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8 TbeWftßU) MR. MEYST'S CATCH He Went AHei Muskies and Got Something Smaller. SO DID TWO OF HIS FRIENDS An Important Incident to Be Re corded by Can LaJce»« Historian. Special to The Journal. Cass Lake, . Minn., Aug. 26.—Frank J. Meyst, the Minneapolis manager for the A. N. Kellogg Newspaper company, who enjoys a wide acquaintance throughout the state/ has been a Cass Lake visitor •within the week. Mr. Meyat's visit to Cass Lake was premeditated. He had heard of the unsuccessful attempts of "Bob" Dunn, C. C. Whitney, et al., to "land" one of the big maskalonge which inhabit the waters of Cass lake, and he came here for the express purpose of "showing 'em how easy a matter it is, for • man who was 'onto his Job.' " Mr. Meyst, Colonel Roland Hartley and A. G. Bernard, the latter president of tho local Commercial Club and owner of the Cass Lake Voice, boarded Mr. Hartley's gasolene launch Nina and went over to the north shore of Big island, which ii considered a feeding ground for the muskles, to try their luck. Luck was apparently against them, and after an hour of unsuccessful work, Col- onel Hartley proposed that the crowd go to the shore, where there is a beautiful sandy beach, and enjoy a bath. Being several miles from habitation, they de cided to "go in" as was their wont in their youth. They undressed and put in half an hour "ducking" one another, after which they sat on the shore with their feet in the warm sand, related reminiscences of their younger days. Mr. Meyst accused the colonel of having been "ducked" while attending the state en campment at Lake City, recently. "They never did anything of the kind," •aid the colonel. "Why, I —" Just then something flew through the air and struck the speaker over the left eye. "Hornets, run for your lives!" yelled the Colonei, rubbing his eye vigorously the while. Meyst and Bernard arose hastily and all three, clad in nothing but their modesty and surrounded by a cloud of "yellow jackets," made for the water. There was an exceedingly lively time for about half an hour, when the hornets, their wrath somewhat appeased, slowly •withdrew. The fishermen clambered into the launch, where they shivered for a half hour before their courage returned sufficiently to enable them to go cau tiously to the shore to secure their gar ments. The "boys" waited till after dark before returning to their hotel, where they partook of their supper standing as they ate, despite the expostulations of their friends, who were not "next" to the hornet deal. Meyst, asserting that he had urgent business "down the line," boarded the early morning freight train lor Akeley, and has not since put in an appearance. Dr. Rodwell is applying soothing lotions and ointments on Messrs. Bernard and Hartley, and there is conse quent mild mirth among their acquaint ances. How Meyst is "coming on" can be ascertained by applying to him in Min neapolis. COLUMBIA WON AGAIN Saturday's Trial Race Ended In a White Squall. Columbia won from the Constitution for the eighth time in Saturday's trials at Oyster Bay, Long Island. The most cor dial salute which greeted the old champion came from the steam yacht Erin, on board of which was Sir Thomas Llpton, whose Shamrock I had been beaten three times by the old defender. After sailing once around the triangular course of the Sea ■wanhaka club, with the Columbia forty seven seconds a winner having gained on every leg, both boats ran into a terrific rain squall. The Columbia continued to grope her way about the course, but the Constitution had, In the meantime, with drawn from the race. The boat winning two out of three of the trial races off Newport will undoubt edly be selected by the America's cup committee to sail in the international races against Shamrock 11. Constitution thus far has shown superiority in light breezes and smooth seas only. Columbia has never been beaten in anything like a strong and true wind, with one exception, that of Aug. 10, when she suffered a mis hap in a hard hammer to windward in the strongest breeze of the whole series. The first brewery of Jos. Schlitz was a hut, but the beer that was brewed there mmJ was honest. That was fifty years ago. Today the mag nificent Schlitz brewery ETj forms a monument to that honesty. tgBB From the very beginning pl^ the main object has been to attain absolute purity. In Schlitz beer pure yeast was RIS first introduced in America. mM In the Schlitz brewery are all the inventions men have BW made for protecting beer Py from impurities. Schlitz beer is even cooled BR9 In filtered air; then it is fil- MJ Itered, then sterilized. It is well aged to avoid the cause HJgH of biliousness. F^O Ask your physician about Schlitz, the beer that made Bag Milwaukee famous. R|/j 'Phone Main 707, Schliti, 1200-11 Fourth St., Minneapolis. GOOD ONE FIRST DAY Races at Hamline Will Start Off With a Fast One. FEW CHANGES IN ENTRY LIST Meta Arthur, the Moat Promising Trotter in the Minneapolis 2i21 Race. Local horse interest now centers in the ppejning of the state fair which comes next Monday. The revised list of en tries shows but few substitutions. How ever, on Monday's card Lock Heir has been named to take the place of Ace of Diamonds and Jim Patchen takes the place of Pattie Patchen. These horses are to start in the 2:40 pace which has seventeen horses of high quality named, many with records in races since entries closed of 2:10 or better thus insuring an event of high class in harness racing