succeeded in having 
the Inter-Lake Yachting Association become its sponsor. 
Having gained its point, the members became very active, 
and^when the starting gun was fired for the first race, De- 
troit was represented with five boats, as follows : Spray, 
designed and built by Parker, of the Marine City Boat 
Works, of Marine City, Mich. She was sailed" by her 
owner, Mr. H. T. Schmidt. While she is undoubtedly 
one of the fastest boats of her size and type ever built, it 
is a singular fact that she was the first sailing vessel ever 
built by Mr. Parker's concern. Ste. Claire was designed 
by Messrs. Tarns, Lemoine & Crane, and was built by 
Wood at City Island. She is owned by Commodore 
Franklin H. Walker, donor of the trophy, and was sailed 
by Mr. Sydney Russell. She was the only keel boat of 
the five. Pirate was designed and built by Mr. Joe 
P.oulliott, of Detroit, and was practically an improved 
Little Shamrock. She is owned by Mr. E. Leydon Ford, 
and was sailed by Mr. Henry Moran. Eyota was de- 
signed by Messrs. Burgess & Packard, and was built by 
Bryan, of Wyandotte, Mich. She is owned by Mr. Ken- 
neth Stevenson, and was sailed by Mr. Roll Potter, of 
Toledo. Ventura was designed by Mr. Chas. L. Seabury, 
and built at Morris Heights. She is owned by a syndicate 
headed by Mr. John H. Smedley, Jr., and was also sailed 
by him. In addition to these five, there were two other 
entries, Yo San, ex-Little Shamrock, of the Columbia 
Y. C, of Chicago. She is owned by Commodore Fred. 
Price, who also sailed her. Yo San is a Small Bros.' 
creation that was turned out last year as a competitor for 
the Lipton cup races. After the Chicago races she was 
shipped to Detroit, where she entered the Walker cup 
races and succeeded in capturing the cup. The other en- 
try was Rooster II., of the Lakewood Y. C. of Cleve- 
land. Rooster is a Crowninshield production -of two 
years ago, and was built by Lawley. She was purchased 
last spring by Messrs. W. F. Nash and Geo. Hall to 
compete in the Detroit races. These seven boats made a 
magnificent fleet, and, being well matched, furnished some 
of the best racing ever seen on fresh water. The weather 
man assisted in the festivities by dishing out his choicest 
brand. 
Fint Race, Tuesday, Sept. 6. 
Course, windward and leeward ; three miles to the leg, 
twice around. Velocity of the wind, from six to nine 
miles an hour. Direction, E.-N.E. Start, 2:30. 
Skipper Moran got Pirate over first, but according to 
the judges was a trifle previous, and they ordered him 
back. This was not entirely to his liking, so he filed a 
protest, on what he claimed a technicality. With Pirate 
sent back, Ste.- Claire got the best of an indifferent start, 
with Ventura 2s. behind, followed 23s. later by Spray. 
Pirate gybed and recrossed the line, having lost im. 10s., 
with Rooster just ahead of her. By gybing. Pirate 
damaged Yo San and Eyota's start somewhat, much to* the 
chagrin of the two skippers. The fleet got away on the 
starboard tack, and were doing well in the light breeze. 
Yo San was the only one that did not take kindly to the 
weather conditions, so her skipper put her on the other 
board, and took a long leg toward the Canadian shore. 
Ste. Claire soon worked out to weather with Spray on 
her lee quarter, where she hung for a long time. Seven 
minutes after the start, Rooster went about on the port 
tack, and the entire fleet, with the exception of Spray, 
followed suit. Pirate was looking very high, and ap- 
parently outfooting the entire fleet. After Spray came 
about, she again went after Ste. Claire and hung on re- 
markably well, but young Russell held his advantage, and 
Spray finally went off on the other board. The fleet 
had split tacks, with Spray, Rooster, and Ventura on the 
starboard tack, with the others on the port. Rooster 
came about, and Spray crossed her bow, but Nash passed 
between Spray and Ventura, Spray immediately coming 
about with her on the port tack. Yo San held her port 
tack for fully 30m., when Price put her on the starboard 
tack. Ste. Claire came about, followed by Pirate and 
Eyota, and mixed it up with Rooster, just crossing her 
bow, the latter coming about to windward of her wake. 
In the heat of the excitement, the fact that Pirate was a 
contender had temporarily been lost sight of, it being con- 
ceded that Ste. Claire had the lead by a safe margin. 
Spray and Rooster went about to the port board, and 
then it was seen that Pirate on the starboard was con- 
siderably ahead, having done some great work while on 
the other leg. She was to windward of Ste'. Claire, and 
seemed to be doing better work as the breeze freshened, 
which was now blowing about eight miles an hour. Just 
a short distance from the mark, Ste. Claire came about, 
and Pirate crossed her bow at least 200 yards to the good. 
Pirate went about and beat it up with Spray right at the 
stake. Schmidt had gained a little, and Pirate just man- 
aged to cross his bow, coming about on his weather and 
giving her back wind. Pirate gybed around the stake, 
16s. ahead of Spray, followed 15s. later by Rooster. Ste. 
