FOREST AND STREAM. 
aooond best bitch, 820 ; for boat dog puppy under 12 monthB of 
»g<«, $15 ; for beat bitch puppy under 12 month* of ago. $15. 
CIuhm 0— English Saltern— Nutivo— For boat dog, $30; for second 
boat dog, $20 ; for beat bitch, $30 ; for second beat bitch, *20 
for beat dog puppy under 12 mouths of age, $15 ; for best bitch 
puppy under 12 months of ago, $15. 
Class 7— Irish Setters— Imported or their progeny For beat 
dog. $31) ; for second boat dog, $20 ; for beat bitch, $30 ; for second 
beat bitch, $20; for heat dog puppy under 12 months of age $15- 
for beat bitch puppy under 12 months of ago, $15. ' 
Class 8— Irish Setters— Native— For heat dog. $30; for second 
boat dog. $20; for heat hitch, $30: for second heat bitch *20' 
for beat dog puppy under 12 months of age, $16, for boat bitch 
puppy under 12 months of age, $15. 
Claaa 9— Gordon Setters, black and tan or black, white and tan 
—Imported and .Native- For beat dog, 30 ; for second beat dog, 
$20 ; for beat bitch, $30 ; for second best bitch, $20 ; for beat dog 
puppy under 12 mouths uf ago, $15; for beat hitch puppy uuder 
12 months of age. $15. 
Class 10— I’ointere, largo -Imported and Native — Dogs 55 lba. 
and unward. bitclioH 50 lbs. and upward— For heist dog, $30; for 
second beat dog, $20 ; for beat bitch, $30 ; for second beat bitch 
$ 20 . 
Class 11— Pointers, ainall— Imported and Native— Dogs under 
55 lbs., bitolies under 50 lbs.— For best dog. $30 ; for second beat 
dog, $20: for beat bitch, $30 ; for second best bitch, $20. 
Class 12— Pointer Puppies— For best dog puppy under 12 months 
of ago, $15 ; for best hitch puppy under 12 months or age, $15. 
Claaa 13 -Chesapeake Bay Dogs— For the best dog, $25 ; for 
second beat dog, $15 ; for boat bitch, $25; for second heat hitch, 
$15; for beat dog puppy under 12 months of age, $10; for best 
bitch puppy under 12 months of age, $10 
Ol-sa 14— Irish Water Spaniels— For best dog or hitch, $20 • for 
second best, $10. 
Claaa 15-Itetrieving Spaniels, other than pure Irish— For best 
dog or bitch, $20 ; for seoond beat, $10. 
Class 16— Clumber Spaniels— For boat dog or bitch. $20- for 
second heat, $10. ’ ’ 
Class 17— Cooker Spaniels— For best dog or bitch, $20 • for 
second best, $10. 
Class 18— Fox Hounds — For best couple, dogs or bitches, $25 • 
for second beat couple, $20 ; for third heat couple, $15. 
Class 19— Harriers— For heat dog or bitch, $10 ; for second 
beat, $5. 
^Class 20— Beagles -For best dog or bitch, $10 ; for second host, 
Class 21— Dachshunde— For best dog or bitch, $20; for second 
D88t, $10. 
Class _23— Greyhounds-Foi best dog or bitoh, $10 ; for second 
best. $i). 
Claaa 23— For Terriers— For best dog or bitch, $20 ; for second 
best, $10, 
Division II— NoN-SroimNO Doos. 
Class 24-Mastiffs— For beat dog or hitch, $20 ; for second best, 
$ 10 . 
. Bernard's— For best dog or bitch, $20: for second 
U6Hi, $10. 
Class 26 -Newfoundlands— For best dog or bitch, $20 ; for sec- 
ond heat. $10. 
K p 1 c 8 i«n 7 ~? hepherd or Co,1 ®y Dogs, Rough-For best dog or 
bitch, $20 ; for aecoud beat. $10. 
i- C ! B8 l£?~? he P herd or Coll0 y Dogs, Smooth — For best dog or 
bitch, $20; for second best, $10. 
Claas 29 — Dalmatians or Coaoh Dogs — For best dog or bitch, 
$10 ; for second best, $5. 
Class 30— Bulldogs— For best dog or bitch, $10 ; for second 
boat, $5. 
Class 31 -Bull Terriers— For best dog or bitch, $10 ; for second 
beat, $5. 