the first day of the fair. On Tuesday, which is Minneapolis day, the* great $5,000 stake for 2:21 trotters will take place and of the fifteen original nominators four teen remain. Of the whole number, none appear better to-day than the fleet Min nesota mare Meta Arthur 2:14*4 although Ed Hooker, Gloria and John Audubon are in better form than earlier in the sea son and have many followers. The race is sure to result in a great contest and weather conditions are favorable. In the St. Paul stake for 2:13 pacers several substitutions were made, yet W. G. Carling's fleet Dick Turpin 2:09y 2 is expected to disturb the horse that out paces him for the $5,000 stake. The lat elst fleet sidewheeler to show up for th© big stake is Fred the Kid 2:08%, which report says was purchased during the past week by a flour city horseman who desires to count over the capital part of the big prize. Oscar Ames is piloting the Kid and last week sent him over the Galesburg course three heats all better than 2:10. The Galesburg track is a good bit better than the big ring at Hamline, but some of our horses take the latter right cleverly and Dick Turpin is one of them. THE HORSE SHOW The Manager* Report That Success Is Now Assured. Arrangements for the Interurban horse show are quite complete and the man agers now report a large entry of ttie very best steeds of the twin cities and a sure success in view. All the "finest" of flour city borsedom are listed and Min neapolis should secure a large portion of the blue ribbon prizes. St. Paul own ers and exhibitors carried away quite a liberal number of prizes in the coach and heavy horse classes at the Minnehaha ex hibit in July, but did not do so well in the lighter or saddle classes. It is quite evident, therefore, that if our owners send their steeds into the ring in good condition they will show up well with anything the St. Paul enthusiasts may bring out. Arrangements for seating the attendance at Lexington park are most excellent and to the usual front row of seats a number of extra fine boxes have been added and at prices very reasonable. The exhibit will open on the 28th and con tinue for the following three days. horse: show booming Entries* Are Niynerous-Several New Claases. Plans for the big interurban horse show at Lexington Park, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week are progress ing nicely. Fred \ Laxamee, who has charge of the ' Minneapolis end of the show, has registered about fifty entries already and expects many more before the opening of the performance. St. St. Paul has taken hold of the proposi tion quite as enthusiastically as the Min neapolis horse lovers, and the two cities will make a fine combined showing. No enry fee will be charged in the pony classes. A new class to be known as "10%" has been created for the benefit of high stepping cobs of any size, hitched to suitable single vehicles. Class "12%" will provide for the best pair of cobs 15-2 hands high or over before suitable single vehicle. Class "25%" will pave the way for gaited saddle horses of any size. The tandem class will be a big feature of the show. The sporting tandems will be shown first. At a given signal the leader will be unhitched, saddled and made to take the hurdle. The first leader over the hurdle will be allowed 6 per cent in the judging. • •■■■ • While members of the Town and Coun try Club of St. Paul are understood to have entered into the* spirit of the oc casion enthusiastically, members of the Minikahda Club, Minneapolis, are said to be a little bit backward. Unless more interest Is shown among the owners of fine horses at the Calhoun Club, Minne- ; apolis is likely to suffer somewhat by comparison. THE CALHOUN REGATTA Katherine, G. R. Johnson* Fast Cat, Wins the Pennant. Q. R. Johnson's first-class cat boat, Katherine, captured the pennant at Satur day's regatta of the Calhoun Yacht club. The Katherine finished in 1:23:45, leading the fleet Tomahawk, sailed by Commodore Haley Reiter, by 1:23 minutes, and the Dorcas, Skipper Willis Emerson, by five minutes. It was the Katherine'e day to shine, the breeze being entirely to her liking, while the sloops were carried to leeward and forced to tack. There were nine entries, the Tomahawk being the favorite. Toma hawk made a fine showing, but could not be held to the course on the last leg. Dorcas was third. The time of the first, second and third boats was: Katherine, 1:23:34; Toma hawk, 1:25:08; Dorcas, 1:28:84. The other entries were: First-class sloops,. Shamrock, Aspasia, Electric; sec ond-class sloops, Mystic; second-class catboats, Eddie and Molmer. RAIN STOPPED TENNIS Ice Yacht Club Players Had to Post pone Finals. The invitation tennis tournament of the Minnetonka Ice Yacht club on the Deep haven courts finished amid a down fall of rain during the semi-finals, Saturday. Guy Wyman defeated Bert Strong in the first match at a score of 6-2. There was only one set to a match. Paul Marshal lost to Claire Wyman at 6-1. John Donaldson put up a good game against Ralph Gillette, but his lack of practice told against him. He lost to Gil lette at 6-4. The feature of the afternoon waa the match between Ward C. Burton and Claire Wyman in the semi-finals. On account of rain, the game was called off after two games had been played. The match will be finished this afternon. NOT ENOUGH WIND The M. Y. C. Regatta Will Be Sailed Next Saturday. \ No wind prevented the scheduled race of the Minnetonka Yacht club, Saturday. The race was -to have been sailed at 