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FOREST AND STREAM 
A WEEKLY JOURNAL. 
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COMING 
WEEK. 
Frida]/, June 7.— Championship Walk at the Rink, N. Y. Base Ball : 
Buffalo vs. Allegheny, at Allegheny. Trotting: Plalnvllle, Conn.; Mil- 
waukee, Wls.; Adrian, Mich.; Dayton, O. Running Meeting at St. 
Lonls, Mo. 
Saturday, June 8.— Championship Walk as above. American Athletic 
Clnb Opening Games, at Hoboken. Montreal Lacrosse Clnb Annual 
Spring Games. Mystic Boat Club Regatta, at Newark, N. J.; Schuylkill 
Navy Open Amateur Regatta. Rossmore Ride Club, at Staten Island ; 
Regimental Rifle Match, at Creedmoor. Cricket: St. Timothy vs. SU 
George, at Roxborougb ; Dorian vs. University of Pa., at Haverford ; 
Belmont vs. Merlon, at West Philadelphia ; Philadelphia (2d) vs. Young 
America, at Nlcetown. Bose Ball: Milwaukee vs. Boston, at Boston; 
Chicago vs. Providence, at Providence ; Cincinnati vs. Indianapolis, at 
Indianapolis ; Star vs. Sprlngfleld, at Springfield ; Buffalo vs. Allegheny 
at Allegheny. Running Meeting as above. 
Monday, June 10.— Quaker City Club (Phlla.) Annual Regatta. Base 
ball: Rochester vs Tecumseh, at London, Can.; Hornell vs Allegheny, 
at Allegheny ; Hartford vs SprlngOeld, at Hartford. 
Tuesday, June 11.— Illinois Sportsmen’s Convention at Quincy. Base 
ball : Rocbesters, as above ; Ilornells; as above ; Milwaukee vs Chicago 
at Chicago ; IndlanopoUs vs Boston, at Boatou. Trotting : Edeuburgh, 
Pa; Watertown, N. Y.; Providence, R. I.; Fleetwood Park, N. Y.; Jack- 
son, Mich ; Pern, Ind.; Cedar Rapids, la ; Kalamazoo, Mich. 
Wednesday, June 12. — Illinois State Association as above. Upper 
Hudson Regatta Ass. Spring Regatta. Ba9e ball : Rochester vs. Buf- 
falo, at Buffalo ; Hartford vs Lowell, at Lowell. Trotting as above and 
at Massillon, o. Runnlug Meeting at Columbus, O. 
Thursday, June 13.— Illinois Convention as above. New York Yacht 
Club Annual Regatta; New Jersey (Hoboken) Yacht Club Annual Regat- 
ta, Boston Yacht Club Excursion; Upper Hudson Regatta ass. as 
above ; Layberger-Felslnger Match, at Pittsburgh, Pa. Base ball : Hor- 
nell vs Tecumseh, at London, Can.; Hartford vs Manchester, at Man- 
chester ; Indianapolis vs. Boston, at Boston ; Milwaukee vs Chicago, at 
Chicago. Trotting as above. Running Meeting as above. 
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THE WATKINS REGATTA. 
T HE test races at Watkins have come to an end. The im- 
portance naturally attaching to this event, which was 
to be nominally of international reputation and results, renders 
a brief survey of the contests a paramount necessity in view 
of the weight likely to he attached by uninformed parties to 
the victories on Seneca Lake, and the position among amateur 
oarsmen, the fortunate few may claim as per programme. 
The original intention of the promotors of the event was to 
select by fair and open competition among American oarsmen 
those whom the fates at Watkins would justly declare the 
champions of this continent. They were to pull under such 
enviable distinction in the various-races open to them, both in 
England and France, and it was hoped, with some show of 
reason, that they might prove victorious across the ocean and 
bring back with them to the West fresh proofs of the prowess 
of our country in friendly rivalry with the Old World. 
Had the regatta in question been a success, in other words, 
had it been carried out in the spirit at first announced, there 
can he little doubt hut that the races at Watkins would have 
really been regarded as actual tests and the winners would in 
all fairness have represented the championship of America. 
