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The Gray Fox Hound and Bed Fox Hound. — T he 
question having been asked as to the difference between the 
dog to be UBed for the gray fox or his red brother, at our re- 
quest a gentleman, whose acquaintance with hounds has no 
superior, writes us as follows ; 
Washington, D. C., May 18. 
Editor FonRST and Stream : 
I believe It 1 b the accepted Idea that the gray fox dog should be a 
light, wiry animal with some beagle blood in him, a close trailer, 
and never Inclined to run except by the nose. In Maryland and Vir- 
ginia these dogs are sometimes as light as thirty-one or two pounds. 
The red lox dog Is often as heavy as sixty pounds, being essentially 
different In size, and in requirements for a long, straight run, not es- 
sentially a close trailer, but with the Intelligence to take short cats and 
keep as close to the fox as possible. The gray fox circles, doubles and 
uses all sortB of tricks rather than trust to his speed ; the red goes 
straight off for a long run, and, therefore, the dog, to catch him, must 
never loiter for a second, for If the trail gets cold there la no chance to 
find It by the close and careful beating of the fleld and cover as would 
do In case of the gray. 
AloDg the Potomao River the best dogs are from the Northern Neck, 
the ancient domain of Lord Fairfax, who was a famous huntsman and 
taught Gen. Washington the Doblo sport. From his day down to the 
present a fine breed of dogs has been kept In that country. I think 
the best Imported blood was from Kildare, Ireland. p. MoC. 
A New Kind of Dog Murder. — A scamp in Franklin 
N. H., has conceived and put into practice a most diabolically 
ingenious method of killing valuable dogs in his neighbor- 
hood. His method is simply to prepare a— we desist. It 
would only be teaching other scamps how to do it too. 
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Philadelphia Kennel Club. — We are in receipt of the 
constitution and by-laws of this club, which seem to us to be 
formed with great good judgment. The officers of the club 
are :* iPres., John C. Johnson ; Cor. Sec.,tJames N. Wheeler 
Sec. [and Treas., P. C. De tiauque. 
there are ample reasons to believe that the ravages are no less. 
This offence is about the only one of importance that can be 
charged to this animal. This propensity seems to he the sole 
remaining vice of his wild state, from which he has doubtless 
been so far reclaimed by domestication. He is never stimu- 
lated to this act by hunger, buftloea it in wild mischief. The 
male canine only is given to this evil, the female never, unless 
in the wild state or gathering food for young. It is also a 
remarkable fact that this animal never goes alone on these 
raids, but always with a companion dog at least— sometimes 
in packs. Although one only may be in the chase, the other 
is near. It is always remarkable that these raids are always 
preceded by an intimate association of neighboring dogs. It 
is doubtless out of these associations the mischief springs. 
To break up this disposition should be our aim, and this is 
most effectually done by castration. By this he is so changed 
that his attachments are for his home and bis master only and 
not for those of his kind. I suggested and put this in prac- 
tice about four years ago. The animal wan only a mongrel, 
but has made a very fine and handsome watch dog and has no 
disposition to run with those of his kind. He bos not grown 
fat or sluggish, as some authors state they do, but has re- 
mained bright, cctive and very docile. One of my friends 
who owns n very fine, well-trained shepherd dog, which he 
raised, had him castrated by my advice when he was about a 
year old, for the purposo of breaking up his tendency to run 
with other dogs. Its owner reports that the operation proved 
successful, and further, that the dog has retained all his use- 
ful qualities as a farm dog. He is now four years old. Dr. 
Burdue, a veterinary surgeon, stated to me that one of the 
best rat terriers he ever knew was castrated. I have like tes- 
timony from others which it is unnecessary to quote. They 
would only further illustrate the same fact. It is my belief 
that should this operation he performed on all dogs that are 
allowed to run at large, the ravages on the flocks of sheep 
would cease entirely. 
The effect of this operation on the bull, horse and sheep, 
etc. , is good, and that it increases their docility, usefulness 
and intelligence all will admit. If the operation is delayed 
until the animal becomes old, when habits are formed, it cer- 
tainly docs produce sluggishness and uselessness, unless the 
animal is intended for food. It has other advantages. He 
becomes a less objectionable house-pet, and far superior to 
the biteb. He is not as likely to be decoyed away by another 
dog when left to watch premises, a stratagem that thieves and 
burglars often use. He will also, like the castrated cat, live 
and be useful to a greater age. That he would be less likely 
to develop hydrophobia is also probable, for he would be less 
exposed to inoculation by his association with those of his 
kind. I may also add that the frequent street scenes of a dis- 
gusting character would be by this prevented, an advantage 
which all good citizens would recognize. There is a law to 
prevent stallions or rams going at large ; let it be extended to 
the dog. 
