May 20, 1905.] 
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from the New York and Pennsylvania State line up to 
within a short distance of Owego. 
Speaking of the Susquehanna reminds me that among 
the papers bearing upon property rights, real estate trans- 
fers, etc., one often gets an illuminating insight into the 
importance once attaching to the shad fisheries of the 
river hereabouts. Old deeds and records make conspicu- 
ous mention of shad fishing rights reserved for individ- 
uals and bodies of individuals. 
An old resident of this section told the writer recently 
that shad were at one time so plentiful that farmers 
utilized the fish for fertilizer, a big husky shad serving to 
accelerate the growth of each hill of corn, the rule being, 
in local terms, "a shad to a hill of corn." Ah, me, if we 
could but live over the old days once more. M. Chill. 
Watefpfoofmg for Lines. 
Now, I would like to ask a question. It is possible 
to purchase a braided linen reel line about the same size 
as an F braided silk line, although some of the linen 
lines seem to be smaller when they are new. Casting with 
them frequently proves that they swell to F size or 
larger, and when thoroughly saturated they expand won- 
derfully. It occurred to me that the paraffin-naphtha 
treatment might prevent saturation. I tried it, hung the 
line up to dry and afterward began casting with it — on 
salt water. Beautiful ! A hundred feet of the line would 
lie on top the water as if made of cork. The line came 
in on the reel quite dry. I was greatly pleased— for a 
time. For the paraffin came of? on the guides in dust 
and presently the line began to soak up water and swell 
again. It seemed that the center of the line should not 
be affected, but apparently there is too much friction on a 
casting line for this treatment. Will some brother angler 
offer something that will not injure a fine line, but which 
will prevent it from swelling and at the same time leave 
it soft and pliable but not sticky? Perry D. Frazer. 
New York City. 
All communications intended ior Forest and Stream should 
always be addressed tO' the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 
New York, and not to any individual connected with the paper. 
Let Us Go A-Fishmg. 
The town of Wakefield, Mass., has a fish committee 
which makes an annual report on the local fishing in- 
terests. The current document contains this bit of wis- 
dom which is of wide application: 
There are multitudes of men who, having nothing else 
to do, will not even go a-fishing when, by simply and 
frequently looking at nature they might reap to them- 
selves knowledge and riches which neither time nor eter- 
nity can take away nor destroy. If, as has been said, 
"Charity begins at home," let us all be charitable to our- 
selves and go a-fishing as frequently and as heartily as 
possible. ■ 
Many who are inclined to go a-fishing are prevented by 
the mistaken idea that they cannot get away. Now, we 
believe that fishing "is the wisest, virtuousest, discreetest 
and best sport ever sported," and that he or she who 
takes a month off in the open, can do more and better 
work in eleven months than in twelve. "Let us make 
the best of the time yet allotted to us and regain and 
retain what of youth is possible — let us go a-fishing." 
A Latge Codfish. 
The biggest thing in the way of a codfish ever seen 
in Boston was a fish which had been caught near Half- 
way Rock, off Marblehead. It was six feet in length and 
weighed, dressed, eighty-five pounds. The undressed 
weight was probably 100 pounds. 
Points and Flushes* 
Volume 21 of the American Kennel Club Stud Book 
(1904) contains registrations from 77,,s68 to 84,963 inclu- 
sive. It also contains much other valuable information, 
including lists of active and associate members, bench 
shows and judges, cancellations, champions of record. 
foxhound and beagle trials, kennel names, prefixes and 
affixes, officers of the club, Pacific Advisory Board, bench- 
show winnings, etc. It is published by the American 
Kennel Club. A. P. Vredenburgh, Secretary, 55 Liberty 
street, New York. 