Class 32— Black and Tan Terriers, Exceeding 11 lbs.— For best 
dog or bitoh, $10 ; for seoond best, $6. 
Class 33— Black and Tan Terriers, not Exceeding 11 lbs— For 
best dog or bitch, $10 ; for second best. $5. 
Class 34— Skye Terriers— For beat dog or bitch, $10 ; for second 
best, $5. 
Class 35— Yorkshire Terriers— For best dog or bitch, $10 ; for 
second best, $6. 
Class 36— Daudie Dinmont Terriers— For best dog or bitch, $10 • 
for second best, $5. 
Class 37 -Scotch Terriers— For best dog or bitch, $10; for sec- 
ond best, $5. 
Claas 38— Toy Toiriers— For best dog or bitch, $10 ; for seoond 
host, $5. 
Class 39— Pugs— For best dog or bitoh, $10 ; for second best, 
$5. 
Class 40— Italian Greyhounds— For best dog or bitch, $10 ; for 
second best, $5. 
Clasa 41— Miscellaneous— For best dog or bitch, $10 ; for second 
best, $5. 
No dog belonging to the club will be entered for competition. 
Cbaa Linoolu, Supt.; L. R. Cassard, Seo'y. P. O. Box 767. 
Visit — St. Louis.— Jon. W. Munson's lemon and white 
poiuter bitch Queen, to E. C. Sterling’s Sleaford, February 4. 
Queen won second in class 11— large pointer bitches— at St. 
Louis show, beating Mr. Thomas’ Pride (the winner of seventy 
prizes in England), Mr. Orgill’s Romp and Mr. Waddell’s Fan. 

WnKLPS— St. Louis, Feb. 10.— Jno. W. Munson's red Irish 
bitch Kate, imported by C. H. Turner, thirteen whelps ; to St. 
Louis Kennel Club's Sling II., little brother to Champion Loo, 
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 23. — Setter Nellie, five dogs and one 
bitch ; all doiug well and very promising. 
£);tcliiinij and gloating. 
HIGH WATER FOR TOE WEEK. 
Date. 
Boston. 
A'rja York. 
Char leston 
M. 
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March 8 
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22 
A CANOE CRUISE THROUGH LONG 
ISLAND SOUND. 
[The writer would bo pleased to correspond with any canoeists, and 
to ahawfer any Inquiries from any one Interested In canoeing. Letters 
may be addressed to "Jersey Blue," at this onice.J 
One pleasant morning In last August we launched our boat 
on one of the rivers running into Staten Island Sound, 
for a cruise through Long Island Sound. Our craft was of 
the Nautilus model of canoe, 14 feet long, 28 inches wide, 
and l)J inches deep amidships, carrying mainsail, fore- 
sail and jib, aud weighing, all loaded, 139 lbs., divided ns fol- 
lows: Boat and rigging, Stllbs.; camp outfit, 15; provisions, 
® lothe8 > 13 ‘ Ia the bow we carried a frying-pan, coffee- 
pot, kettle, etc., aft of which was a tin box containing sugar, 
coffee, rice, etc., on top of which lay a woolen blanket. Ou 
the sides of the well were strapped a rubber blanket and apron 
an oil-skin coat and- a rubber cap, and aft of these were hung 
two tin pockets, one holding lunch for the day, and the other 
guide book, tide tables, yacht signals, postal cards, cord wire 
white lead tacks, knife, etc. Aft of the wcH were stowed a 
canvas bag of clothes, a bag of ship-bread and other articles, 
while a tin truy, hung under the after deck, kept our books 
Ert a nnr d m,;rn A If 6 ° f ‘" k ’ a |)Ca and tooth-brush, com- 
Jtimnin^ » ,K rhu f equq,ped we 8lHr,ed “lid, after 
stopping a httle further down fur a final good-bye, the Cup- 
y, ed *" 8 bat to the man at the wheel, fixed both felt 
d^ WI aud tbo crcw wiUl a rl "' or sen led 
heldn.l 1 onfi ’ Slead , y • f T eep ’ whlch 800u left our friends 
we w f e fairly started on our voyage, alone in (to 
St stten Wn ia.Z l | Cr fi Paddlmg 1 0U throu 8 l1 the Kills and 
, Ia ? d ’ l , hen ,lcro “ the upper Bay, we reached 
2? S°in ? n n<1 1 :S0 where we "topped to take in 
SLfniw 10 , mve 11 cleiir view through the crowded 
rfffnii E 5 tb , eQ P ul »“g ‘“to the Buttermilk Channel we felt 
the full force of the ebb tide. Padciliug ou with difficult v we 
passed uuder the bridge without striking top-masts, and after 
SwTfi W ^ G ° nly al f Ue Nuy y Yard - Hero we stopped 
alongside the Monongahela, talking with the officers and men 
who were all idling at the vessel's side, the day's work being 
just over. At slack water we darted on, and soon the stare 
came out and it was very quiet ou the river. Oil Tenth 
street we hailed a canoe, which proved to be the “ Bessy,” of 
the N. Y. Canoe Club, with the Commodore on boar. I. After 
comparing notes we separated, and, continuing our wav lei- 
en J oy,D K the summer twilight, reached Hallett's Point 
at o:oU, where we waited for flood tide until 9:30, when the 
moon being up, we started on through Hell Gale. The pas- 
sage was most beautiful and exciting; all alone in our light 
boat, not a vessel in sight, under the bright moonlight, and 
the water boiling and seething like an immense caldron as 
