ipibmomee nee 0 8-0 Seth 08 0b Sevens cette wet aee ea eeumre mead mis some Sneed eS reer =" ae Sere wens oe eae cae rk ot S. ea Pe eee Bm ew a i oe Oran ++ Sao ate ie =< Prey - ; Sa pew ae nseranee Mnndutrcces, E tr - . or tee es . Sor ‘ : phe seme “ee o AW Ne : . = res = * 2 A » ane ee new oe oe . . . = s vi cheb Soares = : I ror pl a : : = - oaee rae : : : ste = Se eng Pere esers Ste ae ee Ree et ane eet wes, a I Pm i en ee en ROE citi aes paces Seren tats un 2 bss coasts meetin Ps. ‘ as ' Sentral ; RNeee Mp ee neers F rr , pa ae RN awe paste 3 See eer a b. fy ah A t z % . ic hae i ae Bt ef Ditere Wikis PKS: me ay, Ae A Journal of Field and Aquatic Sports, ANGLING, SHOOTING, THE KENNEL, PRACTICAL NATURAL HISTORY, EFish Culture, Protection of Game, AND THE INCULCATION “IN MEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY INTEREST ee Se OUTDOOR RECREATION AND STUDY. VOLUME XVII. August, 188d--Eebrmuary, 1882. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COME AN NEW YORK. 1882, FOREST AND STREAM, INDEX--VOLUME XVII. EDITORIAL. Adirondack Guides............,.. “ Amateurs and Expert¢. pes rss ey bane er in Winter. eieerele * Angling as an Art,. Mates arid is Abe tations Angling Quotations.. PS a tiahhe sags 203 Mtalantaoni levy sss cascade Ce ica he ih Atlanta Rifle Tournament, B65 tiPoouetop! 284 Banks, John Allen......... speared se3senee 263 Banks, paddene: Crane..... Benton, Col Je Ge 5.0. : i Bird-Nesting. . Diabet se sdethteckeeshine Ae Black Bass, Bpoon tA ede ees secu on 3, Blood Poisoning from Fish.....,....... vere 84 Brooklyn Gun Club... ....ccceecessceveeres 803 OULESIUG? Geos nines cere oat seman ners 123 Bye-Ways of the Northwest.4, 144, 163, 204, 224, 265, 324, 384, 404) 484 MIST PMI VABION oa. van ae ne eed ys ae ree seen e » 4638 Christmas........: Ao ee ont ett . 403 Clay Pigeous......... : 163 Connecticut Fish Commis: - 504 Coursing............4+ Wen ewihuses iene tee 83 Creedmoor Mesting......-.-......-. 63, 123, 144 ‘* Cruelty” of Pizeon Shooting............. 264 Death Traps....5s 2 ses seesesess eset ss-beasb 84 Delaware Commission... ........c2eeeseeee 483 Dittmar’s se cae oe ae eres saessess, 145, Dog Asvloms' ys Seecusees chstactmurrsetess 124 Dog Fish Tiiliaetaee eter nme 63 Dog is Personal Property...... ene 324, 444 Dogs f Smothered. ..... eve wet slertieasr ea wecee 04 Dog Praiging. 2.2. ee sweep ee versessecess 280; Ducking Ground Routes....... A ye ++ 205 Dunraven in Nova Scotia..............- weoe O44 Harly Shooting Hints...... POA conc andes Ch: Hastern Field ‘Trials..........0.08-.-0- 248, 323 Ril EeaT Ota Lsihe teens ryasiae smaia-e setiaaad so eee « 843 Encampment Hotel...... Je . 4 English Sparrow 104 English 8 ,arrow’s Obituary. . 84 Esto Perpetua, Piacente es rience crsaae at «. 83 Farmers and Sportsmen................ 264, 284 Field Rifle Practice........... Tier erens cece Field Trials......... Fire-arms Stupidity Fish Commissioners’ aie eae sah etapa 166 Fisculture, Defending....... Seah eke ho 63 Fishculture, Results Of... Riakisie anlaty ythectals 163 Mists ROP SG MOTEL. ~ ak ys ate.s pale ces ae bets ates io Fly-Casting, English Tournament......... » 264 Flying Squirrels. As Paperedg a Selae glee Pek ae AOS EOMODABLEM CLI, sete odornteiers ae Re letlem eintclaiietele 44 Forum, Field and Flood........,... seceeses 423 Frog Culture ......... Peele ties cetdane bees 43 MCLANIL DLO bos olniae sa sly alvelriansic ei tevina tastes tee 184 Game Exportation.... ais Sa ott 823 Game Fishes...... Aor 323 Game Protectors. .. 244, 504 Garfield's Death. ...........--.0s06 aC hatks 143 Garlick, Dr. Theodatus..........2...ece00s 364 CGT AI os ieee te «bobs paabieisigle paid ates sre 64 Great Sowth Bay... pals cecck eee tlesssvinris eee 103 Great Sportsman’s Route................. 424. Greenwood Lake Salmon..............+.... 104 MATIN CL BET s ole ee cine ste vclnecln tL dials wtieerieeiare Gunther Criticised........ PRIS SSNAIGSS eee este ee citar es dese ent et Importation-of Foreign Birds. ............ mad Indiana Fish Commission .,.........«++ te 183 International Gallery Match............ , o44 International Military Match. .303, 384, 443" 5038 International Rifle Match Company fe one 243 Interviewing a Sensible Trout.............. 83 EPA (kee NU ASK wet yen sy lect aie fits aioe 143 Kennel Edisor....... Kitty Hawk Bay Club...........seeceeerees 145 Lake George Meet... lard satv ott ote Seb MUGDSbeL, VUWWs dea. Pete esicsesaciésdvee te adet 24 Long Island Fishculture..........c.ceeseeee 23 McLellan’s Poems - WES fze ag eieeaee Bete be UB6Hs Bhan dbnide Magazine Rifles for the Army.............. 404 Maine Game Wa'dens...... “Prog eee seer ot 283, 344 Maine Moose Murderers Match Ooad:tions..,... Moore, John P........ Moseley, Alexander... ....-.ccseeeereres oe Now York Observer..,. New York Yacht Club. . Off-Hand Shooling.. Oneida Lake Poacuers.. Ortyx Virginianus in Toshiro eee 23 Oscar Ye Wild Goeth a-Amgling............ 453 Otag» Acclimatization Socisty ir he ery <: 318 Pigeon Tournaments,....-..-+....- 203, 223, 263 Pistol Shooting........2.... rake ee 268, 343, 483 Plaster Caatslof Dogs. .....ievessrcoveactse 44 Pot-Luck Dinoer, Pot-Luck Poetry Pseudouyms in Natural History Notes,..... 46¢ Quail for Springfield.........2....ceeeeeeee 344 Quail, Live,...2...05.. oda: Sc Ant moots: . 264 Quail, Value of.. Rail Shooting............. ene Rooster, The Old Red.. : St. Nicholas Gun Club.................. eee Salmonidw of the Columbia............-- Salmon on Virginia Coast......... Sotelenstare‘d Shad Eggs Transportalion., Shooting, Tha. Skylarks on Long causa Snake Climbing... Sparrow Bounties... Sportamen’s Ethies.... Superstition Lingers........ See oxitgs 25 Sees Sweepstakes and Gambling............2055 Swindle Exposed ae Target Shooting Accident........s+..+. saet Tennessee Fichculture.......0-s.s-ssssesee LOVUBISCOL Aiur essen ies ene Vail, Aaron 8 Sport as Brain-Food........ pdarhisie aims hs Story of the Juniper Swamps.... Sturgeon, The (POCtLY). cee eeee ees ” Before the House...........-.. Texas attaotinns: ahr porn ronan Wild Hog of Hampden..... ie With a Hunting Knife...,......... Yellowstone, Six Weeks on.. .. Yucatan, Forests of,.... Yucatan, Glance at........... Vertebrates, Manual of...... ee ereten eta Ce NATURAL HISTORY, Acclimatization,.... Suipeld wena ee a Heine eg. aire Wild Fowl on raat Island.,.. Albino Swallow...... qieeeaenn’ Wild Hog of Hampden,... Wolfe Shooting Case. Woodchuck, Edible Yacht Racing... Year’s Review Alligator’s Digestion. Alligator, Habits of.. Ant “Intelligence Avizona Food............ Beayer’s Range....... Birds WlightOleasecepseapecests dur ues ‘tye? Bird Skins, ErepOUNe $4 ssenveee sae eOdy SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Adirondack Notes All Hands Asleep.......... American Sporting Literature... 4 Animal Myths of the Iroquois.,......... 305, on An Invalid in the Field........ Atlantic Coast Shooting Grounds Aut ODlogeARbigal Fragments. . Autobiography of Munch Standwell. € Bermuda Winter Walk. Big Bear of Hermosa,.. Birch Canoe Buildin British Columbia, Hunt in.,,.............. Care vs. Covt oe Chat by an Old Typo Chinese House Boat, In a.............+ naire Coming of Winter (poetry) Critical Event (poetry) Cropsing the Range..,.-..-. Cruire of ‘* The Nipper”. Currituck and Dare........ pale Ralphs oe fe December Day (pvetry).. Down with the Flood, Dreaming Under the Pine Dreams and Streams of the Past # (poste). ihe Auluma Reverie... Canada Poroupine in Maryland... ate Seats beh: chem bee ar Changed in the Oradlo........ 2... ceeeeee- ae Clogged Fect of Partridge... “286, 326, 366, mee Copperheads in New England Crab’s Sideway Motion... Crows Hatiog Fish. . Grows Holding Court. Fn Cuckoo Breeding Dakota, Birds Obgeryed in.......... Development, Retarded................0.2 Deer Feeding by Moon WO GSIIMOT EAE okie ania aln Wee efor on thee Divining Rod............... Aoretro so ....047, Duck’s Appetite........ Sooohbdgsar Hagle as Fisherman Eagle’s Fight with Geese. RSE OrNA eG. eek seat sete Fish and Poe Showers... ERY. ONG Wile OTA UL mrereseta le pereerete esate ett see areata Fox, A Queer.. Frightened to Death.. Fulica Americana Game Birds, Enemies of... rete ewer es ween sen eens L006 | CUCKOO DICCOING,....- ss enees eden wecumensee, 446 ee ee -208, 229, 306, EU) ol Nebe sonseeh ole e eiear enue eet hie ntact 366, 407, 498, 466, Fearless Doe, A.. : 46, First Day Ou‘ F orida Game Resorts Foreater School of Bathos.. Poe Great Sonth Bay.......-..-2+-.5 Ae death Green Pond, Conn Hathan Bog, Trip to...-..... Rosteantioy ne Hunter in Atrica..........+-. reer le ee ae Maiithe AG Mas hay wy rplaseeirute eee Seen Towa, Sport im Nor thivestern. BS a he pred tarclare Keuka Lake Par ty Kiog and Bartlett Lakes. Lake Gesrge Notes Lake Poygan, Minn.....-.......+ ran Leayes from a Loy-Book Garter Snakes Hating Fish. Gorilla in England Grouse Swallowing Snakes 3 Gunther's Literature and Mo phography « of 86 Pde meer ens eer eraensene Horus Embed jod in Wood. Horse Hair Snakes........ Spada Saas she & 407 Lake es Mammals...., zt Range and Rotary ae Magalloway County..... ... Mark Cock!,...... Memory in Lions Minnesota Fin and Feather, Minnesota Game Resorts MQG erty, “ATS ssecbetde -nrveeetils winians, cipustateon tates ts Moosehead Lake to the Main St. John.. My Wrst Rogue Elephant Newfoundland Grouse Shooting’....,.. Newfoundland Sport and Game..... henwkiss Night Hunt, A...........065 Sabbah <4 326 Night Race aga nst Death,. Oc\ober (poetry). Okeechobee to the Gulf..... ........ Then ee **Ole Wheel-r” Parrot on i:s Travels........0-00. 0s DIN a Peuple of the Pines..........., ret eee 825 Piovyer (poetry) Mud- anes Swallows. . “ New England Bird Life’. Opossum Feigning Death.. Gresolunieal Papers Partridge, Tame..... Sareea cals Parrut Stories..... sional soe Quail, Rating a hirty Nai Quail in Confinement,. Qaail’s Parasites... .+.sese ee essere eee sees . 268 Rabbit Nuisance in New Zealand..........-- eon elie alatsleicnniesete ois: fate a semana ist Rattle-nuke and Copperhead. lialtlesnake’s Fangs Rkuffed Grouse, Coloring of Shore Birds, Migrations of. Snake Climbing Trees. Snakes and Squirrels. Snakes, Habits of.... Snow Geese..........0...- Snowy Owls..... TFetaavemss ** Podgers”’ Pats a Motion............4 +-++ 105 Po-t-Piandial "Possum “ Piospectors’ Dinver (poetry) Quaiut Ways of Dare Conuty Kevord of Honor, Reminiscence of tha War.... Riverside Romance lioughing It iu Rubber... Seven Ponds,....... eerie Seymour's Island, Southwe-t Virginia Deer Drive Sparrow Curse in Australia........ ~...-407, 440 Sparrow Poems..... Spreuilog Adder Squirrel Habi's............ PAGE Winds, Enemies riepitcags opsrct > 06 Squirrel, the Red.......... Seeesecateareeus a Squirrels, Weight of.,.....sceeeeee+0222429, 467 Strateszy vs. Streng BL ead ea eeed caer aa" Turtle, ‘Fish or Game? stterereesehST, 207, 228 Turtles, Longevity of......,..scsceeeyeeees 167 Vis Medicatrix Nature ...........+.+.187, 247 26 ae rect Lore........ sta slates} cheese a Fosetesin il igeon, Former Abundance of...... . 2 Wild Turkeys....... Ae eC ape? ve e+ 0429, 437 Wolves, Something About..........0.-..0-. 447 Woodchuck Edible.....5.......cceesseceeue 187 Woodchuck Habits...........ccssescuseses» 69: Woodchuck Weight....... ioesetsinteteisiss our MaeO Woodcock, Late Hatching aoa eee one 208 Woodpeckers, Habits of. -.+..907, 847, 387, 487 507 Woodpeckera, Tame....csseceeeeceeeseses-+ 166 ——__ 9 —__. GAME BAG AND GUN. AB C of Wing Shooting.......,........... 429 Adirondack Deer and Forest............... 269 Adirondack CBCRsa0, es ie Rakaivies 48, Tu Ancient Gun...........- cecncescieseescenODy 189! Atkansas Game Country.............-.4... 480 Arkansas Trappers............ Arkansas Turkey Hunt.........s¢esenee;- 47 Asiatic Birds for America.........cesceese. 49 Badly Scared Man......... AAA Barnegat Duck Shooting..... Barnegat Sneak Box....... Battery, A New......--+--- -369, 440 Gun Testing Machine.....+srersessres+ae0 2 Havre de Grace........ len aetate area honk etn ame : High Paint Holblonyoaeeaee dees, Aa ON I 390 / of ee LY rer Th INDEX. 3 PacE| SEA AND RIVER FISHING. ae F ; Hinckley HiOt of 1818, ...,..eysecere+-ce+ 968 AND FISHCULTURE. Meats NOME ome AL abierc ill si eek etapa a8 et Safed RHE Eat BGs, .Waaieb berths { eh PAGE | Missouri, Angle in.....-. \ AN a 411 | Fishing Rode, Making... S tes ¢ hem ewe eERe emee : i 3 ts Hollidaysburg Noles. --+» 89 | Adirondack Preserve, ....-..ee1e- eee eeees 511 rE een eis shes re eS ze Dore sh nad Hora, Hunting......-. aS SE get Mae ee ~:++ 4 | Moosehead Lake.....+.-.+.+ressssveccsssee 92 | Florida Gamo Country. ie due poecteata fase Hunter’s Trait....-.-+-- ign Ae ee ars: Saat Serves te nna ce Ate aS aa i North Carolina Trout and Salmon..,....... 452 | Ply-fishing, Stylea of..,,......... Tilinois Convention....+-.+.0-..eeeeees+--s 29 | Albatross, ‘Avgling “neo Pa oer pu cslye AIS Es Senlrl : a Nebiaska I'ish Commiseion,........,. Hh ADOC ulin! eiese a laweaur seta iesa ine eee O78 Hacettepe Gronnds, ye eens ee tt aon in Inland Waters....... ETVERO eee Fa Renton 173 | Great Northern Diver 495 red gs aap A rhs Wea Cor iumtot Angling: :s.sssrccsscsvieccdeccces Descrevsewtscuerecsrreny Sep wis ay ‘ jorthern Diver....... setiseeees AD Indiava Game Centre.......... . 112 | Amphicecions Fishes,...........e.0eer es Eten ishing on the... hte or eee le mm ney 2 rhe es < Monument... rs tere a India Game Law,...,......,eeee eee es 89 | Anvlex in Winter......... New Fiat ts Ne Tae Uh 72 Ma ard Hom a + bebe Walnd neue ont ereeesnenans rts Machine for Testing Ganb..-.s...c.000ee ‘ ‘Belgian Deyil”,,...:+> Sy etree tps seen rr Pasnovivania ARG ee ee Aaa Sismp Dévlets, es even cua eee Maine Game Notee,.....-.s.0seceseeseees Berlin Exhibition...... ognseoreoassBUly ie ing jf 7 ak the apne rian wcpaan MCE “Aas oe Ti Vabal | Bian Beieas LT eae: tertersoo tee MilinetG@ame Wardons...0.lensUka dk cael. 910 | Black Bass, Book of........cccssccceee eee sila eT aan Ae ea ae Coen re in aig facta | ales vualele-e Pep ees pane deeawes ) Maine Lurge Game.,.....-..5..-2352-.,275- 112 | Back Bass, Grabs in..... [avheeees ie erel at re 8 ata eseee wh pages ong te eh ; pee resh Water ..........++ ».. 17 Maine Warde is. .....,. «++ +289, 881, 349, 367 | Black Bassin Michigan... sqeeaeiin ee eT Roost ty Peseta ced ct ATE Pa et AISCIGEACN tae Rt Lee tee eee Black Bass in New Hampshire kes un Ae oe h. aaa eetaT -aehe A pe Hou Ciena pete ras vies footie Michigan Game Law... .. oe Back Buse in Pennsylvania... eae Fa in Susquehanna....... ibe NG ee uc Deeoree Sel vewtlaal eainleen neared: Mineral Mountain Game...............2005 329 | Back Bass, Large Worms in.....+-+.---.51, 1 Pos. 4 Poe sera inci eimen sts chats tensed fond 238 teen he ote Wei nl Minnesola Chicken Seasons ...4.-0s.0+-ers 69 | Black Bass near New York..... pire has rece WO eee in Jail, ,-...- Npmearars tg fee cttite won | tre ROE METER Blood Poisoning from Fisk. Or eae gq | Pompano, Large......-. pene peenees. 1 | Waterproofing Canyas.... Bluefish ig... in en he: Bas iebeael 931 | Quinnat Salmon i in Greenwood Lak 93 Waterproofing Hooks.. BR defishing at Cape. May. epee eae ere: 31 AEAAROR, UeR Tera eas nts ae SV ORRG bratrs bats antrhtomytee ; Bluefish in Great South Bay. Beara sic 10 ainbow Trout in New York. WOR C Oss asics tadiectboess Sl Hsee ». 450 Biue Gls, 1881,...... Dh inthe Ane east 31 Red Drum at Cape Web yene ans bios ote a So taan tere eto Worms in Puppy..,..0.+.-+eeeee Afiomnepe ot Gi Miesoui Notes.....cs00s0csee Pitas Ay ‘7. 290 | Bosher's Dam HBHWAY Panta etie i sear 52 Lee aa Sw ate See Dog py 191 | Wyoming Game............. a Palee es Ga siaes 3 137 Mobile Club Dinner.,,.........-,.... ...+. 889 | Bream in Georgia........... See HU neous Tea wee L OBY-c-=24 ere : Monopolies, Game .........eseueeeeeees 48, 89 | California Angling... recseenererereny « S71 | BE i dl Pe a ater Lawes... sisi he Monrve County Notes...... Hoos Mecano ... 210 | Qalifor in Salmon Eggs...0000. 122, » ABA ea Fok PES a Zarate we aisle sigis ke Saat a RIFLE AND TRAP. Montauk Fowls Shooting..........e..++.+.+» 332 | California Salmon in P North Carolina. 371 ee Sone Oia Dect srtecR Shree pat bi ath pa Montauk, Old Times at......... 888 | Canada Noies......... : owing in & CirClO.... ss. .ssevereeeereeeees g | Atlantn Tournament.......4. saps aan ae SOG Moriches Bay Dack............. 418 |} Canadian Fisheulture-, See of the Columbia. ......-..+.--.- Canadian Military Scores................... 176 Muskrate, Indian Meth sd of Catching.,.... 408 | Canadiaa Fishery Statisties..... 5 Bite ats rade paetinite atek ae Canada’s Wimbledon........-ss:ess.e-- i86, 195 Muzzle-Loader ys. Breech-Losder,. 350, 467, Canoeing in Northern Michigan... "212; 23%, Balen Ais ene ULL OOD SANG 2 wihiaae crm tants Chicago Tournament,..............+.. Shade. EBS 490, 609 952, 974 | Salmon on Virginia Coast.......-... . Concealed Weapond....,sserssersecesacce.s 98 National Association......... otra at «+++. DLL | Caps Cod Resort....,...... pinto dnb sot 311 Sane River, ldaho....... rides Oreedmoor, Fall Mecting...-..+..2.+2.s. 20 B87 Nebraska Deer Mint... .5 es Seaerevse. coe || Garp, Cookin Ay uacecsauseecieuelun ws 512 eva et ve . Fresh Water Fishes... Creedmoor, Season of 1881, .-.....-..-.b6, 158 Nebraska Game Grounds...........- Ange 29 | Carp for New Jersey.......... RA idee reg B51 eran ; ang sae a Gymnastic Markmanship........+++0+20+0-. 895 Newfoundland Caribou Shooting......,,.,. 291 | Carpin Kansas................ eee heey . 130 Ps a pene et Hin ge ce ive Hancock on Rifle Shooting......--.. . 195 New Jersey Game........20..s.008 POs ds 5 331 | Carp in Missouri.............. BAS Oh 3a Reena’ for ond Outlets......-sreeeeseees 933 | International Match,........ 816, 416, 456, 515 New Jersey Party South............ ho ne 867 | Carpin Tennessee..............0.-. 52, 275, 301 eeu reste Reue theeseneece treetagt est oy | Military Gallery Shooting...,..-..-- Wig es 876 New Year in the Woods (postry). . 431 | Carp in Virginia........... eee Hee Papen a Bes in Se We =tene regen vane tea National Rifle Club. ....:-..sce.eeeces0s wavs 158 New York Boy's Adyenture,........ Nipes 8 70 | Carp Inyasion.. ......... Neel Cee we 463 Slee Bee tr pom teat PERL Gabo Got Aa National Rifle Association Meeting......... 474 North Carolina Club Grounds....;. ...349, 867 | Carp is Game.... 2.2... .ceee ee sec cree eseee BON Eien Dataraee | BEOM nea ea seneee +4 Off-Hand ys. Hip Regt............ ..., 375, 416 North Carolina Duckiug Trip........... ... 488 | Carp Take Bly............ 4 poe akin 123 2 ak in alee ee Meee muse ty eres Old-Time Pigeon Scores.. weseerss= B14 Novel Hunting Methods........---+-+0-+0-- 309 | Catfish, Marine......... 190 Se Awe a ae AIP. .-- +04 tees Olto..... Meee see pe 38 Liane October Deer Sta!king........ ons deus. 250, Codfish, The Gamy.. 149 ile rs i AD- HAWN Gs +--+ ss sneee she 191 Pietol Shooting... .......... ‘815, 416, 496 Ohio Game Notes....... tees ,692|\Obsnnel Bassis/:-let¢100c-bice ees oc dee ga | Silver Salmon... ...2..-s.essecye.es rrrsstts “U9 | Rensselaerwyck, Fall Meeting... 215 Ona of the Old Fello-rs ey Dela lata Bake-oh we yey yitsbartolaterioh te, 51 | Skaneateles Lake Poachers.-0..0.2200.1..0. 14g | Slaughtering Clay Pigeons......s.01scs00+- 184 Ontario Shooting Notes. .... 148 | Clam, To a (pootry)..... ..... caren ey wena! ze pubeoniads Publications.... ssee++-+e++ - Bi | Lt: Paul Tournament........022:ss2seee00 1b Osakiz, Minn.......... Stee Re ees 30 | Colorado Fisheulture...-...----..c.0. sel, Pi REN ee Ct ITB ssessverereesenes jag | Target, Self Registering. ..6.....seveseese+ 255 Over the Sea,,.........05 Se ER es es ane 109 | Colorado Hatchery... ......e.ccsccaceeees. 98 vena OUD. ae casees 92 Pennsylvania Inia) Cae A eye sépeac AAs 292 | Collecting and Proserying EVAN years Hees 492 Baca beck pee Sos iy U 452 e Philadelphia Notes....... Vets ebrees ...+.30, 331 | Connecticnt Fisheulture,.... ...... «504, 512 Sie 4 Be oe ft ada ‘4 130 KENNEL. Philadelphia Resorts..............0000. ..-. 290 | Delaware Fish Commission................. 483 aces fi eas at ewport.. sreeee 213 * Pigeon Tournaments... ...230, 269, 289, 308, Dinkingdeerecseeie yds aoe tnee ely M12 | ee rchanne, Fishing. TTT Btg | COCwerB. wesw eee Vid deed arteaecne he 332, 370, 431 a Distilleries and Fish......, oc Ataet verted: 299-| Susquehanna Fishing. -......... See gas cite Cockers and Treed Grouge..i.+rrsesesesess 234 Pigeon Trapping........ iene eee ees LOM peel ube Wttlised sey. eee eemmeE ey > 63 Swedish Visbing Beliefs..........0... vsere« 411 | Gockersin the Field......... cas bie Port Jefferson hooting... > SO ee ee 29 | Epochs in Fishoulture...... moe Peg 2S Oe 1650, 274 Tarpon Fishing. .......ssssssseseeseeeeenes 72 Cocker Spaniel Nell....2s-csssaccnsasess... Sh SBE ee OLED Tete aoa iitare ..-. 431 | Escanaba Fishing............4 Ae Hee 0) Tarpon or Tarpum?......... Sa ee a ag Color, Breeding for...... steereeesenareeens 11S Powder Horn, Old............. sserseees+:. 271 | Filamentous Appendages of [oS Fy ea als Rereine es? eh ete ahd Resi bates 65 8 | Collie and Sheep Dog..-..ssssceeecasceeeer 194 Prairie Chicken Shooting.,..., ....-..--.9, 30 | Fish Butchery in Indiana....,... | 74 | Pench Importation....,+-+.+++s+++e++++++5 371 | Collie’s Sagacity... Premature Explosion............. eel ey 510 | Fish Commissioners, List of.. | 16g | Lennesseo Notes...............-.+2+.-.812, 891 | Gonstantinople Dogs... Quail and ‘Traps..... Pe Petite tasieicsttamy ne a8 271 | Fishculture, Defending... 63, 163 rete sacs sessvicoucerrcecererce sane ca Countess Royal...... Quail) Oxreiotebive-.2 8 ei eece enennes . 448 | Fisheulture, Regulls of.. 173 Ree ishoultare. 1.02. * 943 | Count Nailer...., Quail in Noith Carolina .. «e+», 449 | #ish Eggs Differ......... Py 3 | Doxas Fish Lays.........- tet eeeeeeeererees B 39 Coursing Club Rabbit Hunting for ae aes 380 | Fisheries, Britizh and Fo. ‘eign. ie eee 1ST nese (N. ¥.) Fishing...-..- zs oesis 1 Dachshunde Triald.......c++sseesseneeseyes 54 Rabbit Taking to Water. . --.10, 90 Fishermen's Aid to Scienca....... msieeet posal: Tim Pond, LNG ella Oe phal tiy ig D ‘24, 82, o Daisy.......+ deere Stee eeeeeene seeasreyee BOA RMU GHOUnIR resigns deel ete wees ous mae day ee ola|| shove oniyr meh rete ee ance ohn Ci 253 Top-Minow, Stracture and Incubation, . 3 Distemper...........2+eeeeee vigenetrasases 194 Heail’ SoOree Ui). o2le! auleaaliee cleleete ry oe - 129 | Fish in an Oyster Shell......... Ce SLLLEIT! 433 | Emple Hook... ....sssesseeee ware ais Dog Bites on Sunday.......+s.ss.scss cece. 114 Rail Scores.........-... Saaevepekeet eyes nO, 100) | ooishine t.ho. beversecsvsverssess, 60 | Jtolling on Lake Superior........ + 27 Dog Catchers’ Tricks......... apn clap ere ene sie 133 Rail Shootiug....-..-..0.-+ pian saaerer4 sl eninninertoimU minuuene sca ene ONE A eee 288 Trout, Canned. ....... Sora whee se abim a te ee Dog Dealers..........-. tere tees 283 Rail Shooti:g Scores,.........--.0. veorvres 111 | Fishing near Oswego, N. Y¥...-.......... aM Trout Growth in Wisconsin ...+..-+-.-.++- : Hate Eastern Field Trials....... 334, 352, 371, 478, 494 Rangeley to Arnold’s Bog,.-........2-.04 -, 488 | Fishing Wheel .............055 bas ey, 50 Trout im Siberia... 0... sess sees seer eens 171. ae Eastern Field Trials Club....,..,21+1022.+. 193 Reminiscences of Forty Yeas.... ee 189, 211 | '‘ Fish Stories ”............. emis anand seek DO, Prout; Larges. eeveeesreerees i, 32, 14, 171, 213 | Regex County Hunt........4--..1- ee 473 Reyolvers and Muzzle-Loaders.. da 148 | Fishery Law of New York..,.........-..-.. 93 | Pruthe, A Few...,.... peter ereenaes rhereees 112 | fercise for Ohained Dog....,....... nee 74 RachtodiWikes... cdi seees i Maricedac ch o. ~ B50 Fly Casting in Bugland. .......... 151, 264, 238 PoE ney aueLnalcuceereteomnae era Coca tne tet a7# | Eye Inflammalion......-c0seereesrusneinees 14 Richmond Sportsamen........... Helin Ate Fly-Fishing, Aboriginal....... rey eerie ee Tarner 8 Angling ........ tw CGV ai zucle sine 112 | Pasting Dog....... 94 Rifle Bullets, Velocity..,.,..-...... 369, 391, 410 Bhyipsewiair. wn Pele eo soe 201 Turtle, A Hungry... 22. ......scsccesesssss 92 | Fiold Trial Classification 335 Rifle of Puture,.......2:.0.seceees NW 9 467 | Food of Young Fishes. |. 983 | Vermont Bass Fishing. ........ serees trees 51 | Wield Trial Judges.......« «sesesccicecees se 214 Rifle, Old-Time,.... eget tlantia et ee ,+-+- 350 | Game Fishes....... 451, 470 Vermont Fishes in 1810...,........- tastes + 292 | Field Trials and Bench Shows. petit er 254 Rifles, Sporting, see Muzzle-Loaders Gavnheart's Lake.. ’ tig | Vertebrates, Manual OF ese rvesseeses vases 3) Piald Trial BYBLEMIBE de eie . Mew needs oe 18 Rochester Sportsmen. , German Fisheulture Baok...... mS even a 33 | Yivip arity of Cyprinodonts....+...+1++ese0e a REPL Ray erate ater asst sleletadate's fs oh 74, 183, 336, 398, 394 Ruffled Grouse, Day With. German Fish Hatehery.,........... .... 11) 49g | Walton’s House............-. sveerereres © TOL | Misgiasippi Dog Law .-..ccisssnacase Shope 474. Rus’ Spots in Gun Barrels. 68, 1 Georgia Fishculture. .......... Pre eee! 192 | Waterproof for Hooke.. 191 | Moodus Swindler.......- aecate Hg at niss 94, 114 231, 247, 290, 809, i, 390, 460, 490 | Gold-Orfo....+..-.... feet aeNE vee» 861, 488 oh oe ttle » 273 TN. A. K. O. 188 Entries... sees cs eeeeees bid Saturday Club Wits Venison......-.0.2.... Gonramisewecen est a=ns ae Pct eg sate . 64, 750 |) Whttelish Take the Hool 282 | Names, Claiming..........++ cece essen 436, 494 Sink Boat AcitePied eae see ane ntitoes nyt Grayling Vishing.............. 4 Worm and Fly #ishing by Nighi. . 871, 891, National Field Trials........-...++.315, 892, 412 Sneak Box. .....-.. 2c se eeeeseeartecsevesee- 292 4 Great Lake Fisheries 412, 433, 470, 512 | Nebraska Field Trials... .. NBA Ah fiers | , 130 Snipe Shooting 8 sores eee G Ss aa ean 70 , Green Scum on Ponds.......2... P “ Ne ed Dogs for Life-Saying Sta Some Old Guns that [ Haye Shot.,......167, 330 | Gufl Fish, \Jooking tions....... SS ee Be eee 114, 174 Sport in France............... Arba Agni 169 | Gunther's Book. ...... 0.5... cee eee eee eee ANSWERS Niagara Falla ‘Castaways....e. 0 cos, +r 2.BB, 58 Spriug Huntin Texas............... peo ee URGE ells tee ae erent ‘ INT PGE oe sly awnio wp sec Me eared bere Sqnirrels. IROOCi OL Seecke se cone wees hice! 291 | Gut Loops.-.......... Cee eee eens hv Abscess in Puppy...... Pepuree twee Fee on Et! Pennaylvania Collie ‘Trials. 132, 151 Squirrel Hunt (nota) =r: Seb der fit rere -« 830 | Haleyon Days............05 Snead Barnegat Sneak Box..............- . 196 | Pennsylvania Field Trials 131, 233 Still” Honting Clib.. pee Soho - 69 | Hermug, Bho... testes Bird Lme.......... Mig CLCG HM CUSHLeyectiee ods smantdtnaesebes tics. ot 64 Sullivan County Game........... ccc eee eee 169 | Ichthyophagist Comes to Grief. Bow-faciug Oarea....... . 477 | Pittsburgh Show.............sa.seceeeee 494, 515 Sweepstakes Shooting va. Gambling. +e-+1- 209 | Idaho Angling....,... Buckshot in Chokebores : - 460 | Pointing a Rattler......... Deen c nthe pis eae, 494 Tennessee Shooting..,. ete hy > DOF) Tdab sees cs snack “Bye,” Definition of ....... : : . 204 | Prol:fic Canine............- oo =ate 375 TAJSGLONY 0 2602 sateen 107 Indiana Fisheulture. t: Canada Maps..:i.-scessssss Teed Se seneE eels 437 | Protect the Doga............ Arie ents Wee 474 Trajectory Curves of Sporting R eB 90 | Indiana Awakens............ 1... tyecesse.. 92 | Canker Remedy...... Pears Sore ee veoezs 417 | Puppies, Care of....--......-... Balen papitata noe ‘Trap Pigeon Substitutes..... 330 | Indian River (N. Y.) Ornise......... v.00, 272 | Carp Culture....... ot ror: pee Trees) 895 | Puppies, Kearing............ meres alpen Ue RL 275 Trap Shooting of Pigeons... > eee he Intgrna’ional Mxhibition................. 52, 178. | Carrier Pigedns va Peete etc cs cca cleeuaeyhe 356 | Quartering Afr net bode one 404 True Tale of a Duck Pass..... ....-..--... Tuteruational Fisheries Troubles ........... 73 | Celery, Wild.......... Pitti putcabhetserhely OTe PERI ak ele, Sela ae itch Ub Ueto meg 74, 315 Turkey Calls,.........-2-005 22289, 127, 271, ake International Fishery Exhibition... ,30, 238, 31d Chess Book............ he et eae ec Jaen 437 | Red Irish Setters in New Hampshire........ 194 Two Days Among the Blnewings.,.......... Tuterviewing a Sensible Trout......,......, 83 | Chokebore Defined................. ve low sie sn ODE SE UILGVING as ss.2 5s 5 Sri sates i denies Under the Shadow of White POLS 1; Sh eshcte te als ia Kentucky Notes............205 Peta diel Ie MOU SHO eLey seas 5. bale c eats cule oe aH HOY || tints a BG Ree es AE Re De mite ps6 Unusual Accidant...........0.eseeseese eee + 170 | Kilbourne's Pictures........ syesee aueess.-. 172 | Const Voyage, Books fOr. ac path a onbisi ta saga HG VU Came 1 Saree acne alin sleelelote aeleprmiadivlere Gy Valley Quail aga Game Bird....., ....+.... 388 | Kall Fish When Caught... vresu.. 412, 512 | Manitoba Game........ St Sahat Sele sesss-. 17 | Showard-Duncan Stock.,......- Vermout Deet....-......0ceeeee Rae ea A 270 | ‘! Kingfisher of the Northwest’ ”, De eh COTE MT artOny FOR GIt aor, oes miler l fale eielel Walplasbre 395 | Sick Pot Doys......,......... Virginia Pheasant Hunt at, | Kanigis Woke ses yes cance st aeibeeeetne at) ane LAGI PaatEWEBOLLBE A antibis eh md sahga nace wou: 356 | Smith’s Kennele, Everett... Virginia Quail Season..... Seige tae aise tens 507 | Linke Ob tmplain Wishing. 92 | Mosquito Preventives... .... sc. cee e eee eens 95 | Sonth, Dogsin....., Virginia Shooting Grout.ds. . vreeseess,s 112 | Lake Sheephead.... shapes . 213 | Pistol Targets.......... OH (IIPADIGIS Oy yet. 45.0ys 0 cde ee b cine c Way Down Wast.-.-... 220-5 peewee lo llatcte 280 | Laud-Loekwd Salmon in Muine 93 | Plaster Casts of Fish AL Te IS PUCH et cw slink avila baie ogy Ve) ea naan e ee vs 494: Weights of Game Bivds.........¢.-.0.00-55- 209 | Live Fish, Preserving itt Russia Peele 072 Matlranc Grids vapeeric cds chose kiss geek bks 334 | ‘* Spotted Distemper”. .....2.....3....005- 162 What Dees It Amount To?.,,..... ve 270 | Lobsters in Ma'ne.,.............-. ere 459 | Rheumatiem in Dogs.......,...+.. eps te $18 | Alexaudia Palace Show.......... Bot Fa 454 White Panther, The ...... ne Long Island Fisheulture ...,.. Sey, GHEE Be 23 | Rideway’s Oatalogne........ CEE ear a-tn 217 | Atlanta Dog Show Wild Cllanyiiee te saat ee ee Faster asow 449 | Long Telarid Hatehbéry.,.........2.005 eres 293 | Rustin Gun Barrels....... seenes teraeecemen UY | Beagil.. W... 2 Wildfow!, To Kil Wounded.....,,.390, 410, 432 | Loon Lake Fishing..........-. seep Ett eb Cee ee Cees Gard AES Se a iene gana ati 495 | Bumingham Dog & BROW. ...s.pte0s= pee ae 435 Wild PigGonb.. 0... 2... eee 111 | Gynnfield, aries Tey ae See PID HAGy Aline Mane. ict de hits cena dee .--» 856 | Boston Dogs....-., Hite te ofr bs. yadda Sent Shere d 194 Wiltl Riee:..24-2-5052. sends. i ee 49, 91,128 | MeOloud Hatvhery.. : teeeee.... 02; 92 | Bhot, To Remove from DOG Shes sveaesie AT Hrseding for APE Neel w wlebiacs ccna cckowew ee 255 Wild Turkey Tunting.,...... 0.0... A Proch hae A201 Maticevel Bounties walukilguccte sep hy eee be 274 | Skin, Preparing Dried,................ pees 29d Brouchitia. saitollg Bio eet ake tierou ashen t Late ean 14 Wing-Shooting, A BO of,......-.,..,... 429 | Maclere!l Biching Impruvemeute.. ree ee TT Snyder Rifle Cartridges............ pesca apy S00 | Wu DORs. soso. and aon ca Sdtob ent fea bh ret 1i4 Wing-Shooting ys. Treeing....230, 248, 308, Maiue Matters... hs sececcd Pmd am tirkey tidal viele 113 } Squirrel Dogs......+,. Saat ate Byron Wounds......,...e0+.05 AoC ee 492 i, 499, 509 | Maine Salmon CGalture. , e*s .... 472 | Creedmoor Briar Re a Pad Hee Qaniie AvmeantBo). 0; see ke. dasea desc se ole. Wisconsin Deer Slanghier. .-..-.,.,....,.. 128 | Maine Trouting.........-.....--<. ; 82 | Dakota Game... — ........ seers (Orns a Ey ety einbsic ery ee Worcester Cinub.........--.+- po eoca eee 248 | Maine Whilefeh Take the Hook. . ee 433 | Dog Bankets..............04. Cara of Field aud Fox Doge. Worcester Gnn Olnb.,.--.:-+-+++ ¢... 4,. 0 | Masealonga, SUREPOS ened silent « ee 73 | Doz’s Tail, Docking....,....+5 3 Castration. .......e.eesenss Wore ster Notes..........-, Mearns) ete nce 467 | Mascalonze of Thirty-three Pobudes 4 251 | Express Rifles..........., Chesapeake Bay Dog Woodchtck Roasted. ......- .-+.-+. -+-. 127 | Magcalonge, Weight:-............. . 219 | Ferrets, Handling Clumber Spaniel.....,.. Woodauck Shooting.......-s-... s+25-, 20) Maylish of Gurthany,........,..22+s..s-.-. 258 | Fisheulture, Amateur,...........0105 Fowler's Frank .14-..,.scsaeesssaes 4 PAGE Liaaivey resp menrn ies Rory irae oon ss 24908413 Fox Hunting ‘at ‘Springfield. Sota ote detrdc 234 Fox Hunting in Canada..... ......+---0ees 234 Franklin Dog Show. .-..........22-seses00s 174 a ON QUI eee ceca sal detonate at trey alety dete tere 34 German Hunting Dogs.................- 394, 453 Qlroy Trials.. 5.0.6 cee eee cesses eeeees 18, 152 UiEyeblcre egies Migto ans eolcra Aorta aay. Hang-Dog Look Her 9e3 of Fire and Wate SOR NGI Ceiec sos seine Hotter tot Dogs.........+-.055 Hydrophobia....2...---. se eeee eee Importing Dogs.....-se+ssseeees He AAP, SCE? 1 : 514 Totarnal Canker... se eee cence ee rere cence 133 RUSE TCs) alee cts Scigewe teats alee stleje ee noi steuas 474 Konne!, Plan for a....seecescec secs ess eeaes 494 Legal Decision... ..--..cseeee eevee eee ese eee 174 1D anion 6 Gob Gre oO cea nat) Sep sy taacioighs a 894 TDondon Dog Show. ....0.s 6. ssres caer yes 152, 193 London Kennel Olub.............0++ + eee 295 Toondondustter- ++... sees se ans en 12, 182, 213 Longevity... 2. eek ese eee e ee cece een eenes 13 MowellsBanch Show... sie scesn es ene oe 275, 434 Lowell Dog ShOW....--.eeeeere eee eens eens 234 Towel Show setets bens ss he vdensedee has 74 Massachusetts Kennel Club.............+.- 455 Measurements of Prize Winners. ...93, 114 Miley-Woodson Troub'e..... See Springfield Dogs........-....-. .. 214 St. Louis Dog Hats ee oe rchtetels fps pt FRA GS Date te oles e cetat riceca guid elyicintenie merciayie 494 Terrier Pointing Sparrows. ..........+.++.55 74 Training ve. Breiking....294, 314, 336, 352, 375, 433, 453, 472, 493, ee Transportation of Dogs......+s+eeeeeeesees WUET UA SPLae hc sted ttcaas Ae teste sgmiels ote arr ent aze ire Be WEAaDiDG.... 2... cence ete see se ce teteetes 235, 255 Westminster Kennel Club........sceee eres 275 WWVtG ceive vivtoe cise smth eee inl Reins ooc odds 275 AM ROC nea teria u aban shoots Secrren sh ha: 235 . YACHTING AND CANOEING, YACHTING MISCELLANY. America Cup........sreerseceee ...196, 337 Astor House A-racing Bit. 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Vol. 17—No. 1. {nose 39 and 40 Park Row, New York, CONTENTS. EDITORIAL :— ; \ Jordan's Manual of the Vertebrates ; How Fish Riggs Dilfer; Book of the Black Bass; Salmonids of the pape Colum- bia; The Warwick Club ; The Encampment Hotel ; Bye- ways of the Northwest....-.. ‘ue Srortsman Tourist :— ® . The Prospectors’ Dinner ; A Jolly Fishing Party on Keuka Lake ; Post-Prandial ‘Possum: From Moosehead Lake to + . , +. + . pS ee ee the Main St, John, Part IT,..-. Leese Ar geet oe 8 Naruran History :— . Why Does the Crab Go Sideways ? ‘he Hoop Snake....,... 7 Game BaG and Gun :— } Game Seasuns ; Prairie Chicken Shooting ; Our Detroit Let- ter; Hints in the Art of Duck Shooting ; Rabbit Taking to WALTON So) ons a Se 5 ete iy re Re Ba GOA Ae 9 SHA AND RivER FisHinG :— New Fishes in New Places; Black Bass Fishing Near New York ; Tarpon or Tarpum? Fishing in Western New York ; The Herring........ Fecha & AAs sor Ve be BOtEAS Oo ot ar 10 Fisa CoLrore :— Filamentons Appendages of Ova; Shad Eggs Will Not Hatch TTS TAOS So ea ita pice tae «st Sets oie Rati wtpese wae Lo Tae KeEnnen :-— Our London Letter; The Castration of Dogs; Death of Countess Royal....... of ex fod ic Adc rttotee Cen Pete 12 Hipiat ANDSTEAPESHGOTING,|2008 2 ees eeGene se d- Oa Ube otis 14 YACHTING AND CANOEING :— Power of Judges; End Ho! Quaker City Y. C.; Regattas HG VeaitiieNowh as. occa nokvoreten toon ts eras Bo soxs 16 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ....-..0.00ecceee ee ceee een eeee 17 TO CORRESPONDENTS. The FOREST AND STREAM is the recognized medium of entertainment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. Communications upon the subjects to which its pages are devoted are invited from every part of the country. Anonymous communications will not be regarded. No eorrespond- ent's name will be published except with his consent. 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Specimen copies of this paper will be sent free wpon applica- tion. We will esteem it a favor if our readers will call the at- tention of their friends to the merits of the FoResr AND STREAM. SS. JORDAN’S MANUAL OF THE VERTE- BRATES. THIRD edition of this valuable work has been issued, and those who wish to identify beasts, birds, reptiles or fishes which may be found in the district east of the Mis- sissippi River and north of North Carolina and Tennessee, exclusive of marine species, cannot afford to be without it. Tt has been enlarged and improved, and all species which have been added to the fauna since the former additions ap- pear here. ‘The fishes include forms found beyond the lines mextioned and include the Salmonidse of the Pacific coast and many Southern forms. Professor Jordan is too well known to our readers to need any introduction and his work needs no praise, Former editions have been thoroughly reviewed in our columns, and we have said that we use it constantly as a book of reference, especially in the department of fishes. Each edition improves upon the former ones and is therefore welcome. The author is a constant worker and embodies the results of his recent labors in a new edition of his ‘* Manual,” It is published by Jansen, McClurg & Co., Chicayo. Price, $2.50. “ He Te Noya Soorta License Fer for non-residents has been reduced from $50 to $30, HOW FISH EGGS DIFFER, Ves communication from Mr. John A. Ryder, Embry- ologist of the United States Fish Commission, which we publish to-day, will be found to be of interest to the gen- eral reader as well as to fishculturists and zoologists. It will give the general reader who has no knowledge of fish- culture an idea of the troubles that may beset the fisheul- turist when he attempts to hatch a fish whose embryology is new fo him, That fishes differ in their modes of reproduction as widely as birds and mammals do is not generally known outside of those who have given special attention to it, The facts are that the treatment which will hatch # trout egg will not do at all for the egg of the shad, and each family of fishes, and sometimes each species in a family, require to be studied and special devices discovered whereby they may be hatched. To bring this forcibly to the mind of those who may have supposed that the eggs of fishes were as nearly alike as those of birds, and might therefore receive the same general atten- tion, we will say that young shad placed in a trough where trout are reared would probably not live an hour, or longer than a young colt would if it were placed under ground where the fox is reared. Mr. Ryder’s investigations are yery valuable to the student of embryology and to naturalists in general, and his notes on viviparity of the cyprinodonts (the common ‘‘killy-fishes” of “brackish water) are of a nature to stimulate our anxiety to learn more of these curious fishes. HP BOOK OF THE BLACK BASS. OCTOR HENSHALL has given the angler a book which, as the oystermen say, is ‘‘ full measure and solid meat.”* It is a large 12 mo. of 460 pages, all of which are filled with both scientific and practical information, and none are given to fancy writing or the poetry of the art. Part I. in- cludes the terminology, morphology and physiology of the species; part I1., tools, tackle and implements, and part III., angling and fly-fishing. In the first part a change is made in the nomenclature. The small-mouthed bass is called Micropterus dolomien, instead of M. salmoides, and the latter nanie is transferred to the big mouth, which has been recently called paliidus. This raises questions of priority which we had hoped were definitely settled, but it neéd not affect the angler in the least. ‘The names of “ big mouth” and ‘ small mouth,” which are so descriptive, will stand for ages, while the learned men wrangle about which fish Lacepede, Cuvier and Valenciennes intended the name for half a century and more ago. Thereasons for these changes are too long to give here, and we will carefully watch to see what naturalists say on this subject and who are inclined to follow the Doctor. This-book will have a large sale in all parts of the country and will help to kill off those abominable local misnomers which obtain in some parts for these fishes, as ‘‘ trout,” “chub,” Oswego bass,” etc., as well as that other notion that one is a “‘ true” black bass and the other a false or fraudu- lent one. These things are dying out among the better in- formed anglers, but still feebly live in isolated sections. Two original figures are given by which any observant angler can distinguish which species he has caught, if he will notice the relative extension of the mouth to or beyond a line dropped from the posterior portion of the eye. As an angler Dr. Henshall is enthusiastic on the subject of his favorite fishes, and regards them as the great fresh water game fishes of the future, after the trout streams are depopulated, which he thinks will be before long. He gives as a reason for the black bass having been ignored so long the fact that we bave derived our notions of game fish and fishing from British writers who, not having the subject of our story in their land, naturally class the salmon and the trout as the best of game. Dr. Henshall boldly proclaims the bass to be the peer of any fish for game qualities, and whether one agree with him or not he cannot help admiring the manner of his enter- ing the lists as a champion of the one on whom he pins his faith. ~ Book | of the | Black Bass | comprising its complete | Scientific and Life History | together with a practical treatise on | Angling and Fly Fishing | and a full Tee ot | Tools, Tackle and Implements | by | James A. Henshall, M, D. | i *T am, Sir, a brother of the Angie.*—Izaak Walton |—| Fully Mlustrated | Cineinnatti | Robert Clarke & Co. | 1881 The angling portion of the book is without doubt the best thing ever written upon these fishes, for there are two distinct fishes, although the Doctor usually speaks of them as ‘ black bass” without distinguishing them. It is clear and covers the whole ground of the different nrodes of fishing, and is accompanied by cuts of the manner of holding the rod, cast- ing, and diagrams of the mode of throwing the fly, that it seems fo us as if the merest tyro could soon become an expert by carefully reading this book and following its instructions. Not only is it a book for the beginner, but it is one that no angler can afford to do without. Tt fills a place too long vacant and one that we would not allow to remain vacant long on our own shelves. The Book of the Black Bass will be found to contain much (hat is new and original on these fishes, and we have long he- lieved with Dr. Henshall that the big mouth, when under three pounds weight, is just as gamy and as hard a fighter as his brother, although popular prejudice declares that this is not so. A great charm in the book is the author’s ireedom from conventionality and from the echoing of sentiments which have become in sort orthodox opinions of angling writers. Taking it asa whole we cannot speak too highly of it. ++ —<. THE SALMONID4 OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA. ROM advance sheets of ‘‘ Proceedings of the United States National Museum” we learn that our corres- pondent, Capt. Chas. Bendire, U. 8. A., has published notes on the salmon family of the Upper Columbia. Our readers will remember that Capt. Bendire was foremost in working up the so-called ‘‘red fish” of Idaho, figures of which we published. He has recently sent the National Museum a fine series of fish from the neighborhood of Fort Walla Walla, which is pronouuced by Prof. Jordan to be by far the most valuable collection of fishes eyer made in the waters of the Upper Columbia. The series shows that the blue-backed salmon or ‘‘red fish,” which was supposed to be a land-locked species and described as Oncorhynchus ken- nerlyt, ig merely the young breediny male or grilse of the Oncorhynchus nerka, afact not before suspected, according to Jordan. Capt. Bendire says that every one out there now concedes that the red fish is not a resident of the lakes wherein it is found, and he is perfectly satisfied that they are anadromous and not land-locked. How they get rid of the hump and hooked nose, after going back to salt water, troubles him, as he thinks they can’t all die after spawning, for many of them are of fen pounds weight and must have made more than one trip to sea. A cut of the male fish accompanies the report and shows a moderate hump and an enormous hooking of the jaws. + o+—~< THE WARWICK CLUB. LARGE party of gentlemen left Jersey City on Satur- day morning last to attend the flag raising at the new club house of the Warwick Club, in the Warwick Woodlands, Greenwood Lake. The officers of the club are: C. Olcott, M. D., Brooklyn, President; Mr. A. 8. Roe, of Chamberlin, Roe & Co., New York, Vice-President; Mr. H. C. Cooke, of Cooke Bros., New York, Treasurer; Mr. Wm. O. McDowell, ot McDowell Bros, & Co., bankers, New York, Secretary. Prominent among the numerous members are Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, Hon. Frederick A. Potts, of New Jersey; Hon. Gennett A. Hobart, of New Jersey; Rey. Dr. Chas. F. Deems, of New York; Hon. John W. Taylor, Newark, N. J.; Mr. P. W-. Millspaugh, New York; Mr. Bird W. Spencer, Treasurer Erie Railway, N. Y,; Mr. ©. N-. Jordan, Treasurer New York, Ontario and Western Railroad; Mr B..V. W. Taylor, the well known architect, Newark, N. J., and Dr. J, A. Osborn, of Newark, N. J. The club house is a yery handsome Gothic structure, situ- ated on a rocky bluff about fifty feet above the lake, and about one-eighth of a mile north of the landing, The di- mensions of the two-story building are 64x42 feet, with handsome piazzas and projections, which give it a frontage of 80 feet on the lake with a depth of 48 feet. The party upon their arrival scattered through the rough gimbered grounds of the famous Wurwick Woodland to ad- 4 FOREST AND STREAM. [Auausr 4, 1881, mire the scenery and the model structures in process of erec- tion. Dinner was served in the large tent of the hotel which has a seating capacity fir 800, the President at the head of the centre table with the Secretary opposite, It certainly Was 4 rare sight to see such a number of talented gentlemen of mature years, many of them gray-haired veterans, but all bearing a healthy and substantial look, The bill of fare was carried out to the letier. DINNER. Saturday, July 30, 1881. BOUP. Mock Turtle. Cobsomme, FISH, Greenwood Lake Bass, ; BOILED. Mutton (caper sance,) Chicken (parsley sauce.) TOAST. Ham (champagne sauce.) GAME, Canyas-back Duck, oon, Pickled Lamb Tongues, ENTREES, Filet de Benf (brazied). | Lamb Chops (breaded, Italian sauce.) Macaroni (au gratin.) Calves’ Head (brain sauce), VEGETABLES, Spring Chicken, Veal. Plain Potatoes. Beets, Mashed Potatoes. Peas, Green Corn, Stewed Tomutoes. RELISHES, ? Mixad Pickles, Worcestershire Sauce, + Ray Tomatoes. Cucumbers, PASTRY AND DESSERT. Suow Pudding, Fruit Pudding, Cabinet Pudding, Pineapple Pie, Plum Pie, Custard Pia, Almonds, Layer Maising. Lemon Pudding. Pevan Nuts, Oheese, Milk, Tea, Coffee. ICE CREAM, Chocolate, Strawberry. Vanilla. The after-dinner speeches in response to the following toasts were as happy, witty and brilliant as might have been expected from the gentlemen present. The following toasts were responded to as called for by the President: ‘‘Wm. Henry Herbert, better known as ‘Frank Forester.’ Dr. J. D. Os- born, in response to this, recailed his acquaintance with ‘« Forester,” and gave many incidents of his worth as well as of his amusing escapades. Judge D. L. Titzworth was next called with the toast ‘‘Greenwood Lake.” He gave the his- tory and many interesting reminiscences of that locality. Next, ‘‘Gentlemen sportsmen,” T. C. Banks, followed with ‘Warwick Woodlands,” by Mr. McDowell; '' Literature and sport, twin sisters,” by Mr. J, A. Beecher; ‘‘ Long life and success to the club,” by Mr. E. L. Joy; ‘' New York and New Jersey linked together by Greenwood Lake and the membership of ‘the Greenwood Lake Association,” by the Hon. Wm. A. Righter. This closed the pleasing ceremonies, which consumed about three hours, after which the party repaired to the boat and sailed for the Brandon House, where they were well en- tertained for half an hour in the dining-room. The first toast was to the ‘‘Brandon House,” which was responded to by Mr. Brandon and afterward by the present proprietors. ‘sThe Press” received a hearty response from Col. Edwards, of Orenge County. The boat whistled for a return, and nearly the whole purty took the train for home in the best of spirits. Se THE ENCAMPMENT HOTEL. The hotel of canyas at the Warwick Woodlands, Green- wood Lake, is a new and novel feature of camp life. Upon neuring the landing, ona recent visit, we noticed a large number of pure white tents and supposed that a camp meet- ing was in progress. The office of the hotel is # tent, with all the paraphernalia of an ordinary hotel office. Upon in- quiry as to whcre the hotel was the answer was that those tents were the rooms of the house and could accommodate two hundred guests. The i/ea was new and novel. We were assigned to room 10, a cosy tent. on the murgin of the lake, which was £0 yery comforta!Je that our stay was prolonged anextraday. The hotel has upw rd of fifty tents 14x14, with a fly over each one to keep out the rainand the heat of the sun. ‘They are all furnished with clean beds, and are neatly kept. The d ning pavilion isa large striped tent near the office, with a s ating capacily for three hundred persons. The kitchen is over 40 fect long, and a marvel of neatness; it has w very large hotel range, with an abundant corps of co ks, who understand their business, as the meals seryed bore ample evidence. The proprietor and manager of the hotel, Mr. L. Y. Jenness, isa vet ran in Wat line and has donea large business in Florida during the winter for the past four years. We urged him to take all his tents to Florida and start a hotel there on the same principle, which he may do, as thisis an assured suc- cess. Faniilies get the full benefit of camp life, with the table a: d attendauce of a first-class hotel at less expense than in the usual hotel, The Warwick Woodlands are owned by the Greenwood Lake Improvement Company and consist of 1,000 acres of rough timber land. They were first brought into notice by Fra'k Forester’s book, the ‘* Warwick Woodlands,” pub lished in 1846, In which he says: ‘This is the Greenwood Lake, called by the monsters here Long Pond; in my mind prettier than Lake George by far, though, known to few except chance sportsmen like myself, Full of fish, perch of a pound in weight, and yellow bass in the deep waters and a good spriniding of trout toward one end! Ellis Ketchum killed a five-pounder there this spring ! and heaps of summer-duck, the loyeliest in plumage of the genus, and the best, too, me ju- dice, excepting only the inimitable canvas-back, There are a few | water which hurries down from the snow-elad peaks to make deer, too, in the hills, though they are getting scarce of late years, There, from that headland, I killed one three summers since; T was placed atastand by the lake’s edge, and the dogs drove him right down to me: butI got too eager, and he heard or saw me and so fetched a turn; but they were close upon him, and the day was hot, and he was forced to soil. I nevyersan him till he was in the act of leaping from a bluff of ten or twelve feet into the deep lake, but I pitched up my rifle at him, a snap shot! as I would my fun at a cock ina summer brake, and by good Inck sent my ball through his heart.” Mr. James R. Boyd, the Manager, gave us much more in- formation about present and future arrangements. Suflice it to say that the tract is in the hands of capitalists who in- tend making it one of the finest resorts in the State, regard. less of cost. The elevatiow is 1,0U0 feet above the level of the sea, and it is only forty-two miles from Jerscy City. They have already constructed an auditorium which will comfortably seat five hundred people. The building is about sixty-five feet square and forty feet high, built in the Queen Anne style. ‘The timbers are of yellow pine, stained, and the windows in either end are of fine stained glass, and the sides will be covered by elegant lattice work so as to give plenty of air. The finish will be polycrhome style, and the large roof supported by four trusses, leaving the main tloor entirely clear, The first concert given there this season brought nearly five hundred persons from New York and New Jersey combined, and some two hundred who remained over night were carefully provided for at the Encampment Hotel. With the lavish expenditures now being made it certainly must become a favorite resort. ++ BYE-WAYS OF THE NORTHWEST. SECOND PAPHR. O one can pass through Echo and ,Webber Caiions, on the Union Pacific Railroad without being greatly im- pressed by their grand beauty, but I think that to fully ap- preciate their magnificence one must have seen them a num- ber of times. Like most scenes of great natural beauty the first view gives one only a general impression, and subse- quent study is needed for any just appreciation of the frandeur of these cations, To satisfactorily take in all the details of these natural wonders it would be necessary to travel through them on horseback or by wagon, and examine them at leisure as one passes slowly along under the oyer- hanging cliffs. As one flies through them by train many of the most fascinating bits of scenery escape the eye, and oth- ers are passed so quickly that the mind fails to receive more than a blurred and indistinct impression of something beau- tiful, missed now and to be looked for more carefully on a succeeding journey. T shall not attempt to give any description of the beauties of the ride, which have been so often detailed in the exuber- ant language of guide-books. I may, however, say a few words about the very great attraclions of the Salt Lake Val- ley, for in this spot we are shown-yery clearly what our Western country—no matter how barren it now appears— may become wheneyer it shall have been supplied with wa'er. Ido not mean to say that the Salt Lake Basin fur- nishes the only instance of this kind, for there are certainly many others, but nowhere else in the sage ‘ deserts” —so far as I know—has the raising of large crops been so extensively carried on as here. The Basin of the Great Salt Lake was, when first settled, nothing more than a sage plain. In some places it is flat, in others gently rolling, and its level is approximately the same up to the benchesof the mountains by which it is surrounded. In many respects it reminds one of ihe ‘“‘parks” of the Rocky Mountains, these being in fact nothing more than ex- tensive plains surrounded by a wall of mountains. The Salt Lake Basin, of which the Great Salt Lake now occupies but a comparatively small portion, is simply the bed of that older and grander sheet of water, called by geologists Lake Bonneville; and the terraces, which show the level at different periods of the waters of that ancient inland sea, can still be seen, by whoever cares to look for them, running along the mountain sides, hundreds of feet above the level of the plain. Lake Bonneville was far larger than any body of water now existing on this continent. Its outlet was in Idaho, toward Snake River, and it extended southward for seyeral hundred miles. The plain of the Salt Lake Basin, as I have said, was for- merly, and is still, in some places, a mere sage desert. At some points, where the land is but slightly higher than the lake, the low flats ara coyered wiih saline and alkaline in- crustations, which whiten the ground, and of course render it wholly infertile. Buta large portion of the soil which is not subject to overflow by the lake has been so thoroughly irrigated by water brought down from the surrounding hills, that it produces crops which the most highly cultivated farms of the East might be proud to acknowledge. Far-extending fields of wheat, rye, barley and oats, bright green stretches of graceful corn, and long rows of potatoes, now just com- mencing to blossom, carry one back, in imagination at least, to the well-tilled prairies of Iowa or Illinois. Every farm has its orchard of thrifty fruit trees, and its hay and pasture fields, where the clover and the timothy grow thick and high. The air is filled with the fragrance of the new-mown hay and the scent of theclover. One hears the familiar song of many of the birds of the timber, and sees their graceful forms and bright colors as they move among the trees. The clear, fresh a garden of the parched prairies, shines and glistens, and its murmur and rush as it dashes onward make music di lightful to the ear. Sights and sounds such as these are inexpressibly grateful to the weary traveler, and he cannot fail to wonder at and admire the indomitable industry and perseverance which have built up in the desert an oasis. The most careless ob- server can gain—by comparing this region wilh the country through which he has just passed—some élicht conception of the change which has been brought about in the Salt Lake Basin. To fully appreciate it, however, one must be an old mountain man; must have spent days, weeks and months in riding over prairies such as this one was, have been parched by the hot winds and scorched by the blazing sun of summer, have looked longingly at the eternal snows of the lofticr peaks of the mountains, which, visible but unattainable, told him their story of cool airs and icy waters. To one who has been through these experiences Salt Lake City and its environs tell their own story, and for such a one they have an unspeakable charm, Every one who stops here goes to the Tabernacle, the Temple and the Museum. The two former are both very wonderful in their way, but of the Museum perhaps the less said the better. It is by no means so interesting now as it was some years ago, though it contains some very interest- ing specimens of ores from various Utah mines. A visit to the Warm Springs ought by all-means to be made, and then, after a dip in the lake, one feels ready to resume his journey, A little narrow-gauge railway—the Utah Western—runs bathing trains daily to Black Rock and Lane Point, which wait for a couple of hours, affording ample time for a bath and the lounge one fee!s like indulging in after his immersion in these extremely buoyant waters, which are so dense that it is almost impossible to sink in them. One can float with- out any effort with the whole head out of water, and divin to any considerable depth is almost an impossibility. Most bathers avoid submerging the head, as, if the water reaches the mucous membrane, the eflects are extremely unpleasant for the time being. It is necessary after leaving the lake to take a douche of fresh water, otherwise one finds one’s sclf coated with acrust of salt. During our excursion to the lake a number of interesting birds were obseryed, some of which were new to the Eastern eyes of our party. His in the air and rosy in the light of the selting sun a number of great white pelicans were slowly fanning their way south- ward, directing their course, no doubt, to some distant breeding place. In the marshes which border the lake we saw long-billed curlews, willets and great blue herons, while on the mountain, at whose base the track runs, were yarious magpies and a number of hawks. I made some inquiries while in this place with regard lo the California quail, liberated here some years ago, but was unable to obtain any very definite information as to how they are doing. I was told, however, that they were numerous to the south of the city, and they seemed to be well known to the inhabitants, some_of whom did not scem to be aware that the birds had been introduced, but regarded them as in. digenous. If one desires, during the overland journey from New York to San Francisco, to stop off and visit the famous Comstock mines of Nevada, he should stop at Reno. From there the Virginia and Truckee Railroad will take him to Carson City, Gold Mill and Virginia, all of which places-are worth a visit. We chose the last-mentioned town, and, through the kindness of Mr. W. H. Patton and Mr, Lanman, of the Consolidated Virginia, were enabled to make a most interesting tour through the mills and mine. The process of reducing the ore is so well known that I willnot go into it. but the descent into the mine afforded me a novel experience, It is not every day that one has an opportunity to spend: an hour in a temperature not far from 120 deg. Fatirenheit, and knowing that the mines m question are unquestionubly the hottest places ‘‘ on or about” the surfuce of the earth, we wvere all anxious'to go through them, The lowest level yet worked in the C. and C. V. mine is 2,550 feet below the sur- face of the earth. The temperature varies greatly in differ- ent parts of the same level, but it may be safely asserted that everywhere it ishot. At these great depths the men can only work for a few minutes at a time, and are then obliged to retire to the cooling rooms. They drink great quantities of ice water, and pour it over their budies continually, Of course they perspire enormously. ‘he water which trickles from the roofs and walls of the tunnels is hot, so hot that one cannot bear the hand in it; the airis full of steam given off by this almost boiling water, and every object thai one touches feels warm or hot. We were told that the hottest place through which we passed had w temperature of 120 deg., but there is said to bea place in the 2,2UU feet level where it is 155 deg. No one who has not been through something of this kind can quite appreciate what such a tem- perature means, and what it means to be surrounded by air so hot as this. It is one thing to stand for a moment at the door of a blast furnace and feel the glow of !he molten metal on your unprotected face and hands, and quite another to be enveloped in and to breathe air at 120 deg. The heat is in- tense and all pervading; al first it is difficult to breathe, and one feels suffocated; the perspiration pours down like rain, I heard one of my companions, as we passed along, express his sincere commiseration for Shadrach, Meshat and Abed- nego. Now that he was going through what they had ex. perienced he could understand what their feelings must hav¢ Aucusr 4, 1881,] FOREST AND STREAM. been and sympathize with them, The cold bath which im- mediately followed our return to the regions of day was de- lightful and refreshing, but the debilitating effects of the great heal did not pass away until the following day. Returning to Carson City we took the stage for Glenbrook, a little settlement on the shores of Lake Tahoe, from which & steamer crosses the lake to Tahoe City, eleyen miles from Truckee. The stage ride from Carson to the lake was hot and dusty, and the sight of the mountains, absolutely stripped of timber, was to mé a yery sad one, From miles and miles of mountain the timber has all been cut off, until now there is nothing left standing but afew dead and rotting tree- trunks, Springs have dried up and brooks gone dry, still the work goes on, and unless some steps are at once taken to check this wholesale destruction of our forests, the day will surely come when the water supply of the region, now none too large, will be materially decreased. It is not as if the timber were cut with judgment, the older sticks being taken and the youngerleft to increase in size, and in the meantime to shade the earth and diminish evaporation: everything is cut down and in the most wasteful manner. Let us hope that this will not continue. P Lake Tahoe has been well called the ‘Gem of the Sier- ras.” It is indeed a beautiful lake with beautiful surround- ings, but already they have commenced to strip the moun- tains of their timber and to defile these puremountain waters with sawdust and the refuse of the lumber mills. Neverthe- less, as a whole, the spot is still most lovely. The waters, long famous for their wonderful purity, reflect the blue of the clear sky above or mirror the dark-green hills and snow- clad mountains which on all sides surround them. Near the shore, where the water is forty, fifty, or sixty feet deep, one can distinguish very minute objects on the bottom, and can see the trout swimming or resting quietly near the bottom. These fish are caught for the most part either by trolling or by hand lines, using minnows for bait. They are said to run up to twenty-nine pounds in size, and captures of fishof over Seventeet pounds seem to be well authenticated. I was un- able, owing to engagements in San Francisco, to try the fish with a fly, The ride from Tahoe to Truckee is a delightful one and, being taken in the evening when the sun is lowand the shad- ows long, we enjoyed to the full the lovely scenery through Which we passed. The road follows the Truckee River and Tuns for the whole distance through a beautiful pine forest. The destruction of timber, so noticeable on the other side of the lake, has begun here also, and hefore long the magnificent forests through which we now pass will give place to an arid Waste, on which no green thing larger than a manzanita bush will have been left standing. From Truckee to San Francisco is only about twelve hours and, unfortunately, the most beautiful scenery on the ride is passed during the night. We thus lose many of the most in- teresting features of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and find ourselves, when daylight breaks, on the level plains of the Sacramento Valley, in a country which, though fertile and in many respects interesting, presents to the eye no striking beauties. A Our stay in San Francisco is short. There are certain things, of course, that one feels bound to do. A visit to (he Cliff House, taking by the way the beautiful Golden Gate Park, should be made at once, and there are, near the city, a number of places which should be seen. But San Francisco in summer is not nearly so attractive as at some other sea- Sons, and besides, we have seen all this before, so taking steamer we sail swiftly out of the Golden Gate and are fairly On Our way to the North. Yo. Victoria, B. C, tn ns Be Fa THe Doc on THE Isuanp in the rapids at Niagara has been joined by three other unfortunate curs, which, it is claimed, have been purposely put there as an advertising dodge by enterprising hotel proprietors. It is reported that arecent attempt to rescue the unhappy dogs, which would have been entirely successful, was frustrated by the inter- ference of a gang of roughs, who openly blustered that the dogs should not be released, as they were a good lure for the curiosity-seekers. An indignant visitor to the Falls writes to the Buffalo Courier: ‘ Asa member of a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, I have to ask you, sir, whether it is allowable that these helpless animals should be imprisoned on a barren heap, bereft of all the liberty and do- mestici'y to which they have been accustomed and brought ‘to the verge of madness in order that a set of showmen, guides and hack-drivers may reap benefit from the credulity ofa defrauded public?” If this is the truth in the case the sooner the yelping canine castaways are released the better it will be for all concerned in the cruel frand. —— ee Prrsonat.—Mr, T, B. Mills, of the firm of Wm. Mills & Son, sailed last Saturday in the Baltic for Europe. He will remain abroad several weeks and proposes to try some of the famous salmon streams on the other side. Among tliose who called at the office of the Forusr Awp Stream during the past week were Messrs. J. B. Graham, Secretary of the Toronto Gun Club; A. McGregor, R. Mor- tison, G. A, Burns, Jobn Dill and §. Staneland, all of the ‘Toronto Gun Club and enthusiastic devotees of the sports of field and flood. We are always glad to welcome our old friends and the latchstring of this office isalways out; in fact, the door is wide open for visitors from out of town. Give psacall, . 4 fishing vessels as there is in our yachts, Tue SAvacn Broopnounns of the playbills, in the “ only original Uncle Tom's Cabin” are inoffensive beasts on the stage. Just now we are reading of a hunt for human prey in the northwestern forests of Wisconsin, where the gen- uine article of bloodhound is employed to track the game. This is savage business, althongh the exigencies of the case appear to call for rough measures. But imagine the predica- ment of an unsuspecting sportsman in those forests, mistaken by the dogs forthe outlaws. We shall take our turn for game in some other section of the country if Wisconsin wonds are to be overrun with bloodhonunds. Let us hope that the out- lawed wretches may be cleared out, and the dogs with them, before the deer season opens. +a + Tat Possum promises to be perennial. The interest is still alive, and when it shall have decreased we sball for a long time be ix uncertainty as to whether it is really dead or only pretending to be. We had no though when we broached this cu'inary query that the topic would prove so fruiiful of Yacy and entertaining writing. The lawyers especially ap- pear to haye taken kindly to the argument of ‘possum hot and 'possum cold. ‘Two-thirds of the letters on the subject haye come to us from the legal fraternity. It speaks well for the disciples of Blackstone that a Jarge part of our gen- eral correspondence is with them. We will trust our case every time with a lawyer who has anintelligent appreciation of the dignity and value of field sports, ae ty a Dr, J. Hl. Hexsuarn and our correspondent, Mr. ©. L. Jordan, of Texas, are contemplating a Florida angling cam- paign next winter, when the latter, we understand, will take les:ons in the art of fly-fishing for the black bass. He is the enthusiast referred to, if we mistake not, by Dr. Henshall in his ‘Book of the Black Ba+s,” who dubbed a bass-fly ‘‘ a fish- hook poetized,” and thought the fish “ should take it through a love of the beautiful, if nothing else.” — oe Tne LronperG Dog has gained much esteem among the residents of St. John, Newfoundland, In our issue of July 21 we published a warm commendation of the breed, written by our correspondent at that place; and the high opinion expressed by the writer of that article is shared by other owners of the huge animals. ++ —- c. Prairie Onioxgy Suoorina is the sport toward which many scores of shooters are now (urning their eyes. The season opens shortly in ihe West and the reports of the game supply are very ehcouraging. Elsewhere will be found notes of some good centres for the sport. We shall be pleased to receive regarding other resorts any information which will be of practical benefit to our readers. ++ 9+. — Tue Car ‘City or Worcester” starts West on a shoot- ing trip the sixth of uext month, Mi. Jerome Marble, of Worcester, accompanying the party. There is room, we un- derstand, for four more in the company, and those desiring to join the car should make early application to Mr. Marble, at Worcester, Mass. —_——_— + IntustRAtions of many of the localities mentioned by Mr. Fay, in hisitinerary of a trip from Moosehead Lake to the Main St. John, are to be found in Mr, Steele’s book, ‘*Canoe and Camera,’” A map of the country is also con- tained in that volume. SEENON cca ieeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Pratste Curorny SHootine.