The M:anitoba Field Trials Club, of which Mr._ Eric 
Hamber, Winnipeg, is the honorary secretary, has issued 
some important information concerning customs arrange- 
ments of interest to patrons. In substance, dogs entered 
in the trials, and an accurate description of them sent to 
him, with designation of line of railway which will trans- 
port them, one week previous to date of arrival at port 
of entry, will be allowed to enter Manitoba and remain 
ninety days or less free of duty. The club has provided 
three stakes, namely, a Derby, All-Aged and Champion 
stakes. Derby entries close July i. Mr. W. W. Titus, 
famous as a judge and handler, with a member of the 
Manitoba Club, will judge. The club is to be congratu- 
lated for their manly independence in fearlessly conduct- 
ing their own affairs in their own way. the Handlers' 
Association to the contrary notwithstanding. 
It "Will Interest Them. 
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The Race for the Ocean Cup. 
The past week has been one of great activity on board 
the eleven yachts entered in the race for the Ocean Cup 
.presented by H. I. M. the German Emperor. 
On most of the yachts the work of preparation has 
been going on since early spring but much had to be done 
in the last ten days before the start. All the entries, both 
American and foreign, have been hauled out and their 
underwater bodies cleaned or painted. New gear has 
been put in place and sails bent. So much work has been 
necessary that few of the boats have had time to give to 
much needed trial spins. 
As we go tO' press the boats will be about starting on 
their long race across the Atlantic. 
Atlantic, which had been in the dry dock at the Morse 
Iron Works, was put overboard on Saturday. In the 
afternoon she went out for a short spin and then returned 
to Bay Ridge and anchored. On Sunday she proceeded 
to the Horseshoe, where she remained until the start 
on Tuesda}-. Mr. WilHam Gardner, Atlantic's designer, 
thought the vessel would be improved if some of her in- 
side ballant was put outside on the keel, and the wcrk 
was carried out under his direction this spring. Some 
of her heaviest interior fittings have been done away with 
so the vessel now floats higher than she did last year. 
This will make her more buoyant and better able to wi.h- 
stand the bad weather likely to be encountered on an 
Atlantic passage. Capt. Charles Barr will be in command 
and his right hand rnan will be Captain Pagel. Mr. John 
Barr, who has been in Isolde for the past two seasons, 
is mate. Counting in the extra hands taken for the race, 
Atlantic will have nearly fifty men all told. Her owner, 
Mr. Wilson Marshall, will be on board and he will have 
as guests Messrs. Ferd M. Hoyt, Morton W. Smith, L. 
B. Ostrander,, C. B. Seeley, H. A. Bergman and Dr. F. B. 
Downs. Atlantic has been the favorite and it is gener- 
ally believed that she will win. 
The second choice has been Endymion, the yacht which 
holds the record for an Atlantic crossing. Endymion 
has had more tiyout spins than any of the American boats 
this season, and she is in as good, if not better, shape 
than any of the other entries. Her copper was removed 
last week and her bottom smoothed down and painted. 
She will be recoppered on her arrival at Southampton. 
Capt. J ames A. Loesch has been in the yacht since she 
was built in 1900, and has crossed the Atlantic in her five 
times. Of all the skippers none is more familiar with his 
vessel -than Captain Loesch. While he has the reputation 
of . being a driver and a sail carrier, still he is a seaman 
of rare skill and judgment, and is not liable to make any 
blunders. Captain Larsen, of the auxiliary Enterprise, 
will be the navigation officer on Endymion, and he is very 
familiar with the boat, as he was mate in her for a num- 
ber of years. Endymion has a complete suit of spare sails 
and spare topmasts. Her boats have been sent to South- 
ampton by steamer and she will carry a number of dories 
"nested" on deck amidships. Besides the men in the 
steward's department she carries sixteen men forward. 
Commodore George Lauder, Jr., will have Mr. J. R. 
Buchan, Dr. H. C. Rowland, Mr. Jasper Rowland, Mr. 
Richard Armstrong and Mr. Richard Sheldon. 