2:30, but there "was scarcely a ripple on the lake at that time. Two hours later it came on to blow at a furious rate, but the fleet had disbanded by. that time. Some of the more \ venturesome skippers bad their hands full running for port when the storm struck. The race will be sailed next Saturday. CASE A BIT GRAVE Veteran Material for This Year's Football Team Is Scarce. WORK BEGINS AT GRAND MARAIS Ten Men in Camp—More to Follow Soon—Nebraska Counting on a Victory. Ten candidates for places on the Minne sota football eleven of this fall will get together at Grand Marais, on the north shore of Lake Superior, and begin prep aration for the fall campaign. They are in charge of Dr. H. L. Williams, who will be joined later in the week by Pro fessor F. S. Jonea. Other candidates will also be at the "camp" before the week is done. The outlook for the fall is not en couraging at present. Not more than five of the old players can now be counted upon with any degree of certainty. The majority of the team will be new blood, and Dr. Williams is confronted with the serious business of getting the new men into shape in short order. It seems certain that Minnesota will have a much weaker team than last year and a team that will no longer be dis tinguished the country over as a "giant" eleven." The Skeptic's Chance. The odds from this distance seem to favor the Nebraskans, who meet the gophers on Northrup field Oct. 21. The Nebraskans have been doing some sort of football work ever since their defeat by Minnesota last season. Their formidable showing at that time has spurred them on and they are working with a determina tion which means half the victory almost. Profiting by their experience with Minne sota'sl icvincibles last year they certainly will have a decided advantage over the comparatively raw material which will oppose them early in the season. How ever the recollection of what Dr. Wil liams did with last year's material by Oct. 12, when the team met Chicago, encour ages the rooters to believe thatMinnesota'3 colors will not be lowered. The fact that all of - Minnesota's hard games are bunched rather early in the season is not favorable, however. A realization of the tremendous task ahead was one reason why all available material was hurried to Grand Marais to expedite the building-up process. Only Fonr Veterans. Professor Jones said to-day that the only old members of the team who could be absolutely counted upon to play this year were Mueller, Dobie, Knowlton and Smith. The veterans, who combined to make the stone wall which successfully resisted the onslaught of every team hu/led against it last season are all out of town or hold such good positions that they have decided to cut out college and football. Fee is on the Northern Pacific pay roll, LaFans is taking an advanced course at Georgetown university, and Van Valkenburg has a flattering position awaiting him in the east. Tweet has settled down to the practice cf law. Aune has taken charge of an agricultural ex periment station in North Dakota, and Hoyt Is endeavoring to get rich quick on a mining proposition. Flynn is an un known quantity and Page is assisting in coaching. Professor Jones said yesterday that while the matter had hardly taken defin ite shape, there was some prospect of establishing a permanent training rta tion at Grand Marais or some other equal ly satisfactory place. One of the strong est champions of the game in Minneapolis who wants to see the "U" team on the top rung of the football ladder, has already offered a substantial subscription. If it is considered absolutely necessary in the Interests <>f the game here to have some such institution, there will be little difficulty in securing the amount needed for its establishment. The station, which would be a plain, substantial affair, would not cost over $400. Vacation Practice. Professor Jones confesses that he is not in sympathy with vacation football train ing. Said he: If this alternative had not absolutely been forced on us by the attitude of the other col leges with which we must soon compete on the gridiron, I would certainly strongly op pose vacation practice. As a general propo sition, I believe that preliminary training is to be deprecated. I don't believe it is in the interests of the sport to have the candi dates for the team get together before the opening of the college year. Football and college sports should be associated as umch as possible with the college life. We ought to get enough football during the season without extending it into vacation. The fact that we. are confronted by an unusually early season, with our games all in a row, makes the vacation work unavoidable this year. If a later season could be counted on each year, I for one, shouldn't consider the anteseason work for a moment, and. In fact, there would be no occasion for it. We fa*iled in our at tempt to prevent the early schedule, and now we must make the best of it. The only way vacation training can be effectually knocked cut is for the association to adopt some rigid rules bearing upon the subject; but, of course, that would have no effect on Nebraska, which does not belong to the association. The Nebraskans are so sure of winning that not less than 1,500 people are said to have arranged to come from W. J. Bryan's town to root for their team. Material at Grand Marais. The men at Grand Marais are Page, Mueller and Dobie, center, guard and quarterback respectively on last year's team; Current and McDonald of the 1900 second