—A correspondent wishes to secure, about the first of next September, board in farm- house or hotel in lowa, where prairie chickens are numerous and of easy access from the house. Address A. P. Y., this office, ; — Tue Inrinois Starz Srorrsmen’s Assooration is holding its tournament at Klienman Parl this week. A report of the proceedings will be given in a succeeding issue. Se a Proressor Huxtey's lecture on ‘‘ The Herring,” which we print to-day, is worthy of careful study. +o Taz Woodcock SEaAson in this State opened last Monday. e+ WE are obliged to defer the sparrow poem until next week. — i — AN INDORSEMENT WE VALUE. pane we have the approval and good will of the seafaring and nautical portion of the community in our efforts to have the sailing machine displaced by a healthier style of craft and yachting elevated from baby’s play on a mill-pond to the same manly standard of amateur seamanship which the sport occuples in British waters, we have been convinced from the start. Itis with pleasure, there—- fore, that we give space to the following indorsement coming from one of the mo+t experlenced captains who ever sailed a fisherman out of the port of Gloucester, Massachusetts. To draw from a practical seaman such lines of tellow-feeling Is enough to counterbalance a hundred adverse opinions from sources far less qualified. Men who ‘have been there” in earnest we have never known to hesitate in the choice between a ship and a sham; Editor Forest and Stream: I havea great deskre to write something for your yaching columns, TJ would like to “shake ,he feller’s hand” Who writes those articles in favor of deep boats, whoever he may be, and assure him that his efforts to have vessels substitu ed for slabs are appreciaied by one who has had the unpleasant experience of seeing his vessel sprawled out on het beam-ends more than once in a gale and who feels that there is a8 much need for a change of model in our A GLOUCESTER OAPTAIN, Gl = Sportsman Cauvist. THE PROSPECTORS' DINNER. TN CAMP ON JAMBS’ PHAK. By JHROME BURNETY. ATT, pard, until 1 load my pipe again And stir the fire. The cold’s a mire the winner Ti’tls the tenth of June; Tl tell you, then, What old Bill Job and 1 had once for dinner, The lay-out wast big, but all the same We had a meal, and more’n we intended— A dozen eggs withouten toast, and game And trout, the grab that makes a min feel splendid. And wé was hungry for it, Bill and me; TProspectin’ keeps the appetite a isin, And when we find such truck as that, you see, The way it kind o' lades Is Just surprisin', Tlere’s how it was: We'd come across the range And took the trail that leads you down to Boulder, For we was off to tackle, jus! for change, The carbonates before we'd got much older, ‘Bout twelve o’clock Bill flushed a mountain quail, And foun La nest with eges, as I’m a sinner; And then we caught some trout, and near the fail Corralied a grouse} You bet we had a dinner; You oughter seen Bill play his fork and dirk, A-fillin’ up his engine Ile a stoker, Untill, to keep along, L had to work, And draw to fill, as players do at poker, We worked the lead as long a3 color showed ; Cached every eee, and all the meat and fitters; Then ambied on to strike the Boulder road, And stopped at Jake MceCunn’s to get some bitters, For on the search we never drink a drop; Tt doesn’t help In this yer-kind 0’ fraciag ; But back among the ranenes, then we stop And smile a little, ‘cause It’s kina o' bracing. Jake took our measures, then he hustled round To get up what we wanted, strong and pleasant, The while we toid about the eggs we tound And had for dinuer, ‘long with fish and pheasant. A tenderfoot was sneozing in a chair, And when he heard us talk of eggs it raised him; He seemed to think we hud ‘em then and there, "Tween me and you the racket kind 0’ dazed him, ** Beg pardon, men,” he said, and stopped a spell; “To pears to me, sirs, if f undersiand you, You haye some mountain qualis’ eges hete to sell; If so, ve got the ready cash to hand you. * These quails, the ptarmigans, al scarce, you know, And scientific men down Hast, who rate ’em As very curious birds, they want to show That by some care they may domesticate em. ** And now, if you've the eggs, here’s what I say: Tl give you—well, ten dollars each to set ’em, For that’s the price I'm authorized to pay,” Then put in BU: “ Why, darn it man, we've ef ‘em |’ ‘Taint any use to tell you how we swore, Nor how we laughed, although it wasn’t funny, Then Bill declared he'd go and get some more, But, sir, he’s never culled to get the money. Tn fact, we hayen't seen him since that day, And though at climbin’ he was no begimner, It’s my opinion, pard, he’s gone to stay, And all because we hnd them eggs for dinner, + _A JOLLY FISHING PARTY ON KEUKA LAKE, HE true time to go to a ‘‘summer resort” is when no- body else is summer resorting, and therefore d» the knowing ones junket ‘‘allin the merrie month of May” or saunter in September. Curled calmly up in home hammocks during the fiercely beating heat of July and August, they can placidly smile at the antics of the ‘‘madding crowd” who wildly tear from pillar to post, sweltering in steam- boats, baking in Pullman cars or huddled in hotels, making half-burnt offerings of themselves on the red-hot altar of the insutiab!e sun! There is a monarch-of-all-l-survey feeling, too. in being the first or last guest at a country hotel, a cer- tin distinction in being the ouly one. You have a desolately grand sensation as you kick your heels through marble cor- ridors haunted by the rustling ghosts of last season’s Worth gowns and the phantoms of dead flirtations. The exquisite flavor of this feeling is intensified if you arrive afew days ah ad of your own small and select party who are conmi; g to fish with you, and you get well acquainted with the clever captain of the smart little steamer whi h ruus upon the like, and you find out just where the best fishing is, and you learn the first names of all the boys on the dock, aud get all the lgeal fish stories pat on the end of your tongue, aud “know the ropes” generally, and have a heaping store of shiny bait in an old stareh box with lumps of ice to keep it dead and dainty for that twenty-pound salmon-trout you're gcing to haul in sure as fate to-morrow, when the best and jolliest fish commissioner in the world arrives, with his spectacles and his tackle and his jovial comrades. The first guest is like the first swallow, the first baby, the first fower. He is a conquering hero, He doesn’t know exactly whether he feels more. like Christopher Columbus stepping ashore or Adam I, in the garden. Unconsciously he takes the pose he has seen Christy adopt in the drop-cur- tain of the Grand Opera House where he is *‘shooing” the Indians into the proscenium boxes and planting the flag in the sand, The first guest isas ihe long-lost brother of the cheery landlord, and the pretly- hostess smiles kindly and eyen graciously pauses at his table to see that he is well served. On him the waiter beams and widely grins; on the har a shinier polish comes upon the burnished glass; in his honor the shy chambermaid crimpeth her loug | cks by can- dle-li¢ht in the silent watches of the night; and as with lordly tread he leads the way to the dining-room trough the echoing halls, his now newly arrived iriends pattering meekly after him, why, for the moment he is “a bigzer man than old Grant.” The first week of fragrant May last saw Seth Green the 6 FOREST AND STREAM. [Aveusr 4, 1881. pioneer guest at the Fairchild House—a most homelike hostelrie, by the way—in Hammondsport, N. Y., a little hamlet which dabbles its feet in the lovely waters of Keuka Lake, and is just as delightful a place for your money as you could find, only it is, alas! four hundred miles from Broud- way. Seth of the rods does not fit my fancy sketch of the specimen first. guesf at all, for he has known every one around here for thirty years or more, and he never saw the drop-curtain of the Grand Opera-House, and is too simply genuine to know how to feel theatrical under any provoca- tion, while to the inhabitants of this quiet, far-away section he is ‘‘a bigger man than old Grant” all-the year round. Everything was ready for the fray in fine style. ‘Two enor- mous speckled beauties, weighing 12 pounds apiece, flanked the hotel register on the office counter to greet the coming guests. Indeed, one of the quests, Miss Pansy, vowed they were made of rubber, and stuck surreptitious hairpins in both, but was confounded and conyinced when she recog- nized the identical pin-holes in a choice morsel on her plate at supper. Next morning very early we set out to try our luck. Im- agine this plass-clear lake, stretching away and curving in and out for twenty-two miles—a nice slim beanty of a lake, only one mile bust measure. It is girdled by many-breasted, motherly, softly sloping hills, mantled with six thousand acres of lovely vineyards smiling at the sky. Imagine the soft sweet air and the misty haze, not hiding but enhancing the beauty of the early morning, and lending it a more mystic loveliness becoming its splendor, as a veil becomes a bride. Imagine a great quiet and hush as if all the roaring cities were dead Or not yet born—no sound save the lip-lip, lap- lapping of the water flirting gently with the flower-spangled shore. Imagine the jaunty little steamer Lulu cuddling close to the dock, und painted so smartly in divers colors that she looks like a bright shoulder-knot on the gray silk garment of the lake. She is now coyly waiting to take us away to the happy fishing grounds far down in the fertile loins of old Keuka. Imagine, I say imagine, seventeen hard-boiled eggs, twelve sandwiches and a huge rhubarb pie in the lunch- basket—and please don’t forget the salt nor the tackle nor the waterproofs, pillows, shawls and other impedimenta. We are allready. Suddenly the shrillest and most unexpected shriek you ever heard Jeaps from the tiny throttle of the Lulu, wounding the holy silence grievously and reverherat- ing along the shore in pitcous cchoes, as if every hill held captive a baby Lulu and all were wailing ‘‘ Mother!” Off at last! All the natives assembled on the dock to wish us luck, lady friends waying blue yeils from the piazza and their gudemen smiling in the doorway, while the white apron of the waite: shines spotless in the dining-room window. We land at Urbana dock and look at the famous wine man- ufactory or fermentory which sends us the famous ‘* Gold Seal and lovely, sweet, insidious still wines that taste like nectar, and are soft as dew and seductive as a siren's breath. We are offered the freedom of the cellar in a tumbler, and there is quite a lively discussion as to whether, after all, there would not be more solid enjoyment to the square minute to be got out of the day by going over fo the factory and seeing the bottling process, etc., than could be extracted from dwad- ling in a rowboat, waiting for surly fish to bite. 'The super- intendent ia very handsome and gallant, and the ladies stren- uously wish to stay, but Seth says, doggedly: ‘* We came to fish, and we're going to fish,” That settles it. Good-bye, “Gold Seal,” thou many-medalled nectar; thereisn’t a headache ina dozen bottles of you! Conversation gallops apace as the fair hills glide by us, unrolling their beauty as they pass, all gar- Janded with delicate pale vines, like an elegant roll of rich-rib- bed stuff embroidered in every hue and shade of green, from the faintest yellowish tinge to the darkest melancholy myrtle ; the pattern broken nt intervals by stripes of dun-colored cul- tivation and seamed by little clefts or gullies worn by rush- ing mountain streams which in the spring hasten to hide their sorrows in the lake. One tiuy stream, whose trouble was deeper than the rest, weeps lunguidly to-day, and it is bealitiful to see the silver tear-drops trickling faintly and monotonously from rock to rock. Alice's note-book bristles with facts and figures. Pansy is gloating on the pretty bait. We can hear her earnestly dis- cussing the vexed question of sawhbelly versus whitebait, “You know, Mr. Green, as Iwas saying, Greenwich is in England, you know; a place where they make latitudes and longitudes and things, and eyery one goes there in the season to eat whitebait, and it is counted awfully delicious and aw- fully swell; and I do assure you they are exactly Jike these, - so please don’t call the dear little things ‘sayyhellies’ any more. It is a perfectly horrid name anyhow. Why, don’t you know eyen prime ministers go to Greenwich to eat whitebait?” This last clincher ought to haye settled the matter, but Seth stuck to his point and wouldnt say white- bait, though in deference to his antagonist he called them alewives for the rest of the day. All of thirty years before he had caught white—, no, saw—, no, alewives, in a little lake in the interior, and for the past eight years there's been any quantity of them here in Keuka Lake, and they are the best bat in the world for salmon-trout. Nobody knows how they came or what their pedigree is, or anything about their relatives. They are poor litle finny foundlings, and from some undiscovered cause hundreds of them die, and every day you can see their cold corpses floating like shining scum on the surface of the lake. The captain’s fish stories haye been growing out of all pro- portions, He has now arrived at ihe point where the ** pho- fographer feller over there in Pen Yan” made a picture of the boy who caught an eight-pound fish on the end of his ~ nose! Sure enough, there was the photograph, and sure enough, the boy bad a nose! Evidence can go no further. This boy is supposed to bé in a boat with his mother—mark that well, gentlemen of the jury—with his mother near the shore, She is fishivug. Her back is turned to her boy, who is leaning over the edge of the boat paddling his little hands in the blue waters of the fair Keuka. A splash; a yell; mother turns round to find a large fat eight-pound frout squirming in the boitom of the boat and her son standing up, bellowing, with a bloody nose! ‘The name of the boy and the boat, and the age of the infant, please; the date of the occurrence, the color of the mother's hair, and was her dress cot with a basque or a polonaise ?” hurriedly demands Alice, with pencil poised and note-hook gaping. while Pansy sar- donically hums a line or two of a once popular song, endilig, ‘(Th was the cat; oh, yes, it was the cat.” Wilb unction the captain dwells on the gory details: ‘The hull front of his shirt was all blood. Ob, you should haye seen that boy’s shirt!” We disembarked and Lulu steams away. Now for three sultry, silent hours in the rowboat. Jock’s coat off now and the glory of his yellow gloves forever gone to limpness; Mr, Fish Commissioner quiet and watchful; Pansy furtively cramming out of Black’s ‘* White Wings,” so as to know the correct thing to ask when anybody gets bite. She has seen ‘‘shove ber the butt’? repeuted scores of times in this de- licious yachling idyl, bul un) direction on Mrs. Cleopatra's needle would be equally intelligible t) ber, and she is ashamed to ask for information The obhers unrse their fishing-rods, Alic:’s face is clouded, for she has forgotten the name of the game constable who was shot at from the shore by a fish po cher Jast autumn, though she took down the dimensions of the bullet-hole in the déck of the Lulu, and even stuck her Jittle finver in it with awe. ‘The constable’s name shall never go down to posterity, nol even when some— body finds her note-hook some day in a Sixth aveuue car, with its wild muddle of memoranda of table-linen, lists of things to buy at Macy’s, things to be put in the campher trunk, notes of travel, receipts for puff-paste, bits of song, the icemiin’s new address, when Mary’s mouth is up, infallible sunburn wash, ete. One of our peotlemen secares the first bite, and of course every one In the boat kindly instructs him how to land the fish, the ladies standing up and endangering their lives in their eagerness. Jock rows rapidly. ‘‘ Reel in! reel in!” cries Seth; ‘' steady, steady !” '' Give him plenty of line!” ‘* Don’t jerk!” ‘That's it, keep it stiff!" “Don’t be toorough!” ‘She’sa fighter!” ‘* Waster, faster!” ‘Slow, slow !"—were afew of the directions showered volubly on this genial novice, who has only been calching fish for about forty odd years or so. Deliberately and scientifically our fisher- man shows his skill. The line is nearly all reeled in, Seth has the scap-net ready in bis hand for the final capture. “ Acts kind of queer,” quietly comments the observant Jock. ‘ Hurrah! baul him in, haul bim in!” He, she or it is hauled in, and proyes to be a fine, healthy, inoffensive-looking stick about five feet long, the hook embedded in its soft bark. Amid the general langhter poor Pansy’s face wears a comical look of woe. In the intense excitement of the moment she had never once thought of saying, ‘‘Shove her the butt!” This was a great chagrin toa young woman whose talk is of a deep navy blue for weeks after she has been out on the bay for a day, and who is apt to call her bosom friends ‘‘land-lub- bers” when she returns from a visit to the schoulship. How- ever, she landed a five-pound trout herself almost immedi- ately, which was a slight consolation, A native, trolling along patiently, passes near our boat. ‘ What luck?” “Didn't haye a bite!” ‘Don’t sa-ay—nuther did I, not a sign of a bite,” and we rowed along in parallel paths. Seth and the passing fisher simultancously feel something jerk at the end of their lines. ‘Guess you've got a bite.” ‘‘ Hullo, so have I.’ Seth reelsin. The casual person reelsin, Every- body directs, encourages, scolds and ‘‘ bosses the job,” as be- fore. Again does Jock mutter, ‘Acts kind of queer.” Dead- lock. Each with lifted rod poised stiffly, and the lines reeled tanght to the verge of snapping. ‘* You've touched bottom, petliaps.” ‘* No, it’s mor’n 2U0 feet deep, here, and I’ve only paid ont 50 feet of line.” Awfnl pause, afler which the lynx-eyed Pansy sings at the of her yoice, shrilly, “Oh, you’vye tangled my line in your line, you bet,” which was strictly trne. Next day Seth caught nineteen beauties, weighing from three and a half to twelve pounds, but one of our party beat him by five fish and four pounds. Seth says now he doesn’t believe in going out fishing with ladies any- how. M, T. F. The tag-end of an unofficial note received from Mr. Green yesterday reads thus: ‘Caught seventeen salmon-troup in Keuku Lake yesterday. There were no ladies in the boat 1” et — —— —— POST-PRANDIAL ’POSSUM. Own's Cove, Ark., July 28, 1881, Kditor Forest and Stream: T find Tam indebted to yon to the extent of a letter in (he nature of a personal explanation, or apology. You must bear in mind that lam away up here in the Ozark Moun- tains—*‘ Bosting Mountings,” as they are sometimes termed by the natives—in search of health, One day late in June 1 received ni letter from you, asking *' How they do it in Ar- kansas.’ JT did not understand the question, and of course could not answer it. Lt occasioned a good deal of perplexity. At first I had a suspicion that it might relate to a discussion concerning certain disreputable fishes of Northern lakes and streams, who flap the fly into the mouth with the tail. But reflection satisfied me it could not be that. Our fishes are more sedate, will hardly take a fly at all, and when they do, they do it in a straightforward way. They do not use their tails to fill their mouths. Then possibly it might mean, how wwe protect our game; but we don’t do that at all. As to any other question whatever, it can only be said that we are not agreed among ourselves, and do it in yarious ways, each ac- cording to the best light he has. ‘A later mail brought me a bundle of back mumbers of the Forgst An» Stream, remailed from home; and now, when it is too late, I find that I have missed the opportunity to sit down to a dish of ‘possum with such distinguished company as Senator Garland, ‘‘Guyon,” and the inimitable Col. “Bob” Orockett—too late even to sit down to the second table with the ‘‘ children and niggers." Too bad! For your own private information, however, I will give you the result of years of experience boiled down; for if there is one thing above another which an editor ought to possess, it is accurate information. Now, in catching a ‘* "possum ” you need a dog. But that is too long, and life is tao short, ‘You should, if in Arkansas, go to a persimmon orchard, for in the production of this fruit this State ranks second in the Union—the supremacy of North Carolina in that industry being, of course, beyond dispute. Moreover, when the per- simmon is in season the ‘possum is ripe, and vice versa; the hard frost which softens and removes the ‘‘ pucker” from the persimmon, inproyes and brings out the food qualities of the ‘possum; and best reason of all, you are surer to find your game there than elsewhere. The best way, L think, is to hunt him with a gun. ‘The dog trees the game, you shine his eyes with torch or jack-lantern, and aim at the two little fire- balls that reflect your light, If you fail to “hear something drap,” as you shoot, you may know that it was “nothing but a coon,” or ‘! wasn’t fat.” Will he sham, make as if, pretend he’s dead, play ‘pos- sum? He will. Find one alive, strike at him, but don’t hit him, He will counterfeit a dead 'possum ‘‘to a fault.” Go off a little ways and watch. First one eye will open just a little; then if he fails to see you the other opens; his head moyes, slowly at first; he looks all about him; then gets up slowly, and looks all around. If he fails to see you, he makes off. Tf he sees you, he’s dead again. There's nothing inyoluntary about it. Tt is willful, deliberate and premedi- tated, [in doubt whether the animal is dead or shammeth, pick him up; straighten the tail; then pretend to let bim ———————ee drop. If alive he will coil the tail around the arm or hand, and save himself a fall. If le fails 10 do this, he is dead or mortally hurt. There is a great deal of poetry on the subject of the 'pos- sum. (ne solitary yerse endures in the recollection, which I quote as i lustrating the ‘shamming” trait in his charac- ter. It iss follows; *T met 4 pewossum in the rod, And huinible he did Seem to be—y—#; He curled his tall and skipped a rod, And swore Lhe roud was free—y—e, There would seem to be some difference in opinion as to the manner in which this Southern dainty ought to be drvss- ed. 1 don’t quite like that concvit of Col. Bob Crockett—the resemblance toa young baby. To my mind he should be dressed to resemblea well-dressed pig. Jt is more appetizing somehow that way. And that is easy. Ashes and hot water; hold him in by the tail—which is ready dressed—till the hair slips, then slip it all off; rnb with a corn cob; serape with a knife then draw, then put on alittle salt, and throw him on sume low roof to freeze for one or two nights. To cook him you don’t need a stove. Every well-regulated Arkansas fumily has an open fire-place, and an oven-and-lid, and a skillet-and-lid. The oven isa deep baking kettle, the skillet a shallow one. This is not unfrequently the entire culinary outfit. In the fire-place yon should have a hickory fire well g ne to coals. The’possum should parboil for balf an hour; if afew spoonfuls of sharp vinegar, a little soda, or a red pepper be boiled with it gll the better. When par- boiled throw all the water away; prepare the oven by putting one layer of sweet potatoes, medium sized, sliced lengthwise on the bottom, then put in the "possum; season only with salt and black pepper; use no other dressing or deyice what- éver, then [ijl the oven with sweet potatoes sliced as above ; put.on the lid, set it on the coals, cover over with glowing coals, and let it cook until both the potatoes and ‘possum are tender, Haye the skillet filled with corn dodgers made up with eorn ineal, water and salt only, Serve all hot. This is the correct thing. No sauce of any kind is admissible. For the matter of a drink your correspondent recommends water first, last and all the time. Ts it good cold? Itis. Never tried it, but know it must be. I have never seen any that was properly cooked left to get cold, and have never seen any one who had. Dide phys virginitna is of a modest and retiring disposi- tion, and must be sought tobe found. It is perhaps but nat- ural that the great public should entertain many misconcep- tions concerning ove whose front name is based upon an er- roneous notion. At another time I may ask a further hear- ing in his behalf. YELL. ++ FROM MOOSEHEAD LAKE TO THE MAIN ST. JOHN. IN THREE PARTS—PART 11. HEN i was awakened on the morning of May 30 it was by the beating of the rain updo our tent. The fire which we left burning jusy outside when we retired had long since sone out, and it was cold and cheerless, I got up and looked out into the forest. The wind was hushed ; the tall trees moved hot a branch ; but all was still, save the almost noiseless current, and the pattering of the rain drops upon the leaves. The rain came down easily and still, and a sense of desolation stole over one in the preat wilderness. T awoke the guides; and soon a cheerful fire was blazing, ni Lwithstanding the rain; and ere long a dozen fresh trout were sputtering in the pan. After breakfast the clouds broke a little ; and we decided to strike our tent »nd move forward ou our journey. ‘Two of the guides took a birch and pad- dled down to Suncook to engaye a team to take our boats wud luggage across Mud Pond Carry, while the rest packed up and paddled down to the ‘‘ Meadows,” at the head of *Suncook, now completely flowed over. Luter in the season the water falls off and nothing but a narrow, shallow and very crooked river is here, where now the lake sets up four or five miles, with a width yarying from one-half to three- quarters of a mile. This tributary is called the UMBAZOOESUS RIVER and is the outlet of the lake of that name. Having got again upon our course (lor we had fone out oF it to camp) we rested on our ours to await the return of our guides. After half an hour's delay we resumed our paddles, our fuides having found ns, and hunted up a log camp about three and a half miles up the meadows on the east shore. We found a very good house after some search, but when the loggers abandoned it for the season they left their refuse upon the ground, and the,s(mosphere around was avything but sweet; so we tarried not, but continued on about two and a half miles further and pitched our tent at the foot of ‘TITTLE OARRY,” on the east bank of the Umbazooksus. Until within two years, there were no teams to be had across Mud Pond Carry, but it must be made on foot. Now the occupants of *Suncook Farm pretend to furnish teams for that service; so while we were pitching our tent, Sam and John went back about four miles to assist the teams across 4 small creek, which empties into ‘Suncook on the east bank, to enable them to reach us at our camp at the foot of Little Carry, near which is the west terminus of the carry when made by teams. While awaiting their return we found some very good fsh- ing on the rips near our camp. About 6 P. a. our guides re- turned with the intelligence that they could not get the horses across the creek, is the owner would not swim them unless we would stand security, fearing they might drowo— hence they abandoned the team, put it back and hired three then, paying them ‘85 each to assish in getting us across the carry. The next morning—May 3l—we made an early start, for we had the hardest battle of the route before us for this day's work. Our guides paddled up the pitch (some forty rods), while we walked **Short Carry.” Resuming our bouts, an hour’s paddle against a stiff eurrent took us a matter of two miles into UMBAZOOKSUS LAKE, half a mile across the lake to the east. shore and you Jand af the west end of the famous or infamous MUD POND OAERRY, one of the worst out of doors. It is two miles long and from the centre pitches both ways. ‘To the westward the water empties into *Suncook and pays tribute to the East Branch® of the Penobscot ; to the eastward into Mud Pond and thence into Chamberlain, till it finally reaches the St. John—hence Aveust 4, 1881.) | FORESt? AND STREAM. 7 pt it is of the head waters of the St. John, there being many A well-defined road crosses to Mud Pond, but the soil is light and springy, with a frequen. ad- mixture of solid mud, su that you often sink from two to tributaries to that river. three feet into the mire. Having made the carry before, however, we were provided with long-legged rubber boots anil were able to get. over it wi-hout great discomfort, Our birches and ollier Iuggage were transported with little diffi- cully or delay. A matter of two or three hours suffices to make it with light luggage and canoes, but taking across a batean weighing from 600 10 800 pounds is qnite another matter: it was accomplished, however, in about sir hours. Our guides now numbered eight men and, by means of yokes roushly improvised for the occasion, they raised the bateau to fheir shoulders, carrying it from ten to fifteen rods at apull. Although it was not yel June the black flies swarmed about us in great numbers and annoyed us exceedingly. At four o'clock, however, we were safely across, our three extra men were dismissed, and we résumed onr journey. MUD POND is 1 sma|l sheet of water, very shallow, but deep in mud, nearly round, with a circumference of about two aod a half or three miles, Fifteen minutes took us across to the outlet. ; this‘the guides ran, while we walked to the foot of shoal water, a distance of about eighty rods, where the outlet is Three-quarters aufticiently deep to admit of safe passage. of a mile further took us to OHAMBERLAIN LAKE, into which the outlet empties. forty rods with ‘‘dry kie,” a mass of broken trees, old stumps and branches, and all sorts of drift wood closely ihterwoven and packed together. By the aid of setting poles we worked our way through it in twenty minutes, and were pon the broad bosom of Chamberlain, & charming’ stretch of water, some twenty miles long by two to three wide. Nearly opposite on the east shore is OHAMBERLAIN FARM, where sportsmen always find & hearty welcome, a good bed, and 4 satisfying board, Quite w gale of wind was blowing to the west as we entered upon the lake, and our little birches bobved merrily up and down upon the heaving billows, but they rode the white caps beautifully, and at about six o'clock we made # safe landing at the farm. June the Ist was a most delightful morning, the air was fresh and bracing, with a stiff breeze from the north. About 8:30 we got under way, our larder restocked, and everything provided for a three or four days’ sojourn in the wilderness. Our course lay northerly along the east shore. A stiff head wind rendered bur progress slow, and it took us a matter of an hour and a half to reach THE LOOKS, tliree miles distant The locks were built several years ago, aba considerable expense, to form a communication of Nagle with Chamberlain Lake, and thus take the logs from the surrounding territory into Chamberlain, thence into Hast Branch, gud finally into Maine, instead of in the other direc- tion down the St. John. To carry out this project three dams were built, two at Chamberlain and one al the foot of Churchill, just at the head of Chase’s Carry. Parties inter- ested in sending them down the St. John, however, would not tolerate this new thorouxhfare, and shortly after a fire mysteriously destroyed every dam The dams at the locks are about cighty rods apart. The firs| is at the beginning of the outlet, and the second just below on the sanie outlet. The remains of the dams are sufficient to bur the progress of passing through in boats, so we had to carry by the first into the water below, and also do the same at thesecond dam. Our bateau was the only thing that promised trouble, but by means of the ‘' painter” we drageed it upon the top of the first dam and let it down be- low. At the second dum we cleared a passave to the shiice- way through a mass of ‘dry kie,’ and our guides ran it through empty, jumping the apron into the water below. An hour's delay did the business, and we found ourselves floating calmly upon the bosom of EAGLE LAER. At the upper end of Hacle Lake, on the west shore, we visited a beaver house, which we found to have been recently built, and noted fresh tracks of beaver thereon. t s..v2-- 1 Dakott |---.-. += ' TPE OS pee duty 1 D. C.@ .|Aug, 15..| Tuy 8 Gar JOUER Vt Oct 1..| Idaho*, Allg, 1, .-s|Aug, 1.|Sept. Te}... His Sept 1. ..|Aug. 15) aug. 15 Sept, in f. 1... ./pept. 1.|Sept. 1.'Nov, 1. .-|Aug. 15/Aug. 15/0ct, 1.. Septeale |etenes Ole, We eens aT e elke Sept. 1. Sept. 1. ‘fesse sey ++. (Sept. 1, 2Sept. 1.\Sept. 2.) 00.0205 Murat Pee ae ee | 1882 |Sept.1./Oct.1.. Sept, 1.\Sept 1.|.....-_, SALE eae ye win te y Sept. 1. . 9-)Aug. 1... .|Aug, 15.}... Ort. 15,. Ialy1., Orr. 1 Pe PATritrs, dw ke psoas -. Seph 1,/Oct, 15, seSepterts Lilo Ss 4 po Sh) Aug. . Sept. 15 Spt. Te1...02... Va." ....|/Sept. 1 ‘) Aug. 1 Sept. 1,|Out, 15 Wish".An&® 1es| PAUBS Ic, [AU Tea]. 5 sunt ee eee poses W. Va../auly 15.. Sept. 1 |Sept. 1.|Sept, 1.)..05222. Wis, ...jShyiC. 15. Wyo... Ate 15, July 0 | Aug, 1_.|Aug. 15../Aug. 15|Aug. 16 beeetewwnle wee eserelinerector Antelops.—CoL, Fept. 1; Idaho, Aug. 1; Neb., Oct. 1; Nev., Aug. 1; W, Mex, Sept. 1; Utah, aug. 1; Wyo. Aug. 1. Bujfata,—Colo., Sept. 1; Neb., Oct, 1; N, Mex., Sept, 1. Cariboo. —Me., Oct. 1: N.T., sept. Le, Doves.—Ala,, Aug. 1; Cal. July 1; Ga., Oct. 1; Kan., Aug, 1; Miss., Sep 15; Mo. Auv.1; N C., Oct. 1; 8. C., Oct. 15. sik. —Colo., Sept. 1; Idahv, Aug 1;-Mipn., Nov. 1; Neb., Oct. 1; ae Aug. 1; N. Mex., Supt.1; Or,dJuly1j; Utah, Ang.1; Wyo., mug. 14. ULaOwe Me. Oct, 1; N, H., Sept. Le; Ore., July 1. Mountain Shewp.—Col., Seph. 1; Neb, Oct. 1; Nev., Aug. 1; N. Mex., Rept 1; Utah, Aug.1; Wyo., Aug. 15, Jover.—D). U., Sept. 1; Me, Aug, 1; Mo., Aug. 1; Ney,, Sept. 1; N. BH... Aug. 1; Pa,. duly 16: R. TL, Aug. 1. Raii—Del., Sept. 51 N.J., Sept. ; Pa., Sept. 1. Reelpird.— Del, Sept. 5; D. C., Sept, 1; N_J., Aug. 25; Pa., Sept, 1. Snipe—Dakota, Aug. 13; D, O., Sept. 1; Nev., Sept. 1; N. C., Och, 1a, ‘Tn these States there are special county laws. a The deer law ap- plies to sale or possession. 6 Wildfowl! not protected on the coast. ¢ In Upper Penidsnla dee! season opens Aug. 15. qd California quail protected to i863, ¢ In Coos County deer season opens Aug. 1; moose and Cariboo, Sept. 1_ 7 First open woodcock season began July 1; Will Glose Aug. 1. y Quail Shooting prohibited to Noy. 1, 1832, in coun- dies ii Montgomery, Schenectady, Saraloga and Albany. Wildfowl seasoll in Lope islund waters Opens Oct. 1. Woodcock shooting in Putchess County prohibited during August. h Deer law relates to Teale deer only, Tur MinnesoTa Pratrte Coloken SEASON does not open until Sept. 1. : ee PRAIRIE CHICKEN SHOOTING. TIE reports which have come to us of the pinnated TT grouse, or prairie chicken, shooting in the West, this season are very promising. Our curvespondents are uniformly ef the opinion that the season of 1881 on the prairies will be all that te spor sman could ask, The Jaw is‘off in Duko- ta, Illinois, Tiwa. Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin August 15, and in Indians, Kin-as and Minnesota Sept. 1. Hepo'ts haye come to us during the past week as follows, and we hope that our friends at the West may supplement these letters with news of the game supply in other Jocali- ties : POINTS ON THE CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY, Tne Cuidago Aayp Nortnhwesvern Rattway Co.,)} Curoaco, I., July 25. y Bditor Forest and Stream: Tam advised that chickens are plentiful on our Winona and St. Peter line, west of Rochester, and on our Iowa Di- vision, west of De Wilt. Igive the names of some of the towns where sportsmen will tind hotel accommodations, and in some cases I have the names of the principal hotels. Where the names of the hotels are not given sportsmen will find good acconimodations without any trouble. I do not know the exact rate in any case, but most of tbe best West- ern hotels charge transients from $1.50 to $2 per day. Our rule is to make a rate of one andl a half fare tor the round trip for hunters. No charge is made for carrying dogs and guns and hunting tackle in baggage-cars, nor are baggage nien allowed to make any charge for the same. Towa.—ve Witt, Cedar Rapids (hotels: Grand Hotel, Northwestern Hotel, Coleman House), Tama, Nevada, Ames, Boone, Ogden, Marshalltown, New Jefferson, Denison, Dun- lup, Wall Lake, Sac City, Battle Creek, Mapleton. Minnesoir,—Rochesier (hotels: Cook House, Pierce Tonse), Owatonna (hotels: Arnold House, Park Hotel), Waseca, Mankato, Kasota (hotel: Railroad Hotel), St. Peter (hotels: Nicollet House, Commercial House, Northwestern), Redw:od Falls (hotels: Commercial Hotel, Exchange Ho- tel), Tracy, Marshall, Lake Benton. Paketa,_W»tertown, Brookings, Volga, Desmet, Huron. Truly yours, W. H. Sreynett, G, P. A. i GAME IN KANSAS. c Manuarran, Kan,, July 26. Biitoy Forest and Stream: The chicken season in Kansas does not open until Sept. 1, the last Legislature haying given this bird one more month tions of one granger member, that if the crow was driven away the coun'ry would be visited by a small white worm that would reduce the State to a howling desert. The crow liad to go, however, and our sportsmen are assisting him in his migration to the best of their ability. Some think they must have beard of the law, as they are more careful to keep ou! of gunshot than before their exemption from hurm, This season promises to be a good one for the sporisman in this vicinity. Quail are very numerous, comparatively few being killed last year. Hven on the outskirts of this city the voice of the Bob White may be heard in the evening, and in the course of an eyening’s ride numerous broods will be flushed. The chicken makes its home on the high prairie during the summer months, and parties in from those sections report them very numerous. The Blue and Kansas rivers unite at this point, and large sloughs are numerous, so it may well be imagived that there is high sport during the fall and winter. Geese and ducks are very numerous, the former on the rivers, und the latter both on the rivers and sloughs. When the season fairly opens I shall give yousome further notes, Just now there is nothing to huof except squirrels, and they are not very numerous. AMATEUR SPORTSMAN. THE PROSPECTS IN IoWA. i Mokrnine Sux, Iowa, July 27, Editor Forest and Stream: The chickens are here in fair numbers and, as the Jaw is off the 15th of Angust, we expect some sport in that line soon, Plover are beginning to come in, and there are said to be some snipé in the Iowa bottom.—M. §, I. Liycory, Neb., July 27. Hditor Forest and Stream; There is good plover shooting in the vicinity of the city. Two of us went out the other afternoon and bagged between thirty and forty. One can hear quail in eyery direction when outside the city limits, and twice I have heard rhem near the State house within the last two weeks. Reports from ibe country are to the effect that prairie chickens are plentiful. The shooting season opens Aug. 15. I fear the game laws here are not yery strictly observed, The city club offers a premium of $20 for the conviction of a member of any club for violating the law, and #10 for the conviction ef any other person. Still 1 apprehend chickens are being shot all the same. Thermometer 54 this 4, M.—Buxr H. Pork. THE MINNESOTA SEASON. Minwzapouis, Minn,, July 28, 1881. Editor Forest and Stream: The open season on prairie chicken in Minnesota com- mences Sept. 1. The Legislature changed the date to Sept. 1 at its last session, 1880-81. Let me quote from the Revised Statute approved Feb. 26, 1831: ‘-No person shall kill or pursne with intent to kill any * * * * * nor any prairie hen, or chicken, nor any white-breasted or sharp-tailed grouse or prairie chickens, saving only during the months of September, October and November; nor any quail or partridge, nor any ruffed grouse or pheasant save only during the months of September, October and Novem- ber. Prairie chicken are reported quite plenty in this vicinity, and we anticipate good sport, if the coveys are not broken by farmers’ boys and unprincipled guuners who style themselves sportsmen. Isaw a par'y from the Rice Lakes (about fifteen mi‘es nor heast of here, and famous for its grand ** pass” shnoling) who says there is more rice in the lakes this year than there has been for fifteen year's. This argues well for some excel- lent sport among the rice ducks this fall. If any of your correspondents want any wild rice, I think I could make ar- Tangements for getting some this year. F.Y¥. Hi Morais, Minn,, July 28, 1881, Editor Forest and Stream : Chicken are more plentiful than before for years. also in large numbers. Ducks SUBSORIBER. OS ee . OUR DETROIT LETTER, HERE is consternation in the camp of the pigeon shoot- ers. The place where the Michigan State Medal Associ- ation does its shooting is a part of the Wamtramek race track inclosure called Hurlingham Park. Of this G orge Voorhees is lessee, and he rents to the Medal Association. The law of this 8 se, under which ihe Sociely for the Preven-ion of Cruelty to Animals operates, contains this clause: ‘‘Any per- son who shall rent any building, shed, room, yard, ground or premises for the purposeof * * * shooting any anl- mal, fowl or bird, or shall knowingly suffer or permit the use of any * * * ground or premises belonging to him or under his control for any of these purposes shall, on convic- tion thereof be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor.” The penally is imprisonment in jail nol exceeding three months, a fine not exceeding $100, or both such fine and im- prisonment as the Court shall determine. Mr. Voorhees yesterday received from James Forsyth, Secretary of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, a letter notifying him that the Socie'y had finally resolved to enforce the law with respect to pigeon shooting. Tn consultation with some of the leading men of the Medal Associalion, Voorhecs has said that he will make a test case in the courts if the Association will stand by him, In my Opinion it is extremely doubtful if the men who shoot will underlake anything of the kind. They think the easiest way is the best wav. They are not anxious to ge* into a wrangle with the law, and some of them are more than half inclined to think that after all they deserve the appellat’on ‘pigeon murderers,” which has frequently been applied to them hereahout. That is to say, there is in the minds of some of them a half-defined notion that it is not the manliest thing in the world fo trap and kill half played-out birds after the fashion of bushwhackers, and I think I begin to observe signs of disintegration in the pigeon shooting clubs in the West. In respect to the present controversy, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty occupies the van'age- fround, having put the shooters on the defensive and being girt in the strength of law an! the undoubted drift of public seuliment, I do not quite know how this will strike the hioliday than it formerly enjoyed. The season closes Decem- | readers of Forest AND SrrREAM, but if facts are what they her 1. ture did, however, was te remove their protection from the | destructive crow, This wag done im spite of the protesta- * nail cannot be shot until October 1, and the season t want, they may possibly thank me for writing and this jour- extends uniil the first of January. One good act the Legisla- nal for publishing the naked truth, my own on the merits of the case, here is to-day history: I express no opinion of What I have written The law in relation to woodeock shooting takes effect in this State August 1, but in the meantime the pot-huaters are b'azing away, and woodcock are selling at $4 to $4.50a dozen. Iiven at those figures they are Very scarce, and the market is not especially eager for them. I have detected solne signs of conscience among sportsmen here, #nd it is a genuine pleasure to record the fact that most of them have steadily refused to pull a trigger, though July is, in theatrical parlance, an ‘‘open date” in Michigan. At Point Monillie Marsh, President Colburn informs me, mallard, blue-winged teal, and woodduck are breeding lively, and the promise for September 1 is uncommonly gorgeous, At the St. Clair Plats ducks are plentiful already, but vandals are killing them at an outrageous rate. They dare not bring them to town, nor let it be known who they are, else the gen- uine sportsmen would inyoke the law upon them in a half minute. That bear, which two hunters of Rogers’ Lake presented to BE. H. Gillman a few mouths apr, and which was sent over to Belle Isle by the latter, escaped soon after its arrival. Yesterday a policeman, going through a wonds on the island, tound the poor beast dead. It had fouled its chain in # log, and unquestionably starved to death. The fourth annual tournament of the Howell Gun Club will be held at Howell, Mich., on the Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad, August 9,10 and 11. It is to be a tour- nameént with glass balls, open to the world and one or two counties of New Jersey. There will be a no pro rata purse each day, and in addition to the rerular purses, the manage- meat announce a citizen’s purse of $150 in gold, afler purse No. 8, on August 11, Eyz-OPENER, +o HINTS IN THE ART OF DUCK SHOOTING. Brine A Fammiar Letrer to Onze Wo Has Geen a ,GKEENHOKN, My Dear Fellow: Of course not; you will not own rp that you were ever what you now style a ‘ereenhorn.” Oh, no; you never hired a punter and paid him two dollars per day to locate you on sume old root or point over deep water in a cramped position ali day, with an occasional high or wide-flying duck to sirain your gun at if he happened to fly in front of you, where you coud “swing” on-him without losing your hal- ance, while the said punter went off ‘‘ty scare’em up,” which scaring up consisted in locating himself on some good fved- ing ground in shallow water, where he did scare them up— without shooting—well knowing ‘that the ducks were ‘““wonted,” and would straggle along back al] day to the crack of his ald muzzle Joader, and the loading of his old dug-out toits u/most with “green heads,” ‘‘hen mallards,” *tpin- tails,” etc. ‘Toward nigh’ he pushesa'ong hack, asks, “How many you got ?” and picks up your ‘‘gei,” which consists of one that fell behind that point of deer-tongue, one or \wo in the high grass and one or two that can bere rieved A few days later you are surprised to learn tiat Old Smith—with this same punter—‘‘killed ninety-s:ven ducks and was in at three o’¢ ock.” How many seasons did it take you to learn that the best places were saved by these punters for just such good fellows as Old Smith, and that Old Smith gave the said punter that cheip single-berreled breech-loader, with which he kills crip- ples for Oid Smith and ducks for the market when nor en- gaged in finding the bet places for Smith or guarding the sauieé avain-t evcroachments of ‘‘greenhorus” and others that are not up to the dodge of fees and perqnisiles ? How many seasons di’ it take yu to learn to depend on your own judgment, to watch the flights and go where the ducks were, and where they would come back, and to get a good blind if it took till noon? You must well remeuiber how you were prone to stop at the first point where ) ou saw a few ducks flying over, and how afier getting partly blinded you would think you saw greater nunibers over some other point wren you woud pull up stakes and move. Of course you don’t remember in your early days “‘oracking a cap” xt a duck at least three gun shots high, and t' en saying ‘* Gosh! if that gun had gone off [d a-killed him sure’—and you wondered why | laughed. And you don’t reniember getting vexed at a man hecause he called you ‘‘Mark” when y ur name is George. Oh! no. You were never a “greenhorn.” You never jumped up when a duck was 200 yards from you, and coming strai ht on? Why, I'veseen you do it, time after time, season after sea- son. Andd» you remember how you wouid occasionally throw up your gun when the duck was witlen thirty or forty yards, take it down aguin, and then regret that you did not shoot, as you imagined he wastoo far away ? Also, bh w much time wus wasted while poling or pulling across the flat or other open water by stopping and crouching every timea duck could be seen within half a mile. Again, how long did it take you ‘‘to learn [he marsh ?” And not to be lost by the time you had pulled 500 yards from the open channel? You hadnt thes ightest idea of marking your :urroundings. It took years to learn to note thing< in the distance ; to mark the risings and depres-ions of wood- tops, hills, curious y-shaped trees, house tops. +te., against the sky—things that can be seen long after twilight. You were always obliged to leave the shooting grounds by four o'clock for fear of being caught out after dark. T tll you we were all ‘tyreenhorns.” It tukes years upon years of active ducking to get half an education in that line; to learn the effects of winds of varying force and dirretion, stages of water at which to visit ceria points, (he color of the clothes you should wear and of the beat you use. How many times I’ve seen your old blyck hat «r coat hobbing up and down when you were a mile from me aernse the marsh, while I would searcely catch a glimpse of othr bun‘ers at one-quarter the distance, who bad hat and cout of “dead grass” color late in the fall, or the proper shade of green in September, or of brown if blended in the deer-tonzue, How smart we feel and how we pity the green one in his great yaw] boat, with perhaps a big standing keel that pre- vents his going into shallow water—his splashings, noisy ways, black clothes, ete. And yel, let us strike one of those old ‘‘natives”—‘'marsh rats"—that have been market shooting and *‘punting” all their lives; then how green we feel and how fully we appreciate the impossibili!y of our ever learn- ing half his craft—a knowledge that seems to he a second na- jure, although acquired during a life-time in the ‘mash ” We go out with our patent decoys, our patint guns, our improved boats, our fancy blinds, and set thoroughly hid in the high grass on the point After awhile along comes your © marsh rat.” His old muzzleloader lies in the bottom of his old skiff. He pulls ashore, never noticing the occasional duck that may fly past; cuts a small armful of canes ; locates 10 FOREST AND STREAM, (Atever 4, 1881, in the shallow water between two points; sticks the few canes in the mud around his boat and binds down the tops. This makes a ‘‘ blind” that dues not, seem to hide hii or his boat, any more than the traditional ladder did the girl who undressed hehind it; still the ducks do not seem to see him. The coarse shot, that he always uses, go ont of his old gun with a Icind of ‘* swish,” caused ly his two drams of powder and one ent wad, but the duck comes down, be it anywhere under sixty yards, and he seldom shoots furtber unless he “chances” a long shoot at a canvass-back or goose. Perhaps you never noticed the difference between the ‘swish ” of his gun and the bang, roar and reverberation of the ten-pound, ten-gauge, five-dram breech-loader, with two pisk-edge wads over the powder. And speaking of targets, his gun won't make one. Why, a thirly-inch circle, at forty yards, wouldn't have a dozen pellets in it—but then there would be four or five near the centre. Our native is not out this time for profit. Fowl are not plenty enough. He gets half a dozen in a half hour—just enough for a *‘mess””—pulls up and goes home, with his old guu again in the bottom of the boat. He makes no false motions, but if a duck comes within range of that skiff it falls down, perhaps only winged, and of course dives. Does. our **marsh rat” shoot at his flattened head on the surface-of the water? Notmuch, He picks up his paddle, and there is a lively race for the grass, with strokes at the duck every time his head pops out of the water, not giving him time to *‘ get his wind.” Long before the grass is reached the head col- lides with the paddle, and a dead duck is added to the pile in the skiff. Now, wve will go over to Blue Bill Point, where this same “native” shot all last week, and the week before. See here, now! if you want to get out of Lhe boat, get ont over the bow. Don't you see the prassis not disturbed at all, ex- eept just where his boat was shoved in, and one or two little trails where he has gone in after ducks dropped in the grass. Now, supposing this same point had been shot off from by some of the members of the *! Winottawaville Gun Club,” it would look as if it had been run over by a herd of cattle, and you could not vet any well-appointed wild fowl within four- teen fun shots of the place. Oh, my boy, there’s many a point to be learned, many a wrinkle not dreamed of in your philosophy—nor in mine, for that matter—nor in any man’s who can only hunt two or three weeks in the course of a year. ME-HIT-ABLE. Cleveland, Ohio. + RABBIT TAKING TO WATER. Hditor Lerest and Stream, Tf any readers of this paper have ever seen a rabbit take to the water when pursucd by dogs I should like to hear from them, I witnessed one instance of it one day in February, 1863, while stationed as ordinance sergeant at Fort Banks, ten miles above New Orleans on the Algiers side of the river. The planiers use a half-breed hound and setter for rabbit- hunting ; they run faster, but don’t follow as true as the bea- gle, and, consequently, run over and jake up time in picking upthe trail. We were running a pack of six or eight of these dogs. They had started a rabbit, and were coniing toward me at a goud pace, every dog giving tongne that made the woods fairly ring wilh the exciting music. I saw the cot- ton-tail jus! flying over the ground, some of the pack were running, I think, by sight. He suddenly stopped in an old ditch or drain. There was about ten or twelve inches of water in the ditch into which my long-eared friend settled himself, leaving above the surface his eyes and nose only. The pack came up, jumped the ditch pell-mell and, as the last. dog cleared the bank, the rabbit crept out and took his back trail. Talk about tall-sailmg! Why he went like a streak of lubricated ligltning, and by the time the pack got through fighting over their biunder and straightened out on the new direction the cotton-tail had ten minutes’ start. and the whole State of Louisiana for a race-course. H. L. M. Lynn, Tuly 22. ee Sneeze SHooriwe orF Conn’s Isranp.—Parties direct from the Virginia coast report poor bags of bay birds at Cobb's Tsland, though at Cape Charles Light and vicinity fine sport has been had. Dr. George Wilkins, P. Savage, Capt. Stur- gis, of Northampton County, left on Monday for an extended hunt off ihe broadwater. As each man carried one hundred pounds of shot, a kez of powder, and a sack of salt to pre- serve the game, the hunt must be immense. If they get hack alive I will send you an account of their trip. The Doctor lias just bought a new gun from New York. It’s a choke bore, and made by Well, as this ad. isn’t paid for I won't mention mukers,—Cuasseur- Tan Crams or WustMinster, Md.—We have a Forest and Stream Club of Carrol Coifuty at this p'ace in addition to the Garrol County Rifle Association. The Forest and Stream Club is now in camp on the banks of the Menocacy, some nineteen miles west of this place, on the Western M. R. BR. The camp consists of a frame structure 12 by 20 feet, con- taining twelve bunks, each 40 inches wide: a tent 14 by 22, and a bunk for the cook. Some very nice strings of bass have been taken already, principally with crawfish and tad- poles, but the fishing promises to be beter later in the season, W. H.R. F Gitroy Rop axp Gun Crun.—The officers of the Gilroy, Cal., Rod and Gun Qlub for the present year are: E. H. Farmer, president; Geo. Holloway, vice-president, ; H, M. Briggs, treasurer; E. Leayesby, secretary. The club is ina flourishing condition, and a field trial of dogs in the fall is proposed, Goon Grounp, Shinnecock Bay.—Bay snipe shooting con- tinues to be good. Parties bringing in gnod bags every day. The best leg of the season, Fo far, was brought in by Horace Waldo and son, July 26, sixty-four in a half-day’s shoot. We are looking for a flight of willet every day,— Witt N. LAwk. Wirkinson’s CraAraur for filling rifles and shot shells is a simple, accurate and perfectly satisfactory lool. We haye carefully tested its merits, and find that its manufacturer's claims for it are well founded. BErayurs IN GeoRaIA must be in soodly numbers if the re- port is true that a Greene (Ga.) County trapper made $700 trapping them last season. A good excuse for sickness.of yourself and fam lly Is that you don't use Hop Bitters. Salmon, Salrto selur. Brook Rainbow Trout, Salmo iridea. Dolly Yarden Trout, Salvelinws | Striped Bass, Rocews tineatus. Grayling, Thymalius ¢trfeolor and | Rock Bass, Black Basa, Micropterus salmoides Maacalonge, Esom nobilior, Pickerel, Heox reticulatus, Pike or Pickerel, Hsox itiecits. Pike-perch Sea Bass, Centropristia atrarius. Bluefish or Taylor, Tautog or Spanish Mackerel, Cybiwm mavu- V Sea and River ishing. FISH IN SEASON IN AUGUST, FRESH WATER. Stizotethium griseum, etc. Yellow Perch, Perce, fluviatilis, ; amerteanum, 8. rout, Sa/velinus foniinalia. malme, White Bass, Roccus chrysops. Ambloplites, (Two TL montants, species). War-mouth, Choenobrytius gulosuea, Crappie, Pomoxys niyromaculatus, Bachelor, Pomoxys annwlarts. Chub, Senotilis corporalis. Shad, Alosa sapidissima. and M. pallidis. (wall-eyed pike) SALT WATER, Shad Weuiktish or Sqiietague, Oynascyon Striped Bass or Rocktish, Roceus | regatis, lineatus. La Fayette or Spot, Liostenurscbli- WhiLe Perch, Morons americana, {PUES ' Pomntomus | Channel Bass, Spot; or Redfish, saltatnta- Serenops ovcellatus. Scup or Porgle, Stenvtomus aryy- Base pS tea, Archosargua probato— {t rops, Pollock, Poltachins carbonariua. Blackflsh, Tautoga caphalys, | Kingfish or Barb, Mentivirrus nebulosus, onilin, (eet a ed Borrom FisHinG, ground-baiting with the float and sinker, and the like, are doubtless all very welLin their way; and will perhaps, In muny instances, even with sporting fishes, be found the most killing, as they are clearly the easiest methods; while, with other varieties they are the only modes that can be adopted; still they are to fly- fishing, or spinning the minnow, what shooting sitting Is to shooting on the wing; and the fisher who is proud of lugging out of their ele- ment twenty trout by main force, aided by a lob-worm or roe-bait, stands in the same relation to him who baskets his three or four brace witli the artificialfly and single gut artistically cast, as the gunner who pot-hunts his bag full of birds—treeing his ruffed grouse, and hutehering his quail in their hnddles on the ground—does to the crack shol, who stops his cock ina blind brake, with the eye of faith and the finger of instinct, or cuts down his wild-fowl, skating before the Wind at the rate of a mile a minute, deliberately, rapid and unerring. —FRANK FORESTER. _—————— NEW FISHES IN NEW PLACES. HAYE read with much interest several articles on food fishes, their true names and classifications; also a desire expressed that any new development in new localities might be promptly forwarded to the Fornst anp Streram. Primarily, 1 would that you might be assured IT am no authority in ichthyology, although I claim, from a former residence of years on that noblest of rivers of our continent, the St. Gawrence, to know the muscalonge, pike, pickerel, black and rock bass, perch, sturgeon, eels, catfish and bull-heads (the last in particular, when I see a French- man deftly separating the head and hide from the toothsome flesh), J, too, have seen and relished those “shiners,” s) called, which did so abound in years gone by in the lumber- ing regions of Canada; and here in our beautiful Lake Mad- json, just a pleasant ride from our city, we have, besides other excellent fishes, the black bass lifting the steelyard bars at 5 lbs., a very striking resemblance to those Rideau shiners” (not theme‘ fellahs,” who, years agone, played such adroit wicks on Her Majesty's customs officials, giving to smugglers from the American side that aid and comfort which is so refreshing to the fraternity im a tight place, and when hotly pressed), but that excellent fish which your correspondent has so filly portrayed. Here the people call them bass, and they are taken rapidly with indifferent bait. 1 believe them to be of the veritab e family of shiners where- of your correspondent spraks. Here I will end my rambling introduction, and sive to yon and your readers somethivg new to us here in the Minnesota river, Three years ago, while passing along the streets of our city with a friend, who is regarded as a good fisherman and a mighty hunter withal, we met a lad with a string of fish, three of which were so singular iu looks and so unlike anything known to in- habit our waters that he asked the lad where he caught them, «Just below the slaughter-house * was the reply. I was nonplussed, although [ spoke of their stronz resemblance to the shad. They were a liltle like the whitefish of Lake On- tario, with some resumblance t') what we call the sheeps- head. After a careful examination, participated in by others who came along, it was agreed by all to be an entirely new comer to our river. No more of the kind were reported until one year ago last. fall when a resident of this city going to his stone quarry on ihe opposite side of the river in his boat noticed large num- bers of fishes going down stream, several of which he struck with his paddle and secured. Just below where this occurred the river widened out into a kind of amphitheatre of sand with very shallow water, the main channel being quite nar- row. Ice had begun to form on the shoal water the thick- ness of window gisss, and, casting his eye down stream, he saw numerous fish turned on their sides, the white of which was distinctly veflected through the ice. Running his boat as far as the draft of water would permit he jwmped over- board, paddle,in hand, and here commenced the “'slaughter of the innocents,” who, having mistaken the channel, kept on till they bad to turn on their sides, and so on till they grounded, being fairly wedged between the sand below and the ice above. His catch, with noth- ing but his paddle to break the ice and stun them, was large, and characterized by true Norwegian grit that defied the ice- cold water in which he stood, and cast his trophies ashore, striking out with his paddle as often as he saw the dead re- inforced by the living. That evening he filled a large wheel- barrow full from his morning's catch, and on his way to his home he stopped to show me bis | iad and for counsel as to the kind of fish, whether good, bad or indifferent, They ya- ried in size from one pound to two pounds. I saw at a glance they were of the same family as those cave by the lad the year previous, though yery mitch larger. In the ab- sense of Goldsmith’s Animated Nature, Agassiz being dead, as a dernicr resort, [took Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, and there on page 1,148 [found the ‘‘roach” almost a fac- simile of the barrow load before me in size and description. But Webster says they are ‘inhabitants of fresh water, silver white color with greenish back, of the carp family.” Why were they insuch vast numbers making toward the Missis- sippi if they were not also visitors lo the salted seas? This drift of these fishes continued with little abatement for three days, and our Norwegian friend needed no pork barrel to re- sort to that winter. Almost siniultaneously with this incident which I have but imperfectly described there appeared in the Ogdensburg, N. Y., Hieputlican, an account of the appearance and take im the large bays of the River St. Lawrence above that city of a similarly described fish much smaller in size than those taken here, and the statement was made that the name and classi- fication of thisnew species of fish which so nonuplused the Ogdensburgers was referred to a man who pretends to know much about fish, who pronounced it a cross between the shad and white-fish. I will only add that my Norwegian friend gaye memy pick out of several consecutive barrow loads, and that I found the flavor mneh Jike that of the shad, as fat as they, while the small bones (their principal objection), like those of the shad, were innumerable in multitude and infinite in places, but with plenty of time and true patience, duplicated with baked snowflake potatnes, there never qccucred a ‘dead lock” in satisfying thedemands of a healthy empty gee od BLACK BASS FISHING NEAR NEW YORK. HE guests of Stoekbridge’s Hotel, Central Valley, N. Y., have enjoyed unusual fine black bass fishing this season. Messrs. Geo. Andreae and Walter Hendricks took yesterday in all eighteen bass, nine of them with the arti- ficial iy. Mr. Andreae took two weighing 8 lbs, 4 oz. with a 9 oz, Conroy split bamboo fly tod—a very handsome brace of fish and hard to match anywhere. Mr. Fred Malleson, of the firm of Conroy, Bissett & Mal- leson, 65 Fulton street, took, two days before, fourteen bass weighing 28 lbs. Mr. Malleson will be happy to furnish di- rectigns to any anglers wishing a good day’s sport. 1p te IS IT TARPON OR TARPUM? E refer to the common name of the Megalops thris- soides. We notice that Dr. Gill, in his list of east coust fishes, gives its cummon names as ‘jew tish” and “tarpum,” as used in Bermuda. Prof. Goode, in his cata- logue of the fishes of the Bermudas, sives its hathe as ‘ tar- pum.” We have noticed that our Floridian correspondents spell it “tarpon.” Who knows what the name is derived from and what its orthography should be? We have written to our correspondent ‘‘ Al. Fresco” on this subject, and he writes as follows: JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July, 29. I cannot post you regarding the word *‘Turpon.” It is used on the 8. W. coast. I never heard any one say ‘ tar- pum.” Until I corrected the error they were called jewfish by the fishermen at the Bar. They are being hooked daily, but not landed. They can only be described as “ vreased lightning,” acrobats par arcellence. A. Fresao. a ae : FISHING IN WESTERN NEW YORK. Oswaoo, N. ¥., duly 20. LACK BASS are in full season here. Within the past three days more than 200 fish have been taken with fly and minnow from our river within the city limits. Two days since afler a two hiurs tun with two friends in a sloop rigged yacht from fhis port we miade Stony Island, thirty miles northess! from here, and in three hours’ fishing with the fy upon Calf Island har took forty bass, five of which weighed over thrve pounds exch. In Lake Neattawauta, distant twelve miles from this city, on Friday last, five bass were taken with the minnow, weigh- ing, respectively, five, four and one-half, three and two of two' pounds. The above record is authentic. The Goyernor has signed the law authorizing the expenditure ef funds necessary to ere’. fishways upon various rivers of the State, and the Su- perintendent of Public Works bas promised to put the ways into the Osweto immediately upon receipt of plans. Next season, we shall, I believe, be able to offer salmon fishing to the sporting public, even as now we claim fo offer the finest bass fishing in !he State. FP. E. H. Sere == BLUNFISH IN GREAT SOUTH BAY. N ithe early part of the season the bluefish did not enter the bay freely, and no large catches are reported, Now the fish are more plenly and enter the bay, but are imme- diately captured by the pound nets which are set in the channel. We are also informed that drift nets are used at night to capture these fish. The use of pound nets is distinetly pro- hibited by Jaw in these waiters, and also the use of the drift nets. Notwithstanding this the law has been publicly vio- Jated for years past by a few men, and the people who live on the bay hesitate, for some reasons best kuown to j\hem- selves, to complain of them. This netting destroys all other fishing, and renders the bay a place to be avoided by anglers, who would spend more money among the towns located on it than the worth of the fish taken, ten times over. It is surprising that the hotel keepers and others interested allow this violation of the law to go on. We now eall on the Game Protectors of the State to take action on this evil and abate it at once. ee ee Sarmon iw Cawapa.—Metapedia, July 28.—We have had continued rains of late. The river is in flood, and nothing being done at present. Mr. Wm. N. Habersham, who is fishing the upper waters of the river has had fine sport, MND E, twenty-two fish, all very large, in five days.— - G. F. H. Scanorry oF Sacumon is New Brounswiok.—Sr. Jonn, New Brunswick, July 29.—Samuel Wilmot, of the Fisheries Department, has gone to Grand Falls to look after the fish- hatching there. He finds the greatest difficulty in procnring eges for the hatching, and speaks very despondingly of the prospects of salmon-fishing in the river. The catch of salnion has been so enormous during the last few years that the supply of parent fishes is almost exhausted,—B. SatmMow ms Praser River.—Advices from New West- minster, B. C., July 26, say: The run of salmon on the- Fraser River surpasses all precedent or, caleulution. Steam- ers and towboats laden to the guards with fish are arriving at the canneries faster than they can be packed, hands being scarce and labor high, causing many fish to be thrown away. One steamer has just arrived with over nine thousand fine salmon. The ‘! pack” will be enormous, as eight canneries, representing $500,000 are in full blast. Ararat 4, 1881, A Caras Ammoxpaor Trovt—Mr. Bidward Everett Bames, of the Orm of HB, Claflin & Co,, caught in Lake Meachem, in the Adirondacks, on June 26, 6 trout weighing two and one-half pounds, and safely landed him. His guide was Al. Burr, This is the largest tront caught there this scusom.—AL. Troup Kreuty ay 4 Croup Burst.—On July 24 a cloud burst in the lead of Mill Greek Cation, San Bernardino County, Cal. It tore trees up by the roots and moved huge boulders from their beds, sending them crashing down the canon. An innnmerable quantity of trout was killed,— Pir- ginia City Enterprise, os HERRING. TEE By Provussor T. HW. Hu xuey. pAbtridged from * Nature.) Ghar most fishes, the herring is propelled mainly by the scullinw action of the tail-fin, the rest serving chiefly to preserve the balance of the body, and to keep it from turn- ing over, abit would do if left to itself, the back being the heaviest part of the fish. The mouth of jhe herring is not very large, the pape ex- tending back only to beneath the middle of the eye, and the teeth on the upper and lower jaws are so small as to be hardly visible. Moreover, when a live herring opens its mouth, or when the lower jaw of 4 dead herring is depressed artifi- cially, the upper jaw, instead “f r- maining fixed and station- ary, travels downward and forward in such ® manner as to enard the sides of the gape, This movement is the result of a curious mechanical arrangemeot, by which the lower jaw pulls upon the upper, and I suspect that it is useful in guard- ing the sides'of the gape when the fish gulps the small Jiv- ing prey upon which it feeds, The only conspicuous teeth, and they are yery small, are disposed in an elongated patch upon the tongue, and in an- other such patch, opposiie to these, on the forepact of the roof of the mouth, Bunt, if the mouth of a herring is opened widély, there will be seen, on each side, a great number of fine, long, bristle-like processes, the pointed ends of which project forward. These are what are termed the gill-rakers, inasmuch ag they are fixed, jike the teeth of a rake, to the inner sides of those arclies of bone on the outer sides of which jhe gills are fixed, The sides of the throat of a her- ring, in fact, are, as it were, cut by four deep and wide clefts, which are separated by these gill arches, and the water which the fish constantly gulps in by the mouth flows through these clefts, over the cills aud out beneath the gil-covers, aerating the blood, and thus effecting respiration, as if goes. But, since it would be highly imeonyvenient, and indeed injurious, were the food to slip out in the game way, these gill-rakers play the part of # fine sieve, which lets the water strain off, while it keeps the food in. The gill-rakerg of the front arches are much longer than those of the hiniler arches, and, a8 each is stiffened by a thread of bone developed in its in- terior, while, at the same time, its sides are beset with fine, sharp teeth, like thorug on « brier, I suspect that they play some part in crushing the life ont of the small animals on which the herrings prey. Between these arches there is, in the middle line, an open- ing which leads into the gullet. This posses back into a eurions conical sac which is commonly termed the stomach, but which has more the character of a crop. Coming off from the under side of the sac and communicating with it by a harrow opening, there is an elongated tubular organ, the walls of which are so thick and muscular that ip micht almost he compared to a gizzard. It is directed forward, and Opens by ® narrow proiiuent aperture into the intestine, which runs straight back to the yent. The chief food of the herring consists of minute crustacea, some of them allied te the shrimps and prawns, but the ma- jority belonging to the same division as the common Cyclops of our fresh waters. f Everybody must have noticed the silvery air-bladder of the herring, which lies immediately under the backbone, and stretches trom close to the head to very near the vent, being wide in the middle and tapering off to each end. In itsnat- ural state it is distended with air; and, if il is pricked, the elastic wa!l shrinks and drives the air out, asif it were an india-rubber ball. Wheo the conuections of this air-bladder are fully explored, it turns out to be one of the must curious parts of fhe organization of the whole animal. In the first place, ihe p inted end of the sac or crip into which the gullet is continued runs buck into a yery slender duct which turns upward and eventually opens into the mid- dle of the air-bladder. The. canal of this duct isso very small and irregularly twisted, that, even if the air-bladder is squeezed, the air does not escape into the sac. But, if airis forced into the sac by means of a blowpipe, the air passes without much difficulty the other way, and the air-bladder becomes fully distended. When the pressure is removed, however, the air-bladder diminishes in size to a certain ex- tent, showing that the air escapes somewhere. And, if the blowing up of the air-bladder is performed while the fish is under witer, a fine stream of gir-bubblestmay be seen to es- cape close tothe vent. Careful anatomical investigation, in fact, shows that the air-bladder does not really end at the point where its silvery coat finishes, but. that a delicate tube ig continued thence to the left side of the vent, and there ends by an openiig of its own. _ Now, tke air-bladder of all fishes is, to hegin with, an out- growth from the front part of the alimentary canal, and _ there are # great many fishes tn which, as in the herring, it remains throughout life in permanent communication with the gullet, But it is rare to find the duct so far back as in the herring; and, at present, I am not aware that the air- bladder opens externally in any fishes except the herring and a few of its allies. _ Thete is a general agreement among fishermen that her- rugs sometimes make a squeaking noise when they are first taken out of the water. I have never heard this sound my- self, but there is so much concurrent testimony to the fach that I do nol doubt. it; and it occurs to me that if may be produced, when the herrings are quickly brought up from some depth, by means of this arrangement. For under these circums\ances the air which the air-bladder contains expands to such a degree, on being relieved from the pressure of the Water, that deep-sea fishes with a closed sir-bladder which are brought to the surface rapidly are sometimes fairly turned inside out by the immense distension, or even burst- ing, of the sir-bladder. If the same thing should hdppen to : the herring the like misfortune would not befall it, for the | ait would be forced out of the opening in question, anq | FOREST AND STREAM. might readily enough produce the squesk which is reported. At the opposite end of the air-bladder there is an even more curious arrangement. The silyery coat of the air blad- der ends in front just behind the head. But the air-bladder itself does not terminate here. Two very fine canals, each of which is not more than a two-hundredth of an inch in diameter, though it is surrounded by a relatively thick wall of cartilaze, pass forward, one on each side, from the air- bladder to the back of the skull. The canals enter the walls of the skull, and then each divides into two branches. Finally, each of these two dilates into a bag which lies in a spheroidal chamber of corresponding size and form; and, in consequence of the air which they contain, these bags may be seen readily enough shining throngh the side-walls of the akull, the bone of which has a peculiar structure where it surrounds them. Now, these two bags, which constitute the termination of the sir-bladder on each side, ares in close re- lation with the organ of hearing. Indeed, & process of that organ projects into the frout chamber on cach side, and is separated by only a very delicate partition from the terminal sac of the air-bladder. Any vibrations of the air in these sacs, or any change in the pressure of the airin them, must thus tell upon the hearing apparatus, . There is no doubt about the existence of these structures, which, together with the posterior opening of the air-blad- der, were most accurately described, more than sixty years ago, by the emirent anatomist Weber; but I am afraid we | are not much wiser regarding their meaning than we were when they were first made known. In fishes in general there can be little doubt that the chief use of the air-blad- der is to diminish the specific gravity of the fish, and, by ren- dering its body of nearly the same weight as 80 much water, to render the business of swimming casier. In those fishes in which the passage of communication hetween the air-blad- der and the alimentary canal is closed, the air is no doubt secreted into the air-bladder by its vessels, which are often very abundant. In the herring the vessels of the air-bladder are very scanty; and it seems probable that the air is swal- lowed and forced into the air-bladder just as the loach swal- lows air and drives it into its intestine. And, as I bave already suggested, it may be that the narrow posterior canal which leads from the air-bladder to the exterior is a sort of sufety-valye allowing the air to escape, when tlie fish, rapidly ascendiny or descending, alters the pressure of the water upon the contained air. This hypothesis may be put forward with some show of plausibility, but I really find it difficult to suggest anything with respect to the physiological meaning of the connec’ion hetween the air-bladder and the ear. Nevertheless such an elaborate apparatus must have some physiological importance ; and this conciusion is strengthened by the well-known fact that there are a great many fishes in which the air-bladder and the car become connected in one way or another. In the carp tribe, for example, the front end of the air-bladder is connected by a series of little bones with the organ of hear- ing, which is, as it were, prolonged backward to meet these bones in the hinder end of the skull. But here the air-blad- der, which is very large, may act as a resonator; while in the herring the extreme narrowness of the passages which connect the air-bladder with the ear renders it difficult to sup- pose that the organ can have any such function. In addition to the singular connection of the ear with the exterior by the roundabout way of the air-b'adder, there are membraneous spaces in the walls of the skull by which vibra- tious can more directly reach the herring’s car. And there is no doubt that the fish is very sensitive to such vibrations. In a dark night, when the water is phosphorescent, or, as the fishermen say, there is plenty of ‘‘ merefire,’ itis a curious spectacle to watch the effect of sharply tapping !he side of the boat as it passes over a shoal. The herrings scatter in all directions, leaving streaks of light behind them, like shoot- ing-stars. Probably 10,000 is an under-estimate of the number of ripe éges shed inspawning by a moderate-sized female herring. But I think itis safer than the 30,000 of some estimates, which appear to me to be made in forgetfulness of the very simple anatomical considerations that the roe consists of an extensive vascular framework as well as of eggs; and, more- over, that a vast number of the eggs which it contains re- main immature, and are not shed at the time of spawning. Herrings which have attained maturity, and are distended by the greatly enlarged milt or roe, are ready to shed the contents of these organs, or, a3 it is said, to spawn. In 1862 we found a great diversity of opinion prevailed as to the time at which this operation takes place, and we took a great deal of trouble to settle the question, with the result which is thus stated in our report : “We have obtained a very large body of valuable evidence on this subject, derived partly from the examination of fichermen and of others conversant with the herring-fishery ; partly from the inspection of the accurate records kept by the fishery officers at different stations, and partly from other sources; and our clear conclusion from all this evidence is, that the herring spawns at two seasons of the year, in the spring andin the autumn. We have hitherto met with no case of full or spawning herrings being found in any locality, during what may be termed the solstitial months—namely, June and December ; and it would appear that such herrings aré never (or very rarely) taken in May, or the early part of July, in the latter part of Noyember or the early part of January. But a spring spawning certainly occurs in the latter part of January, in February, in March and in April ; and an autumn spawning in the latter part of July, in August, September, October, and even as late as