we shot through on the top of the flood tide. Then came u 
bunt for a camping ground. Landing on Hiker’s and Berri- 
an s islands, both proved so muddy we could not get the boat 
ashore, and not until 11 o'clock did we find a safe harbor at 
Bowery Bay. Securing the boat and spreading our blankets 
near— too tired to get supper— we were soon asleep, in spite of 
many mosquitoes, the only time they troubled us on the 
cruise. Rising before daylight we took a hasty breakfast 
and Puling on, passing the Sound steamers just coming in, 
made YVhitestone, where we stopped to report our yacht, ami 
to get news of the race of yesterday between Courtney and 
Riley ; then taking in fresh water we ran under main and 
fore before a light breeze, keeping near the north shore; now 
running in some harbor, then among islands, then off to hail 
some yacht, or stopping to chat with a fisher, until about five 
o'clock, when a thunder storm came up suddenly, making us 
seek shelter on Long Neck Point, the handsome residence of 
Mr. Collcnder. Landing near his boat-house we soon liad 
all snug under hatches, and the storm being soon over but 
the Sound rough, we obtained permission to stay over night 
iu the boat-house. Moving in we went to housekeeping, and 
spread our supper on a bench ; then, after posting our log. we 
sat for 6ome time watching the rainbow, reaching from shore 
to shore, and the Sound still covered with white caps, until at 
dark we turned in on the floor. After a good sleep we had a 
swim before breakfast, then off at seven we found the wind 
ahead. Paddling on we stopped at Cedar Point and took 
dinner with a picnic party we met there ; then we ran into 
Blackrock Harbor, past Bridgeport and on to Stratford Light, 
where we sighted the first porpoises we had seen (very near 
the boat); then on across the mouth of the Housatonic, until 
at dusk we struck a rocky shore, along which we groped for 
two hours before finding a landing at Alerwin’s Point. Next 
morning we pulled on past Savin Rock, and at 11 o'clock we 
reached Yale's boat-house. To describe the house and navy 
would take too long, but both deserve mention. While here 
a Yale man cuaie in in au Adirondack boat, who left New 
York shortly after us, just returning from a trip to the Adi- 
rondack. We compared notes and examined each other’s 
boats ; then, after a bath and some repairs to our toilet, our 
crew started for a cruise ashore for several clays. Returning 
to New Haven Monday morning we found a stiff breeze off 
shore and a chop sea. Running out of the harbor under fore- 
sail, with peak lowered, we raised mainsail off Five mile 
Point, and run all day before u stiff breeze and high sea, un- 
til at night we lauded on Cornfield Point, at a deserted fish- 
ing camp. Next morning it was blowing hard, with rough 
water. An hour's sail brought us to Saybrook Light, where 
a breakwater of rip-rap runs out for some distance. Not 
knowing the locality we kept close in shore, expecting to find 
a passage back of the Light, but finding none we bad to beat 
out around the breakwater. A little way out we felt the full 
force of wind and tide ; the waves ran higher thau the mast- 
head, and the situation soon became critical. We could 
make no headway against the wind, and were drifting on the 
rocks. Once we were in the trough, beam on, but letting fly 
both sheets we seized the paddle and got her head ou just us 
two large waves broke over her. Rolling down on us they 
struck the crew full in the breast, drenching them and nearly 
swamping the boat, while the foresail, flapping in the wind, 
tied the sheet in knots, which cut the face and eyes like a 
whip, nearly blinding us for the time. We were now near 
the end of the breakwater, and there were openings among 
the rocks at intervals. Making for one of these, about as long 
as the boat, hut with one rock a foot above water iu the 
centre, we hoped to jump out and lift the boat over before 
she was stove ; but before we could land a wave struck us 
underneath, lifting us over all obstacles and dropping us 
gently iu still water to leeward. It all passed so quickly that 
the danger was over before we fairly realized it ; but looking 
at where we had passed we felt how near our boat had been 
to destruction. Pulling rapidly ashore we were met by the 
keeper and some persons on the beach who had been watch- 
ing us, and after bailing out the boat and securing her we 
were soon seated near the light-house fire, drying out and en- 
joying our second breakfast. The wind continued to rise, 
and the breakers rolled in over the bar in a most inviting 
manner, hut we had had enough of the perils of the deep for 
that day. 