team, and Nelson, Jensen, Van Campen, Harris, Bid Jake, Thorpe and Clarke Evans, new men. A dozen more recruits will be sent to Grand Marais for the ten days outing at that isolated point. Bidlake and Harris are old Central high school players who should give a good account of themselves. Bidlake will try for fullback or halfback, and Harris for quarter. Evans, who played on the sec ond team two years ago, will try for half back. Van Campen, Jensen and Nelson are comparatively new at the game. They are stalwart youngsters and with proper headwork should make good substitutes, at least, for the big fellows who will be seen here no longer. Thorpe, who mads a good record as guard on the Pillsbury academy team, wants to play guard or tackle. One Cent a .Mile. O. A. R. Encamp ment at Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 10 --14, 1901. A low rate of $14.82 to Cleveland and return will be made September 7-8-9, with return good till September 15th (or Oct. Bth, by payment of 50 cents), via the Chicago Great Western railway. Reduced rate tickets also on sale September 10th and 11th. No transfer between depots at Chicago. For further information inquire of A. J. Aicher, city ticket agent, corner Nicollet avenue and Fifth street, Minne apolis. 924.50 to Buffalo and Return—ls Da) ■' Limit. Go to the Pan-American exposition via the best route and avoid any waiting or depot transfer in Chicago. Call at Min neapolis & St. Louis office, No. 1 Wash ington avenue S for full particulars. W. L. Hathaway, city ticket agent. THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. JUST A QUIET DAY One of C. C. Kelly's Idyls of the Northern Lakes. D.BEAWS TO MOSQUITO BITES The Range of the Story Teller's Fancy—Ed Kremer 1! Late Dinner. Fairer sun never shone on this world of ours than streamed down on that famous field of Crecy the 26th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand, three hundred and forty-six, when the mighty Edward set life and honor on our Bwords and arrows, and Phillipe of Valois set the same hazard on those of the French chivalry, and lost. By the Splendor of our Lady's brow, but t'was a gallant game, and such players the world never saw be fore nor will again. The arrow rain that had piled the Flower of France in wind rows on the field like unto grass on a new-mown field, had ceased and out from the shelter of the vineyards that had served us so well, swept the nobles and knights of England, as sweeps the temp est from the storm cloud. Chandos, my Lord of Audley, the gallant royal boy that day hight the Black Prince, and thousands more than a layman can number, mine own unworthy self by God's grace in the forefront of the rush; down we swept into the press of the battle and no human might might withstand or turn us. 6t. George! But t'was a thing to see, never to tell, for the tongue to tell it fitly hangs not in human mouth. Back we bore the Frenchmen as the storm wave bears the driftwood, and into shivers broke we their battle front as the lightning rends the oak. Then came the last mad effort of gallant men to turn the tide of fight, and the blind old King of Bohemia, his bridle rein knotted to those of a dozen of his knights, and all that was best and mightiest of the French chivalry yet alive, shocked against our line, and for a spear's length bore us backward spite of all we could do. Then we held them and as gallant a flght as ever human eye beheld set in. Close locked in the dust of as desperate a com bat as ever earth beheld, man and horse fighting with equal madness, we swung round each other, never a thought of aught but victory in any heart, and life itself as nothing should defeat come instead. (For mine own part a giant knight in black armor met me full front, and ward ing my sword stroke with one sweep of a mace, dealt me such a blow on the helmet that I well nigh was swept from the sad dle, when full swift had I been sped. But my skull has ever been of the thickest, and though eye and brain reeled giddily, still kept I the saddle, end rising in the stirrups swung I up my ponderous fal chion and struck a downward blow at him that should have cleft him to the chin. But he caught it full deftly on the mace, the steel faithless at last broke at the hilt and weaponless I faced his onset. Down again on my helmet thundered the heavy mace; up again It rose to repeat the blow, while I closed mine eyes and strove to remember a prayer ere came the death that was so near. "Failed to Connect.'' But the death in question failed to con nect for as I opened my eyes to see what was delaying it, I saw nothing of battle, black knight, mace, king of Bohemia, or anything else except Bert Powers who was standing by my bedside and pounding my unthatched skull with the butt of a rod by way of waking me for an early break fast. You see I had partaken of a heavy supper at midnight, read a chapter of old Froissart, and then gone to sleep. It would have been little matter for wonder had I gone through the whole French-Eng lish wars before waking, and very likely would have done so had not Bert inter fered. We made up a fishing party on the spur of the moment, agreeing to leave town as soon as possible after 6 o'clock on Satur day evening, go out to Prank Volght's at Deer lake, stop there over night and catch bass galore on Sunday. But we didn't get away till eight. Bert was all ready to start when the team came for him, but Just as he was climbing Into the wagon came a messenger with speed after a big plate of glass. It