November. Taking all parts of the British coast together, February and March are the great months for the spring spawning, and Augush and September for the autumn spawning. It is not at all likely that the same fish spawn twice in the year; on the contrary, the spring and the autumn shoals are probably perfectly distinct ; and if the herring, according to the hypo- thesis adyanced above, come to maturity in 4 year, the shoals of each spawning season would be the fry of the twelve-month before. However, no direct evidence can be adduced in fayor of this supposition, and it would he ex- tremely difficult to obtain such evidence.” I believe that these conclusions, confirmatory of those of previous careful observers, are fully supported by all the evi- dence which has been collected, and the fact that this species of fish has two spawning-seasons, one in the linttest and one in the caldest months of the year, is very curious. Another singular circumstance connected with the spawn- ing of the herring is the great variety of the conditions, apart from temperature, to which the fish adapts itself in perform- ing this function. On our own coast, herrings spawn in water of from ten to twenty fathoms, and even at greater depths, and in a sea of full oceanic galtness. Nevertheless, herrings spawn just as freely not only in the narrows of the 1] Baltic, such us the Great Belt, in which the water is not half as salt as it is in the North Sea and ih the Atlantic, but even in such long inlets as the Schlei in Schleswig, the water of which is quite drinkable and is inhabited by fresh-water fisb. Here the herrings deposit their eggs in two ov three feet of water, and they are found, along with the eggs of fresh-water fish, sticking in abundance fo such fresh-\ater plints as Potamogeton. Nattite seems thus to offer us # hint as to the way in shich a fish like the shad, which is so closely allied fo the herring,, has acquired the habit of ascending rivers to deposit.ils eges: in purely fresh water, If a full female herring ig gently squeezed over a vessel of sea-water, the eggs will rapidly pour out and sink to the hot- tom, to which they immediately adhere with so much tenucity that, in half an hour, the yessel may be inverted without their dropping out. When spawning takes place naturally, the exes fall to the bottom and attach themselves in a similar fashion, but at this time the assembled fish dart wildly about, and the water becomes cloudy with the shed fluid of the milt. The eggs thus become fecundated as they fall, and the de- yelopment of the young within the ova sticking to the: bot- tom Gonimences at once, The first detinire and couclusive evidence as to the manner in which herring-spawn js attached and becomes developed that I know of was obtained by Professor Allman and Dr. MacBain in 1862, in the Firth of Forth. By dredging in localities in which spent herrirg were observed on the Ist of March, Professor Allman brought up spawn in abundance at a depth of fourteen to twenty-one fathoms. It was deposited on the surface of the stone, shingle and gravel, and on old shells and coarse shell-sand, and even on the shells of small living crabs aud other crustacean, adhering tenaciously to whatever it had fallen on. No spawn was found in any other part of the Forth; but it continued to be abundant on Doth the east and the west sides of the Isle of May up to the 18th of March, at which time the incubation of the ovum was found to be completed in a great portion of the spawn, and the embryos had become free. On the 25th scarcely a trace of spawn could be detected, and nearly the whole of the adults fish had left the Forth. Within the last few years a clear light has been thrown upon this question by the Jabors of the West Baltic Fishery Commission, to which I haye so often had occasion to refer. Tt has been found that artificial fecundation is easily prac- ticed, and that the young fish may be kept in aquaria for as long as five months, Thus a great body of accurate informa- tion, some of it of a very unexpected character, has been obtained respecting the development of the eggs and the early condition of the young herring. Tt turns out that, as is the case with other fishes, the period of incubation is closely dependent upon warmth. When the water has a temperature of 53 deg. Fahr., the eggs of the herring hateh in from six to eight days, the average being seven days. And this is a very interesling fact when we bear in mind the conclusion to which the inquiries of the: Dutch meteorologists, and, more lately, those of the Scottish Metecrological Society appear totend—namiely, that (he shoals, prefer water of about 55 deg, At 50 dex. Pahr., the period of incubation is lenethened to eleven days, at 46 des. to fif- teen days, aud at 38 deg. it lasts forty days. As the Forth is usually toleraply cool in the month of March. it is probable that Professor Allman’s estimate comes very near the truth for the particular case which he investigated. The well-known ‘‘ whitebait” of the ‘Thames consists, so far as I have seen, almost exclusively of herrings under six months old, and as the average size of whitebait increases, from March and April onward, until they become suspiciously like sprats in the late summer, it may be concluded that they ave the progeny of herrings which spawned early in the yeax in the neighborhood of the estuary of the Thames, up which these dainty little fish have wandered. Whether it is the peneral habit of young herring, even of those which are sprwner in deep water, to migrate into the shallow parts of the sea, or eyen into completely fresh waters, when. such are accessible, is unknown. Fishernien distinguish four states of the herring. Fry or sile, when not larger than sprats; maties, when larger than this, with undeveloped roe or milt; full fish, with largely de veloped roe or milt; and spent or shotten fish which have recently spawned. Herring-fry of the size of sprats are distinguished from full fish not merely by their size, but, in addition, by the very slight development of the milt or roe, and by fhe ac- cumulation of fat in the abdominal cavity. Bands of fat are found in the mesentery alongside the intestine, and filling up the interspaces between the pyloric ceca. Maties (the name of which is a corruption of the Dutch word for a maiden) resemble the fry in these particulars ; but, if they are well fed, the deposit, of fatty and other nu- tritive ma'ter takes place, not only about the abdominal peer but also beneath the skin und in the interstices of the esh. As the fish passes from the matie to the full condition, the milt and roe begin to grow at the expense of the nutriment tus stored up, and as these organs become larger and occupy more and more space in the abdominal cavity the excess of nutritious substance is transferred to them. The fatty de- posit about the intestine and pylorie ceca gradually disap- pears andthe flesh becomes poorer. It would appear that by degrees the fish cease to feed at all. At any rate there is usually no food in the stomach of a herring which approaches maturity. In all these respects there is the closest reseni- blance between the history of the herring and that of other fishes, such as the salmon—the parr corresponding fo the her- ting-fry or sile, the grilse and the ‘‘clean fish” of larger size to the maties. At length spawning takes place, the accumulated nutrition, transformed into eggs or spermatic fluid, is expelled, and the fish is left in that lean and depauperated state which makes a ‘shotten herring” proverbial. In this condition it answers to the salmon ‘kelt,” and the milt or roe are now shrunk and flaccid and can be blown up with air like empty bags. Té the spent fish escapes its myriad enemies, it doubtless be- gins to feed again and once more passes into fhe matie ata'e in preparation for the next breeding season, But the naluri of this process of recuperation has yet to be investigated. When they have reached the matie stage, the herrings, which are at all times greparions, associate together in con- spicuous assemblages, which are called shoals, These are sometimes of prodigious extent—indeed, cight or nine miles in length, two or three in breadth, with an unknown depth, are dimensions which are credibly asserted to be sometimes attained, In these shoals the fish are closely packed, like a flock of sheep straying slowly along a pasture, and itis prob- ably quite safe to assume that there is at least one fish for every cubic foot of water occupied by the shoal. If thip he i | - 1 FOREST AND STREAM. FAvausr 4, 1881. eee 80, every square mile of such 4 shoal, supposing it to be three fathoms deep, mnst contain more than 500,000,000 herrings. And when ii is considered that. many shoals approach the coasts, not only of our own islands, bul of Scandinavia and the Kaltic and of Has'ern North Ameriva every spring and aulunin, the sum total of hemings which people our seas surpasses imagivation. _ di yonread any old and some new bonks on the natural history of the herring, you will fiod a wonderful story about the movements of these shoals: how they start from their home in the polar seas and march south as a great armada which splits into minor divisions—one destined to spawn on the Scandinavian and one on our own shores—and how, hiy- ing achieved this spawning raid, the spent fish make their way as fast as they can buck |io their Arctic refure, there to repair their exhausted frames in domestic security. This story was Started in the last century, and was unfortunately adopted and disseminated by our countryman, Pennant. But there is not the Jeast proof that anything of the kind takes pluce, and the probabiliiies are wholly ayainst it. It is, for example, quite irreconcilable with the fact that herring are fonnd in cods' stomachs all the year round. In the matter of its migration, as in other respects, the hering compares best with the salmon. The ordinary habi- tation of both fishes is no doubt the moderately deep portion of the sea. It is only as the breeding-time draws near that the herrings (not yet advanced beyond the matie state) gather toward the surface and approach the land in great shonls for the purpose spawning in relatively or absolutely shallow water. In the case of fhe herring of Schlei we huve almost the connecting link belween the exclusivély marine ordinary herring and the river-ascending salmon, In 1804 we'had to listen to dolorous prophecies of the contin exhaustiwn of \he Scotch herring-fisheries, The fact that the returns showed notalling n{f was ascribed to the im- provement of the gear and methods of fishing, and to the much greater disianees to which the fishermen ex/end their Operaiions. Yet what has really happened? The reiurns of subs (nent years prove, not only that the average cure of the decade 1869-78 was considerably greater then that of the previous decade, but that the years 1874 and 1880 ure absolutely witheut parallel in the annals of the Scoteh her- ring-lishery, 1,000 000 barrels having been cured in the first of tuese ycars, and 1,500,000 in 1880. In the decade 1859- ‘68 the average was 670,000 barrels, and the highest 80,000, In dealing with questions of biology, a priori reasoning is somewhat risky, and, if any tells mie ‘‘it stands to reason” that such and sueti things must happen, I generally find rea- son ta d mbt the sifety of his standiug, It is said iviat ‘it siands to reason” that destruction on such a prod gious scale as that effected by herring-fisheries must tell on the supply. But again let us look at the facts It 1s said that 2,500,000,000, er thereabout, of herrings are every year taken out of the North Sea and the Aulantic. Sup,ose we assume the number to be 3,000 000,000, so as to be quite safe. It is a large nnmber undoubtedly, but what doesit comuto? Not more than that of the herrings which may be contained in one choal, if it covers half a dozen Equare miles—and shoa’s of muuch larger size are on record. It is sufe to say that, ecattered through the North Ses and the Atlantic, at one aud (he same time, there must be scores of shoals, any of whieh would yo along way toward supply- ing the whole of man’s consumption Of hervings. I do not believe that all the herring-fleets taken together destroy five ber cent. of the total number of herrings in the seain any year, and I see no reasou to swerye from the conviction my evil¢avors and L expressed in our report, that their destruc- tive operations are totally insignificant when compared with tiose whieh, as a simple calculation shows, must regularly aid normally go on. Suppose that every mature female herring lays 10,000 eggs, that tae fish are oot inter‘ered with by man, and tuat thar numbers remain app oxitately the same year after year, it follows that 9,998 of the proyeny of every female must be destroyed before they reach maturity, Tor, if more than two out of the 10,000 escape destruction, the namber of her- rings will be proportionately increased. Or, in other words, if the average strength of the shoals which visit a given lo- ealiry is to remain the same year by year, many thonsand times the number contained in those shoals must be annually destroyed, And how this enormous am sunt of destruction is effected will bs ubvious to any one who considers the operations of the fia-whales, the porpoises, the gannets, the pulls, the cod- fish aod the dog fish, which accompany the sboals and peren- niully feast upoo them: to say nothing of the fla'-fish, which prey upvo the newly-deposited spawn; or of thaymackerel, and the innumerable smailer enemies which devour the fry in w'l stayes of thrirdevelopment. It is no nn¢ommon thing to find five or six—nay, even ten or twelve—herrings io the siomach of a qidtish, and in 1863 we calcula'ed that the whole take of the great Scotch herring-fisherivs is less than tie number of herriogs which wonld in all probability have been cousumed by the eidfish captured in the same waters if they had been left in the sea. : Man, in fact, is but one of a vast co-operative society of herring-catchers, and, the larger the share he takes, the lesa there is for the rest of the company, If man took none, the other shareholders would have a larger dividend, and would thrive and mulinly in proportion, but it would come to pretty much the same thing to the herrings. As long as the records of history give us information, her- rings appear 10 have abounded on tiie east coast of the British Is'ands, and there is nothing to show, so far as I am aware, that, taking an average of years, they were ever either more or jess numerous than they are at present. But, in remark- able contrast with this constancy, the shoals of herrings have elsewhere exhibited aslrange capriciousness—visiling a given locility for many years in great numbers, and then suddenly dis\ppeiring. Several well+marked examples of this fickle- ness are recorded on the west coast of Scotland, but the most remarkable is that furnished by the fisheries of Bohuslan, a provinee which lies on the soutlwesteri shore of the Scandi- navian peninsula. Here a variely known as the ‘old or “grea(” herring, after being so extremely abundant for abuut sixty years as fo give rise to a great industry, disap- peured, in the year 1808, as suddvnly as they made their ap- pearance, and have nor since been seen in any nuinbey. The desertion of their ordinary grounds by the herring has been attributed to all imaginable causes, from fishing on a Sunday to the offence caused to the fish by the decomposing carcusses of their brethren dropped upon the botfm out of the nets. The truth is that absolutely nothing is known on the subject, and that little is likely to be known unlil careful and long-continued meteorological and zoological observa- the distribution of the pelsgic crustacesa, which constitute the chief food of the herring-shoals. The institution of system- atic observations of this kind is an object of international im- | portance toward the attainment of which the British, Seandt- | navian, Duteh and French Governments might wisely make a combined effort, A great fuss has been made aboul trawlers working over the spuwning-zrounds of the herring, ‘It stands to reason,” we were told, ** that they must (leatroy an immense quantity of the spawn.” Tndeed this looked so reasonable that we in- quired very particularly into a case of the allezed malpractice which was complained of on the east coast of Scotland, near Pittenweem. Off this place there is a famous spawning- fround known as the Traith hole, and we were told that the trawlers worked vigorously over the spot immediately after the herring had deposited their spawn, Of course our first proceeding waseto ask the trawlers why they tool the trouble of doing what looked like wanton mischif. And their an- awer was reasonable cnough. Lt was to catch the prodigious abundance of flat-fish which were to he found on ihe Traith at that time, Well, then, why did the flat-fish congregate there? Simply to feed on herring-eyvs, which seem fo be a sort of fat-fishes’ caviure, The stomachs of the flat-fish bronght. up by the trawl were, in fact, crammed with masses of herring-eggs. Thus every flat-fish caught by the trawl was an energetic destroyer of herring arrested in his career. And the trawling, instead of injuring the herring, captured and removed hosts of their worst enemies. That is how ‘it stood to reason ” when one fot to the bottom of the matter. Ido not think that any one who looks carefully into the subject will arrive at any other conclusion than that reached by my colleagues and myseli—namely, that the best thing for governments to do in relation to the herring-fisheries is to lef them alone, except in so far as the police of the sea is concerned. With this proviso, let people fish how they like, as they like'and when they like. At present I must repeat the conviction we «xpressed so many years ago thst there is not a particle of evidence that anything man does has an ap- preciable influence on the stock of herrings. It will be time to meddle when any satisfaclory evidence that mischief ig being done is produced. fish Culture. THE FILAMENTOUS APPENDAGES OF THE OVA OF BONY FISHES AS A CONTRIVANCE FOR THEIR SUSPENSION AND PROTECTION DURING INCUBATION—YVIVIPARITY OF CYPRINODONTS. By Jonny A. RypEr, - has been known for a long time that the eggs of certain carti- laginons fishes were encased in a tough, horny envelope of a somewhat quadrangular form, which has four long protesses or tendril-like filaments produced from each angle of the ovarian covering, the function of which appears to be to roil around fixed slender objécts in the sea, to support the egg while itis incubat- ing, 80 that itis prevented from being buried in the mud or sand of the sea bottom xnd smothered, While this appears to be the undoubted function of the filamentous appendages of the eggs of certain ray fishes and sharks, there is no longer any doubt about the oxistence of eggs of bony fishes provided with filamentous ap- pendages which huve asimilartunction, Tn July of last year, while on an experimental trip down the Chesapenke on behalf of the U.S, Fish Commission, and while the steamer Tookout waa lying at anchor in Mubjack Bay, near the Virginia shore, Messrs. Sanerhoit and Hamlm, two of the most experienced spawn-takers employed by the Commissicn, noticed great numbers of a small fish playing abont the vessel, attracted by the hghts while taking ctaba. Upon examination these proved to be a species of the Atherinide, commonly known as silversides or friar farther north, or Chirosioma nolata of the systematists, Many of them were found to be sexually mature females, from which an abGndancs of ova were obtained for study, bnt unfor- tunately no mature males were found, so that we did not succeed imimpregnating any eggs so as to watch what must be a yery inter- esting type of development. The eggs, however, after lying for a short time, showed the germinal disk developed independently of impregnation, i e ise The singular featnré about them, which is of considerable in- terest in this connection, is the presence of four long filaments which are attachud to one pole of the egg and coiled around the egg-mémbrane in a ppiral manner, completely enyeloping the ovum when first removed from tha parent tish. Soon after im- merdion in the sea water these filaments uncoil from the surface of the ovum and become entangled with those of their neighbors, ao that a number of oya would soon be found hanging together by the filaments, The useof these appendages seems clearly to be that of a snpport in the water while the ege is undergoing incn- bation, for it was found that not only would the filaments of ad- jacent eggs become entangled, but also that of bits of grass or stout seaweed was drawn through the water among the eggs that the fibres would cling to and twist about them go as to require an effort to free the ova from their newly acquired support, The ease wilh which such filaments might become supporting organs may be supposed from the fuct that they are nearly half an inch in length and are attached to an egg about oné-rixteenth of an inch in diumeter. : } : During the present season of 1881, in conducting some investi- gations for the U, 8. Fish Commission at Chetrystone, Northamp- ton County, Va., in company with Col, MeDonild, Commissioner of Fisheries for the aforementioned State, we obtained an abundance of impregnated oya from the silyer gar or billfish (Belone longi- rosiris). ‘These eggs were proyided wilh a yast nuiumbor of fila- tentons appendages scattered over the whole surface of the egg, which measures one-seventh of an inch in diameter. They are at first coiled close against the surface of the egy-membrane, but soon after oviposition they free themselves from contact with the membrane and become twisted 1nd entangled among the filamonta of the adjavent eggs so that large clumps held together in this way are suon formed, The filaments differ from those of Ohiros- toma in haying an enlarged base of nttachment to the egg mom- brane, which becomes abruptly smaller as it is prolonged into the filament. Professor Haeckel, of Jenn, firat deseribed the egg of Belone m 1855, but stated that the filaments were internal. Prof, Kolluker in 1858 rectified the observation of Hueckel and showed that they were external, but he still regarded them us on6 of the layers of the membrane, which our observations show is not the fact, and that their function is essentially as described by us, 4 e., to attach the egg to foreign objects while incubating in the water. Abtndant evidence of this is fonud upon yisitme the ponnd nets in the yicinity of Cherrystone, to which Col McDonald tells me grout numbers of gar eggs are found attached by the filaments with which they are vovered. Hueckel states that strong acids will not dissolve the filaments, bub that they eventually undergo solution when immersed in strong alkalies. ‘An invastigation of the ovaries of Churostoma and Belone shows that these filaments are already far developed when the eggs are Jess than half grown or mature, Seomberesoi has also been shown to be proyided with these filaments, and we may lool forward with atolerable degree of probability to finding thempresent on theegga of the flying Gish, Bnoormwtus, Hemirhamphus and allies, and not tions have furnished definite information respecting the | improbablyin Labidesihes of Cope, a fresh-water fish allied to changes which take placa in the temperature of the sea, and " Charowloma, In tap ihe whole of the Percesoces shouldbe ex~ anined with regard to this point, comprising the Jfuiqilide ond Tetragomuride, Among the emibranchi, Caslerosteus and Apeltes, or the Sticklebacks, the ova sre tonnd to bu provided yith minnte button-shaped appendages at onc pole attached to the exe membrane. May it not be that: the thread-tails have similar ova ? This contrivance for the suatentution and protection of the im- cubating ova of fishes theu supplements those already known, yiz.: That where the eggsare covered with an adhesive materi, as inthe cases of the stickleback, perch, herring, HutHah, filelish and many others; where the oya sink and do wot adbure, ss in the casey of the shad, salmon and whiteliah ; whore they float like the eggs of the Spanish mackerel, the moonfish, cod, haddock, Polloclty bonito and certain flounders; where they are carried about y the male in some special receptable 48 in the pipelishes and sea horses, or where they are hatched and nursed by the parent as mm the case of the slicklebacks and certain nest-boildiny eattishes, or carried in the mouth, where incubation is known to oceut in 4 few formu, Iyen these are not the only ways in which the ova of bony fishes are deyeloped, for the Nmbiotocids of the west const. Zonrres iud the eypriuodonts are more or leas completely viviparous. The Jatter have been recently studied by the writer in assoeiation with Colonel McDonald, and it has been found that they developin a manner much simular to that of Zparces on described by Rathke, but it is still a matter of dombt with the writer whether the young door do not leaye the ege before the latter is extrnded by the parent through the tubular prolongation of the oviduct at the an- terior border of the anal fin. OHERRYSIONE, Va, July 23, 1881. oO SHAD EGGS WILL NOT HATCH IN SEA WATER. Trane is atheory among the fishermen atthe mouth of the Connecticut River that many of the glad apawn in tho salt water of Long Island Sound, and dv not go into tresh water. This theory ia based on the fact that they catch thin fish which they esl racers,” and which they claim are spent fish before the run in the riyer begins. Acting on this theory Mr. James Rankin, a former fish eommis- sioner of Connecticut, and Mr, Robert B, Chalkéy, a pound owner, attempted to sonfine the fish in salf witer list year until they wera ripe, aud then tried to hatch the eggs, This would then prove or disprove the theory. Unfortunately the sharks tore the netand releaséd tho fish. We were glad to see tliat they did not abandon their attempt for, although we hadno faith in the hatching of #ither shad or salmoneggs in sali water, wa were open bo coavac- tion if it could be done, This year about 200 shad were placed in to ponds, aud when tipe the eggs and milt—both iu poor condi- tion—were placed in the salt water. Death was observed in from four to seven hours. It was then decided to try fish which had not been penned up. A net was putin, and from ten to a dozen were taken atahanl. They seemed to be in good condition, and from them were taken some eggs which appeared perfect, aud aa good as eggs from sbad taken at the natural hatebing pluces up stream. Several ripe females were found, and a yaniety of ex- periments made. The eggs being ebtipbed from a female into a pan, were impregnated with milt from the male, and Mr, Venton observed the result with amicroscope. Ih only one case were any signs of life noticed, and these were in the eges of a female but recently captured. Twelye hours or more after impregnation the éye spots of the little fish were visible under the microscope, and later the backbone. There was life, but it never udvanced beyond this first stage. Four hours after these food eggs were immersed in gall water, They showed under the iicrogcope,.as if covered with minute punctures. These increased in 51z6 and uumber until the 628 burst. Supposing that this result was due to the severe agitation of the surface water, another portion were placed in a bax which was covered tightly, and which was sunk to the bottom, but with no better success. Mr. Fenton also tried taking the pans fo the shore, supposing that the motion of the boat might haya cused the difliculty, but another failure was rerordad, The brackish water experiment has not been fully tried, but Dy, Hndson said: ‘I am satisfied thatshad willnot ha eh in braqkish water, and I have wlways held to that belief. 1 think experiments made in that direction would beno more successful than those made in salt water.” Suffer on, Groan on, Sicken on, Die on, it you will not use Hop EBit- tersiand bs cured. Ghe Hennel. FIXTURES. BENCH SILOWS. September 21, 22 and 23, ab Fran*tin, Pa., Fradidin Sporismen’s Club and Game Protective Soclety Bench Show. Wotries close Sep- fermber 16, Thos. D, Adains, Superintendent; P.O. Box U1, Franklin, aS ateEahen 27, 23, 29 and 30, at London, Ont., London Dog Show. Entries close Septeaiber 12. Charles Lincoln, Superintendent, Tesi. seh Honse, London, Ont, October 4, 5, 6 ani 7, at St, Louis, Mo. St. Louis Kenne! Club Third Annual Bench Show, Charles Lincoln, Superintendent, FIELD TRIALS. August $0 and 31, and September i and 2, at Norfolk, Neb. Webras- ka Field Trials second annual meeting. J. I. McCartney, secrelary, ch, Neb. Sea ewen 1, at Pittsburgh, Pa. Close of entries Pennsylyania Pleld ‘Trials. First Annual Derby. IT. R, Slayton, Secretary, Pittsburgh, ‘September 128 and 14, at Piltsburgh, Pa. Colite Trials, held nnder the auspices of the Pennsylvanin State Agiicuitural Soctety. Entries glose September 9. Elbridge McConkey, Secretary. Harrisbuog, Pr, October 1, at New York City. Close ofentries flastera Fieinl Triads, Trials commence on Thanksgiving Day. Jucob Pentz, Secretary, P. r < 274, New York City. ? renbes 25, Louis! State Field Trials, Hutries close November . Edward Odell, Secretary, New Orleans, La. eto —, al Grand ymmetion, Tenn., National American Kennel Club's Field Trlals, Jos. H. Dewy, Secretary, Coliumnbls, Tenn, a OUR LONDON LDUTER. Editar Forest and Stream +: Sm ;—Since sending you my last letter dogey matters huye been at a standstill on this side of the water; only a few uhimportant shows have taken place und no new dogs have appeared ab imy of them. Iwill, therefore, without further delay, revert to the sub- ject which T alluded to at the close of my jast letter, and Jet yanr yeaders know what steps have heen taken by ont authorities against the tricks of unprincipled exhibitors when showmg their dogs, Unfortunately Lam not in a position to inform you at present of the result of the inqniry whish las been institnted by a aub-committes of out Kennel Olnb specially appormted to imyesti- gute malpractices in connection with dog shows, and for the simple reagon that no demsion has yet been arrived at by that body. T can, however, state that the sub-committee some time ago issned to all our leading philo kuons, both in and ont of the Kennel ind, a series of printed forms, containing questions whieh if was re- quested they would answer in writing, These interrogatories lind reference to most of the principal bréeda, wd, in certain inatinces, the gentleman 1o whom they wera addressed was requested to sive hia opinion on eyery yeriety named, in others he had ouly 16 state his views concerning the breed with which lit mine id mont closely identified. This pape ye tifa Bonnie eee st ting the inquiry, and I believe ib 18 neh ’ Sea ia igpenolnk, has sppealed to fhe intelligence of {hose outside its own immediate circle, Still, F understund that thie ‘ Anevar’ 4, 1881.4 FOREST AND STREAM. 13 Leeann ee Ne eee ee ee ee ee coursd, taken by the enb-committes, has given offence to some of those who have beon overlooked, who in consequence wre intensely indignunt, aud will do their libtly bests to injure the success of the investigation, but with very faint chances of success. My own opiniou from #4 careful perusal of the qucstions—L may remark at the sub-comanties paid me the compliment of forwarding nie the Lut to answer—t that there will be no end of a diftieulty over obe word which bas been used in the interrogatories. ‘This is the term “disqualify,” We sre asked, for instance, in one question, if we would disqualify a Retrivyer for haying his coat artificially curled of a bit uf bis tal removed ; and in anotuur, if disqualitica- tiun should be measured out to a bull terrier who ia uidevehot, or a 8h, Beruard who is innocent of dew claws. Now I hold that these two latter fanita are yery yety serious oued and most de- cidedly should keep the dogs buek in averago company, but I don't think these natural imperfections should be classed with positively fraudulent action on the pact of exhibitors ; and, im short, thera cat be little doabt but thatthe club hes blundered here, Still wo inst hope that good will come of the labora af the snb-committes, fur carta retorts are yery badly wanted, and something must be dove, No doubt things are just as bad in America, bnt somehow wa do volt seem to hear of exhibitors being detected over your way; perliaps they are too clever, or elke yomr judges pass the dogs wnHoliced aid hesitate to disqualify them officially, Still it seems to me disereditable that doge with coats flattemed out by ironing. or curled with heated irons, or plucked, or painted or ‘ impressed” by » duzen other little swindling artilices should be allowed to appeny unpunished, und L trust their days of undeteetion aré nim- beved. It is ouly fair, however, in justice to our higher class shows, to mention that the littl: one day's exhibitions are the Huenos of more malpractices than the more important shows, and, in the hurry and excitement attendant upon the bringing in and Yetuoval of the exbibits, badly ** faked" dogs can often pass an- noticed by those who ia a four days’ show could certainly deteot the fraud. With reference to prospective canine arrangements, Darlington, on July 29, is by far the must importsnt Khow on hand, and this year hax obtained an entry of over keyen hundred dogs, I hope to hye the felicity of chronidling its succeus!ul termination in your columiis, a8 I shall have the-pleasure of yisiting it, in fact am down to judge pome of the classes. The annual exhibition at Darlingtou—our Quaker towu—has abyays been characterized by fair play to all, and by the independence of its committee who tirmly dediitue to be éuticed beneath the gis of the kennel club, as they not ouly appreciate liberty, but also are proud of the popularity and position which their show has attuined, A new tixtnre ia an- nounced 10 the shape of a grand South of Raglund Show, whicl: is to take place in the middie of August at Nastburne, The committee is f strong one and the affair should be successful. By the way, 1 wouder why séme of your American sportsmen dou't coms over and try conclusions with our crack dogs, at the kemmel chib’s winter show, which I expect will be held at Alex- nudra Palace. I recommend this show in preference to Buming- ham where the judges’ names are not.announced, and if they come our visitors might afterward discover that their dogs had been operated upon bya gentlemen with whose yiews their owners dif- fured, Inthe case of the kennel club's fixture, American owners could be adyised by cablogram who had been selcated tou judge thir classes, and then could come or not as they pleased. Under any circumstances I feel sure that foreign dogs would haye fair play. Aud here I cannot vesist touching for a moment npon one topic which is beyond my present provinee. I allude to the dis- graceful yeone which took place recently at an athletic meeting at Lirninghan, where sone low blackgnards mobbed and interfered with Mr. I. i. Merrill, the Boston U. 8. A. wallciat. Being of the Opinion that those who attempt to offer explana- tions for ruffians who disgrace the name of sport are quite as bad as the original wrong doers, I can only remark, in counection with this scandalous act of yandalism aud inhospitality, that eyery Hnhglishman with whom I haye conversed upon the subject agrees With me in deploring that the brutality of tha Birmingham rough, a clits of fenticmen whom, I may parenthetically remark, has the hour of being vepresented in Parliament by two members of our present Government, should be yented upon the persons of un- olfending strangers, and this, coupled with the hope that American Bpovtsmun will exonerate wl) Englishmen from the blame attaching tu the behuvior of a few, is all I can say upon ths nauseons subject of Mr, E. BE. Merrill's first vinnt to Birmingham, A wast? which at one time seemed likely to make a great name for himself has yery recently changed hands. I alludeto Em- peror, who was formerly the property of Mrs, Rawlinson, a lady whose name ranked bivh as an owner of mastiffe. Tsaw the dog last week in the hospial at Mr, A. T. Sewell's, the well-known caning surgeon of Hiizabeth street, Pimlivo, and war shocked at the emacinted Appearance Which he presented. Emperor his lost nilappetite, aud it will require the utmost of Mr. Sewell’s skill to pull him round again, especially ay our weather is just now simply tropical. It is melancholy to seaso good a doz go wrong, but having come totheend of whatLhad to say, 1 must beg you to believe me, Hil yery faithfully, London, England, July 17, 1881. Varo SHAW, So e THE CASTRATION OF DOGS. Biditor Forest and Stream + _ In answer to an inquiry made in your issue of 7th inst. concern- ing the castration of dogs in its relation to the killing of sheep, I would beg leave to offer for your consideration some facts which have occurred ulider my own observation, and in addition, ee ole I have gathered from the experience and observation of others, : Of the great number of dogs which I haye known to be cas- trated I have yet to hear, or to léarn from the public printy, of a Hinglée mutance of such being engagedin sheep-killing, or even of being charged with that offence. Itia my opinion that in every instiica where 4 castrated dog has not proved as usefnl as his owner perhaps expected, it hax been because said owner expected too much from tha operation and too little from his breed. 1 know of a Newfoundlund dog, now six years old, which had been castrited at the age of eleven months, and his owner con- siders him s most inyalnable watch-dog, and thinks that his use- fulness has been greatly mereased bythe operation, He is neither fat nor alnggish, which, at his age, we all Know dogs are apt to be- come ; noris be on the other hand crops or pesvish, or disposed to wander from home; nor will he ever become mianiacal from masturbation. Mx, Arthur Stevenson, of Wayne Oo., Pa., in a communication published in the ‘Archives,’ now ‘Journal of Comparative Medi- vine and Surgery,” says that—‘* During a period of many years I hive operated on a great number of dogs, and haye never known an instances where their habits haye not been materially improved by the operation, They last longer aud do better seryise for their tuasters, I have never known a castrated dog to haye hydropho- bia, or to engage in killing sheep.” Darwin, in hig ‘ Researches in Banda Oriental,” says—"Ib is acommon thing to see flocks of sheep guarded by one or tivo dogs ata distance of some miles fron any house.” Ie describes the method of fittmg the animala for the performance of this ser- vice, and then goea on to say that—‘"The dog is castrated when a, uppy, and atian age 4o young that when grown up he can scarcely ve auy fevlings in common with the rest of hiskind, The train- {ng afterward id that usually followed by shepherds of other coun- wes.”* Mx, W. A. Conklin, Superintendent of the Zoological Depart- ment in Central Park, Naw York, in further BOR EARe states that the canines ¥hich infest the #hoepfolds and deer inclosures in Central Park, ave moles invariably—males that haye not been saxtrated, He says they accomplish their purpose by making a hele in the fence snificient for one af the smallest dogs to pass through, when sich a one immediately enters, and so frihtens the aummals, that mtheir efforta to escape they byeal through the wire Tenoe, ond thug become # prey to theée yharauders; tor as a ole, they go mostly in packs, ‘Ube losse in Contral Parl in deer and sheep by these raids wlready amount to thousands of dollars, Mr. Goullin recommends some legislative action in regard to tha castration of sich dogs as are allowed to run at large. Mr. Calvin Fletcher, of Spoucer, Ind, writer to the Tudtana Farmer that—'! Phe greate-t vexatiou the farmer has to submit to, is thea paying of a tas on adog and running after the pigs himelf while the dog is visiting.” ! : formed his practice; hy boughtsa puppy, found him visiting at cight months old, and castrated him. After thet tue dog staid at Ten yeurs ago, ho says he re- home; te lived sis years und was one of the most negligent dogs he ever knew, He was of the bull-blood and strong; he killed unaided, al one time and another, thirteen dogs which were trer- passing,” Since then, anys he, ‘I castrate all my dogs. I want more of the same ptock.” he method which T adyiseis not, however, applicable only to such dogs ag ure inteuded tor watch dogs, for honse pets, for the general uses of the farmer and others who meed the dervices of this eagacious animal, 1 think if would he most appheable to the bloodhound, the bulldog, some breeds of terriars, tho spitz, wud (howe dogs that are inbred with these yariatias ; and iu addition I think it would be advisable to custrate all dogs thatare allowed to run at large—all such as are allowed the free- dom of their own will, A. H, New Vole City. July 23, — a DEATH OF COUNTESS ROYAL. Frarsusy, L, 1, July 30, 1881, Eilitor Forest anil Stream? It is with as much regret and pain as a human being can ex- perience that I am foresd to chronicle the death of as grand, handsome and good pointer bitch ag falls to the lot of man to own —Countess Royal, Sha was one of those rare exceptions that fall to the lot of a fortunate few to possess once during their shooting éxperience. She was only shown once and then took two first prizes in royal company. First in the open class, and first with a mate for the best brace of pointers, dog or bitch. Bho leayes few representatives ;—Bird Royal, by Charapion Bow, and Dou HKoyal; and my friend Dilley, upon whom the weight of thix loss falls most lieavily, says: ‘ Bird Royalis Al," Countess Royal was w litter sister to Champion Rangér, and consequently was ten years of age. She wis afflicted list winter wilh tumor, and, as T wished to breed her to Croxteth, I had ber carefully examined by doctors after bringing ‘her Hast, to see if breeding her would be attended with any serious result, a3 I was so anxious to obtain some progény from this cross, which I deemed would be peerless, Atter they pronounced it local and only a surface trouble, I sent her to Guymard to receive the royal fayors of that grand pointer Groxteth, and had her reshipped to her owner Dilley to allow her to whelp and be worked on game duriug the period of carrying her whelpa, as Lam a great believer im this. T waa doomed to disap- pointment, for she passed any peacefully, after prepariag her bed to litter on the 20th of July, 1881, at Rosendale, Wis. She whelped six fine puppies dead, and all her earthly glory and the concentration of hers aud Croxteth's passed with ler to the sad- dest disappointment and regret of those who knew her to love and admire for her countless virtues which so far overbalancid her trifling faults that she seemed perfection. J'arewell, noble Coun- tess, although you have faded from us, your memory will ever remain fresh to your many admirers, of which one are more ardent and faithful than W, A. Cosrer, a LONDON, ONT., BENCH SHOW.--The committee are work- ing hard to make the show a grand success, and trust to receive a lane entry from the United States. Nailroad and express arrange- nents are now being made for the transportation of dogs, which will be duly announced. The following is a list of extra special prizes contributed by the citizens of London for dogs that are owned in London or in the suburbs : N.—For best setter or pointer (dog or bitch), cap, value $10, Oe itae best English setter dog or bitch, a pair of hunting oot. P,—For the beat Gordon setter dog or bitch, one box of segars. Tein the best Irish setter dog or bitch, a gold pen and pocket- older. Tt —For the best pointer dog or bitch, a box of segars, §.—Tor the best dog or biteh puppy, under six months old, entered in the setter classes, silver cup, value 525. T —For the best Gordon setter puppy, a cage of native wine, U.—For the best Irish setter puppy, & case of claret wine. V.—for the best pointer puppy, a box of segars, West ae the best cocker spaniel dog or bitch, a segar-holder, yalue $10. X.—For the best spaniel puppy, a sea-grass hammock, Y.—For the best foxhound dog or bitch, a dog whip. %.—¥or the best fox terrier dog or bitch, a pair of sleeye links, AA.—For the best Skye, Yorkshire, or Seotch terrier, a dozen linen collars. BE.—FPor the best pug, a new hat. Classes I to BB. CG.—Por the best greyhound dog or bitch, a box of sogars. Nore,—All dogs must previously have been entered in their eS classes to enable them to compete for the Bpecial eg. THE GILROY, CAL,, FIELD TRIALS.—The Gilroy Rod and Gun Club met on July 18 to complete their organizaiion, Tieporta of commitiees on Oonstitution and By-lasys and on Field Trials were approved and adopted. The club consists of twelve charter members, and the membership is limited to twenty, resident in Gilroy township, and twenty non-resident. The first field trials ara set for Monday, Noy, 7, open to all pointers and setters, the bona jide property of residents of Cali- forma. ‘The following stakes will be run ond adjudged on the “pomt system :'? All age stakes, entrance $5; 1st prize, silveroup; 2d, gold medal; 3d, silyer medal. Poppy stakep, for dogs whelped since Jan. 1, 1880, entrance $5; lat prize, silver cup ; second, gold medal; third, silver medal, The judges shall haye power to give a certificate of y.h.c, (very highly commended) to all dogs whose behavior and action in tho field show a high standard of merit. Entries to close Noy. 1, 1881, En ries must be accompanied with the entrance fee, also a fall de- sciiption of the dogs entered, with name of sire and dam, if known, age, color and markings. Applications to be made to My, E.. Leayesby, the Secretary of the Gilroy Rod and Gun Ciub, who will furnish on application a copy of the rules governing trials, SLIPS.—The Baltimore Kennel Clnb’s pointer bitch Lilly missed to Sensation. This is a great disappointment to the club, as the expected whelps werein great démand.—A, J. Kenny....We haye heard nothing lately from the committea of the Mt. Airy Ken- nel Club and Game Protection Association relativeto the dog show which it proposed to hold in October next, We are in hopes the time for giving this show will be postponed until the Christmas holidays, or at least until after the shooting season is partly over, We think, notwithstanding the animals that would be shown in the winter would be in poor coat, owing to their just haying gone through a season of hard work, the public would patronize the show more freely during the holidays, We know mouey is more plenty then,—Homo, EXTRAORDINARY LONGDYVITY IN A DOG.—Chou-Chon Grhieh, I am informrd, means edible) was for come yeara the fa- yorite dog of Admiral Sir Henry Keppel, and was presented to him in 1852, when captain of H. M.S. St. Jean d'Acre, by the Japanese authorities in Japanese Turtury, ay a Yare epecimen of the true edible dog of Tartary. Chou-Chou, who was then two years old,, was his faithful compsnion on board this ship for tivo years, and Wis made a grout pet of by both officers and crew, affording them much amusement from his many peculiarities, Ons’ of tha petty officals, Mr. Jupes, of thet: Jean d'Acre at this period, till re- aided fit Southnmpto i, ond yelates muny droll ancudotas of the No entrance fee for Special famous Chou-Ghon. He wag of a blue-black color, and stood about 22in. bigh, and when in good condition weighed 47 lbs. One remarkablé feature in him was that the inside of Lis mouth aud his entire fongue were perfeotly coal-black, The Admiral landed at Portamouth in 1864, and took the dog with him to bis country seat at Bishopstoke, where he remained the observed of all obeervers” wutil 1870, when he was given by the Admiral to George Washington Jones, who had served as paymaster with him on board thé same ship, buf who then was tle proprietor of the Bassett Hotel in the neighborhood, The one condition attached to this gift was that Chow-Chou should not be parted with from that house uotil he died, The present propriétor of the hotel, Mr, Alfred Weleh, who took st im 1871, also, tool the dog on the like termes, mudin his posscsHiou if diéd a nathral death on May 28, 1881, ayed thirty-one yeure—to tie great rayret of every one who knew him. Ohon-Chou took a first prize for doga of variety of breed at the Portsmouth Dog Showin 1877. By disposition he wis yery aminwle and good tempered, ind showed strong affec- tions, He became much attached to Mr, Weleh’s children, “ecom- panying tliem to sclinol of a morning, and always gomg unbidden to fateh them home of an aflernoon. Of course m #0 longo life he had many ‘hair breadth ’seapes,” the most precarious bein -| that he was once ron over at Bassett by a coal cart, when bot his forelegs were broken, With great caro, however, le was per- fuctly reinstated again,—A. MW. Botruy (Southampton) London Field. FOWLER'S FRANK.—Onr Fort Wayne, Ind., correspondent senda us a note of the deuth of Mr, Geo. Fowler's Frank, de- seribed as “oneof the hiest and stannchest dogs that ever stood scent in this part of the country. He was true as steel, the owner of a human héart, and the possessor of instinet and intelligence second to none, Ag a dog he had many frends, but as a liunter, {hey were legion—he was known and loyed far snd wide for his noble looks, staunchness, superior traming and keenness of scent. Ws love for his master, Geo. 8. Fowler, wam almost human, andia his last moments his*greatest desire seemed to be to haye his head rest in his master’s lap. George loses a good friend, and a loss that ix not easily repaired, Frail is missed—peace to bis ashes.” COUNT NAILER KILLED.—Mr. Joseph H. Dew, Montview Kennel Glub, of Columbia, Tenn., writes us that their Count Nailer accidentally killed himself while on the chain in his kenuel, seyeral days ago. This unfortunate ocwurrence is to be greatly deplored, for Nailer was a dog of grand parts, of the best of quality, and from what we saw of him when running in the Derby last yeur at Vincennes, a rematkably good field dog. True, he was handled by Mv. Dew, which means a great deal, and shows that he was not handicapped by a novice. Count Nailer was a litter brother to Mr. D, 0, Sanborn’s Count Noble, béing by Count Wind’em out of Norah. He was whelped August 27, 1879, thus being scarcely two years old when the accident occurred, We ve- gret to be obliged to make this aunouncement, for the dog eyi- dently had a grand future belvre him, THE DOG “NOW THEN’ AGAINST TIME.—On July 16 this celebrated bitch pwanl a match against time in the Thames. The conditions stipulated to siyim under thirteen bridges in tyo honrs. ‘This the animal, though nowell, success!ully accomplished in 1h, 5 min. 14) sec., starting from aboye the Albert Bridge, Chel- sea, dud finishing af London Eridge —Bell’s Lige. Senex in the Live Stock Journal says: Mr, Llewellin’s setter, Dashing Rover, has been awarded the registration cup for the breeder of the best Muglish setter registered and shown at the Crystal Palave Dog Show. DOG FOUND.—Madison, N J., July 28.—1f any of your cily sportsmen haye lost a pointer deg while hunting about this place, they cun, by writing me care of Box 142, find ont his whereabouts, The dog is «finely bred animal, Nimrop, — oe KENNEL NOTES, *\* Breeders and owners of dogs are invitud to send memoranda of names clainted, bred, wheilps, sales, ete., for insertion in this column. We make no charge for the publication of such notes; but request in each case the notice be made up in accordance with our form, that the name of hoth owiter and dog be written legibly, or printed, and that the strain to which (he animal belongs be distinctly stated. NAMES CLAIMED, Prairie Rose.—MY. J. J. French, Sparta, Wis., claims the name ot Prairie Rose for liyer and white pointer bitch puppy, ree re April My nk by Royal, Jv, out of Queen Hamlet. Purchased or Mr. 8. . Cundy. Jej.—\r. J. L. Englehart, Petrolla, Ont., clatms the name of Jeff for cocker spaniel dog puppy, whelped May “4, 1581, by Bobb ITT. out of Biack Bess, Count Random.—Mr. Jas. K. Boyd, Wempstéad, L. T, claims the name of Count Random ior lemon and white seller dag puppy, wheiped Dec. 25, 1880, by Junius (Leitester-Petrel) out of Fly. Laily Gaz.—Mr, Jas. K, Boyd, Hempstead, L I, claims the name of Lady Gay for lenion Belton (yi h all lemon ears) bitch puppy, RS RG April 17, 1851, by Champion Gladstone out of Leila (Leices- ter-Kii by). Geml. Diz.—Mr. Jas IX. Boyd, Hempstead, L. L, claims the name of Gen‘|, Dix for orange aid white dog puppy, whelped April 22, 1881, by Mr. Bambridge’s Nick out of owner's Nellie, Mujoy Frank.—Mr, Jas. K. Boyd, Hempstead, L 1, claims tha name of Major Frank for orange and white dog puppy. whelped April 22, 1881, by Mr. Bainbridge’s Nick out of ownel’s Nellie. Noreen LL—Mr. Geo. W. Leayltt, Koston, Mass., clafms ihe name of srorees IL. for Irish setter bitch puppy, by Champion Hlcho out of joreen, Ttose Richinont.—Mr. Edwird Gray. Pittsburgh, Pa., claims the name of Kose Richmond for lemon aud wiite bitch puppy, by Glad- stone out of Letla (Leicester-Kirby). Doctor,—MY. George Macbeth, London, Ont., claims the namie of Doctor tor bluck vocker doz puppy, whelped May Ys, 1421, by Bobb IU. out of Black Bess, Honest Ned.—My, Granville M, Thomas, Iioston, Mass., claims the name of Honest Ned for his orange and white setter doz puppy, by Nivk out of Nellie, purchased tom Mr. 7. W. Boyd. Count Warwiek,—Mr, HH. W. Gause, Wilminogion, Del,, claims the name of Count Warwick for setter dog puppy, by owners Warywitk out of Ollie, Earl Warwick.—™y. I, N. Mills, Supt. of Delaware R. RK. Co., clams the name of Karl Warwick for setter dot puppy, by Mr. H, W. Gause's Warwick out of Ollie, Countess Warwick.—Mr. Etilen Hewes, Wilinlugton, Del, claims the nanie of Countess Warwick tor seller bitch puppy, by Mr. H. W. Gulise’s Warwick out of OUte. Cinderella —Mr, .C. V. V, Sewell, Tarrytowno, N. Y., claims the name of Cinderella for his cocker spaniel bitch, by Colonel Stubbs out of McKoon's Eudora, Bouncer.—Myr, Colin Cameron, Brickeryille, Pa., claims the name of Bouncer tor beagle dor whelped April, 1551, (Dorsey’s Major—Vester). Santer.—Mr. Colin Cameron, Bricheryille, Pa, claims Loe name of Banter for beagle dog whelped April 4, 1951, (Dovsey’s MajorVenus). Ree and Blythesome—Mr. Colin Gamarcn, Lrlekervlie, Pa,, claiins the names Bee and Glythesome for two beagle bltchos whelped April 2, 1581, (Dorsey’s Mujor-Diana). f Lake, Mark, Neney anil Susan,—Mr, Colin Catneron, Bitukerville, Pa,, clams the names Luke, Mark, Nancy and Susan for bwo beygie dogs an Lye beagle bliches whelped Ajril 5, 1s), (Clouds imp, sailor Vinnie). SALES, Flight—Mr. L. C.F, Lotz, Chicago, TL, has sold to Mr. John H. Freeman, Jackson, Tenn., the greyhound biteh puppy Flight, by Spring out of Mauu 11. ; Minnie Warren. —iir, D. B. Wyant, of Peekskill, N. Y., has sold toDr J, W.s. Arnold, N.Y. Clty, lis cocker spaniel bluch puppy Minnie Warren, out of Ply by Music. Cominodore.—Dr. H. B. Wygant, OF Peekskill, N. Y¥., bas sold to Mr, Wu, Mabie, same place, his liver vocker spaniel dog puppy Comnio- dorn, outol Ply by Music. Nick-Nelli¢ whelp.—Mer. Jas. K. Boyd, Wempsread, L. 1., has sold Mr. G. M, Vhomas, Boston, Mass, an English setler dog puppy, out oi Nelle by Nick. : ; Junive—-Kly whelp—Mi. Jas. K. Boyd, Hempsicad, Lb 1,, has bought an English setter Gog puppy, Oubpilly Dy Junhus (Leicister-Petre!) fron Mr. D. O/Shea, London, Our. Gladstone-Leila whetpi—Mr, Jus, By, Boyd, Hempstead, Ty T, hag 14 FOREST AND STREAM. (Avensr & 1881. emer eee bought from Mr, J. W. Foster, Leesburgh, Va., 4 bitch pup, out of Lela (Leicester-Kirby) by Gladstone. Gilroy.—Mr, Euyene Powers (Cortland, N. Y.,) hes sold to Mr... A, Winsi0w, Baltimore, Md., the chestnut and tan lurdette doukor dog Gilroy, by Wildair out of Hollis’ Belle, Lark.—Mr, Eugene Powers (Cortland, N. Y.,) has sold to (le Rey. James W. Putnam tho tocker spaniel Lark, by Wildair out of Miron, Wildai—Mignon whelp.—Mr, Kugene Powers (Cortland, N, Y.,) us sold to Mr. Chas. /. Kent, Monticello, N. ¥., a blawk iid white eocker puppy, by Wildair out of Mignon. ChierTiily whelp—My. G, Wills (Hudson, N. Y.,) has sold to Dr. Chas, H. Van Vleck, of same place, a red Irish setter dog puppy, by_ Chief out of owner's Tilly. Chieg-Tilly whelp—Myr, G, Hills (Hudson, N. Y.,) has sold to Mr. Delbert Dinohart, West Copake, N. ¥., 4 red Irisu setter dog puppy, by + hief out ot owner's TUly, Chief-Tilly whalp—Mr. G. Hills (Hudson, N. Y,,) has sold to Mr. Win. W. Rice, Hud-on, N, Y., 4 red Trish setter dog puppy, by Chiet out Of owher’s Tilly. Ching-Tilly whelp.—My. G. Wills (Hudson, N. Y.,) has sold to Mr Chas, Gage, Washington, D. U., a ved Irish setter bitch puppy, by Chief oul of owner's ‘Lilly. Chiaf-Titly whelp.—My. G. Hills (Hudson, N, ¥,,) has sola to Mr. Bred. Watermann, MWiidson, N. Y., a red Irish setter bitch puppy, by Chief out of owner's Tih, Ohies—Titly whelp,.—Mr. G. Hills (Hudson, N- Y.,) has sold to Dr. F. A. Wheeler, Athens, N. Y., a red Irish setter bitch puppy, by Chief ont of owner's Tilly, : dive Fly. My. H. W. Gause, Wilmington, Del., has sold to Mr. W. H. Pierce, Peekskill, N. Y., his champion red setter bitch Mire Wy (Rufus-b tend). Faithsull.—Mr. Colin Cameron, Brickeryille, Pa., has sold to Mr. W. J. Vercival, Michigan, the Imported beagle bitch Failhtull, in whelp to owner's Ses Driver.—Mr. Colin Cameron, Brickeryille, Pa., has sold to Mr, N. Cassaw, Maryland, the beagle dog Driver (Pownell’s Jack-Venus). Sport.—Mr, Colin Cameron, Brickerville, Pa,, ins soid to Mr. Kichard O'Barnwell, of Georgia, the beagle dog Sport (Cloud’s Rocket-Vic), * WHELPS, Neliit,—Mv. Jas. K. Boyd's (Hempstead, L, I.,) Nellie whelped eight puppies by Mr. H. Bambridge’s (Brooklyn, k. J.,) Nick, All the pups orange and white, Musie.—Mr. M, M. Nissley’s (Hizahethtown, Lan. Co,, Pa.,) beagle bitch Music whelped, July 23, five puppies, four hitches add one cog, by Mr. Pownell’s. Victor. 4 Veli 1J,—Mr. Jos. Lewis’, Apollo, Pa., pointer bitch Nell 11. whelped, July #1, 1881, nine puppies, Sly dogs and three bitehes, by Sensation. color, lemon and white. — Jvty.—Mr. C. i. Lewis’, Sus, Bridge, N. ¥., Liewellin setter bitch Fly, whelped July #3, 1581, eleven puppies, six dogs and tive bitches, by Mr. L. W. Smith’s Champion Parts. Pitly. —Mr. G. Hills’ (Hudson, N. Y.,) red Irish setter bitel Tilly whelped, July 24, 1881, nine puppies (one dead at birth), row dogs and four bitches, by Mr, Max Wenzel’s Chief. ERED. Hush—Sport,—Mr. H. W. Cory’s (St. Pai, Mimn.,) Hush (Berkley- Fan) to Thompson's Sport. Blaze-Lincoin.—Trhe Montylew Kennel Club's setter bitch Blaze (Sam-Countess Bear) fo Lincoln, June 24. PRESENTATIONS. Warwick-Ollte whelp.—Mr. H. W. Gause, Wilmington, Del, has pre- sented a setter dog puppy, by Warwick out of Ollie, to Mr. 1. N. Mills, Supt. of Delaware RK, R, Go. Warwiek-Olite whelp.—Mr, H. W. Gause, Wilmington, Del., nas pre- sented a setter bitch puppy, by Warwick out of Ollie, to Mr. Pmien ewes, of Wilmiugton, Vel, > 9+ ____. KENNEL MANAGEMENT lid J.C, H., Ticonderoga, N. Y.—I haye a red Irish setter dog two years old, During a period of nearly two months past he has been and low is afflicted with a cough. At times Lhe cough 1s very severe. At first 1f seemed that he was trying to dislodge something from his throat; then it appeared to come trom the lings, He fags, wheezes and stranyle:, He has grown poor, vats but litle and Is low splrited, Wil you kindly tell me what is your Opmilun of the cuse? Ans, Your dog probably has bronchitis from cold. Gtye him light and nourish- ing diet, and two grains of quinine three timesa day. Also a Little Castor oll every other day wiille the cough lasts, 17a L. W. C., Dover, N. H.—I have an Irish setter ten months old whith had a small bunch urise on ose toe near the rootot the nail which I Was told had the appearance of mange and treated it as such. Tt has now réached the size of a walnut and looks red and inflamed, and looks much like a tomato with ihe peeling of, What treatment would you adylse? Ans. Destroy the fungus growth by caustic eure- fully applied. 1i6 ALEX ANDRIA,—Can you tell me what is the probable atlment of Iny dog und the bestremedy? Something is growing lp from the under part of the eye similar toa sort of cataract. It isa red and in- ~Hatned film, rather thick and seems tO vause a watery discharge that stalus his white halr a dark brown. Ans. It is probably not a growth but an Mhflanimation affecting the membrane which is the so-called third eyelid. Keep the eye clean with some simple lotion, and the feneral health of the patient should be looked to. ‘The ligiit, should be stibdued sv long a5 inflammatory symppoms are present. Should the dos fail to iniprove under this treatment we would suggest your aking iin to a competent surgeon. li H.58., Troy, N. Y.—My setter bitch, just one year old, carie In heat about five weeks ago, Atl the samé Umeshe had distemper. She came out of heat al right and her eyes stopped discharging ; seems wll right with the exception of her nose, whichis dry, rough and Warm. J notice a very slight weakness aboot her hind legs. I have given her (wo or three hours’ exercise every night, have tried to fet her nose natural, but do not seem to succeed. Her appetite is Talr and bowels quite regular. Ans. Give her a mild purge twice a week and two grains of quinine three times a day for about a week or ten Bille and Trap Shooting. RANGE AND GALLERY. At Creedmoor, N. Y., August 11, a tewm from the Massachusetts Hifie Association will shoot a return match with a team of the New York Hitle Club. Boston, July 27.—The Victory long range match at Walnut Hil) had seven competitors to-day, wo tournt a most erratic wind, the dial showing anywhere Irom 9 o'clock west. to4 o'clock southeast. The day’s record is appended: BF. J. Rabbeth. BOO Yards y.-.2-. 2.025 ee ieee HHS HHAHHS HS HS 6 FTE 90u rena pe -b555 544555655 5 5—73 1000 4585545546555 4 5—72-919 800 yards 66 5 5—T4 900 54 6 5-73 1000 25 6 6—TI—218 BBB 445 5-72 6553 5 4 5 5—70 5 > 6 6 & 5—73—215 i. J. Scott, B00 yards... .1. o- BF54H505 555655 5 509 (0 -§64456554555 4 8 5—o9 1h 6555555643555 4 5 5—s6—204 W, Howard. 500 yards... . 6655456465555 4 572 400 6565554555566 6 5-12 LHW rin 45306884545 8 5 4 354198 On Saturday the 30th the short range matches were on, but mid- summer seenis to be a bud tinie for riflemen to assemble, judging from the slim attendance, xnd to-day was no exception, bub tew riflemen being present. phe conditions were but fairly good, the wid blowing rather strong from the northeast. Appended are the records of the day: Massachusetis Match—00 yards, 5 wi il 1 OM JEWEl ops nyete donee 2s UN) 10910 2 dia ed A © Adams.,..5» 12 10 1 12 11 18 1 mo a 11—120 48.2 17 10 11 Wi 21 10 10 11 4b it—106 § 9 10 11 12 Ww 12 10 10 m—105 Wi iz 11 10 7 10 10 I W—100 aL Burt..... WW i 8 1 8 1) 8B 10 12 0 99 W. Gardner.... i 0 9 1 8 9 10 12 8 10-96 Handitap Mateh—200 yards. vatee AMI555545—45 O D Curtis ..,......454Gdddd4d 4g eos hbo404465d—4 TD) FP Uprtert...... s4i4ddadaa—ty, W Gardner 5444456545 OS Sampson. .....,.4454444ddd—at UA White..., . Ad5254 hdd — 44 BoOSTON—MAMMOTH RIFLE GALLERY.—The work done by the leading competitors in the Amateur Rifle match bas been yery exciting. The scores Stand : G i Brown AL Burt. ..... B Anson. , --46 46 47 47 47—233 WM Norcross..46 46 a7 47 47—v38 ML Praty...,..46 46 46 47 47 —232 Shannon,.:.....45 45 45 46 46—Be7 SM Marshall, ..45 45 45 45 46—206 : Ali Comers’ Match, J WSmith...... 45 46 46 46 a7—220 J B'lyne. ..-.. 45 45 46 46 46—928 Experts’ Pistol Match, S Foge.....-.. ved 44 gd 44 45 —221 Harry Stanley..41 41 48 48 46013 NS James......48 44 45 Win Gardner, , 45 DeAMNOCS: . 5. eee e rere 78 73 77—223 FJ Rabbeth..,.....66 68 Wm B Haton....... Wo76 6 T—925 - Ams@tenr Pistol Match. Win B Eaton.....-.70 7 8-213 Wm Sadler.._,.....52 58 b9—Itd SiGHABG. a fever J. deve 66 69 T4—209 JR Scott,. ..61 5% AB—1A6 SPamNarimep, Mass., July 28.—The new rifle range of the Rod and Gun Olub just back of the Belden Housein West Springtield Was auspiciously dedicated to-day by the match between the Riy- ersides, of Pittsfield, and the local team, ‘lhe Pittsfield team came down for yictory, having cullected the best shots in Berkshire, but the Way in which the Rod snd Gun Club men ‘spread them- selves” makes the latter feel that they are almost invincible, It is not unlikely that the match may lead toanother, The totale were 762 for the Rod and Gun Club team and 721 for the Pittstield team, on the regulation Muss. target 200 yds, off-hand, W. F. Moseley being scorer, and the individual scorés are as follows : Rod and Gun, MAVOUG.: Sooo, eee ee ttestiresens dl Tli 911 810 9 §71— 96 PEIGIC SW o's he avn eee i etitn oie eee 8 12 17 12 12 10 11 10-11 to-107 WOUN Ve. estado af T BO H Sit 9 10 11— 6 OOOIGY ts esaes. es ++» 81010 1211121110 9 9—102 BUYIN Rcennet ees WW T 91140 9 § § S90 I ee et ae Robe oee tees 1271131 9 91110 911 -S—i01 WUISOMA Eres bse - ite ooo T TIT 913 8 6 10 12— 92 Knmes..../.... ahs tteesteceie ane §11 310101! 6 8 9 12— Bs 7E2 Pittsfleld, Wood steseetgtensieees ©1110 9 9 9 BIO 9 1H— 95 WALD DIGS tea vew tute edsitete Rearaaie 2 10 10 10 «9 10 10 11 11 12 10—108 Phillipa edae tases 4 810 610 9 § 1210 9— 86 Smith... 12 69 9 7 911 0 ¥ b= 80 Crandall,.. -10 111110 9 1010 7 10 12—100 Van Buskirk.. +11 9 91010 7 9 8 6 9 88 Burbunk,.... -»8 £510 9 8 8 610 980 PACH: ot bene tans aoe hea sheseee O10 Tt 9 10/30 oS $= ss yer BAYSIDE SCHUETZEN Corrs, Mass.—The weekly meet of the Schuet- zen corps at Bayside, on ibe 27th ult., was attended by an unusual number of riflemen, who succeeded in placing excellent figures to thelr credit, These res: ! Massachusetts Target (rest) - J Ii Max 106, J W Strieder 102, 8 Fel- ton 101, C Barrett 99, H. J Schormsck 97, G W. Copeland 93, F L seat Ht , © Abe 91, A Beissbarth 91, R Sinith 89, W H Harrington ss, 3 Sinith $3. Pe re eI Target (off-hand)—C M Gueth 101, © Orth 99, 7 H fix 87. MEDFORD, Mass., July “7.—This afternoon was a fine one for the ritleméo, ihe weather conditions being all that coulda be desired, yet, owing To the fact of some being at ihe seashore, the attendanve was tlim and the scores somewhat below the 200 yards standard. ‘the summary is as follows: C H Russel 5654444544355 5 6-67 A Whitne, 4453 4455544544465 © Hartwell -h64644544454 4 4 465 BEES 4445554465443 4 6-55 EASAVEV VIG Deen ene niel teri ests) yealertiieg Bed F458 45455444 64 SW ATE UT rae te eet teseeeeee HH AH AA HAZA4AA A 4-H ED QORES Siw aatenn noes det tess Sb simere ate 5450444434445 4 4-63 WW LGM es tee nna oe gttsceces et eos 454344444445 5 4-62 AupAny, N. Y., July 28,—This being a re-entry match, and a liberal allowance being giyen to military rifles, both classes of rille- men meet on pretty even terms, The heat and bright light were the only impediments, and the scores will show that the obstacles were overcomé by good holding. The niatch occupied nearly the entire afternoon, and the competition was won by Mr, Oliver Dex- ter, of Troy, with the best possible 34 ont of the 35, the score in detail being as follows : Oliver Dexter, 8 5.....- 4555655—84 Theodore Mosher, B §,.5545555—a4 GH Charles, 8 M. Wm E Fitch, Bas. RJ Willis, Bal 8.- Win, T. Miles, S M.. *s455444—34 J G Webster, 8M... -5945455—38 Wm Jones, § M..-.. C EB Wendell, S M.,,.*34554%4538 BD Jared, BalS.... James I Miles, S M...%354453854—33 *Allowance to military rifles. The eighth competition in the Winchester match was also on the programme, This is a purely military match, shot with military rifles, at the usual military distances, For some reason the mili- tary men do not care to shoot, or to be able to use their arhis as they were intended to be used. As a consequence,the competitors in nearly all the competitions haye been small bore men, who occasionally use 2 miltary rifle, and were it not for these men the match wonld go a begging, Nine competitors were entered in the match, and only one unlitary man among the number. Private C. E. Wendell, of company A, tenth separate battalion, who had just returned from an extended yacht excursion, and who had not been on the range in two months, was the first to shootin the 200 yard stage of the match. He caught the bull on his first shot and held it for three more rounds and closed with a close centre, which gave him a total of twenty-four, and as he held well at the mid range, getting twenty-three, and a grand total of forty-seven puints out of 4 possible fifty, the best score made in all the competition so far. The other competitors were only doing fairly, and as none of them, with a full score at the mid-range distance, could equal Wendell’s forty-seven, they were indifferent and shot carelessly, which will account for the poor showing. Several of the competitors retired 455554432 ~ *B4634445—32 "85455244 — 32 *35344354—29 +.» SOUASH5—25 from the match after firing a few shots at the mid range. The completed scores were as follows : 200 yds, 600 yds. Tobal, CE Wendell, § M..... AA = ores 55654—! 63655—23 AT James I Miles, 8 M..- seeriseeeere- Sdddd—71 45345—21 42 GH Charles, 5 M...........00-00 v.. B5444—20 44534—20 +) AVM SD IM les SM seb pioeetaaieeed Sate 4335419 55442—20 3g Wm E Fitch, 8 M. : 55%35—20 bite Wm Jones, 5 M.......... peecsateeses Soadt—1 43245—15 4 CAMDEN, N, J,—The programme of the Stockton Rifle Range Asso- elation, for the month of August, 1881, is as follows: The club days for practice are every Monday atternoon, West Philadelphia, rife club; eyery Thursday alternoon, Quaker olty: rife cub; Tuesday and caus mornings for the National Guard of the State of New ersey. August 3.—Mld-range Match.—All comers, 500 yards, any rifle, mili- tary rifle allowed tour points, August i.—ith match for Military Rifies.—lifteen competitions for fitteen Sharps milltary rifles. All comers, 200 yards, ten rounds, any military rite without cleaning, In this series eight competitions have been won a8 follows: M. Price, 40; H.S. Booz, 44; W. H. Fitzsimmons, 43; H. M. Worth, 43; Col. G. BH. P, Howard, 45; Col. W. H. Cooper, 44; A. J. Millletiie, 44. August 10.— Winchester Match.—All comers, 200 yards, standing, ten rounds, any rile, military rifles allowed two points when used as such, without cleaning, Prize, a Winchester repeating rifle, model 1873, Tound barrel, value $25. August 13—Champion Marksman's Badge Match of 1881.—Open to all Members of the First Brigade National Guard of the State of Pennsylvania. 200 and 500 yards, five rounds af each distance; weapon, the .50 calibre Springfield rifle as used by the State. Prize, a handsome gold badge (champlon of 1881) to be awarded to the com- petitor who, at the cluse of the season, shall haye won tt, the greatest number of times. ‘ August 17.—ourth Gold Mateh.—Prize, $40 in gold, offered by the association. 6 5 Sc—ay 54 5 6 Sc 4 —16 beh § 605 Ac—is—192 Maryland ‘Team. Col Burgwyn...... Weae= ae ab blanc: 55 f 4 6h 6 F FS 5A BB Lynch 6 4 505 se—is AY Canteld,.. 4 4 5 6¢5 47 6 565 &G & —f0—l94. 4 56 5 56 fT 5 6 5¢ 5 —48 b 4 6 5 —42 fh 4 4 4 —4G—158 i) 8 in diameter, with # smaller circle 8 inches in diameter talled the ‘ carton.” in the above scores where the ligure 6 is followed by a small ec it indicates that the bullet struck the carton. Nuw Onimans, La., July 24.—The shooting for the antelope horns and the picture of the Denyer team, the Denyer trophies set uside for indiyidual competition, took place at Frogmoor to-day. Mr. Wm. Weiss won the antelope horns for the third tine, aud they now become his personal property. Mr, Weiss did not enter for the picture, and it therefore fell to Mr. J. ©. Sporl, who wins it for the firat time. The following were the scorés made: , Yards. ards. 2.00 —43445—20) Gschwind..... ..30l—43474—15 Weiss........- 200—54445—29 200—49844—18 100—55454—23—65 1004444441 —5T Sporl......-...--800—44344—15 W Henry. -.....300—34444 19 200—d4445—31 200—d3044—15 100—44544—2.1—6) * 100—24454—91—55 Knight.... «.... 300—43354—1T G W Charlton. ..300—23044—13 20)— 54d 9) 200—34434—15 100—5-4544—v2—60 L444 4d — 0 —51. Fortier, .....-2.5 300—4434 18 Hauswald,._...- 300 —24323—14 QW) — 34445 —18 200—32344—1 10(—45455—28—69 104-42) 0 H Thomas..,...800—8s424—16 Dural . .... .-..300—)084— T 200 —45444—$1 W234 — 15 104554929 100—13455—21 15 SOHUETZEN NOTES. Hurray for President Geo. Aery, of the Manhattan Rifle Club, and his team. : The Manhattan Rifle Club, George Aery, Cuptuin of the New York Scheutzen Corps, being the President, which was organized in 1879 of the aboye named and members of the “ettler Rifle Club, send the following team, under charge of the President, to the second Bundie Festival of the Northwestern Schuetzen Bund to St. Paul, Min,: | W. Hayes, W. M. Farrow, ©. Zettler, H. Holjes, J. Jomer, J, H. Brown, W. Overbaugh. ; The members started last Saturday by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in go6d humor and full of hope, and I have no doubt thut they will be just as success{il as two yea's ago in Chicago, The festival commences on the 2d of Angust and will last till the 7th, and $10,000 are the prizes on the diferent targets, as the rugramme shows. On their return I will give the full scores shot y the above. + a a A great rifle tonrnament is to be expected, as the New York City Schuetzen Corps, Capt. John F. Gerdes, has accepted a challenge of the New York Central Schuetzen Corps, Capt. H. Kroger, As the time and place have not heen specified I shall give notice in due time, On the 8th and 9th of August the Jersey Schuetzen Corps, Capt. A. B. Hardekopf, will have their eighteenth annnal festival at the Schuetzen Park, Union Hill, to which all ;iflemen are cordially in- yited ; and, as the programme shows $250 on the ving target in thirty-five prizes, I hope to see a good many of the old friends. A, a THE TRAP. Tre Cray Prazon Prizm ConrEst wis announced in our last issue. We understand that the best trap shooters are much pleased with the new device. Score blanks and conditions, with the rules adopted, may be had of Ligowsky & Oo., 33 Vine street, Cincinnati The manufacturers send us the following : - 33 Vine SrReer, Cincinnati, Aug. 1, 1881, Editor Forest and Stream: Dear Stu—We haye had questions sent to us, and have an- swered ax follows : / i, The birds can be thrown from 90 to 100 yards on a still day. 9. The weather does not affect the breaking qualities of the birds. Keep the glue on pastebourd dry, 3. From one to fiye per cent. break in transportation. 4, The same mien in a teani must com- pete, and we allow two alternates. 6, The twelve matches can be competed in twenty-four weeks if desired. 6. One team is allowed to every twenty-fivemembers of a club, 7, ‘Dhere can be duplicate entries from each club on aboye conditions. Licowsry & Co, SVILLE TOVRNAMENT.—We are In receipt of thea scorasiof the routeville tournament too late for insertion in thisissue. The report shows that tlle anticipations of the Manages have heen realized. New Dour, Staten Island, July 21.—New York German Gun Club: # Gh Bratt, 21 yds... 117111111110 sess WILLIDLIOL— 8 John Glaccum,21 yi 101vLL— T ONOLLOLI— 6 Piasender, 25 yds....1010111101— 7 OL TWIT 7 Hammer, 21 yd5.....101101100i— G Kuntz, 2! yds. VALIONN— 7 Klein, 21 yds.. ..L1 Willl— 8 Rubsahin, 2) yds....101i0lli— 8 Nagel, 21 yds. ....., ,00D0000010— 1 Heentol, a] Re +4 HELO Uo 8 ; OL yds..1100001100— 4 Operman, 21 yds...- , Meta al yds ae Sdneler, $l yds... -101101000— 5 Gotz, 21 yds,-...... 111011111— 9 Epona sat 91 yds...1110100110— 6 Ch Braim won the gold medal August 4, 1881.] FOREST AND STREAM. ST, PAUL TOURNAMENT. Sn, Pau, Minn, July 26. The second grid glass ball (ournament, heid uuder the auspices of (he enterprising St, Paul Gun Club, has heen » notable one. The Weather was delightful, except tor about two hours on the third day, When jt rained. The attendance was the largest ever known ata H1NSs ball LournaMment, and the séoves the best ever made by so large aboly of men. The shooting was over water, and everybody was de- Uehted—not 4. dispute over broken balis during the tournament, AtL Present unite ip saying biel bite toffrosment wos a perfect success in every wiy. Next year’s tourninient Wil be held at Minneapolis With Increased attractions, and in issio sh. Paulagain, he scores mude were as follows: - TCESDAY, JULY 1. Sweepstakes, 10 balls : ETD DIG cies tere onnfelelembapefuin|e \ernie nals abe 9 Holster ....-- Se rey Whitehouse Woodiny . Tabor... McLaugh. Hunson,... tower mos 10 Durant and Konyalinke divided first, Ties on nine—Cary 0, Winsor 1, Kimbie 19, Stock 4, Clausen 1, Lin- ecoln 9, Brown -2, Tabor 10, McLaughlin 4, Hunson 10, Kimble, 'tabor and Hanson divided second, Tiés on elght—Woodring #, Norton 5, Emery 0, Lemon 0, Becker 0), Norton wins third, Purse No, 1,—15 balls: first prize, $60; second, $45; third, $307 fourth, $15; firth, 100 Ibs. shot presented by J, H. Alen & Co., Str Paul, ‘Minn., $8: Ssbxth, Sears’ patent adjustable stove, presented by Sears & Co., Chicago, $3.50, UCN CTD dere minndictn at-ceisy aioe ie sie wolt Blakeley, S......-. Tasers ae Pe eeee i Boyd... ee tas 2” UES LoS TE fee Bngels,.... gn ewciane15s “WUINSOE Ree sup fo reasteneele Bancrott -.;.--12 Hitchcock, M.............. elt Skinner, WH. geepepebl® .GOYSOT i cy vesse cs .