From the foregoing facts Dr. Hadden is led to make the 
following deductions : 
That the long association of the dog with human society ren- 
ders the possibility of his being cast out highly improbable. 
That there is a mutual love existing between mankind and 
this animal is an incontrovertible fact. That he has become a 
necessity in many of the pleasures and vocations of the human 
family no one can reasonably doubt. That he sometimes com- 
municates a very fatal disease to human beiugs, and is fre- 
quently the destroyer of valuable property and interest is well 
supported by statistics. That it is our duty to prevent this 
destruction of life and property, and yet retain the animal in 
all bis usefulness, is unquestionable. That castration is a step 
in the right direction will be doubtless proven by a fair trial. 
Minnesota Kennel CLUB.-Tbe President is B. Be»upre 
and the officers are gentlemen from Minnesota. In a late 
issue the name of Mr. Bcaupre was mispelled. 
Pedigree. -Mr. C. N. Whitman, of Leavenworth, Kansas^ 
gives us the following information as to Pedigree. He w as 
bred by Edward Laverack in 1875, and imported by Mr. C. S. 
Westcott, of Philadelphia, and purchased by Sir. Whitman 
last summer. Pedigree has won several first prizes, but has 
not been exhibited of late. 
—Two dogs paraded in the New York Decoration Day pro- 
cession. One belonged to the cavalry and the other to the 
Are department 
—A dog eat in front of a restaurant window near this office, 
last Saturday afternoon, and eyed a beefsteak and licked his 
chops for just two hours. 
Name Claimed.— M r. William Shaw, of Rouse’s Point, 
May 17th, claims the name of Flusber for his liver colored 
cocKer spaniel, from Mr. P. McKoon’s kennel, whelped April 
6th, 1878. # 
V isiTs. — Columbia, Tenn., May 25.— Mr. Joe Dew’s Fan- 
nie was visited by Bryson's Gladstone, winner 1st at St. Louis 
and Baltimore. Val. 
Hudson River Travel.— The Popular and favorite Peo- 
ple's Line of Albany steamers have decided to send one of 
their boats to Albany every day in the week, leaving their 
dock at 0 o’clocR p. m. This is an accommodation that will 
he appreciated by travelers and tourists. 
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HIGH WATRK FOR THE WEEK. 
YACHTING NEWS. 
Atlantic Yacht Olub. — The opening cruise of the Atlan- 
tic Yacht Club, despite bad weather, must be set down a de- 
cided success. The morning of May 30th broke with the 
sky overcast and a wet, chilly breeze from the East. The 
fleet, which included about twenty-five sail, had assembled in 
Gowanus Bay and lay at anchor with lower sails and topsails 
set, a few venturing to hoist their club9, a questionable piece 
of seamanship under ordinary circumstances, but as the day 
was to include something like a race, skippers were a little 
more free with their muslin. At 10:30 the fleet went away 
promptly at the second gun fire from the Commodore. Jibs 
were hoisted and all hands wore short round, shaping a course 
directly down the bay with booms over the starboard quarter 
The smaller yachts feeling the breeze the quickest, led the 
way with AtaXanta, Mela , Peerless and Triton close astern 
with the larger sloops, including the new Imperia, led by the 
Orion. The wind hauled to the Southward and freshened, 
putting lee rails under, and it was not long before kites were 
handed and fore-topsails clewed down. Tidal Wave had 
joined the fleet in the meantime, proposing to give her new 
rig and centre-board a test alongside of Mr. Afstor’s smart 
schooner. Tidal has been in the hands of Mr. A. Carey Smith 
for alterations for some time past, and the very satisfactory 
manner in which she worked is much to that gentleman's 
credit, and another illustration of the value of scientific design 
in securing desired ends at the outset without the fearful 
“ botching ” too often witnessed in changing a yacht's rig. 