seemed that a lumber jack who differed with a bartender as to his — the lumberjack's — having enough whisky, playfully threw the said spiritist through the big front window of the sa loon by way of proving him in the wrong, and, of course, the glass had to be replaced at once, and Bert had to cut and fit It. Then the doctor wasn't sure but that the throwee might "pass out," and so George Kremer, who was of our party and keeps an undertaking department in connection with his furniture store, was very much interested in that question and refused to leave till assured that there was sufficient vitality left in the subject to withstand the doctor's best efforts for at least two days. Then EM Kremer, left idle while the others had gotten busy, got into a real estate talk with a farmer, and didn't let up on that till he had made a trade. And finally Mr. Walter, of Minneapolis, who had been adding to the concord of the com munity by selling pianos to divers of the citizens, got hold of a man who he felt ought to have an instrument and never let up till he had him loaded with the In strument. So it was 8 o'clock before the whole gang was rounded up, packed in Roy's wagon, and headed for the lake. The distance Is only twelve miles, but the road is no Macadam affair —so far from it that three miles an hour is about the best time an ordniary team can make on it — and it was nearly 12 when we reached Frank's. Of course everybody was hun gry by that time, and Frank was impor tuned for a lunch, in consequence of which my vision was about the lightest visita tion that any member of the party experi enced during what little was left of the uight—unless we except Messrs. Powers, and Ed Kremer, who sat up and played pinochle till dawn. There was a heavy fog covering the lake when we arose, so we delayed going out till breakfast was served, thereby expe diting that meal greatly as Prank was laudably anxious to get rid of us. By the time we were boated the fog had lifted, a soft south-west breeze was blowing, and the sun was shining with a gentle warmth which dispelled all the stiffness and brown-taste-in-the-mouth left by the night's proceedings, and we got under way for the lower end of the lake, a nice little lake connected by a small stream with the big one and a noted bass water. Trolled for Maskalonge. • Ab we went "we hugged the shore, and trolled for maskalonge, not that we ex pected to get any, but because that is the usual thing to do, and a deal easier on hands and back than straight-away hard rowing. We were close together, Bert and Ed bringing up the rear, when Bd got a ferocious strike, and after a very pretty fight boated a Great Northern pike which would scale about fifteen pounds. Bert had, of course, taken the boat well out into deep water while the fight was go ing on, and when the big fish had been suf ficiently "tuckered out," and brought to the boat's side, assayed to introduce him to the gaff, and take him in. After his kind the fish strenuously objected, diving under the boat, making wild though short rushes, and generally raising Cain. He mads things so interesting for the while to the sportsmen in the boat, that their attention was fixed on him and they heeded nothing else. That is why they didn't notice that the oars had slipped overboard, and were getting further away from the boat every moment. But in the pike came at last, and then Bd told Bert just what his opinion of his (Bert's) ability as a boatman was. To which Mr. Powers responded that a lit tle thing like that never fazed him, and, doffing his hat, the sole article of apparel with the exception of trousers, outing shirt and tennis shoes, he wore, sprang overboard and bravely cleft his way through the waters to the runaway oars. The boat being the heavier body, had of course left the oars well astern by this time, and Bert had quite a little swim to reach them. But he made it handily, col lected thpm, an"! struck out to overtake (.*• M«,t, which he found a very different proposition. The wind had freshened considerably, and swim as he would, and Bert is* a strong swimmer, he couldn't make it, and was finally compelled to turn to shore, while Ed called lustily on the rest of us for rescue. We pulled out, overtook and took in tow the truant boat, and then landed to pick 1 up Bert, who seemed much pleased by the congratula tions Ed offered him on getting his feet washed without effort on his part. After which we laid to our oars, and reached the lit tle lake shortly, to find that the connect ing creek was dry, and the old way of "Scotch engineering" was the only method at our disposition to get our boat across. A Nasty Little Job. It was a nasty little job, for so short a distance about as mean a one as I ever saw, and so long did it take to get the three boats across, and afloat, that it was 9 o'clock, and th© bass had about finished breakfast before we cast frog or minnow. But we spread out over the little pug hole and did our best, while the sun grew hotter and hotter, and the breeze died away to a whisper. At first the luck was like that of Rainbow Sam of Arizona. But In about an hour the wind sprang up again, a fleece of clouds overcast the sun, and Sir Ebony. bp«r»Ti to M*«» 0~~0 in'»">-♦ In the feast we were spreading for his delectation. "In a&out v.an urn -Avar ..e took fifteen splendid ones, not one less than a two pounder and not one with less than a ton.of fight to the ounce of weight in his composition. And again the breeze sank, the sun shone out, and "there was nothing doing." .' .