An ancient mod "Better Than Wolves" from way back has a line in the read me
3) Install the client-version of Minecraft Forge (http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/514000-api-minecraft-forge/)
I was wondering if this was a mistake as I'm unable to find forge for any pre release versions. BTW the mod old versions of BTW is no longer available to anyone. Thank you
EDIT: A crash report when launching has the string which suggests it needs forge
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: forge.ITextureProvider
added entire crash report
ModLoader.txt