Her board has been lengthened 7ft., a new set of sticks 5ft. 
longer than her old ones stepped, and new canvas supplied all 
round. 8he now carries a lug-foresail and staysail supplied 
by Sawyer, whose name is a guerantee for as snugly fitting 
canvas as any maker can turn out on either side of the Atlan- 
tic. Off Owl’s Head Triton, Meta and Peerless had a little 
brush, Meta doing well, but Triton rapidly gaining on the 
other two. Through the Narrows sheets were trimmed in flat, 
the wind having gone round more to the Eastward. The big 
schooners drew out ahead in the stiffening breeze while the 
sloops were left in a bunch astern, Orion, however, having a 
long lead in her class. Indeed, .this sloop’s sailing must have 
been gratifying to her owner, for though always known as a 
fast one, the way she showed up to-day with a free sheet and 
on the wind proves her to be in finer trim than ever before, 
and we predict for her a season of wonderful success. Her 
power in a 6ea and the neat way she has of screwing out to 
windward were demonstrated during this opening cruise to a 
high degree. Buoy 8$ on the S. W. Spit was rounded as fol- 
lows : 
Same. 
Atalauta 11 
Tidal Wave 11 
Meta li 
Orion ii 
Sadie 12 
Dolphin 12 
KCHOONBRS. 
Time. 
H. M. S. Same. 
Triton 11 
Peerless ll 
48 00 
BO 00 
60 80 
SLOOPS. 
66 oo Imperia 12 
00 00 Kaiser 12 
02 00 
Time. 
B. M. S. 
60 30 
61 00 
The rest were not timed, Imperia, Mr. Pearce's new sloop, 
did very well considering that she is only afloat a short time, 
and has not yet had opportunity to get her best trim or to 
stretch her canvas properly. From the buoy the fleet made 
for Gravesend Bay, where the scrub race was to end, with a 
free wind, the strong ebb tide compelling them to put their 
helm 8 up a bit and point to leeward of their true course. 
Atalanta was the first to come-to after a spirited tussel with 
the Californian's big schooner, the time of the fleet being : 
SCHOONERS. 
„ Time. 
B. M. S. Same. 
Atalanta .1* 87 80 Meta.... 
Tidal Wave 12 89 20 l eerless. 
Triton 46 v, 
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Orion 19 64 40 Hope.... 
2 *®*®-, l 00 80 Intrepid. 
Oolphln 1 07 08 Sheila... 
{“perla l 12 40 Genla... 
Eoiser 1 18 46 
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Orion 8 88 00 
Sadie 3 40 se 
The smaller craft put in at Stillwell’s landing. Pilot wag 
the only one of the open boats to round the S. W. Spit. After 
dinner, at 2:85 p. m., the gun from the Commodore, aboard 
his schooner Triton, brought all hands on deck again, and 
chains hove short. At 2:40 the second gun sent the fleet 
away homeward bound. Meta took the lead with Orion, Sadie, 
Peerless and Triton following. It was a beat home up the 
bay, the wind having backed more to the northward, and now 
was the time for Orion to show the stuff she was made of. 
One by one she picked up the leading schooners und dropped 
them under her lee with the exception of the flag officers’ 
schooner which led clear up to the anchorage at Gowanus, 
letting go her mud hook a scant half minute ahead of the 
weatherly sloop at 8:35$ p. m. 
As the yachts came to anchor the leaders were timed as 
under : 
80H00NBR8. 
Tim*. 
Same. B. if. S. 
AUlanta 3 88 80 
Peerless 3 38 00 
Meta 3 80 00 
The rest came in straggling. The Atlantic Yacht Club 
must be congratulated upon so successful an opening cruise, 
one which was spiritedly sailed and brought to a satisfactory 
conclusion without anything to mar the event. 
Massachusetts Yachting — Boston, May 27. — Commodore 
Peabody’s new cutter sloop was out yesterday in the harbor. 
She excites various comments among yachting men here, and 
has been likened to an Irish “moss boat" maguifled three or 
four times. She seems to move easily through the water, 
but might be improved by an increased area of canvas, unless 
Com. Peabody intends to go to sea or sail through the winter 
months. By the way, not content with an English rig, he 
has got an idea — borrowed from whom or where no one 
knows— and that is of having his coat of arms painted in his 
gig — Chaeun a son gout. Commodore Grant has been out in 
his new cat Fancy, and appears very well satisfied with her, 
though we understand that he thinks of increasing her sail! 
The Fancy has fine, graceful lines, a good deal of beam, and 
promises to be speedy. From what we have seen of her she 
sails close and is fast off the wind. The Brenda , Capt. Little, 
arrived Saturday afternoon. She has been coppered and has 
rattlines on her rigging, and, her captain says, is to be used 
for cruising only. The rattlines do not show till one is close 
aboard of her, being made of wire. They are an experiment, 
and would seem to be a success as far as the judgment and 
opinion of her sailing-master is concerned. Cruises. 