■ '. But about that time Bert found some thing to do. In the cruisings of himself and Ed around the little lake Bert sighted a small raft of cedar logs, no doubt con structed by some prowling market fish erman, ensconced in a bed of lilies which fringed a circular pool of clear cool water, and calling Ed's attention to it, suggested that it would be a good idea for one of them to mount the raft, and try his luck in the pool, while the other bestowed at tention elsewhere for the time. Ed, always up to try a promising scheme, agreed, climbed out on the raft; and Bert promising to call and take him off when the party gathered on the other bank for dinner, rowed away. Now this dinnering place wa3 in a nice little grove of trees, quite out of sight of the raft where Mr. Kremer was perched like Alexander Silkirk, and also out of range of Ed's eyes, so when Bert quietly gathered the rest of the party, and hied away for the grove and lunch, Ed could not see the movement, nor was the remnant slow to accept at par Bert's statement that Ed had landed, and gone to picking berries for dessert. Poor Ed never got a strike, and there hs stayed till Mr. Pow ers had about half finished his dinner when the inquiries about Ed became so pressing that Bert was good enough to in form the company that he had teft Mr. Kremer on the raft that he might have a good opportunity to wash his feet; that he thought it had lasted long enough; and that some charitable person ought to row out and bring him in. Which was done, but by the time the relief expedition had returned Bert was out of sight, and re turned not till Ed had "mitigated the hos- | tility" of his feelings with a good dinner. And we spent the rest of the day in taking three bass among the party, finally reach ing Frank's at 7 o'clock with eighteen big-mouths to show for a day's fishing of five rods. But as Adam Bede says: "There's no rubbing out a good time," and we had one, if it did take us till 1 o'clock Monday morning to reach home, home, and the mo&quitos nearly devoured us on the way. --C. 0. Kelly. GROWING IN FAVOR Rogue Getting Strong Hold on Lov ers of Quiet Sport. A TOURNAMENT IS POSSIBLE G. I. Royce, an Enthusiast, Invents a Modification Called Roollards. Although the season is almost too well advanced to look for a tournament, in terest in the game of rogue is steadily in creasing in Minneapolis. As the days grow shorter illuminated grounds are be coming the "regular thing," and the click of the balls can be heard on local courts long after sunset. At Paribault a club has recently been organized with twenty seven members. Two new courts are in course of construction near the golf grounds, the two clubs having joined in terests. At St. Peter, where the first tournament was held by the Western Rogue associa tion, the contestants entered into the play with great enthusiasm. As a direct result of the tourney the membership of the St. Peter club was swelled percep tibly, and- the cou-rt was given a general overhauling. It is now undoubtedly the finest court in the state. 0. J. Evans, one of the most enthusias tic "roquists" in the west, has taken up his residence at St. Cloud, where a new club and a new court will materialize within a month. The Golfer, published in the east, is doing much to advance the game, main taining, as it does, a distinct rogue de partment,- making the paper the official organ of rogue as well as of golf. The old Western Croquet association will be reorganized and renamed shortly, and there is a possibility that a grand tournament will be held yet this fall. Q. I. Royce, the rogue enthusiast, has recently originated a new game called "Rooliards," to be played on the rogue courts. It is a combination of rogue, pool and billiard shots. The points are counted by fives, tens, twenties and twenty-fives, making 150 the goal of the game. The cir cuit of the archer is the same as in the old game, but it is possible to count the game before half the circuit is made. It gives the fine player an admirabe oppor tunity to do scientific work. When un derstood, it, is likely to become very pop ular. Hew Hutchlnson Train via "The Milwaukee." On and after June 17 an additional pas senger train will be put on via C, M. & St. P. railway, between the twin cities and Hutchlnson (daily except Sunday). New train leaves Hutchinson 7:30 a. m., Glencoe, 8 a. m.; Plato, 8:09 a. m.; Nor wood, 8:18 a. m.; Cologne, 8:30 a. m.; and arrives Minneapolis, 9:45 a. m.; St. Paul, 10:20 a. m. Returning, leaves St. Paul, 4 p. m.; Minneapolis, 4:40 p. and arrives Glencoe 6:80 p. m., and Hutchinson, 7 p. m. G. A. R. Comrades! Remember your friends! The Minne apolis & St. Louis R. R. has made the cent a mile rate $14.82 to Cleveland and return Sept. 7, 8 and 9. Reserve your berth in tourist sleeper now. E. W. Mortimer, Past Dept. Commander, No. 1 Washington avenu* 3, MONDAY 1 gt "g^W^J^'tS^W. ' ■■ ■■'>''■ ■■'""■• '"' '■"'■■ :'■ ' ' -'■' " '■- '■' '-■ ..; ■ ; . ': ■ ■ \a:':. ' THE HUNTING DOG, I. The Murk* by Which This Stubble Field Indispensable May Be Se lected—Never Bay a Dog Without Seeing Him. When the lea\es have begun their chameleon-like change to brown and when the stubble in the flelda gleams yellow in the sun light, then the heart of the sportsman ti'rns to dcg and gun and he begins his pieparations for the (all cam paign against feathered game. To the true Nimrod there Is no joy on earth to be compared to a satisfactory day afield. He enjoys it all, even in anticipation, and