After a stroll through Saybrook, we spent the afternoou in 
putting things in order aud in washing our wardrobe. We 
spent the evening reading Tom Sawyer in the liglit-liouse par- 
lor, aud slept there all night. During the night the wind sub- 
sided, and in the morning it was clear, with light wind aud 
smooth water. Paddling and sailing alternately, we passed 
New London and Stonington and made Watch Hill at 5 p. si. 
We made our first landing in the surf here, and though it was 
79 
very light we shipped some water, and after getting ashore 
found wo could have landed on the west sido in still water 
& d / 00r °L tl " boat-house. The .light. keeper, Copula 
( ,,a old Arctic whaler, ami looking like Neptune 
bvlSal* i i hhU i ,0ng gTa 7 beard), was soon ou hand, attended 
host to " Ung - dau S bter8 - and lie helped us to carry our 
a2 e v lh ; n f S?I! ng e«*ted by the Seamen's Aid 
leee son era "od listen to a baud playing our old col- 
we were awakened by a lobster fisher comim^Xin™?^ ki g 
bout. Taking an earlv leave of Pantain i ^ i 0 ^ 3 
US a life-preserver fm7t mSto ^ WU ° P™ 
seat) we hoped to make the thirty-two m dS m SJwiS? 
night ; but though the day was fine and »h„ *»!«»?■ prt Jy 
wi. >, only a gango «ll J ™wXd 
ToJtuoZZ 1> “ dd,mg bro,,gld ua on, y nine miles; Sind* 
mg the wind rising, wo put into a small creek conn.-.’iiV,i " 
pond inland with the ocean, tlflnking to rest awliilc n ri ?i!I 
a smaU sstUement called Inonochoutaug, consisting of Smt 
twenty frame cottages, called “camps, ” occup.ed in tho .umSS 
hltE t J r? ? - hC 8urroundin g country who come lo'enjoy the 
b " ft wb,cb “ Vf ry good ' NVe landl d near a •• cfflfS 
wind' IS lh n C flaben V c *pecting to start on soon; but the 
wiud rising, the owner of the “ camp,” Captain Pcckham i,,m 
HavT The f ° r “ “ n0rlbCr '‘’ and woulS have to s^'s. n e 
f ays ; 1 ben > 9ce ?ng 1 wo were a stranger there, he kindly of 
ftrecl us a room in the camp, and with his help, placing the 
we moved our traps and provisions, and were 
soon established by the fire helping to get dinner. Sion it 
begun to rain, and being short of reading mutter, and knowing 
no one, we were very lonely, hut everyone wusven! k|„g 
JP? B SS tabl le ' nndsooa we were completely at home. When 
the storm was over and we were reconciled to what at flm 
seemed like imprisonment, we began to appreciate the beauties 
of ^nonochoutaug. It being time for the equinoctial, we S 
cide.l to go no further east, and it was not without regret tlmt 
after five days we turned our back on Inonochoutaug and 
started west again. The day was perfect, no wind® the 
ocean smooth as a mill-pond, aud just cloudy enough to break 
tb ^. bcat ()f tbe sun. Starting at 0:50 a. m. at slack water, we 
padd ed back past Watch H.ff and Stonington, making the 
twenty-five miles to New Loudon by 12:30. Butting our craft 
aboard a propeller, we went for a stroll around the quaint old 
town, returnmg on hoard about 4 o'clock. About 0 wo left 
the dock, passing a number of yachts coming in as we went 
out. After playing cribbage for a while, we sut up until hue 
in the pilot-house, turniug in on the messroom floor uutil 5 
When we rose we were off the Stepping Stones and two 
hours run brought us through the gate and up to Pier 30 East 
River, where we launched at 7:30 on the last of the ebb. Our 
provisions were nearly gone, but we had enough for breakfast 
and lunch, aud hoped to inuke home early in the afternoon so 
we did not wait for fresh supplies, but pulled around to Jersey 
City where we hailed some friends on a passing ferryboat 
and then started for the Kills against wind and tide. Looking 