-t¢ PUL e cose ae ....1L Hitchcock, JH. Essery. a----11 Nelson. Powers Peek: sulin! .1% Blakeley, Geo. ISIBINTNG, cong ss kanes at cae ope ...14 Woodring... Tabor..... reigiele tole te huts sat Smith......, MeLaughlin,...,-.-... fseuee .-13 Konvalinke......... Whitehouse... .....5.......- 12, Elatiseny sii i25.. Fahnestock.. Richeson..... Boughton. .. Murray.. .., Cluet.. Long Lenvon., 7.22.5 O'Brien,...... Cte Aha cop eh Skinvier, OM:...2..2-..-.2.5..--14 Franckeé,.-..,.-.... sielorte dy Welrewe 8 Ties on 15—Hingels 1, Hoblitt 3, Walts 1 a eomare 8, Kimble 5, Jones 5. Konvalinke, Kimble and Jones di- v ; Tabor 10, Skin- Fahmestock, 10, Woodring $, Konvalinke 5, Ties on 14—Norton 4, Skinner, W H, 10, Klemme 5 nér, GM, 10, Hitchcock, M, 2, Corson 5, Clausen 5, Stock 0, Pfister 0, Lincoln 6, Van Slyke. Skinner, W H, Skinner C M, ‘labor and Fahnestock divided. Ties on 18—Powers 5, McLaughlin 0, Hunson 1, Cluet 5, Long 5, Smith 0, Russell 1. Powers, Cliiet and Long divided. Ties On 12—Boyd 1, Bancroft), Whitehouse 0, Clifford 2, Lemon 0, True 6, Winsor 10, Hitchcock, J H, 6, Nelson 1, Richeson 5, Durant 10, Van Slyke, C,1. Wiusor and Durant divided, _ ies on 11—Getty 3. Essery 4, Don 8, Myers 10, Aaker 3, O’Brien 2, Blakeley, $, 2, Blakeley, Geo, 4, Smith, sG,9, Keator3. Won by Myers. Sixth prize won by Clayton. Purse No. 2.—20 balls, entrance $3. 567.00; third prize, $45; tourth prize, $22.50; rifth prize, case of wine presented by Bowlin & McGeehan, St. Paul, $15; sixth prize, 100 Paul Murphy cigurs presented by Adam Fatsch, St. Paul. First prize, $90 ; second prize, TANGO seneeress seeenssiseit es este INOTDON ne aeats Saha brane aE. MhOBicie st tesa ces dies qectes Ee 19 Croft... Kimble,.....-- : Corson... Pahnestock. . Klemme, .. Hermann... Grinager. Nelson. ..... Jones,...- COP SON 5.2 Fo Sioa eo mele tle mele m Wmery...... Gesly. . Norton..... Brow, ... ths Ties on 10—Herman 9, Nleonlin §, Kimble 25, Lincoln 3, Fahensteck 6, Smiph 18, Skiiner, CO M, (, Moblitt), Essery 3, Jouus 25, Beuker 12, Boyd’ Kumble and Jones divide. ‘ies on 3—Klemima 6, Vau Slyke 12, Powers 0, Stock 10, Stearns (), Woodring 4, Clifford 9, Winsor 4, Konvolinka. 8, Gesiy 1, Plister 0, Ta- bor 16, 4"Brien 11, Prue d, Durant 6, White4, Duniam 15, Lemon i. Tabor and Dunham divide a4 See Ties on S—Skinner, W H, 10, Cory 4, Butler 10, Blakely, S, 4, Emery 0, Norton 3, Brown 8, McLaughlin, Engels 5, Hitchcock, J i, 7, Aaker 2, Tainter 4, Burkhard 7, Niebels 8, Skinner and Butter diyid - ‘ies on 7-3 G Smiths, Hanson 4, Hitchcock, M, 10, Clausen 5, Peachey 0, Myers 1. Hitcheock wins. Ties on 6—Wailts 11, Nelson 1, Dow 10, Bancroit 0, Walts won fifth and Leavitt won sixth, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, Purse No. 4.—20 balls; tirsh prize, $150; second, $112.50; third, $75; fourth, $27.50; fifth, Irish setter pup, presented by dno. Piister, St. Paul; Sixth, 1,000 shells, presented by U. M. C. Cu.; seventh, Hunt- ing Sult, presented py B. 0. P. Clothing House, St. Paul HaDsOn,..--..+.+. McLaughlin. Kimble....--.. Woodring... Winsor...... Leavitt. ...222:+. Skinner, O M.......--- BtOCK, Fed, becrires Lincoln.......... - Smith, J G...-...- Tainter. . Hitchcock, JH..... MISNEDs Ste heee cece tober Ee tad) Wire ye4 head Ties on 20—Skinner, W H, 6, Kimble 30, Skinner, C M, 12, Tabor 30, Jones 40, Jones, Tabor and Kimble divide. Ties on 19—Stock 4, Pfister 6, Konyolinka 4, Hitchcock, J H, 4, Mis- ner 5, Dow4, Walts0. Prister and Misner divide. Ties on 1is—Becker 0, Powers 11, Niconlin 13, Hoblitt 15, McLaugh- linté, Woodring 15, Lincoln 3, stearns 3, Corson 10, Klemma 3, Brown 2, Cory 10, Essgry 4, Cundy s, Dunham 11, Van Slyke i, Lyons. Hob- litt and Woodring divide. : TMes on 17—Boyd 4, Hanson 12, Smith,J G,5, O’Brien 6, White 0, Engels 0, Durant 7, Butlers, Gesty 4, Smith 1¥, Marshall 2, Tainter7 Hanson and Smith divide. A Ties oh 16—Pahenstock 6, Aaker 4, True 7, Hitcheock M, 2, Won by * ‘Prue. Ties on 15—Leayitt 6, Clifford 6, Clausen 4. Divided by Leavitt and Clifford Biakeley wins seyenth. Purse No. 5,—10 balls; entrance, $2; first prize, $90 ; second, $67.50 ; third, $45; fourth, $22.50; fifth, pair hunung boots, presented by Forepaugh & Tarbox, St. Paul, $10; sixth, Box of Cigius, presented by Gumharen & Frey, St. Paul, $6. TADOM. cael nee eh Be PERE IBGE CK ren fe desteits eyiee Ser eninels ea!) SESUY onze eackene ... 8 Pfister. at Smith, J G....-. 5 ad) 0) PEE. porte! Richeson...----+-- . it) WAGON es shee n ~. Powers.-.-;.°°"* , 10 Skinner, W H... aw Konvolinka...... r Wii ts) sete ee esa 8 Hoblitt.....--.- +e 20 Aakers. 3.05... ee 6 Skinner, C M........ 110) Poth se 5 O'Brien... ,.-1+++++ . 8 Hitchcock, J H....... 9 McLaughlin....... ; y DP eHSSOryas ul.3 ase ae Mi Hansol,,...:---- .S Leavitt.......+...- T MYers;..-..+--.- : ER resto Tes 5 3555 SSB cone 4 Marshall. 2. ..-a.2-2 ease 1 Alt MLO) dete ge een nea Efer 9 20S Boe oe 7 MOFGA ayia ciiea'e = De VAIL OLY Gry reposts clatweies terest 0 8 - 9 8 9 .8 7 Misner.. Witonlin....<..s0++ Konvalink Engels,... .,-- .-10 Rete Poetrtreiere 5 poe TAR, Ties on 10—Tabor 18, Boyd 15, Richeson 2, Niconiin 16, Skinner, W Whituhouse.,....-.--0s.ece H, 18, Konyolinka 5, Hoblitt 6, Skinner, C M, 3, Marshall4, Kimble 15, Boyd. tities ate ie Stock 0, Fahenstock 4, Jones 15, Misner 2, Dunham 13, Van Slyke 13, Tbihie tere e alles hes Richeson : ig | Prue 1. Niconlin, Kimble and Jones divide. Winsor. ewes fe tases Sinith, J Courant ie ieee be ary! Ties on $—Powers 9, McLaughlin 1, Myers, Lyonss, Lincoln 16, EDgCIS...0s.ccsceceeeeee Kennedy Maken, Brey ae ae Becker 5, Pfister 0, Clausen 0, Blakeley 2, Hitchcock, J H, ), Corson 1, Obras, hea eee: Biiery 3 Ld ici oc ae fe a Sate Gundy 9, Clifford 9, Klemme 2. Won by Lincoln, DiBMEa staan Pe bat rey ‘les on 8—Gesty 7, Smith, J G, 4, O’Brien 10, Hanson 9, Cery 11), En- ehign disses whet gels 2, McQuoin I, ‘Tyler 3, Emery 7, Durant 10, Hitcheock, M, 1, Sire ee PPE aaa eel O’Brien, Cory and Durant divide. eealeveimseeagrees Anson. ...... ake, Blakeley, Geo,..... Becker ,.... Peer eer eee) MeMuillin.... Lemion,. Skinner, OC M clei... Blakeley, 5.. 17 Murray. Dow... 19 Burkhard. Walts . 19 Clifford. .. ADEs Se rien --19 Aaker.,,...... Cc by Kimble, Ties on 19—Lincoln 5, Stock 40, Fahenstock 20, Keator 1, Boyd 1, Hoblitt 40, Getty 1, Pister 14, Tabor 6, Lyons 6, M¢Langhlin 4, Dow 0, Walts 1, True, Klemme 1, Jones 83. Stock and Hoblitt divided. Ties on 1s—Hermann 0, Hitchcock, J H, 3, Smith, J G, 6, Durant 6, Chitord 5. Smith and Durant divided, _ Pies on 17—Nelson 10, Engels 2, McMullin 0, Blakely, 8, 3, Norton 0, Emery &, Cory 5, Sniith'10, Blakely, G,0. Nelson and Smith divided: ies on 16—Clayton 0, Powers 5, Skinner, W H, 5, Richeson 0, Ken- nedy, MF, pe Mary #, Myers 3, Blake 2, Lemon 0, Cluet 1, Murray 0, Ties on 7—Woodring 0, Calhoun 4, Essery 2, Leavitt 5, Tainter1, Dow 5, Dow and Leavitt divide. Aaker wins fifth and Potts sixth. THURSDAY, JULY 21. Purse No. 6.—15 balls; first prize, $90; second, 367.50; third, $49; fourth, $22.50; fifth, hunting suit presented by Lindekes, Warner & Schurmeier, St. Paul, $10; sixth, 25 lbs powder, presnted by Hazard Powder Co., $7. KOnvOWnKa...- 2. cee e eer ecseneee Burkhard 3, Becker (. Powers and Skinner divided. . es on sr Ba 5, Hilliard 0, Corson1, Hollister 0, Niebels 4, RI UaiSat TVA RE tts 15 ‘Misner.. Fae PFET sey 2. on iv nsor. a pier eee a * wate eee eee . Purse No. 3.10 bails; first prize, $60; second, $45; third, $80; | pera ee Piste Tere ncenareineee: fourth, $147 tifth, Hunting Boots, presented by C. Gotzeim & Co., St | seek. Mild: Tiyons.) <2... Paul, $5; sixth, Hunting Knite, presented by H. Schnell, St. Paul, $3. | Kennedy, L F. LilD$ Hichcock, J H.. Skinner, W L......-- ibe ok PLSTON ete e ene fe tee Pace 2 8 PeSkkinnery CoM oe... s.ette ene ee 12 Lemon....... eS at Herman......0...--ss+tsereeeee.s10 Smith, J G. meg ar MeLaughitn,.... yaw Tre... sca... Lew aaa wssatspecessessl0 | MeMullin........)2:,..2:51.2..1.12 Benham,... 2.6.0.2... wor...» Foret eens ene en Ties on 1f—Engels 5, Smith, J G, 1; Klemma 12, Fahenstock 12, MeLaughiin,...-...;..--.----.-- 8} Myers, Stock 4, Konvolinka 13, ‘Tabor 1, Lincoln 95, Clifford 21, Hanson... Stearns........+. Burdick.,,,--.,:- Sean MP arson om oe MBYVORB i hralecdaslissie-s-sasee, 7 POUR Ries oe oee cle veins ale GULRGrd, ee ie ea. th aes isdn. ae WINGO 9 ve iriestare ther oeesres DY | | cesses | cool Gesty boyd ¥. L 18 wees 19 | 1 16 20 T 6 8 Di i nith divid Cory Kimb yi Boyd 9 via 4) Cc Ties on 14—Becker 2, Durant 10, Dow 6, Hoblitt6, Cory 10, Kimble 0, Boyd 9, MeLauchlin ¥, Corson 7, Marshall 10, O’Brien 6, Niconlin 7. Durant, Cory and Marshall divide. ies on 183—Skinner, W H, 15; Hanson 9, Emery 0, Smith 3, Kenne- M ¥F, T; Leavitt 1, Tainter 1, Blakeley 1, Van Slyke i6, Hitchcock, 16; Hitehcock, Za H, 1; Lemon 1. Van Slyke and Hitchcock di- GR Ties on 12—Colford 0, Gesty 2, Dunham 2, Woodring 5, Skinner, C M,5; McMullen 4, Pfister 0, Clausen 2, Aaker 0, Lyon 0. Woodring and Skinner divid&. Ties on 11—Boxrud 9, Tyler 8, Won by Boxrud. Won by Fulton. Purse No, 7.—10 Dalls; first prize, $60; secon fourth, $16; fifth, 25 Ibs. powder presented by O- ay, Ties on 10—Powers 4, Fulton 5, $45; third, $30 & Rand Powder Fahnestock....-.. CESS DOE hte uy YOURS J). .... 4 Ptmard KONVONDKA. eee cece ate ee nr eer Ww Kemunedy, L Be... 2... nt SOT WO Tet ae OS Sbar wARb Jc bd nae 8 Hanson... Y SS Heuham.. 10 McLatighiin..is.-- Smith, J ¢ 4 POW6ES, 20 5. eo) « Long. « 4 Kennedy, ™ F.. Murrity. vi Colford,.......5. Skinter, © va Engels. . AUR Jee 0 arte berts ye Aa aos Meee a aa EN ay Clitford,....- raul UB MEtiges cite aes eats eer a Dunham, . Se ee eA WODUG. eee spe taepeee ct Sou tik hv ders | ae Myers... 2... Pit. ase Me Misiier...,... pt pres ote tg 7 mike EU eee Boag ee Qe tebe LUGO NY 38 fo825 ie et ae eh Fulton. . er aN eo Bog Hees aes a) Gory —;. Durst ___- --10 Brown, SPUD S ders thats WwW "DYTGY a ot ang 210 Kimille FIGCHEOGI Na eh crte-te vyeilelelets t Sraith Witeheock, dH Se 3 Biakeley 77 Hmery...-.....5 Shaka t Sites ae ep a Harrison.. S Essery..:. Baad StOCK,-.. sasenes bY DGWis tte eh aenss Cake eer ' $ MeMuilin,.... eS So ee eect Ties on 10—Ptister 5, Tabor 15, Jones 12, Kennedy, M F, 6, Engels 7, Klemma 4, Dunham 19, Niconlin 1, Smith 10, Stock 1, Fahnestock, 4, Konvolinka 15, Benham 6, Aaker 4, Clifford 2, Marshall §, Durant 15, True 2, Tyler |. Tabor, Dunham and Konyolinka divide, Ties on 9—Skinner, W H, 0, Hanson 20, U Brien 6, Hoblitt 9, Myers 1, Brown 3, Boyd 0, Kimble 2", Lyons 1, Long 2, Murray 1, Misner 12, Emery § Wauson and Kimble divide. : Tles ou 8—Colford 0, Cory 0, Harrison 1, MeMullin 4, Woodring 1, Skinner, C M, 6, Clausen 4, Talnter1, Lincoln 0, Hitchcock, JH, 5, Duw 4. Won by J H Hitchcock. Ties on 7—McLaughlin 8, Fulton 10, Blakeley 2, Kennedy, L F, 2, smith. J G, 8, Van Slyke 5, Hitchcock, M, 5, Essery 10, Essery and- Fulton divide. Becker wins fitth and Powers sixth prize. ee Soure ABINGTON, Mass., July 30.—The South Abington Sportsman’s Club and the Port Rosaway Club, of Stoughton, shota match at glass balls at this place to-day. Card single wrap, 18 yards rise, 20 balls each. The following is the score; teams of 17 men from each club: Port Rosaway. . South Abington. W Harrison.......-....-++---++--16 W_ Edsoo fF S.C Noy Flo Estes.......- WIE DIncolis fa recta blag. pd JE Whidden........-........- Matt Lincoln. ..2 2.2.0 2..501 2; NG INTE. ip nowy ar wien gee ees wi MRO Hisiy sep ie hie does tale 8 WW Norton..., SE Ring ne AH Wright.,.. Geo Edson. MUHOWSEGs sictapactueds cect eres te eeetweey O Whitten. L Blanchard.....-..-.-.. ee Net! L F Bryant ‘ we NiDICReriMians pices pr) ote WPATOON GD aged vi aceretteleaeit-ns sig TW! Warrants hs. is tet payee lB Total 292 Total 293 A sweepstake was next shot, in which members of both clubs par- ticipated. The shooting was closéin this match, the honors being about equally divided between the two clubs. RocuxsrEr, July 28.—The weather rather fayored the Genesee Sportsmen’s Club this afternoon, and the several hours of sport on the lower river flats comprised one of the most pleasant trap and trigger contests that has taken place in and about Rochester this season. ‘There was a slight breeze blowing, the air was cool and invigorating, the trap worked finely and everything passed off in a most pleasant manner. The sport with the guns opened with sweepstake contests at 6 balls each, of which there were four, and the following are the scores, the record as usual being made ridiculous by the number of false names used : First Mateh.—Dittmer 5, Miller 5, Griswold 5, Flelscher 8, Orange 4, Hazard 5, Evershed 6. Ties on 5.—Griswold 5, Miller 1 Bf MUNA does ddeckdesp bakes “48 Hazard 4, Dittmer 0. Second Match.—Dittmer 6, Miller 6, Griswold 4, Fleischer 4, Orange 4, Hazard 5, Evershed 6. Green 5, Ford 6, Harvey 5 Ties on oe Evershed, 6. Ties on 6. Miller......121111111111—12 Havzard....... yl11111110 —8 Green..... 211111111110—11 Evershed......21110 i Then followed the regular club shoot, for which there were twelve entries + A Byershed........10111 11111— 9 Richmond...;..,...11110 11010— W #H Griswold. .. .01101 10110— 6 © Green...... O11 W1d1i—s Miller... cc1 «--s + diii| 1111i—10 Huoker,._,. -11101 11111—J HOTO ere re .11111 /i111—10 KR Orange.. -11111 01011—$ Keisinger ... 10111 11071— 8 ~BAmith,... 11 1iwi— 9 Plelscher,,.........1UU01 01110— 5 J Williamis......... 11110 11101— 8 Ties on 10. HOOTG: c8 7 Paige faxes dee aad ky eto NAL R SE aah ae olen o 0 =e --11110+4 This gave the first prize to Mr. Ford, The second prize, in the ties of nine, was taken by Mr. Eyershed, and R. Orange captured the third prize, while Mr, Griswold, with his string of six, came in for fourth money. BALTIMORE, Md., July 27.—A flass-ball match for six yery hand- some silver prizes was shot on the 22d inst. at Ferry Bar, near this city, under the management of Mr. GC. S. Wertsner. Conditions as follows (26 entries); Card’s trap, 18 yards rise, 25 balls, class shool- ing, each shooter limited to two entries. Mr. Ed. L. Mills, of Wash- ington, D. C., shooting a 12-gaugé gun, won the first and second prizes, much to the discomfiture of our boys, who seemed to have ‘lost their grip,” notably our two crack shots—Messrs. Ritter and Wertsner, who last season were inyincible. Want of practice this season is presumably the cause of their poor scores in this match. Messrs. Williar and Wroten made very creditable scores and will, with practice, make fine shots. Mr. Mills contemplates attending the Howell, Mich.. glass-ball tournament, Aug. 9,1", 11, and if he voes we confidently expect to see him bring back some of the plun- der. Scores: MANS soy se / 20201 10101 14111 1111 11111i—26 Mills—re-entry , --AD111 11111 14111 11111 1111—24 Wertsner........-+- - 01001 00110 Ww Wertsner—re-entry ~ 10001 11110 17441 11111 11111—24 Williar..........---- . 01111 11221 10111 10101 01110—19 Williar--re-enti'y..... . 01010 19042 11012 11111 11110—21 Wroten...... wabusme ,---11011 11120 10110 01101 11111—21 Wroten—re-entry... eeeeeeeetdddt (ILL M1110 11111 11011—20 Ritter......-+----seees a sory & 11001 HO0TL 10111 11111 61101—1T Ritter—re-entry...... .eee ee 11100 WO111 01010 10011 1101'—14 BESO ISL itle us es S50 ee ces aes ee me same ne LL 111141 WOLI0 00101 10100—17 Blackiston—re-enwy ....-...-.....0. 6. 11011 L914 W101 11101 O1111—20 Hiiiaision Spe eee tee Rarer Eee ep rly 41111 11011 10111 10111 11) 01—20 Helmling....- ..... 01110 10tit 10114 01111 17111—20 , 01110 11011 1000T 11100 11101—17 Helmling—re-entry,....... -01110 11141 01111 110)1 11111—21 Sharretts.....-.- Sharretts—te-entry... ~ 10012 01000 11011 11100 11111—16 ux weeny 10100 10011 11110 10011 10110—1% wales eee . 01111 11000 10101 G111L 1110-17 SRD cles aight eciensld) eosin 41110 01100 11100 11001 11011—16 1011 00170 01011 HO11L Ww 11110 00100 C100 0 Ww Lease EUS TEiioot 10100 10000 17120 10101—14 ist prize, silver ice-piteher, won by Mr. Mills ; 2d prize, silver cake- basket, won by Mr, Mills; 8d prize, silver butter-dish, won by Mr. str. Wertsner. Ties on 21 for 4th prize: Sharrett@- 2. 3-0-8 pees WOW—3 -Willlar...... 2. -s--e eee eee nin—s WTOGHIS popes ge Tii—s Divided. ‘Tiles on 20 tor 5th prize : Weroten al Hili—s Blackiston..... Csthve 2. 1H100— Shaffer OW Won by Wraten, 16 FOREST AND STREAM, [Avevsr 4, 1881. SS Ties Oh 19 for oth prize: WUltir.... ees) ecee eee. 01110—3 Telmling...., We ys seyese 11011—4 Won by Helmling. Three sweepshakes latches, $1 entrance, were then shot, mr Mills Winn al of them, M. Teum shoot for olesant sold badg ¢ presented to the gun clubs of Minnesota vy the Minuepolls Guo Club. Teams of six len, 2) Dads, Hiitraylce Tor bea, Bia, money divided. 49 per cent to frse, #0 to Bevond 20 Tio wird; bo Pouwth, gluss buli wap presented by LA Vaven- Port, of Duyunyport, N. Y. Minheapolis Gin Chyb. FSI ATIAT AEN Ree vhs. cface ieee a cle v0 MGMullin,...-........00- + 20 -e eed) ei fialtt... y Skinner, WIT...-..,.-- So Feetne 2) CUMMINS... wee se eee fans eli —115 8t Paul Gun club, ISEKVALT « bila e ctdp es] anttens Stee eg MeL oD OOK OF asap, baleen eeinlact Ww SE TOSLED fee sell, a sles oe lt Cory... ve VESUSIVIEG ee ey eo, pe abe eho 1s Engels... a ge Red Wing Sportsmen's Chup, DoW..1. 5 2 Tabor Miurshsill.- 219) Hitche t PVPAE!. Jee oo) en Jecs 0-21 LOA ETSid pi heen eoy eet pesado OE White bear Sportsmen's Club, MGS iO Aa vows sere es jie y spares: lO) AXED gi Risky ses rp edeabebepee 18 MIG OTs seh cheese ane deb aieen padi, MONG a seee ede elisa ay Cinet, AG... Eo ah one (ee aiesas 17 “OGL, Prams ......2% ..c...d0—= 98 M nieupolis Gun Club wins first and badze, St, Paul Gun Club second, Red Wing Gan Olid third aud While bear fourth. ‘he sr Paw) Gun Club benting the Red Winw Clib on the Le. Tabor wits Git Unb presvured by Averbash, Finch and Van Slyke, St. Paul, for bast Individual ecore in team mMatoh having shot the overs out 1h les. SPRCIATA PRIZES, 1 For best average—Crlt Gun, presented by the St. Paul Gun Club, 2 Por second besy ayerage—Llowelln setter Ditch (ull pedigree) pre- Senedd by $. OU. Cumuy, OWaLonna. 3 For third best averace—Win- chester rifle, presented by W KR Burbhard, sp. Paw. 4 For tourch bést Averace—Nickel plated shelteh wuxditary rife parrel, with new eomblaatlon sights, prusented by the Auxliary Rife Barrel Co., Ney Haven, Conn, 6 Myr lift besuuyerage—Mole skin shooting sult, pre- senlod by Campoell & burbank, at Pauh & Fur sixth bast averaye— 85108 clluke bore powder, presented by Dupont Powder co., 4b Presiey ££ Go0., agents, sh Paul 7 Por seveoth best average—¥5 18 elob Sporting powder, presented by the Austin Powder Co,, W A Van Slyce & Co., awenbs, si, Paul, 5 For elyhth best average—Best rub- ber cout, presented by Kanny & Hodgman, St Paul. AL Jones, 5b Paul,......--.5 .-. Dest average in possible 100 BKlinbie, Peortu, Th _.........-. 4 he Konvolnky, Mas m City, lowa.dd a Nivoniin, Algona, lown ..-...4th at Tibor, Plaluview, Miut-.,,.. Obl Fe Block, Peoria, 1... eee oh ut Kiaemimib....-...--4, --- EN ,° Tioblitt, Minneapolis..........500 3 Kimble wins ninth special prize, Bpeelal prize, Kimble and Jones tle for tenth —--#-— Tor General Deblilly and Prostration Hop Bitters will do wonders. Prove lt by wilal. achting and Qanoeving. FIXTURES Aug. 6.—Reverly ¥. 0, Champlon regatta, Nahant, Aug, 6.—Pucitic Y. C, Annual cruise, Auy. 6 10 4u,—quaker City YG. Annual cruise, Chesapeake Bay. Aug, &—San Freticiseu Y.G Anna regatta, Aug 10,—Colutibla ¥. G. President’s Cun. Aug. §1.- Quincey Y.C. Third charnjdionship regatta, Repo, 1-- Quiney ¥,G, Championship san cif, Sept. 8.—hun FPrancisuo Y. Cc. Crulse lo Drake's Bay, a oe THE POWER OF JUDGES, O* “Y ATeW Weeks 120 certain difleulties encountered by judges. FJ which were submitted to is for decision, Induced the writing ot an sotiele Calling allenlion 10 Lhe deficiencies Of the sailing rules io yorue eid the névessily Of a thorough reyision and many additious if fovts aud consequent disputes iu the rucihy world were ever to be seb abrest, Adres Jlustraiion has recently bes brought 10 our notice, and once more we advise a reylew of vonsiitulious wud rules to order What ruclug may nol receive a check from a feeling of douot as to what Js the liw and iow Ukely protests are to be dealt wiih Tn the Gase in question annoying discontture to a yacht owner was the direct cause of & want of precise definiidon of the powers of judges fn One of Lhe principal vlubs of the ity, and this Tack of preelsion May yet be Lhe meubs of banding over Lhe cup to a competitor whose Tight Lhereto isopen to qaeslloning the leht of equity and the weil eslublisned rules uf the Yueh Racing Association, drawn up to pre- Ven! just such an oceurPeuce as we huve to relate. A protest was heard by the judies, wlio, viable to be present atthe finish ata race, could wot decide the Winner upon thelr personal observations. The questlon arose as 10 (he right of callioy in outside evidence, of which There was plenty Of a Gredituble sort. The upshot of tbe matver was Thad an opinion was accepmed against the validity of any evidence other than that ofthe judges themselves, and they having none to offer, were compelled 10 declare the race not settled und order a re- Sull. The club book offered holhing one way or the ofher, and thus a race to Which a decisiou could huvye readily been reached on outside evidence mush be resalled upon a very finely spun technicality. And should the clalmiunt lo the prize in jhe race as orlginally sailed Tall fo appear with bis yacht upon the day named, we are told the cup will be handed to Lhe Other competitor! Had the powers of offi- cers buen properly defined in the printed rules of the club thelr de- ejsion would have bein tinal and the matter settled. 46 1b 1s, their vardictis aller all oy ab opinion, snd obe wiich seémsto nd in op- position fo common sense, equity and excellent authority accepted Bisewhare. Noone Wil Dea surprised that the decision should have Deep acquiesced In simp y tor wut of 4 court of appeal dud Yn defer- ence La harmony in ihe ciub, though its equity 1s decidedly question- ed, withoul however iropunglog the perfect good tality or the judges, oY rather sailing commibiee in this cuse, dhe rules of the club in question belhg Wnlte is well dompiled as any in the country, and yet beloy it wad deticlent bpoh such a Vital polit as the admission of evidence in the hearloy of protests, certainty justifies the demand we make fury bew, explicit and ample set of stumdard rules sich ox havé been adopied by the Yacht Racing Arsoclition of Hogland; and, WHUé we uré wooUt it, bume central committee of appeal This lends naturally to the sugeesiion of fomming an association similar 10 Lhosé wll ot}ier sports buve round it necessary to 1ostilute for their common Welfare. But iat is & matter for tuture consideration. First Jet the leading clubs of least revise theirrules, which are ojd- fashioned, faulty and Inmpomnplete ee END HO! F all the nonsense written aia taiked about the necessity of ght drat) forspeed_ Persons of technical educution hid long ago ceased Lo believe 7 iu the s 0ck argument that becalise such and such & yessel of livht dratt and flat floor was fash, eye any bout, to Du fast, Must ot nevessify be a machine, dangerous, sraiped, Uusea— worthy, heavily sparred, expensive and of jithle account oulside of Yaciog in sm0oth waters. Bub the generat pb 16, inilienced hivaerto by the faity love ln compion currency, has been slow to. follow the thachiuies of Mioxe whose Close obseryance of facts covers a yastly larger hinge of experience than the narrow Iimits afforded by the practical building of a dozen or two of craltin aliletime. The re- cent suing of brilliant victorles of deep yachts Is bound to remoye ihe last vestiges of ignorant and short-sighted prejudice, and the funeral of thé death wap constructions we Lake to be close at hand, Deep yachts are stendlly comiug to the fore; they have beaten the old Scu0ol’s bust during tue cruise of the A. ¥. ©, just brought toa @luse, Is 1b noo likely afer the trlum hs of Bunita, Hesper and others that phose who witnessed their doings will deliberately oliouse a capsizable sham vo a slip with depth, iisuring safely and speed Into the bargulo! Aud End ho! yo the sepsejess thirst for beam, to the yseli Ss Sacrillce of Guse and cuonomie buld and satl lu the vain at- tempt fo secure safely in breadth, and wider the tosh palpable hal Ticination thal beam secures speed which narrow hulls Gannot ex- poh LO possess | Pn hol to the traps, tom the Mohawks down to the Sophias. There is no “theory” about this. There was no ‘theory’ about Punita's cleaning out the flat-footed shams time and again by whole holits on he runs ofthe A. Y. CG. ‘there is ho “theory” about the urse- of $100 She brings Lome trom New Bedford, no theory” about gallanc jittle Hesper fexding such 9 Fy ming. dish as Annie around the coursé the same day, and Annie with length and size in her favor, 101s all bard practice, abd practice Which that class of badly deluded individuals loving to dub themselves * practical,” hecause Obdurate to any process of reasoning and open only to what in their narrow circle of Mle they stumbie upon with their lye senses, must fcknowledge as guch and as indisputable wyidence of the errors of thetr ways. Thereis time yet to turn, but the lagsards who still will butt against facts and preagi skimdish ror speed, Lhey may as well shut up shop 4nd go haying in the bewutliul green fields, They have hilstaken thely professions, und they are misjudzing the pulse of the pubic. This has beenasingle-handed fight will Voresr avi STREAM, Plited against all the rest of the press, castom, national vanity, pre- dice and nahrow localism, and we must be pardgned for reconntiing With elation the eveditdole (loings of our on pets, bhe safe, seryice- able, honest, able ships, slowly but surély gaining their way Into the poplar heart, and in thelr yistorlous records placing upon this Journal's feuchings the seal of soltndness and success, Depth will hallits own with ight drart any day, Facts prove it. Yachtsmen, build depp, we suy, und let not the sUpshod “rot” of a boat shop frighten you from your gocd purpose, And as for beam—as much as necessary for what floor you want, wo more! Itis a waste of size, an dalton to spars, sls und expenses of commission. Think of Les- per, three beams ouly, awholesome, handsome, roomy. snug Ilttle crhizer, unilask the tying skimmer Annie, ask smart Pirate or im- peria whetlier she cin go and stand wp lo her we or whether she lays down and wallows?" hat was a lesson taught at New Bed- Tord, and now Will 1b:so ban lesson learned? Let tigures speak. Ratio of depth Ratio of beam to length. to length. Tanita. ..cccsssseeeeeeeay O10 TI@SPET. 22). .e.ee wear eens Ott ONISBIG yeah fete ft pcpeelelon tala ATINIB,..0 000 2. strerrteyee O37 EQUpSE....... eh WS nv eet ele Us Wee Tmperla...s..s.u -. 0.38 LSP EVs Oe eee UGS Or to put if Into language, while the depth of Fanita Is more than one-seventh of her leugih, Thlstle’s Is about one-elhth and Rellpse lists GVen less than one-eighth. While Gesper's beam ts one-(hiid her length, the rest hive a thle more Lhan two anda halt beams. But Aynita ind Hesper do not represent, tue extent to which we can co by uwoy hewns. ‘They Serve a8 an index to the direction in which we cab, WIL excellent results, deylate t1om the Bourboulstle ldeas hither. to prevalent, QUAKER CITY YACHT CLUB, TIE annual crutsé of ihe club was a suevess and lasted for several days. The regatta July 12 will long be remembered as one of the best ever salled under, GC. ¥. CG. colors Lillie won the Com- ihodore Cup in the gabin ckuss in 4:00:30, beating Stella tour minutes over @ Colu'st Trom The new Clitb-house 1o Chester and return pnd the Gallaghe ) atber some very flue salllog, took the Bridal Cup in 4:00:35, heating the Pratt by one minute, The match was 80 ¢lose all over the course Ulat if excited Lhe livellest interest umong the spectators ob the steamer Sydney Wright. The Quaker City Y. C. is on esuib- lished institution, whieh docs credit to Phtladepuia. The feet is COnSmantly frowlng, With a very large perventage of cabin yachts. The new club-house l§ an elerant structure, delighttully situated on W todmill Island, in Lhe middle of the river, nearly abreast of Chest Nut street, and In full view oF the teeming commerce of the Delaware on one side, with a safe, quiet anchorage on the other, wuere all ihe wity from five to twenty-five feet of water can be fouad, with good holding ground. Theclub-house has become a papular résori for members, belng virtually & sort of Cape May at home, the coo! river breezes, shady grounds und Lhe Moonlight evenings being thoroughly enjoyable durlog, the warin season, The club 1s composed of wWell- known gentlemen, who cordially invite all members of regulur yacht Glubs bo the hospltalities of thelr quarters. They will be pleased to extend faciililes Lo Strange yuchts yisitieg the harbor. The schooner Kya, N. ¥. ¥. C., was the frat “torelyn crate to bring up at the Lew anthorage. Owing 10 the absence of rlyer trafic tue waters of the Hugrern Chunnel, abreast the clubhouse, have become the re- cognized mooring grounds tor yachts, while in winter @ long cual in the island affords duckage enough for several Meets tw liy up. The quarters are handy fo the ferries, cltiy rallroads and steamboats plylig up iud down theriver. I may be added that the club incidentally profits by the musi¢ morning and evening trom Ridgway Park, oa Smith's Island, acress the yanal cht through near wie northern ex- tremity. In tae language of a Philadelphia contemporary, ** At last Pitladelphia has pot areal yacht club.” tates on receipt of price Designs of other styies of first-class sporting gar- ments sent on request by post. GEO. C. HENNING, YOUR NAME. ocarasl02 New styles, by best artists: Bouquets, Birds, Guid = = One Price Clothier, 410 7th S'T., WASHINGTON CITY. 1 Chromos, Landscapes, WaterScenes,ete,—no two alike, Aventis Complete Sample Book,25c. Great variety Advertising and Bevel-Edge Cards, Lowest prices to denlera and printers, 10}0 Sampies Fancy Advertising Cards, 506. ‘eis, STEVENS BROS., Box 2, Northtord, Ub S ; OR ; S senton receiptol two three cent stamps.— Peck & SNyDER, Manufac’rs, 124 & 126 Nassau St., N.Y. A complete 194 page Tilustrated Catalogue Sportsmen's Geeds. PATENT SELF-CLOSING PLUNGE TRAPS. PATENT SELF-CLOSING TRAPS, WITH EXTRA DOOR T0 SHOW WHEN BIRD IS NOT IN TRAP. Price per pair, $25. This ap is used by all the principal associations inthe U. 8., and is Considered the best trap made for rapid shooting Manufactured by PARKER BROS., Meriden, Ct., MAKERS OF THE WORLD-RENOWNED PARKER BREECH-LOADER. Send for Catalogue of Gun Implements, ete, el L. DUNCKLEE’S PATENT Camping and Mining Stove. UST the thing for people camping out fora short or long time. FOUR SIZES : pri- bes REASONARLE. Send for descriptive o ent lars, with prices and terms. a = ° 8 3 = oO. = N = Ae} os 5 5 Ee ° te] & wr z 5 s as NO. 1—CAMP PACKED. Made and sold by TAUNTON IRON WORKS €O., 87 Blackstone street, Boston, Mass- KRUC & CO’S CHAMPAGNES! STANDARD AWD DRY. The Sportsman's Wine ! A. ROCHEREAU & CO., SOLE AGENTS, 6 South Willliam St., New York. 16 anf 18 St. Louis St., New Orleans, THE iIvTPROVED Shell Reloader OSGOOD'S PATENT, For Hefilling Shot Gun, Sporting & Military Shells of Metal or Paper, WITH ACCURACY, UNIFORM- ITY & RAPIDITY. Manufactured by the ‘‘New Britain Bank Lock Co.,” New Britain, Conn. L. WOODBRIDGE, Address CAPT. J. Gen. Agent, North Manvhester, Conn. ARKAR’S POCKHT MAP OF THE RICHARD- SON-RANGELHY LAKES REGION, including all the lakes, ponds and rivers of that famous coun- try, a5 well as the head Waters of the Connecticut River, Connecticut ind Parmachenee Lakes, etc.; sloth bound, Price, post-pala by Sree cents. OHARLES A, J. 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Send for Gikowan containing full description. Ad- WILLIAM LWYEAN, MIDDLEFIELD, CONN. Hatels and Routes for Sportsmen “THE FISHING LINE.” TAKE THE Crand Rapids & Indiana R. R. THE ONLY ROUTE TO THE Trout, Grayling & Black Bass Fisheries, AND THE FAMOUS SUMMER, HEALTH AND GAME RE- SORTS AND LAKES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN, The waters of the . Grand Traverse Region. and the Michigan North Woods are unsurpassed, if equaled, in the abundance and great yarlety of fish contained. BROOK TROUT absund in the streams, and the famous AMERICAN GRAYLING is found only in these waters. The TROUT season begins May land ends Sept 1. The GRAYLING ‘Season opens June 1 and ends Noy. 1. BLACK BASS, PIKE, PICKEREL and MUSCA- LONGE, also abound in large numbers in the many lakes and lakelets of this territory. The Sports- man can readily send trophies of his skill to his friends or * club” at home, as ice for packing fish can be had at nearly all points, TAKE YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU. The scenery of the North Woods and Lakes is very beautiful, The airis pure, dry and bracing. The climate is peculiarly beneficial to those suffering with Hay Fever and Asthma Affections. The hotel accommodations are excellent, and will be largely increased in time for the sea.on of 1831 by new buildings and additions. During the season ROUND TRIP EXCURSION TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT LOW RATES, and attractive train facilities offered to Tourists and Sportsmen. Dogs, Guns and Fishing Tackle Carried Free at owner'srisk, It is our alm to make sportsmen feel at home” on this route. For Tourists’ Guide a handsomely illustrated book of 160pagessentfree. Time Cards, Folders and further information, address A. B. LEET, Gen’l Pass’r Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. Fishing Season at Rangeley Lakes Again Open. EXCURSION TICKETS yIA BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD. Andover and return............+-.. South Arm (Richardson Lakes) and PELUTM oa tdecteavdsa ite teene isos Middie Dam and return........... 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These lines pay NTINUG FROM ALL IMPORTANT POIN'S, avoidthe dif- ficulties and dangers of reshipment, while the ex- cellent cara which run over the smooth steel (racks enable STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED without failure or injury, THE LINES OF Pennsylvania Railroad Company also reach the best localities for GUNNING AND FISHING 4m Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Companyim all the principle cities to KAN. be REN Ova, BED, FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, EQUA, other well-known centers for Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting, and SHE Hunting. Also, to TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN, CAPE MAY, 8QU.AN, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAgY renowned for SALT WATER SPORT FIN AND FEA’ z s L. P. FARMER, Gen’‘l Pass. Agent. Fain THOMSON, Gen’l Manager. febit-té Chesapeake & Ohio R’y. THE ROUTE of the SPORTSMAN and ANGLER TO THE BEST HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA, Comprising those of Central and Pledmont Vir- ginia Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley of Virginia, Alleghany Mountains, Greenbrier and New Rivers. Kanawha Valley, and including in their varteties ot game and fish, deer, bear, wild turkeys, wild duck, Bese, quall, snipe, woodcock, mountain trout, ass, pike, pickerel, etc. Guns, fishing tackle and one dog for each sports— man carried tree. The Route of the Tourist, through the most beautiful and BiG vUne ee scenery of the Virginia Mountains to the White Sulphur Springs and other iamous sutamer resorts. The C & O. R’y is reached by rail at Huntingdon, W. Va., from the West, Northwest and Sonthwest; at Charlottesville, Va., from the North and Hast, and at Richmond, Va., from the South. The completion of the Peninsular Extension in the summer of 1881 affords THE ONLY ALL RAIL ROUTE TO THE “YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL,” and establishes a continuous rail line, yla Rich- mond, Va., and Huntington, W. Va., between the mouth of Chesapeake Bay and the Paciue Ocean. HH, W. FULLER, G. P. & T, A., Richmond, Va. OLD DOMINION LINE. HE STEAMHBRS of this Line reach some of the finest wateriowl and upland shootiog sections in the country, Conhecting direct for Chinv:oteague, Cobb’s Island aud points on the Penlosula, City Point, James River, Currituck, Florida aud the mountainous country of Virginian, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk steamers sail Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- urday. Lewes, Dell., Monday and Thursday at 3 Pp m,. Fullinformation given at office, 197 Greenwich street, New York, Bromfield House, Boston. f EUROPEAN PLax, ‘ MESSENGER, Proprietor. Wild Fowl! Shooting, @PRING VILLE HOUSE OR SPORTSMEN'S BE TREAT. SHINNECOCK BAY,L.L ¥ A PRACTICAL GUNNER AND AN OLD bayman, Hasalwayson hand the best of boats, batteries, etc., with tho largest rig of train- ed Sir neo decoys on the coast. ene beat und in the vicinity of New York forbay snipe ooting of all varieties. i etek attention given by himself to his guests, an satisfaction guaran- teed. Address Wm. N. LANE, Good Ground, L.L Refers by permission to J.B. Shepherd, 591 Broad- way and, Wm. Dutcher, 320 Broadway, N. Y- Virginia Midland B. R. ‘The Safest, the See Leet Route to Florida 10 P.M. KH diktanter, Genesal Ticket Agent, Alexandria, Va. GARDEN AND FARM SEEDS. SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE Vanderbilt Broa, 98 Fulton &t., 0. ¥» TAvever 11, 1881.) FOREST AND STREAM. SPRAT?TS PATENT NONE ARE Sr eiehlady Ne hi minster Kennel C STAMPED, Packed in Cases of 112 ponnds each. SEND FOR CIRCULAR, Fishing Qackle. 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A SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA DEER DRIVE. 6 yy EORGE, go tie old ‘ Spring,’ she’ll bein the woods in an hour; she’s playin’ round the pup and leadIin’ him by the ear, tryin’ now to git bim to follow,” said old Pat Bowman, our hunter host, slong, crane-like biped, standing six fect two inches in his boots; long, grizaly gray beard under his jaw-bones; hair hanging around his coat collar, combed sleek and flat on his head; his clothing of home spun jcan, and his trowsers inside of a luge pair of cow- leather boots; but with all of his homilies as kind hearted & creature and as good liver as eyer enjoyedihe world. Sure enough, “Spring,” a nimble, beautirul, blue ticked deer- hound, was capering and fondling with her apparent'y over- grown, awkward-looking black-+md-tan pup, and in dog language beseeching him to the hunt. “Boys,” said Pat, ‘‘ we'll have a right day to hunt to-mor- Tow. Look how the moon shines. Deer will roam ‘round all night.” This was in the middle of the month of October. We were lounging around the doors after supper, commenting on the hounds. It was Jate twilight; a full grown moon was Swinging gracefully through 4 clear, blue sky, rendering nearly as light as noonday the hottems which gather in prairie-like profusion around the noiseless waters of Clinch, forming the boasted ‘‘ Richlands.” And well may the pos- sessors of this choice land boast! On the surface of the mv-untains which encircle it stand boundless forests of si- pantic timber, and these are the haunts of decr and other game. Beneath the surface of those mountains there is coal enough to give sunnier heat to New York city for a cen- tury. The soil of its lowlands is bottomless. The game birds revel in the ‘ frnitiful fells.” Clinch has its fish and water fowl. It has all a generous soil and climate coulci have. Old Pat, who through life had, in ths proper season, been a hard worker and an excellent farmer, lad withal been an improvid+nl wretch—had always been a tenant of the best farmers and graziers; Joyed hounds and horses; eat all he made except what he drank—and paid all bis honest debts. Gathered around the free and easy board of this jolly hunter was this group of half a dozen young men—cheerful to steal, after n long summer's work, a few days for a *! deer drive.” ‘This group was of the village businessman and country farmer; as congenial, howevei, as if their shops ad- joined, and were all tothe “manor-born,” save one whose frosty accent and curt tones proclaimed him the lirth of 2 colder climate; but he had no frosty soul, as no sportsman ever has. Pat could see from this “brozue,” as be called it, that a ‘furmer” was in his house. “What did you say your name was, Mister,” suid Pat, “and where yer frum ?” “My name is Herbert Kendall, Mr. Bowman, and my residence is on the bank of Geneva Lake, Wisconsin,” “Then yer a Yankee, haint ye ?” said Pat, FOREST AND STREAM. Well, I believe you call all Northern men Yankees, don’t you, Biwman? I’m a Northwestern man” ““Gome out like 2 man-and say you are a, Yankes,? said Pat; ‘Sand may ve you are ang of these darned rerenits.’” "| can't fanay wat you mean by bevennes, Mr. Bowrean,” sahil Kendall, evidently perplexed and looking at us for help. “Why said Pat. “IT mexn these pestiverous cusses wlio jerls us np for sellin’ a niger a hanil of tohticcer lor a day's worl, or a poor devil for modunshinin’ it and sellin’? a drink of corn whisky, and lake him slap to the United States Court and let him play checkers with his nose till his poor brats die intags. If you are this sort of a nian,” cried Pat, excitedly, ‘oi, away froin my—” “Stop, Pat,” interrupted Melton. ‘Keep cool new. We promise you Mr. Kendall is a perfect gen leman, and loves to imnt as weil as yon, haa heard a great deal about you and, in tach, came here to pay you a yisib.” “T think I understand Mr. Bowman now,” said Kensal, *T say to hin I am no Mederal official nor detective. T have i pleasant home and plenty. True, I was bom in Ver- mont.” *“No, Pat,” said Melton, ‘there is a vast deal of difference fietween a Northero gentleman who comes among us and the “revenues,” as you call them.’ * Weil, if there Laint, cuss the Northern gentlemen,” said Pat. ‘‘ You hearn of them,” continued he, ‘meetin’ poor 311 Amith drunk on the road the other day, and says to him, “My old feller, gim mea drink, Pm orfal dry ;? and poor, kind-hearted Bill give lim asnojl, and the revenue says, "Stranger, yer Loo poor togiye this to ine, here's a quarter,’ and finng it to him, and off he gogs and tales out a warrant igin Bill, and leis now in jail, and he has eleven children.” ** Well, Pat,” said Melton, ‘TI teil you, Mr. Kendall is not one of these people, but | eun tell you what lie was. He was a good Yankee soliict, How do you like that?” “Was you in fact a blue belly, Kindle ?" said Pat. Yes, Mr. Bownian, 1 was & Federal soldier and contin- ned in ac ive service until [ was badly wounded in your Btate—maybe by you; they say you were a good Reb.” “ Here’s my hand, old fellow,” said Pat; “if you was a good soldier you are apt to be a fust-class boy. We'll brealk no more equnares—the latch-string hangs on the outside tothe tivhting boys. whether gray or blue.” “Thanks, Mr. Bowman,” said Kendall, ‘*I could say the fame to you weré you in my Northern land; we fought like soldiers—we forgive like friends.” “Yes, buf,” said Pat, *‘you fought us unfair—you sent to the old country and got them bottie-beliied Dutch to fight us with.” Well, Mr. Bowmen, to tell the truth, we were forced to do that to fill up the ranks you fiery Southern soldiers swept away.” Fou are du honest Yankee, Kindle,” said Pat, ‘and Dil bet was a good suldier!” “Mr. Bowman, I'm almost a Virsinian—was badly wounded in 1864 in Virginia, from which | haye never re- covered, and I come to |he country every summer which de- prived me of health, to get a shure of it back from your de- igh) ful climate and mineral waters.” “ Aid you were wounded in Virginia, Kendall?” said Mel- ton—‘' what battle ?”” To a skirmish at Hanging Rock, near Salem, on Hunter's retreat from Lynehburs,” said endull, “| happened Lo have a hand on the other side ia that my- self. We did a little retreating to Lynchburg first,” said Melton, “Were you the chap, Melton,” said Pat, ‘' that stuck a tar birrel to the Natural Bridge und tried to burn it before the Yankees passed on that raid?" “Take care, you old crane you!” said Melton; ‘I'll tell what a fol trick you did when you set fire toa barrel of oil on the bridge across Lhe James at Buchanan—set fire to the end next {he Yankees—then had to swim the river and got a bullet im the end nesrest the Feds. too, you old numbskull: then got drunk and swore you'd fight the whole army before they should take the town of Buchanan, because it was named alter your srandfather; fell in the gutter and let the Yankees capture you.” “ Keep that darned oily tongue of yours in yeur chops, you littly snip,” said Pat; ‘there isno truihinit, nohow. As for the Yanl.ces gittin’ me, that’s none your business. I was eotch by «4 eliver blue-coat, give him a drink and told him how I got shot and drunk and he slipped me in the brush.” “Twas on the advance guard right at that bridge when burnt,” s; id Kendall, and his eyes twlnkled as though he re- membere | more, and Pat gave him an inquiring glance and seemed i: clined to change the topic. “Say, Whitten,” said Pat, “haven't you fed yer dogs yit? Go, Georve, and git him a pot of mush. Let then) fill them- selves ful of it to-night—iv’s the best of al) feed to run on— and they inust have but a bite in the mornin’? They were called up and ‘filled full” sure enough. * Look here, Whitten,” said Pat, ‘do you think them lit- tle spinlylerved dogs of yourn can jump the red brush with my hounds? Ttell you, boys,” continued Pat, * for a deer dog give me aright big one—wide "tween fore legs, strone legs, shorf paster jints, big feet and hard as as a ho-ses’ hut —want a foot that won't let claws wear off and a dog that won't run from 2 fice. You laugh at me, boys, but 1 know. It stands to reason that any strone animal is the best for strong work.” * 1 don’t know, Pat,” said Whitten, ‘‘how my dogs will stand a deer—they are expital on a fox,” “Boys, we'll haye aright day to-morrow; it's time you Were foing to roost. We'll have breakfast al half after three in the mornin’ and Whitten and Juice must be on jhe deer afore daylight. 1 wish I had a flax break fur that lyin’ suipe to sugoze on.” Half fatigued from a day’s ride we retired, but forced to steal from the refreshing sleep that awaited a few moments to muse over the pleasiires of the morrow. TFvee of nll care, how pleasant to anticipate the sight of the nimble, flying deer, the music of the eager and faithful hound, the dash over the -plend d mountain road, to sniff the vrain breeze of the giant mountatn, see ivy voughs ayd laurel-hedycd fii untain brook and the graceful, swaying hemlock! With these brighffaney pictures, whose mini could spare room lor inalice, envy, meanne-s or groveling idea? Certain it is that all industrious business men will and onght to have their recreations and sports, anil in spite of the sneers of the pro- phetic croaker the hunt seems more ennobling, at least, than the ruimons cards or the effeminate and Je-s attractive bil liards, full of their absurd and nndignified wrangles, where saint and sinner may with impunity swear and tear. The hunter's season is but a short Onein the least busy time of the year, but most pleasant and healthful. The faro banle and billiard saloon hold but one scason—thut the year round 25 —and become most atlractive when the ‘wicked love dark- ness better than light.” -“'Git up, men,” said George, “breakfast isready. Pop suid he drempt of blood last night, and I never knoywed it to fail that a deer was kil ed when he drempt that.’ “Tiey, boys, crawl out of here!” said Pat. © I dremp of Wood last might, and of killin’ a deer and its longue fallin’ out on the right sid+ of its mouth. Now, boys, this is a cer- (ain sign, unless something breaks tlle charm. Jf you mcet 2 woman to-day, boys, I want to caution you; it’s bad luck, unless you can tonke her back track. Egad! pay hit to go back home, or else I'll swear you won't kill athing, I’ve spent fifty bushels corn in my life hirin’ of ’em.” “What sort of a morving, old boomer, is it 2" said Mellon. “ Capital—foggy down here but frost on ihe mountain; not a particle of wind, not a leaf fell last night to kiver tracks.’” «That's all right,” chimed a half dozen voices, In we go to the dining-room. We meet at the door the aroma of venison, “baked pork,” fried sweet potatoes, buck- Wheat cakes, delicious yellow butter, and an appetite for much else that we found on the copious table. ** Hat hearty, boys,” was Pat’s command, and we obeyed. “Hello! Somebody at the gate, old man,” said Pat's cheerful old spouse. ‘‘Jobn Maliney, boys,” said Pat; “he rides a pisun fine sorrel and would kill him any time for a decr. ‘Take care, Saurer, he don’t tan your jackets to-day!” And he was trained to a horse and rides like a Comanche, ‘Vhe horn sounded, and its thrilling echoes broke the still- ness of the early morn, winding higher and higher from peak to peak until its countless reverberations reached far away into the shaggy wood, where the startled deer had not yet ceased to nip the tender bud, and then were lost. Then came the chorus of dog yells. ** Bob,” said the old lady to Joice, one of the “* drivers,” ‘you had better put a snack of something to eat in your pocket.” ‘No, indeed,” said Joice; ‘don’t you know what a fool a houn’ is?—they’d smell the victuls and sneak behind us all day.” “Boys, I see you all haye some sense—you don't take many (raps with you,” said Pat; ‘you'll need more spurs than powder and lead to-day.” “T have taken load or two of small shot, Mr. Bowman,” said Kendall, ‘I thought I might see a partridge before we took our stands, if you will cousent for me to shoot one.” ‘‘ Howin the thunder do you expect to see a partridge in the woods, man?” said Pat; ** hey s!ay in the rag weeds in the bottom.” We had six miles toride. The fog Jay thick in the valley, around the lowlands, and reached high up the mountain, and three miles were left in the rear before we emerged {rom this thick vapor, which lay then perfectly level, hiding the valley and looking like the face of a calm lake. Throurh it here and there twined in their grand and rugged majesty the peaks of the neighboring mountains. The sun, jusb ris- ing, shot its beams along the bosom of this ocean of fog and struggled to penetrate below. What a pity to be disturbed in our admiration by one of Pat’s ludicrous freaks. While all were intent a grouse flew up and circled near Pat, and Icendall followed it with his sun, and when ranging on Pat he ‘‘dropped” beautifully to shot by rolling off his sleek horse flat on the ground. At the report of Kendall’s gun a cloud of feathers told the tale. , ‘Are you a start natered, teetotal darned fool, Kindle 2?” said Pat. ‘‘ You'd a shot me if I hadn’t dodged.” * Fine partridge this is, boys,” said Kenvall, holding the bird up, Partridge the devil!” said Pat. ‘That’s-a pheasant. They say yon Yankees are always inventin’ something, and now you want to make a new name for this old bird.” ‘We call them partridges with us, Mr. Bowman.” ‘Get on your horse, you old skeleton you,” said Melton. “The deer will be through before we get to our stands.” ; “Well, you couldn’t kill it if you was there, ficety !” said Pat. Off we went at a brisk pace. Who isit that has sniffed the woodland autumn air that can forget its istoxicatmy effects? The frost was fast melting before the sun’s rays from off the sun-cured leaves, distilling the sweetest and most refreshing of all perfumes. ‘* Hush!” said Saurer, ‘ Listen—the dogs!” Distinctly came the fierce and eager bay of the irrepressible Spring. Butamoment and the pack joined in the music upon a fresh and warm scent. Up the rugged red brush and pine spar they go, but still far beneath us. The sounds, softened by distance, arose and came on the crisp air as if tmufiled by the wires of the telephone. A perfect yell! ‘ Lis- ten, boys,” said Maltney, ‘‘it’s jumped; keep a look ont.” Nearer they come—one continuous roar, but fierce and eager above all the din was the foremost ery of savage Spring and her dashing shadow, the pup. Yonder itis. Click, click go the locks. “Oh, pshaw, boys! it is passing below us,’ said Maltney. ‘‘Mys ars! it’s flying like the wind,” said Ken- dall, as his eyes fairly jumped from his head. “ Look at them dogs,” said Pat. “Gosh! they are settin’ the woods afire.? “ Where will it take water, Maltney, do you think ?” inquired Melton. ‘* At the Cold Springat the end of Stone Mountain. See that bare, rough cliff?” responded Maltney. ‘! How far is.it, Maltney?’ “‘Seven miles,” he responded, as he wave loose rein and leaned forward on his leaping sorrel at the mention of miles. ‘* Good-bye, old snail,” said Melton lo Pat. “Pl bust my boss's melt or tan yuur jacket, you aggerva- tin? cuss you,” said Pat, mad as blixum. Pat clinched his spurs in the sides of his quiet horse, and off he went like thuuder. = ‘* Boys,” said Saurer, as we reached the mountain foot, “Vil kill that deer at the Spring, and have a julep fixed by the time you get there,” and like an urrow his restive pray shot through the verdant laurel bottom and out of sight. Soon we joined our comrady at the Cold Spring, and cold indeed it was, as the half-icy bubbles, b:aded by ihe lichens, over the limestone gravel und down the cela»-covered prici- pice with a leap to the river. ‘*Tello! ald boy. Where's that deer and julep?” said Melton. ‘‘ Yonder comes Joice and Whiten, they can tell,” was the reply. ‘Buys, I heard the curs bother the hounds on the ereek,” said Joice. ‘ 'Spect some of them hove been torn up, or the Walls have kill d and hid our deer. Tl] gallop back and straiten em,” and off he thot. “! Melton, youstand here,” said Maliney, ‘‘and don’t leave & moment, and I sill scatter the others along the road and top of the moun'ain,” Here come the tired dogs along the bare stones on top of the mountain. The tireless pup leading on the cold trail fairly gnawing the rocks to find it. 5 Here, Whitten, it’s been among a ganr of sheep,” said vice, Kendall had joined the ‘drivers’? by that time, and in- quired of Joice how he knew thedeer track from q sheep's, 26 FOREST AND STREAM. [Aveusr 11 1881. ————— eee“ “Why,” answered Whitten for him, ‘a deer’s hoofs are much more pointed, spread more, and its dew claws are slurper and go into the ground. And.” continued the gradu- ate in woodcraft, ‘‘ you ask why it got among the sheep. It is something in their nature that always makes them go among any kind of stock, when dodging, which sometimes loses a dog completely.” ‘Look here, Melton,” said Pat, tiptoeing, ‘you've bin outen this stand,” when to the mortification of the Cold Spring hero, the dogs trailed in ten feet of him. ** Well,’ said Melton, ‘I did grow restless about an hour ago, and left this stand for just five minutes by my watch.” “Thunder and Tom Walker!" said the irate Pat, ‘hain’t you one grain of sense? Don’t you know that’s just long enough to let a deer pass? Jist like you town fellers—fine standers! Itold you not to go back after your confounded old glove this morning, that you'd have bad luck.’ ‘Look here, Bowman, you are a little too personal; take ne you don’t make a donkey of yourself before this hunt ends.” The hounds passed to a slope facing the east, which was moist, and they became more eager. ‘' Boys,’’ said Whitten, “it's lying just over the cedar point.” ** Well,” said Melton, with the sharpness of i] humor, “Pll kill that deer yet and redeem myself or break my own ov my horse’s neck,” “Yes,” said Pat, ‘‘ you'll play thunder!” Such a roar |! ** Look yonder, boys, see that deer!” said Saurer. ‘‘ Now Maltney, Kendall, here’s to the slayer,” and he cocked his double barrel and fuirly rose from his saddle, Melton seemed no madder than his stormy black, whose nostrils spread and showed his heated blood. Maltney dashed to Melton as if to banter, and then the reckless ride! neck or deer! Dash over the rail fence, which flew right and left—spang into the broad field. All took fire, for Kendall was close along with Saurer’s careful eye, as Pat canic thundering by on his now unmanageable horse. The froth flies from the mouth of the screaming tan pup as he heads out, stretching like a rubber string, fast on the heels of the poor distracted deer. One dush and Maltney's steed has the better of him and passes thedeer. Poor Buwman’s horse Was now far-off at a tanvent, and with crazy fury approach- ing a precipice, and as he reached its edge turned short and over it hurled poor old Pat; and was ont of sight! ‘‘My heavens!" cried Kendall, ‘‘poor Bowman's killed," and in a flash he turned from the chase to his rescue. With a vicious sharp crack from Melton’s trusty gun the deer, without a struggle, fell amid gathered rustics, drivers, hounds and horses, and Melton had redeemed himself, But poor old Bowman! Where was he? With one ac- cord all bounded to his relief. And where was he, sure enough ? f heavy topped and hushy hornbeam, with its lithe branches, entwined in which was the thick growth of wild grape vines. Pat had fortunately struck this tree in his fall, and his legs were thrust up to his crotch among the tops. Melton’s eyes were from some cause moist when he heard of his old friend's fall, but as he peered through the vines at Kendall extricating the fallen hero with his knife he greeted him with ‘ Hello, rooster, why don't you crow? we've got the deer.” ‘‘ Good- ness! Melton, theré’s no fun in this. I’m nearly split open. Ail I want is to git outer here to shoot that cussed brute that sended me over here ;” and Bow. was extricated with only such injuries as skinned knees and shins, and a stiff spine from the sudden jar. A week passed off with hunts more or less varied in their results and excitement. The evening before the day fixed for our departure, Melton, Kendall and Saurer bad spent in bagging pheasants. The day closed with a sleety rain, chill- ing the bird hunters severely, and on their entering the cheery sitting room they were confronted with a glowing wood fire. ‘* Pat,” said Saurer, ‘‘ brush up the hearth and put a dozen good ripe apples before the fire to roast, and let's give Kendall a farewell with an old-fashioned Virginia toddy.” ‘ Enough said,” chimed Pat; ‘‘maybe il willwarm up my stove-up back.” ‘‘ Melton,” said Saurer, *t have ,you any of that old peach brandy left?” ‘Yes, look in my valise, in a morocco. covered quart flask, and you will find it full of brandy Bill Wallace made four years ago out of fine peaches, from which he extracted the seed before stilling.” ‘Don’t take the apples up yet, Pat; let them scorch a lit- tle,” said Saurer, ‘'Do you want anything else to make the stuff with,” said Pat; ‘‘any other flayorin’?” ‘‘Get me a tea-kettle full of clean water and heat it hot, and some loaf sugar. I would like to know how you could improve the flavor of the peach and apple mixed?” said Saurer. ‘* That's a mess, hot water, apples, sugar and liquor all mixed,” said Pat. ‘‘Youold scrub, take this glass and take back what you said about it or I'll throttle you in a minute,” said Melton. A short interim passed and the moisture came on Bow,’s brow, and he said sprily, ‘‘Boys, it’s better nor I tho’t—let’s have another,” and he turned and tipped Kendall’s glass. ‘‘Kindle,” said he, ‘‘here’s to all sich Yankees as you; here's to them wife and numerous children you talk of; come to my house every year, it shan’t cost you a red.” ‘Yes, may he live to tree you agin next jfal/, old coon,” said Melton. ‘‘Yes, cuss you, you'd laugh if I broke my neck next fall; you’ye got no feelin’ no how!” The cups were drained. “Pat, do you know I’m the man who let you loose when wounded at Buchanan at the bridge burning you spoke of the other night?” said Kendall. ‘ By golly, Kindle, I be- lieve it. I believe you were born to savemy life. I thought I'd seen you afore, and if you shot me that day and wus a Yankee, all right.” ‘I was a soldier, Bow.; have found men like you in the South do not harbor malice at us, and I shall always remember you with kindness and return to see you again.” Pat mopped his brow, went weaving tothe door with ‘Good night, boys.” 3 The whip cracked over our teams by daylight next morn- ing, and we went sailing homeward. Thus did the hunters of the Gray and Blue mix. * 7 Care ry Texas.—Kosse, Texas, July 23.—I now haye a fine, never-failing carp pond, or two of them, and intend spending more tume and money so that I can care for the young fishes. I have some beautiful carp, sent from the government pons year before last, measuring about eighteen inches, and weighing six or seven pounds. I am in hopes that my pond is full of young carp, but so far have not been able to catch any.—8. B. Lake Trour Fisuinc.—Fishing at Lake Keuka is good; it is said that aJake trout weighing 17lbs. was caught one day last week,—J. O. F. Below the cliff, where he was hurled, grew 4 |- TO MY SEPTER, “Scour.” By FRANK H. SELDEN. you are a tried and loyal friend, The end Of life will find you leal, unweary Of tested bonds that naught can rend, And een if years be sud and dreary Our plighted friendship will extend. A truer trlend man neyer had. 'Tis sad That mong all earthly friends the fewest Unfaithful ones shold be thus clad In canine lowliness; yet, truest They, be their treatment good or bat. Within your éyes methinks I find A kind And thoughtitul look of speechless feeling That Mem'ry’s loosened cords unbind, And lets the dreamy past cole stealing Through your dumb, reflective mind, Scout, my trusty triend, can tt be You see Apatn, In retrospectlye dreaming, ‘’he run, the woodland and the lea, With past Autumnal sunshine streaming O’er ev'ry frost-dyed field and tres? Or do you see now once again "the glen And fern, the highland and the thistle? And do you silll remember when We heard the bri¢ht-eyed woodcock whistle Dowu by the rippling shrub-edged fen ? I see you turn a igt’ning ear To hear The qual! upon the flower-pied heather ; Bul, doggie, wait til uplands sere And then the Autumn’s waning weather Will bring the sport we hold so déar. Then we will hunt the loamy swale, And trail The snipe, their cunning wiles o'ercoming ; And oft will fiush the beyied quail, And hear the partridge slowly drumming Dull echoes in the leat-stvewed dale. When wooded hills with crimson lyht Are bright, We'll stroll where trevs and yines are growing And see birds warp their southern fight At sundown, when the Day-King’s throwing Sly kisses to the Queen of Night. But when the leaves of Lite’s fair dell Haye fell, And Death comes with the Autumn's even And separates us, who can tell But that, within the realm of Heaven, We both together there will dwell? Moodus, Conn,, 1881. ~ — oo A WEEK OF FRAGRANT MEMORIBS. l& Was a quiet afternoon just at the close of June. Ina boat on a little lake in Pennsylvania (no matter where) aman of middle age and two boys were scated; say, rather, three boys, for On such occasions the man becomes a boy ; or, as one of the boys prettily said: ‘‘It is only a difference in years; we have much the same kind of hearts in us after all.” In that boat three hearts beat faust—two with anticipa- tion of the coming sport and one with anxiely that the dthers should not be disappointed in their expectations. The boys were enthusiastic Waltonians, but, hitherto their efforts had been confined to the smaller sorts of fish, and they were anxious to try their hands on black bass. The boys had seen some fine specimens, they had heard and read much of the gallant fight for life made by the fish, of the skill needed to take them with light tackle, and with the ardent nature of boys they were anxious Lo begin the sport. The trip had been long planned; in fact it was arranged Jast summer, and when the warm) weather and lenguhening spring days came and told of the approach of the fishing season, tackle shops were visited, questions asked, purchases made, and some dreams dreamed in which fish of unheard of size were taken only after inconceivable effort. And now at length the last recitations in school had been made, the examinations passed, and the boys were free. Saturday night brought them to the place of rendezvous, where they were to join their ulder companion. ‘The hour at which they ross on Monday morning no one knows, Cer- tainly it was long before any one else in the family was astir, An early breakfast over, our traps were placed in the carriage which took us io the station, and never did a railway train carry a happier party than did the train that day. A few hours in the cars and one in 4 stage brought us to our desti- nation. A hurried meal was taken, and a more burried tramp to the water. A boat was secured for the entire stay, And now the three boys are in it, and off we go, one gallant little fellow managing the ours admirsbly. There is a thrill of pleasure as we push off, and the bright color mounts the cheeks of all the party. The senior boy is lull of happiness ; It is high pleasure for him to see the brightness and buoyane of his young companions. 1 had been at the lake before. I knew the coy manner and fastidious tastes of the bass there. Sometimes the wriggling worm is greedily taken, somelimes the minnow is the fuod they most want, while again grasshoppers are a teropling lure; and there are other limes when they will none of these, but zreedily rush for black crickets; tu the Hy they never rise. Hence there must be some experimenting. Supplied with worms and crickets (the two most easily procured baits) we tried our luck, but crickets and worms alike proved failures, and the result of the afternoon’s fishing was disap- pointing. Next morning arrangements were made for a supply of minnows, and tili they could be procured we determiyed to try grasshoppers and trolling spoons. Again disappointment attended our efforts. Some others, meeting with a similar lack of success, became discouraged an(] were prepariny to leave. As we wound up for dinner, I said, ** Boys, shall we follow their example and go too?” ‘No, sit,” came the prompt Teply; ‘not a bitof it; we came to fish, and we will not give it up 80 easily, No, sir; we will stay,’ And then we all shock hands, and I said something about ‘‘ the right spirit.” Our minnows secured, we proceeded to try them. They proved to be just the needed bait. It was not long hefore Tbegan a fight with a large bass. The whole performance was newto the boys, and their excitement can better be imagined than described. They fairly yelled when the fish gave his characteristic leap. At last. he was secured in the landing net,and thence transferred tu the boat. He was handled and admired, his size and weight speculated upon, and then came most waturally from both boys, ‘TI wish I could take one just like him.” They had not long to wait for the fulfillment. of their wish. Hurry roon felt the pecu- culiar tug at his line, and with shout, ‘lve got him,” stood up to begin the struggle. Breathless with excitement 4s the fish leaped wildly from the water, he almost forgot his part of the work ; the line was allowed to run loose; the top of the rod was not kept well up; again, he grasped rod and line with both hands, so that the line could not runout. Da you wonder, hind reader? Do you remember the work you made with your first bass? And you were aman, too. I have seen men, more than once, break their rods with their first heavy fish. A word or two from his senior recalled Hairy to his work, and right well he did it. Five minutes of battle and another fine fish layin the boat. It would have been difficult to say which showed most signs of excitement, the capter or the captive; but I kuow certainly that I have not often seen a happier or a prouder boy, and he had a right to be; he acquitted himself most credilably. There were handshaking and congratulations. And then came John’s turn. John is usually a quiet boy, but under the quiet ontside is hidden away a deal of fore:— force that will tell when he reaches man’s years and enters his lite work, But just then the quiet outside suddenly van- ished and, with a shout like a war-whoop, John sprang to his feet; and then he grew pale as the contest waxed fiercer, and he trembled as the fish sprang from the water trying to shake the stinging hook from its mouth. But with some directions and a little aid he landed bis fish, and the third fine bass graced our boat. Then came reverses, for Harry lost two—one just as it seemed ready for the landing net—John lost one and I lost two. There were some long and not very happy looking faces just then. But we did not lose courage; we kept right ob, and when night came it found us carrying toour hotel a goodly string of tish. I do not think there were three happier hearts anywhere than the three hearts that night in the little country inn beside S—— lake; two because of their first experience in bass fishing, and one in the enjoyment of the others, Day by day for a week we repeated the work of this one afternoon, Nice strings were taken; boxes of fish packed In ice were sent to father and grandfather at home. And we not only had the pleasure that comes of innocent amusement, recreation and sport; we enjoyed to the full the beautiful country, with its high hills, its fields of ripening grain and its grand old forests. The mountains in the blue distance lent their charm. Light and shade foliowed each other over the lake and the peaceful fields as sunlight and cloud alternated in the sky. One night a grand thunder storm awed and yet thrilled us with its terror and magniti- cence, We used to take supper with us and eat itin the boal inthe quiet hush of the evening, amid the glories of the fading day as the sun went down behind the surrounding hills. Whata delight was that quiet hour, spent in 1he midst of the waning splendors of the sinking sun. But the end of that happy week came. Our lines were reeled up for the last time, our rods unjointed, traps packed and good-byes said to the kind people of the inn who had done so much for our enjoyment. Wecould not but feel sad that our pleasure there was at an end, but we were glad and thankful that we had been allowed to have so much of it. We turned our faces homeward; the boys to finish their va- cation in a beautiful country town; Ito work. But there is in my life to-day a strain of music and a bit of brightness that was made there by a week with two bright, kindly, pure, affectionate boys. Dear young hearts, [ wonder whether you know what a place you have made for yourselves in the older one. I wonder whether you know how much this week of free intercourse and constant association has endeared you to your companion. May we live to have many such *‘good times” to- gether; and when [ shall have unjointed my rod for the lust time, may you, in the midst of your enjoyment, think of him who vave you your first lessons, and say in the words of dear old Walton, ‘ May the blessing of St. Peter's Master rest. upon mine.” M. August 4, 1881. ++ — THE MAGALLOWAY COUNTRY, MaGarroway River, Maine, July 26. § [ have been in different sections of the country for the past eight years I think I can safely say I have diseoy- ered a gold niine this season in the way of hunting and fish- ing. Large game is very plenty, embracing moose, caribou and deer, and small game is abundant. With a good fly-rod and ianding-net you can haye all the fun with the speckled beauties you desire. Our friend Eaton has just returned from Sunday pond with four fine trout, weighing respectively, 28, 83, 83 and 43 pounds. This little pond is in full view of our camp and embraces about fifty or sixty acres. It has neither inlet nor outlet, but is fed by springs and is kept well stocked by our landlord for the exclusive use of his patrons. There are five or six ponds within a short distance, well stocked with trout, and up the river four miles is the large and beautiful sheet of water called Parmachenee Lake, to which the readers of the Forest aNp StreAM need no intro- duction. Deer can be seen nearly every day at sunset on the edge of the pond opposite our camp, and in Juné two moose came regularly down to the water to drink, but as the sea- son advanced, fearing the guns about the pond, they left for some safer place in which to quench their thirst. Last Tues- day our guide, Flint and myself went to Upper Metallic Lake fly-fishing and on returning saw before us a large moose in the water. As I did not wish to try him with my fly-rod we had the pleasure of paddling up within about three rods of him before he knew of our presence, but when he saw us he gave one mighty leap and away he went into the forest. Th this section, during the fall months one can have all the sport he desires in the way of hunting or fishing. If if were in the season for still hunting I could give your readers some of my experience in that line, but as it is out of season I will forbear. Howeyer, I can assure them if they will come to Flint Camp they can have all the sport they wish for. For the benefit of those, if any there be, who may wish to come te this place, I will give full directions for getting here from Boston. Start from the Boston and Lowell depot with an excursion ticket to Colebrook, N, H., and return via Con- “cord, Boston & Montreal R. R,; ‘take the stage at Colebrook {hrougn Dixville Notch to Errol Dam, Bragg’s Motel; thence y steamer up the Wawslloway River to Brown's farm; from ére by private conveyance to Fred Plint’s camp at the bead [ Hsohos Falls. There you will-find guide F. L. Mason, yo will take you by boat wp the stream, twenty-five miles, ‘to Flint’s Landing at the foot of the falls, and after thirty ‘Whinules’ walle you will be here where I now sit, and youwill, n season, find a good, hot supper of moose or (leer steak vaiting you, which I haye nu doubt you will enjoy ar — or 4+ OM MOOSEHEAD LAKE TO THE MAIN 8T. JOHN. IN THRER YARTS—PART III, 3 W the morning of June 4th we bade adieu fo our log 4 camp and lastened on our journey. A pull of thirteen miles took us to DEPOT FARM, efore described, Tere we tarried for an hour with a veri- able Robinson Crusoe with his little dog, although he nswered to the name of John Harvey. He and his dog are he sole occupants of the forest hereabouts. In a little log iui he lives, and since last fall he had seen no human face fill the day before we came, when a party of three came “across from ‘Seven Islands” on the St; John, but no party had been through over the route we came. We regaled our- élyes with fresh milk, learned from him that there was a log Gammp some seventeen miles ahead, procured some corned f and some salt and eggs of him, and resumed our journey. A matter of twelve miles took us through another tion of the Allerash River, into SQUARE LAKE, d two more through it, into the third section of the Alle- h : From here (the foot of Square Lake) it is three miles to Bid log camp. (As log camps are very important to a “eportsman in his journeyings I haye been very particular to Toate all T am familiar with.) It is a comfortable camp, except the roof has been removed from one side to furnish (erial to build an oat-bin hard by; the remaining roof, fowever, is tight and in good condition. It is on the left ani, about fifteen rods from the shore, at the foot of the second pitch of water ter leaving Square Lake, opposite a big eddy, ind may be seen from the river if you look sharp. During fhe night, while camping here, I was awakened by Newt.'s melodious voice, shouting, ‘Sam! Sam! Sam!" each time louder. Tthonght at first he had the night-horse. hen I heard Alf mutter, *Dod butter it.’ What ailshim? Sam, however, awoke finally (but I deelare I thought he never mid), and grunted out, ‘* What you ‘want?” ‘' Whav's | gnawing 7” auswered Newt. By this time we were all wake, and distincUy heard a loud gnawing outside the door. ‘Something trying to yet our stores,” shouted Ned, as he prabbed the rifle, and ‘* Dod butter it” lighted a match. As 6 jaatch was struck a large rabbit skipped lively away, mit. he was not the disturber of our peace; outside was a big hedgehog, trying to get at our sall; but before Ned could a bead on him he got! MUSQUACOOK STREAM, age affords fine trout fishing, and some three miles below bis is } FIVE FINGER BROOK, yhich empties in on thelefj, The latter stream I have never non any published map. It deserves attention as fur- shing fine fishing ground in the summer and fall. From ‘our camp of lastnight it is about twelve miles to the border of Civilization, which annoubces itself by alittle log hut on the ft bank, occupied by Joseph Gilbear. We were advised 8 is nol the most promising spot to stop at, but \ FINLEY MO'LELLAN’S, ose house is somewhat larger and whose possessor is rich ! ch means here from two to three thousand dollars. Mc's ew roils below on the same bank. From this point to Allegash Falls it is about three miles, ind if a few scattered Jog houses along the bank of a river ponstitute civilization, then indeed we are ont of the wilder. but. I confess it hardly seems so to me. Between here nd the Falls are four log houses or huts, three on the left id one on ihe right bank, The water hereabouts is quiet, With occasionally quick water, but after leaving McClellan’s if is mostly quick till you reach Allegash Carry. We tarried McC,’s for half an hour or so and chatted with the old Ike while we warmed our shins before a huge cooking toye, for it was quite cold in the humid atmosphere outside. About noon we continued our journey, and made the run if three miles to ‘ ALLEGASH OARRY nthinty-three minutes. At the head of the carry we got up ne dinner of corned beef hash, and then dragged our bateau r the carry (a fair road) some forty rods on a wooden d or skid which is kept there for that purpose. “THE FALLS OF THE ALLEGASH” decidedly picturesque and impressive. The river nar- Sup at this point and discharges a large volume of water through a yery narrow gorge cut through a solid ledge. The all is directly precipitous only some thirty or forty feet, but f ns a final fall of some seventy feet, covering a space of some fifteen rods in its whole decline, reminding one strongly renton Falls, Below the falls we again embarked. There are several ches of water between the fall and the St. John, but ie dangerous, only a little lively, There is much shoal water also, and we scraped and bumped along at times, but ‘ol over them without much trouble. About 5 P. a we Made our junction with the | MAIN BY JOHN, ere the whole feature of the country changes, The banks 6 St. John from here down are mostly cleared, and scattered hnts you come to small settlements and ex- ve farms, with fenced lots, growing crops and waving | Before leaving the Allegash I must note two or three hat impressed us all strikingly, which was the sudden i off of the river bed at times when a long, straight iretch of a quarter of a mile presented itself before us, soniciimes it would appear we were riding down a steep hill theice, 60 apparently motionless was the current, This specially noticeable at the mouth of the Allegash. At ¥ FOREST AND STREAM. © first, we thought itan optival illusion, buf we found it not to beso. At this point the decline of the bed of the river is very great, and the water runs with exceeding swiftness, yet the sur- face is almost uobroken, and from the upper point you look down the incline as you would if you were sliding down hill, aud the sensation of running this quiet water isa peculiar but. pleasant one. About half a mile below the junction of the Alle- gash—on the §t. John—is the worst pitch of water we en- countered on the whole trip. It is some twenty rods long, quite sharp and choked with rocks on every side so there is hardly a channel anywhere. The birches went ahead and chose the south shore, which happened to be the proper channel, hard in shore. Expecting to find the best water, we took the very middle. We had just entered the seething current when a native shouted to us from the shore, ‘‘ You can’t get through there, the channel is on this shore.” This was indeed pleasant to contemplate, dashing as we were rapidly toward rocks which threatened destruction. ‘‘ What shall we do, John?” said Sam. John paused for a second only, for time was in- deed precious, when he replied, ‘'I guess he’s right; I don't see any way through here.” “Shove her across, then, with all your might, if you fet a chance, and try for the channel,” shouted Sam. And a momentafter John beaded her for the south shore, but, alas! it was of no use, we were hemmedin. ‘' It’s no use,” ejaculated John, ‘‘ we must go through straight, somehow.” At the same moment, Thump!—and we brought up on top of arock; for an instant our staunch baleau shivered and trembled, while the maddened waters piled up around us; but, thanks! they proved our salvation, for they finglly got under us and lifted us off the rock, and we took a new start and ran safely out of the vortex. T learned that evening that a boatman was drowned on that pitch last spring. As an Irishman wonld remark, ‘‘ The next time J run that pitch I'll go around it.” A mile lower down and you reach JOHN GASEY’S, where sportsmen always tie up if they delay here, and where we tied up for the night. His house is on the left bank. They make no pretensions to accommodations, and we found them poorly off in the way of proyisions. Could givs us pork and potatoes, but ham, eggs, bread—no. We might borrow their stove, and they could furnish a little milk and some butter. So Ned pulled off his coat, and while talking honey to a pretty French servant girl, h> got up a good sup- per; but, O! such biscuit as he made with milk. “O, I'm what you call him, that rises on top the milk,” he replied, when we praised those puffy biscuit. But, patient reader, I will not tire your patience mnch longer; I have been prolix, I know, but I have endesyored to give an accurate history of this trip in detail, that you might profit by it if you should ever desire to make it, The distances and other statements of facts are as true as my poor ability can furnish, In a few words I will take you to the end of our trip. _ June 6 we resumed our journey down the St, John, reach- ing ST, FRANGIS PLANTATION, ten and a half miles from Carey's, in two and a half hours, passing through two or three strong rapids, but plenty of water, and drew our boat ashore at Martin Savage's, nearly opposite St. Francis River, where we hoped to get dinner. Tt is a large farm, with a large and pretentious house and in- viting surroundings and where formerly travelers were heartily received and provided for, but Mr. Savage was away and the lady of the house said they had not entertained of late, as they had a large family of workmen to care for, so we re-embarked and stopped off at ROBERT GONNOK'’S, three miles below, on the left bank. They didnot keep pub- lic house, but would get us a dinner; and they did—a good one—but would make no charge. We, however, remem- bered the servants. Mr. Connor is quite well off and yery hospitable, it is said, but he was away ona ‘‘drive.” He is building quite an ele- fant house here, for these parts, and may he live long to en- joy it. Leaving Connor's, log-houses are more frequent and small settlements appear. Seven miles below a small red church upon the left bank attracted our attention, so picturesque was it, nestled among the rude habitations about, with green fields setting it off to good advantage. From Red Church to FORT KENT is five miles and mostly quick, but good, water. the distance in a little less that one hour. Fort Kent is on the right bank and consequently in Maine. On the opposite bank is Middle St. Francis, a Canadian settlement. We stopped at Samuel Stevens’ hotel in Fort Kent, a jolly place to tie up to, with comfortable beds and a good table, Fort Kent is very prettily situated at the confluence of Fish River, which makes in from the south, and the St. John. It is quite a thrifty little village, with a store, post-office and Catholic church. We found the church open and entered. It was a rustic affair, but somehow impressed me wonderfully, In the body of the church wire rude wooden seats, without cush- ions, pamntor ornament of any kind. A rough stairway, without railing, leads to the gallery, which we mounted, and found there only a few coarse benches. A rope leading to a primitive belfry hung idly by, as if to tempt one to set the tongue of the little bell a-wagging, but we profaned not the solemn stillness that reigned within. Descending the stairs we approached the altar, around which imitation wax can- dles stood ready for fighting. Here and there hung cheap prints of the Saviour nailed to the cross, Mary and the saints. With noiseless step we retreated from this hallowed precinct, closing carefully the heayy door behind us, that we might not disturb the holy silence that prevailed. We next visited the Block House, hard by, which plays an im- portant part in the history of Fort Kent. It was built some forty years ago as a fort, in anticipation of a war with Great Britain, over the boundary line between Maine and Canada, but the matter was finally settled by treaty in 1842 without bloodshed. It is built of heavy timber, with loop- holes for rifle and cannon, and is situated on an eminence overlooking the St. John and Fish rivers and near their junc- tion. At Fort Kent we sold our bateau, agreeing to deliver it at Edmundston. _ At five the next morning, June, we resumed our journey in order to reach Hdmundston, the terminus of the New Brunswick R. R., in time for the train, which we were told left at 10:30, as we were also advised it would require five hours to reach there—twenty miles. We, however, did some good pulling, and reached there in three and one-half hours—viz., at 8:80, and were there informed the train would leave at 11:30, thus giving us three hours to spare. The ride from Fort Kent to Hdmundston comprises one of the most We made interesting sections of the whole trip. The wilderness has now disappeared from the banks of the river, and lop huts have given place to more modern structures, although many Tide affairs are still frequent. The soil along its borders, however, is rich and fertile and picturesqne in appearance, and Iwas more than once reminded of the Rhine of Father- land as L saw it ten years ago. Much of the way, on either side, the land is level for a distance back from the borders of the river, when it gradually slopes upward till it rises with a graceful incline several hundred feet above the bed of the tiver. In many places along if is entirely cleared of wood and subdued into tillage, pasture and mowing lands. The most charming scene which engaged my attention along this section was at a point on the sonth bank of the river called FRENOAYILLE, where near the bank isa small settlement, a rustic village with a neat Jittle church and open spire. In the bickground isa long, high range entirely subdued, and mostly devoted to grass and grain, thus presenting different shades of green to the eye. From the summit of the range to the village, long stretches of fences appear, running mostly one way only—i. ¢., from the top down, as is chiefly the case on the Rhine. A solemn quiet prevailed as we passed this secluded spot, giving the whole picture a dreamy aspect, which was at once charming and impressive. There are but fewrapids between Fort Kent and Edmundston, and in this respect the trip grows Jess exciting and more monotonous, although the scenery all along is inviting to the lover of nature. We encountered some logs ev rvute, but got through wilh- out difficulty. EDMUNDSTON, Little Falls, or Madawaska, a8 you please, are one and the same place, and is situated on the left bank of the St. John and right bank of the Madawaska at the confluence of the Madawaska River, which comes in from the north, and the St. John. The railroad station is on the same side of the St. John, but the left bank of the Madawaska. The village is small, with a hotel which is passable—%. ¢,, you had better pass it. At Edmundston we bade good-bye to the river, de- livered our bateau, got our canoes and luggage to the station, and at 11:30 started for Grand Falls, thirty-nine miles dis- tant. The road is a very rude affair, and slow time a neces- sity. We made the distance in three and one-half hours, or about twelve milesan hour, At GRAND |/FALLS, N. B., are two hotels, the Grand Falls Hotel and the American, We stopped at the former, which is the better, and which we found exceedingly good, considering their facilities. Grand Falls is quite a romantic place, with a population of some 800, on elevated ground overlooking the falls, which are some seventy-five feet high and quite picturesque. Below the falls is a suspension bridge for ordinary travel, from which you get a fine view of the falls and river below. Below the falls is a deep chasm>with beetling cliffs on either side. On the west side is a rustic stairway leading to « small ledge overlooking ihe river. In the summer season Grand Falls is a favorite resort of summer boarders. THE CONSTANTINOPLE DOG—The Constantinople dog has neyer buen done justice to, and never will—he (or she) must be seen to be appreciated. Thereis a slouch in his gait und leer in his eye which mere words cunnot produve, His bark is not like thut of an honest, civilized dog, but is dashed with fhe yicious anal of bis cousin the wolf; and when at night he is disturbed from his bed of refuse by the kick or staff of a passing drunkard,: he makes night hideous by howls and yelpings which recall the moonlit desert, ‘he Turks are (says 2 correspondent of the Globe), generally speaking, kind to these street scavengers, but the Greeks are not ; and, indeed, they seemed to consider the wretched an- mals as legitimate butts for their frequent fits of aulky bad tem- per, so that when they want to ‘have at” something, they seléct the dogs as a sort of safety yalve to their spleen, The night watchmen here are armed with thick iron-tipped staves, which they are ordered from time to time to bang on to the pavement, just to show they aré not asleep, and probably to let the thieves know they are coming. ‘he man whose hourly beat isin the Grand Tue, under the windows of my hotel, someties varies this pas- time by touching up the dogs which lie curled up asleep on the heaps of unsivory rubbish adorning Pera’s main thoroughfare ; the result is a pandemonium of canine protestations which makes sleep tor fhe next ten minutes an impossibility. But I am getting recustomead to it, and last night only dreamed that [was at the ‘home in Battersea. The Stamboul street dog, if in condition, is & by no means ugly quadruped, of a yellowish hue and unmis- takable lupine connection. But a sleek, well-fed street dog is, of course, a8 Tare a6 a Bleek, well-fed beggar, who is born, lives and dies on # rubbish heap, Many are the broken legs, the cruel wounds, the scuryy backs. Why does not some generous person in London, with more regard for suffering abroad than at home, send out some doctors and nurses for the Stamboul dogs, or pro- yide a fund for sending sick members of the fraternity to the Ger- man Bads ?—Live Stovk Journal. COOKER SPANIEL NELIL,—The steamer Denmark, of the National Line, which arrived at this port on Wednesday last, bronght ont for My. Frederic H. Hoe, of Tarrytown, N. Y., one of the finest little cocker bitches we ever clapped eyes on. Despite her haying been oyerfed by the kindly butcher of the ship, and her cont being in bad condition, she is one of the best specimens of her breed living. Nell was formerly the property of Mr. John K. Pain, of Tun- bridge Wells, and while in his possession was selected by Mr, Hugh Dalzecl as a perfect specimen of the cocker spaniel breed for his excallent book entitled ‘! British Dogs." Later on she passed into the hauds of Mr. John 8. Cowell, of York, from whom Mr, Hoe purchased her for the purpose of breeding her to his well-known liver and white dog, Witch, witmer ol! first priza at New York in 1877 and sécond at same show m 1878, Nell isa brood bitch and has not been broken, but her late owner claima that she has shown great intelligence when she ocea- sionally accompanied him in a day's shooting, and always proved herself to hayes perfect scant. Her color is liver pied —that is, liver and white mottled, She is yery hatidsomely marked. Her weight, when in condition, is 22 lbs., and her age about three years, Her cuat is wavy and long, beantiful liver-colored cars, and a face with grand expression. Her legs are heavily feathered, and she wags a tal which has not been docked. She has recently raised a fine litter by Mr, Bowers’ Don Pedro, ind the overstocking of her late owner’s kennels was the reason assigned for his parting with her, We congratulate Mr. Hoeon his fortunate selection, and as soon a6 the syeet little bitch is exercised into condition we shall illus- trate her in these columne. The following are her meusurements taken from Mr. Dalzeel’s book : Height at shoulder, 9in.; length from nose to sei on of tail, 30 in.; length of tail, 13 in.; girth of chest, 23 in.; girth of loin, 18 in,; girth of head, 14 in.; girth of forearm, 5 1n.; length of head from oecipnt to tip of nose, 814 in.; girth of muzzle mid- Way beiween eyes and tip of nose, 4 in. bare, THE GAZRHOUND,.—We have received the following inquiry from a Philadelphia correspondent coucerning the antiquity of the gazehound: ‘In old books, or books written of the olden times, in England we see mentioned (mite often the gazehound. Will yon kindly inform me af it is extined or not? Did if depend on its eyesight solely for hunting game? Was it found im England, Seotland or Ireland ? Whatis the ditierence between an Insh wolf- hound and an Irish stag-hound, and is there any difference be- tween the latter dog and a Scotch atag-honnd ?—J. PF. G.” We cannot do better than quote the words of old Dr, Caius who wrote in the sixteenth century as follows, and whose book we re- published in the Porrsr Asp StReAm last year: ‘The gazehound. ‘This kinda of dogge which pursueth by the eye, preyaileth little or never » whit by any benifite of the nose, but excellent in perspicnity and shanpness of sight alto- gather, | 9 #776 These dogges are much and nenally found in the northern parts of Bugland more than in the southern arts.” y We should gay ithad a good deal to do with the originator ofthe decrhound, There iano real difference between the Scotch and Tvish stag-hounds, and, whatever the Irish wolf-hound may have been formerly, tle specimeng seen nowadays ure little more than over-sized deerhounds—See Vero Shaw's letter in Formsr aAnp ArnHaM of June a0. SLIPS.—Mr, A, B, Kelsey, of Belvidere, N. J., has just returned from 4 visit to Claremont, N, H., where he went expressly to se- lect a dog puppy ont of the Noreen hitter by Elcho, He passed a yery pleasant day with Dr, Jarvis, and at the requeat of the breed- or, Mr. Kelsey was kind enough to show his SEE tous. He is & yery promising youngster, and was as brightas a button, The litter is considered ongof the best ever sired by the old cham- pion.... Mi, J, G, Morrison, Ashland, N, H., bis a litter of pap pies three-quarters beagle and one-quarter Huglish foxhound, which he thinks will be better for hunting the largegray rabbit thau the pure besgle....We oll to the attention of our readers that Mr. H. W. Ganse, Wilmington, DeL, offers for sal Hye yery hind- some whelps by his grand field dog Warwick ont of his Ollie; be also offers Kildare, an Irish red setter, for sale. LONDON, ON'L., DOG SHOW.—Arrangements have been made with the following railroads to carry dogs free to and from the above show, if accompanied by owner or care-tuker: Great West- em and Grand Trnnk of Canada, Wabash, St. Lonis and Pacific Ruilway, New York and Lake Erie Railway, and Pennaylyania Itail- way. We also expect the same privilege from the American Dx- press Company. The managers of the Provincial Fai have mado ‘arrangements with the committee to haye the bench show held on thei grounds, which will be a muttial benelit to both exhibitions. A suitable nilding will be erected on the fair grounds, and eyery- thing tends toward this being the most successful exhibition of dozs eyer held in Canada. Let intending exhibitors make theiv entries as Boon 28 possible, The committee will then be able to lave every arrangement made early for the accommodation of patrons. The usual delay in sending entries is exceedingly dis- couraging, and delays the necessary preparations, which cannot be perfected, as they should he, on the first day. Colonel ‘Taylor, of Lexington, Ky., has consented to act as judge im the pointer and fetter classes, and it is likely Mr, UO, H. Mason, of New York, will be judge in the other classes. An omission has been made in the prize list in leaying outa class for pomter bitch puppies, which has now been added. Class 25 will be Class 25A, and Olass 26B will be for pointer bitch puppies, for which a prize of ten dollars will be given, the same as Class 25A. A donor has kindly given a conse of their ducking powder for the best retriever, which will be another special prize added to the former list,—Jonun Pup- DICOMBE, Secretary, FREAK OF NATURE OR OF DOG.—A friend living on the shores of Like Winnebago has a wife and daughter fond of flow- ers, and asetter dog fond of anything in the way of mischief, Last fall the ladies set ont some tulip bulbs west of the house, the lake being on the eust side, This spring they looked in yain for their plants, and concluded the hard winter had destroyed them. Imagine their astonishment Inter in the season to find tulips dpring- ing up near the lake shore in ground which has neyer been eulti- vated, and where they ave certain no bulbs haye ever been planted. Shall we credit the dog with their transplanting, ov believe that the bulbs, in seeking to get away from the frost near the surface, burrowed under the house, and, losing their bearings, came up on the wrong side?—Bancrn. Waushara Co., Wis. + =. _—___ KENNEL MANAGEMENT. i78 A.D. D., Auburn. Maine.—My dog’s nose is continually very hot. ‘There fs niueh saliva from her month, and her eyes continue sore and to exude a whitish matter which hardens on the Ups. She seems to have a good appetite but a weak stomach, as she trequently throws up her food especially in the morning. Have given her a few doses ol tartar emetic and some castor oil. What shall | give her to get well? Ans. Tartar emetic is bad tor dogs. Give an (ccasional dose Of sulpliur and then castor oil; also hwo grains of quinine three times a day wntll well. 179 J. O, G,, Springfield, Mass.—I have an Irish setter which T lave been feeding almost entirely on meat. J don*t think 1t ls good for him, as le vomits a great deal. Please tell me what I had better feed him with, and alsoif I ought to give him any medicine, Also What will stop his hair from coming out, and if there Is any good remedy for Heas? Ans. Feed him on table scraps or on ree and cornmeal well bolled, mixed with a ttle meat, twice a week. Keep lhe kennel free trom fleas by washing with carbolic acid, and use Persian powder on the dog. See answertosS. 8. V. in Foresr anp SrREAM of May 5, 180 RieLE, Perth, Ont.—My deerhound puppies are nearly a month old, and f have cut off the dew claws, Inithot by the roots. Can I unt off whe lump to whieh the Glaws.are attached? Or should I only cut off the ciaws prone ? Ipresume [am not too late yet, although the Encyclopedia Brifannica says Whey should be eit al three days old. Kindly beert a reply in your next Issue, Ans. See answer to C, M. §.,in Forks AnD STREAM, July 28. You have evidently gone about tlie removal of the dew claws inthe wrong way. We cannot adyise you to attempt to remove the “lumps,” but suggest that you show him (9 a competent surgeo1. 181 §. A. P., Northumberland, Pa.—You should have the swelling on the under jaw of your setter examined by some competent sur- peon. A snake bite, no doubt, was the cause of the trouble, 182 EB, F. M,, New York City.—Fresh alr and Cleanliness afford the only spéciic. We know of nd such disease as the ‘“spotted distem- per.” 183 W. P., Palo, Mich.—Should the teeth be covered with tartar they should be “scaled” and afterward brashed with soap and water anda little charcoal, or a few drops of simple tincture of Tayirh. ‘The repetition of the deposit may be prevented by allowing the dog occasional large bones to gnaw, A little iron and quinine should be used in restoring tone to the system, We have never knowo The ointment recommended for manye to fall in one single case; tb must be used persistently and well rubbed Into the skin, Fow- ler’s solution of arsenic, given twice a day, say in two and afterward in three drop doses, canvot bith reslore your dogs to a healthy condi- tion, provided that you follow the directions unremtttingly and keep the kennels distntected, ———- KENNEL NOTES. Breeders and owners of dogs are invited to send memoranda of names claimed, bred, whelps, sales, ele., for insertion in this column, Wea make no charge for the publication of such notes; but request in euch ose the notice be made up tn accordance with our form, that the name of both ouiner dnd dog be written legibly, or printed, and at the strain to which the animal belongs be distinetly stated, * e* * NAMES CLAIMED. Hlectov—Mr. Chas, H, Walker, Portland, Maine, claims the name of THiector for Irish red setter dog puppy, whelped dune 48, 1831, by Bal- timore Kennel's Derg out of bvangehoe (Hicho- Mex). ' Dizey—Mr, Chas. H. Gage, Washington, D. C., claims the name of Dizzy tor trish red setter biteh puppy by Cheif outer Mr. G, Hill's ‘ily. Monte Chrisio—Mr. W. GC. Beringer, Piitsburgh, Pa,, clalms the name ol! Monte Christo for his black and white Bnglish setter dog puppy, whelped April 17, 1881, by Thunder (Pride of the Border-Fairy 11.) out of Bess (Belton—Nellie). : May C.—MY. Olint. B. Wilson, Cleveland, Ohio, claims the name of May ©. tor liver and white ticked setter bite, whelped May 1, 1S73, by Shetiield’s Dan out of Marshall's Nell. folifust—Mr. J. Otis Fellows, Hornelisville, N. ¥,, vluims the name ot Holdtast for Plack cocker dog puppy, wWhelped June 17, 18S1, Dy Brag out ot Nelly. Bess—Mr, F. Waterman, Hudson, N. ¥., clainis the namé oft Bess for Irish ved setter bitch puppy by Chiet oul of Tilly. ' Chipewa Lell—Mr. J. Van Norman, Durand, Wis, claims the name of Chipewa Bell for Buglish setter bitch puppy by Mr. lt. H. sloore’s Dick out of Glenella. rs Gueas—Ohas, K. Van Vleck, D. D. 8., Tudson, N. Y., claims the name of Guess for his Irish red setter dog puppy by Mr. Wenzal’s Chief out of Mr. G. Hill's ‘Tilly. Dushing Duke und Dashing Deisy—Mr. Win, Wilkinson, West Phila- delphia, clalins the name of Dashing Duke and Dashing Daisy for Liewellin setter puppies, white and black, whelped June's, ibs1, by Mt W. W. Kendnil's Cell (imp. Belto - Bramble) oub of owner's Carlowita Petrel (Carlowitz-Plora). ; Flying Cloud, Flying Fowm, Buying Seud anid Fiyiny Spray—The La- Chine Keonel Club, Whitestone, lL. 1., claims tue names Blying Cloud and Fiying Foam for lemon kee dog pups, and Wlying Scud and Flying Spray for black, white and‘tan bitch pups, whelped July 12%, by champion Emperor Fred out of Minto, ish y. Y, 181. Col. Spot—Mr, Eugene Powers, Cortland, N. ¥., clalins the name or Col. Spot for hig black and white cocker dog puppy by Wljdatr out of * i ~- ae - ' . Avevsr 11, 1881.) = r. FOREST AND STREAM. 30 White Stoekings—My. Bugene Powers, Cortland, N. Y., claims the — name of While Stockings for black and white cocker bitch puppy by Wildair out of Mignon, Hiussie—M¥. Eigenes Powers, Cortlund, N. Y., claims the name of ae, for black and white cocker bitch puppy by Wildatr out of enon, yviie—Mr Wugene Powers, Cortland, N. Y,, clalms the name of Sprite for black and white cocker bitch puppy by Wildalr out of Mignon, WHELPS. Spot—Mr, Cary Seldon’s (Seldon’s Island, Montgeomery county, Md. liver and white pointer bitch Spot (Seldon’s Old Guy-Nell) whelped June 10, 1881, eleyen puppies, flve dogs aud two blotches, by Mr, G. I, Nixon's Beaufort (champion Bow-Beulah); puppies liver and white and lemon snd white. Spot—Mr. J..G. Morrison's (Ashland, N. H.) half beagle, half Eng- lish Toxhound bitch Spot (Ring-Fanny) whelped Aug. 7, four very evenly marked black, white and tan pupples, two dogs and two Late by N. Elmovre’s (Granby, Conn.) beaglé doe Mute (Rattler rue), BRED, Jennte-Spartin—Myr. W. Tullman's (Providence, R. 1.) setter biteh Jennie (ish In All-Aged stakes, Robin's Island, 1879) to Mr. H. S$. Bloodso0i's Spartan, July 29. Liiy-Reaufort—My. J, B. Beverley’s (Selma, Va.) liver and white Benet biteh Lady to Mr. G, H. Nixon's Beavfort (champion Bow- lah), Musie—Rinowood—Mr. J. G. Morrison's (Ashland, N. H,) imported beagle Music (Hockwood-Faithiul) was bred to owner's imported beagle Ringwood (Ranter-Beauty) July 7. Countess ingunoi—My. J, G Morrison’s (Ashland, N. H.) livported beagle bitch Countess (Gaylass-Bismark) Was bred to owter's im- ported beagle Ringwood (Ranter-Beauty) Aug. 6, SALES, Duke of Norfolk—Mr. J, Otis Fellows, Hornelsyille, N. Y., has sold to My. A. W. Huntley, Saranac, Mich., the ver, white and tan cocker doy Duke of Norfolk, by Brag out of Princess, tied Sue—Mr. W. H. Pierce, Peekskill, N. ¥., has sold toMr. 8. pence Phoenix, of New York city, his Irish red setter bitch Red me. Quail T77.—Mr. Rdward Lohman, of New York city, has sold to Mr. W, LH. Pierce, of Peekskill, N. Y., his Irish red setter bitch Quatl IL., ist prize N. Y. 1878: 2d prize N. Y., 1879. Leary y—Mr. A. R. Haywood, of Rock Hill, §. C., as sold to Mr W. H. Pierce, of Peekskill, N. Y¥., his handsome Irish red setter doy Larry by champion Hleho out of champion Rose. . PRESENTATION. Hilene—Mr, Robt, Ray Hamilton, Borstall Kennels, has presented to Mr, Elliott Smith the liver and white pointer bitch Ellene (Sensu- lion—-Daisy). +e - = —____ Mr. W. H. Pierce, of Peekskill, N. Y., has placed bis choice Red Trish red Setter dog Larry in the stud. See adv. Feeble Ladies, Aged Persons, Weakly Children, Persons of Sedentary Habits, al) need Hop Bitters. Rifle and Crap Skesting. RANGE AND GALLERY. Boson, Mass., Aug. 6.—The intense heat to-day no doubi accounts for the small attendance of riflemen wf Walnut Hil, but few besides those who are to shoot the match with the New York Rifle Glab at Creedmoor next Thursday aa present. The scores made in the regilar match, and also in the feam practice, are appended : . Sharpshooters’ Match. at) AV OsAGRINB sos dire bne-es spay 9 1 31 11 12 1 ~=11—108 Pr J Rabbeth 9 WwW li Ww i2 10 11 1t 11106 d Ht Willlamis,.-.,,- 11 8 10 12 10 TW 11 1 11-106 J Merrill 17 10 11 i 12 11 Lt 12 10-106 B Anson. .,, vpeeee,--y ) 68 2M 12 1k 11 19 19 10 «9408 QD. Cuwtis.. veeelB 12 1 TL F 1 10 1 9 10—11 BE Prescott .-- JT 9 9 1 9 1 10 17 10 10—101 @D Murdock........-...---- 12 8 1 9 Tl 9 10 11 JL 10-101 Handicap Match. JB Fellowss 655554454 47 NArnold,..4554554544 45 G Warren..554655 445 4-16 Team Practice—si0 yds. AC Adams.....455644545044444—§7 PJ Rabbeth... 444445454445444—63 J Merrill....... 64165544 544444—65 N W Arnold,...3544444465d4443—61 J BRellows. ....44444h444445954—64 1 OH Williams. ..333444534454444—5s HostoN—MAMMOTH RirvE GanLEery.—There was a tie between Messrs, Pratt atid Brown for first prize in the Amateur rifie match tor July, and the two gentlemen met at the gallery Tuesday evening, Aug, 2, and shot it ae OED ot them doing as wellas was expected, Pratt making 44 aud Brown falling three points behind witha41, The other scores Tor this mateh stand: Amateur Rifle Mateh, ' MI Pratt,.....46 47 47 47 47—234 W M Norcross..46 46 47 47 47—238 GH Brown ...46 47 47 47 47284 Marshall....... 45 45 46 46 46—228 Bxperts’ Rife Match. JW Smith.....45 46 46 46 47290 J BTyne...... 45 45 46 46 46—225 Experts’ Pistol Match. Tod Rebpeth,..,....-75 17 7—230 J Ames,....... W B Baton...........71 75 T9—225 . Amateur Pistol Match. SB GHOSE... case nd ene cee pte ees ee nee eres eee Bb be name cas peee. Td Th T5—222 The new matches tor eaten will be :1st, All-Comers’ rifle match ; 2d, Amateur Badge match, Experts! pistol match and amateur pistol jmutel. New YorEK Rivne GALDERY—Aug. 6.—In the Ballard Rifle Match the score of each shooter up to date with handicap at #5 yds., possible 600, § Shots, is as folllows =: saree Td T3 T7222 Score. Handicap. Total. CO GIDDS A. -- |. -wie= twins’ Pees Fee patecs teertle 56 467 JN Mérventhaler........- ool 1s 465 G Joiner.........-.- 1 + 452 By 458 ¥ Kobbl... -387 65 452 Dr Toul ..- cast 406 45 451 H Gunther.. . 392 45 437 TOR EC Tes h een RASA RCA OR OE, B42 45 387 OREEDMOOR —At the range of the National Rifle Association the August programme opened on Saturday last with the Secretary's match. On Saturday next will be held the lirst competition of the Duryea Skirmiishers’ Match, to be shot monthly. Open to all comers, Rifle, iny except repeaters. 600 to 200 yards. Shots not to exceed 20. Conipetitors assemble at 500 yards in squads opposite their re- spective targets. Atthe command of the officer the competitor in each squad whose number is called adyances (o the firing point, halts andloads. At the signai he (together with the rest of the squad) ad- vances in double time until the signal** Halt, when he assumes any position, tres, and contimues loading and firing in his discretion until the signal ‘* Forward,” which will be sounded twenty seconds after tue signal “ Halt,” when he again adyances in double time. When the competitors arrive at about 200 yards the signal ‘In retreat? is sountied, when they face about and return, tiring as before (carrying: their rifles On the right shouldér). Five halts are made in advancing and five In retreating. Compeitlors fire as they please, not to exceed 20 Shots in all, buf must fire at least one shot at each halt. On their arriving at the 500 yards’ tirine point the firing ceases, and the hits on each target aresignalled. Five points willbe deducted from acom- ey hp ae score: 1. For each failure to fire at least one shot af each alt. ¥ For cach shot fired afterthesignal ‘ Forward.” 3. For each shot found on his targetover 20. A competitor firing upon a wrong Larvet will be at once débarred from further competition. Entrance fee, 50 cents each entry; entries unlimited as tlme will permit; original entries tolave the pretevence over re-entries. The Witchester mateh at the running deer will be tired the same day- On Saturday, 20th, the “ Boylan” and “Baker & MeKenny” match will Luye its Unlrd Competition. Open to everybody. 100 and s0u yards. Any military rific. Members of the N.G.8.N_Y, using the Remington State Model Rifle may count thrir scores made in this match as qualifying for the N.Y. State Marksmans’ Badge, . Entries unlimited, but only the highest: score to count. On the 20th will also be shot. the * Champion Marksman’s Rade” match. Open to all members of N. G8, N. ¥, and N, R.A., the tat— ter, however, not being eligible to win the peinoye rize. 200 and 600 yards, five shots at each. The Remington Rifle N. Y. State Model. Competitors allowed unilinited entries in tach competition, but only the highest score to take a prize, Members of the N. G8, N. Y. using the Remingion State Model Rifle may count (hetr scores made inthis match as qualifying tor the N.Y. State Marksman’s Badge. On Saturday, the 27th, the Secretary's match, af, 200 and 600 yards, for military rifles, will be shot. ALbany, Aug. 4,—If was, as our triend Mr. Beecher ts said to haye remarked on a similar ocrasion, a d—d hot day at Renssaelerwyck 1oday, ani people who sweltered in town can have some idea of the physical enfurance and nerve of the 1itlermen who, for (wo hours and a half, stood in the heat of the blazing sim facing the butts and sent bullet etter bullet, with unetring ain, into the targets, Since the closing out of the Remington match there has been no competition at the range which combined all of the regular off-hand distances, Some tithe since Messrs, Uplhegrovye & McLellan, of Valparaiso, Indi- fina, Manuficeturers of the well-known Holabird waterproof shooting sults, donated one of the first-class complete sults io the association to beshot itor by the members and all other riflemen who night choose fo enter the competition. The match was set, down for this afternoon, seven shots at 10), 200 and 300 yards respectively. Owing to the intense heat, the match was not commenced until nearly three clock, When the 300 yard point had been reached the sui had got South of the hill. and a black shadow was cast upon the targets. The marksmen found It extremely difficulb to hold on and see Tie bpils- eye, though in spite of the obstacle the majority were holding well, and gettlig close oes, with an otcasional bull; an average ot cen- tres Was a8 Zood as one expected, and the expectations were just about realized, only one of the competitors getting betir than the centre average. At this range Capt. Witch succeeded in getiling an ayerage of centres, and retired with #6 out of the possible 105, leading all com— petitors 4 points, The detailed scores are as follows: Win. &, Fitch, Bal. S. 200 yds. .6505544—a8 G, UW. Charles, Bal. 8. 200 yds. .8554554—31 Jas, J. Miles, Bal, 8. 200 yds .4434455—29 ‘Theo, Wooster, Bal 8. 200 yds. 444454429 Wut. I. Miles, Bal, S. 200 yus_. 346244598 A. Thorne, S. M- 200 yds) ,45534t4—99 R. J. Green, Bal. 8. 20) yds. ,d444455—a0 J. B. Schityler, Bal, 8. 200 yds. .3444348—25 J. G. Webster, Bal, 8. TOU yos. .d644555—b2 200 yds, 344454498 S00 yds. .8843443—23—s3 Divasern, N. J.—Champlon Marksmat’s Match, Aug. 4: 100 yds, 555555535 S00 yds. .44dsads—os—o 100 yds... 5545555—84 S00 yds. t4tttdd—g7—oe, 100 yds, .d4bith5—ie 300 yds. .4444354—y3—a) 100 yds, .654:545—82 ai yds. .4584341.—27—s5 300 yds. .4353444—26—87 100 yds, .A466455—32 300 yds, .b244441—25 —36 10) yas. .4ss6545—30 300 yds, .4434344—v5—S5- 100 yds. .4444445—29 $00 ys. . b444454—H0—S4 r 20) Yards. 6500 Yards Age. Col Howard... .22..-cssee eee 565 4 4-99 h44 5 3-21 43 JR TVaylor.... v4 4d fd d—20 5H 4 fb 20 4) R Bonnett, -. 2.5 44 4 2—2)) 4454 3—20 40 E'S Brown..,,.. 2 3 4 4 19 &843 0 44 33 metal competitors failed to quality. Saturday, Aug. 6, Sharps atch: MB Hull...... a44d656544 45 J Thomas,,.,.4384945443—41 EM Squier....3445544444—41 One competitor retired. A Furre Maren ny Cante.—The Demerara Rifle Association of Georgetown, Demerara, has challenged the Massachusetts Rifle Association to a team match, with conditions as follows : Ten men to a side, military rifles, ‘‘such ag are used in the service ;” ranges, 200, 500 and 600 yards; rounder, seven at each distance; Wimble- don, England, rules to govern. The above challange has been ac- cepted, and the match will be shot Angust 27, simultaneously, at Walnut Hill and Georgetown, Demerara. The American consul at Georgetown willact as umpire for the Massachusetts team, and I’. H. Nichols, of Boston, for the English team. By the conditions noted aboye it will be seen that the English targets will be used, Their dimensions are as follows: Two hundred yards, size of tar- get, 4x4 ft. ; bullseye, 8in. in diameter ; centre, 16 in. diameter; inner, 2 ft, in diameter ; outer, remainder of target. Five hun- drad and six hundred yards, size of target, 6x6 ft.; bullseye, 2 ft.; centre, 3 ft.; inner, 3 ft.; outer, remainder of target. Under English rules any position may be used. Considerable interest will centre on this match from the fact that it will be the first military rifle match ever shot in this country under Nnglish rules. It will also be the first match contested by the Massachusetts Asgo- ciation, as such, with military rifles. As the Demerara Association is chiefly military, and has had a long familiarity with the manner of shooting to be adopted, it will haye a decided primary adyan- tage over the Massachusettsmen; but the latter are nothing loth to accept challenges even when the odds are against them, + THE TRAP. THE CHIGAGO TOURNAMENT. Hiitoy Forest anid Stream > Cureago, TIL, Aug. 6, The tournament of the Ilinols S$. ate Sportsmen's Association brought here this week the best piveon shots in the State, The scores made araply attest the skillof Minois at the traps. T send the following sulntnary of the several events thatyour readers who are intercsted in the sport. may have a record of what all here agree in termtue a very creditable display of Skill : MATCH FOR THE BOARD OF TRADE DIAMOND BADGE for the State championship, to be held by the winner each year io trust’, and (o be accounted for to the State Associntion, the winner to reccive eniianee money at the next annual contest; value, $500, with additional prizes for the highest score among the other classes. 'l'lhere were 178 entries for this mateh, including the best known shots of the State. The e¢ondtiions were: 15 birds, 25 yards, plunge traps. The tles aid shoor ing off were as follows : Ties on 15—Finst round, 5 birds a} 26 yards > D Beers. ei oveseeess LIITI—5 W Morvis.......cneeeeees + LTLIO— Milo Randall, ... .-l1111—5 AG Filler... eyes 2,1) 101—t OE Fenton. . -11111—5 ‘lH MGArtbhur --- 101114 WC Rowe. - IM —p P Olark...,,..- ---11100—3 TY Wryatts ..--..--+- , 11id— a Toles)... sy. ---li (0—3 George Kleinman .. Se LUN, J SOAs 1s Meets oe ee -11000—8 8 G Tunnicliffe ..... alUli1—4t J Rte ...._. we sey-11000—2 EC Howard . 110i OF Britton..... ~~ 10000—1. GC Mosher. . weseeeee et TIN—4 J HW Extord...... .--1000—1 W Doxey........ ....2...110 04+ RA Turtle... W001 Messrs. J. di. first. Second round; three birds at3| yard (OBIS of} he) TERR ee +o». -110—9 (DeBERIS fee pos -1I—# Geo Kleinman, -..,,,,..,.-,1—1 Milo Randall,.., 110-2 W C Rowe...-......5 rl Fey uw Final Round ; bree bis at sl yards: D Beers...-... iji—3 Milo Randall,.......... ae. OW Cen bons... 55 oe IW Ties on 14—First round; five pirds at 26 yards: J Hough :....--2.... aa. slti—s LH Bruner.,......-.- ss... 17100—3 DG Cunningham .,,..,..JU1—i GE Wheeler --:......,.... 11100—3 eles Vor oe Sho el dc atl nolela)atsrn 11ll—s FS Kent see ee renee --L0M—3 HeIVPoriel.s.22 as pereer DQUI—f PL Prath, Srreeulonp W B Wanworth....... ....1110i—t 1 Zamor »1100—9 GC F Stock --.- Holi—4 -F Zuthy 101Q—2 GH Gurier {1110—4+ A Brook : .1/000—9 AW Bruner... 1100—3 CD Gammon. , 1010001 J Heivhrind .......... --A1W0—38 CP YoOWWE,,.,.-....6-.04- 1OH0U—L Dr Spray ics-) =~. see LLL00—3 Willard, Doni, Lydston, Thompsim and Stage missed thelr (list, Messrs. C. Green, H. |. Porter, G. EB. Wheeler, J. McCallum, W. ‘?. Tohnsou did nol shook, Second rouud; three birds uh at yards: J Howl. ......... . 1li—8 J Millet... .... . 0i1—2 DG Cunniptham. 10—2 TT porter. 10-2 Final round tor second prize; three birds at 8 DG Cnnaingham ....lll—% H'P Porte oJ AUPE ae L071 Ties 18—Flrat hound; five birds at-26-yards: POBUSIN. tesla ee eee LI TW Goal...) ss... AO Abe Nleinman . ----11111—5 GS Olpayer.......... -.11110—4 FWreekly -... eee J T11—A ~W Ballou... -.11101—+t VM Lincoln, ee U5 Chas Kern, «ELT —t df Palin. -eseldl1—f SH Turrill. . 011I—t Hd Thomas. ~D11—G OH MeaTs,........-+-0+-. LL00—8 RB Organ,..,..... . .LTL0—4 46 1001 m4 mans bas ate Ghas Beck, Geo Linsley, C Weury, J O Allen, H A Sloan, WW Foss; Dr F B Norcom, HF Neidhart and OW L ‘Salisbury killed two each HY (Cowan, F Kelloze, WE Best, A C Palmer, W Harbaugh and B Wiggins killed one cach, CA Emery, W_B Welrose, G C Depue, I H Tehistock, D & Reed, L Weekly, WM Bassett, Dr 7 ¢ White and Col Willams missucl thei tiyst. Me G Bren pod Col RS Bond did not shoot: Second round: three birds at 31 yards: WBUSHS it eee. eecs eli a VY MM LINGOIM, .-seens,1 -yo--0- stil Abe Wleinman.............5 110—2 JA Palm. Weekly: 2 fitc5 ee a eee a .011—28 hd Thomas . Ae WGN .--.. +2. eee, 0-001 —2 PF Woeki¥,........4.-. _, ... Jw Ties om J2—Pivst Round: five bird! at 26 yards : W Wlennine.....2...,.-... Tt-5 Wd Brive 2: sass 0 2yuus .. 111) —3 TR Wasdel- ee ae ts VERS 4. 1g + TIO LE MESGUITES, 5.2... cree 1Witt—s Mat "tie = JR Mayliuny -. diil—fh # Bymal.. ral —2 A 6 Rottioin -..111—5 JM Ifitehinsyn....-....110 —2 W AGaMsi es... ee si Il W Loveday, 2 L Mayo, WI Duwy, dimes Robson, Dr Brass, FA Allen, J Linberg, A H Tochstciier, A Piinces and @har'les: Strawn killed |} each GW 'Vuylor, G W 'townsend, Alex Cook, WoW MeFar- Jaiid and J Stevenson tiis-ed thell first. Messrs J M Olver, A B Cook and S Lissenden dl not shoot, Second Round; three birds at $1 yards: W Henning. : 1. seee hans W—s JR Maybury,...---.-.s.e++ elt 8 BR Uasdell, . , DIB AB Rodman,.....-.....2.06 110—8 PANE Sciens. 29a ee - 110—2 Thitd Round for Second Prize; three birds at $1 yards: BR TEASUE sas: pass 0-a es 1li—k JR Maybury...---....----.., OW HOM Squters,.........-- ----10 —1 A Bhodman...... 4.22.4... ote LOW Ties on 11—Eirst Round; tive birds at 26 yards: M Benner.....-....-.. gees TITLI—6 “Od Fishes e221, fees potest 11 —3 ? WG Payson...... 0.0... Dr Tuppan.... .. ...... 10) —2 BH Trancis.......... Pant nadi—om shite (es fa Caie per pecet ere DI) LR Bowe eile HO! LWPylOpe.yechetlltes ete od Hi iilers, J J Gillespie, WT Sage and J Watson missed thet first. Messis H Bloetkman, GIN Olds, B Cornwall, G N Davis and LB Crocker did not shoat. Second Rownd; three birds at 31 yards: M Benner. W11—s EH Prangis, ..-.0....,---.---- Wi—s WG Payson.....3......-. 6. 101-2 Fittal Round for Second Prize; three birds ats) yards: WG’ Payson. sciset --.ti-a8 § Francis ; The badge was won by D, Beers, of the Geneseo Sporisman’s O1ub. the second prize in the Tirat Class of ties consisted of a Bond boat, With patent rowing allachinents, and 146 pauge Daley breechtoad- ing shot-vun and Winchester paper shells and gun wads. ‘These were valued collectively al $iz7, C. E. Felton, Of the Audubon Club, of Chicago, and Milo Randall, of fie Geneseo Sportsman's Club, tying in the third round, divided. The first prize in the setend class was won by 4. Hough, of the Peorla Club—$i13 worth of sporisman’s ma- terials; second prize, $46, won by Di J. Cunninghain, ot the Delayan Prairie Ciuh. THAM MArcH, four men Trom each clib, members of (he Slate As- sociation, four birds each contestant, 21 yards rise, plunge (raps, The prize Was 4 lirge gold medal donated by the Stale Associntion and valned at $100, fo be eld by the winning club, with four smull wold medals, donated by the Chitavo Shoot) e Club te the Individials comprising the winning team. This prodiced u mos) excitine contest. ‘Poward the end the Delayan and Mapie Cliy Clubs fighting the bate for fhe medal with the greatest persistency, the Delavan boys win- Mug in the end by two, with Galesburg a good third. he scores were as follows: J Delavan Prairle Olub, of Delavnn—J K Linberger 15, P Clark 14, DG Cunuligham 14, Thos Watts 15. Total 45. Maple City Gun Olub, of Genéseo—Dr C Tuppan bt, G 8, Wells 13, W Harbaugh 15,F A Me rtlurid, ‘Total tie, Galesburg Shooting Club, of Galesburg—P Weekly 12, L Weekly 15, PO Delansy 14, A Brooks 4. Totul 55. Geneseo Sportsmans Club, at Genes6o—W Morrls D Beers 14, N Doxey 14, J 5 Joles 15. Total 63. Audubon Clib, of Chicago—Chas Jolmson 15, C J Kern 18, © B el ton 14, Thos Stagg 10. Total 52. Chicago Shooting Olub, of Chicago—A Kleinman 12, RB Organ 14, OT Willard 12,0 J Kleinman 14. ‘Total 62, Staunton Shooting Club, of Staunton—G W Townsend 15, WE Best 14, A Davis $, HM Squlrves 15. Total sf. Forrester Club, of Chilcago—s H Wilcox 15, Ed Price 15,8 Tapeill 6, Abe Price 1s, Total, 41. Fort Clark Shooting Club, of Peoria—Fred Lamimers14, JH Erford 13, Chas Stock 13, W D Doty 11. ‘otal, 5). Lake George Shooting Club, of Chicago—R A Turtle 1s, W Ti Puy- son 13, F& McGowan 12, J G Palm 12. Total, 50. Mercer Shooting Club, 1l.— B Gruner 13, Jas Robson 11, ET Cros- by 11, Kk Cool16. Total, 50. Macomb Shooting Olin, of Macomb—S G Tunntelilfe ty, H MW Neid- hardt 11, G C Mosher 13, O F Britton 14, Tobal, 50. Cascade Gun lub, of New Berllii—T W Taylori0, J M Woods 1%, Dan Hogan id. fF A Allen 14. obal 60. Austin Gun Club, of Austin—W W Toss il, F Cantield 12, C D Gam- mon 12, WW Meéfarland 11. Total, 50. Rock Island Gin Ohib, oF Rock Tslind—A B Rodman i), F Young id, A A Ttofstetter 11, A W Bruner id. Tevet, 49 Gem City Gus Club, of Quincy, L—C Seluleeratt 12, W He Craw- Tord 12, WH Lanois 10, 0 4ipklel la. Ttil, 45. Peoria Shooting Club, of Peovria—F Zuthy 14, WT Patinstouk 6, v M Lincoln 14, Jolin Hough 14. Total, 47. Blue island Gun Club, of Blye Island—E ‘Vhomas Jr 18, Bush 10, Dr Brass 14,0 H Warner). otal, 46. Glenco Gun Club, of Glenco, Til,—George Hesler 11, © Beek 12, EC Howard, 13, H Taylor 10, ‘Total, 45 Mak-Suw-ba Club, of Chicago—W il Haskell 12, H A Sloan, J B Wiggins 12, 0) TH Mears 12. Toval. 45, «Aububon Club, of Johnsonville, I1.—C TMenry 4, J K Stice 12, A.C Palmer 10, Clas Stvanu 12. Total, 44. Quiney Shooting Club, of Quincy—Gro A Wheeler 7, TD Woodruir 11, J Miller 13, W B Hanworth1s. ola), 44. Cumberland Gun Club, of Chiicago—il Wy Loveday “4, John Hetland 8, Dr Tlulehinson 11, NW M Bassetti), Total, 4" South End Shooting Club, of Chicago—M Wich 13, G W Lydston 13, HL Salisbury 10, Chas $ CleaverT. ‘Total, 43. Wenona Union Gun Club, of Wenoua—O Hamilton 14,4 C Depue 12, Wra Henning 12, H W Cowan 12. ‘otal, 40. Shoot No. 3.—Siweepsiakes.—Vour pairs ot birds, 18 yards rise; class shooting : three moneys—al, 30 and 20 per cent, Im this mateh the following gentlemen tied on S straight: W Batlow, & A Tucker, OD Bears, A Merriman, © F Leland, Geo OC Beek H WUowun, H M Sqti- A Hostetter, H ¥ Neidhirdt, T Davis, Ike Partington, All but the last five tying again on4 stralght at 26 yards, Messrs. Barlow wut Tucker again on 4 slvaleht a 26 yards and dividing. Ninvbeen men Wed on 7, J Kleinman, DG Tinniclitte, N Doxy. GA Schall and A YL Bogardus tylug again on + straight at 26 yards, Doxey and schall Killing 4 again af26 yards and dividing. Fitfeen men tii on &, J ste- vanes iad W Witkins winning second shuobof with 4 each at 26 yards. Shoot No. 4—Seven birds at 24 yards, three best scores to win. Of those who killed all their birds Messrs A Kieinman, J F Camphetl, C. Sheldon and E Pricé tied four times on $’at 41 yards and divided. Shoot No. 6.—Five bilds, 26 yurds rise First prize was divided be- tween Messrs EG Howard, a Brooks, J Millerand C F Young. The second prize was divided between Messrs D G Tunnicllife, W Morris, D Beers, J SJoles and WR Doane, and the piird prize won by J 7 Eléinman after a tie with M Wich. Tew Shoot.—Two men from apy club ty the United States ; re-en- tles allowed ; 10 birds eich man; 21 yards. The stores were: Chi- cago Shooting Cinb, different entries, respectively, 10, 17, 18, 19, 17, 18, 18, Wy 19, W. W203 Ridgeland 17, Staunton W, Rod and Gun 15, For ¢sher 20,19, 1, Rock City 19, Delavan Pratrie 16, 20, Bluff City 16, Gen- eso 15, 19, 19, 2, Quincy 16, Nashville 15, Wenona w, Rock Island wy, 20, Indianapolis i7, Brooklyn 14, 18, Macomb 15, Cumberland 19, South Hind 18, 18, Coscade w, (uincy 14, Galesburg 17, Brue Island w, Lue County w, Maple City Li, 17, w, Mak-Saw-ba w, Lake George 1s, + wm berland w, Audubon w, Blue Island 1s. ‘Ties on 20 won by the Chica- go Club, on 1 by Chicago Club, of 18 by Bine Island Clitb. Beat Average im shoots 1,4, band; Watts, W B Hanworth, N Dory and M Rundall tied, Watts and Hanworth scoring 3 each and itl ne, 19, iz, ——_#tene RayMOND, Mags,—The Raymond Club held the first of its fortnlgbt- ly shouts on tts grounds at Wellington, Aug. 6. With the exception ol the moist condition of things, caused by the intense heat, the 36 ‘$ FOREST AND STREAM, i - [Avaver 11, 1881 eS. Eee Shooters had bil lijlin to contend with, and succeeded in running up excellentreco ds, ‘Phe following scores were made in the reuuiar Taateh ob 80 Walls, 15 yards rise, Holden trap: Grulin 20, Trookings 17, Diiswirhh 17, Kheaune 16, Baton 16, Witheretl 1, Kibkivood 14, Sawyer 1 symines id, Maylen 14, Kenedy Wk The honors In the Hindisth Mateh were patterned In by Hay, Witherett and iirkwoud, 1H the yrder mamed, SAGAPATOR ASSOCIATION. — Bath, Me, Aug. &—The Sagadahoc As- SoeuUIOO bela tloir bhi match of whe season al Bowdoinhiin, Aug, 2. THe Sold bidge was acain wouDy Chas. H, Greenlear of thls city, The Becond pilze Tor Wie yea & Silver cup, was wou by A. A. Slt HOF Branswitk The third prize, silver cup, by A. @. Goud of Vopsiuum. The fullowing are thie seorus, Hftoen balls Lurows trom a dowble revely- ine trap ai 1S yards. Goud, k6ys and Gieenieal handicapped to 4 yards:--U. ML. Greewleat 15, 1. A. Stetson 14, J. oH. Millay 12, M. Tiail 12, A, @. Goud 12, C Keys 12, W.8. Walliams 11. Bann River, Mass., Ang, 4.—The Pall River Gun Club held its peg War seniiamontiiy shoo tor wold bude, 80 bills, handeap rise, Gaurd Yohdiry Wap: P RB Gorden, 15 yds. W H suvldong, ls yds, Wo) Braley, ¥1yds ...: TS Hall, 22 ye oe OW Burtinton, S Allen, 2b yds 7 Borden, Jn, 18 yds WB Valentine, 24 yiks J Comic, 1s yds JM Wood, 8 yo mts I, E. Borden wins badge, Second Mutch—Miss and out. #1 yards : W41L W111 11411—20 JANI 2111/0 1id1—10 11100 11147 LiddL—48 WA WL 101-18 11011 11011 T1iti—18 TUL 1)2bt 0111117 TOLIO L1dt 1110—16 T1111 DTD J t9 V1L01 OTT VDL AT OUO00 10L11 O01d1—11 FAD .- 2. 2.. 554 —1 Cornell......... TALIA Low—ig Borden, Jr. OW —1 PE Borden...,.d1 i iiiiu—ia Braley..-.. AV —% Valouines..... bie —18 Allem.,,-,--.---1HLMitiow =—i0) Bultinton.. LUA TT 15 Thitd Match—') dials, 21 yards, 8 prizes Braley 10, Mat 1), Bufiin- Ton Y, Allene, Blielddu y, Valentine 9, 7 Border, ‘Pies On 10—Braley 1, Halle. Ties O19—Hutinion 4, Allen 7, Sheldon 4, Valentine 5. The chub will howdy giaud class ball toumeunent Aus, 17 and 4s. me ANG purlicnlars senbon LpPplleAlion Lo Ts, Hall, secre- ary, 8. HH. ce Dexe, Slulen Island, Jwiy 21.—Finst New York Garman Gun uy = Gh Braun, 21 yiis.. J Glocewin, 2b yds Pimnder, 2 yds. Henuier, 21 yu ~- 11119111110 VoAd0 ft1— 7 1111 H1— 7 2 WET LUI 6 Kjeln, 2t yds -- W111 — 8 Nagel, 21 yds.--,....000000010— 1 W Gloceum, 21 yds...) uduorii— 4 Gotz, 2t yde...0. 2 oniii— 9 bockeiman, 41 yds... drivi00/10— 6 Ch, Brann won lie cold nicl. Malsh, 21 va Zalin, 21 yd Pailg, 21 ye aie, vl yds. AHL L01— § OWN 6 yeeees VIDITLIMA— 7 OU — 7 Livbsim, el y ... LI TId— § Bechvel, 21 y ~-- LOM TI— 8 Operiuaty, 21 yds....7111Wi1vi— 8 Schiller, vl yds,..... 1111101 000— 5 Carskoun ys. Wopson—Catskill, N. ¥., Aug. §.—The following is the score made Avg. Gina glass ball match ag Prospeat Park Motel Sromuds ab Chis plice between the Catskill Guu Club and the Hudson Qun Clip; Catskill Team, oe peleae eee eee ee LDITTLITINII011 11 0—15 + eeee TITIDILITIONO LOLI —17 ~ AUITVITIOUI TOTTI —t7 VOW 110111 —1T oe) VDD4111) 44140) 11 — a) =U 0E01109119 101111 — 20 -.1111101019111101111—18 00010110 10, 01171718 ~~ LUV 0119011191211 —17 Selden, OG, Cipt...... Chleb, G N.t., 2. Beckley, 1.5 Jackson, J L. Smith, L b,. spencer, HP, AndGYSuh, Te... ,. GTeent, MV... 4 3 PLIGG BON Ds fete dim uareledoe = then Team, eee DUI Ld 9 stoteetr i LIOTWOTI LITO L0—15 ~ IU —20 /00109711011201110101—17 «tdd12111111 111 0—1s8 220012120070 1010091191 —-18 = WO001T 511101 071 e138 Tudson Bostwiek, GO Wy, Gapte.....ceeeseee Hatdard, Chyis.... Bevker. Chas....s, Gaze, Geore., Rumnazette Shute, J. Gra, Gute a Ff Forsuew, J U...., = Hudson shot eight wun, makin in wll 18%, an averdwe of 162g, Newer. N. J.—Mateh under following conditions ; 6 traps, 10 birds é-ch,25 yds, nse; both barrels, Prizes, a gun valosd algal; $1a, #0 and és. score: Van Volkenburg.. ..1iii11i—1) SA(MLVES 20.2... IUIOUIINI— Gannon VLlidid — T Myers AMIL/Pi14—10 Sever. OMIM 8 Liewe eee O/LL1T11i— 9 Oasiles. =-1111111111-10 Klein - » ALTON 11— 9 Hughes ..-...,..-.../0i1i— 9 Ties of 10—Shot off at a0 yds, miss and go out: Van Volkenburg 1, Myers 8, Casules 9, Coles 8, Green s. Tes On Y—B.ewetb 1, Klein 3, Hughes 1, Winans 2, house 2. P ‘Ties on 8B—Cannon 3, fever 3, Creen 7, Sargent ti. a 5 Ve | ea At Wwiti— 8 Coles...., -11i1 1111-410 Winan T0TI1LI— 9 Frysues, LILO 7 .1101111110— 8 eee ll OMI i— 9 veel TUL ddd idi—10 Myers 0, More- CATAWISSA, Pern., Aug. 6.—Weekly scove for badge: AlOWIGH,.: 23.4.5 eeweee LTAUL 10010 11111 11.01—20 atbele} sees ana peteer yer. ~ 10010 110400) VILL 39141 —18 sel --1T14 OL110 11010 11101—35 box Dinker.. Malloy... Harmon... Theo Fox ees PILL tees an, da Bs od wth shire ba bein Wolpe itch esse - IVIL T1010 10110 0101 /—12 -10°OL 11111 11000 U0010—11 0000 OLNOL 1000 11001— 7 11010 WOTTO CUNT) OOWI— 9 ~-001TT 10100 01001 (11b0— 9 weve eet I 110 Lit) 1O1ud 11110 —16 H, B. A, “YOURSELF AND FRIENDS are cordally invited to attend the third frond piss ball knot of the Kirtland Shooting Clab, of Cloveluid, to he eld on the grounds of the club at Rocky diver, Wetlne-tiy, Au. 17, Sh." So vu Che nvitalion, wid all communications addressed to Geo. Kanderson, Jr,, Dewolt street, Cloyelaid, Uhio, will recelye prompt attention. +i—- CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING. LovIsyince, Ky., Aug. 2 Editor Forest and Stream + The Gay pigeon was tested here in a sweepstakes mateh on Thuys- day last. The pentlomn shooting under (le name of Hazzard is Mr. Sam) S urchins, of Loulsvive, who took (he leading three prizes the diay betore. “ Gregory "is Mr. Jewett, of Michigan, champion slob of thatseciion; 1 yardstise; 10 single birds: Miles, of Miss.,,....10010 (0101—4 Hazzard, of Ky,.....11001 10011—5 Pollard, of Aia......11110 000016 ~Kivinman,orql..... Wii 1ti—y Gregory, Of Mich..-011\1 11101—S ‘homiton ....-.,... 00101 111-0—6 This is the frst time the above parlies shot, at the clay pigeon. Kleinman’s score jidicaved they can veadily be hit and broken by & eruck shot. : PERKINS. CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. 4, Dititoy Forest and Stream: The Tollowing reora was made ata sweepstakes match, Kiieman's Park, Til,, State Assootation ‘/ovrnoment, to-day, where the clay Pigeon was lush enlusiasticaly revelyed, 6 single birds, yds. rise: Highland [EVWIS. - Venveset se seb 110 1—4 SOT. vase Dy khoc....- 1911 0-8 Watson ,. Tiekenback. A) 4 G 1-2 Miiler ... WOOdS. cs etccemee nese) 0 IB Bates........2. Watson and Miller divide first money. Uies for second money, 2 birds, 16 yds, 1ise—Bales 2, Davis 5. LEME IER, a Any gentleman (desiring to pmrchase a first-class gun ata low price BOWIE Honsult (he dy. Vhs woelk ord. Paloero Net! & Go, who aller a Clenrance sale of W. W. Greener's celebrated wuns. They offer to send the guns c. O; D, with privilere of Oxamination. Oh, how vervashing, palatable oid veyiving is a draught of cool Wate? With Hop Bitters in it to a fever patient, ' Hachting and Canoeing, FIXTURES Third Chimyponship revatta, Chamiplouship ssi-art, Sun Branvisco ¥, 0. Cruise to Drake's Bay, Hep, B—Dolrehestar yy. C, Vall regatta. Sept, 7.—Hoyal Canadivg YO. Annual regatta. sept. 1,—Beverly ¥.C. Clianplonship regawa, Marhichead, Spl. 17.—han Francisco Y. CG, Conntinan matehes, Sept. 13, —-Qnaker ity Y.€. Pall regutta, Sojit, 13.—Colunibla YC. Wall rewatta. Sept. 4l.—Beverly ¥.C. Special regatta, Swampscott. Seph, 24,—Qiniker Gity ¥. CG, Closing ernise. Oth $— Sat Francisca ¥.C, Moonlight cruise, ‘ Nov, 5,—San Pruncisce ¥. 0. Closing cruise, Aug. al,— Quinney ch Aap 1.—qQinney Y. 0, Sept. 3. 4 NEW YORK YACHT CLUB, — GQ LOWIx bul surely we are extending the Umits of our erusing sand With tt we are wal 6 Say o gradual improvement in model fud fi mim is observable. There was 4 time, and Lut so Many Years ago, When New Lolidlon was considered pretiy wull Cast, Aud & eruise to such a far olf place was talked averand entered upon as thon ib WeETH GUIlG & Voyage, ALd inasmuch Hs a Sill Wotough the broadest, part Oo he Sound was TVolved, quite a venturesoue underiaking BUC Very few years ago the squadron of the Now York Y. C., and of That only Utose Or the heaviest tonnage, was alone deemed equal Lo a dish around Judith into Newport harbor on the auanal cruise, rhe rest of Lhe Ginbs haying no awhition beyoud New Londou and Green- port, Owns Which tor a long period rematned a sort of w/iime thicle to Lhe enulsing yaoltsmen leting trom Lhe heated, dusty streets of Lie motropols, Now all this is happily hanging tor Some dine More akin 10 what we Uke Co note, bold aimuteurs fearlessly putting out to Seb nud sailing wp and down Lhe eoust “just Uke anybody else’ 1 hus loow Oven dSlAnd Me veproueh LO Our yachismen and bie eral thoy own Wut neither were Nb TOY veal Sport of w manly, Intelligent sort, hut that our borts were mere Tir-weather slinvles, and their crews but Gly COckntys ON a FentcoLspree. If vhe chure fs slill one which holds in many cases Mere ds the nucleus now at Tevst of something Netter. A class of genuine sailors, owning ships for he sailing aud Hot lor Ostentaiah or mere king or time, has slowly been forming until ib las wow become such a power ln the Jand that ins voice has been heard and heeded in davor of a deeper, safer class of crate which in their tiinn have helped to widen the seope of our tars and Wit from their vision the oanow confining horizon of Lone Islands Sandy shores. Your cruiser bow plunges on tito fresh and wulcnown watery wastes, Greenport no longer the (nd of ls world and New London— well, nothing more than a suburb to the great city, with the Sound becoming only achannel ortalrway leading outto (lose eastern seas we Tow are seeking just as formerly we shinuedihem, In wae elden tink when Newport was 0s far as any * practical, sensible” man want: d to go In & yachtwhen others, } ushlog further East, were thoughra trite “off for needlessiy seeking the combers of an open sea when every- thivg might have been had smooth and snug much nearer home in those days Lhe seevar ihe N.Y. ¥. C. was wont lo mertioa pretty little bight around SanW’s Polot, om Long Island, known to the coast sur- vey aS Hempstead Harbor, but more familiar to yachtsmen as Glen Cove, ‘There (he erwises of the squadron would have their inception, and orders were wont lo be pusscd around from erati to cragt the night belore the start. Nowatluys Glen Cove ts too near Lome—t is too sinall to hold the big and sulll growing feet of modern times—it is, besides, 100 rustic, Loo uuprotenUous, too far west, involving a tedious sal through the narrow, tiresome, muddy waters of that very Sound no sensible” yachtsman cared to leaye such a short lime ago! 80 now, in conformity with higher ambition und broader views, With a genume sighing tor real old obeantsg well, the squadron quictly skips the Sound as beneath its Towler, Meks iself together at the Eastern Bnd ti New London harbor, andinan hour or two has passed ont to sea, leaving behind Wb jual former paradise of the timld New Yorker fh his oversparred vlam-sleli—" thy finest erulsing ground in the world !? as the patelors loved to exelali, And so tor Lhe Miture a new chapter has bean opened, and to will be a pleasure henceforth to note the doings of the big Heet in the open waters strefchiug trom the Race (0 Nantucket. Thus, by exgmple of the Wading club, crulsing has this year taken a by lift—tt has been weaned from sickly predlleciion tor a duekpond éxistenve and has been landed fairly and squarcly out In oven water. Now we may be happy. A little experience 1s all we want to make thorough seamen out of the material on hand, and wherever a seaman walks a deuka Wholesome ship is sure to be beneath. Only once let us habitually cruise at sea hud the days Of the treacherous Ueht dratts are num- bered. Every squall, every puff, every nasty day, every on-shore gale—one and ai will contribute taward the army of converts to the telgion we preach: “The first clement of suecesstul deslizn is ahsgo- lute safety—without iL uw model is but a Ca deaue.? What the New York Y. G. does the others do In (lint. May we goon sce the day when Squadrons salling uoder olher colors will disdain the inside «ork asa retection Upon their honest boats aud the stout hearts supposed to man them, Leave the daek-ponds 10 {he “machines” and seek the Ocean, 4s becomes 4 Sailor, Mor the ¢ruise this year the N, ¥ Y. C. Was particularly fortunate tn having M0. soln BR, Waller tor Gommo- dore, Jated by M1. Robert Center, in the capachiy of Fleet Captam an office, by the way, which was Siven eulity to some purpose through the enerey, watchiuiness andtanitiarity of Mr Center with everythlug appertaining to hls dutles and to the sport In ceéneral. Fleet captains are Loo often *sinecures,” fourishiby unknown to the squadron, Dut in this case there was business In the alr whenever the Eleet Captain stepped on deck. The confidence in his capacity felt by every one in the fieet had no little to do with the good order pre- served throughout in tle muntGuvring of so many sail. he popularity of the olfleers, the attractions of an active “outdoor? campaign beyond the Race, with a possi- biliLy of yvounding the drendvd Cape on a dash 10 Boston, all induced @ large turn out of erat, with ships of heayy tonnage predominant, and © tea kelbles” morenumerous than ever be- fore. AU snufiown the Tollowimy took their time from the Daunt- less, the Nugslip: Scliooners—Columpbia, 18% tons, J. Lester Wallack; Tidal Wave, 202 tons, Danial Cook; Civt @, 122 tons, Anson P. Stokes: Marieleine, 162 tons, J_§. Dickerson; Aroostook, 110 tons, H. 0. Stur- fess: Kambler, 293 tons, W. WH Thomas; Wstelie, 103 tons, J, D. Smith; Comet, ft tons, W, H. Laugleay; Water witch, 120 tons, 0. it. Mallory; Southern Cross, 70 tons, J. A. Monsell; Magic, 90 tons, F. M. Weld, Jr.} Social, bo tons, C. W. Lippitt. Vo this feet there 1s to be added the following fine lob ol sioops: Vision, 64 tons, J. Alexander; Mischler, 80 tons, J, R, Busk; Gracie, 85 tons, C. Ry Flinu; Rover, 60 tons, W. B. Tselin; Vixen, 38 tons, B C. Lawrence; Coming, 64 ons, 5. Peabody; Whileaway, 5) tons, G. I. Randolph: Psyche, 33 tons, EM, Brown; Panny, 90 tons, H.W. FPeris; Wizard, 25 tons, G. Kortright; Kelpie, 40 tons, J. N. Winslow. Also these steam yachts; Ocean Gem, Tt tons, W. P. Clyde; Sicylork, 90 tons, | Alex. Taylor, Jr; Corsair, 260 lous, ©. J. Osborn; Hival, $0 tons, G.. paren f Lurline, 72 tors, Jas. Stillman, and the Radha, 400 tons, P. Lorillard. The Meet was not blessed wilh suitable weather, a lack of wind and heayy fogs polug Tar to rob the vailous runs and vaces of deelsive re- Bulls, (he vonterts degenerating Into diiits and Nuktuy trom port to port, honors atid cups being taken without much regard to merit. The Pequot House was of vourse rho centre of attraction during the stay in the Thames, and the usiat ballin {he evening, accompanied by fveéwo'ks dnd Testivities, enlivened the time into midnight, a pri- yal: band OF instrumental artists on the flagship Dauntless coutrib- ullng to The amusement of (hose afloatand ashore. Tie next day, Aug. 2, was to witless theecrub rude from New London to the Hen and Chickens lightship, off the western channel leading up Inte Buz- zard’s tiny, tor a cup of $251), offered by Mr. Minton, the sveretary of the club, to the first yacht of ay rig, no time allowance. A heavy Tox, however, prevented orders trom belug carried oul, and the fore~ noon was spenabanchor, visils balng exchanwed with the U.S. war ships 'Tenne-see, Kearsarge and WVantic, and tpe time helng whued away to Dappy straius'trom the Dauntless! band, Ab1l?, Mw, & squall, | Lecompaniad by rain, eleured the horizon, wud the yachts quickly Made sall toa fresh southeast wind. Owlng to-the late hourrf the day, signal was hoisted (0 make Newport forihe night, and a wise thing it was, tor the Meet could feteh no further in the fekle wind The squadron split, Some huveiny Lie Conugelicu, shore and others Bolg wut lO Skt in Bearch ol More of ie needmul hey por il, toa, a mild sor, of way, and lern those jnshore apa tai sort of rate. Or Pott Jiditn a moaderace roll was met Coming Mm, ard put the poorest 6eu Noats of the lovon orlal, How the tit tons woul) Wave fared in a Veal 7alo and heaving sea was vividly presented 1) Obsernyioy minds WIth the coneinsiog thal a elit diafh under 70 ib is a poor sayt ot cralt to be caught out joa reefing breeze. They rolled and dipped the overgrown booms and ijade bard work, when well shaped erath of their size shoula have been in ely glory, Tie sea—p very modest, @asy rynuing swel—bothered the heamlest ones fo sn¢el an ektent Vhat with @ fattening wind |b seeméd doubtinl whether the gal could be fetched, ‘thypgs floally quieted down, wid the leaders were glad enough to get Inside a epiple of heads where smooth water gnce more made lite endurable. jaa] Wave led iny Gracle tollow- ing twenty minutes later, then Comet, Hstelle, und the rest during all hour's of thenight, The schooney Columbia, not relishing the ‘ 4 | Combodore Walter chances of a shake-up outside, rather wisely preferred the sheltered Wwalerg OF the Sound and failed to make the passage with tle reat. Te steamers hod, of course, all come tO Barly in theeyerning. In Newport tae schooners Pecrless and Kéarless [rom the Bast Jolued AUIO 4.00, fochors were lifted tor New Bed- Tord, Wine beng faken from batemams Moiut for ie rice for the Mine fon Gup. Phere wits litle wild, and the Uacsiip was towed out, while some of the carly mnrds hivd taken wdyanlire of morning ZOophyrs lo get cleara! the harbor. Atier heaving Lo, awniling ie Tist OF [he lub, pnd Kelpie and Comet. of without orders, whe wun wus BiWeTl ab 1:25 P.M. Light sails were ett ooge hoisted bame, sheets Buked, And With a light southwest wind all hands were goon Tak Pie the best or ther way to the New Bediurd mak. The Hckle ireeze backed to southeast, and slivers were Lrimmed a thite. Peerle.s, 1 Just her wiid 2on Limiter to (he waters, spun out a lead lete Gomet second, Rover third, Social fourth aud Asbelle Jitth, the rest seatrer- ing astern, The larger ships Laving hardty wind enough to byine them down fd business, Smirh Peeridss, sailing tn Mastern hands Tuliy 4B well 73 When Mr, Maxwell Was af the stick, conjinuen to iderease her Iond fulvly, beating such a racer as Comet, a2 schooner, by tha way, Wlileh did not come up to expectations this duy wor the rest or Lhe ornise, ‘The easy golng preferences of her owner beings known, they hay wecount tor the want of brilliant display when out for the solid enjoyments ofa crnuge and with little cave lor the high pressure business of racing, Socliul, ex-Cameltu, putin gued work all day, the Wind justsultine her; Manny led the slodps, with her smaller sister Misulilist not to be shaken off, and Aroostook, buuncine about in the Sen 1h such o lively style thatthe “boys” christened her “ihe toss me round.” Aroostook 18 Tft. water line, with the inordinate beam of 22it, and only ih. deep, butit on the “dumpling plan in yogue along the Es-ex tshermen. Now, tishingy smacks a6 well enough in thel! way, especially with a load sbourd, bul @yen Essex talent Is still crude..0 Say he leust, and your dowa-isast smack mush De very auch improved mpon before she Gan serve as a model for yachts, A letter from an expmienced captain sailing ont of Glou- eester, published in (ibis 1a5ne, will show that the very men for wien The smacks are DUNE are by no means ws enthusiastic in thelr favor as some luexperienced yuchtsuen who overlook the different pur- poses Lo whieh a fisherman 13s put, andthe fact that \yhat may be goud for a cariler, or fo Ding must money Lo the owtier's chest, isnoil, l- Ways the best or even to be cominended for purposes radically aire en}, Aroo=took, with 18 orlitt. beam and $% to Mit, hold, would have Deen quite as roomy in practice, a fishy, sater, Gasier and more weitheny boat, capable of being driven with smaller re She is Clearly an example of the folly of great beam tor any plirpose ap all; a sheer waste of valuable size in 4 direction unproductive of any pe. sults, Only cntailug a big tie and crew or else no speed Ald, as her nick-Name goes LO prove, uo very poor seabou: and a bad erate to beut off w lee Shore, because too buoyant, Lussed nbowl at the will of the seas slie should evade and Hob yield 16 $0 readily. In the afternoon the wind picked up and the big Tallows astern closed Ln, bul the cup Wis & forgone conelusion 2s the Hen and Clickens was drones eloser uboard. Peerless fook ib, with the three loops Fanny, Grace aud Misebie! making a very (lose thing of it, Wivard tolinving, then Coinet, Soctal, Coming and over, with the big schooners bringtne y the rear, Incompany they sailed up the harbor, meeting the fleet of the astern Yacht Club, wader Commodore Jay m the Rebecea. 1 was dusk before they a) picked out a berth, colled away gear and cleared up decks Tor the entertainments awaiting the visitors ashore. The sight in toe harbor was Oue never to he iOfgolten. ‘| h- fleet ag. Sembied, anc perhaps the ninest ever crowded Into one anchorage im America, The club louse of (he New bedsord Y. CG. was ilhuminated, and the ettizens of the town were afioat ih boats en masse. OF all (he yarhting ports In on and New Bediord carries off the palm, Tn that yood old town the sulilog spirlt is abboad ip earnest, find percolates every shade of Suclety, every Dusibess interest. The town Can iiuster more wealth, leisure, culbure wud, above all, sea- men, thanany port we know of this side of the Atlantic, Iurin the summer months, while the “ fever’ is al its height, New Bedlor comes Nearer to famous Cowes Lhan any other seapoi tone can namie, The people as a whole, the Talver sex included, all own allegiance to the Gharins of the sport; itcomes natural to the des¢endants from bold whaling stiuck—they all take to {he watur like young ducks, and the New Bedrurd inhabitant who cannot pull anoar orsall » Woal ts of Imported origin, Dot born to he edie. The people of New Bedlord 0 Into the thing con wmore. Wo wonder ils snuy harbor has beeome Lue centre of attraction to whieh all ihe yachts are drawn from metropoltan waters two hundred miles to ibe west and trom around Cape Cod, two hugdred miles to the north, Now that cruising bids fair to become a reality and pottering abot the Sound no lover sailsti¢s oun ambition, the prospects ot New Bedford as a yachtine station in the future are flattering indeed, If WIL become the fashion anit Custom Toh the lending squadrons of the country to rendezvous In those water's avery yeur, and we will find (he seas about the Vineyard and Nantucket rapidly develop into the acknowledzed * paradise” Tor the crulsing craft bent upon exchang- ing the sand-girt Sound for the broader horlyon and sallier breezes or grand ol(Locean itsell. Let us hope that the tradesmen of New Bed- ford will study their own interests and not follow other ports in the extiavugance of their prices, bul keep goud and plentiful stocks at reasonable figures, aud they will be assured of all Loe custom of the fleets, Eyen a yachtsmun. no matter how fat Ms purse may be, dis. likes to be “done.” If he finds (he merchants of New Bedford take , advantage of lis needs he will “store up" at obher places and. learn to shun the port in thie. A spell of rest was accorded the crews on the 4th, preparatory to the matches next day fur cups presented by Mr. Hi. A. Bick, a tnem- bel of the club. There were five sleamérs in the vonibined fieuis, (hirty schooners, bwenly sloops and four Gutbers, & total of Tithy-nine Ball, as lollows: Steamers—Corsalr, Luring, Ocean Gem and Skylark. Schooners—Dauntless, Wstelle, Alputoss, Aroostool, Clio, Clyde, Comet, Madcap, Madeleine, Peerless, Princess, Rambler, Ranger, Sou lal, Southern Uross, Tidal Wave, Water Witch, kebecca, Phantom, Acttea, Azalea, Dreadnought, Foam, Halcyon, Julia, Letaea, Magic, Romance, Tarolinta and Tempest. Sloops—Coming, Hlaine, Fannie, Gracie, Kelpie, Lizaie, Mischier, Royer, Vislon, Vixen, Whileaway, Wizald, Ariel, Frolic, Ter, Im- peria, I’ Esperance, North Siar, Viva and Windward, » Culters—Psyche, Enterprise, Active anil Wesper. Besides these, some thirty other yachts ying the colors of the WN. B. Y. C., Atilanule Y. 0., ete. Visits und aspedivions ashore in long logs were the order of the day, with agrand ball on the Darge Ke public in the evening, glyan by the New York Y. 0. to tie Eastern Y. CG. The barge had been towed up trom thils olty and was handsomely. decorated for the occasion, She was secured alonyside the fla eship Dauntless, the latter doting duty as * dréssing-room" tor ihe O@Gasl.n, and a steamer was ulllized for serving the supper, The ball was, cf course, 4 thorough success, and accompanied by sundiy iomina- tions, fireworks and muslc—all entertalning in thelr way, but bavi g really no conneclhiou wilh yachting. Next day, AULUSE 4, the who.e towh turned out to witness the vacihg ou ihe programme. Clark’s Point was lned with vehicles trom the city, iu merable small crait were Onb and several excursion steamers carded crowds over the course, The matches were open to yachts «ft the N, ¥. ¥. ©, Easter ¥.0., 40d N.B Y.C. Prizes, yo enps; yalue, $5 0; presented by Mr, E, ‘A, Buck, one for schooners and the other for sloops and outters. Hach yacht to have her ower ou bouid, Menaurements and allowauces wecording 10 (ne mules of the Rastern club, otherwise the regaita, will be voyerned by the Ssaling peyulas tons of the New York club These regulations do not aliow Spin- hikers Ik any class. Uourse from Clark’s Polut to the buoy off Quick's Hole, leaving 16 on the starboard hand; wenve leaviuy Meni. kese on the port handto Hen aud Chickens lightship, leaving tt on the starboard hand ; blience back to the starting pome, Liriy nau - calmiles. Phe start will by a fiving oie, and the time of each yacht Will be taken ss she passes belweeo the buoy off Clark’s Polnt and the judges’ boat, which willbe a steam yacht, with the New York tund Hasteyn siynals at the fore, Stariins sijnuls will be a8 follows: AS Tear to ll o'clock 1s praciivable, fur the preparatory signal Wie club flags will be lowered aud a prolonged Wiistle blown, Ten minutes later, for the start, te Same signals will be repeaved. Ten, minutes later a prolonged blast} of the whistle will be given, which wil] be taken as the starting tine of any yacht crossing therdarter, Pyotosts, lf any, Must be mude berove :0 o'clock the same eveniog, Miles LO Mhis eifecl were issued by the comimnitive, Messrs. W, Krebs Danlel Appleton. and Geo, A. Goddard, As the owner of the Tidal Wave was absent, (hab schooner was barred, much to phe diseust ut Skipper Elsworth, who was ltehiug iar the chance to let his sharp- LOUsed Ghurge have a shy Abit yest. She Jose nothing, however, as her chances were sinall io such colipuny, ana as the result proved there was nob wind enough furthe big ieliows. The evirles ended the following: Schooners~Dauntidss, Rajubler, Acten, Azalea, Caro line, Haltyon, Peerless, Phaniom, sori, Wateiwilth and Clio, Sloaps and cutters—Gyadie, Active, Addie V., Ariel, Materpiise, Wanhy, Hesper, Mischiol, hover, Viken, Whileaway and Wizard: Whete Wis a guod sali breeze trom southwest, With Lie Qoed just beginning torun, Jt Was & beat down to Lhe fist mark, and that Most Were SIrADEe TO tho Course wis Shown by ihe way tucks wera broken, the feet sdatterthy, every one for hilmseli. Mischief, as ig her wont, stowed oue division how todo th off 1 the southward, while Halcyon led a second batth any ley tothe eastward. he leading schooners, MWal¢yon, Dauntless and Phantom, had the best ut ibat the buoy, with {he three old anna onists, Fanny, Gracie and Mjschief close af each other's heels when the round was made of the huoy of Quick's Hole, Sheets were cased all around tor arup tot Ightsbip in the following order: Me _ — 7 -=—— - : Avevsr 11, 1881, FOREST AND STREAM. 