counts no time lost that is devoted to planning for the autumn's sport. At this season the first thought of the experienced hunter is for his dog. With a good dog he knows a fair bag is assured; without one success is impossible. If he has a puppy, even though he may have entrusted it to the most skilful of train ers, he is always anxious to see the animal's performance and awaits the first day in the field with considerable trepida tion. If the dog, like himself, is an old campaigner, he is content to run him a bit, just to harden him for his work. In the case of a novice, with no dog, and with no very decided ideas as to the breed he prefers the problem becomes somewhat difficult. Shall he get an Eng lish setter, an Irish setter of a pointer? That is the question which bothers him, even during the work of the day. Jones, whose success afield is matter of common report, tells him an English setter is the dog he wants. Smith, trophies of whose skill appear annually upon the tables of his neighbors, pins his faith to a pointer; while Brown's Irish setter is said by his master to be able to scent a bird at a dis tance that makes the novice stare in surprise. Whatever breed is finally chosen the first rule to be observed is this: Never buy a dog without first seeing him; sec ondly, always buy an animal whose breed ing is a matter of record. Recently breeders have come to lay more stress upon dams than was formerly the case, and the general opinion nowadays seems to be that a good dam is much more im portant than a star sire. If the buyer does not know the good points of a hunt ing dog himself, he should entrust his choice to some disinterested friend who does, for much depends upon the dog, and his breeding and "points" are important. Without disparagement to either the Irish setter or the pointer it may be said truthfully that fanciers, of late years, have come to regard the English setter as the hunting dog par excellence. The breed is of hardy endurance, intelligent and with the scent keenly developed. By its friends the well-trained English setter i 9 said to have a greater range and at the same time to hunt its field more thoroughly than any other dog yet bred. The skull of a good setter is not so heavy as that of a pointer. It should be long and narrow, with moderate dome, and with the brows at a sharp and decided angle from the nose, while the stop should be well defined, with a slight furrow be tween the eye 3. The nose should be long and of a width in harmony with the size of the skull without any fullness under the eyes. Between the eyes and the point of the nose the muzzle should be straight. The nostrils should be wide apart and with large openings, while the end of the nose should be moiet and cool. The jaws should be exactly 9qual in length; the lips of a form to show a rather square muzzle, not too full or pendent at the angles. The eyes must be full of animation and should be of a rich brown color. The ears should be carried closely to the cheeks, hung well back and eet low, of moderate length, slightly rounded at the ends and without the slightest tendency to prick or show the inside. They should be clothed with silky hair about two inches in length. In marking a dog In bench competitions the head counts twenty points. The neck should be long and lean; never throaty. The shoulders and chest, not too heavy, should be formed to permit perfect freedom of action to the forelegs when in an extended stride. The shoulder blades should be deep, wide, sloping well back end standing close together at the top. The chest, between the blades, should not be heavy enough to suggest undue weight on the forelegs, either great depth or great width at this point being objection able. The drop in the chest ehoul'd be just back of the elbows, the chest sloping upwards from this point toward the neck, permitting the dog to carry his neck and head up with ease. The loin should be strong and of moder ate length, slightly arched, but not to the extent of making the dog wheel-backed. The back should be strong at its junction with the loin, sloping upwards in a slight rise to the top of the shoulders. Any sway or drop in the back is to be avoided. The hip bones should be prominent and wide apart, the quarters wide at the top and well muscled. The arm should be flat, muscular and strong, with the bone fully developed and with the muscles hard and devoid of flabbinese; of good length from the point of shoulder to the elbow; and well let down at such angle as will bring the legs fairly under the dog, the elbows in proper position being on a line with the bottom of the chest. The elbows and toes should point straight from rear to front, and the foreleg should be flat and taper gradually from the elbow to the pas tern joint. It should feel hard with no looseness of skin. The pasterns should be short, strong and nearly round. The hind legs should have wide, muscular thighs, a well developed lower thigh and wide, fiat hocks. The so-called "cow hock" is objectionable. The feet require careful consideration as the utility of the dog depends upon them. Of the two types the round, or cat foot, is much to be preferred to the long, or hare foot. The feet should be closely set and well padded, with toes well arched and covered with short, thick hair. The stern, as the tall is called, should be carried straight or with a slight curl upwards, not higher than the level of the back. Any tendency to curl upwards be yond that point or turn sideways is a fault. It