Claire was next 2m. 35s. behind the leader. Mainbooms 
were eased off to starboard, and spinnakers were gotten 
out slowly by the three leaders — Pirate, Spray, and Roos- 
ter — who were all in a bunch. After about 10 minutes of 
sailing, Spray began to pull away from the bunch, and 
got a fairly good lead. Rooster and Pirate indulged in 
a luffing match, which was cleverly taken advantage of 
by Ste. Claire, which boat pulled up on the leaders and 
made the run in 18s. less actual sailing time than Spray. 
Spray hauled on the wind for the completion of the 
first round, just im. 25s. ahead of Rooster. Pirate was 
ios. behind Rooster, with Ste. Claire 26s. behind Pirate. 
Yo San had done some excellent work, both on the beat 
out and the run home, and rounded just 19s. after Ste. 
Claire. Ventura and Eyota were "completely out of it, 
and rounded about 6m. after the leaders. The boats 
started off on a port tack toward shore, but the breeze 
took a shift toward S., and began freshening rapidly. 
Skipper Schmidt had previously taken advantage of this, 
but when the others saw the importance of this move, it 
was too late in the day. He made the stake on a long and 
short hitch in magnificent style, and gybed around the 
mark 5m. 5s. ahead of Pirate. The wind had again be- 
come fluky, and Schmidt finally set a ballooner and spin- 
naker to port. Pirate was the second boat around, and 
she got there im. 50s. ahead of Ste. Claire, with Rooster 
following tm. 25s. later. Eyota, Yo San, and Ventura 
. rounded in' the order named some five or six minutes 
later. ' Another shift backed Spray's headsails, and she 
had to take in her spinnaker. The wind continued haul- 
ing, and a little later Spray doused her ballooner and set 
a No. 1 jib, coming home close-hauled on the port tack. 
It was a victory more for the skipper than for the boat, 
and was won on his good judgment. One of the pleasure 
fleet got in Ventura's way, which hindered her quite a 
bit. A race had been scheduled between Pats, a Sea- 
wanhaka boat, and Red Coat, another of the famous 
scows, but owing to the former's late arrival, this had to 
be postponed, and accordingly the first of a series of three 
will begin to-morrow. Summary of the first race. Start, 
2 :3o : 
Finish. Elapsed. Per Cent. 
Spray, Schmidt 5 16 15 2 46 15 100 
Ste. Claire, Russel 5 20 05 2 50 05 85.7 
Pirate, Moran 5 21 20 2 51 20 71.4 
Rooster II., Nash 5 23 12 2 53 12 57.1 
Eyota, Potter 5 25 10 2 55 10 42.9 
Yo San, Price 5 25 36 2 55 36 28.6 
Ventura, Smedley 5 31 05 3 01 05 14.3 
Judges — C. D. Mower, ■ official measurer New York Y. 
C. ; Commodore F. H. Osborn, Columbia Y. C. ; Commo- 
dore John Davis, Windsor. Timers — John W. Dyar, 
Vice-Commodore C. G. Jennings, C. H. Hodges, Country 
Club.' 
Second Race, Wednesday, Sept 7. 
Wind, velocity from six to eight miles ; direction, S. 
by E. ; course, quadrangular, three miles to a leg, once 
around ; start, 2 130. 
Wednesday's race was sailed in a breeze varying from 
six to eight miles an hour, which held quite true. With 
the wind S. by E. the first leg of the 12-mile square laid 
N..E. gave the boats a broad reach; the second S.E. a 
beat; the third S.W. a close reach, and the fourth NW. 
a spinnaker run. 
The start was an excellent one, only 16s. being required 
to get the first four over the line. Ste. Claire got the best 
of the start, being over 5s. after the gun, followed 3s. 
later by Pirate, 2s. later Ventura went over, followed 11s. 
later by Yo San. Eyota got a poor start, being mi. 20s. 
behind Ste. Claire. With ballooners drawing finely, the 
fleet were off with started sheets for the mark, with main 
booms to port. There was little excitement on the first 
leg, except to note how closely they hung together. Ste. 
Claire maintained her lead and hauled around the mark 
only 15s. ahead of Ventura, the second boat. Pirate 
rounded 4s. later, and was followed 16s. later by Spray 
and YoSan, who rounded as one boat. Eyota, although 
getting a poor start, managed to pull ahead of Rooster on 
the way down and was next to the last boat around, 52s. 
behind Ste. Claire, and having made up 22s. on the leader 
in the three miles of reaching. They hauled around the 
mark on the starboard tack for the windward; leg, with 
Ste. Claire gradually drawing away from the bunch ; she 
•was clearly outpointing and outfooting the fleet. Potter 
in Eyota quickly saw that he was not holding his own. 
and put his boat about on the port board and split tacks 
v/ith the fleet. Yo San had done the same thing a moment 
before. Little attention was paid to' Eyota, the main in- 
terest being centered in the fleet proper, but when the 
second mark had been arrived at, Potter put her about 
and showed his boat to be an excellent second, and well 
to windward of the rest of the fleet. Early on the leg Ste. 