Under such circumstances the public would have abided by 
whatever they might possibly have done abroad. Defeat 
would have been acquiesced in without complaint , and our oars- 
men would have profited by the lesson and set to work with 
renewed vigor and hope of wresting from their British friends 
the coveted laurel wreath of victory some future season. As 
it is, however, the test races of WatkiDS can only he looked 
upon as decided failures. In place of having led to some 
final and mutually satisfactory ending, the fates and circum- 
stances have been unpropitious. Not that we refer to the 
overrunning of the town of Watkins with a crowd of strangers, 
many of whom were not of the most reputable sort, nor to 
the apparent shortcomings of the committees directly in 
charge of the arrangements, but to the inexcusable apathy of 
our best clubs throughout the country in general. That a 
small county town shauld have been the centre of attraction 
for a handful of had characters, and that the rustic con- 
stables were not equal to coping with such an un- 
looked for invasion is comparatively a matter of small 
moment. Concerning the operations of the landsharks 
present in the picturesque little village on the lake it is not 
necessary here to digress, save, perhaps, to remark that they 
were by no means either so numerous or prominent as the 
cavilings of certain fault-finders by nature would have the pub- 
lic believe. It is quite safe to say that Watkins was no more 
forced to contribute to the wily machinations of blacklegs or 
humbugs than is any other meeting of a like kind where the 
victims to the gamblers’ spoils congregate in large numbers. 
That the Regatta Committee could in any sense be held re- 
sponsible for the town authorities, and their derelictions or 
incapacity, for the cierk of the weather, or for the rulings of 
the N. A. of A. O. is equally ridiculous, and the attempts 
made to saddle Gen. Magee or Mr. Gano with the failure to 
provide smooth water and comfortable accommodations for 
certain privileged parties will fail in their object. 
The responsibility for the shortcomings of the races them- 
selves rest largely with our amateur oarsmen, and much as we 
regret the fact, it cannot be denied that the results of the 
Watkins trials have fallen far below the estimate the public 
has looked for. The entries were meagre, and remarkable for 
the absence of our best known clubs and scullers of reputation. 
The list was still further clipped of representative men when 
Messrs. Walsh and Levein were set aside by disqualification 
in accord with a silly rule of the N. A. of A. O. That the 
committee were compelled to disqualify the pair is not a re- 
flection upon cither the authorities of the regatta or upon the 
two gentlemen who suffered under the ruling: it is simply a 
comment upon theassininity of one of the rules of the only and 
the universally recognized boating association of national 
standing in America. We opine that when the cast-iron rule 
under which the Nautilus pair have technically been put under 
a cloud was first devised, its progenitors.were not aware of 
the luture havoc it would create, and it is not much to the 
credit of the association that the rule has not yet been modified 
in such a manner as to admit of rational application to different 
cases and circumstances. It is probable that the relief into 
which it has been brought through the action forced upon the 
Watkins Regatta Commitee, will cause a review of some of 
the inelastic and harsh axioms of the N. A. of A. O., if not, 
the organization may set down its popularity as on the wane. 
What with the mixed nature of the races, some in heats, 
others abreast, the paucity of entrances from our best men, 
the rough water, and the inflexible rules concerning amateurs, 
we must enter our decided protest against the claims of 
any oarsmen that finally do reach European shores to repre- 
sent the championship of America. The public has been 
sadly disappointed in the Seneca Lake races, and is in no mood 
to be charged with the fresh defeats that await the traveling 
crews abroad ; for it would be , idle speculation to close our 
eyes to the fact that there is not the ghost of a chance for the 
men from Watkins either at Henley or on the Seine. 
DOG LORE IN AMERICA. 
/"'APT. John M. Taylor, the first Kennel Editor of 
'—•Forest and Stream, and at present its special corres- 
pondent in England, has recently been made an honorary 
member of the Kennel Club of England, in consideration of 
his signal services during the past twenty-two years in im- 
proving the character and breed of dogs, and educating 
sportsmen to their proper care and use. This period of twen- 
ty-two years Capt. Taylor has passed in America, with the 
exception of occasional trips to Europe; and, of course, his 
efforts and usefulness have applied directly and immediately 
to dogs and their fanciers in America, and correlatively to 
promoting friendly intercourse and intelligent investigation 
between gentlemen sportsmen on both sides of the Atlantic. 
The reciprocal acquaintance and knowledge thus obtained 
through Capt. Taylor's instrumentality have enabled them to 
co-operate intelligibly in various ways to improve canine 
stock, and to create and establish thoroughbred dog6 of all 
classes as nearly perfect as possible in physical points and 
their adaptation to the different kinds of field work required 
of them. The results, so far as America is concerned, are 
abundantly obvious in our Bench Shows and Field Trial Ex- 
hibitions. Whether England has drawn equal material bene- 
fit from the comparative study is not so apparent. 