should taper to a fine point, with only length enough to reach the hocks or less. The feather must be straight and silky, falling loosely in a fringe and tapering to a point when the tail is raised. There must be no bushi ness whatever. The coat should be flat and of moderate length with an absence of curl. In condition it shows gloss and quality. The feather on the legs should be thin and regular. Color is largely a matter of fancy, and too much stress should not be laid upon it. The harmony of all the points must not be overlooked. Symmetrical dogs will be slightly higher at the shoulders than at the hips. Experience indicates that the best size for (fogs is from forty to fifty-five pounds. The height should be from twen ty-two to twenty-three inches at the shoulder. If these points are observed and the pur chaser finds himself able to secure a dog embodying at least the most important of them he need not fear for the result, pro viding, of course, the animal has been properly trained. The training of a good English setter is in itself a fine art, and, too much Importance can not be placed upon It. If a horseman "wanted to buy a run ning horse he would go to a breeder of that class of stock and then examine care fully the pedigree of the animal offered him. Afterwards he would entrust it to a competent trainer, not to a stable boy. The Bame course of procedure must be ob served with the dog. Buy one of known pedigree from a reliable breeder, and then see that he is properly handled and taught •what is expected of him In the correct manner. Such a course is somewhat ex pensive to begin with, but the result more than compensates for the outlay. A "bad dog can only cause a good huntsman trouble. A good dog can frequently reform a bad hunter. ENING, AUGUST 26, 1901. BIG COURSING MEETS Their Approach Causes Activity Among Hound Owners. MINNEAPOLIS DOGS IN TRAINING The Aberdeen Cup to Be Run For at Madison, S. D., an At tractive Prixe. Minneapolis followers of coursing are all agog in anticipation of the big fall meetings. Their long, tall and slim grey hounds are being sleeked up for the big stakes. A new club has been formed at Madi son, S. D., and the Aberdeen cup stake Is to be run there Sept. 25, 26 and 27. The cup is valued at $500, and this with the $400 added money makes a rich stake, well worth a try by ambitious coursers throughout the northwest. The derby will also invite a large entry, as breeders have been preparing "for the event for the last two years. John Carlton of Minneapolis will send out his Temple and Lady Falconer litter, and no more promising young dogs ever went out of slips. They are the very riches tof imported stock. Harry Laird of Redwood Falls will train Mr. Charlton's fleet youngßter, Ce lerity. In all, Mr. Charlton should have out about eight good ones. He has the dogs on the go night and day. Sam F. Handy of 815 East Eighteenth street, divides honors with Mr. Charlton. Mr. Handy, perhaps, has more greyhounds in training than any hound fancier in the west. They are crackerjacks, every one. At present he has twelve puppies, 14 and 16 months old, in the hands of "Honest Jim" Sweeney, one of the best trainers in the United States, who is best known on the coast. Mr. Sweeney is now train ing at Millette, S. D. Handy will go the circuit with his string, taking in the Aberdeen cup, the American Waterloo at St. Louis, Mo., and the great futurity at Friend, Neb. Several California coursers are going to Madison, S. D., to train for these events, which will give the meets an unusual prestige. The winner of the Aberdeen cup ■will carry honors second only to the Waterloo cup winner. It is run on the open prairie, while the Waterloo is in an enclosure or park, which, in a great measure, detracts from its value. The open is the only place to test thor oughly the mettle of the greyhound, the Jacks being on their native heath and fa miliar with the country. The Aberdeen cup is offered by the Ab erdeen, S. D., club, to become the prop erty of any man who wins it three times in succession. It has been won by Rus sell of Castle, 111., by the late Nelson P. Whiting of Minneapolis, and the last two times by W. D. Markham of Millette. S. D. Mr. Handy has Just missed winning Jt twice through ill luck. The Futurity, a new club formed at Lincoln, Neb., last fall, is for young dogs only. They must have been whelps after Jan. 1, 1900. Up to the present time there have been 148 entries to this stake. Messrs. Charlton and Handy have about twenty in this stake, and the latter is the owner of Ben Bolt, raised by N. P. Whiting. Ben Bolt is the sire of the largest number of entries in the futurity stake. other important local events will follow those mentioned. The west is full of blue-blooded grey hounds, and more stakes "will be put on east year. Minneapolis should have one of these meets in the near future, now that the Minnehaha track Is in running order. TWO MICH FOR HIM Holbein Fails to Swim the En«ll«h Channel. After being in the water twelve hours and forty-six minutes, Holbein collapsed and nearly drowned six miles from Dover, Saturday, in his attempt to swim across the English channel from Cape Gri»-Nez. The tug which accompanied him took him unconscious from the water and carried him to Dover. His eyesight was badiy effected by the salt water. By Saturday evening he had recovered consciousness, and announced his intention of attempt ing the feat again. How Bisrneas Count*. 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