Claire opened up a gap, and Ventura sagged way off to 
leeward. Pirate had Spray right behind her, with Roos- 
ter trailing astern. Spray split tacks and went off on 
a port board, holding it for some minutes. After some 
20 minutes on the starboard board, Ste. Claire came about 
and crossed Pirate and Rooster's bow a quarter of a mile 
to the good. Spray and Ste. Claire converging on op- 
posite tacks, the former crossed with a quarter of a mile 
lead, but Spray had Pirate by a slight margin when they 
came together. From this time on, Pirate began to act 
badly, and gradually dropped back. After several short 
tacks, the leaders came together for the stake, Ste. Claire 
and Spray on the port tack and Eyota on the starboard. 
It was then seen what had been accomplished by Eyota, 
and she rounded just Tin. 2s. after Ste. Claire, and 2m. 
50s. ahead of Spray. The third leg was' a close reach on 
the port tack to the last mark, and was a parade, in 
which Ste. Claire was the leader, and having gained im. 
19s. more over Eyota on this run, rounding 2m. 39s. ahead 
of the latter. Spray picked up on this leg, and rounded 
im. 42s. after Eyota, and 4m. 21s. after the leader. Pirate 
slipped by Rooster on the way down, though the Cleve- 
land men did their best to prevent it. Good work marked 
Ste. Claire's race, and after rounding the last stake for 
the run home, had her spinnaker and ballooner drawing 
in ios. Rooster evidently got things mixed up with her 
light -sails, for after fussing around some time, sent a man 
aloft, during which Yo San slipped by her. The last 
leg — a beautiful spinnaker run — suited Ste. Claire admir- 
ably, increasing her lead every second. When Ste. Claire 
crossed the finish line a winner she was given a great 
send-off from the spectators, and as Eyota crossed second, 
she was also handsomely remembered. Spray crossed 
third, Pirate fourth, and Yo San fifth. Following is the 
summary : 
. Finish. Elapsed. Per Cent. 
Ste. Claire, Russel 4 43 15 2 13 15 185.7 
Eyota, Potter 4 49 15 2 19 15 128.6 
Sprav, Schmidt 4 50 25 2 20 25 171.4 
Pirate, Moran 4 53 11 2 23 11 128.5 
Yo San, Price 4 56 21 2 26 21 71.5 
Rooster II., Nash 4 56 30 2 26 30 85.7 
Ventura, Smedley 5 01 43 2 31 43 28.6 
In the special race between the two Seawanhaka boats, 
Pats and Red Coat, the former did the trick by about 3m. 
She was handsomely sailed by Mr. Lorimer, of Chicago ; 
while Red Coat was sailed by her owner, Mr. Russell 
Alger, Jr., of Detroit. Had the breeze been a little 
stronger,' it would have been more to the liking of the 
two. Following is. the summary : 
Start, 2:20. Finish. Elapsed. 
Pats, Lorimer 4 42 48 2 22 48 
Red Coat, Alger 4 45 12 2 25 12 
Third Race, Thursday, Sept. 8. 
Course, triangular, three miles to the leg; wind, N. ; 
velocity at start, 15 miles and freshening. 
The third and deciding race for the Walker cup was 
in every sense of the word the best of the series. The 
two preceding events were sailed in light breezes, which 
always favor certain boats. There were many in the' 
fleet that were hoping for a good stiff breeze,~especially , 
Rooster, who, since her advent on fresh water, has 
demonstrated herself to be a heavy weather craft. The 
course was a triangular one, the first of the series, and 
was decidedly acceptable to many. The cup looked very 
much like Ste. Claire's property, owing to the fact that 
she had won one first and one second, and she had only 
to come in second in to-day's contest to secure the 
coveted trophy. Accordingly, to-day's race was more bit- 
terly fought than the other two races, in the hope that 
Ste. Claire would finish worse than a second, which 
would mean another contest, and a chance for another 
race, which might turn the tide in another boat's favor. 
The start, like that of the two previous days, was 
scheduled for 2:30. The conditions were much better for 
a spirited race than on the two previous days. The breeze 
was fully 15 miles an hour, with a prospect of consider- 
ably more before the conclusion. The start was the pret- ; 
tiest seen here in many years, Ventura, Ste. Claire, 
and Pirate came up to the line abreast, timed to the 
second, with Ventura to windward. Ventura gybed not 
a boat's length back of the line and sailed nose and nose 
parallel to the starting line, while the last five seconds 
were being counted. At the gun they gybed and crossed 
the line, Ste. Claire and Ventura at 2:30:05, Pirate is 
later, Spray 4s. later, Rooster 7s. later, Yo San 8s later' 
and Eyota ios. behind. It was ,the first time the fleet- 
were ever together in such a wind and sea. Ste. Claire 
pulled away on the reach, and the fleet with one tuck tied 
in strung out for the first leg. The four miles were made 
m Wb Ste, Claire rounded at 2:59:35, and Vfefte| 