The y^wl Ailsa has been almost entirely rebuilt this 
spring at the Jacob yard at City Island and is now said 
to be in good condition. In her first trials she leaked 
somewhat but the feoat is now perfectly tight. Mr. Henry 
S. Redmond, who owns the boat, will not cross in her 
but he will be represented on board by Mr. Grenville 
Kane. Mr. Kane will be accompanied by Mr. Paul Eve 
Stevenson and Mr. Henry Reuterdahl, the famous marine 
artist. Capt. Lem. Miller, the well-known racing skipper, 
is in charge and she has a crew of eighteen men. 
Fleur de Lys is the smallest boat entered. She was, 
however, built for cruising and has covered many thou- 
sands of miles of deep water during her career. Dr. 
Lewis Stimson, her present owner, purchased her a num- 
ber of years ago and has crossed the Atlantic in her sev- 
eral times as well as having made a number of southern 
cruises. Dr. Stimson will have as guests Mr. Elliot Tuck- 
erman and Mr. James B. Connolly, the writer of so many 
fisherman's yarns. A Gloucester skipper of note, Capt. 
Thomas Bohlin, will be in command, and his crew is 
mostly made up of Gloucester fishermen. 
Hildegarde was put in readiness for the race at New 
London and the skipper, Capt. S. N. Masters, together 
with his mates, Messrs. Saunders and Miller, have out- 
done themselves in the fitting out. Next to Endymion 
this ship has been given more trying-out spins than any 
of the other American entries. Mr. E. R. Coleman will 
be on board and his guests are to be IMessrs. Frank Piatt, 
A. E. Barker and Dr. Robert Lecomte. Hildegarde has 
a crew of twenty-four men. 
Thistle is a vessel particularly adapted for the work 
she will meet in this contest. She is too powerful a ves- 
sel for ordinary cruising on the Sound and it is expected 
she will do well under really trying conditions. Mr. 
Robert E. Tod, her owner, is in a great measure respon- 
sible for the race, and he has also done much to promote 
ocean racing in America. Mr. Tod will act as his owai 
navigator. Mr. Tod's mate. Captain Ellis, is an old sea- 
man and a yacht sailor of experience and has the reputa- 
tion of being as clever and able as any professional on 
any of the boats in (he race. Dr. James A. Ayer, Dr. 
Paul Onterbridge and Mr. Poultney Bigelow will be Mr. 
Tod's guests. 
Utowana is an auxiliary and in every sense of the word 
a cruiser. Her owner entered the boat in the race as an 
act of courtesy toward Lord Crawford, whose ship Val- 
halla he defeated in a race about a year ago. Utowana 
is owned by Mr. Allison V. Armour and he will have 
with him two guests, Messrs. Jordan L. Mott, Jr., and 
William Williams. Utowana is commanded by an 
Atnerican born and bred skipper, Capt. J. H. Crawford, 
a Connecticut Yankee. She has a crew of thirty-four 
men. 
Apache, ex-White Heather, is one of the largest boats 
in the race. She is owned by Mr. Edmund Randolph, 
and the following gentlemen will cross with him : Messrs. 
Royal Phelps Carroll Joseph Harriman, Ralph N. Ellis, 
Stuyvesant LeRoy, R. Burnside Potter, W. Gordon Fel- 
lowes and Dr. Watson B. Morris. Apache is in charge 
of Capt. J. H. McDonald, who has under him a crew of 
forty men. 
Valhalla, Lord Crawford's fine ship-rigged yacht, 
needed little or no work done on her to put her in shape 
for the race. This vessel is always ready for an ocean 
crossing, with the exception of putting stores on board. 
In this instance it was necessary for her to go _on a dry 
dock to remove her screw. Captain Caws is in charge 
of Valhalla and she has a crew of sixty-six men. 