37 Namie. aime, HW. M- 8 SECOND GLASS CENTREBOARDS, DORCHESTER YACHT CLUB.AA member writes us that the new Haleyon,... ATBIOH ter ecseeeeerenee EOF OY gaping UB Bhe 9 92 S64 9 49 opi | Searttod singie gun, Lough producing some confusion ab trsp, hus Phantom... 22. Water WIGH.-.-.-.. TOT 50) oden IE) 8 06 Se" 0 3g Bt a ge | Biven sutistaction and Will likely be adkexved to, We ay? glad to hear TDAUNUESS. THRSPEr, oo eeee eee 109 Se AT UD see Pk etree mote Pan ra 2 this. A living shart to a siugle gun is (he only (horovghured way of Fahny.... Whileaway..-..- .-:- rm a0 THIRD GUASS. eiiiing yivlits off, and shoud suel a inethiod contiine to produce Perriess, ptstepeea tales PO SOD) ACUUO. cha dewecg ss 1309 | Mirace. st 4 20 56 Qo 43° Bd 2 87 18 Confusion it wonld be # poor- compliment to the seamanship of the Grnele.... sateen IR BT AO” Wovens 225 56-524: Te “20 lragn thas oie cole ole 3 © % sz ga | tlarlers rther than to the sysrem fiseit. ‘Phe same correspondent ey Baa dee +12 88 00 eee heat et Beads 3 15 50 Angee reat i rare tet i says some members ee aboun ine ss Rta rule, Aas HG... ‘pega AS AD Adie Vv, itrik 17 On ak Pag Laer ki liste vudees’ Yseht, | thirds the length plus beam, because lb makes their boats larger than veo L 08 20 Enterprl veesereree b 25 G0) Midcap, BY. ©. Judses, Geo. lt, Dexter, A. L. Rateh, W. Le gefries. ) gy simple longth. Yo witch we remark (hat uo rhie shoulid be ac sc 1 06 HO Rowbler... co. cl.,c 2 18 30 | PUG ststy-fonrth roratta, second Ghaminonship, will be sailed ap Na- | capied or declined upon Lhe grounds of ils being favorable or u- Haleyon kept her lead and proyed fo he 6s good at rnnning as at Holiiny te wind, with Phantom, one of the best models the late Van Duyen ever turned out, a good sevonud, and Diaunuess showing a tine Dunst ot speed consiveriog tle wal of wmil for Whose of her tonnage. The three sloops hald each other well, tle smaller, Misthiel, doing Rome wonderiul Salling alongside two ol the Siiattest slonps in Amerloa, with considerable lengih and tonnage m theirtayor. At, dist (his began 10 tell, ant slowly Gracie went to the fore oa! the Three, with Mannie a couple af minutes im her wake, and Mischiet a minule later, ‘The lightship was jibed arcund as wnder: Name. M. Be Name. Hy M.S. MICS OD 2 icp tnie ge! « 45 40 Fanny.. 1 58 30 Thantom.. 47 A Misehic .1 59 48 Dauntless. 52 20) Peerluss - ~& 02 1h Gracte, .. 6G GO Glo...) ky woes @ OS OF With the wind an starbourd quarter and kiles pulling i) was all sWalght work home, and Lucky 1b wis, oo, for a heavy bank o7 for Slit dowo upon thie lees, ponte le some to heave to rather than Tike Chances of Collision, anid tverterioe suchily with (uking the Tunes atthe iinish. The race was brought to a close wijiout acei- dent, however, as lollows < RCILOON BRS, Actual Corrected Tengiiwe1. 8 Tblne. Time, Yacht and Owner, Bt Im! GR AB ae “H.P at, 1S: Ram blir, W. W. Thombs............188 6 Fe Bc mente a. Om Datluliess, Com. Waller... oy ele tt + 08 20 4 05 17 Phuntur, HW. 3. HOvVey......csee.-e. BU 0 8 po 5) B 41 25 Actua, Duvid S@ars see. eects eee 1 0 Rel wet ce Sy ot Halogyou, Ge. PRIMe: ops. i eee. . 3 8 do 40 3 27 66 Watenwiten, ©, fl. Mallory u 4 dt $0 a 40 32 soGlal, GC. W. Lippltt..... aT O 5 03 vs 4d 50 39 Clio, If. Hawhawity....-.- 0 4 02 10 a 4i 08 Peeriess, &. UAtnaway .. 4 B 58 45 & aT 01 Avilea, J. ML Forbes... ib 4 35 30 4 4 07 Caroline, Norlon Tyler... ... 4 6 OT 50 mG ORE SLUOPS AND CUTTERS. Gracie, Plipt & Barle...... WdFareees bo! oD ees a? Fanney, W JL Perris............ 66 0 § 56 48 8 65 49 Mischief. KR Busk --.-.)-..-4.., bl ob a 59 30 § 63 33 AGUTesV ALIS. ADDOUEE...-e, BO fF tL. rue ic et Active, GP. Holton 2o oes. esse GY 2 4 41 60 4°87 13 Whilewwey, G. . Randolph. . . bs 0 4 45 30 4 34 09 HWesper, W. Uf, Porhes.. ,» 4a) 0 A.) te A Pao bt Sy Vixen, 6.0, Luwreuce, y=. dt 0 4.25 4y 4 04 24 Wizard, G Wortright.......)......, 40 10 4°30 18 4 10 32 EntTprise, Fy & Peabody,-,.:.-... 43 9 4°50 35 4 39 10 Rover, We H. TSCHN. eee eee eee +a 8 4 50 43 4 95 ad SOE TbCTRH pA GOTT amet ok Somer iy arene aot Pate ott at 4 ee The cup for scleoners therefore goes ta Haleyon and New York Towels Coors LO an Wastern Gralt though built orizinally by Waris, of Por) Jefferson, L. L Peerless tirhed up a good second, Vio and Piuntom making the same time withina few seconds, Among sloops Misehiel, wlmos! as 4 mation oF course, adds another fo Wer Tone list of tropules, Wen tlis sloop wits from such flyers as Gracie and Hany, this more (ian an ordidary yictory, for there is jush enough d fer heein size In favor of the latter two Oo heavily banaicay Mis- Chief in ali bullightals, That she should win in w falr working breeze the greatinaiovity of her matohes when pitted against pov, wilh one to bobher her white the tiird goes about her business, Stumps Mischitl as Glie best of We three in all weathers until acthally overpoWered by tonnage, for which time allowiiuce 1s no equivalent. Protests were entered dyniost awarding the vup.as there was some uncert inky Ahout Gracie's time, te judges not haying seen Wer cress in the fox, but they were overruled and Lhe cup will be handed to wr. Busk, to keep Gompany with a logicer-full ot ofher handsome silver- Wire. Theowners of the sloops tinder 45tr Jeng hud made upa private sweepstilo § of $29 per bowl, whieh went tO Vixen. A recep- TIGn 10 he OMiGers of Tha N. G. Y¥. CG. was given aboard the Megship Dawitl ss utlny the sfteruoon. Nextilny, Ang. 6, the ordus of both Aquadruns were lo Sail for Martlia’s Vineyard in a scrub handleap wlivys fora cup, Vaile 1.000, presented by Mr. CG. 7. Osborne. s,s. Stranger, A heuyy fog however prevented upstart. and! bout races in thie harbor were sibsiiluted. ‘The skx-oaved gi¢ of the Dauntless beat the tour-oared ele of the Estella, winniig a purse af $5, with 10 fone Lo {he obher, crews belny from fhe forevasile hauds. Wor pair- Oured Gubllers the Mischiel"s etew Won $25, Estelle’s crew $15 and Juliwe crew 8, bor double sculls the Peeriess’ crew won §%, Dauntless’ crew $8, Gracie's crew third ond Southern Uross fourth For sligie sculls it hand trom iantom won $20, Albatross $6. Con- mudore Waller aod Vice-Com, Smith have offered two.eups each to be Siiled for during Lhe erulse. Cups lave tally ratned down this year, indicating a plethoric condition of many ao exchequer, Mock tials And stiuilar pastimes were drawn upon to fil the wf ernoon. saturday evening a reception was given on board the flagship 1.0 the New kedtord Y. C. and farewell taken, exh morning sail was mude for Vineyard Haven, the Usborne cop bemge Leld buick on ac- count of the doubitul weather, Atver a timed start {rom off Glarics Point, the He-t beat d wo through Quiels Hole, the cused away for the appoinied anchorage. The wind came out shrony @nough no enable ble Dauntless 10 slow what she can fo, for she yan Wiraueh the lob and was the first to brug up. The Mischiel led the loops down in the bewt, and only attr working tiiougl the Hole could Gracie establish 4 decided lead, whith Shi slowly spun oub to some Jim, 2b fe finish. Ifwas remarkable to see ihe woo sloop hold her big antagonist in aieefinog breeze. 101s a great pity Mischief was not Taid (own 5 OF 10M. uonger, the tmanes wollld have been hers every time. Now she otcasiovally loses a match in strong winds ror that very want of tonnage. Concerning the cup awarded at New Bedford, the decision was recalled and therace will have to be resailed, en- trles limited to Gracie und Mischicl’, Some of the fleetexpect lomake the passage to Boston, but the larger half evinee a decided antipathy lo tiking chances ina gale, and from the Vineyard will \urn their hoses homeward to more sheltered waters, The only trouble seems Ww be ihe working off the mulpnigde of Cups yet on hanu should the squadron break up so much earlier than usual. He BEVERLY YACH'l CLUB. ilitory Forest and Stream : The siety-third resatia of the Beverly Y. C, was announe d to take place al Marblelieud on tlie $0ch. : ‘bhe day opened with a dense fog and dead calm, which lasted so Tong Unabit was iipossivle for yachts to come down from Swamp- Beott, Nahant or the south Shore, only the Beverly and Marblehead boats being abieto he present. The Kerat(a Comyn\ttes decided, theretore, 10 postpone the regular race ind olfer Spectal cups forthe bOHLS prestnt, and (he firs) Sun was fred of 12:20, wind being tight hoitheast, With Calin stréaks wloug (he heverty shore; course tr fan- Pilar—i? mies tor first class, 72, Miles for the others. Th the rst Glass the two new Cultars (Sister boats), Moya and Icel- pie, 4S tl. 1 in, Sailing measurement, Owled respectively by Messrs. edward Burgess und Walter 6. Cabot, started. Moya gob off at i2: eure Kelpie at 12:40:65, (lis throwing wyay iily-tive seconds at ihe start, The second-Glass keels were lie Lola, schooner, ©. Il. W. Foster, 19 ff. 9 In, and the new keel vat Playmate, 28 fh. (uioffieliul), UWwired by Vice-Com. surges. Tn the secoud class contreboards the old competiters, Howden, P. C. Seyerance, 28 1, $ in., aud the Peri, Henry Pirkoiwn, 2| if, started, While ih the Untrd class Mirace, H. F sear, 10th. 4 in., and Bubble, John Dane, 16 fe 7 ip, qunofiloral, made wp the lst, the boats gebliow aif as follows: Playmate, WieT; Liolden, 12:84:05; Lola, 18833; Por, 123421 ¢ Mirage, ise: Bubble, 128 Al first there was i thir northea-t breeze and onthe beat fo Nursery Playmate did well with me ceulreleumls, bub us the wind lightened Up Sle tell back behind Perl and Helden, ‘Pie latter Were tle frst to return, making & very close Tiisi duwh lie harbor, tiislone aud then the other showing ahead by a fey inches. The reswih was a5 givGu heiww ; VIRST GLASS. Return. Actual Corrected. © Tm & Hh, MM, “Ss H, ML S MONE) fies Sollude Demeheces or tas . Poy mas 2 00 63 2 60 15 2.515) (ee ARCO ee a eer 3 88 5a 3 02 65 2 95 15 SECOND CLASS REELS, PIAVMALB. 2. tees cess. GO 1D BT 2 47 20 2 30 08 Lola,,, Vetoes Bese 0g % bt 40 2 40 00 2, and the sixty-sixth, thivd championship, al Marblehead, peCy Oly Yew, oo THE RACINE CANOES. Eiiitor Forest anil Stream: Your correspondent *Nessmuk," in Forest AND SrREAM OF duly 14, SAYS Gf the Wacine dances: “They are extremely silt and solid svaining mora like metalthan wood. J judge that the sides would warp if exposed much to hot sun." Jn justice to these boats pernit me to say that my experience with tem, nuder a great yarlety of condifions, his conGlusively proved that they rTefaln their shape better thon the clinker-bullt-boats. 1 lett Olean, N. ¥., in Marth last and eruised,im a Racine, down the Al- leghany and Obio rivers 10 Cairo, IL, a distance of abort 1,800 talles. ‘Tie canoe ti'st had 396 niles of ralroaaing—in a baggaye car—lrom Wew York to Ojean, She wis stowed fur hors near wred hot stove, ald when she landed at Olean het bow was so hot hatt could haraly hold my hand 60 iui wood. From Olean to Marietta, O,, she worl through very cold weather and a succession of snow storms. The deok wis fringed for a greater part of the time with six-inch ieictes and wis never without a coating of frost, ive or snow. Asa rule she was lett out In Lhe weather over nightand@! frequently ound ber ip the morning buried under six inches of suow. Krom Marietta to Cairo, Ti, she went through « succession of thunder storms—usually one or two a day—und the hotest of hot weather, the mercury below Ciicin- nati steadily ranging amone the nineties, From Cincinnati to Cairo 1 slept In 4he canoe wearly every Lieht, offen bein compelied to drag her up and down the steep bunks, phe certainly encountered the extremes of weather that are most trying to the malorial of which a boat 1s made. She lad harder usage than any oflier canoe of mine, vom Cairo, MM,, she was railvoaded on toy otalot of oiler trelyht to New York. she was prowecied by neither box nor wrappings. ‘here is nota wrinkle ou her deck, and her lines are aS perrect 18 when she left the builder's shop. Walt an hour's work at washing out Ohinmud made eras good as new, The voyage began March 23 and cuded uti Gatvo, JIL, May is. Cas, E. CHASE, si Broadway, New York. a DID THE SOPHIA CAPSIZE? Kiitor Porest and Streams: Belng skeptical as to the tae pe Of Sophia unler bare poles and With four tobs of ballast inside ber, I have taken some trouble to one Mmuke SUCL inquiry as J could regarding the miserable business. oF our Roslyn oyster boats was within a mile ot sophia wh squall struck, The nen aboard the working crath noticed the yal, and that she had all sail stowed betore going out of sloht in the furry. This oyster boat is of about the same size and build as Soplita—wide, shallow (drawing two feet of water)—and she earried not cue ounee of ballast, She was sailing Webt, bad no cargo aboard, was struck by ihe squall in the same way as was the yacht stem 0 i—yet wis neither capsized nor lifted out of the wate. The oystermen say that Lhe squall Appeaved Lo drive before ib a ‘wall of walter,” svmetbior like a tidal waye, und that the force of the wind was such that they had to hold vast to préyent being blown overboard. The Sophia did Tot capsize, i! she had the weizbt named under ler floor. She was simply overpowered by a single Waye of rushing water, and she sank at one, because she curried more ballast thud she could tloat, tus sudrificing several yes 10 a toulish theory that the only way to muke a boat safe is to welghiherso that she willsink. Iam encouraged in Thaking this fight avainst marine plum-bobs by maaty intellizent leaders OL FOREST AND SviwAM, Who wit yachts that are sate and wo- finkable. AS to the Hadltors suggestion that I plve your readers a dose of shaties, dynanirs, leures ad curves, which nob one in a hun- dred of them would do more than gen seasick over, allow me respect- fully io decline, éveo thongh acting on the hini would bring the “thousand customers.” Soe of these days I'l send you 4 few ilius- trative dlagmais which—if you choose to publish them—will probibly amuse your yachting readers more than a bushel of dynamics, ele. RKoxlya, Aig. 1, 1831. THOMAS CLAPHAM. SS eee A CUTTER COMING. AS Announced some time azo in these columns, Mr. Jas, Coates, of Paisley, Scotland, will ship his famous ten-ton cutter (Madge) across the Atlantic onan Anchor Line steamerin a week or two. Tb will be reniembered that Min Coates last season bad a Newport cat- Dont sent Oul for trial fo British waters. She was not successrul onesie the Madge and others, so Mr. Coates has been encouraged to bring his cutter over, thereby turning the tables. Thit Madge will he suecesstul under our measurement rule of leneth Is doulitul, though she cértalnly would be wider the length and bean rules recently in- troduced i Kashern waters. We hope, however, that some trials With a Smart sloop will he Tnstitated upon an actual measurement of size, 80 that instructive and logical deductions nay be drawn. (ne thing is certain, Madge will ba a * taking?’ ship, for she is thorough- bred in rig and fittings. In point of bavi she las been unreasonibly squeezed by the Hnglish rule which taxes beam so heavily. The fact renialns, thouch, that Macive knocks about the English Goust with iin- punity. and fakes the weather pretty much as it comes, a fayorable cominentury Upon her excellent qualit esin open water She is $3.7 ft long, 7.7 beam and 63; tt. deep, aud was designed and builtin si) by Watson of Govan in 1878. she is now rectlying fair weather spars and new sills by Lapthorn. In England she is counted the tagtest and best all-round 1é0-tonner they have, af least until the revent ad- vent of such acknowledged machines us Buttercup and the yet untried Kyolution, boats of the * plank-on-etlge” variely. nt fie THE ATALANTA, © UTUBERT'S sloop, according to adyices, is making excellent pro- / gress. Tername, by 1be way, is Aatlanta, not Atlanta, as hith- erto written in most periodicals. The last plank, or filler was put in Aug. 2, antl as fast as men can be got they are being sui to work on the decks. The builder has refused’an orden tora new yacht for Brockyille owners until his big sloop 1s olf the ways: a ep YACHTING NEWS, SOLID CHUNKS.—Perhaps the most ridiculous miscarriage of an ablenipt al reusoning we have ever had a laugh over Is thatior a con- temporary seeking, in a letter truudulently written Wo Ltselt, to exeul- pate the clam-sheil models trom any responsivility for ihelr capsizing propensities. They are, in fact, very sate and absolutely UWnvapsiz- able in 115 belief, and this ls how it is proyen: For thirteen years tie Sophis sailed without capsizing; therefore, to call such a boat a ‘ fenth-iap ’ because she did finally capsize, 1s wiblioul reason, she mush be considered safe. Aha! Now, this we Gall wisdom of the Solid-chunk order. Aud because some of ble victims of the despicable trip lived thirty years without drowning move than once, presumably they ought mot 10 be considered quite dead. They should have drownel every Onee ina while! A jolinalis engaged in a bad bust- ness When It seek4 to defend such a ratule-wap if w machine as sq- phia. The reason why accidents are comparatively tew is evident enough. Woshilas yet only a few days or weeks i the mildest part Of each season dnd then instinctively confine ourselves 10 milll-ponds us imuch us possible. but no one supposes that we propose (olny no tore ih the future, and When we ger to keeping craft in autiye ser- vice six months or more every year and Knock about off the coash, does it eeem rational toassumemmly the present rate of accidars, unle-s model is altered to safe proportions? Weshould then hepsy ot enough Mohawks and Suphiis in one mouth to drive all hands hume into the duek-ponds and set, (he spore or salilug in Open water back a (Quarter ofa century. As for drawing mferences from coasters, there is as litle applicoion in sueh slovenly, superficial reesontuy as here wotld be In seeking Oo prove the value of mixed breeding for the quart from the dolugs of Gar horses_ Of wheal linport, we ask, cab the optn- jons Gf any one be so crudely yersed as to puss unmoticed the difference in catvas Cayied by yachtand coasver; diferent welghis of spars snd fo)-hamwper: a beam of a third in the yacht and a beamof a fourth oa SIKLD I The coaster; a fixed displacement intone and a yarluble dram in the other, offen smiling well and os often driving down Lo leeward; the working ¢raft with a fat bottom to load while un the mud, the yacht with fathoms of water under her keel if she chooses; econ- omy the Glew to thé collier’s construction and (qualities only in the yacht; the highest rare of speed and weatherlinessin one and w crude thing of a box laying aix points trom the wind for the Other. Gammon! Bub weare geting twed of retuting the baby- like Soap reasoning of men who seek only to fill space for so much 2 column tnd cannot bring themselves to the effort of thinking, i Tvorable jo this or that yacht, but pon ls merits as wo Lue gauge oF size. The Dovelester Yueht Club has always been in the yau on Inaby questions of reforin, and we lope lh will pull through suecess- Tully on Those of start and measurement, Far better to towuder about awhile In seurch of satistietion than 10 drop into settnednt stupor on such vital matiiers as other clubs have done, NOT A PARTISAN—A lurt contemporary, reporting some of the loval regatias, thinks Worst AND SirmkamM al aver-zealous partisan because If saw ft Lo ive an opinion concerning the persons who par- Aded themselves at the New Orleans Inter-State regatta as Noriern yachtsm n. The reporter of our contemporary perinits his acquaint noce with some of tle party t6 bind his better judgment, If he can- Tot see any difference be.ween a speculative Wacker of bouts and & yachtsman we eertalniy can and weare Glad to now that the sport it} the Sut is in the hands of gentlemen who also cai. Nob only was the New York parly far from betng representallve In any way, but, if our New Orleans contemporaries ave to be bedeved, the crew Was gllilly Of most reprehensible conduct. The opinions of our turt contemporary are those of Lhe bar room and do not mvet with ndorse- ment in reputable rcs. BEVERLY YAUARP CLUB.—Fdifor Buriat aia Streape? Tho sixty- Heh reeiita of the wlub willbe open toll yachts non over 3a Tl. water Tint. Prizes offered by L dividual subscriplion of members of the olub, Course af Momiument Keagh, Ame. 20, ito M. Prizes tn cash, #15 and $7.50 10 enh oF four clas: 1s0 $5 for best corrected tine to third and fourth class. Lyin stab with five tolnutes grace, Meas- urement, two-thirds length om water line ples beam, inst class m- eludes sloops aid schooners over 27 It. water line; second class, all cat rigs over “1 th; Mid class, sloops And schooners under 27 th, and foorll: Gliss all cat ties under 21 Th. One hind to every nye feet, Ne shifting bullast allowed. Entries up to time of star Course from judg boot, Jaying bird sland Buoy No. 13 on port limd, Scracey Neek Buoy No, “Oo port hand, ald ret; eleven miles. X. ¥. 2. HULL YACHT CLUB.—Hditer Korest and Stream: UNere will be a grand union regatta given under the auspices of the Wnll Yacht Club at Hull, Mass.. Awe. 13, 1S8t; $500 in god will be given in prizes, Yaelts to illuminate fh the evening. Full band concert by the Auterican bibd, and fireworksin the evening, Last yeuis wien re- waitta by this club has been acknowledged Lo Live veen the larwesti alld most sucessstw ever vive id Boston harbor—about ninety boats salled and #00 in prizes piven. TVlls year we are In hopes to exvel the one of lost yea. The Wuoll Yacht Chip has ati present about olehty members and thirhy-reiglt boats, Maye yuill a large walk and Hoit stage and have in contemplation u elub house for next year,— YELLOW Wii! BLACK OROSS. UNDINWS HOLLOW MAST.—In Lhe vonsiructlon of the stick lt Was first sawed in bulves and the centre lodowerd out, but less at the points of bearing, deck vid hoonds, than elsewhere, Atter the stick had become thoroughly seasoned it was put together with dowels and the best of marine elude. after which it was covered with paper and finished. Tis dithensions aré: Length, 62 ft; diameter a, the partners, qty in.; diameter 2t the hownds, 12in.; thickness of the shelLat the head of the mast, 4 inf midway, ty int at the bead of the mast, ie in, Por wniling (he parts 124 three-quarter inch dowels were used. The hollow siudding sail hook of the Undine is 47 test loug and made similarly to ie mast. J SUNBEAM.—This well-kuown litt!e Boston sloop 1s in the market, we heat, hel owes thie bey ¢ ronipletely occupied. ‘The Sun beant is a smart little cabin sloop at the * honest boat” order—gaod dephtt ot body, keel and outside pallast. She has a fine revord, with jorty-tye prizus to her ured She is in excellent condition, com- pletely fitted with o new rig. She is 27th. over aul, lg Tt. water line and 6 it. draft. We should like to see her come into possession of some New York owner to keep company with Gael aol Vision, now in our waters. Applications can be forwarded through us, TORONTO KEGATTA.--The citizens of Toronto will hold a vowing regalia, Sept. 7 ands, in Toronto bay. Open to professionals, Ruces for single sculls, four ours, double smul shells and a consolation race tur loses in single sculls. Prizes range from 1,510 and $400 down to S100 sud $25, Mnirles before Aup. 45 to bP. B. Ball, Hon. Sec., Box 266, Toronto, Can. ’ ORUISH OF THE TIDLER.—The sloop Tdler, Viow.Com, . G, Cooley, South Boston Yacht Olub, made a good un trom Bar arbor home, Left Mount Deserf muon, July 19, and arrived at Boston anchorage at 11 A. a. duly YW, making Arun from Monhegan Islind home, distance 140 miles in 15 hours. CLAYTON REGATTA.—Editer Movest and Stream; A public mateh 15 to be sulled at Clayton, N, ¥., Aug. 1%, Huolratice will be tree, Prizes, $50, $45 and $10. Anchor start. Time allowance, one minute per top. Four boats to sturt or uo third prize, Skill races with prizes of $5 and 4.—s. . COLUMBIA YACHT GLU willtive a “shag” reception, Aug. 20, TP. M., af thei club house, toot of West Highty-sixth street Inyiti- tious have been issued. + Yachtsmen see advt, of Diving Deny Co, euswers fo Correspondents. t=-NO NOTICE TAKEN OF ANONYMOUS GCOMMUNIGATIO Ns, RLACK GrorGe.—We know of ho arrangement for lhe sale af the oil in the Tnitted States. W. it. H., Toronte.—No; the warer was not lost wien A obtained only the help Which énabled him to proceed where tish were plenty. BE. G Miller, Newark, N. J.—We did receive the communication ta which your postal referred; and a letter addressed to you at the number given us has been returned, Please send your address. C_F., ludisnapolls, Ind.—If a shooter Jo shooting at double birds shoots at one and the same bird twice, is this bird to be scored if killed? Aus. Yes, it counts one. F. S., New York.—!, The season for woodrock shooting on Longe IsJand opens Augnst1s. 2. There is no provision in the game law of this State respecting rail, plover and gailinule. A. W., Troy, N. ¥.—The only time to haye objected on the score of 4. foul was at the time of (ts oteurrence, if it did occur. Your shagt- ing off the tle of 86 was on your part an agreeing in the decision of the referes, and itis now too late to raise any Objection. As tothe actu foul itself, that should have been decided on the spor. H. ., New York.—I have aspecimen of Squitta ineniis canght in Holl Gate and putin alvonol Please letme know if i 15 svarce in these waters and Wwhatds the proper English name tor it? Ans, They wre notrare and yet are not plentiful They are often taken in the purse and other vets. Itis vealled the mantis shrimp tn Enwhish. SUBSCRIBRR, Middictown, Coun.—Can you give 1 remedy wherehy a small seritel on the nose of a dog min be made to heal? Ans. Ex- amine if carefully wud it any forelen body js present. such as a thorn, a splinter, ele. vemovedn By then dressing with friars balsam or tincture of myrrh a cure can no douht be effeeled. Do nol Tt the dog liek the part until the spirit with which these tinctures are made evap- orates sit willthea leave on the wound & protective covering of gum. . D., Boston.—l hive asmall pondin whieh I put Wack buss two years aco. lwant toputearpin the same pond, WViease inform me ir they willdo welltogether? Ans, AS a Tiledh la reconunended nou to put the carp ii with other fishes of such savage nature as the bhwde bass. You iolvlit try if, and enough of the young might escape the be to vrow. Ji is eylluent that some co prinoids escape the pereb, pike an(L boss i fillakes. But to raise carp in quantities it is better for Lue to be alone. L. ®. A., Oneida, N. ¥.—Ts there nh game law against fishing on Sun- day? Wi! not, when wastt repeated? ans. There is no such fw in the State of New York. ‘The lash edition does vot contain i, and we de not remember Lito Lave been Mere. Thee ts a law avalost shooting om that diy and ou lay nak Pem to have diseriininated in this Way becanseshootime is @ uoiky sport and Wile i disturb oflurs, Th anbaryinmicnt before the Le: Wore it wos clined thatthe angler Was 4 fluaceahle man who we Ss day oF rest ly that Wanher instead of belinid & horse Or other please, A. Rt, Uxbridge, Mass.—Whiat kind of dogs make the test: squir- rel hunters—one wile when broken will bunt syutrels ebtethy ytd nothing else? Ans. Ta the winter or 179 and 180 our correspondents discussed ihe siyoirvel-foe qnesiion very Treely in our columns with- OUD arriving 46 diy definite coneision. While one advocated the use ofa “sooner, others Weld tial Me (ull-blooded yellow our, which re- selublad somewhat the sere ani yellow lead, was bo be preferred. Our Opinionis thabthe doe who trees the greatest number Of Symrrels io ube feast tine is the boss dog, Whetlier he pe of the + svonery our,” or yaller dog” strain, 38 FOREST AND STREAM. _ [Avever 11, 1881. A Camet Ring,—A traveler says that if he were asked to describe the first sensation } of a camel ride he would say: ‘Take a music-stoo], and having wound it up as high as if would go, put it in a cart without springs, get on top, and next drive the cart transversely across a ploughed field, and you will then form some notion of the terror and uncertainty you would experience the first time you mounted a camel.” SS Frencn Caz Drivers anp Tuer Horsxs. —An English lady in Paris, who forwards her nate and address, asks the Daily News fo invite the attention of the French author- ities to the needless amount of cruelty prac- ticed by the French cab drivers upon their horses. ‘They do not, we are assured, simply flog, but lash the horses till they stagger under the blows from their heavy whips. Is there, asks our correspondent, no institution in France corresponding to our own Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ? NOTICE! Advertisements received later than Tuesday cannot be inserted until the following week’s issue. Rates promptly furnished on application. FRANK BLYDENSURCH, STOCKS, BONDS AND SECURITIES, MINING STOCKS, 6 Pine St., New York. M OSQUITOCNE,.—* A boon to suffering human pl iy." Only remedy that absolutely prevents bites of mosquitoes, black files, fleas, bugs and all poisonous insects. Mosquitoine is pure white, in- oforous, eisily applied, Invisible after applicatlon, entirely harmiess, will not statn skin or clothes, snd makes the skin softard clear Price $1, If your drugeist has not got it, will be delivered to ally address in the city tree. Send postal for circular. JOHN B. WOOD, » Cortlandt street, near Broadway, New York. JAMP LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS.—Second edition now ready. This stary describes the trtp of a party of Boston gentlemen to the Richard- son-Rangeley lakes. It treats of ‘camplite,” indoors and out, is amiusing, instructive and interesting; 224 pages, 12 llustrations. Price 25 cents. By mail, postpaid, 30cents. CHARLES A, J. FARRAR. Tamalca Plain, Mass. or Sale. On SALE.—Tine Parker gun, complete in case, with metal shells; also landsome black and whije setter dog, seven months old, partly house broken, Grandsire, Druid; Granddam, Leader, Dog and gun, $110: separately, dog $20, gun $100. W. CLARKE, Gov't Print. Office, Washington, DB. Augiiit ys Cc, OR SALE.—Palr finest English Damascus Cen- tral fire shoo gun: barrels made by Trulock Bros., Dublin; will readily fib any Central fire ac— tion. Address postal card R. B., 171 Ocein avenue, Jersey City, N. J Augilit OF MAKING MANY BOOKS FLY BOOK. REGUDAR with) Elastic Ban sis Sec ety: ie etW es ot eels dane nae epee) Elmo meee eee neem 16 -95 | 1.10 | 1.30 / 1-50 } 1.65 | 2.10 BEST MOROCCO, with Leather Strap 2,50 | 3.00 | 3.50 | 4.00 5.60 gs inure te “Resi it is ‘ 4,00 | 5.00 6.00 8.00 10:00 f HOP, 25 6.00 .00 | 7.50 | 8.00 | 9,00 . SLIDING into Leather Case...,.-...+....4+ TDi hes 2.50 : s i “x by bile eva NWT o sis enh sc Ae yee wee ey ey i peeved | pcotee er Fh phy 4,00 NEW STYLE (holding eight dozen files at full length) with patent clips 2.00 $00 SAME, extra quality (‘The South-side” = 6.00 Tnehes long...) .-2..00- Ry LOT ONET Emcee ELE Red eT eM oe, 4 | 4y%l 6 | Bag set oy ise mg] s_ | ay |e TACKLE BOOKS :—Regular Quality, $1.75; ‘(The Perfection,” large and fine, $6. NET RINCS. NETS. : BRASS. Plain. with SCLVEW SOCKCH.:...e11c.c2ss00e. er eajiaees hea aarteiat $1 50 HAND-MADE MINNOW DIP NETS. Folding once, 2 00 5 > 5 Folding hwies,sereW sockets: 20 LANG B0.0R AL Ge a) SOD SI Io Sigs Ose: BOD Perforated, with folding Spring Sit beoh twos ek 1 50 MUCH ES AGED s. eG AT 2 ADEA Gee LE) Dee SOS Gn ee Complete, with short handle and net....; 2 50 y Complete, with short handie and small....... mB aoe ee sees 2 00 ‘ HANDMADE LANDING NETS. STHEL, 50 65 215 85 1.00 1,10 Collapsing, with screw Soc¢ket. .:.:uks 5s. cts.. cat. ae sees yee. se sey 50 -60 70 80 90 Collapsing, extra fine...,.....--....+-...--- 24 26 28 30 84 WHALEBONE, ALL COLLAPSING. 20 25 80 UU, Ale ogee tisk $9 | Black Bass...,. $10 50 | Salmon,......... 18 00 13 16 1s Orders received irom persons residing in cities in‘which the dealers keep a full Ime of our goods will not be filled at any price. ABBEY & IMBRIBE, 48 Maiden Lane, New York, Keep’s Shirts, the Best. KEEPS PAT, PARTLY-MADI SHIRTS, finished, KEEP’S KID SLOVES, none better. $1 per pair. KEEP’S UNDERWEAR, the best. KEEP’S UMBRELLAS, the strongest. KEEP’S JEWELRY, rolled gold plate. KEEP'S NECK WEAR, latest novelties, KEEP’S BEST CUSTOM SHIRTS, made to meas- ure, 6 for $9. KEEP’S PAT. PARTLY-MADE SHIRTS, 6 for $6.50 KEEP’S PEORIS delivered free in any part of the Union. KEEP’S GOODS ALWAYS THE BEST AND CHEAPEST. Money refunded tor goods not satisfactory. Samples and circulars tree to any address. Keep Manufacturing Co., Ne. ¥. easily 631. 633, 635, G37 Broadway, ee Se Nhe safest medicine to have aboul the house at all (ines 18 Tarrant’s Seltzer Aperient. Tt will harm no one. Tt will benefit any who may have occasional attacks of headache, vertigo, low * other ailments resulting from Irregular f the bowels. Keep a bottle always in the house, and there is a family physician near that will save many dollars and much suffering, SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. HOLABIRD Shooting Suits. Write for circular to eo THERE |S NO END. Eccl. 12:12, returne Clearance Sale W. W. GREENER’S HAMMERLESS GUNS. Having decided to discontinue the sale of W, W. Greener’s guns, we de- sire to close out our entire line of his make; and to that end we offer them at the following greatly reduced prices. special order, and are of Greener’s latest and most improved production. All these guns were built to our Any of these guns will be sent C. 0. D., with privilege of examination and trial, chaser. No. 1 G.—W. W. Greener, treble-wedge fast action. pistol grip, patent fore end, tine laminated stee! parrels, horn-heel plate, 10 gauge, 80 inch, 939 Ibs., drop of stock, 27 In.; length of stock, 14*¢ in.; handsomely engraved and finished; full choke-bore ; reduced to. . $185 No. 2 G.—W. W. Greener, treble wedge-tast action, pistol grip, patent fore end, fine laminated steel barrel, handsome dark stock, horn-heel plate, 18, 30; 7 Lb., 14 0z.; both barrels full choke; re- HUCOG EON. 2 i. jose s = Bia scp eco yh Seager tse pli. No. 3 G.—W. W. Greener, treble wedge-fast action, pistol grip, parent fore end, horn-heel plate, yery handsome dark stock, handsomely en- graved and finished; drop of stock, 2% in.; length of stock, 147 In,; 12, 80; 7 lbs, 5 02,; re- duced to. No. 4 G.—W. W. Greener, treble wedge-fast action, pistol grip, patent fore end, imitation skeleton butt plate, plain case, hardened finish; drop of stock, 3 in.; length of stock, 1444 in.; right bar- rel, modified choke; left barrel, full choke; Da- masecus; 12, 30; Ty lbs.; reduced to $165 om receipt of remittance sufficient to pay express charges to your place and Whis remittance will be required, without exception, from every pur- No. 5 G.—W. W. Greener, treble wedge-fast action, pistol grip, patent tore end, plain case, hard- ened finish, laminated steel parrels; both bar Tels modified choke; 12, 50; 8 lbs. 1 02.; reduce UO Feet err eaniedennee hi Witeicla ae aan oe PLES No. 6 G.—W. W. Greener, treble wedge-fast action pistol grip stock, patent fore end, horn-hee plate, extra handsome curly stock, highest en- graying, best gun throughout; left barrel full choke, right barrel. modifed choke; drop of stock, 2% 1in.; length of stock, 1447 in,; an ex- ceptionally handsome gun; 12, 30; 7 lbs. 7 02.5 TOUUVCAbUcsapuiee tase t selben eoninpls o ase aes 0 No. 7 G.—W. W. Greener, treble wedge-fast action, same quality aS No. 6 G.; 12, 30; Ty 1bs.; both bariels full choke; reduced to,,.-........ + 200 No, 8 G.—W. W. Greener, treble wedge-fast action, pistol grip, patent fore end, horn-heel plate, fine laminated steel barrels, 16 gauge, 29 inch; 6 lbs. and 9 ozs,; drop of stock, 237 in.; length of stock, 1417 in.; both barrels modified choke; re- duced to...........5 Se eent ks ab ease mnt ese ugLED We also have a few Treble Wedge-Fast Greener Guns with hammers, 10 and 12 gauge, which we will sell at a very close figure, and a few side-snap action, 14 bore, 634 to 7 1bs., at $50 each. j. PALMER O’NEIL & €O., 68 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Eastern Field Trials Club Third Annual Running Meeting COMMENCING ON THANKSGIVING DAY, 1851. ROBIN’S ISLAND STAKES, OR EASTERN FIELD TRIALS DERBY, Open to all puppies whelped on Poriett, $5; $10 additional to Ml. Open to all setters or pointers. Prizes: First, $250; tional to fill, Nominations to close positivel: special prize of $100, or a silver cup of equal value, in the stakes. or! after April 1, 1880. Nominations for this stake to close positively on Oct, 1, 1881. PECONIC OR ALL-AGED STAKE y on Oct. 1, 1881. at option of the winner, for the best pointer competing Prizes: First, $150; second, $100, and third, $50. 3 second, $150; third, $50. Forfelt, $5; with $20 addl- To this stake will be added by the club a MEMBERS’ STAKES, Open only to nomination. FIELD TRALS CUP OF 1851. JACOB PENTZ, Special prices to members of the club, and each entry to be owned and handled by the member makin, Prize to be a piece of plate of the value of $100, an the d such prize to be known as the EASTERN J. OTTO DONNEE, President. Secretary. P, O. Box 274, New York City, follow others according to thetr value. ESTABLISHED 4836. NEAT AND ELEGANT BOOK BINDING FROM THE Plainest to the Most Elaborate Styles. SPECIMENS ON EXHIBITION. If you want good work, at low figures, and save Agent's Commission come direct to JAMES FE. WALKER, 14 Dey St. A FILE OF N. ¥, HERALD, 1847, AND TIMES, TO DATE, AND ODD NUMBERS, FOR SALE, THE NEW EUTEBROUK HAMMER GUN. I haye recently Invented a new hammer gun, both in single and double, which Is ac- knowledged to be the best article in the mar- ket, All sportsmen agree that the Hutebrouk guns for finish, workmanship and shooting Hay qualities are equal to any in the market, REBORING A SPECIALTY, c. BH. EUTELBROUK, 27 Dock Square, Boston, Mass. Hammer and Hammerless Guns made to order, CIGARETTES That stand unrivalled for PURE. Warranted Free from Drugs or Medication. FRAGRANT NEW VANITY es VANITY FAIR. ; FAIR. Each having Distinguishing Merits. HARMLESS, REFRESHING AND CAPTIVATING. 8 FIRST PRIZE MEDALS. Wm". S. KIMBALL & CO., Peerless Tobacco Works, Rochester, N. Y- CREATLY IMPROVED. NOT OVER 1 PER CENT. OF BREAK- AGE AT THE TRAP GUARANTEED. THREE ANNUAL PRIZES TO CLUBS: Ist, $1005 2d. $25; 3d, ane trap and1,000 pigeons. For particulars, rules, score cards, etc., address the manu- Tacturers, Send for Cirenlar of The FLYING CLAY PIng)y and TRAP. LIGOWSEY & CO. 33 Vine St., CINCINNATI, 0. [Extract from ForEsr AND SrrEam, July 7, 1881, p. 448.] « * * * his flight so nearly resembles the actual motions of birds that the Clay Pigeons afford excellent practice for wing shooting. We commend all sportsmen to test its merits.” & BE. F. NICHOLS & Co., 28 BEACH STREET, BOSTON, MASS, Manufacturers of the BEST HEXAGONAL SPLIT BAMBOO FISHING RODS, As was proved at the Fly-Casting Tournament at Coney Island, June 23. y hampion Class was won with one of our 10 ft. 9 oz, Bass Rods; length of cast, 75 feet. 2 aM Amateur Piass WaS won With one of our 11 ft. 8 oz. Fly Rods; length of cast, bi it. The Sea World Special Prize was won with one of our 113¢ ft. 10 oz. General Rods; length of cast, 76 tb. our rods are considered superior to all others by those who have seen or used them, Send stamp for cata- logue, with Mass. Fish and Game Law. ————————————————————— -Avcusr 11, 1881,] “ FOREST AND STREAM, 3g he Kennel, GRAND International Dog Show, TO BE HELD AT —— LONDON, ONT., SEPTEMBER 27, 25, 29 and 30, 1881. Prize Lists now ready, and can be had of J. PEDDICOMBE, Src'y, oR CHAS. LINCOLN, Sup. Office, Tecumseh House, London, Ont. ENTRI‘S CLOSE SEPTEMBER 12. FLEAS! FLEAS! WORMS! WORMS! " §teadman's Flea Powder for Dogs. A BANE TO FLEAS—A BOON TO DuGsS. HIS POWDER is guaranteed to Kill fleas on dogs or any other animals, or money 1eturned. itis putup in patent boxes with sliding pepper- box top, which greatly facilitates its use, Simple and eflicacious. Price 50 cents by mail, Postpaid. Areca Nut for Worms in Dogs. A CERTAIN REMEDY. Put up in boxes containing ten powders, with full @irections for use. Price 50 cents per box by mail, Both the above are recommended by Rop anp un and FoREST anp STREAM. Conroy, Bisset & Malleson, 65 Fulton s reet, N. Y. HENRY C. SQUIRES, 1 Cortlandt street, N. Y. WRIGHE & DITSOV, 680 Washington street, Boston, Mass, Dr. Gordon Stables, RB. N. TWYFORD, BERES, ENGLAND, Author of the “PRACTICAL KENNEL QUI@E,” &@, €xports champion and other pedigree dogs of any Breed. Send for “PLAIN HINTS TO WOULD-BE BUYERS.” Pries 18 cents, post free. Gives addresses of prin- olpal English breeders, Greyhounds, 3,919 Lake Ave., Chicago, Ill., or HENNESSHY & SERBACH, Chicago , Peru, Lasalle County, Ill, BRANDYWINE KENNEL. DASHING LION IN THE STUD. ried dog Dashion Lion will serve a lim- T of approved bitches. Fee, $25. aq L YEAsSLEY, JR, — Box 14, Coatesville, Penn. The im ited num Address Junes0,3mos BENEDICT. FIRST AND SPECIAL NEW YORK, 1881. Imported b'ack field Spaniel at the Stud. Fee Mr Jacobs’ strain. Brother to Squaw and o’ Devon; brother in blood to Kaffir and Zulu. Negro, litter brother to Benedict, was second to Eafiir atthe West of Hngland show last month. Black, and liver-coloréd purpies by Benedict for wale, LACHINE KENNEL CLUB, Whitestone, L. I. ’ yPHE LODGE KENNELS.—I am pre ' pared to take a Hmited number of ORR, sither setters or pointérs, and train them thor. igs a AR LeU } arantee satis . dog has all the natural Dintinotes eee ences on Srp on. Leis Prices, 350 and $75, ao- cording to length of time I keep the d discount to parties at long dieiunceat ai WINTER, Cairo, Thomas County. Georgia. Oct 2,tf imported ¢ Pa puppy stakes, Eastern Field Trials, Robbins’ Noy. 30, 1880; V. H. C. in open class, and epeci: rizé for best pointer dog with a field trial record, W. K. C. Show, 1881, toa ted number of bitches. Breeders furnished with full poe jute 83 West May12,tfez Er SALE CHEAP, three foxhound pups, three months old, strong and healthy; ears come an inch over end of nose. F. H, WALK&R, Elmira, Augii,1t + Ie Fo SALE, four prize-byed Irish terrler pi 3, whelped July 1, 1881, out of imported Nora: a Home Ruler. For price, etc., apply to DR, NIVEN, London, Ont, Augs Bo TERRIER PUPS FOR SALE CHEAP,— Bred from imported stock; six we ks old. Address E. LEVER, 906 Walnut street, Philadel- pote, Pa. Augi1,it OR SALE.—Two pure bred Gordon setter pup- pies, dor and bi three months old. Ad. dress A. WEEES, Locust Valley, L.1 Augii,2t LEONARD'S Split Bambpoo Rods, WITH PATENT WATERPROOF AND PATENT SPLIT FERRULES. ain No, 1 SHOWS WATERPROOF CUP IN FERRULE (PATENTED OCTOBER 26, 1875), This preyents any moisture from reaching the wood, and the ferrule from becoming loose, The c the wood, and make other makes of rods less durable than Leonard's. No. 2 SHOWS SPLIT FERRULE (PATENTED SEPTEMBER 8, 1878). "his split thoroughly strengthens where the ferrule is joined to the wood, which 1s the weakes pent ot a rod, and where so many of other makes of rodg (bamboo especially) break. Mr, Leonard has yét to hear of a single instance of breakage at this poin We consider this the GREATEST IMPROVEMENT that has been introduced In rod making onstant wetting and drying of the bambeo must rot since the PATENT SPLIT FERRULE has been applied, since rods have been made, No, 3 SHOWS SPLIT FERRULE WHIPPED WITH SILK AS IT APPEARS ON THE ROD. EVERY ROD WARRANTED. SOLE AGENTS, WILLIAM MILLS & SON, “7 7 WARREN STREET, NEW YORK. ALDRED'S YEW BOWS: Gents TIP SCREW, $1.50 set; Plain, $1; Quivers, $2; Lawn Tennis, $20, $30, $40, $50 per'set. LONDON TENNIS Bats, Jd. B. CROOK’S Newport Bass Rod, $15; Patent Rubber Multiplying Reel, $30, SEND 25c. FOR THE MOST COMPLETE CATALOGUE PUBLISHED, J. EB. CROOK & C@,, MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN 2FISHING TACKLE, ARCHERY, CUNS, AND ALL KINDS OF SPORTING GOODS, 30 Fulton Street, N.Y, SPECIALTIES FOR 1881. Sole Agents for THOMAS ALDRED’S LONDON ARCHERY $i8 up; Ladies, $16 up. ALDRED’S PEACOCK ARROWS: Gents, $10 per doz.; Ladies, $9 per doz, Bow Strings, 7éc. each. FRANUIS DARK’S Cricket Bats, $3.50 up; balls, $1.50 to $3.50. AYER’S London $3.50; Cork Handle, $4 and #5. J. B, N. B.—Nothing. but first-class goods sold at this Establishment, Cuarces-Daiy'= Towards @ AGENTS FOR CARD'S NEW DOUBLE REVOLVING TRAF. Steel Head Shells—Quality guaranteed. Pricelower than any other. KRemington’s Military, Sporting & Hunt Lists Simplest, Most Efficient, Indestriwctible. S. Government in the Navy and Frontier Service. Adopted by the U -48 Cal., 70 Grain Standard Government Cartridges. © rices: Carbines, $22; Frontier Rifle: Discount to the Trade Only. Or W. RB. eesti 10 Shots, Ss, $22; Sporting and Hunting Rifles, $25. Send for Catalogue and Price Lists. ALDRED’S FINGER CROOK’S Greenheart Black Bass Rod, $12 and $16, = The Daly Gun, SHAS FINER BARRELS, THE FITTING IS SUPERIOR To any other Gun :COSTING TWICE THE MONEY. Shootings Unaurpassed. furnished on application, = SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, Or THos. L. GoLcHER, Elm st., Boston. 116 Girard ave., Phila ing Repeating Rifles, ig KEENE’S PATENT. E. REMINCTON & SONS., 283 Broadway, N.Y. P. O. Box 3,994. The Bennel, GLOVER’S IMPERIAL MANGE CURE. A sure cure for all SKIN DISEASES. For sale by drugyists and dealers in sportsmen's goods. Price 6Uc, per pottle H. CLAY GLOVER, Sorz Proprimtor, Imperial Kennels, Toms River, N. J. PEDIGREE PRINTING AND CO}IPILING, CHEAPER THAN CAN BE DONE BY ANY OTHER HOUSE IN AMERICA, which does first-class work and guarentees satis- faction. Also VON CULIN PATENT SPIKE COLLAR AND BOOK, By mail, for $3. E. & C. VeN CULIN. P, O, Box 22, Delaware City, Del. 0 COCKER BUYERS AND BREEDERS.—A. W, Langdale, of 6 Newmarch Terrace, Victoria Road, Leytonstone, England, late owner of Cham- ions Lawyer, Batchelor, Ladybird. Ladylove, zie, Loustic, Leicester Limerick, Libna, Launce- lot, Lena,Lydney. Bebb, Young Bebb, Bessie IL, Bas- oness, and many more impurtant winners at our best shows; also, contributor to Vero Shaw’s new work on spaniels, will buy on commission spaniels of any breed, and hason his books a number of grand specimens; deposit system. Marai.tt T. BERNARD PUPS FOR SALE.—For pedigrees and other particulars, address, with stamp, P, O. Box #4, Lancaster, Mags. July 23,66 The Kennel. In the Stud. THE ERISH RED SETTER DOG “LARRY.” CHAMPION ELCHO, ExyCHAMPON ROSE, Dr. Jarvis calls Larry one of the best he ever bred; is all red, no white; a large grand dog with a most | | | Che Zenuel, | OR SALF.—The orange and white English set- ter bitch Nellie; 3 yearsold; broken on wood- | cock, quail and partridge; good, busy worker, with | Keen nose and yery staunch on point; retrieves | from land and water; she is from the best of native | S8!rains, and hasan excelent pedigree. Price, $36. | Also some native English setter pups very cheap. | Address W. H, PIERCE, Peekskill, N. Y. Augil,it superb head ; has thus far been used exclusively as ° a field dog and neyer shown; will make a-winner; | 1s thoroughly trained; has an admirable nose and © pertectly staunch before and behind. Fee yery low. Address W. H. PIERCE, Peekskill, N. Y. A 1 PureWhite BullTerrier Puppies on sale,whelp- ed May +2, 1881, comprising the blood of the celebrated champions, Violet, M Sen ne Prince, ete, Weight of sire, 40 lbs.; sire Dutch. Weight of dam, 50 lbs.; dam Lucie. Pedigree—Dutch by Old Victor-Countess; Countess by Young Gambler— Old Dasie (Countess dum of Champion Magnet); Lucie by Champion White Prince-Puss (Puss dam of champion Violet, Mr. Fumstone’s Norah, etc.) For price apply to BEACON KENNEL, 23 Myrtle Strcet, Boston. f=" Bull bogs and Bull Terriers at Stud. Augi1,1t OR SALE, a very handsome and fine bred eras and white setter bitch, 4% years old; thorougHty broken on ali game. A magnificent brood bitch, and always throws a majority of dog pups. *old for no fault. Price low if taken at once, For iil particulars aud pedigree, address G. E, OSBORN or R, B. PENN, New ath ven. eet ugi, OR SALE CHEAP—Beautiful brace of youn cocker gpanies of choice stock, LOCK KO. 237, Suspension Bridge, N. Y. Aug4, 25 OR SALE.—Three liver, white and tan dog pup- pies; five months old; healthy, good size and | handsomely marked. Sire, Pierson’s Banker (Bel- ton-Verner’s Rose; dam, my Bess (Stevenson's | Mack-Conklin’s Nellie). Price only #10. L. HILLA- BRANDT, Johnstown, N. ¥. Aug 11,1 a OR SALE.—A few choice black and black and white cocker spaniels, broken and unbroken; also a good partridge-treeing dog, three years old, For price and full pedigree address CHAS. F. , Monticello, N. Y. Augii,it ORY O’MORE KENNEL.—Thoroughbred red Trish setter pupples for sale, by champion Rory O’More out of Nofah O’More, Magenta and Peirl Full pedigrees. Address W. N. CALLEN- DER, Albany, N. Y. Augii,tet J\OR SALE, fine bred young foxhounds of differ- ent ages, English, Virginla and New England stock, A, D. NORCROSS, Monson, Mass. Augll,3t | OR SALE, OR EXCHANGE FOR SMALL BOAT, —My liver colored cocker spaniel dog Rang; 14s years old; good worker, CG, RICHARDSON, Turner’s Falls, Mass. Augi1 it } —Se Kennel Advertisements nert page. ‘ 40 FOREST AND STREAM, «= ~— [Auevsr 11 1581. ————————————— The Rennei, Cockers in the Stud To a Umited number of approved bitches. yeaa black, Winner of 1st and special N. Y. 881, CHAMPION CHARLIE, liver and white ticked winner of 1st, and special Leeds, Eng., 1878; 2d N Y., 1879; 1st Philadelphia, 1879. For stud fees, ped igtees, etc., Inquire of the RIVERSIDE COCKER SPANIEL KENNEL, Claremont, N, H., Lock-Box 33, gunes, tt prize winner. Full pedgree on both sides. A rare chance for a good dog. CHAS. T. BROWNELL, New Bedford, Mass, Post office box 350. Aug4,2t OR SALE CHEAP—Handsome English setter dog Dash. Partially broken. Cost $85 to im- ports color, liver, Also field spaniel Ned by Mal- ard, first prize winner at Baltimore and Philadel- hia ; out of imported Daisy; color, liver. Address RANK L. CLARK, 43 Montgomery street, Jersey City, N. J. July 21-4t (OR SALE, dark red Trish setter pups, by Cham- pion Chief, 3 months old. M. WENZEL, 89 Fourth St., Hoboken, N, J. Aug4,36 OR SALE, a brace of beautiful black and white Liewellin setter pups by Champion Paris. GC, HB. LEWIS, Suspension Bridge, N. Y. Augs Ati ULEOUT COCKER SPANIEL KENNELS.—for Cockers of all ages and colors, dogs, bitches and Puppies address with stamp, ROB'T WALKER, Franklin, Del. Co,, N. ¥. July 21-tt ARE BEAGLE KENNELS—for sale, the pro- duce of imported and home bred animals that have been hunted since able to foliow the dam on the tral, and are believed to be second to none in nose, tongue and endurance, COLIN CAMERON, Brickerville, Pa. May!2,tf ; OR SALE.—One pure-bred English Mastiff Dog, two years old; stands 31 inches high. Also, several pure-bred Mastil! Pups. For pedigrees and rices, address W. EB. SESSIONS, Lock Box 1,055, Jorcester, Mass. July 28,46 OR SALE CHEAP, a. litter of fine Irish setter pups, 10 weeks ola, haying one cross of Hicho and two of Plunkett, Address E. J ROBBINS, Wethersfield, Conn. July 21-tf ORTRAITS of Eastern Field Trial Winners, printed on fine tinted paper, will be sent post- aid for 25 cents each, or the tive for $1. FOREST STREAM PUB. CO., 39 and 41 Park Row, N. ¥. Dec30,tt EMASKETT KENNEL, Richmond & Vaughan, Proprietors, Middleboro, Mass.— Sporting dogs boarded, broken and handled by men of experience. Setters, Pointers, Fox Hounds and Beagles trained for theirreepective work. Satisfaction guaranteed 1so, 2 number of well-trained Setters and Pointer: for sale. Address BOX 335, Micdleboro, Mass, H. B. RICHMOND, N. H. VAUGHAN. dune2,tt * Sportsman's Goods. ' These styles made of the best duck: Cap, $1; Cost, $4; Vest, $2; Pants, $2—will be sent to any part of the United States on receipt of price. Designs of other styles of first-class sporting gar- ments sent on request by post. GEO. C. HENNING, One Price Clothier, 410 7th ST., WASHINGTON CITY. DECOY DUCKS. Good Ones, $4 per Dozen. MANUFACTURED BY M.C.WEDD,87 ManhattanSt. ROCHESTER, N. ¥. Keep Your Head Over Water Por Si we mufl a pocket ilfe preservor, welght halt an onnee, ordinary bulk an inch. DIVING DECOY CO., Rochester, N. Y. Sportimen's Goods, Sportsmen's Goods zs PATENT SELF-CLOSING PLUNGE TRAPS. PATENT SELF-CLOSING TRAPS, WITH EXTRA DOOR TO SHOW WHEN BIRD IS NOT IN TRAP, Price per pair, $25. This trap is used by all the principal associations inthe U. $., and is considered the best trap made for rapid shooting. Manutactured by PARKER BROS., Meriden, Ct., MAKERS OF THE WORLD-RENOWNED PARKER BREECH-LOADER. Send for Catalogue of Gun Implements, etc. “HELLO!” THE Home Telephone Manf’g Co. OF PITTSBURG, PA., Now offer their instruments for general use. The CHEAPEST and the BEST! A universal want sup lied! NO ELECTRICITY! NO BATTERY! OP- RATED BY ACOUSTIC VIBRATION and works in all kinds of weather. Especially adapted for connec! ing different parts of the same pena or factory, warehouses and offices, houses and stables, or different bufldings on farms, plantations, etc.; also for Spe aloe vube purposes. Will work in a circuit of four miles lf desired, An unequaled source of amusement and instruction for the young folks. F Price for two instruments, with insulators, at- tachments, ete., with full instructions tor setting them up, $2.00. Sent by express to any address, on receipt of price, or can besent by mail if 2 cents additional is remitted to pay postage, Address all orders to the Home Telephone Manufacturing Co., P. 0. BOX 819, PITTSBURG, PA. We want lady and gentlemen nts in every town and city to introduce the HOME TELEPHONE. Business pleasant, honorable and profitable. $75.00 to $100.00 per month can be made with but little ex- ertion. No capital required. You have only to SHOW the Telephone to secure orders, as they speak for themselves = We will send two SAMPLE Telephones tor AGENTS, with full outfit and instructions, for $1.00 and eight 3 ct. postage stamps, Address Home Telephone Manuf’ng Co., Box $19, Pittsburg, Pa, ‘HUNTING HATCHETS, WITH PATENT COVERS, THE ONLY ONE IN THE WHOLE WORLD, A perfect protection to the edge of the hatchets, Send for new circular. A. CROSBY & CO., July21 Werville, Kennebec, Maine, DEMUTH BROS., Manufacturers of » Vhan\* S) Sed 4rtlficlal Eyes for Taxidermists and Manuf’cturers. ‘Also, all kinds of Glass Work done to order. Catalogue Free of Charge by Mall. WALKER ST., NEW YORE. Goon’s OIL TANNED MOCCASINS. The best thing in the market for hunting, fishing, canoeing, snow-shoeing, etc. They are = easy 1 sae So ey Ssy durable. Made to order S kee in & variety of styles, and soe ys J warranted the gauine ar- Send for price lst. MARTIN 8. HUTCH- ticle. INGS, P. ©, Box 365, Dover, N. H, (Successor to Frank Good), Braprozp & Boston Agents. ANIMONY, A complete 194 page Tilustrated Catalogue SPORTS sentonreceiptol two three cent stamps,— PECK & SNYDER, Manufac'"s, 124 & 126 Nassau St., N.Y. TATHAM'S Selected Standard Number of Pellets to the oz. Printed on Each Bag. "Trap Shot! Soft or Chilled. NUMBERS 7, 8, 9 AND 10. No. of pellets to 0z., 388 472 688 1056 Soft. arid fe et es 845° «495 «716 1130 Chilled, TATHAM& BROQ’S, 82 BEEKMAN 8T., NEW YORK. Hotels and Zontes far Spartsmen “THE FISHING LINE,” TAKH THR Crand Rapids & Indiana R. R. THE ONLY ROUTE TO THE Trout, Grayling & Black Bass Fisheries, AND THE FAMOUS SUMMER, HEALTH AND GAME RE- SORTS AND LAKES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. The watersof the Grand Traverse Region. and the Michigan North Woods are unsurpassed, if equaled, in the abundance and great variety of fish contained. , BROOK TROUT abound in the streams, and the famous AMERICAN GRAYLING is found only in these waters. The TROUT season begins May 1 and ends Sept 1, None GRAYLING Season opens June 1 and ends Nov. 1. BLACK BASS, PIKE, PICKEREL and MUSCA- LONGE, also abound in large numbers in the many lakes and lakelets of this territory. The Sports- man can readily send trophies of his skill to his friends or **club” at home, as ice for packing fish can be had at nearly all points. TAKE YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU. The scenery of the North Woods and Lakes is very beautiful. The airis pure, dry and bracing. The climate is pecullarly beneficial to those suffering with ; Hay Fever and Asthma Affections. The hotel accommodations are excellent, and will be largely increased In time for the sea_on of 1851 by new buildings and additions, Hiatt the season ROUND TRIP EXCURSION TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT LOW RATES, and attractive train facilities offered to Tourists and Sportsmen. Dogs, Guns and Fishing Tackle Carried Free at owner's risk. Tt is our aim to make sportsmen feel ‘tat home” onthis route. For Tourists’ Guide’a handsomely illustrated book of 160 pagessentfree. Time Cards, Folders and further information, address . A.B, LEET, Gen’l Pass'r Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. Fishing Season at Rangeley Lakes Again Open. EXCURSION TICKETS VIA Boston AND MAINE RAILROAD. Boston to Andover and returD.....0...-1+.44 $9. “South Arm (Richardson Lakes) and TEWID...;---- 5 abe oatan eek +. 12.00 “ Middle Dam and returm.....;...., 13.00 “ Upper Dam Fe he Se brgesicie 14,00 “ Upton chy ee tare 11.00 P “ Mountain View House or Ranglet Outlet and return (Indian Rock), via Farmington ......-.....----» . ‘© JndianRock andreturnviaAndover “ Rangeley Lake and return......... * Phillips Cee) Lene “ Indian Rock and RA ities An- tlover, return via Farmington)... 15.25 “ (via Andover) Bemis Stream and TOGUWMH 20.2 eee eee raaaek eat » 15,25 ‘“ Moosehead Lake and return (Mt. Kineo House).,....- fenessewnesgy) 06,00 “ Forks of the Kennebecandreturn. 13,00 “ Dead River and returm.,........... 13.00 * Grand Falls, N. B., andreturm.... 18.00 « §t, Andrews, N. B., and return.... 15,00 Also tourists’ tickets to all Sporting and Pleas- ure Resorts in Maine and the Provinces, Tickets for sale at all principal ticket offices and at 980 WASHINGTON STRE Mae BOSTON DEPOT, HAYMARKET 5Q., t Send for list of excursions. . : D. J, FLANDERS Gen. Pass, and ‘Ticket Agent. AND Tim Pond uz Seven Ponds. TROUT FISHING AND HUNTING. Parties wishing to vislt the Seven Ponds, via Eustis and Tim Pond, can haye buck-board teams, ides, boats, camps, with poard, in readiness, by writing in advance to ‘KENNEDY SMITH, Eustis,‘Maine. es Hotels and Routes far Sportsmen, TO SPORTSMEN: The Pennsylvania R. R. Co., Respectfully invite attention to the SUPERIOR FACILITIES afforded by their lines for peace cee of the TRO G PARKS and RACE C ES in the Middle States. These lines ae NTINUOUS FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the dif- ficulties and dangers of reshipment, while the ex- cellent cara which run oyer the smooth enable STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED without failure or injury. THE LINES OF Pennsylvania Railroad Company also reach the best localities for GUNNING AND FISHING in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company im all the aes citiesto KANE, RENOYV. FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, MINNEQUA, other well-known centers for Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting, and Sti Hunting, ” Also, +o TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN, CAPE MAY SQUAN, and paintson the NEW JBRSEY COAS# renowned for SALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN AND FHA re a L. P. FARMER, Gen’l Pass. Agent. Faane THOMSON, Gen’] Manager. teblj-ai Chesapeake & Ohio R’y. THE ROUTE of the SPORTSMAN and ANGLER TO THE BEST HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA, Comprising those of Central and Pledmont Vir- ginia Blue Ridge Mountains, Vailey of Virginia, Alleghany Moudtains, Greenbrier ani New Rivers. Kanawha Valley, and including in their varleties ot game and fish, deer, bear, wild turkeys, wild duck, grouse, quail, snipe, woodcock, mountain trou bass, pike, pickerel, ete. Guns, fishing tatkle and one dog for each sports- man carried free. The Route of the Tourist, through the most beautiful and St scenery of the Virginia Mountains to the Wh Springs and other famous summer resorts. te Sulphur he C. & O. R’y is reached by rail at Huntingdon, W. Va., from the West, Northwest and Southwest; at Charlottesyille, Va., from the North and Hast, and at Richmond, Va., from the South. The completion of the Peninsular Extension in the summer of 1881 affords THE ONLY ALL RAIL ROUTE TO THE “YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL,” and establishes a continuous rail line, via Rich- mond, Va.; u mouth of Cnesapeake Bay and the Paciuc Ocean. and Huntington, W- Va., between the H.W. FULLER, G. P. & T, A., Richmond, Va. OLD DOMINION LINE, HE STEAMERS of this Line reach some of the finest watertow!l and upland shooting sections in the country. Connecting airect for sea Ara Cobb's Island and points on the Peninsula, City Point, James River, Currituck, Florida aud the mountainous country of Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk steamers sail Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- urday. Lewes, Dell., Monday and Thursday at 3P. wu. Full information given at office, 197 Greenwich, street, New York. Bromfield House, Boston. KUROPEAN Phas. : MESSENGER, Proprietor. Wild Fowl Shooting. SPRINGVILLE HOUSE OR SPORTSMEN’S RE- TREAT, SHINNECOCK BAY, ae Ae PRACTICAL GUNNER AND beret Has always on hand the best of hosts, batteries, etc., with tho largest rig of train- od d-geese decoys on the coast. ae bess und in the aC of New York forbay snipe Shooting: of all varieties. Specialattention given by himself to his guests, an: satisfaction guaran: teed. ‘Address Wm. N. LANE, Good Ground, LI Retera by. Broad- ermission to J.B. Shepherd, 891 way and, m. Dutcher, 320 Brosdway. N.Y. Virginia Midland R.R. The Safest, the es ON Route to Florida Pulman Palace cars direct without change. Quns and dogs carried free. Leaves New York at 10 P.M. 0d 3:40 7, M5 W. in, 7710 A. M. and 10 ¥.4. MERCER SLAUGHTER, General Ticket Agent, Alexandria, Va. CARDEN AND FARM SEEDS. SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE Vanderbilt Bros., 33 Fuiton st., N, ¥. [Avaver 18, 1881.] _ FOREST AND STREAM. 41 SPrPRATTYW’S PATENT ENUINE SEROIyS NONE ARE recel the minster O8 SSa1Nn BTAMPED,. Packed in Cases of 112 pounds each. SEND FOR CIRCULAR. “ Fibrine” Cakes are used at the Dogs’ Home, London ; highest award for Do ennel Club, New York, Gold Medal; irish Kennel Club, Silver ardin d’Acclimatatio: Biscuits at the Paris oe, ee ; MEAT “FIBRINE” DOG CAKES. Lid TOS PATENT” are Purveyors by Appointment to all the principal Shows and Kennels in the United Kingdom and abroad. The Patent sh gas Tats Paris, etc. They have been awarded over 30 Gold, Sliver and Bronze Medals ; Seat Sa ayia Special Medal; Grand Gold Medal, Hanover Dog Show, 1879; West- e 7 BEWARE OF WORTHLESS 1M1I7TATIONS. Please see that Every Cake is Stamved ‘SPRATT’S PATENT” and a 1 X.” WHOLESALE ACENTS, FRANCIS 0. de LUZE & CO., {8 South William Street, Lishing GQackle, MANN’S Sixty varieties manufactured, suitable for Troll- ne tor all kinds of fish that will take an artificial pait, and adapted for any lake or river in the Untied States. : Our Pertevt Revolving Spoon is undoubtedly the best eM spoon for taking fish ever offered to the public. —_ ‘Three slzes made—No, 20 for bass, pike, pickerel, or auy fish under five pounds weight; No. 21 for large fish, and the best spoon ever mude for salmon trout; No. 22 excellent for deep water fishing. Beware of imitations. Noné genuine except JOHN H. MANN’S name stamped on every spoon Sold wholesale and retail by the principal dealers fn Fishing Tackle. JOHN H. MANN & CO, SYRACUSE, N. Y. Soft Rubbrr Crawfish, Patented Oct. 1. EW BASS BAIT.—Samples py mail, Thc, soft Rubber Hellirramites, 50¢. Soft Rubber Frogs —large, 5uc.; Small, 3Uc, ‘Trade supplied. Sole Agents, WM. MILLS & SON,” {7 Watren Street, New York. MOLLER’ wit WEGIAN » COD-LIVER O1_| é Debility, 'Scrofula, Rheumatism ‘or Consumption, is superior to any in de- ilicacy of taste and smell, {medicinal virtues and purity. London, European and New | York physicians pronounce i tthe purest and best, Sold by Druggists, WRICHT & DITSON, DEALERS IN FISHING TACKLE. LAWN TENNIS, CRICKET, BASE BALL, ARCHERY AND 8PORT- ING GOODS GENERALLY. * Our Bete Pe asl tes is under the t MR. TE LE GRAIGE. een Sor our ijlustrated journal of prices, etc. Address 580 Washington St., Boston, Masse TO ANCLERS: JOHN ENRIGHT & SONS, FishingRod &TackleMakers Castle Connell, near Limerick, Ireland. Reels and Lines to match balance of rods. No agents. All information respecting fisheries on the Shannon in this locality, a8 alse Gatalojyues of our greenheatt rods and general assortment of tackle, to be had onapplication. JCHARDSON AND RANGELEY IAKFS IL- LTETRATED. a thorough and compiete wide boak To the Rangeley Lake Region, Kenns- o, fupsupie., Harmachneee and Connecucut Lakes sna the heso watersol the Conuecticut, Mag- Alloway, Androwo;gin and liesd rvers: tiurmin- ated Covers. untes paper So) pares, 6 1astrations and Aa map. muce mostly Dom accurate sur- yeys. Price, post-paid by mail, ol cents. CHARLES A.d, FARRAR, Jamaica Plain, Mass, NEW YORK. Sportsmen's Gaads. Fishing Pants. HODGMAN & C 425 BROADWAY AND 27 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK, ARE OFFERING THE LARGEST STOCK OF Russer FisHine Qurrits, COMPRISING FISHING PANTS, FISHING BOOTS, BLANKETS, Light, Black, White or Tan Color Coats, AND COMPLETE RUBBER SPORTING OUTFITS, ([ES'TAB LISHED 1838.] Send for Catalogue. Philadelphia Fishing Tackle THE ORVIS FLY BOOK. HOUSE. A. B. SHIPLEY & SON, Manufacturers of Fine Fishing Tackle of Every Description. 503 COMMERCE ST., PHILA. Shipley’s Looped and Plain Mist Color Leaders. Shipley’s Improved Adjustable Floats. Reversed Wing, Trout, Bass and Salmon Flies in stock, and also tled to pattern. A full assortment of common und finest Rods, Lines, Heels, etc. Our Bethabara Fly and Bait Rods and Split Bam- boo Fly Rods received the first premiums at the Meg eae Franklin Institute and Penna. State A specialty of the celebrated Bethabara Wood for ods and Archery Bows. Stronger than Split bamboo and as tourh and elastic as steel. Kod mouttings of all descriptious on hand and to order. Prive list of wood and rod mountings free. Our 65-page new Lilustrated Catalogue of Fishing Tackle sent, post-paid, on receipt of ten tentsin stamps. : The Edgar Barbless Hook. PATENTED. TROUT Ask your Dealers for ELIES them, o send to us for circular. ON No, 10, 2 Sole Agents. mr Wim. ASS MILLS ELIES Xn SON, iu 7 Warren No.4 ands. St., N.Y. SPORTSMEN’S DEPOT. (ESTABLISHED 1838). a iret premium at \World’s Fair at New York, azé Centennial Exhibition. JOHN KRIOER le Tr. nd and Walnut oh ot ieaders,Budods, Artfiis Bait, Bly Books, §@F“Balmon, Rass, and Trout Fites, Made Oréer. >ARKAR’S POCKET MAP OF THE RICHARD- hUN-RANGELEY LAKES REGION, including all the lakes, ponds and rivers of that famous coun- try, as well as the head waters of the Connecticut Kiver, Connecticut und Parmachenee Lakes, etc.: cloth bound, Price, t-paia by mail, 50 cents, CHAKLKS A. J. F damaica Mass, Full length, with waterproof and mildewproot ‘leaves, New style clips which will mou come off, neatly and strongly made. PED ZUR OO Kitoss os Patan che arc at a ome oles ba ONE $1.50 Gece Ae ~ 2.00 g sy . 4.00 24 CS wt » 4,00 Shed SC -extrastinedleather.; 57.8.0. 20002 5.00 Send for catalogue. Mention F. anp 8. CHAS. F. ORVIS, Manchester, Vt. BIRDS’ EYES. Birds?’ Skins, Taxidermists’ and Naturlists’ Supplies. Send for New Price List. Reduced Rates. W.J. KNOWLTON’S Natural History Store, 168 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. Birds and animals preseryed by superior French and American workmen. DEMUTH BROS., manutacturers of Z = aes irtlficial Eyes for Taxidermists and Manuf’cturers. Also, all Kinds of Glass Work done to order. Catalogue Free of Charge by Mall. WALKER ST., NEW YORK. THREAD-WOUND, LONG-RANGE SHOT CARTRIDGE CASES For muzzle and breech-loading, cylindrical and choke-bore shot-guns. Made to open just short of 50, Tu ant 90 yards, giving close pattern and great peneiration. 1 andi2yauge. Send for circular, 20 Sent, J’ost=-pa-a, for $L. H. 4. SCHLEBER & CO., Rochester, N. ¥* KRUC & CO’S CHAMPAGNES! STANDARD AWD DRY. The Sportsman's Wine !! A. ROCHEREAU & CO., SOLE AGENTS, 6 South Willliam St., New York. 1é and 15 St. Louis St., New Orleans. ~ KNAPP & VAN NOSTRAND, POULTRY » GAME, Nos. 289 and 290 WASHINGTON MARKET, NEW YORK. ARRAR’S STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS of the en- tire Bichardson-Rangeley Lakes Keglon. Large size, Gah 2ocents. “nd ror catalogue. CHARLES A, J. FARKAK. Jar ptca Plain, Mass $66 Portiand, a week in your own town. Terms and = outfitfree. Address H. HALLETT & O0.,t Maine. QENUING ee Si o NGNE ARE ' BTAMPED, To be had in smaller quantities! Grocers and the Sperting Goods Trade Generally. Publigationé, Any of the Following Books Sent on Receipt of Price by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. Adirondacks, Camp Life in, Murrays........... $1.50 Adirondacks, Camps and Tramps in, Northrup. 1.95 Adirondacks, Guide to Waillace’s, 6th edition.. 2.00 Adirondack, Wilderness, In the, Warner’s...... 16 Amateur Trapper—paper, 50¢.; ds....... American Angler’s Book, Norris..-.... American Bird Fancter,.......-...+---s--- American Wild Fowl! Shooting, J. W. Long..... Angling, a Book on, Francis..... Shore ATENEreMGOENILN spas tanisce s seep tacos acces See Archery, Witchery of, Maurice Thompson..., Around the World in the Yacht Sunbeuni...... 8. Art of Swimmin: ta Art of Swimming. Monstery .. Athlete’s Guide, Harding.........0...0.ss se ssene Athletic Sports for Boys—hboards, T6c.; cloth... Athletic Sports, Stonehenge.............-..--.. Batley’s Birds of the United States............. Baird’s Birds of North America...... cad Bechstein’s Chamber and Cage Birds.......... Boat Salling, Practical...... 2... .5..2..cesaee se Books for Sportsmen: Angling, 50c.; Shooting, 50c.; Common Objects of the Seashore, 6uc.; Cage and Singing Birds, 60c.; Dogs, 75c.; Birds’ Hegs and Nests, s50¢.; Fresh and Salt Water Aquarium, 50c.; Native Song Birds.., Breech Loader, 10am... . 2... a.eve nec secescenee “ Breech Loader, Modern, Greener....-.......... Butler en the Dog.......... Sieechsc peawpaeaelne ds Cage and Singing Birds... Canoe and Camera..... OMcar a Canoeing in Kanuckia.... 2... ec eee ere eeesees Canoe Traveling, Powell.............; StaN creme lola, | Canoe Trip, or a Lark on the Water............ | Canoe. voyage of the Paper; Bishop’s......... t ( wer srr @assell’s Book of Birds, 4 Vols8....,..-0.05 soee sel Dog Breaking by Holabird............ shee alee Fiy in Maine Lakes........, Mice g aah, Frank Forester’s Field Sports Frank Forester’s Fish and Fishing............. Frank Forester’s Fishing with Hook & Line. pa. Frank Forester’s Manual for Young Sportsmen. Frank Forester’s Sporting Scenes and Charac- ters, 8vo., 2 vols...... coer r Gun, Rod and Saddle.......... Hallock’s Sportsmen’s Gazettee: Hand Book for Riflemen....... Hints to Riflemen, Cleveland... .. Holden's Book of Birds; paper, How to Camp Out, Gould...... How to Hunt and Trap, Batty’ Hunter anc Trapper, Tnrasher. ae Hunting and Hunters of ali Nations, Frost. Lite ot a Sportsmen, Nimrod......... = Manton’s Taxidermy Without a Teache Minot’s Land and Game Birds....... Naturalists’ Guide, Maynard...... The Gun and its Development, by Greener Lo jas cae ra emea fe iw aan Pe SSSTESSSSESSSSS RSSSRASSSERSTSSRS For the Angler & the Naturalist. OF BOOK -:. BLACK BASS COMPLETE SCIENTIFIC AND LIFE HIstery, FULL INSTRUCTION IN ALL THE MODES OF ANGLING AND FLY FISHING. A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF ALL TOOLS, TACKLE AND IMPLEMENTS, Fuliy tllustrated. BY JAMES A. HENSHALL, MD. In Press. Ready in May Large 12mo. 400 pages, price $3 00 (PUBLISHED BY SUBSCKIPTION.) For Prospectus or Particulars Address DR. J, A. HENSHALL, 33 Wesley Ave, Cincinnati, Ohfo. ORANGE JUDD Cd. 7ol Broadway, New York, PUBLISH THIS DAY anew and enlarged edition of THE DOGS —OoOFr— Great Britain, America & other Countries. Thelr Breeding, Training, and Management in Health and Disease, comprising all the essential parts of the two Standard Works on the Dog by STONEHENGE, Thereby furnishing what has hitherto cost $11.25 for $2.00. = Tt describes the best Game and Hunting Grounds in America. Gives names of Prize Winners in Dog Shows vf 1877-75-79-Su. Contains over One Hundred beautiful Kngrayings, embracing most noted Dogs in both Continents, Making together, with Chapters by Aeritan writers, the most complete Dog book ever pu ii Tinted Paper. PEICE, POSTPAID, $2. For Sale at the boy Shuw.e YOURNAKE shed. 12mo. New: styles, by best. art Chromos, Landscapes, WaterSe: r Apent's Gomrlete Satuple Bor >, Great variety Advertising und Bevel-Eadge Cards, 1s prices ta deslens and printers. UO Samples Fancy Atoeriising Carda, AUCe Address STEVENS BKOUS,, bos >, No! Ut. mar ¥jCard 42 FOREST AND STREAM. [Auevsr 18, 1881. almmunition, Ete. ORANGE SPORTING Powter. Orange Lightning. Orange Ducking. Orange Rifle. Creedmoor. ELECTRIC BLASTING APPARATUS, Send postal card for ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLET, showing SIZES of GRAINS of POWDER, Furnished FREE Laflin & Rand Powder Co., No, 29 Murray Street, New York, Duponi’s Rifle, Sporting and Blasting Powder. THE MOST POPULAR POWDER IN USE! Duront’s GUNPOWDER MILLs, established in 1802, have maintained their great reputation for seyenty- eight years. Manufacture the following celebrated brands of powder : Zi Dupont’s Diamond Grain.—No0s. 1 (coarse) to 4 (fine) unequalled in strength, quickness and cleanliness; adapted for glass-ball and pigeon shooting. Packeuinilb canisters, Dupoeant’s Kagte Ducking.—Nos. 1 (coarse) to 3 (fine); burnss.owly, strony and very Clean ; great penetration, with a close pattern; adapted for glass-ball, pigeon, duck and other shooting, with elther muzzie or breech loaders, Packed in 1 Tb. and 65 lb. cani ters and 644 and 123 Ib. kegs. 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FERGUSON’S PATENT ADJUSTABLE JACK LAMP?, DASH LAPS, FISH= ING LAMPS, Etc., = For Night Hunting and 7 Fishing, Spearing Fish,Camp- ing, Canoeing. Yachting Driving at Night, and Gen Illuminating Purposes, Bicycle Lanterns, Dark Lanterns, Musicians Band Lamps, Pocket Lantern: Hand Lanterns, etc. Seni Stamp for Illustrated Price List. Name Forest AND STREAM. ALRERT FERGUSON, Office, 65 Fulton Street, N. ¥. (With Conroy, Bissett & Malleson.) BRADFORD & ANTHONY, 374 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., Importers of English Fish Hooks, English els, Swivels, Silver Fishing Gimp, Arti- ficial Baits, Spanish Silkworm Gut, Calcutta and Japan Bamboo Poles. Sole selling agents for United States Fish Hook Works. h 5 Sole selling agents forthe Fishing Lines hear- ing the Trade Mark “Best Quality Hand-Laid Linen and Silk Lines,” which receiyad Centen- nial Medal for “strength and care taken in manufacture.” \ Sole selling agents for the Patent Adjustable Floats and Sinkers. 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The Best Cun made for DURABILITY — AND — SHOOTING QUALITIES $40 - $55 to $200 = ~ Ap This gun isiight and compact, from 9 to10 Ibs. welght. The rifle 1s perfectly accurate.” L. C. SMITH Maker, Syracuse, N. Y¥. OUR NEW MODEL THREE BARREL - $75 to $250 TH ERICAN SPORTSMAN’S JOURNAL. Entered According to Act of Congress, In the year 18S1, by the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, In the Office of the Librarian of {Congress, at Washington.? Terms, $4 a Vear. 10 Cts. a Sanyo NEW YORK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1881. Six Mo's, $2. Three Mo’s, $1. CONTENTS. EprrontaL :— Malaria in the White House; The St. Lawrence Game Club; Frog Culture ; The Lake George Meat ; Notes..... egelele ~ 48 Vue Srorrsman 'TouRISsT :— A Story of the Juniper Swamps ; Texas Attractians ; Dream- ing Under the Pine ; Trout Fishing in New Mexico....... 44 Natura History :— Bryant's Sparrow Song ; Do Garter Snakes Mat Fish? “The Way of a Serpent on a Rock ;’ The Mocking Bird's Tr- umph; Notes...-......- Spe eevee a aminde Rann ae, AG Game Bac AND GuN :— An Arkansas Turkey Hunt; Delaware Rail Shooting ; Are They Monopolies? In Defense of Adirondack Guides ; Asiatic Birds for America ; Game in Dutchess County ; The Inu-o-mono ; Noted.,..,.-.20..---eesee ees htc! *. a7 Sea AnD RivER Fisuine :— The Garp is Game; Fishing; The Wicked Fishing Wheel ; ~ Improvement in Mackerel Fishing; The Starfish as & Coméstible ; Seven Ponds; Large Black Bass; Rhode Island Lobster Law-......-..-.--- EAM Aga jogte ion sean DU) FIisHCULTURE :— Top-Minnow, Structure and Oyarian Incubation; Carp in Tennessee; Fishery Exhibition in Scotland ; Bosher’s Dam Hishway ; McCloud Hatchery; Paris Exposition ; Notes.. 51 Tur KENNEL :— Niagara Dogs Rescued ; Transportation of Dogs ; Nebraska’ Yield Trials ; Hydrophobia ; Dachshund Trialx; London Dog Show ; Notés..... 222.2. cc eeee ener sree tes seed eo in 53 RirLeE AND TRAP SHOOTING....+. +... Be er eC be ea: 55 YAOHTING AND CANOEING........