Quaker Citt Yacht Club— Philadelphia . — With a fine 
day and a good wind from the Northwest, the regatta of the 
Quaker City Yacht Club passed off last week to the satisfac- 
tion of all concerned. The course was from Laurel street 
wharf to and around Chester Buoy and return, a distance of 
thirty-two miles. There were eleven yachts at the start — the 
Coquette, Clara , Minerva, Phantom, N. Spering and White 
Wing, of the first class ; the Stella, Chris Gallagher and Lillie, 
of the second class ; and the Post and Bianca, of the third. 
The Columbia, \ot the first class, was high and dry in her dock, 
and was impossible to get her off in time ; the Oypsy, of the 
second class, withdrew the night before. The start was made 
at 10:82 a. m. Lillie louled Stella' i boom, and carried away 
her topmast. She kept on her course, however, and managed 
to come in a good second. Minerva took the lead, with 
Bianca close astern. By the time Glocester was reached, 
Clara had the best of it, with some distance between herself 
and the next yacht, when suddenly, off the Horseshoe Buoy, 
snap went her mast, and with it her chances for the prize. 
The accident gave the lead again to Minerva, with Bianca not 
far astern. Off Red Bank Phantom split her jib, hut the 
crew were not slow in rigging out the flying jib in its place. 
The Chester Buoy was rounded in the following manner: 
Minerva at 12:17 p. m.; Lillie, 12: 19 J ; Spering, 12:21; Co- 
quette, 12:25j ; White Wing, 12:28 ; Stella, 12:28$ ; Phantom 
12:33; Post, 12:36; Bianca, 12:35$; and the Gallagher at 
12:43. The return home was made pretty much in the same 
order. Off Red Bank Spering set her jib topsail; but it 
was too much for her topmast to carry, and away it went to 
leeward. Minerva passed the stakeboat off Laurel street at 
3:18 p. m. ; Lillie at 3:25; Spering, 3:26$; Post, 3:33$; 
Bianca, 3:33$; Stella, 3:35$; Phantom, 3:56$; White Wing, 
3:67; Gallagher, 3:59$; and Coquette at 4 p. m. The race 
throughout was a very spirited one, and the number of large 
yachts it brought together speaks well for the future of the 
sport in the Quaker City. Minerva was declared winner in 
the first class and Spering second ; Lillie first in the second 
class and Stella second ; and in the third class Post took the 
first prize and Bianca second. The Geo. W. Barrow Chal- 
lenge Cup, to be awarded to the yacht of any class making 
best time over the course, went to Minerva, making this the 
second year that sloop has enjoyed the honor. 
Delaware Yacht Club.— The spring regatta of the Dela- 
ware River Yacht Club, comprising open yachts between 22 
and 26 feet in length, took place on Monday, May 20. The course 
sailed was from Starr’s wharf, Camden, to Chester buoy and re- 
turn. The following yachts participated in the regatta : Bianca, 
Adelpld, Sapplw , Minerva , Fashion and Camden. The start was 
made at 10:25 a. m., with a stiff breeze blowing from the south- 
east and a heavy rain falling. Off Tinicum on the return the 
Minerva, which was fourth boat, sprung her mast and was 
taken in tow by a tug, this was a particularly unfortunate ac- 
cident, as she has recently been sold to parties in Trenton, N. 
J., and had come from there a distance of 40 miles to partici- 
pate in the regatta. On her return home on Sunday afternoon 
they met with another misfortune by capsizing in a squall 
when off Bridesburg, Pa. They rounded the home 6 take 
boat in the following order : Adelphi, 1:40$; Bianca, 1:48$ ; 
Sappho , 1:483 ; Fashion, 1:49 ; OamdeD, 1:53$. The judges 
were Frank Kleinz and William Post ; referee, Captain Wil- 
liam Hall. 
Mississippi Vallev Regatta.— Arrangements are almost 
complete for the regatta to be held in Peoria on June 19 and 
20. The Peoria Boat Olub have several crews in active train- 
ing, and from present appearances the attendence from abroad 
will be very large. It is expected that more boats will start 
in the four-oarea race then were ever in a fleld before, while 
at least thirty single sculls will compete for prizes. A grand 
stand, capable of accommodating four thousand people, is in 
course of erection on the levee. Great interest is taken in the 
forthcoming regatta. Rovbb. 
Williamsburg Yaoht Olub.— The regatta of this club, 
which was to have taken place June 4, has been indefinitely 
postponed. 
New York Yaoht Olub" — Thursday, the 18th inst., the 
regular regatta of the club will take place over the usual 
course, and under the by-laws governing sailing matches. 
Yachts will be divided into one class for keel schooners, one 
for schooners over 7,000 cubic feet and a second for those 