Sunbeam, the other British entry, is owned by Lord 
Brassey. This vessel, like Valhalla, needed little work 
done to put her in readiness for the contest. Her bottom 
was cleaned ai:d painted when she was in the dry dock 
having her propeller taken off. Lord Brassey will act as 
his own navigator and he will have with him Colonel 
Harboard and Major Pakenham. Lord Brassey's captain 
is E. C. S. Achard and she has a crew of twenty-nine 
men. 
Hamburg, ex-Rainbow, is the only German entry in 
the race. She is owned by a German syndicate whose 
, representative cn the boat is Mr. Adolph Tietjens. With 
him are Lieut. John Tietjens and Mr. Piconelli. Captain 
Peters is in charge and the crew numbers twenty-eight 
men. 
The race will start as scheduled unless in the opinion 
of the committee in charge the start should be deferred. 
The German cruiser Pfeil will be stationed off the Lizard 
and will serve to show more clearly the finish line. The 
cruiser Pfeil is painted a light gray and has two funnels 
and two pole masts. 
The German Emperor will present a silver plate, on 
which will be inscribed a cuitaljle leo'end, to each of the 
owners whose yachts finish in the race. This plate be- 
longs to the yacht and not to the owner and must be 
placed in some conspicuous place on board to remain 
there until the vessel is broken up. 
Some of the American boats have had trouble with the 
crews and there have been rumors regarding strikes at 
the last moment. While it is very doubtful if anything" 
of the sort will happen, still to be able to meet all con- 
tingencies the owners have discussed the matter and the 
owners of the foreign entries have agreed not to start if 
any boats are held up for that reason. 
The owners of the yachts and the members of the sub- 
committee had a dinner at Delmonico's last Saturday 
night and the following cablegram was read during the 
affair : 
Urville, May 13, 1905. 
Alli.son V. Armour, New York: 
Best greetings to yacht owners and Starting Committee, 
hoping race will be a success and wishing a good and 
speedy cruise. William I. R. 
Entries ia Ocean Race for German Emperof's C«p, 
Name. 
Valhalla .... 
Apache 
Ailsa 
Hamburg ... 
Utowana . . . 
Sunbeam ... 
Thistle 
Hildegarde . 
Fleur de Lys 
Type and Rig. 
. ...Aux. Ship 
Aux. Barque... 
Yawl 
Schooner 
....Aux. Schooner. 
....Aux. Barque... 
....Schooner 
— Aux. Schooner. 
. . . .Schooner 
...Schooner ...... 
L.W.L. Owner. 
•240ft Earl of Crawford... 
• 168ft Edmund Randolph.. 
• 89ft Henry S. Red mond. . 
• 116ft German syndicate .. 
• 155ft Allison V. Armour . 
.154.7ft. ....Lcrd Brassey 
•Unft Robert E. Tod 
• lS5ft Wilson Marshall .... 
.ins 4ft. ...Kdward R. Coleman, 
• 101ft Lewis A. Stimson 
s8S-6ft;„,5.,Gporge Lauder, Jr.. 
Club. 
. Royal Yacht Squadron.. 
. New York Y. C 
. New York Y. C 
. Imperial Y. C 
. New York Y. C 
. Royal Yacht Squadron.. 
. Atlantic Y. C 
.New York Y. C. 
..Philadelphia Cor. Y. C... 
..New York Y. C 
filRdian Harbor Y, C 
„r designer. Year Built. 
.W. C. Storey I899 
.J. Reid & Co '.mo'.". 
.William Fife, Jr 1S95... 
.George L. Watson 1898!!! 
.J. Beavor-Webb. 1891.,! 
.St. Claire Byrne 1874!!' 
.Henry Winteringham 190l!" 
.Gardner & Cox 1903.!! 
• A. S. Chesebrough 1897!!' 
.Edward Burgess 189o! ! ! 
.Tams, Lemoine & Crane... 
Net 
Ton. 
..048 
..307 
..116 
..185 
...267 
...227 
...2S 
...206 
...146 
... 86 
...m 