Capt. Taylor's efforts first became conspicuous through the 
medium of the Forest and Stream. The establishment of 
its Kennel Department, under his management, afforded the 
opportunity. This was nearly five years ago. The United 
States bad never previously possessed a journal to advocate 
the betterments of dogs. Papers which have since sought a 
front place as “ dog organs ” had no existence then, nor were 
they projected until long afterward. The whole field of 
study and investigation was unoccupied and comparatively 
new. Very little had been written about dogs in America 
before Forest and Stream whs started. What we learned 
of ourselves was gathered from the contributions to London 
Field and Fancier's Gazelle of casual correspondents like 
“ Podgers,” “Forest Aisle,” and other well-known writers, 
many of whom arc now on our own list of contributors. 
Very little consideration was paid in those days to the com- 
forts, rights and belongings of dogs or their owners. Fine 
breeds were not recognized by the uneducated eye ; they 
were hardly more respected than curs, because the public 
were unable to distinguish their points of difference or supe- 
riority. The whole canine race, once a notable factor in 
America, especially among the “ hard-goers " of Virginia and 
the Carolinas, had deteriorated, through neglect and unex- 
pected vicissitudes, into a mongrel pack worthy of Constanti- 
nople. Scarcely a trace of the aristocratic kennels of the old 
southern States survived the rebellion, and the strains which 
were preserved came by the interposition of appreciative 
northern soldiers of genteel education, into whose hands the 
old stoclj passed as contraband of war. 
Precisely what Capt. Taylor has done to restore and re- 
vive ; and how systematically lie went to work at the outset 
to develop and adapt the course of instruction which he in- 
tended those who matriculated should pursue, can be ascer- 
tained by referring to the early files of Forest and Stream. 
His opening sentence in the first number touches the foua*._ 
tain source* viz., man's instinctive lave for the dog, the posses- 
sion of which alone enables him to analyze and estimate the 
canine character. He treats the animal as a sentient creature, 
and not os a brute. 
In the third number of the paper (1878) the distinguishing 
excellencies and points of difference of the pointer and setter 
are given ; and all that has since been written in books and 
papers merely amplifies what is there said about color, strains, 
management, nose, staunchness, etc., etc., of the several 
crosses of Gordon, red Irish, English and American setters. 
In one paragraph Capt. Taylor, with the positivity of one who 
is master of what he knows, states that “ a pure blood English 
setter, crossed with an American, will be a far more useful 
animal than the high-priced imported English setter, as ‘ high- 
priced dogs are only valuable to get the best strains from.’ 
Crucial tests have since proved the truth of this assertion. In 
subsequent numbers of the paper there follow descriptions of 
beagles, spaniels, Scotch deerhounds, foxhounds, retrievers, 
greyhounds, Chesapeake dogs, mastiffs, harriers, and all other 
varieties of sporting dogs, with their characteristics, relative 
degrees of intelligence, ills and humors, methods of feeding and 
breaking, and other knowledge necessary to prepare the sports- 
men for their employment in their respective fields of service. 
In October, 1873, field trials and their importance were first 
brought to notice, and illustrated by a full account of the trials 
at Ipswich, England. In the same month (Oct 1878) we have 
an account of the Nottingham Dog Shows. To most dog 
owners in this country the written information thus imparted 
was as novel as Gospel to an unconverted sinner. It was a 
new literature and a new revelation. The first fruits of Capt. 
Taylor’s efforts came sooner than might naturally have been 
hoped for in written congratulations from leading celebrities 
abroad, who were encouraged by the interest so unexpectedly 
manifested here. Direct overtures came from English gen- 
tlemen, recognized as authorities and competent to act, who 
hastened to foster the impulse engendered by giving Ameri- 
cans an opportunity to see how the thing was done at home. 
The letter appended is in evidence. It is sufficiently assuring. 
The writer, Mr. Price, is the owner of “Belle,” whose por- 
trait we printed April 9, 1874 : 
Great Western Hotel, Birmingham, Eng.,) 
November 29th, 1873. / 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
We are pleased to hear that oar respected cousins on the other side 
of the Atlantic are beginning to take an Interest In field trials on game 
for pointers and setters, the newest, and by many thought the most In- 
teresting of all our British sports, and In order to give these sportsmen 
In America, who have taken np shooting dogs, an oppori unity of see- 
ing the best animals perform that England can prodnoe, Mr. Macdona 
and myself will be glad to make a friendly match against any pointers 
or setters now In America ; not English dogs, Imported for the purpose 
—these wc can ran at home— but bona fide American animals. If the 