for our breakfast we found it spoiled by salt water acci 
dentally, and had to go without until (after three hours' hard 
work against a chop sea, the pest of canoeists) we made New 
Brighton at 12, completely exhausted. A rest and a visit to a 
baker's soon revived us, and we pursued our way, with the 
tide against us at every turn, until after a hard and tiresome 
day's work we made port at 0:3d p. m., and, housing the boat 
we reached home soon after, iu the concluding words of our 
log, “dirty, dead broke, tired, and mess-chest empty hut 
happy.” Wherever we went our boat excited curiosity, and 
we never slopped long before a nnraher of people came to 
“see the little bout from beyond York," Jersey being o terra 
incognito to many. No matter how small, old, aud battered a 
boat a man might he in, ho would invariably caution us to 
keep “ Hirry close in shore in that thar." The first inquiry on 
landing was, “ Whar he yer come from in tlmt thar ?" and 
when told, the answer often was an incredulous “ Nqw yer 
didn't;” hut vve met with a kind reception everywhere, uud 
polite answer to our questions, the only rudeness shown us 
being by Brooklyn boys, who stoned us from a dock where wo 
took shelter. \Ve have learned several precautions from ex- 
perience, each being impressed ou our mind through some 
discomfort caused by neglect of it, and we give them for the 
benefit of other canoeists. Never start for even a day's pad- 
dle without provisions, fresh water, blankets and reading mat- 
ter, Dr with them you can pass the time almost any where, 
and you may he caught in a storm and have to take shelter 
where you can obtain neither. Always keep the arms and 
feet protected from the sun when wet with salt water, as the 
combined effect of the two is very painful. If possible, find a 
camping place before sunset, or you may have to grope your 
way for miles in the dark, when tired, along some rocky shore 
or mudflat. Always carry your paddle where you can use it 
instantly in case of accident, and have sheets and halyards 
coiled down out of the way, and the apron so secured that 
you can free yourself from the boat instantly. Always look 
out for the tide when camping, or you may he high and dry 
in the morning, or driven from your bed at night. We hud to 
travel all day without a backboard, on a previous cruise, the 
tide rising and carrying it off at night. A good map is ne- 
cessary, hut clumsy and expensive. We trace ours in portions 
a foot square on tracing cloth, and carry them in easy reach, 
while the original map is wrapped in oilcloth and stowed for- 
ward to be consulted on shore. We also carried a table of 
distances written out from the map, which was very con- 
venient. If our log should add but one to the number of 
canoeists we Hliull he well repaid, and we hone all our readers 
who try it may enjoy it as much as we do, and, if storm- 
bound, may find us safe a haven and as pleasant friends as we 
did at Inonochoutaug. Jaitsav Blue. 
Chicago Bakgk Club. — The officers for the ensuing year 
are: Pres., Wm. A. Angel 1 ; Vice Pres., T. S. Fauntlcroy; 
Treas., F. L. Stevens; Sec., Leonard E. Reibold; Capt., L. 
D. Powers; Corn., Wm. W. Young; Lieut. Com., Chas. S. 
Gardner ; Ensign, Fred. Swift ; Board of Managers : Chas. 
S. Gardner, E. F. Cragin F. B. Hamilton, Henry Tift, L. D. 
Powers. 
— The Electric Boat and Athletic Club, of New York, at 
their annual meeting, elected the following officers : Pres., 
Jos. C. Vetter (re-elected;) Vice Pres., Magnus Winter; 
Treas., P. R. Eppclsheimcr ; Rec. Sec., Jobu W. Le worth ; 
Fin. Sec., Louis Siebert ; Trustees, Rudolph Bollman, John 
Findel ; Superintendent, George Hartwig. 