-+00 04-2 eee eee ce enone ececes 56 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS... , 2... 66.0020 - eee rece se seeees 53 TO CORRESPONDENTS. 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The publication office was removed to this city and the name changed to ‘‘ Rop anp Gun” in 1875, The first number of the Forsst anD Svream was issued from No, 103 Fulton street, Aug., 14, 1873. The Rop anp Gun and the Forgsr anp SrrzaM were consolidated in 1877, the first number of the new form appearing May 3d of that year. Our inquirer is further informed that the words ‘‘ Forest” and “Stream” ure not the names of individuals who have been connected with the paper. += DREAMING UNDER THE PINE. By Xi YorzEts. We are such staff! as dreams are made of, And our litte lite is rounded with a sleep.— SHAKESPEARE, NITE father of Vivian St. Clair lives near the banks of Cheat River, where it flows through a broad, beautiful yalley uear the base of the wild mountaious. Formerly a professor of natural history and botany in the university of his native State, he suddenly acquired a princely fortune by the sale of mountain lands, a little time before considered comparatively worthless. He would come out to this wilder- ness during the summer vacations to sngle for the speckled trout and study the wild flora of the mountains. The estate consisted only of barren sands covered with dark pine forests. Great cliffs, moss-coyered and pierced with caverns—the hlome of the lynx and the rattlesnake—were piled up on the river bauks, their bases hidden by the rhododendron and azaliu. But oil was found floating on the waters of spring and pool, for under these rugged rocks, barren sands and dark pine wood was a great petroleum Jake. So the place was sold, the chair in the university given up, a beautiful farm purchased on the banks of the Cheat and an elegant villa erected by the crystal river at the foot of the great mountains. Prof. St. Clair was a lover of nature, and everywhere about his farm and home were objects curious, beautiful and rare. Onatable under a great bell glass were two little trees of coral, one white as snow and the other red as blood. Around them were shells that had been dyed in the colors of the rainbow, and stained with the glories of the sunset, They were filled with the music of the sea, and. murmured all day long the songs of the ocean in voices sweet and low. Over a bookcase were tlhe antlers of deer, and on them wassitting, wilh half-opened wings, a great Virginia owl, whose big eyes seemed always watching one. When Vivian was a little child he would forget that they were only glass and some- times feared that the cruel bird would swoop from his perch upon the beautiful canaries that sang for him every day from their cage in the ivied windows. In wardian cases were growing miniature forests, feathery ferns, silyer green and gold, waved their delicate fronds over little mountains and grottoes formed of mingled moss and erystals, mirrors half- hidden among vines looked like the lakes on the mountains fringed with the rhododendron, and white pebbles were built up like the river crags. In squsria were banded sunfish, silver dace and graceful eels; and. little islands of cork, edged with ocean shells and covered with aquatic plants, floated about on the water beautiful as the river gardens of the East. Birds of brilliant plumage from the far South- lands were grouped in their houses of glass, someé looking as it they were about to warble a love song, others seemingly ready to mount on beautiful wings to heaven. Showcases were filled with their nests, some simple and course, others wonderfully wrought, and with ezgs white as snow, blue ag the sky, or painted like the autumn leaves, and polisned like the ocean pearl. In rosewood cabinets were minerals from every land; the Amazon stone and the ruby, silvers gleaming among masses of opal, amethyst and beryl. On the lawn were growing the rarest trees aud the most beantitul flowers. The evergreens and lilies of Japan, the shrubs and roses of China, were mingled with the bulbs of Holland and the ivies of England, and down by the river the balsam fir and the holly tree were growing in their native sands. The con- servatories were filled with the rarest plants of the tropics, and the marble fountains played all day long in the simmer. Surrounded thus from his earliest years by the beautiful in nature, the boy learned to love the great book whose pictured pages bre mountains and meadows, woodlands and prairies, Jakes and oceans, planets and suns. Every summer when he came home to spend his college vacation he would wander alone through the forest, learning the secrets of the stjuirrels and studying the language of the birds. He saw the father collecting the material, and the mother weaving it into the nest. Vhis twig is too large, this hair too long, and both are rejected. ‘‘T see,” he said, ‘birds are careful builders ; everything must be perfectly adapted to the place it is to fill.” He wondered why the female never warbled a song. ‘'Tg not music,” he said, the language of love, and was not the art of song acquired by the males in endeavoring to altract the attention of their mates? Imperfect at first, it linus been cultivated for long, improved and. transmitted with all these additional modulations of tone through countless generations, just as our own language has been perfected out of the guttural mutterings of savages.” He asked himself why one was so richly dressed and the other in plain attire? Then he thought that sitting all day long upon her nest, or hoyering over her young, brilliant plumage would only serve to attract the glittering eyes of the serpent, or the keener ones of the hawls. “Tf female birds,” he said, “have gaudy plumage, they are never seen upon an open nest; it is covered over with Jeaves or hidden away in the heart of a hollow tree.” He stooped one day to gather a flower, but it rose in the air and flew away—a beautiful butterfly! ‘Ah! Isee,” he mused, “your folded wings look like a blossom ; and you are there- hy concealed from enemies.” He accompanied a hunter one day into the dark mountains, heard the howl of the wolf, and found a spotted fawn among the Jaurel. He wondered why the wolves did not know it was there, its enemies.” hound can scent a fawn while the spots are on.” with the footprints of animals. great; book, printed, perhaps, thousands of years ago, but easy enough to read. Here are the tracks ‘of a wild deer, and close behind an Indian hunter followed in pursuit. are all quite plain, And it was raining. drops, aud they came froma cloud in the west.” famous hunter.” / i ‘*T would rather be a famous naturalist,” replied Vivian, the deer.” starry flowers, white and beautiful as his own hydrangeas. The leafless trees were all in bloom—blossoms that would never ripen into fruit—they were only flowers of snow. ‘The impress of little feet are everywhere, and he knew at a glance what animal had mdae each one, ‘Here by this mossy rock,” he said, **a squirrel has just been digging for the nuts that he buried long ago in the golden autumn. ‘There a hare has danced a merry round in the moonbeams under the thorn, and a wood-mouse has gone to its home in the heart of ihe hollow pine. A fox crept into this hazel thicket, paused a moment behind the little cedar st cits edge, then bounded forward. Did he find a supper there spread out before him ova table-cloth of snow? No; here are the prints of little feet flying away over the hill, But here on the river bank is blood; as white hare has dashed wildly through the laurel; here is ecattered fur; there a spot of blood. How red it looks upon the snow! She staggered here, and her steps have been irregular and slow. Ah! here she lies beside the fallen pine, cold and dead. And here are other tracks going away over tlie windy hill, A mink has ridden the hare a death-race, and the rider's teeth were in the throut of his steed. Murder was done last night in the dark pine wood! ‘This isa pictured page in the great book, too, only it Will never hardén into sione; the bright sun will burn up every letter, for it is only written in the snow. But does not,” le continued, ‘‘ every event transpiring in the universe write its own history in letters of fire that will burn forever ? T drop a pebble into a mountain lake, and the waves grow larger and larger until they have covered all the water ; so it is with the waves of light, and if the subterranean fires should burst the solid crust of the earth into fragments and scatter them in space, this moonlit forest picture—the leap- ing fox, the dying hare, the footprints in the snow—would remain spread out forever before the eyes of the Heaven- Father! Light will travel seyen times round the earth in a second, yetif our planet could be seen from the most dis- tant starfrom usit would appear to dwellers there not as it now is, but as it was millions of years ago. There would be seen nO man, or bird, or flower upon its surface; only the tree ferns waving their feathery crowns in the moist and heated air, and the club mosses, tall as mountain pines. Byerywhere frightful reptiles are battling with monsters as hideous as themselves, and all the seas and Jakes and reedy pools are dyed in blood. There has heen war upon the earth from the first appearance of life upon its surface; the strong and cunning destroy the weak and foolish. The history of the earth is written in the sunbeams. Every bird, every flower, cvery ocean shell that ever saw the sunlight; every city, every battle, every individual action is painted there forever. The universe is the encyclopsdia of the Hternal Mind; everything is printed there—the leaves are never closed, the history never finished, the drama never ended; but the pictured pages containing your heart's history und mine are open before the All-Seeing Hye forever and forever.” In the happy summer time Vivian, the lover of nature, would lie down upon the mossy carpet spread out like a fairy garden under the the pines, and the song of the mock- ing-bird and the oriole would lull him to sleep, and the Queen of the Fairies would come to him in his dreams, and he would ride away in her chariot, all of gold and gems, over the earth and under the sea. Now it is sunset, and he is in the wild Northland. The snow-clad mountains are tinged with all the glory of color, and the clouds are painted oyer with flowers of gold. The brilliant moon will circle round the dreamy horizon for days, never setting until the sun has run her bright course under the stars. The aurora bursts forth with magical splendor; the sky seems changed into a phosphorescent sea, and the snow is sometimes red ay blood and the ice is as green as forest Jeaves. A broad band spans the horizon, more brilliant than « thousand rainbows; streams of many-colored light burst from it, filling all the heavens, passing through all the intermediate shades, from violet and bluish white io green and purple red. The stars shine dimly through the golden haze, and all seems lilke the unreal world of dreams. It is winter in the trackless waste, and the silence is broken only by the hooting of the snowy owl, or the yelping of the Arctic fox, Most of the animals have followed the sea birds southward, or are sleeping in their burrows under the snow. The icebergs are beautiful as palaces of Parian marble besprinkled with rubics and emeralds and flooded with golden fire, But the fairy chariot flies through the air like a meteor, and all changes into new forma of beauty. The dreamer is in “ That land where fhe lemon trees bloom, Where the gold orange glows In the deep thickets gloom, Where a wind ever sort from the blue heaven blows, And the groves are of myrtle and laurel and rose— Knowest thou 1b?" Birds and butterflies are everywhere; some seem only flowers, so like are they to blossoms, and many flowers seem ready to Soar Gn snowy wings to Cloudland, go like are they to doves. Serpents, beautiful in color as any ocean shell or mountain gem, wind slowly among the tangled reeds with motions graceful as the sunlit watera of a rivulet. The ever- green trees are covered with giant creepers, binding together all the forest, and throwing over it a drapery of many- and he knew that it must be scentless, ‘‘The All-Father,” he said, “has given the feeblest creature some protection from “You are right,” replied the hunter, ‘neither wolf nor Wandering deeper and deeper among the mountains they came to a shsllow stream, whose rocky bed was covered «So the river was not here onee,” said Vivian, ‘and these rocks were only a bar of sand; now they have hardened into a page of stone in the It was wounded, too, and in the right foreleg. See, that foot has never touched the sand, and Jeayes no mark; the others Here are the fossil “You have a fine eye,” said the mountaineer, ‘and would never lose a deer’s track in the ferns; you would make a ‘(snd he should have an eye far keener than the chaser of When home during the Christmas holidays he would wan- der alone into the forest when the grouud was covered with snow, and the little pines were bending under a weight of colored flowers, filling all the woodland with perfume. Beetles, glittering with metallic brilliancy, and beautiful as any gem, illuminate the fragrant forest all the night, aud fill the air with drowsy music. Trees taller than our Northern pines bear flowers beautiful as lilies, or furnish man with all that he requires—milk, wine, butter, honey, wax, oil, bread, cabbage, manna, candles, beds, ropes aud clothing! The magnificent Victoria Regia, yellow, violet and white— queen of the floral world—floats on the waves of sunny rivers, sinking at night into her conch of waters. The great vault of heaven is spread out before him with all its ave of noons and suns and constellations, from pole to pole, But again the fairy-chariot bears him onward over many radiant lands, and sets him down at last in the gardens under the sea. The liqnid crystal of the Indian Océan is gleaming over him, and the sca anemones cover the rocks with their waving crowns, beautiful as beds of mingled lily and rose, and the medusae, and the microscopic crustaceans shine in the obscurity like fairy stars. The humming birds of -the ocean, small, gleaming fishes, some bright with a metallic splendor of azure or vermilion, some gilded green or dazzling silver lustre, play around the coral bushes, light as Spirits of the abyss. As the day declines and the darkness of night sinksinto the depths, this radiant garden kimdles with new splendors. The white or blue bells of the medusae float through this enchanted world, and every angle beams and shines with living light. All things, which in their livery of brown or gray are vnilluminedin daylime in the universal radiation of bright colors, now shine with the most charming red, yellow or emcrald lustre; and to complete the inarvels of the enchanted night, the large silver disk of the sea moon gentle moves through the whirl of tiny stars. The luxuriant vegetation of the tropics has no such richness of forms or glory of color as these animal gardens under the sea. The fishes are covered with jewels und sparkle like ems, and the ocean floor is strewed with silyer sand and paved with radiant shells, But what hideous monster is this clinging to the rocks! Tt Teaches out its serpent arms and touches his face. _-9- + ____ FISHCULTURAL NOTES. TBE Missouri Commission is about to fitup an aquariam car to transport fish. It will be similar to the one that Commissioner Shaw, of Iowa, has tised for a few seasons, Mr. Shaw has been invited to meet with them to explain the plans. At Buotsport, Me., Mr. Atking has enough salmon incloged to yield abont 2,000,000 oges, At Grand Lake Stream he is enlarging the works to a capacity of 3,000,000 eggs, if it should prove necessary to proyide for so many, Agueducts are being laid at both places to increase the ae of water. _ Miss Ollis Shay, daughter o the Town Commissioner, is sketch- ing the fishes of the State, and is reported to have succoeded admirably, About twenty haye already been transferred to her CANY ASB, Mr. George Kekardt, Jr., who arriyed from Germany this spring, is engaged with our correspondent, Mr. Hugo Mulertt, in making earp ponds near Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Htkardt's father is the largest carp breeder in Germany and he has had much experience, The carp farm will probably be made npon a large scale. a ae BLACK BASS IN NEW IAMPSHIRE,—Black bass fishing is giving us considerable sport. The Merimac River anda number of ponds in the close yicinity being fairly stocked/and yearly in- erensing with the frisky fish. It was the writer's good fortuna to gather in two last week, one weighing two and « quarter pounda, the other tio and three fais pounds, Sunaper liake has fur- nished its quota and good black bass fishing can be found in Now Humpshire where a few years ago they were unknown, So much for the Fish Commissioners ; they deserve the good will of fsher- inen, Dr, E. Spalding, of Nashua, has been appointed one of the Fish Commissioners of the State in place of Sam Webber, of Morchester, whose term has expired, The Doctor is a veteran fishermen, and well acquainted with the waters of tho Le | WEss, SALMON FOR 'TENNESSEER.—I am advised by Spencer F. Baird, United Stutes Fish Commissioner, els ie 0 D. O., that after Ist proximo he can furnish me with any sumber of California salmon eggs at the expenso of any one desiring to stock the sireame of Tennessee, butit must be understood that the parties ordering shall hayea hatehing house. Yours, ete., GEO. F, AzeRS, Bieh Commissioner Middle Tennessee. auiswers ta Qorrespondents, t2-NO NOTICH TAKEN OF ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION J. B., Lawrence, Mass —Will you be kind enough to prescribe for my pointer pup one year old? He seems well enough, but is vary thin in flesh. His appetite is good, but his stomach will not retali much tood., I feed on Indian meal mush. J can see no signs of worms. Ans. Give him a little good meat three times a week, and a litle sulphur now and again, FP. BE. W., Oleott, N. ¥,—Gan you answer me through your valuable paaar the (ause of asound heard at night up a creek while rowing, I uve heard the sound on several different times and thought it came from 4 bull frog, hut the people around here say it is caused by a Sheepshead fish whith follows up a hoat tor half a mile or so and makes the noise something like yhu, yhu. Ans. Inis impossible for us to say"what causes the sound. To represent the sounds of aulmals eyen musical notes fail and types do not express it at all. ©. P T., Randolph, Mass —Please tell me the kind of fish of whith Tsthd you the skin by mail, labelled ** Randolph fish specimen.” You will accommodate a numberof your readers by complylng. Ans, The skin ariived yery much broken. Tht finson the back were jammed down and the soft portion gone. The yentral fins were also. gone. We Soaked (he dorsal {in out and made eleyen spinous rays in It, Dut tt is impossible to determine what fish it was. You gave ho clue to the locality where Gaught. Ti in fresh water we might haye guessed at its Species, bul, on the whole tt ls safer to suy what we do not Know. Pisro. Practice, Manireal, Can.—i. In pistol shooting the usual range wasformeriy 12 puces, or 12 yards, the repwarduallng distance. The range is now somewhat lengthened up to 20 pacos; and with Colt’s reyoalyers matches haye been shot at 50yards, 2, The target used in the New York galleries is the been 200 yards target reduced pro- Portionately. Those used at Contltn’s are S3zinx62gIn, ; inner, 62,1n, ; centre, 244 In. ; bullseye, 11-16in, ‘They are furnished by Jas. 8. Con- lin, 1,255 Brordway, this city, at 25 cents per hundred. 8. The calibre of target pistol most used is the.22, 4. We shall publish some valuable * papers on pistol shooting soon. L. F. ©,, Saratopa SPrHiDgs, WN, Y¥.—1I wish to ask you a few questions iu regard to the black bass in our lake, In 1674 we put thirty large bass Into the lake which furnishes 3 water supply tothe village, Since then the fish have multiplied and the lakeis lull. The other day I went up to the lake and fished alittle while and inght a few, andin skinning them I distoyered under the skin small black spots that Jook like parasites; also in the pills. ‘he bass caught in Sara- toga Lake haye a Glear skin and fiegh ; 00 black spots. Our lake Is (he Loughherry; the water comes from trout streams and springs; the botiom of the pond is mud and sand, na rock, If you can inform me the cause of the spots and what they ure you will confer a great favor. Ans, The black spots are probably the undeveloped form of a worm which infests fishin summer. lack bassand perch are seldom withont themin summer. They dono harm to the human stomach. G. W. B., Hamilton, N. Y.—I have pointer dog that was taken sitk jast Sunday. HS symptoms are these: He Js stiff and sore through the stall of the back, and it is hard work for him to use hind-parts. I gaye him custor oil and nitre; both worketi well, and he seemed to be all right Tuesday last, and 1 hunted him Tuesday aud Wednestay, Thursday he was all right, but Priday the lameness Caine back; if anytliing, worss than before. Thad a setter biteh thas was sick by spells the same Way that died last winter. No one here knows what lt is or what to do. The doctorssay it does not act like poison. Jf you can tell or advise me what the matter is, and what 10 do, you will greatly oblige me, Ans. Probably rheumatigm of the muscles of the lola, A little sulphur occasionally, and asmall Teaspoontul of bicarbonate of soda once a day dissolved in water and poured down his throat will probably do good, F. W. &., New York Olly —Recently I cameinto possession of a very fine bred cocker spatlel bitch, three years of age. She has never been hunted any, although J think she has been yard-broken to a cer- fain degree, as she will retrieve, sland on a bird yery good for a dog liat has neyer done any huniing, She also has a very food nese, hub she has one very bad fault, tat belng gun shyness, When I take her out with the gun she tollows me until good opportunity offers, (hen she Inakes a bee-line for the house. I have thrashed her for running away, bit to no avall. Now, will you or some of your reatiers Inform welt time spent with her is wasted or if the fault can he overcome? By so doing you will oblige & subscriber, Ans, You liaye one cocker spaniel oub of thousands if she points ‘S Shands”) her birds. Weshould Uke very niuch to hear what kind. of birds sha stands,” and will be obliged if you will write us full particulars about her. [fis not impossible ta make any dog point that has suti- cignt nose. But » casg such as you deseribe S unusual, hence our, Gurlogiby on tle subject. You did exactly the wrong thing in beatit her for minnie ayay, No doubt sles nae ban inti tala by the a before you piréhased her, Byg'y case of gun shy a OUI OR dMToront Wontmont, As o Ul if 18 A fault extremely Bests a him, obaingd seouvely in, the tooyre | A The disposition of the dogs must be studied, ind an endless amonnt of trouble faken 16 thoroughly get them over it, Individvally we would hesitate before wasting tine on aby three-year old bitah. But if you please to make the trial we cannot suggest # better trealment, than those desuribed to ariiclesin Forusr asp STREAM, Hebruary 4, 1880), And Aprils, 1850, po “That imedicjne goes right to the spot, refreshes and revives cures."—A patlont ol Hop bitters. Che Zennel. FPIXTURES. BENCH SHOWS, Septenmber 21, 22 and 23, at Wranklin, Pa., Franklin Sportsmen’s Club and Game Protective Society Bench Show. Wntries close Sep- tember 15, Whos, D, Adams, Superintendent; P.O, Box él, Franklin, Pa. September 27, 24, 29 and St, at London, Ont., London Dog Show. Entries close September 12, Charles Lincoln, Superintendent, Tecum- seh House, London, Ont, FIELD TRIALS. August $0 and $1, and September 1 and 2, at Norfolk, Neb. Nebras- EE eats second annual mecting. J. F. MeCartney, Secretary, relizh, Neb. September 1, at Pintsbureh, Pa, Close of entries Pennsylvania Meld Trials. First Antal Derby, 1 It. Stayton, Secretary, Pltitsburgh, Pa, September 18 and 14, at Pittsburgh, Pa, Collie Trials, held under (he auspices of fhe Pennsylvania Sfate Agricultural Society. Hntries close September 9, Elbridge McQonkwey, Secretary, Marrisbuor, Pa. October 1, at New York City, Close of entries Hastern Field ‘Trials, Trials Commence on Thanksgiving Day. Jacob Fentz, Secretary, P. O. Box 24, New York City. : November 7, at Gilroy, Cal. Fteld Trials of the Gilroy Rod and Gun Club, Entries close November 1. BH, Levereley, Socretary. November 25, Lousiana State Pleld Trials. Entries close November 1. Edward Odell, Secretary, New Orleans, La. November —, at Grand Junction, Venn,, National American Kennel) Club's Pleld Triads. Jos. U. Dew, Secretary, Columbia, Tenn, e+ = TWO OF THE NIAGARA DOGS RESCUED. SusPession DBripan, N. Y., Angust 13. GINCE Iwrote you last two of the castaway dogs on Taylor kK? Jsland have been rescued. On Thursday afternoon of this wask the report reached me that there was # man down on Taylor Island. I hastened to the bridge and found hundreds of anxious eyes watching aform that ap- peared from the bridge to bea person of about ‘Tom 'Thumb’s" size, Upon investigation I found that James F. Brown, a Devereaux Col- lege student, had yentured oyer the precipice and gone down to the island by means of a rope ladder. On his reaching the island the spaniel came forward and wel- norton, him, and was soon placed ina bag and drawn to the bank aboye, Brown then spent some time in cutting his name on the rock, and finally went in search of the Monarch dog, After coaxing and feeding the old chap for some time he was allured into the sack and drawn up. T saw him landed and taken out of the sack, and # human being could not move fully express gratitude than did this good natured old dog. I was much gurpriked at seeing this so-called suyage ‘bull-dog.” He is a black and white dog of abont forty pounds weight and about one-quarter bull. He is good natured and as fat as a seal, and looks aa thouzh his leap of two hundred and thirty feet into the rapids of Niagara and a stay of four months on the island had done him pood. Brown was unable to secure the little dog, as he ran back under the rocks and did not come out while Brown was on the island, Readers of the Fonrsr AND SrreaM can form some idea in pass- ing oyer Suspension Bridge onthe cars of how mich of an under- faking itmust be to reach Taylor Island, It ig 700 feet below the railroad bridge in Niagara River, and is 225 feet from tha oyer- hanging rocks above, Ti I can get permission I shall send Old Bul) to the coming Tion- don bench show, C. Wi, Luwis. —<—<—<—<——————— i i TRANSPORTATION OF DOGS. A MUCH-NEEDED REFORM WANTED, ‘THERE seems to haye been no end of trouble between dog- owners and the train baggage-masters evor since the first rail was laid in this country and the remote shooting was thus brought nearer to those who wanted none but the best and could afford to pay for if. At times a most Hagrant carelessness on the part of the carriers, or extortionate charges of their traim- ten, would for a time atir up a war between the partics inter- ested, but these elashings always ended in the same way—the dog-owner had to stand his losses, and the only consolation he had was in writing long letters of his wrongs to the sporting press, and the rest of the shooting world went on plodding away in the dark withont knowing what rights they had in tho premises. : As thé matter of dog travel in the United States has within the lash few years increased wonderfully, it is full timo that the railway companies, who are largely benelited Ps the sporting travel, should fake some action in the mutter, establish a uniform tariff, and extend some protection to those who patronize their lines, The dogs earried oyer the roads are in most vases yaluable ones, and if ‘they are not, their owners ara impressed with that belief, which amounts practically to the same thing. ‘Therefore it would be well for every lino to let dog-owners know before they start how much the transportation of their canines will cost, and the risks they will run if they ave lost or injured after bemg placed in the care of the employees of the roads. This could easily be done by posting printed rules and regulations at the stations and in each baggage car, as the law requires hotel-keepers to do in their rooms. At présent, we are informed, that thereis no responsibility as- sumed by the carriers, so that the owner of a valuable dog not, only runs the chance of losing his dog, but is compelled at the same time to pay au extortionate fea for that privilege. That the rates for dogs are oftentimes disproportionate, when compared with the passenger's fare, is bnt patent to those who carry dogs over the roads which lead from this city, For in- stunce: The charge for a dog from Jersey City to Newark, a dis- tance of nine miles, ix tyeuty-five cents, while the passenger has a cushioned seat to recline on, and has the consolation of know- ing that, if his head is {mocked off while en roule, his family Will receive some lucrative cmolument for his remains from the company, Tor these privileges he pays twenty cents; or, if ho takes a return ticket, at the rate of fifteen cents per trip, the dif- ference, therefore, being an excess of chargé of twenty and forty per cent more for the dog than the man. This is all trong; nor does the claim that doys are uncleanly hold good, for tho oe majority of canines are fay more nice in their habits than e tobacco-chowing, drunken beer guzzlers in the cars behind, We haye for a long time wished to yentilate this subject, but it was not until our own chickéns were brought home to roost that wo found we had left undone those things thal we ought to have done, and that we had no dog with us. It happened a short time ago that we left yalnable setter with the baggage-master of the Morris and Hssex RK. RK. Co., at the baggnge-room at the foot of Barclay street. ‘Tiventy-five conta redeemed him ten minutes later. We crossed the ferry, handed him over to the tender mer- cies of the baggage-smasher on the tram, also giving that em- ployee the like fee. On reaching Newark, haying an honr to wait before the train arrived which waa fo garry 1s where we were go~ ing whooting, wo lott him in charge of the Laggape-mastey at the agwageoor, In bean minutes the dog way ‘aot Jookad,” nor did Wo kp eyoy on him for oyer a week, when we paid a reward and were fortunate enough to get him buck. OF course, no one was respoueible, bnt if set us ut propounding the following queries to the superintend- ent of roads running from this city : Shoulda dog escape during a journey on your road do you con- rider your company hable forthe yalue of tho dog? Oan dogs ba Tort in charge of baggage-masters in the bageage- rooms at the stationg on your line and are the bageage-masters responsible for their safe keeping ? ‘ It a dog ia injured, while either on the tars or im the baggage- rooms, after being giyén in care of one of your employees, ia your company responsible? : 14 Subjoined are the replies which we haye xeceiyed within the laat fortnight: DELAWARE, LDACKAWANNA AND Wusrery Rt. R, Company, t Superintendent's Oftice, Mons and Hesex Division, Honoren, N. J., August 1, 1361. \ Eilitur Forest and Slrean: Baggage-masters on this diyision are allowed to charge twenty five cents for each dog, Mud they are forbidden to charge more. This rule, however, applies only to this division (Morris and Essex); the baggage-masters of the other divisions hay 4 right, to make a charge also, A dog, for instance, going from New Yorke fo Oswego would pass over four separate divisions, and the bag gage-master of each division would have aright to collect tha amount te is allowed to charge. ; If you know of any inatanee of x baggage-madter on this division charging more than the amount aboye mentioned, you wall confer a favor by reporting it to me. Station men are not required to take charge of dogs, tha owners are expected to déliyer and receive them at the baggage-car door. The company makes no charge for transporting dogs and as- sumes mo responsibility, The money baggape-mastera receive they are are allowed to retain to remnnerate them for their troublo with the dog# and the extremely disagreeable duty of clenning their cars. A, RBAsoNER, Sup't- Orricvu GENEBAL PassenqcEr AGENT CenTran R. Ri. Co.) or New Jprsey, New Yors, Aug. 3, i681, } Editor Forest and Stream; In rogard to transportation of dogs over CG. Tt. BR. of N. J. sys- tem: The rate to be charged for transporting a dog for any distance ou any of our divisions or branches shall not oxceed twenty-five (25) cents, the same being charged by tho train baggage-tmaster, and is to pay him for his personal trouble. Tf a dog escapes during » journey the company do not hold themselyes responsible, if bemg a personal mutter belween the baggago-master aud owner. Dogs left in care of baggage-musters at the stations ave at owner's risk, the company not holding them- selves responsible. Tf a dog be injured while on cars orin atations, the company do not hold themselves responsible, the whole matiter being a per- sonal one between the truin or station baggage-master and the owner of the dog. Yours, etc., H. P. Banpwry, Gen. Pass’y Agt. New Yorx, Lake Erin ann Wesrern li. li. Co., | New York, Aug, 3, 1881, i Editor Forest and Stream: Ilearn that there are no rules governing tho transportation of sporting dogs on trains of this company other than what haye heretofore existed, sinyply to arrange with the train men on the most favorable terms possible. D. Hanmronn, Ass’t Sec’y. The Pennsylvania Railroad, however, considered that there was some justice in a lotter of criticism which we wrote to Mr. John. P, Green, Assistantto the President. He at once kindly wrote us that his company proposed to take up the whole question promptly with a yiew to adopting a tariff for dogs, and providing special accommodations for them in their baggaye cars. Arising from this, Mr. J. R. Wood, the general passeuger agent, writes as fol- lows to his company: PENNSYLYANIA RAILROAD Company, Passenger Department, Purcavrenrata, August 2, 1881. t Joun P. GREEN, Hsq., Assistant to the President : vear Sir—Returning letter from the Fonmsy yp Swrram and your indorgement of July 20, would say that we have uever had any arrangement for kenneling dogs on trains, We haye merely allowed baggage-masters to charge a nominal sum, which was sup- posed ty reimburse them for extra care while the dogs were in the car. I think perhaps it would be advantageous to try something similar to what is recommended by Mr, Satterthwaile and others, and to this end would like to hayé him, or somebody else who is more conyersant with dogs than myself, to recommend a style of kennel or box which we cau make For the transportation of cartines. It seams to me that a slat box, which would admit of « full-sized hound standing erect, would be better than a solid kemuel, or we might have the tops and bottoms solid aid the sidea and ends platted. I would like to pet a draft from some enthusiastic sports- man who takes wu lively interest in such matters, snd, if you can secure it, I will follow out the idea and have kennels built and lo- cated at the principal points to be telegraphed for and sent to inter- Inediate stations at the request of anybotly wishing to carry » dog, and will make schadulo rates as well. J, R. Woon, Thus the matter stands, and we will be pleased to hear from our friend on the subject. We are in favor of yery strong box kennels, made with solid tops and bottoms, with slats on the sides and haye skretched ont our pla and sent it to the company for approval. If onr friends will sond us their views, with sketches of the kennel-boxes fihey think best for the purpose, we will publish them in our columne and pee that they are forwarded to the com- pany to be taken action npon. ¢ do not believe in stationary kennels, even if made to fold up against the car walla when not in use, but before oxpressing our views further we prefer to hear from our readers, Oe NEBRASKA FIELD TRIALS. Wwe haye just received a very pleasant letter of inyitation ad- dressed to all Hastern sportsmen, from Mr, J. . McCartney, Secretary of thé Nebraska State Sportemen’s Association. Me de- Bires us to say that he will guarantee all those who go Wert the finest chicken shooting in the world and a royal good time, ‘Mr. John Petty and other crack shots of Nebraska,” he goes on to say, ‘vill be on hand as much a good chicken shoot as unything else. The Hon. C. P, Mathewson, the Norfolk banker, proposes, with the asssiatance of Mr. McOlary and other uitizens of Norfolk, to tender the visiting sportsmen a little banquet, ab which dog meat willbe seryed up in various styles, and some chat will be had on the dog.” After this kind invitation we cannot bul.suppose that there will be a large exodus from the Nast to attend this feast of reason and flow of speech, Just think of the number of courses a grey- hound could be served up with, and the variety of ‘stakes "of pointers and setters that have run inthe tials, There should bea cur-ry of course, a la Whitford, and potted dog meat from the New York pound, Fred IV. fashion, As an entree we suyasest the loin of Crow Dog, with Spotted Tail gance. In place of fowl, a cocker from Franklin, N. Y., might do asa substitute, and the ‘solids’ can be washed down witha whine of the Field Trial Jockeys brand, We append the programme of the meeting: Tho second annual field triala for pointers and setters will be held under the auspices of the State Sportsmen’s Association, commencing August 80,1881, at Norfolk, Nebraska, and continu- ing for four days, The ‘triala will be conducted ander the National Kennel Club rules, except 8 modified by the following detailis: All entries must be in writing, signed by the owner of the dog suitered, or by the person making such entry, und filed with the qperatary,d. 1, MoOartney, Omaha, Nebrusks, The entry must contain the name and dexorlption of the dog 54 aod ths names of sire and dam, if known, and P. 0. address of the owner, Bach entry must be accompynied with the entrance fee of ®5 in euch olags. Tf less than two competitors report for trinl at the time and Place appointed. or when galled by the judges for the start, in tiliy clasa, the stakes in that class will be deulared off and the en- trance foe will be forfeited, excapt tha entrance fee of the patty reporting wud ready for the trial will be returned to him. Ail stakes will bo run in the order designuted, unless for cause (he judges should order otherwise. The judges may order aiy dog out of the race whose owner or handler is gnilty of any unsportamaiulike or disorderly conduct in the Geld, or intentional intérference with the competing dog or bis handler, Wiret stakes for pointers and setters under 12 months old, na- tiveor imported, will be called af § o'clock in the forenoon, Aueust 50, Firat prize 60 per cent, second 30 per cent., third 20 per cent, of entrance money in this class, Second stakes for pointers and setters of any age or breed, owned in Nebraska, will be called at 8 u’¢lock in the forenoon, Au- Guat 31, or af the conclusion of the first stakes. Hirst prize 50 per eant., second 30 per cent., third 20 per cent. of entrance money in this olasp. Third stakes for pointers nnd gatters, native or imported, open to the world, will he called September 1, at 8 o'clock 4. or., or after tho close of the second stakes. Tirst prize 60 per cent,, second 30 per cent,, third 20 por cent. or outirance money in this class. Hou, George B. Lake, of Omuhn; Dr, J. 1. Leas, of Neligh, Neb., and J. D. Brown, Eaq., of Missouri Valley, have consented to act as judges, From the high standing of these gentlomen, and their thorongh knowledge of the dog and field sports, the man- agement feel assured that fair play and éven justice will be given to wll contestants. B, I). B. Kennupy, J, EF. MoCartney, 5. M. Guarsran. — HYDROPHOBIA, LYSSA OT} RABIES IN ANIMALS. Executive Committee. CONTINUED. [? igs well-known that rabies often produces great devastation amoug foxes and wolves, sud Bollinger mentions the fact which he seems to haye recently learned that between the years 1850 and 1835 an epizootic of this nature prevailed among foxes in the distvict, of Werdenfela in the Bnyarinn Alps, He also gives in- atances of rabies among cats, For example, in Bavaria during the year 1873 while $21 doga were attacked (including the genuine with the supposed cases) in a total of about 292,000 dogs, there were also several (number not given) cases in cats and thirty-eight among other domestic nnimals belonging to the population in the rural districte, Bouley (Ann d'Hygeine publique, Tome 2, 1879 p. 57) ulso stutes that of 511 cases reported to the police of Paris during 1878, the animals were classed as follows: Dogs, 440 ; bitches, 68; cate 8. The preponderance of dogs over bitches in this report is yery plain. Unfortunately we do not know if there was 2 proportionate preponderance of dogs over bitches, which would yery naturally explaim the apparent prefercuce it appears to show for the male sex, The same remark applies to the following statisti¢s of Bollinger ; Of 332 rabid canines in Vienna between the years 1873 and 1875, 287 were dogs (87 per cent,) and forty-three were bitches (13 per cent.)—one had been castrated—or more ac- curately dogs 86.4 per cent, bitches 12.{) per cent. Of one the sex necins not to haye been determined. When it has been claimed that animals of the canine apecies are most apt to have the disease, Dr. Goddard, of Texas has recently (Med, Reec., Vol, 16, 1879, p. 152) published an instance in which p littla girl, eight years of age, while asleep was bitten upon the upper hid of the right eye, aud corresponding side of the face by a rabid skuuk. The animal was soon shot, und immediately gave forth its psculiarodor, This incidental fact is fhonght to ba very noteworthy beenuse it has been claimed that a rabid skunk never emits amy odor. After a period of nine duya following the bite, symptoms of hydrophobia manifested themselves and death ulti- mately resulted. SPAMISTIOS REARING ON PHE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE DISEASE. Some quarters of the globe are, it is well-known, entirely exempt from hydrophobia or rabies, and among them, according to more revent accounts, is Australia, New Zealand and probably Southern Afrie;, and Maderia (Bollinger.) The accumulations of cases in some countrics und the absence of them in others, is thought by the contagionista to furnish strong evidence against the doctrine of s spontaneous origin. In the West Indies the disease was unknown wtil 1783. In Peru, where it now éxists, no instances were recorded nuti] 1803. In the La Plata district, hydrophobin was first introduced in 1866, by the hunting dogs of English ofivers, and English dogs from the Bay of Bengal carried the first seeds of the disease into the Mauritius (Fleming and Bollinger.) Tt ia slao noticeable, according to Fleming, that no saniples of rabies have been observed in Yau Dieman's Land, the Azores, St. Helena and Southeast or West Africa, and he also adds Greenland and Kamchatla. It is a disease chiefly of the temperate zones and Europe which receives the brunt of the suourge, France, Germany, Upper Italy and Holland, being the centres of its greutest activity, In Great Britain it has been widely spread of late years, and judging from the published ofiiciul reports 1s on the increase, At the commencement of 1872 the prévalency of the digesse was commented pon by yurious writers, Fleming stating that ‘The wide and serious extension of the epizooty over the country appears to hays been largely, it not altogether, due to the hisnfticiency of the police measures adopted in the different towne and districts, the late period at which they were introduced, the want of a, proper and uniform sanetary organization to combat the spread of this and other contagions diseases of animals and the seneral ignorance prevailing with regard to ite symptonis and nature.” As further factors in the extension of the epidemic are the easy meunk of communication which are now 6njoyed which tend nich to propagate epidemic digeare. These siatements are in part borne ont by the figures in the preliminary report on Habies and Hydrophobia (Brit. Med. H., Aug. 17, 1878, p. 248). It ie thera stated that 358 fatul cases in Hugland and Wales occurred during the seyen years ending in 1877. Tho number of fatal cases in 1873, was 28 ; 1874, 61 and 1877, 79, ‘The districts that 4uffered most were the metropolis and its suburbs, the miniug and manu- fuctnring sections of Lancashire, Yorkshire and the North of Tend, a Bavaria, which of all countries in Burope has the most dogs, yalues has prévailed widely since 1866; whiléin the period from 1868 to 1874 the number of dogs increased only abont 3 per.cent,— that is, from 281,700 to 291,800—the number of cases of hydro- phobia amoug men increased 30 percent, (13,8 percent per year from 1863 to 1867 and 18 per cont. per year from 1868 to 1873). The increase of the disease in men is thought by Bollinger to be due, not ta the increase in the number of dogs, but to neglect of proper precantions on the part of the police. ; Tn France more stringent measures are enforced in reference to fhe reporting of dogs that are rabid and are suspected of being fo. Of the 611 cases brought to the notice of the Parisian police in 1878, 390 were attacked with the furious form and 121 with the mild form, One hundred and three persons were bitten; of these 67 were adults and 36 children. The mortality was, according to Bouley, 30, or about 1 in 3. PERIOD OF INCUBATION IN THE DOG AND OVHER ANTMALS. According to recent official returns in Prossia eighty-one cases are given where the periods of incnbution were definitely obtained. The resulta are ap follows: In 59, or about 78 per cent,, the dura- tion was from three days to pix weeks, In 22, or about 27 per cent., it was mors than six weeks. Of these latter, 4 had an in- oubutive period varying between 7 and § weeks; 8, between 9 and 10; 7, between 10 and 15; 2, 354 months; 1, the extraordinary pe- nt ot Her opted by B b tates that in the canine spe- aubuer, quo oxenburg, 8 ) cies 88 per eet wet found to bave an incubation period which FOREST AND STREAM. wre lesa than to months, the longest period being fourteen mouths, He puts the average at three months. In the cat, how- ayer, the interyal is from two to four weeks; in the horse, from fifteen days to two months; in the ox, from nine days to soyeral mouths, In man he places it between fifteen duys und nine months, A REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF PREYLOUS RABIES. The following case, by Oemler and Gunther, is given to illus- trate the sayage attempts at biting, ocensionally observed in the Tuvious form of canine rabier, together with the marked disposi- tion to scour wildly through the country: In December of 1871 a butcher's dog at Pansfeld, near Guedlinburg, in Prussia, began to show Aigus of rabies, and especially of a propensity to bite at one of his companions, Hé was, therefore, shut up in a stall, where he attacked and mangled a goat and two geese, which happened to be shutin with him. Finally, after gnawing at the door, which was not yory strong, he escaped, Before daybreak he had bitten a number of other dogs in the place after tearing wildly abont in other neighboring villages. During the thirty hours of his lib- erty it was compnted that he ran about sixty-five Mnglish miles, He had bitten dogs everywhere, actually hunting them up in their kennels, running from one farm-yard to another after leaping over walls and fences This terrible biting mania had alarmed the dogs in all the vil- Tages. (It is said that a healthy dog will imniediately recognize a rabid one when at a distance and make efforts to get away from him.—3,) Among those attacked were nine persona coming from church. One woman was so badly injured that she had to be driyen home. In all fifteen persons were bitten, mostly in the face or in the head; of these no less than eleven died of hydrophobia. + DACHSHUND TRIALS AT BAD CLEVE, GERMANY, ( yy the Inst day of the dog show at Clove, a very interesting series of dachshund trials took place in the grounds imme- diately adjoining the exhibition, and, naturally, I made it # point to attend these trials. The yenue was well chosen, being wooded, so that the tall leafy trees gaye the spectators a most welcome ahalter against the rather too ardent rays of a positively broiling sun. There were three sets of artificial earths, ready prepared, 12 in. high and about 12 in. broad, and, roughly speaking, each earth was made in the form of an X, three branches of which were left open, and oné stopped, the latter forming a sort of cul de sac, as in nature. The three open bolt-holes, however, were provided with strong netting, so that the quarry could not escape into the open it bolted by a dog. The modus operandi then was as follows: A box containing either a badger or a fox was brought by a couple soldiers near ona of the entrances to an earth; the net was lifted, so as to allow that end of the box which was provided with a trap-door to be backed against the hole; and, everything being ready, the trap- door was pulled up, and the quarry, after « moment's hesitation, made up its mind and went into the earth, when the box was re- moved, the net replaced, and a few minutes were allowed badger or fox to settle itself in its new quarters. The judges then called time, and one of the dogs entered for the contest was brought for- ward by its owner orits keeper, the net was lifted again just to let the dog goin, aud dropped behind him, and there he wus, left to his own devices. Ths object in view in these trials, the judges yéry kindly ox- plained to me, was not that the dog should—fox terrier fashion — go in for the fox or badger, but should simply follow it into the earth, and mark—by continuously and steadily giying tongue at it—where it was. In short, the dog muat not worry or Inll his quarry—he must only show where it is, so that it may be dug for and secured by the sportsmen or their keepers. Now, in order to try thoroughly the training of the dog, a certain time is allowed to elapse while he is under ground giving tongue, when, at an order from the judges, the box wherefrom fox or badger hud been originally taken is brought agam to the fore, but this time near the place where the barking is going on, and the soldiers, acting upon instructions, dig away at that spot. After a few shovelfuls of earth are removed asmall board appears in sight ; this is cleared of rubbish, remoyed bodily, and we now gaze into the sarth itself, and either the quarry or the dog are in sight. If tha former, it is at once scized round the neck with a pair of regular iron badger tongs by an attendant or a judge, pulled forcibly out of his atrong- hold, and, the lid of its box being opened ready forts reception, it is dropped therein, the lid id padlocked, and the quarry is safe to hand once more. Sometimes, however, it will happen that the badger or fox wil shift its underground qnartera when 1t hears the digging going on over ita head; but, as tha dog keaps close to it and gives a continual warning of its whereabouts, collaring the runaway is only a question of further boards being removed, with the precaution of Bioppin g the hole which has just been open with a sort of fiye-prong: ove, which fits the opening of the artificial earth so well that escape would be impossible ; and by thus pro- eseding, from board to board, the quarry must, at length, sur- render and be caught, without, theoreticully, escape being possible, A badger, however, managed to give the slip to ité pursuers— but that was when he was being lifted into his box. Somehow ha contrived to tumble out of, instend of into, the box, and the scene which ensued simply beggars description—the crowd, first scatter- ing like chai? in all directions, then joining in the chase, and every one Was roaring with laughter, However, within a hundred yards the runaway was captured by Premier-Lieutenant Von der Bosch, one of the judges, who pluckily brought it back struggling at arm’s length, and the truant was safely placed in his old quar- ters. Then we removed to the second earth, and a fox was turned down, and matters proceeded in the sume manner aa before de- eribed, as regarded the working of the next dog: Personally, I consider that the best dachshund, judged by that standard, would naturally be the least plucky of the lot, because a plucky dog would go atvaight for either fox or badger, draw it or maul it, or even killit, or ba mauled or killed by it. Wither of these contingencies, however, would be detrimental to the sport— such as it is—because it would be impossible to secure the prey when killed, since there would be no guidance as to where to dig for it; and securing the skin, it appears, is the main object in view. However, if the earth were among heavy rocks, trying to get a badger by digging would be yery uncertrin, not to say impossible, work; and I remarked privately to the judges that ‘hen an English terrier would be preferable to a dachshund, for he would so bustle the quarry that out it would have to go, either drawn or bolted, or alse be killed by the dog, or else he would have to kill the dog. Of course, in the former case, the shooters would haye a chance to acoré, Bince German sportsmen shoot foxes und badgers; but mm the latter cages, if the quamy were killed in the earth, there would be no great logs, since if could not haya been got ont any way otherwise; andif the dog were killed—a remota contingency if he huppened to be 4 dog up to his work—another dog could be sent to settle the matter with the yermin one way or another. I pro- posed to the judges, in the course of conyersation, to show them, at some future time, what English fox terriers would do under sich ciréumstances; and doubtless a workmanlike trial would be afforded for good dogs. But my German friends cling to the ‘fenoils;” the animal they want, and a dog that would Inllin the earth and leave his prey there would not be at all appreciated by them. But, then, there are such things as retrieving terriera; I have had some myself. Whether they would or could bring their dead badger or fox out of « possibly yery awkward earth is another question; butit would be worth while trying any way, and possibly some renders of The Field may own such dogs. Tf so, they would he worth some money in Germany; for, according to the views given me on the subject by leading German sportamen, a dog that: could do auch work would be facile princeps, cock of the walk, as far a4 badger and fox killing areconcerned. But, of course, its use would be admissible only when natural work would be re- quired—a, ¢,, in the yermin’s natural faatnesses, from whence nothing alee could dislodge them or annihilate them. rY T have now, to the beat of oe abilities, given a short description of the way in which dachshund trials ara now conducted in Ger- mauy, But, in my humble opinion, these trials do not at all prove, de jacto, that dachshunds are terriers, a8 some of theix en- August 18, 1881. thngiastic partisans strenuously declare. The fact that a fow amall hounds go to aarth does not prove, per se, that the whole breed are terriers, It only shows how plastic is the nature of ani mals, pines ws can make them work to suit our ends, but nothing more, To my mind both dachshunds and crooked-legged bassets are desconded from the same original stoos, and both wra hounds. — Wildfowler, in London Field. = LONDON DOG sHOW. Editor Horeet wad Stream : The prospects of the above show are very promising, and no doubt it will be a grand success, Sporting men seem to be alive to the fact that it is » necessary inatitution for their mutual benefit, and is the right step for making canines on this continent what they should be—vyiz,, of first-class stock and bread. A great many entries haye been received, and the committee hope that all sportsmen and loyers of dogs npon seeing this notice will also contribute them entries, so asto makeitone of the largest show of dogs ayer known, Final arrangements haye been made with the Provincial Pair As- sociation to have iton the fair grounds, which no doubt will bea pre help to both exhibitions. Plans have been drawn for the uildings, which will bench more than 300 dogs, and if the lovers of dogs contribute their entries as they should, no doubt it will be filled. They may bo sure every care will be taken of their proper- ty, Mr. Chas. Lincoln being the aupermtendent, gives evary surety to all owners of valuable dogs. Major J. M. Taylor, of Lexington, Ky., and ©. H. Mason, of New York, have consented to aot as judges, and no doubt bench show men know that no better could be got, and the committes feel confident that justice will be done in every cava and that the best dog will win. JOHN Popprcompy, Secretary. ++ IS THE ST, LOUIS DOG SHOW OFT ?—The St. Louis Republi- can, of August 14, contains the followingitem: ‘ Considerable disappointment was expressed last week whan it was learned that the $t. Lonis Kennel Club had decided not to hold any bench show this year, Sportsmen had commenced to look on this show Ad a regular occurrence, as one that would occur as resularly as the St. Louis Fair, but such is not the case, and those lovors of a good dog who have taken pains to secure the best stock wilhout regard to cost, must be contented with showing the good pomts of the animal to immediate friends, or enjoy ther good qualities in the field when the game season opens.. There is a discussion aa to thé cause for abandoning the October exhibition, Some say fhere was dissatisfaction among the members of the club—per- haps jealousy. Others say there was no money in the show. But anyway there will be none, Mr. Charles Lincoln, who came here from the Hast to stiperintend the show, went home last weels, and wag inattucted to forward his bill. Whether he will claim’ (wa months’ salary, or only actual expenses, 18 # question to be set- tled when the bill comes. More than likely My. Lincoln will get two month's pay. ‘The action of the club will be regretted by the country sportsmen, Nearly all the State clubs own good dopa and in many instances large anms of money have boon spent to feb ‘the best strains of stock. There will bs great disappointment on account of the action of the Kennel Club.” As we have not heard from the managera of the announced dhow, nor from Mr, Charles Lincoln, the superintendent, we reproduca the aboye notice for what it is worth. SLIPS.—Mr. James H. Goodsell, of this city, has sent his ken- nel to North Osrolina in charge of Mr, Frank Bevan, His dogs, Racket, Don Juan and Daisy ara said to have been doing finely in the field, This triplet will be ron in the All-Aged stakes at both the National Kennel Field Trials and at Robm's Island, provided that the dates do notinterfere. Reddy, firstin Trinh better puppy bitch class at New York Show this year is due to whelp to Rufus on the first of next month. Mr. Goodsell will make several entries in Puppy Stakes at Robin’s Tsland....A friend of ours who has a tine brace of setter puppies, said to an acqnaintunce, “‘What shail I call the other of my dogs? One I intend to call Hawkeye.” The person asked said ‘‘Danbury News,’ and they haye been as strangers since....Mr. Charles H. Mason dosires ns to mike known that his future address will be Mansion House, Youlers, N. Kise Mr. Frank Windholz, ef this city, hus just received trom Dr, Jarvis a very ine dog puppy by champion Elcho ont of Rare. Mr. Windholz at the request of the breeder was kind anongh to bring the youngster to this offices. The Dr, has the confidence of the public, and this puppy like all the reat shipped from Clare- mont, N. H., is 4 rare, good one. ' GORDON SHTTERS.—Thore who admira the beautifnl black= and-tan setter have arare opportunity now afforded them, By referring to our advertising column if will be seen that the larger R rtion of the dogs belonging to the estate of the late Mr. Jiaes . Tilley are to be disposed of. Combining, as they do, many of the most desirable strains of the country the opportunity cifered is a singularly good one. XANTHIUM—Derxgoir, Mich,, Ang. 144—Hdilor Forest and Stream: In myarticle on Hydrophobia published in the Tonusr Anp Srrmam of August 11, your compositor has invarinbly put ‘Ohrisanthium™” where [ wrote ‘ Xanthium.” That the whole effect of the article may not be lost by thus giving the wrong naque to the remedy, please correct the error. Dn. M. V, B SaunpErs, + KENNEL NOTES, Rreeders and owners of doys are invited to nent memoranda of names claimed, bred, whelps, sales, elc., for insertion in this column, We make no charge for the publication of stich notes; but request dav each case the notice be made wp in accordance with our form, that the name af both owner anil dog be written legibly, or printed, and that the strain to which the animal belongs be distinctly stated. n* + NAMES CUAIMED, St, Kimo FV—Dyr. S. Fleet Sper, Brooklyn, N, ¥., claims the name of St. Elmo TY. for white tloked, with one black ‘und tan Gar, Setter dog puppy, oe April 20, 1881, by champlon St. Himo our of Mr. 0. Robt. ©. Gates’ Clo. Montague—Mr. W. B. Kendall, New York, claims the name of Mon- - Tague for black and tan setter dog whelped Angush 91, 1874, by Dr. 5 Fleet Spiers’ Gupsum (ut of Dr. Spetrs* Fan. = adi St. Elmo—My, A. T. Plumnier, New York, claluis the name or oun Feb. 3, 1851, by champlon St, Himo out of Mr. Sheldon’s Prairie Rose, Filet S—Mir. John Plummeér, New York, claims the name of Fleer S$. for black ad Tan setter dog puppy whelped July 1,185), by Dr. Speir’s Gambol out of same owner's Daisy. Chief, J7.—Mr. D. Dinhart, West Copake, N. Y., claims the name of ee dr. Tor Irish red setter dog puppy, by Chief cut of Mr, G. Hil’s Tilly. Flela—My. D. P. Bosworth, New York ality, claims the name of Fledas for hts imported liver and white ticked cocker spaulel biteh. fojo—Mr. Frank Windholz, New York city, claims the name of Tago for red Irish setter dog puppy by Dr. Jarvis! champion Mecho out of Rase. Clover—Mr. H. ©. Sherman, Bradford, Pa., claims the. wame of Glover for poititer puppy by Detroit Kennel Club's King Bow out of thelr Don WAWES CHANGED. Hereward fo St, Elmo T.—Dr. 8. Fleet Speir, Brooklyn, N. Y¥., pares the name of Hereward, previously Claimed for black, white and tan setter dog puppy eae Feb. 3. 1881, by champion St. lino out of Mr, Sheldon’s Prairie Rose, vo St. Nimo TT. ; Clysmic to St. Elmo IZ —Dr. 3, Fleet Speic, Brooklyn, N. Y., changes the name of Clysmi¢ for blue Belion dog puppy whelpud Augrust 27, 1880, by champion St. Elmo out of Diana, to St. Elmo il. Diz—My, Ghas. H. Gage, Washington, D. C., clignges the name of his Irish red setter bitch puppy, by Chiet out of Mr, G, Hill's Villy, from Dizzy to Diz, WEHIPS. Rove—My. H.W. livingston’s (Naw York city) lemon and white pointer bitch Rose (champion Snapshoi-Gypey) 2d New York, 1850, rene Ang. 6, niné puppies, four dogs and Give bitches, by cham- pion Sensation, it. Elmo for black, white and tan setter dog puppy whelped _ q _ A Tewst 18, 1881. FOREST AND STREAM. 55 Duchess—My. W.H, Coursen’s (Newton, N. J.) beagle bitch Duchess (imaporfed RarablerDessie) whelped uly 12, 1581, six pupples four Hous! ae ive bitches, black, white and tan, by owner's Duke (Ring- old-Ring let). Jucjuete—Dr. 8, Fleet Speirs’ Facquette whelped July 24, 1851, nine puppies, by same owner's Jos. ) BRED. BU Champion Don—Mr_ R. Lamb's lemon and white polnter bitch EM, by Sensation, io Mr, Chas. H. Mason's champion Don, by Ran- doin, brother to Old Sancho, out of Juno, August 8. . Wafer Lity-Champion Don—Mr. Chas. HW, Mason’s champion pointer Ditch Water Lily to same owner's champion Don, August 10. Slerlight-Moslen /7.—Mr. Qhas, BH. Mason's tox terrier bitch Star- oe Oo ath ‘’weezers-Vernon) to same owners Moslem IL, wWeUSL 12, Tielia Denna Jve—Dr, 8, Peet Speirs Bella Donna to his Joe, July 17, _ han Chuncelly—Dr, §. Fleet Speirs’ Fan to his Chancellor (st. Elmo-Maida) Augnpt 1. Countess Loutse-Chancellor—Dr. 8. Fleet Speir's Countess Louise to his Chancellor (St, Witie-Miida). Belle-Pyines Hal—My, Cullis Belle fo-Dr. Speirs’ Prince Tal (St, Hhitio-Maida) August 14. Laly-Dor—Mr. J, FH. Carn's (Owego, N.Y.) liver cocker spaniel bitch Lily to Mr, J. Otis Fellows? cocker Don, August 4. SAEs. Deady Bath—Mr. J, Otl8 Bellows has sold to Mr. Arthur Amidon, Homelisvillé, the liver, with white feet and nose, cocker spaniel hiteh puppy Luddy Bath, by Wildair out of Sara Bernhard. Adady—My. Eugene Powers, Cortland, N, Y., has sold to the Rev. Mr: Hawley, Round Island Park, N Y., the cocker spaniel puppy Handy, by Wildair out of Mignon, Frei—Mr. Engene Powers, Cortland, N. ¥., has sold to Mr. B, F. Beardsice, Gouverneur, N. Y., his eld spaniel Fred. DEATH, Lady Byroni—My. J. M. Haynes, Wilmington, Ohio, has lost his set- ten bith Litiy Byron (Carlowitz-kose) on August 0, by puerperal Teyer. Puppies ail dead but three. j +o AlLyonr own fault it yinremain sick when you can get Hop Bitters that never fail. Farm Oyiuskpr.—The advertiser over the slenature of * Qoercus” claling to have had extended experience in agricultural and hortteul- tural Management in yarious parts of the country, and we direct at- tention to his advertisement with pleasure. Hille and Qyap Shooting. RANGH AND GALLERY, CREEDMOOR PROGRAMME. *4 Hil Executlye Committee of the Natlonal Rifle Association on / Saturday last fised the general plan of the tenth fall meeting at Oreedmoor. It will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 1%, and rin five days, The programme of matches decided upon 1s as follows: No.1, Directors’ match, for Directors’ badge. No.2 Judd match; distance, 200 yards; weapon, any military Hie; 35 prizes, ageregating $250; entrance fee, Hl. No, 3, Short-range match; weapon, any rifle; apen ta all comers; oh prizes, agpregating #230 ; entrance fee, $i. Wo. 4, Champion mateh; open to all Comers; weapon, any. rifie or rifles; dishance, 200, 600 and 1,000 yards; five prizes, agerezating in Valle $200. First prize, grand medal of the Nati onal Rifle Association in gold, yalue $100; second prize, similar medal in silver, value $50; third prize, similar medi In brohze, value $25 and two other prizes. NO. 5, Military Championship match of the United States, divided into two stages ; First Stage —Distances, 200,500 and 600 yards; seven rounds av cach distance; Gntrance lee, $2; twelve prizes, aggregat- ing in yalue $10. Sceond Stage—Open to the sixty maaing the high- ebb Scores in the fivststage, the winner of the first pyizée to take the champion-hip of Amer,cu; distances, 00, 900 and 1,000 yards; seven rounils at eagh distance; weapon, the authorized military arm of the organization (0 which the conipetitor belongs. First prize, Uhited Stales military championship gold medal, value $125; second and third piizes, cash aggregating $35, No. 5. Witnbledon Cup match tor the Wimbledon Cup, presented by the National Rifle Assoclalion of Great Britain (0 the National Rifle Assovlallin of America; open to all cltizens and residents of the United States; entrance fee, $6. Wo. 7. Match torvhe (International Milltary or Hilton Trophy; open to teams of twelve from the Army and Navy of the United States, the National Guard oruntformed Milltia of the several States and Terri- tories, also tie District of Columbia, Enflaad, Scotland, Ireland and ihe whole world. Distances, 200, 50) and GUO yards; seyen rounds at fach distance: weapon, any inilitary rifle which has been adopted as in official arm by any State or Government; entrance fee, $2 per man, Hirst prize, the trophy presented by ex-Judge Henry Hilton, to be shot for sedate b at Creedmoor, value $3,000 ; a secoud=prize to be added by 16 association, No, +. [oler-state military match; open to one team from each State and Territory in the United States, composed of twelye mem- bers trom the regular unifoumed atid organized guard or Militia of Such State or Territory ; distances, 200 and 600 yards; weapon, any military rifle adopted as an official anm by any State or government ten tounds ab each distance; entrance fee, $2 per man. First prize, the “soldier of Marathon,” presented by the Cammander-in-Chief on behall of the State of New York, value $350; second prize to he added by the association. No, #. Inter-State long-range match; open to teams of four from any or all rifie associations or clubsinany State or Territory in the Coiled States; distances, 800, 900 and 1,000 yards; 15 shots at each distance; weapon, any rifle within the rules; entrance fee, $10 per tigam, Trst prize, a silyer cup valued at $250, and to each mernber of the winning tear a gold medal; to the second team will also be given Tour silver Medals, and to the third four bronze medals. No, 10, Army and Navy Journul roatch; open to teams of twelve Tom regularly organized military organizations in the United States, uichiding the regular Army, Navy and Marine Carps; distance, 50) tyards ; Seven rounds; weapon, such military rifle as has been issued iat the public expense to the organization which a team represents: entrance tee, $2 per team. Hirst prize, a silver trophy, the Army and Navy Cup, presented by Col William C. Chureh, value $750, and twelve silver medals; second prize, twelve silver medals of different designs; third prize. twelve bronze medals. No. 11. New York State National Guard matth: Open to teams of twelve from each regiment, battalion or separate company of infantry of the National Guard of this State; distance, 200 and 500 yards ; . Weapon, Remington rifle, State model; five rounds at each distance; entrance fee, $2 por man. To the regiment or battalion whose team yhakes the highest score will be presented by the Commander-in- Chief, or In his tatlure by the National Rifie Association, a trophy, valued at £500, and gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively to the first, second ad third teams, No. 12, Birst, Diyiston National Guard match: Open to teams of twelve trom each regiment, battalion or separate company in the First Division , distances, 200 and 500 yards; flve shots at each dis- tance; entrance tee, $2perman. To the régiment or battalion whose ean makes the highest aggregate score will be given the New York pale Division prizé, valué $100; a second to be added by the associa- on, No, 16, Second Division National Guard match: Open to teams of twelye from each reglinen|, battalion or separate company in the Second Division; distances, #00 and 500 yards; 16 shot al each dis- tance; Gnirance fee, $2perinan, Prizes s4me asin preceding match. No. jd. Military team match» Open to teams of five from any mili- tary organization any wherd; distance, 200 yards; entrance fae, $2 per man, First prize, an embroidered nag value $100, fo be won three times belure becontng the property of the winner; second prize, $25 in money; third prize, $15, _No. 15, Mid-raive match ; Open to everybody + distance, 500 yards; Weapon, any militury rile; seven rounds; entrance fee, $1; forty-two prizes, aggrewating 4200, No, 16, Shiortrange match : Open to everybody ; distance, 200 yard; weapon, any military rife; entries unlimited ; entrance fee, 50 cents; Thy prizes, aggregating $260, (This and the preceding mateh will be continued throughout the entire meeting.) No. 1%. Americin championship short-range matgh: Open to teams of fourtrom why clyil, military or naval organization in North Ameri- Ga; distinces, 200 aud 800 yards; filleen shots at each distance ; weapon, any rifle within the rilts; entrance fee, «8 pet man, Firat prize, a trophy yalued at $250, representing the champlonship of North America, to become the absolute property of team w it, ‘There will also be Tour obher prizesin Gash, aggregating $251), No. 18, Skirmishers' mutch: Open to revular Army, Navy, Marine Corps, National Guard, volunteers or Hiiitla of any country, State or Territory; distances, 200 to 600 yards, firing at sound of bugle. First, prea repldt anes worth tla hg pe nt oe “rhe William R. Travers ; Ouy her prizes, aggregating tn yal resented by Major- Gen, Winfield $. Hancock, a ai SCHUETZEN NOTES. GRAND success was the festival of the Jersey Shuetzen Corps, Capt. A. B. Hardekopt, which was held on the sth and 9th of Aug, it the Schuetzen Park, Union Hill. As tha weather was very favor- able the majority of the members turned out in their splendid unt- forms, going from their headqtiarters in barouches through several Streets in Jersey City and Hoboken and arrived at the park by 12 o'clock on the tivst day. The shooting began at 1 o'clock and closed uty. The second day’s shovting began ut haif-past sin the morning and closed at 6 o'clock, when the king was cvowned by Miss A» Hr- Misch, with an Glegant speech. ‘The second day generally being the visting day, a good many Irlends appeared, among whom were Cable J. ¥, Gerdes, from the New York Clty Schuctzen Corps; Capt. u. W. Cordts, from the Mifth Ward German Guard; Capt. J. W. Bremer- Mau, irom the Hoboken Schuetzen Corps; Capt. Dorscher, from Brooklyn Schuetzen Carps, Recorder McDonough snd Watur Register ¥. Murphy, trom Hoboken. On the belt i of honor, On which members of the corps only were entitled to shoot, Mr. G. Hirschberg, of Hoboken, «member belonging to the corps only four months, made the three best shots and Was crowned king, He was presenied by the corps with a splendid gold medal and took the first prize, a lady's gald watch, which was gryen as an honorary prize by H. Gehl. ‘lhe second prize was taken by Ed. Brehm, the third by H. Struckmann, the tourth by &. Zengner; fith, ie Och; sixth, J. Blumnenberg; seventh, W, Weyhausen; eighth, i. Beye; ninth, H, Lembeck; tenth, W. Mohn; eleventh, A. Appel; tyweltth, Aug. Boemeke ; thirteenth, Aug. Armisch; fourteenth, J. D. Bischof ; fifteenth, Ernst Jensen; sixteenth, Ernst Herman, Porty- oue members recelyed prizes on this target, which were given by in- vited guests. Ring target, 25 centre; distance, 600 feet, off-hand. Outof possible 76 in three shots the following scores were noted: D Miller 72, H Oehl71, M B Engel 63, EB Lutt 68, Anderson 68, Ph Klein 67, B Zettlar 67, W Klein 66, M Dorler 66, Ward.os, Vogel és, F Horstioan 65, F W Jaconi 64, J Blumenberg 68, Albig 63, Th Fitz 63, Beppe 63, Bennet 62, Aug Ermisch 61, Mahlenbrock 61, Cook 61, Hellvig 61, Zenner 60, H Kaschen 59, Brehm 69, Zeppenfeld 59, J W Schoeider 48, Steinbach 57, L Wolfstein 57, A Appel 56, N Crusins 55, Dr Helfer 44, J D Bischolf 63, Gartegast 52, F Hansen 52, The most bullseyes shot during the festival by H Oehl; second, D Miller; third, M B Bngél, and fourth, ¥ H Jacobi. THR ST, PauL TOURNAMENT:—The team of the Manhattan Rifle Club, under charge of the President, Geo. Aery, arfived from the grand tournament at St, Paul, Minn., Thursday, Aug. 11, at the Balti- more and Ohlo depot, Jersey City, at L0 o'clock, and were received by the members of the club ard thelr iriends. AS the President, Geo. Aéry, telegraphed from Chicago not wishing any offliciai reception, the members had to leave the band of music at home, tor which they were already prepared. The following is the result of the excellent shooting: Team shooting, 6 shooters to each team and 10 shots each ai the ring target, 25 centre : Manhattan t@am..........00. 1,208 St. Paul team..............., 1,083 Aima, team........ +++4-++1,121 Milwaukee team.....-... ’ Monroe 0AM... -.. sees e cues 1,108 Davenport team.....,........1,054 Prize targets.—At the Creedmoor target W. M. Farrow recelyed the first prize: G. Jolmer was crowned as king, also G. Joiner frst prize on target union. C. G. Zettler received first prize on Volks target, also the first prizeon Stich target, and also a gold medal for the best average shooter of the festival. M. W. Farrow received also the first prize for the worst bullseyes shotS duiing the festival. This shows that the team took all the first prizes with the exception of the man target. When I gave ahurrah for the president and his eon when they left for St, Paul, { now give three hearty eee for 6 5am, : —— i + ALBANY, Aug, 11.—Rensselaerwyck was bright and been? this at- termoon, ‘The stlit breezes tempered the sun’s rays so that the tring points were not uncomfortable. Col. Parker, the President of the as- soclation, was present enjoying a few hours’ recreation. The veteran Geiger, of Hudson, also putin an appearance alter two months’ ab- sence, fresh from the séa-shore, lodkiug hale and hearty. Troy had sent 1ts usual number of representat yés, while Albany had all of its cracks on hand, well supported by the tactiturn Capt. Daly, ‘lwo matches were announced by the executive officer, the first one belog the eleventh competition in the John Hodge match. The bright sun- Ught gave the targets a dazzling appearance, while the wind was strony enough to Interfere sadly with the holding. However, at the conclusion of the pool practice the competitors commenced their scores without delay. There wasno prospect of closing out the match, as the the two second winners, Messrs. Geiger and Fitch, were handi- capped two points, Nothing buta brilliant score on their part and poor shooting on the part of the others could make either winners, Tt is not probable that the tinal competition will be reached until half a, dozen of the competitors haye become second winners, when all wili Stand on an equul footing. The scores were shot rapidly, and at the conclusion Capt. Remick had the lead with 41 points. A later train brought Mr. Schuyler. He made an entry and commenced a score within the imited time. By this time the light had improved and the wind pons down: He succeeded insmaking 42 points and was declared the im nner of the competition. The following were the scores, 200 yards: J B Schuyler, Bal 5............ ae SE Be esas 4464444445 —42 W J Remick, Bal § 4444435544 —B3L W § Pitch, Bal 8.. S$peita445 4 72-39 L Geiger, R 8... 54545433 4 t2—39 GH Charles, Ba, 4454343464 t1—a9 Jas Baggs, 3 M 433534554 —39 GDERXUED, S82 sett pet ree ater ests eeey- BORIFB4435 —Ft + Handicap, * Allowance to military rifles. Following this mateh came the ninth competition in the F. E. Gris- wold Mid-range Champlonship Match, The match being at 500 yards the marksmen feel more at home and can confidently count on wood scores. The conditions at this time had not improved much and a number ot slips were recorded on account of the bright Ught and The competition was won by Capt. Fitch, with 34 polnts The scores made were as follows, 500 yards : fickle wind. oul of the porsible a6, William E Fiteh, RC Wm J Remick, Bal § One compel Thursday next there will be 4 match at 600 yards and a competition Jn the Life Membership Match at 200 yards. Both of these, matches ee popular with the ritiemen, alarge attendance may be antici- pated. Boson, Aug. 10.—The Victory gang range) match was continued at Walnut Hill to-day, the conditions, with the exception of a yery strong wind from 10 o’clock, which rather unsettled things at 1,000 yards, belng good. The scores: F. J, Rabbeth. S00 yards. 66565656565 5 5 4 6 & b—T4 900 G0 466465666565 5644 6 6—T) 1000 wee 556555465 6 & BS F—T2—27 W. C. Gregory. S00 yards..........5 565655 56 5 565 56 5 & 6 4-74 900 perepoeeea-D G fF 4 5 G6 5 4 6 46 6 6 BF 5—T2 TOKO eed cheers weed 5 £ 6 4 6 & 45 4 6 BF 6 OS F—TI—2IT J. FP. Brown. 800 yards 5565 Gb 4656655 4 6 4-72 0 5 65 8 6 6 &6 &§ 6 & 6 5 3—T1 10.0 65646445 5 6 5 5 8 5—8H9—212 ’. H. Jackson. 46565 66 5 6 6 56 6 4 6 5—T72 Gb455 6546 5556 66 5 4-2 66 4656 6 6 46 6 56 4 4 4 §5—219 &. Tyler. S00 yards......-... 645555656 5 6 5 5 5 & 573 OU “ember, J. 4 45 5 6 5 56 8 5 6 SF 6 OD dd 5—TO 1000 esegeet-D 8 G§ 6 45 6 5 4 65 GF FG 4+ 4 4 -6H—211 W. Howard. 800 yards....,...45 6 4 6 46 665665 5 6 6 & & 472 900 434 5 6 6 46665 638 5 6 8 4 5—89 1000 “ a GG 465 68 86 &§ 5 4 6 5 5 5—i—210 ‘On Wednesday, the 10th isti., atthe Belleyue Range, Medford, Mass., in the silver dollar match, H. Withington made 66 out of a possible 76:0 H Russell, 66; A F Sortwell, 65: Hartwell, +: W Henry, 03: Russ, 68; 8 F Andrews, 61. In Badges match No. 4, A J Green made 80 Out of a Possible $5 ; A Jackson, 30; G Arthur 29 ; G. Jones, 28. Winreaor, Me,, Aug. 18,—The Lake Maranocook tournament began ab noon Sixteen teams appeared to compete; distance, 200 yards. Rockland won the firat, making 243 out of a possible 85; Portland Blues second, 225; Dexter third, 222. In individual shootlig there Were 60 ofitries, and nearly all appeared. ons H. Pierce, Portiand, first, 28; W. G. Hussey, Augusta, second, 27; H, third, 27 in a possible 3b, Richardson, Auburn, Boston, Aug, 13.—The beautiful weather of to-day attracted more {han an average atlendance of Memento Walnut Hill. The shoot Jug conditions were: Wind from $ o*e¢lock and an excelent ight! The day’s stores stood : Sharpshooterst Match. OM Jewell,.....-. ab ee sania sen ci et 11 10 1) 12 11 10 GF Elswort ve2012 11 11710 17 TW Vt i 12 12-111 Th 4d J1 J1— 1 A] ite Tie Wis See eee es ae ae 1911 9 iT 142 PL 10 on 1i—)o9 HANS Ao ada Hien cheats a octal aces een 19 14 10 12 10 10 1h 11 1 b1—103 Bit orton...,.., Age eee Wid 98 i bo | 1 te V7 B Ansou..,... Lae S -.11 22 12:10 We 1d 1d 9 WIT EP Georze. elU 11 12 9 1b $1417 10 Iy—10n HJ Rubb of T12 1 1i TO 10 be 12 1Li--10d J Francis. 11 10 12 50 10 1 11 8 1h 10—i08 QC Arthur,. P1210 w12 sh 910 die © A Robinson. Uo 8 ty dL 1b it & Ting GD Curtis eh ldo #4t $2210 91112 S101 AMIN vin eyes el fos ~~ 1210 9 811i 10 10at T—1 Handicap Mateh. JG Fellows. 1 ddsd—t5 GAD Uurtis ...... B44 9454443 EA Boreb .. J o.. Gldddpd455—d4d CO Foster.-....2.-, 4459044444 —13 B Anson..... . Ado —dB OP A Carters... 2... AR4 D444 — 39 The New York Rifle Clubhas challenged the Massachusetts Rite Association to shoot a mateh at Walnut Hill op or about September i). The Rastonians will oblige. GARDNER, Mass., Aug, 10.—The Gardner Rifle Club at theirlast prac- tice used the wish Ting and Creedmoor target combined. Distance 200 yards off-hand, two scores to each man, The following score tells the story: ks Ci R. c. TOWALS. G FP RUSWOYTh,......-.. serene 93 a7 we 44 1i0—91 GR BYAth. 0 tej ti ey ces penn TD dt a7 48 IN Dodge, dt 85 45 A Mathews 44 85 45 $B Hildreth 43 re) 44 Wm Austin 44 (6 413 C Mason..... 44 68 41 C Merritt... ... . 45 OR 43 WS Wilder... 43 67 44 O BGharles..........-..5 42 a) 41 41 Th 43 C SHUMWAY S600. cece eee eset 40 65 42 ASHBURNHAM, Mass,, Augy 12.—The Ashburnham Kifie Club haye made a new departure with a view of Increasing the interest. They have arranged tor a prize (0 The party making rhe three best scores between August] and Thanksgiving Day. ‘The prize isa Maynard rine valued at$s2. The following are the conditions: Open to all résidents of the town, hha match to be contesced on Wednesday or Saturday alternoons. Any rifle within the rules may be used ; allow- ances inade for military rifies. Persons living on the borders of the town may be eligible to entry if not objected to by the competitors. Distance 200 yards, position off-hand, Messrs. N Jewett, WR Adams or F A Parker will receive the entries. New YORK RIFLE GALLERY.—Ballard Rifle Match; scores of each shooter up to date, with handicap at 365 yards , 4 shots, possible 500; tour scores Lo win: Seore. Hand Total, PONS Sa estates ie ada acaba la 4li iss) 472 JN Merganthaler. t . 447 18 460 G Joiner .... oa 403 _— 452 Bf Kobpbl, 394 65 459 Dr Toal... 406 46 451 H Gunther 592 45 4397 Ei Hardy... $42 45 387 CREEDMOOR, Allg. 11.—A return match between teams of the New York Rifie Club arid Massachusetts Rito Association was shot to-day. The weather was beautiful, buta strong northwest wind prevailed, which was most difficult to handie. Vhe worst sufferers were the members Of the New York team, who fatled to reach the figures made by thet in their recent contest at Walnut Mill by 25 poins, wlille the Massachusetts*meén surpassed their record on that occasion by four points, winning the present match by fi polits The conditions Called for elght men a side, 15 shots af 20) and 300 yards. The scores are appended: Massachusetts Team, New York Rifle €lub. W Charles... .., Arie ey es OS LT VER FS SMR See Qo ace 125 G Ff Ellsworth. . 122 HS Howlett..,. ..-,-. 127 RW Arnold.,... TZ) ete Alden hy eye iert 127 Fd Rabbeth,......... 127 FJ Donaldson... ...- 120 WIT Jackson....... Tub A Melnnes.........-- 121 G L Winshij).... vd EJ Setabury............ aby JB Fellows, 123 EG Boker..... Pa esoh Tia JS Bennet...... 123% MEME MAID. ic eecpe tse don 1 Team totals ....... . LUIS 964 Atjhe close of the shooting the feaims returned to New York, and the visitors were elegantly entertained by the New York club. CREEDMOOK, Aug, 13.—The opening contest of the Duryea, Skir- mishers' match was shotto-day with good leading scores, Ifisto be shot for monthly. The conditions of the match were given to full in Jast week's WOREST AND STREAM, The leading scores te-day stood: Advance, Retreat. Total. JL Paulding.......,.... Preses soon eae Oe us 12 J MGNEVIN.... peeene eee . 55 12 67 wy. Price. ... 5551. iartroe 40 22 62 TJ Dolan, seven 40 11 51 W°OlReday sii. pet ls Lites i peekeie. 30 ati] 46 BRINTON RANGE, Thursday, Aug, 11,—Champion Marksman’s match, 200 Yards. v0 Yards Avprepite. Col Howard 4445 4-21 6 6 5 8 4—22 43 P Bonnett, 44 4 4 4—20 6546 3—22 42 JR Taylor....,...4 64 456-2 8303 08—9 31 Saturday, Aug. 13.—Sharps match. EM Squier...,,...,.5444544644--43 P Bonneit,........ Add 3444 — 4) J W Todd........ «4d 544d444—4 1] DF Davids ,.-,....-4454435453—41 Boston, Aug, 13.—The cool Mammoth Gallery has been well patron- ized during the warm term and tine resuits are recorded tor the past two weeks, In the shooting for August Mr. Henry headed the lst tor 224; Hop ang Mhade tivo 458 and Lyman one 48 and two 34s, Mr. \W. 5B, Haton 1s ahead in the experts’ pistol match with 220, There are maby valuable prizes offered for the match. — + THE TRAP. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Aig. 11.—The Genesee club had a regular shoot onthe fats to-day, There was but a slight wttendance of members. Conditions were: 18 yards rise, 21 yards On ties Before beginning the prize shoot several sweepstakes, open to all comers, were shot off and resulted as follows, 4 balls ; First round—Hazard 4, Ford 4, Ditmar 5. Second Round—Ford 4, Dean 2, Aavard4, Evershed 4, Ditmar 3, ‘Mes of 4, second round: Ford 3, Hazard 2, bvershed 1. Fourth round—Ford 5, Wubachek 4, Déan 5, Hazard 2, Ditmar 5. Ties of 6: Ford 3, Dean 0, Ditmar 4. The next thing in order was the recilarclub prize shoot for tour prizes, viz., first prize, $10 dollarsin gold; second, a gold conipass ; third, thirty per cent. of the entrance ahd fourth, twenty por cent. of the same money. This proved a very exciting contest and ouce more substantlated the fact that the Genesee Sportsmen’s Club contains some of the linest shots In the State—shots who séldom miss their iark. The score Ws a follows + Capt B Wilson......4443434434—37 Evershiod...-........ 1W1111111—10 Hooker, ,-,.,.---... 20111111110 BOrGiy pega testvenes 111111111—10 J H Brown....... ».-1171010111— 8 Hagurd...... .......011111101— T Ties of ten. Hyershed .......11111111111111—14 Hooker... WORE +4 Spey 2.11100 —4 Mr. Evershed took firsb prize and becomes the owner, haying won lt three times In succession. Mr, Brown took second prize for (he secoud time, whilé Mr, Hazard received thirty per cent. of the entrance money. As nobody came out fourth 20 per cent. of the entrance money goes to the club. Another shoot will be held in two weeks, -11101911111110—13 WORCESTER, Mass, August 9.—At the regular shoot of the Worces- ter Gun Club, at Woodlawn Range this afternoon, theré wis & large attendance, The first contest was for a special prize, iL patent anvil, the contastants were M D Gilman and C M Bliss, and was won by the former. The contesttur the prize gun was resumed. Among the records made to-day were thi Tollowing: Mr, George L. Graham, 820 Nineteenth street, Philadelphia, is a journalist of many years experience, and is actively connected with the Phila- delphia Sunday Mirror, o leading theatrical and musical journal. 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If you want good work, at low figures, and save Agent’s Commission come direct to JAMES FE. WALKER, 14 Dey St. A FILE OF N. Y, HERALD, 1847, AND TIMES, TO DATE, AND ODD NUMBERS, FOR SALE, come at Eastern Field Trials Club Third Annual Running Meeting COMMENCING ON THANKSGIVING DAY, 1851. ROBIN'S ISLAND STAKES, OR EASTERN FIELD TRIALS DERBY, Open te ali puppies whelped on or after April 1, 1880. Prizes: First, $150; second, $100, and third, $50. Fortelt, $5; $10 additional to fill. Nominations for this stake to close positively on Oct. 1, 1881. PECONIC OR ALL-AGED STAKES Open to all setters or pointers. Prizes: First, $260; second, $150; third, $50. Forfeit, $5; with $20 addl- tional to fill, Nominations to close positively on Oct. 1, 188i. ‘To this stake will be added by the club a special prize of $100, or a silver cup of equal value, at option of the winner, for the best pointer competing in the stakes, MEMBERS’ STAKES, Open only to members of the club, and each entry to be owned and handled by the member making the nomination, Prize to be a piece of plate of the value of $100, and such prize to be known as the EASTERN FIELD TRALS CUP OF 1581, J. OTTO DONNER, President. JACOB PENTZ, Secretary. P. O, Box 274, New York City, Special prices to follow others according to thelr value, OR AE SC ~_ CIGARETTES That stand unrivalled for PURYON. Warranted Free from Drugs or Medication. FRAGRANT NEW VANITY eS ae VANITY FAIR. : FAIR. Each having Distinguishing Merits. HARMLESS, REFRESHING AND CAPTIVATING. 8 FIRST PRIZE MEDALS- WI. S. KIMBALL & CO., Peerless Tobacco Works, Rochester, N. Y. GREATLY IMPROVED. OF BREAK- Send for Circenlar of NOT OVER 1 PER CENT. The FLYING AGE A'T THE TRAP GUARANTEED. THREE ANNUAL PRIZES TO CLUBS: Ist, $LOO 5 2d. $255 3d, one trap and1,000 pigeons. For particulars, rules, Score cards, ete., address the Thanu- tacturers. and TRAP. [Extract from FOREST AND STREAM, July 7, 1881, p. 448.] LIGOWSEY & 06., « * * © ‘his flight so nearly resembles the actual Vine S motions of birds that the Clay Pigeons afford excellent 33 Vine St., practice for wing shooting. We commend all sportsmen ij CINCINNATI, 0, . to test its merits.” ~* a EB. F. NICHOLS & C@., 25 BEACH STREET, BOSTON, TWLASS, Manufacturers of the BEST HEXAGONAL SPLIT BAMBOO FISHING RODS, AS was proved at the Fly-Casting Tournament at Coney Island, June 23. First prize in Champion Class was won with one of our 10 ft. 9.07, Bass Rods; length of cast, 75 feet. First ras In Amateur Class was won with one of our 11 ft. 8 02. Fly Rods; length of cast, 673g it. The Sea World Special Prize was won with one of our 1134 ft, 10 oz. General Rods; lenge of cast, 75 ft. Our rods are considered superior to all others by those who have seen or used them, Send stamp for catu- logue, with Mass. Fish and Game Lay, FE Vie Strongar, Me ANUANISE CONNEMANL AO, GA.ATAQUILOMgoororert omer aha, Price, with fine iwist barrels, wilhout checking or engraying, $30. Guns sent by express, C. O. D., and satisfaction guaranteed Send for Illustrated Price List and ‘Terms to the mannfacturers, N. R. DAVIS & CO., Assonet, Freetown, Mass THE NEW EUTEBROUK Hine F mI Mammer and HMammerless Guns made to order, Qe Rennel. -OR SALE,.—If taken at once I will sell the fol- lowing thoroughbred stock at a low figure: Black, white and tan setter dog Porte Crayon, two years old, by Champion Druld e, Leda; thoroughly broken ; 4 first-class retriever Irom land and water; price, $125. Bie Belton setter dog Cash, 237 years old, by Champion Leicester ex Nelly; thoroughly broken except retrieving; a, noble dog ; price, $100. Black, white and tan setter bitch Marge, 234 years ola; broken; price, $50. Blue Belton setter dog Dashing Plover, one year old; out of Warwick by Belle; $85. Hlue Belton setter dog Speed, brother to Plover, $35, Lemon and white setter dog Whirl- wind, eight months old, by Royal Ben ex Orphena ; price, $30. Blue Belton setter dog Robin Hood, 2% years old; $40; by Carlowitz ex True. Lemon Bel- ton setter bitch Belle, three years old; a beauty; price, #40. Liver and white setter bitch Orphena, by Champion Pride of the Border ex Nellie; price, $40. Orange avd white pointer bitch Belle; a handsome bitcn; broken and in whelp to imported Ilyer and white dog Jerry; price, $50. Black and white pointer bitch bess, elght months old; a beauty ; $25. Red Irish setter dog Pat, seven months old; a large, powerful-built pup, by Von ex prize bitch Floss; price, $25. Red Irish setter dog Dick, seven months old, by Von ex prize bitch Floss; $25 Red Trish setter dog Mac, brother to Pati and Dick; $20. Red Irish setrer bitch Reddy, elght months old, by Von ex Mora; price, $15 Full particulars given by inquiring of C. Z. MILEY, Lancaster, Pa. Augis,it 1 ORDON SETTERS.—In order to reduce the G kennel will sell any of the brood bitches and young dogs belonging to the estate of the late Jas, R. Tilley, who, during his lifetime, had spared no pains or expense to bring this strain of dogs up to the very higheststandard. They combine the blood of Copelan.’s imported Shot, Moore’s imported Grouse, Farrar’s imported Rupert, Stoddard’s im- ported Duke, Parties familiar with Gordons will at onee see that this blood can’t he beat. Several pitches are now !h whelp to Duke of Locust Valley, he by Moore's Grouse out of Dream. For fleld qual- ities refer to Col, Albers J, Sloo, Vincennes, Ind,; Mr. H. Malcolm, Baltimore; Col Jas. Gordon (Pious Jeems”) Pontotoc, Miss. Address for full edigree, étc., GORDON KENNEL, Locust Valley, i I. Augis,4t time to work her, will sell at a sacrifice, Ad FRED, Box 96 New York P. 0. OX TERRIER PUPPIES (smooth) for sale. A EF litter whelped July 6 by Rutherford’s Royal (see FOREST AND STREAM, July 21) out of owner's Waspen by Ragman out of Vic by Trap. Dog pup- pies $15 each. WM. R. HILLS, Albany, N. ¥- Aug1s,2t AOR SALE a pure black and tan Gordon setter kK bitch, 10 months old, yard broke and ready for the field. Price $20, if taken soon, CHAS. F. KEN'T, Monticello, N. Y. Augis,1t HAVE a Thoroughbred Carlowltz setter; will I be five months old before I let him go; mother and father came trom®England; mother sold for $1,000; father, $3,000; can plve a correct pedigree of his mother and father. P. 0. BOX 148, Kastport, Maine. Augisy1t AOR SALE CHEAP, 4 very fine Irish setter dog puppy, elght weeks old; choice prize-winning stock. Address GEO. L, WILMS, 142 Monticello avenue, J. C, Heights. Augis,1t Ree SALE, Modjeska. She is by Champion Let- cester out of the pure Laverack bitch Peeress, whelped Dee. 29, 1877. She has been hunted oyer each season. She is a splendid brood bitch and sold for only want of kennelroom. Further particulars, inquire of A. M. TUCKER, 85 Maln street, Charles- / town, Mass. Augis,it PRACTICAL KENNEL GUIDE. = Price $1.50. ) wor Sale by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. THE DAVIS GUN. As Goon As THE BEST. - # : Ye. HAMMER GUN. I have recently invented & new hammer fun, both in single and double, which 1s ac- knowledged to be the best article in the mar- ket. All sportsmen agree that the Eutebrouk~ guns for finish, workmanship and shooting qualtiies are equal to any in the market, REBORING A SPEQGIALTY, 1 c. H. LKUTEBROUK, | 27 Dock Square, Boston, Mass, a he Henne! | O COCKER BUYERS AND BREEDERS.—A. W, Langdale, of 5 Newmarch Terrace, Victoria : Road, Leytonstone, England, late owner of Cham-_— pions Lawyer, Batchelor, Ladybird, Ladylove, Lizzie, Loustic, Leicester, Limerick, Libna, Launce- lot, Lena, Lydney. Bebb, Young Bebb, Bessie IL, Bar- oness, and many more lmpurtant winners at our best shows; also, contributor to Vero Shaw’s new work on spaniels, will buy on commission spaniels of any breed, and hason his books a number of grand specimens; deposit system. Mara1.tf ,NGLISH BEAGLE KENNE&L—For sale two 4 beagle puppies by Pownels Victor out of own- ers Music. The purest strain in this country. Also white and orange setter dog two and a half years od, well broken and full Ot tricks, all of which will be sold cheap. M. M. NISSLY, Elizabethtown, Lan- caster Co,, Pa. Augls,1t (mes cree eb e OCKERS FOR SALE—3 solid liver colored dogs whelped July 6, 81, out of Gro. Grain ex-Black Charlie, $15 each. Also a solid liver fleld spantel) biteh ten months old, imp. Bub ex-Henry (Champ, Rhea ex-champ. Brush) 325. Address Burr Hollis, Burdeth Kennel Propr., Hornellsviile, N, Y¥-. Augis,2t OR SALE a fullblooded Newfoundland dog tw years old, black and weighs 145 Ibs, HENRY COVERT, Rocky Hills, N. J. Augisyit T WO liver and white field spaniels broken on woodcoek and BLOne, 16trieve from land or: water, from imporie spect, _ Price $20 each. lin, N. ¥. stock and right In every re- Inquire of box 110, Frank- Augis,2t OR SALE a yery fine cocker spaniel dog pup,” parents imported; color rich dark lver an white, very handsome. Price $20. Also a pointer bitch two years old, $10, CHAS, DENISON, Hart- ford, Conn. Aug1s,1t eae y Fes SALE, part of a iltter of setter pups trom Blue Belle (Rathier—Waddington’s Daisy) by Dashing Monarch (Dash T—Countess Moll). Also) Ttalian greyhounds. HE. W. JESVHR, St. Georges, Del. Augis,3t 1» COTT, breeder of choice strains of Gordon sef- S ters. Puppies of celebrated Smutand Nat strain” ready for shipment (no fancy prices), C, E. SCOTT, 202 State st , Schenectady, N, Y. Augis,it . Roe. OMORE KENNEL.—Thoroughbred red” Irish setter puppies for sale, by champion Rory O'More out of Norah O’More, Magenta and Pearl. Full pedigrees. Address W. N. CALLEN- DER, Albany, N. Y. Augil,tt SOR SALB.—One pure-bred pees Mastiff Dog, K two years old} stands 31 inches high. Also, several pure-bred Mastiff Pups. For pedizrees and rices, address W: E. SESSIONS, Lock Box 1,085,” orcester, Mass. July 28,46 Fe SALE CHEAP, a litter of fine Irish setter” pups, 10 weeks old, haying one cross of Elcho” Address EH. J ROBBINS, and two of Plunkett. July 21-tf Wethersfield, Conn. PoRtBAarrs of Eastern Field Trial Winners, printed on fine tinted paper, will be sent post paid for 25 cents each, or the five for $1. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 39 and 41 Park Row, N.Y. Dec30, tf 7 'Y, BERNARD PUPS FOR SALE.—For pedigrees” and other particulars, address, with stamp, P. O. Box 94, Lancaster, Mass. duly 28,60 : ILL exch eacocker puppy for beagle hound. HUGEND POWDRS, Cortland, N. Y, ; Augis,1t ‘STONEHENGE ON THE DOG. — Price $3 50. For sale by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Avaust 18, 1881,] FOREST AND STREA™, 59 The Kennel, GRAND International Dog Show, TO BE HELD AT LONDON, ONT., SEPTEMBER 27, 28, 20 and 30, 1851. Prize Lists now ready, and can be had of J. PUDDICOMBE, Sxo’y, OR CHAS. LINCOLN, Supt, Office, Tecumseh House, London, Ont. ENTRIES CLOSE SEPTEMBER 12. FLEAS! FLEAS! WORMS! WORMS! Steadman’s Flea Powder for Dogs. A BANE TO FLEAS—A BOON TO DuGs, Seis POWDER is guaranteed to kill fleas on dogs or any other animal-, or money teturned. Ttisputup in patent boxes with sliding pepper- box top, which greatly facilitates its use, Simple and efficacious, Price 50 cents by mail, Postpaid. Areca Nut for Worms in Dogs. A CERTAIN REMEDY. Put up in boxes containing ten powders, with full directions for use. " Price 50 cents per box by mail. Both the aboye are recommended by Rop anp GUN and FOREST AND STHEAM. Conroy, Bisset & Malleson, 65 Fulton s reet, N. Y. HENRY C. SQUIRES, 1 Cortlandt street, N. Y. WRIGHT & DITSOYN, 680 Washington street, Boston, Mass, Dr. Gordon Stables, K. N- TWYFORD, BERES, ENGLAND. Author of the “PRACTICAL KENNEL QUIGE,” 2&8. exports champion and other pedigree dogs of any breed. Send for “PLAIN HINTS TO WOULD-BE BUYERS.” Prices 16 cents, post free. Gives addresses of prin- cipal English breeders. Greyhounds, For sale, imported greyhounds and puppies from aoe stock. Pedigrees examined and traced. Orders for importation solicited. For circulars or information, address L. C.F, LOTZ, 3,912 Lake Ave., es UL, or HENNESSERY & SEEBACH, Chicago Field Kennel, Peru, Lasalle County, IIL. June2,4mos BRANDYWINE KENNEL. DASHING LION IN THE STUD. The imported dog Dashion Lion will serve a lim- ited number of approved bitches. Fee, $25, Address I. YEA,SLEY, JR., Junesv,3mos Box 14, Coatesville, Penn. BENEDICT. FIRST AND SPECIAL NEW YORK, 1881. Imported b'ack field Spaniel at the Stud. Tee. $25. Mr Jacobs’ strain. Brother to Squaw and Lass 0’ Devon; brother in blood to Kaffir and Zulu. Negro, litter brother to Benedict, was second to Kaifir atthe West of England show last month. Black, and liver-colored punpies by Benedict for sale. LACHINE KENNEL CLUB, Whitestone, L, 1. Junel6,ti E. B. GOLDSMITH, Custom House and Forwarding Agent. i WALLSTREET, NEW YORE. acai as AND FORWARDS Dogs, Fowls, etc., to any destination. Kennel Clubs, Sportsmen and others, intending to import dogs from fade er should have their stock con- gigned to him. Intormation furnished in regard to the best methods of importing, shipping, ete uarantee satisfaction, it the dog has all the natural instincts. aoraing to TongthoF urte fagp ie toe whe cording ength of time 68 ie dog, with discount to p Parone A. arties at long 0; Thomas County, Georgia. Oct 2,tf N EMASKETT KENNEL, Richmond & Vaughan, Proprietors, Middleboro, pares Spore dogs boarded, broken and handled by men of experience. Setters, Pointers, Fox Hounds and Beagles trained for man ae work. Satisfaction guaranteed Also, a number of well-trained Setters and Pointers for sale, Address BOX 835, Middleboro, Mass. H. B. RICHMOND, N- H. VAUGHAN. June?, tf Ro SALE, four prize-bred Irish terrier PU whelped July 1, 1881, out of imported Norah, by Home Ruler. For price, etc., apply to DR. NIVEN, London, Unt. Augs OR SALE.—Two pare bred Gordon setter pup- pies, doz and bitch, three months old. Aq. dress A. WEEKS, Locust Valley,L.1. Augii,2t OR SALE, dark red Irish setter pups, by Cham- F pion Chief, 3 months old, WENZEL, 89 Fourth St., Hoboken, N. J, Auga,st LEONARD'S Split Bampoo Rods, WITH PATENT WATERPROOF AND PATENT SPLIT FERRULES. No. 1 SHOWS WATERPROOF CUP IN FERRULE (PATENTED OCTOBER 26, 1875). This preyents any moisture from reaching the wood, and the ferrule from becoming loose, The constant wetting and drying of the bamboo must rot the wood, and make other makes of rods less durable than Leonard's. No. 2 SHOWS SPLIT FERRULE (PATENTED SEPTEMBER 3, 1878). This split thoroughly strengthens where the ferrule is joined to the wood, which is the weakest oy of a rod, and where so many of other makes of rods (bamboo especially) break. Mr. Leonard has yet to hear of a single instance of breakage at this poin since the PATENT SPLIT FERRULE has been applied, We consider this the GREATEST IMPROVEMENT that has been Introduced in rod making since rods have been made. No. 3 SHOWS SPLIT FERRULE WHIPPED WITH SILK AS IT APPEARS ON THE ROD, EVERY ROD WARRANTED, SOLE AGENTS, WILLIAM MILLS & SON, 7 WARREN STREET, NEW YORK. ALDRED’S YEW BOWS: Gents, $18 up; Ladies, $16 up. ALDRED’S PEACOCK ARROWS: Gents, $10 per doz.; Ladies, $9 per doz. gs, T5c. each. FRANCIS DARK’S re laneraa ; balls, $1.50 to $3.50, J. B. < TIP SCREW, $1.50 set; Plain, $1; Lawn Tennis, $20, $30, $40, $60 per set. uivers, $2; Bow Strin: LONDON TENNIS Bats, $3.50; Cork Handle, $4 and $5. J. EB. CROOK & Co,,; MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN 2FISHING TACKLE, ARCHERY, CUNS, AND ALL KINDS OF SPORTING GOODS, $0 Fulton Street, N. Y. SPECIALTIES FOR 188!.- Sole Agents for THOMAS ALDRED’S LONDON ARCHERY J. B. CROOK’S Newport Bass Rod, $15; Patent Rubber Multiplying Reel, $30. SEND 25c. FOR THE MOST COMPLETE CATALOGUE PUBLISHED, WN. B.—_Nothing but first-class goods sold at this Establishment, MARLIN REPEATING RIFLE. ALDRED’S FINGER AYER'S London reenheart Black Bass Rod, $12 and, $16, Manufactured by Marlin Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., makers of the celebrated BALLARD HIFLE, Without question the best Magazime Rifle ever produced. .40 cal., 60 grains of powder and 280 grains of lead. .45 cal, 70 grains of powder and 405 grains of ead (Goyernment cartridge). Send for descriptive list to SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, 84 and 86 CHAMBERS STREET NEW YORK. Bemington’s Military, Sporting & Hunting Repeating Rifles, P. 0. BOX 3,170. Simplest, Most Efficient, Indestructible. S. Government in the Navy and Frontier Service. Adopted by the U -45 Cal., 70 Grain Standard Government Cartridges. Prices: Carbines, $22; Frontier Rifles, $22; Sporting and Hunting Rifles, $25. Discount to the Trade Only. Send for Catalogue and Price Lists, 10 Shots, E. REMINCTON & SONS., 283 Broadway,N.Y. P. O. Box 3,294. ENOS JAMES & C0.’S BREECH-LOADERS, clubs, We now offer a complete line of these beautiful hreech-load- ers, all bearing their name, ranging from thelr plain but found and substantial guus of the lowest grade up to their superb Trap and Triumph Complete Guns, Intended for Glasg Ball and Pigeon Trap Shoo ing, where closeness and great enetration are required. What isthe use of buying a worth- ess gua, which the maker is ashamed to pul his name upon when you can get an Enos James & Co. gun with their name and guaranty for the same price? Or what is the use of paying an absurd price tor a Guo made by some old maker when you can buy a gun made by Hnos James & Co. which is just as good or better for about halt the price. | We are sole agents at New York for the Celebrated Colt Club Guns, which are now the standard with all the leading We also have a small Job Lot of Webley Guns, of many styles, which we offer at great bargains, and a few _of the improved Parker Guns at specialrates. Address P, O. Box 4309_ STRENGTH, BEAUTY, DURABILITY. H. & D. FOLSOM, 30 Warren St., N.' ¥. Ghe Zennel, In the Stud. THE IRISH RED SETTER DOG “LARRY.” CHAMPION ELCHO, Ex-CHAMPON ROSE. Dr. Jaryis calls Larry one of the best he ever bred; is allred, no white; a large grand dog with a most Superb head ; has thus far been used exclusively as a field dog and neyer shown; will make a winner; is thoroughly trained ; has an admirable nose and perfectly staunch before and behind. Feevery low. Address W. H. PIERCE, Peekskill, N. Y. Augis,1t iOR SALE, a brace of beautiful black and white Liewellin setter pups by Champion Paris. C, H. LEWIS, Suspension Bridge, N, Y. Aug4dt The Bennel, GLOVER’S IMPERIAL MANGE CURE. A sure cure for aJl SEIN DISEASES. For sale by druggists and dealers In sportsmen’s goods, Price 60c. per bottle. H. CLAY GLOVER, Sor Proprietor, Imperial Kennels, Toms River, N. J. H*& BEAGLE KENNELS—For sale, the pro- duce of imported and home bred animals that have been hunted since able to follow the dam on the trail, and are belleyed to be second to none in nosé, toague and endurance, COLIN CAMERON, Brickergille, Pa. Mayl2,tf stock, A.D, NORCROSS, Ghe Zennel, PEDIGREE PRINTING AND COMPILING, CHEAPER THAN CAN BE DONE BY ANY OTHER HOUSE IN AMERICA, which does first-class work and guarentees satis- faction, Also. VON CULIN PATENT SPIKE COLLAR AND BOOK. By mail, for $3, E. & C. VN CULIN, P. O. Box 22, Delaware City, Del. eee —E——E————————— ULEOUT COCKER SPANIEL KENNELS.—For Cockers of all ages and colors. dogs, dltehes and Puppies, address with stamp, ROB'T WALKER, Franklin, Del. Co., N. ¥. July 21-tt a OR SALE, fine bred young foxhounds of differ- ent ages, English, Virginia and New England onson, Mass. Augii136 60 FOREST AND STREAM, 1 - {Aveusr 18 1981- = Sportsman's Gaods. First-class sporting garments, Desi‘ns and prices gent by post on receipt of letter of request, ad- flressed to GEO. C. HENNING, One Price Clothier, 410 7th S'T., WASHINGTON CITY. For Sale by A. SAKS & Co., 1013 Main Street, Richmond, Va, He Le DUNCKLEE’S PATENT Camping and Mining Stove. | UST the thing for people camping out for a short or long time. FOUR SIZES ; pri- REASONABLE. Send for descriptive cirqu- with prices and terms, ¢ x ° ® 5 5 cal a = N 5 L we = wm G 2 fr - = Ja cL a & — ES i _ . NO, I-CAMP PACKED, Made and sold by TAUNTON [RON WORKS ©0., 87 Gluckstone street, Boston, Mass. THE AMERICAN PAT. PORTABLE HOUSE M’F’G CO Su] i TEANUFAQCTULE HOUSES on an entirely new and novel principle, whereby more styength can be obtnined than In any other way. Any Size from a Sportsman's or Miner’s Cot, 63s by 8 feet, wilh floor. one door and four windows, weighing 475 pounds, to a commodious dwelling. Bo arranged that, no nalls, screws or skilled labor are required in puting them up; very easily and uicklydone. Simple, light, strong, comfortable, urable, artistic. Sportsmen's Cots and Stromer Cottages specialties. Send for descriptive circular or apply to EARL LEB, Manager, Corona, Queeus Uo., N.Y, ee Sportimen’s Goods. PATENT SELF-CLOSING PLUNGE PATENT SELF-CLOSING TRAPS, WITH EXTRA DOOR TO SHOW WIEN BIRD IS NOT IN TRAP, Price per pair, $25, This trap 1s usef by all the principal associations inthe U. &., and 1s considered the best trap made tor rapid shooting Manufactured by PARKER BROS., Meriden, Ct., MAKERS OF THE WORLD-RENOWNED PARKER BREECH-LOADER, Send for Catalogue of Gun Implements, ete. “HELLO!” THE Home Telephone Manf’g Co. OF PITTSBURG, PA., Now offer their instruments for general use. The CHEAPEST and the BEST! A universal want ay pleat NO ELECTRICITY! NO BATTERY! OP- RATED BY ACOUSTIO VIBRATION and works in all londs of weather. eclally adapted for connec ing different parts of the same buildt or factory, warehouses and offices, houses and stables, or different buildings on farms, plantations, etc.; also for speaking-tube purposes. Will work in a circult of four miles if desired, Au unegualed source of amuscment and instruction for the young folks. Price for two instruments, with insulators, at- tachments, ele., with rull instructions for setting them up, $2.0. Sent by express to any address, on receipt of price, or can be sent by mail ff 24 cepts additional is remitted to pay postage. Address all orders to the Home Telephone Manufacturing Co., P. 0. BOX 819, PITTSBURG, PA. We want lady and gentlemen agents in every town and city to intr duce the HOME TELEPHONE, Business pleas int, honorable aud profitabie. $75.00 to $100,00 per month van be made with but little ex- ertion. No capital required. You have only to SHOW the Telephone to secure orders, as they speak for themselves We will send two SAMPLE Telephones tor AGENT'S. with full ontfit and instructions, for $1.00 and eight 8 ct, postage stamps. Address Home Telephone Manuf’ng Co., Box 819, Pittsburg, Pa, TATHAM S Selected Standard Number vf Pcliets to the oz Printed on Mach Bag. Trap Shot! Soft or Chilled. . NUMBERS 7, 8, 9 AND 16. No, of pellets to oz., 838 472 688 1056 Soft. ek? ais 45 716. 11x) Chilled, §2 BEEKMAN ST., NEW YORK. Field- Cover, and Trap Shooting, |TATHAM& BRO'S, BY A. H. BOGARDUS. rice, os 2X. WOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. Keep Your Head Over Water For $1 we mall a povket ite preserver, weight halt anouncé, ordimary bulk an inch DIVING DECOY CU,, Rochester, N. Y. Hotels and Routes for Sportsmen “THE FISHING LINE.” TAKE THE Crand Rapids & Indiana R. R. THE ONLY ROUTE TO THE Trout, Grayling & Black Bass Fisheries, AND THE FAMOUS SUMMER, HEALTH AND GAME RE- SORTS AND LAKES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. The waters of the Grand Traverse Region. and the Michigan North Woods are unsurpassed, if equaled, 1n the abundance and great variety of fish contained. BROOK TROUT abound in the streams, and the famous AMERICAN GRAYLING is found only in these waters, The TROUT season begins May 1 and ends Sept 1. at GRAYLING Season opens June 1 and ends ov. 1. BLACK BASS, PIKE, PICKEREL and MUSCA- LONGE, also abound in large numbers in the many lakes and lakelets of this territory, The Sports- man can readily send trophies of his skill to his iriends or * club” ai home, as Ice for packing fish tan be had at nearly all points. TAKE YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU. The scenery of the North Woods and Lakes 1s yery beautiful ‘The airis pure, dry and bracing. The Sheep is pecullarly beneficial Lo those suffering wit Hay Fever and Asthma Affections, The hotel accommodations are excellent, and will be largely increased in time for the sea_on of 1881 by new buildings and additions. During the season ROUND TRIP EXCURSION TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT LOW RATES, and attractive train facilities offered to Tourists and Sportsmen, Dogs, Guns and Wishing Tackle Carried Free at owner's risk. ~ It ls our aim to make sportsmen feel ‘‘at home” on this route. For Tourists’ Guide a handsomely illustrated book of 160 pages sent tree. Time Vards, Folders and further information, address A.B, LHET, Gen’l Pass'r Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. Fishing Season at Rangeley Lakes Again Open, EXCURSION TICKETS VIA Beston AND MAINE RAILROAD. “ U ot pion “ ~ “ Mountain View House or outlet and return (Indian Rock), via Farmington .......-.--...00 2 1 *¢ TndfanRock and return via. or Dam * “Rangeley Lake and return......... 12.50 « Phillips oe Bots . 11.00 “Indian Rock and return, (via An- dover, return via. Farmington). » 16.25 “* (via Andover) Bemis Stream and TELUDE Sees suns. wee et oe testes 16525 “« “Muosehead Lake and return (Mt, Ain GO HONBE) co ested ea an ee 16.00 “Forks of the Kennebec and return. 13.00 ‘© Dead River and return.......-..... 13.00 “« Grand Falls, N. B., and return.... 15.00 * StL. Andrews, N. B., and return..,. 15.00 Also tourists’ tickets to all Sporting and Pleas- ure Resorts In Maine and the Provinces. Tickets for sale at ail-principal ticket offices and at vst WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON. ~DEPOT, BAYMARKET 8Q,, 0 Send for list of excursions. D. J, FLANDERS, Gen. Pass. and ‘Ticket Agent Tim Pond «xe Seven Ponds, TROUT FISHING AND HUNTING. Parties wishing to yislt the Seyen Ponds, yila Eustls and Tim Pond, can have buck-board teams, guides, boats, camps, with board, in readiness, by writing in advance to KENNEDY SMITH, Eustis, Maine. Wild Fow! Shooting. SPRINGVILLE HOUSE SR SPORTSMEN'S Re TREAT, SHINNECOCK BAY, L. L BY A PRACTICAL GUNNER AND AN Out bayman. Has alwayson hand ike pest of boats, Datteries, etc., with the larrestrig of trait ad wild-geese decoys on the coast, jane best round in the vicinity of New York forbay snips shooting of all varieties: eek eprention RIVES himself to his guests, and satisfaction & = Pra. Address Win, N. LANE, Good Ground, &.E Refers by permissiontoJ.B Shepherd, 891 Broad way and, Wm. Dutcher, 220 Broadway, N.Y, M OOSEHEAD LAKE and the North Maine Wi- derness Il}ustrated. The only complete and compreheusive guide book to Northern Maine and the head waters of the Kennebec, Penobscot, St. John’s ani Aroostook rivers, and the numerous lakes and ponds connected with them. 256 pages, 80 illustrations and large map. ‘Tinted paper, U- luminated covers. Price, by mall, post-paid, 50 cents, CHARLES A, J, FARRAR, Jamaica Plain, AB. ; CARDEN AND FARM SEEDS. SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE Vanderbilt Bros., 23 Fulton St., N. ¥. S ; OR S Benton receiptof two three cent stimips,— PrcK & SNYDER, Manulaes, 124.4% 126 Nassau st., N.Y. A WEBK, $12a day at homevastiy mails. $ 7 2 Costly outfit tres, Address TRUE & Cv., \ugusta, Maine A complete 194 page Illustrated Catalogue ~_——— Hotels and Zontes for Sportsmen. TO SPORTSMEN: The Pennsylvania R. R. Co,, Respectfully invite attention to the SUPERIOR FACILITIES afforded by their li Ee pea hy eir lines for one or oe E G PARKS and RACE RSHS in the Middle States. These lines bei: NTINUOUS FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the dif- Aculties and dangers of reshipment, while the ex- cellent cars which run over the smooth tracks enable STOCK TO BE TRANSPO without failure or injury. THE LINES OF Pennsylvania Railroad Company also reach the best localities for GUNNING AND FISHING Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION CKETS are sold at the offices of the Pons im all the principle citiesto KANB, RENOVA, BED, FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, MINNEQUA, other well-known centers for Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting, and SHE Hunting. &lso,*9 TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN, CAPE MA’ SQUAN, and peintson the NEW JERSEY ARE renowned for SALT’ WATER SPORT AFTER BIN AND FEATHER. c a L. P. FARMER, Gen') Pass. Agent. Faawe THOMSON, Gen’) Manager. feblt-< Chesapeake & Ohio R’y. THE ROUTE of the SPORTSMAN and ANGLER TO THE BEST HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA, Comprising those of Central and Pledmont Vir- ginia Biue Ridge Mountains, Vailey of ee Alleghany Wountains, Greenbrierani New Rive Kanawha Valley, and including in their varieties 6 game and fish, deer, bear, wild turkeys, wild duck, rouse, quall, snipe, woodcock, mountain trout, ass, pike, pickerel, etc. Guns, fishing tackle and one dog for each sporte- man carited free. The Route of the Tourist, through the most beautiful and picturesque scenery of the Virginia Mountains to the White Sulphur Springs and other famous summer resorts. The GC, & O. R’y is reached by rall at Huntingdon, W. Va., from the West, Northwest and Southwest; at Charlottesville, Va., from the North and Mast, and at Richmond, Va., from the South. The completion of the Peninsular Extension in the summer of 1881 affords THE ONLY ALL RAIL ROUTE TO THE “YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL,” and establishes a continuous rail line, via Rich- mond, Va., and Huntington, W. Va., between the mouth of Vnesapeake Bay and the Puciuc Ocean. BB, W. FULLER, G. P. & T. A., Richmond, Va. OLD DOMINION LINE. TLE STEAMEKS of this Line reach some of the T inest Waleriow! and upland shooting sections in the country ConnectinguirectTor Chin oteague, Cobb's loiand ald points on the Pentlusuls, City Point, James River, Curriiuck, Florida a d the mountainous country of Virgiuii, Tennessee, etc, Nortolis stenmers sail Tuesday, Vhursday and Sat- utilay, Lewes, Dell., Monday and hursday a0 3B. wv, Full imformativn given at office, v7 Greenwich Bireet, New York, EUROPEAN Ps. MESSENGER, Proprietor. Virginia Midland RB. RB. The Safest, the Shortest, the Best Route to Florida South. Pulman Palace curs direct without change. Guns and dogs carried tree. Leaves New York at 10 P.M. Sid 3:40 P. ue; Washington, 7:10 & mM. and 10% M. MERCEX SLAUGHTER, General Ticket Agent, Aléxandria, Va, Guns, ls, CHAMEION New Model, Top Snap, (oe : Un. all a hymen sno It-has 1 Paten which the gun can the oeace att i ay as the fe} pas the Berane isto! Crip [Aueusr 25, 1881.) FOREST AND STREAM. SPRATT’S PATENT GENUINE recelyin, minster the ennel NONE ARE OS ss31Nn STAMPED. Pecked in Cases of 112 pounds each, SEND FOR CPRCULAR. “ Fibrine” Cakes are used at the Dogs’ Home, London; Jardin mince award for Do lub, New York, Gol Please sea that Every Cake is Stamved MEAT “FIBRINE” DOG CAKES. “SPRATICVS PATENT” are Purveyors by Appointment to all the principal Shows and Kennels in the United Kingdom and abroad. The Patent d'Acclimatation, Paris, etc, They haye been awarded over 30 Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals ; Kennel Club Special Medal; Grand Gold Medal, Hanover Dog Show, 1879; West- Biscuits at the’ Paris Exhibition, 1878 Medal; irish Kennel Club, Silver Medal, ete., etc. BEWARE OF WORTHLESS LUITATIONS. WHOLESALE ACENTS, FRANCIS O. de LUZE & CO., {8 Seuth William Street, = r = NEW YORK. ‘SPRATT’S PATENT” and a : X.” QENUING WONE ARE BTAMPER, To be had in smaller quantities: Grocers and the Spcrting Goods Trade Generally. Lishing Cackle. MANWS § ixty varieties manufactured, suitable for Troll- ng for all kinds of fish that will take an artificial bait, and adapted for any lake or river in the United States. Our Perfect Revolving Spoon is undoubtedly the ‘best general spoon for taking fish ever offered to ‘the public, Three sizes made—No. 20 for bass, pike, pickerel, or any fish under five pounds weight; No. 21 for large fish, and the best spoon ever made for salmon trout; No. 22 excellent for deep water fishing. (Beware of imitations. None genuine except JOH H. MANN’S name stamped on every spoon Sold wholesale and retail by the principal dealers in Fishing Tackle. JOHN H. MANN & CO, SYRACUSE, N. Y, Soft Rubber Crawfish, Patented Oct. 1. EW BASS BAIT.—Samples py mail, Tse. Soft Rubber Hellcramites, 50c. Soft Rubber Frogs —large, 5Uc.; small, 30c, Trade supplied. Sole Agents, - WM. MILLS & SON,” {7 Watren Street, New York. NOR- WECIAN OLLER' FOR General Debility, Scrofula, Rheumatism or Consumption, “S$ is superior to any in de- licacy of taste and smell, York physicians pronounce eit the purest and best. Sold by Druggista. H.Schieffelin & 0o.( #40) NewYork| — WANA ii Maan aa AN NN ee ea ‘ SR a ABN) WRICHT & DITSON, DEALERS IN FISHING TACKLE, LAWN TENNIS, CRICKET, BASH BALL, ARCHERY AND SPORT- ING GOODS GENERALLY. = Our Fishing Tackle Department is under the charge of MR. TEMPLE CRAIGR. Send for our illustrated journal of prices, etc. Address 580 Washington St., Boston, Mass. TO ANCLERS: JOHN ENRIGHT & SONS, FishingRod& TackleMakers Castle Connell, near Limerick, Ireland. Reels and Lines to match balance of rods. No agents, All information respecting fisheries on the Shannon in this locality, as also catalogues of our greenheart rods and general assortment of tackle, to be had onapplication. IGHARDSON AND RANGELEY LAKES IL- LUSTRATED, a thorough and complete guide book to the Rangeley Lake Region, Kenne- : , Cupsuptic, Parmachneee and Connecticut Takes and the head waters of the Connecticut, Mag- alloway, Androscog and Dead rivers; tllumin. ated covers. tinted paper, $29 pages, &) Dlustrations and a large Map, ma Thetly from accurate sur- : Price, . paid by mail, 50 cents. A.J. FARRAR, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Sportsmen's Goads. HODGMAN & CO. #1425 Broadway and 27 Maiden Lane, New York, AR OFFERING THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF uring ant Fishing Outs Light Weight Shooting Jackets, Hats, Cartridge Bags, Gun Covers, RUBBER FISHING PANTS, RUBBER FISHING BOOTS, Rubber Hlanktkets, And Complete Rubber Outfits. [ESTABLISHED 1888.] Send for Catalogue. BIRDS’ EYES, Birds? Skins, Taxidermists’ and Naturlists’ Supplies. Send for New Price List. Reduced Rates. W.J. KNOWLTON’S Natural History Store, L6S ‘Tremont St., Boston, Mass. birds and animals preserved by superior Frencr and American workmen Rubber Sheoting Jacket. Philadelphia Fishing Tackle HOUSE. DEMUTH BROS., manufacturers of A. B. SHIPLEY & SON, Ze f Manufacturers of Fine Fishing Tackle of Every Description. 503 COMMERCE ST., PHILA. Shipley’s Looped and Plain Mist Color Leaders. Shipley’s Improved Adjustable Floats. Reversed Wing, Trout, Bass and Salmon Flies in stock, and also tied to pattern. A full assortment of common and finest Rods, Lines, Reels, etc. Our Bethabara Fly and Bait Rods and Split Bam- boo Fly Rods received the first premiums at the ONSET Franklin Institute and Penna. State urtificial Eyes for Taxidermists and Manuf’cturers. Also, all kinds of Glass Work done to order. Catalogue Free of Charge by Mall, WALKER sT., NEW YORK. THREAD-WOUND, LONG-RANGE A specialty of the celebrated Bethabara Wood for Rods and Archery Bows. Stronger than split bamboo and as tough and elastic as steel. Rod mountings of all descriptions on hand and to order. Price Ust of wood and rod mountings hae eo oe age ae tira ee Catalogue of ackle sen ist-paid, on recei centsin stamps. : ei peer The Edgar Barbless Hook. PATENTED. TROUT Ask your Dealers for FLIES them, o send to us ON for circular. No. 1-0, % Sole Agents. — Wim. BASS - MILLS FLIES fee SON, 4 7 Waumren No. 4 and6. St., N. Y. SPORTSMEN'S DEPOT, (ESTABLISHED 1836), Wiest premium at World's Fair at New Fork, and Centennial i Exhibition. = JOHN KRIDER N. & Sor. Second and Walnut Sts, Philadelpeia. GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS: ei aeiore Sudods trinanl Bale Hy Booka, fay~Balmon, Bass, and Trout Files, Made ve Order. ALSO “ Krider's” Jslebrated Center Enamel Splitané Glued Bamboo Rods. and Birds’ Skinsin Great Varieties. marily ARRAR’S POCKET MAP OF THE RICHARD- F BON-RANGELEY LAKES REGION, tocluding all the lakes, ponds and rivers of that famous coun- try, as well as the head waters of the Connecticut River, Connecticut and Parmachenee Lakes, etec,; cloth bound, Pri 60 cents. CBRARLES A. 3, PARWAK Jamaica Pisin Mass SHOT CARTRIDGE CASES For muzzle and bresch-loading, cylindrical and choke-bore shor- Made to open just short of 50, 70 ana 90 yards, giving close pattern and it peneiration. 10andi2auge. Send for circular. 20 Sent, Fost-pard, for $1. B, BH. SCHLEBER & CO,, Rochester, N. Y KRUC & CO’S CHAMPAGNES! STANDARD AWD DRY. The Sportsman's Wine ! A. ROCHEREAU & CO., SOLE AGENTS, 6 South Willliam St., New York. 16 and 1S St. Louis St., New Orleans. GOOD’S OIL TANNED MOCCASINS. The best thing in the market for hunting, fishing, canoeing, snow-shoeing, ete. They are — easy Ae mig Tet and os 2 =m durable. Made to order [Kc \0. a variety of styles, and - warranted the gennine ar- MARTIN 5S. HUTCH- ticle, INGS, P. 0, Box 365, Dover, N. HB. (Successor to Send for price list. Frank Good). Bxraprorp & Arg 7 9Ny, Boston Agents. - KNAPP & VAN NOSTRAND, POULTRY » GAME, os, 259 and 290 WASHINGTON MAREET, NEW YORE. Beek STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS of the en- tire Bichardson-Rangley Lakes Region. La) each Ys cents, “aud for catalogue. CHARLES A. J, FARRAR, Jar Pita Plain, Mass. $66 a week In your own town. Terms and $ outfit free. AddressH. HALLETT &00.,t Portland, Maine. 5 Publigationg, Any of the Following Books Sent on Receipt of Price by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. Adirondacks, Camp Life in, Murrays...........$1.60 Adirondacks, Camps and Tramps in, Northrup, 1. Adirondacks, Guide to Wallace’s, 6th edition.. 2.00 Adirondack, ‘Wilderness, In the, Warner's...... TS Amateur Trapper—paper, 50c.; Dds... American Angler’s Book, Norris..... American Bird Fancler..-..... See American Wild Fowl Shooting, J. W. Long.. Angling, a Book on, Francis.............. Arehér, Moderm.. J: 22. 6 oe cea we esaese Archery, Witchery of, Maurice Thompson. . Around the World in the Yacht Sunbeam Art of Swimming.......... Art of Swimming, Monste Athiete’s Guide, Harding.. orts, Stonehenge.... ‘ds of the United Sta’ Baird’s Birds of North America. .. Bechstein’s Chamber and Cage Birds Boat Sailing, Practical. ............ Books for Sportsmen: Angling, 50c.; ting, 50c.; Common Objects of the Seashore, 50c.; Cage and Singing Birds, 50c.; Do Birds’ Eggs and Nests, 50¢c.; Fresh an Water Aquarium, 50c.; Native Song Birds.., Breech Loader, Gloan...........-. ees eee eeeecen 1 25 Breech Loader, Modern, Greener......... i Butler on the Dog,......... ata eben maces eee TS Tf} Cage and Singing Birds. hace ees Canoe and Camera..... A Canoeing in Kanuckia... Canoe Trayeling, Powell Canoe Trip, or a Lark on the Water......, Canoe, Voyage of the Paper; Bishop’s......... Cassell’s Rook of Birds, 4 vols........... ot Dog Breaking by Holabird........... Fiy Fishing in Maine Lakes....... Frank Forester’s Field Sports ...... 5 Frank Forester’s Fish and Fishing............. Frank Forester’s Fishing with Hook & Line.pa. Frank Forester’s Manual for Young Sportsmen, Frank Forester’s Sporting Scenes and Charac- TeTs, SVO., 2 VOIS.......-.--20-05 crests noe Gun, Rod and Saddle........-- es po Hallock’s Sportsmen’s Gazetteer... Be Hand Book for Riflemen......... Hints to Riflemen, Cleyeland.......... vase Holden's Book of Birds; paper, 25c.; cloth.. Row to Camp Out, Gould.........-. atccunes How to Hunt and Trap, Batty’s. < Hunter and Trapper, Tnrasher......... eaters Hunting and Hunters of all Nations, Frost... Lite of a Sportsmen, Nimrod......... Saleees Manton’s Taxidermy Without a Teacher, Minot’s Land and Game Birds Naturalists’ Guide, Maynard....... oss The Gun and its Development, by Greener .... a Se HH SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS RSRSRRSSSSRSESS pe w =) Awe wees oe eh OO Oe Kat *heeee For the Angler & the Naturalist. BOOK «.:. BLACK BASS COMPLETE SCIENTIFIC AND LIFE HISTORY, FULL INSTRUCTION IN ALL THE MODES OF ANGLING AND FLY FISHING. A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF ALL TACKLE AND IMPLEMENTS, Fully Illustrated. TOOLS, BY JAMES A. HENSHALL, M.D. In Press. Ready in May Large 12mo. 400 pages, prica $3 00 (PUBLISHED BY SUBSCRIPTION.) For Prospectus or Particulars Address DR. J, A, HENSHALL, 33 Wesley Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio, ORANGE JUDD CO. 751 Broadway, New York, PUBLISH THIS DAY a new and enlarged edition of THE DOGS — OF — Great Britain, America & other Conntries. Their Breeding, Training, and Management in Health and Disease, comprising all the essential parts of the two Standard Works on the Dog by STONEHENGE. Thereby furnishing what has hitherto cost $11.25 for $2.00. Tt describes the best Game and Hunting Grounds in America. A Gives names of Prize Winners in Dog . Shows of 1877-78-79-S. Contains over One Hundred Beautiful Engra embracing most noted Dogs in both Continen' Making together, with Chapters by American writers, the most complete Dog Book ever pum lished. i2mo, Tinted Paper. PRICE, POSTPAID, $3. For Sale at the Dog Show, Eee Y OUR NAMES Secuacile | New styles, byes artists; Bouquets, Birds, Chromos, Landscapes, WaterScenes,ele.—no two alike, Agent's Complete Satuple Book,2oc. Great variety Advertising and Bevel-Edge Cards. Loweat prices to deslera and printers. J Samples Fancy Advertising Cards SREVENS BROS. Box 2, Northiond, FOREST AND STREAM, fAueusr 25, 1881. Ammunition, Gir ' ORANGE SPORTING Powder. Orange Lightning. Orange Ducking. Orange Rifle. Creedmoor. ELECTRIC BLASTING APPARATUS, Send postal card for ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLET, showing SIZES of GRAINS of POWDER. Furnished FREE, Laflin & Rand Powder Co., No, 29 Murray Street, New York, Dupon’s Rifle, Sporting and Blasting Powder. THE MOST POPULAR POWDER IN USE! Douront's GUNPOWDER MILLs, established in 1502, have maintained their great reputation tor seventy- eight years. Manufacture the tullowing celebrated brands of powder: i Dupont’s Diamond Grain. —Nos. 1 (coarse) to4 (fine) unequalled in strength, quickness and cleanliness; adapted for glass-ball and pigeon ghooling. Packed inijb canisters, Dupvent’s Kagie Ducking.—Nos. 1 (coarse) to 8 (fine); buruss.owly, strony and very. Clean 5 reat penetration, with a close pattern; adapted or glass-ball, plgeoao, duck and other shooting, wilh either muzzle or breech loaders, Packed in 1 Tb. and 5 Ib. cuni-ters and 644 and 1444 1b. kegs. Dupont’s Choke Bore.—specially adapted for “ Choke Bore” Guns, and particularly for prat- rie and upland shooting. Burns slowly, strong and moist; does not cake or burn on the barrels, gives both a good penetrationanda close pattern; will be found well adapted tor glass-ball and pigeon shooting. Madeof twos.zes, only No. 7 and No. 6. No. 7 being tiie coarsest. Packed in 644 1), kegs and 1 1b. canisters, Dupont’s Hagle Hifle.—A quick, strong and elean powder,u v. ry fne grain, for pistol snovting- Packed in 1 1b, canisters and 624 1b. kegs, Dupont’s Bille Eg. “‘Sea-Shooting.”— FF¥g. and FF. ‘le Fg. for long-range rifl# shoot- ing, the Fg. and + FFg. for general use, burning ptrong and moist. Packed in 3g 1b.,11b. and 5 1b, eanisters, 034, 14}¢ and 25 1b. kegs, Hy. coarse, FFIg. e, Dupontis Sporting, Mining, Surrrina and Blast meg Powders of all sizes and descriptions. special Grades tor Fxport. Also Rifle, Carurldge, Mus- ket, Cannon, Mortar, Mammoth, Hexagonal, Cubi- eal and Pellet Powder, U. 8. Government Standard. Powder manuluctured to order of any required in or proot. “ Agencies in all the citics and principal towns throughout the United Staies. Represented by , FB, L. KNEELAND, 87 Beaver §St., N. Y. N, B.—Use none bul DUPON'I'S Fg. or Pry, tur Jong-rangé rifle suoullug. Oriental Powder Mills, BOSTON, MASS. Western Sporting, Wild Fowl Shooting, Falcon Ducking. SPORTING POWDER. ALSO ALL GRADES OF Blasting Powder. Agencies at all Principal Points ™ the West. : ENCLISH Sporting Gunpowder. CURTIS & HARVEY’S DIAMOND GRAIN. Nos, 2, 3, 4,5, 6,7 and 8 Superior Rifie, Enfield Rifle, and Col. Hawker’s Ducking. W. STIT), 61 Cedar st., N. ¥. Agent forthe U. 5. SHiscellayeans Advertisements. SCHUYLER & DUANE IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN GunsSporting Goods. FINE ENGLISH BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUNS 189 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Agents for W. & C. SCOTT & SONS 'g English Bicycles a Specialty. a, RB, SOMUYLER. 4, DANS. GOODYEAR’S Fe Rubber Mg Company [| a ANS Goodyear’s India Rubber Glove M’f’g: Co., £88,490, 492 B'way, cor. Broome st., ANE 2% BROADW.AF, cor. FULTON &7. RUBBER OUTFITS COMPLETE FOR FISHING AND HUNTING. FROUTING PANTS AND LEGGINGS & SPECIALTY, OUR OWN MAKE AND GUARANTEED. Etvuaser Goopg or Every Drscar- TION, = Send for Mustrated Catalogus. DAVENPORT’S STANDARD BALL TRAP, BEST FOR WING PRACTICE. DOUBLE, SINGLD, ROTARY, STATIONARY. ANY DESIRED DIRECTION, ALL INFONE TRAP AND ONLY ONE SPRING USED. ARE GUARANTEED TO THROW A BALL FROM 25 TO 40 YARDS, AND ARE WARRANTED AS TO DURABILI LY AND WORKMANSHIP. Sent on Trial and Satistaction Guaranteed. PRICE ONLY $8. Send for Card of Rulesjand Circulars, Etc., To L. A. DAVENPORT, Davenport, Del. Co TENDEN FLY ROD. CC KI_ = ae (aS SS. = wuich CANNOT BE EQUALLED FOR THE MONEY. Tt has Solid Reel Plate, Nickel Plated, Patented Ferules, allowing the wood to be used the full size, thus preventing rod breaking where wood and ferules join. Butwound with cane and silk, eiving it that Desirable Appearance and the Feeling of the high-priced rods. The first two joints are made from Best Selected Second Growth Ash, Stained and Polished. Thetipsfrom fine Lancewood, polished. The Rod ts Well Ringed throughout, Length, ten and one-half feet; weight, from nine to ten ounces.- This 1s the best-made, best-finished Rod for the money in the Untied States and will euaanrtee 1t every way. It by accident any part should get broken, we can send a duplicate, thus saying expense and trouble of return- ing Rod to be repaired. With short tip it makes an excellent Brass Rod. PRICES :—With one Trout Tip, in Case, $4.00. With one Trout Tip ane one Bass Tip, $4.75, With two Trout Tips and one Bass Tip, $5.75 —, T11/] #¢1}4 FOR CARD’S STANDARD GLASS-BALL TRAP. GREENER’S AND BONE- HILL'S GUNS A SPECIALTY. SEND FOR CATALOGUE, WILL. H. CRUTTENDEN, Cazenovia, N. Y: Rennunition, Ete. The Hazard Powder (Co., MANUFACTURERS OF Gunpowder HMazard’s ** Electric Powder.” Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). Unsurpassed in point of strength and cleanliness. Packed in square can- isters of one pound only. HMazard’s ** American Sporting.” Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coars*). In1 Jb. cunisters and 6% 1b. kegs. A fine gMin, quick and clean, for up- land prairie shooting, Welladapied to shot-guns. Hazard’s “* Duck Shooting.” Nos. 1 (fine) to 5 (coarse), In 1and5 1b. canisters and 6 and 12% Ib, keg. Burns slowly and yery clean, shooting remarkably close and with great penetration, For field, forest or water shooting it Tanks any other brand and itis equally serviceable tor muzzle or breech-loaders, Hiazard’s ** Kentucky ifle.?* FFFG, FFG and "Sea Shooting” F@ in kegs of 25, 123¢ and 64 lbs. aud cansof5lbs., FFFGis also packed in 1 and 44 1b. canisters. Burns strong and moist The FF FG and FFG are favorite brands for ordinary sporting and the * Sea Shooting” FG is the standard Aijle Powder of the country, Superior Mining and Blasting Powder. GOVERNMENT CAXNON and MUSKET POW~ DER; also, SPECIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT OF ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF MANUFAC- TURED TU URDER. The above can be had of dealers, or of the Com- pany’s Agents, in every prominent city, or whole Bale at our office. 88 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. SMOKE TARGET BALLS FOR TRAP SHOOTING, Send for circulars. Samples sent to dealers. SMOKE TARGET BALL CO., TITUSVILLE, PENN, FERGUSON'S PATENT ADJUSTABLE JACK LAMP%, DASH LAMPS, FISH- ING LAMIPS, Etc, urposes. anterns, Dark Musicians Band Lamps, Pocket Lantern Hand Lanterns, etc. Sen stamp for Illustrated Price List. Name TorEst AnD STREAM. ALBERT FERGUSON, Oftize, 65 Fulton Street, N. Y. (With Conroy, Bissett & Malleson.) ANTHONY, BRADFORD & oe 374 Washington Streef, Boston, Mass., Importers of English Fish Hooks, English Reels, Swivels, Silver Fishing Gimm, Arti- fivial Baits, Spanish Silkworm Gut, Caleutta and Japan Bamboo Poles. Sole selling agents for United States Fish Hook Works, _ Sole selling agents forthe Fishing Lines hear- ing the Trade Mark ‘“Bast Quality Hand-Laid Linen and Silk Lines,” which received Centen- nial Medal for “strength and care taken in manufacture.” Sole selling agents for the Patent Adjustable Floats and Sinkers, Sole selling agents for Braided Fishing Liner, LOBE, ; Trade mark, Sole selling agents for Enamelled Waterproof Braided Fishing Lines. Trade mark, asilver medal Selling agents for the best manufactured Jointed yo ta for the best Trade 1) Brass, ie agents for the Trade Li Nickel Plated and Rubber Fishin, nen Selling agents for Skinner’s, and Mann’s Trolling Baits, Selling agents for Union Web Hammocka. ASTWARD HO! or, Adventures at Rangeley Lakes, A capltal story of sport and adventure im the wilds of Maine. Interes! alike to old and . Has received the highest commendations the metropolitan press, Hanisomely bound im cloth, and contains 376 pages, % lilustrationa, Sent by mall, postpaid, on receipt of price, £1.50, CHARLAS A. J. FARRAR, Jamaica Plain, Mass. The OUR DOUBLE GUN. PRICE, BEST ENGLISH TWIST BARRELS, DAMASCUS STEEL, - ia -« SEND STAMP FOR DHSORIPTIVE CIROULAR. The Best Cun made for DURABILITY — AND — SHOOTING QUALITIES $40 - 855 to $200 Baker Guns. OUR NEW MODEL THREE BARREL L. Cc. SMITH Maker, Syracuse,.N. Y. wel’s, McHargs - i THE AMERICAN rs) PORTSMAN’S ASN A JOURNAL. Hntered According to Act of Congress, In the year 1981, by the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, in the Office of the Librarian of [Congress, at Washington.7 Terms, §4 2 Vear. 10 Cts, a Co Six Mo's, $2. > met 'Threc To's, $1. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, [Ssl. Vol. 17—No,. 4. {Nas. 39 and 40 Park How, New York CONTENTS. EpITORDAL -— Use for the Dog Fish; Ool. James G. Benton; Defending Fishenulture ; The Creedmoor Meetine fics cuecsue. se 63 Tur Sportsman Tourist :— Crossing the Range; The Quaint Ways of Dare; Random Notes in the Adirondacks; King and Bartlett Lake; “The Recreationg of a Country Pargon ;" The Forester Bohoolsot Bathosi : \s25e ocsseieees vse ce aw sss Erein 8 ale fete 64 Narvkau History :— The Mocking Gird’s Song; Do Opossums Feign Death? How a Snake Climbs ; Cunning Squirrel; Robin’s Foster- Hather; Climbing Woodehucls = Large Deer Horns ...... 67 Game Bac anp Gun :— A Camp Hunt in Issaquena County; Deer, Slayes and Vaga- bonds; Au Ancient Gun; Letter from Missouri; Ohio Game Notes: Minnesota Chicken Season ; Maine Game Notes ; A ‘still’ Hunting Club ; Notes.................- 68 BEA AND fiveat FisHine :— On King’s Lake ; Worms in Black Bass; Fishing Trip to the Au Sanble ; Fish Butchery in Indiana ; Bass and Tarpou; Large Chateaugay SUOTAL setetete MEPL av oy ot Spit erences 71 Fisucecurors :— Re-building the McCloud Hatchery; Fisheulture at the Paris Exposition ; The Rogers’ Fis Way... oe Toate ee oe on 12 THE KENNEL : — The Too Familiar Fleas ; Preventives of Hydrophobia; An es Case; The Cocker Nelly, Lowell Dog Show ; votes A Hair Hour WITH THE MAGAZINES +— Birds and Wive-Arms; The Candidates’ Still-Hunt ; Rishing at the thousand Islands ; ; Lhe Whalers of Natucket.. a5 Riruy AND TRAP BHOOTING...... .... 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The dogfish of the Atlantic coast has been ‘*‘ kep.” for centuries and only now has it been utilized by man. ‘This fish is of the shark family and it has been the pest of the fisherman, deyouring the menhaden, the cod, haddock, mackerel and other valuable fishes, and tear- ing nets. It has increased until it was a nuisance of the first Magnitude. The day of retribution has come. The menhaden fishers of Maine have found but little use for their nets this year and have been compelled to look to other things fora Jiying. The dogfish was one of the other things. His liver contained oil and his body could be made into fertilizmg material. They tried it and the idle menha- den steamers are now using trawl lines and taking dogfish. The trawls !aye hooks with long iron shanks and the dog- fish gnashes his teeth upon them in vain. The steamers and Bail vessels instead of menhaden take from 30,000 to 50 000 of the dogfish per day and obtain one cent each for them. The factories at Boothbay are turning this old enemy of the fisherman to use. His liver will help to grease their way of life, or light them on the road, while his vile careass will en- rich their potato patches, Success to the moyement to thin Out the dogtish, a ra - Inspector of Arsenals and Armories. COL. JAMES G. BENTON. OL. JAMES G. BENTON, the well-known ordnance officer and author of several works on gunnery, died at his home in Springfield, Mass., last Tuesday morning, from heart disease. Born in New Hampshire, in 1820, he entered West Point in 1838, acquitted himself with credit at the United States Military Academy, and was graduated in 1842, receiving a commission as Second Lieutenant of Ordnance in the United States army and served for six years as Assistant Ordnance Officer at Watervliet Arsenal, New York. In 1847 he was promoted to the rank of a Second Lieutenant, and in 1848 to that of a First Lieutenant. During the two following years he was engaged in important work at the Ordnance Bureau at Washington, preparing a system of artillery for the army and writing the Ordnance Manual. From 1849 to 1852 Lieut. Benton was in charge of the United States Ordnance Depot at San Antonio, Texas, and in 1853 served as Assistant Going to Washington inthe latter part of that year he was engaged for several years in making experiments to determine the model of a newrifie, and during this time he was also a member of the Ordnance Board and the Instructor of Ordnance and Gunnery in the Military Academy. In 1856, after fourteen years service, he was commissioned a Captain. Serying with honor in the civil war, being for three years in command of the Washing- ton Arsenal, he was brevetted a Colonel in March, 1865, in recognition of his work in the Ordnance Department. In June, 1866, Col. Benton was placed in command of the United States Armory at Springfield, Mass., where he re- mained until his death, Early manifesting a taste for ordnance study and apply- ing himself with enthusiasm to that branch of study, Col. Benton had acquired an extensive, thorough and practical knowledge of all matters pertaining to that department, and his services were constantly in requisition on military boards and commissions.. In 1867 he was a member of the board on sea-coast rifle cannon, projectiles, carriages, im- plements, ete., and in 1869 served asa member of a commis- sion to consider the protocol of the International Military Commission relative to the use of certain projectiles in war, and also upon the results of the Perrine shell. He superin- tended the arming of sea-coast fortifications from Charles- ton, 8. C., to Mobile, Ala., in 1872, and a few months after completing that important work he gave his attention to the subject of determining the proper calibre of small arms. During a portion of the year 1873 he was assigned to exam- ine the manufacture and construction of ordnance and ord- nance stores in the various countries of Europe. On the 28d of June, 1874, he was made a full Lieutenant-Colonel, and in the first part of the year 1877 he was appointed to adjust royalties to be paid by the United States on ordnance inyentions. After finishing this task he was directed, in compliance wilh an act of Congress, lo select a magazine gun for the United States service. The commission of Colonel was bestowed upon him in May, 1879. Col. Ben- ton was an enthusiastic devotee of his chosen calling, and asid+ from the every-day duties of his busy career he found time to publish several valuable articles on the subject of ordnance. He was the author of ‘tA Course of Instruction in Ordnance and Gunnery for the Use of the Cadets in the Unsted States Military Academy.” ee Lonnoy Doa SHow.—Mr. Charles Lincoln, Superintendent of the London Dog Show, which is to be held at London, Ont., September 27, 28, 29 and 30, writes that exhibitors from the States will be extended all possible courtesies by the Committee of Management, and their stay will be made as pleasant as possible. We have no doubt of this, for our Ca- nadian cousins arenotedfortheir kindnesses to all those who, for the love of sport, cross the line and stop in the Dominion. We trust that the show will be a complete success, and would suggest to all intending exhibitors that they do not delay in filling up their entry blanks, and then sending them in as soon as possible. This will enable the management to complete all their arrangements at an early day, aud will secure for the show its smooth running. aS Srorremen Tourists are invited to record their field and stream experiences in the columns of the Forgsr snp STeeAM, DEFENDING FISHCULTURE. Ay aaa fishculture is a new thing*it may be well for those interested to reply to its ignorant assailants; or fora local paper to print laudatory reports of yisils to hatcheries. But for the Forzst anp Srxmam this sort of thing is entirely out of place. Our readers are too well in- formed of the merits of fishculture to appreciate an argument in its favor, at this lateday. They would regard it much as an intelligent community would an article approving of the steam engine as motive power, and recommending its use. In Canada there are afew men who have arrayed them- selves against the fishculturists, and ventilate their narrow views in the newspapers. Our attention has been called to their articles several times, but their talk was abusive, and we have not thought fit to notice it, and have wondered that respectable Canadian newspapers would print such stuff. The Telegraph, of St. John, N. B., recently had an editorial article on the subject, wherein a correspondent was quoted who asserted that ‘‘the people were of the opinion that on. rivers where natcheries are established there had been asteady falling off in the catch of salmon, and that they looked at results in the light of cause and effect.” To this Mr. Eyereti Smith, a former fish commissioner of Maine and an enthusiastic fishculturist, makes a reply from which we extract the following: ‘The planting of seed cannot render fertile waters barren, and for practical results accomplished by fishculture as ap- plied to salmon fisheries, I would call attention to the work of the Department of Fisheries in Maine, “When the work of restocking the Penobsest River with salmon was begun by the Commissioners of Fisheries for Maine, the eggs were purchased of Canadian officals. But the salmon have greatly increased in numbers, owins to con- tinuous and systematic protection and artificial propagation, so that now the Maine Commissioners are enabled tv procure from fish caught in Maine rivers all the evgs desired for stocking purposes, and at a cost of less than on2-tenth form- ly paid for eggs purchased in Canada for the same purpose.” That Mr. Smith is correct there is no room for doubt, but it appears to us like using heavy artillery to kill mosquitoes, The facts are too self-evident to need repeating. SSS SSL THE CREEDMOOR MEETING. ie does not at present look as though we were to havea very extensive meeting at Creedmoor during the coming month. Delays of various sorts will contribute to keeping away competitors and the paucily of the piize list may lLaye some effect. The provlem which the National Ritie Associa- tion must solve, if it expects to receive the lasting support of the community, is that of getting all the members of our Na- tional Guard up to a fair level of skooting ability, The all- comers’ matches will take care of themselves, They will be participated in by a certain number of lovers of out-door sport, who find in rifle shooting one of the most exciting and healthful of recreations. To encourage niilitary rifle shooting requires a certain amount of organized effori, and the National Rifle Association can best make a plea for the support it s0 seriously Jacks when il can point to 4 record of work done in the ranks of the military. ‘The State authori- ties of New York haye for some mysterious reason seen fit to frown upon rifle practice, thereby displaying their iznor- auce of the uses and management of the civilian-soldier ele- ment. But the National Guard remains not only in this State but throughout the Union where it is just taking form, a3 itisin many of the States, it is important that a careful system of practice at the buits should forma part of the school of the soldier. We have little fear now that rifle practice will be aband- oned. Within ten years past the Regulars have discovered What they did not know about rifle shootiay, and have he- come convinced that there is plenty of room for improve- ment, Enough knowledge of shvoting and marksmanship has been scattered here and there among the militia forces to act as a leayen for the whole mass. We are putting together amass of record. We are formulating what muy be called the “expectancy” of a volunteer. We are getting a basis up- on which we may stand, and call upon officers and men to reach 4 certain standard, and falling below that we may point to the statislics and declare them derelict. The func- 64 FOREST AND STREAM. 7" =—S [August 25, 1881. tions of the N. R. A, is to keep in advance of all these move- ments, aud to appoint committees of experts to determine many poinis, There is a warning against some pitfalls in the story of the N. R. A. of Great Britain, andin this con- nection il is proper to quote what the London Zimes found it necessary to say in a recent issue atthe close of the July meeting af Wimbledon : Tt may be impossible to banish the element of lucre from Wimbledon; but the committee of the National Rifle Asso- ciation might probably do something to prevent the abuse of a system. Well-known prize-winners might be handicapped ; itis fully clear that Ho more competitions of the ordinary sort are wanted. A large prize list is little more than a distribution of prescnls among a fewerack shots, already gorged with this kind of booty. Perhaps the best system of the reform is to be discovered in the character of the prizes most rccent- ly instituted, and exciling a largeshare of public interest. * * * #* # * * Such competitions must exclude the money-making element, while they advance the efflcien- cy of the yolunteer force in a direction not hitherto attempt- ed. In fact, what the public would wish the National Rifle Association to aim at isthe improvement of the general shooting among the rank and file of the volunteers, as dis- tinguished from the few hundreds of first-class marksmen. In spite of the reputation which Wimbledon, more than aught else, lias secured for the shooting of yolunteers, there is Teason [6 suspect that a large and worthless residum of bad shots remains behind the choice specimens who come to the surface al Wimbledon, The National Rifle Association, will, no doubt, disclaim any educational mission of the sort suggested. Butthey haye already fulfilled what we may suppose to have been their primary object—that of discover - inf and rewarding the best shols. That is one method of improving the general shooting of the yolunteer force, but it does not excluds resort to the methods which may be more practically useful and not open to the objection that, like the teaching of some of our public schools, they neglect the mass while they single out and reward. the handful of the most proficient.” ———— ee; Ti Marken Dirrerence in the number of entries in yacht yaces in the Hast and in New York waters has proba- bly nob escaped any one. Half a dozen coming to the line, especially among the smaller boats, is to be considered quite arespectable turn oul in metropolilan waters, yet when com- pared to the doings among our astern friends, New York suifers severely, and can take little credit to herself if we remember that our ‘near by” population is seyeral times greater than that of Boston and vicinity. There they also sail a hulf dozen matches to our one, but in spite of the ra- pidity with which regatta announcements follow each other, the entries are always well filled, and spiriled rivalry, lively racing, and well-established recordsare the 1ule. One cause, and the principal one, of the greater prosperity of the sport among small craft in the Hastis to be found in their rule pro- hibiting shifting ballast. InNew York, onthe contrary, this pernicious custom is s\illin full swing, and as a direct con- sequence sniall yachts have been driven out of existence; the legitimate craft have been displaced by sailing machines, which are so costly to build, to own and especially to race, that even with these very craft, ostensibly built for racing and acknowledged totally unfit for anything else, we are un- able to fill a single match to the extent of arousing public in- terest, We virtually rule out of existence the cheap, handy little boat with fixed ballast within the reach of thousands, and (len fail to accomplish anythiog but oceasional duck- ihgs and drownings with the expensive, dangerous and un- satisfactory sand-bay caricatures which cost a small mint to run, and give next to hothing in return, So we will con- tinue (uo play second fiddle fi) Boston, until some junior club shows itself possessed of intelligence and enterprise enough to take the honest little boat under its wings, and give her through numbers the power and standing her virtues en- lille her toclaim in the yachting community here just as wellasin the Hast. The club that takes our hint will be- come the most prosperous among those devoted to the cause of small “open boats,” as they are termed, and will find it- self on the high road to popularity and public esteem much sooner {hau may now seem likely. In place of the seore of shabby, soninolent, local family uifairs called yacht clubs by courtesy, we should haye an organization which, except in point of tonnage, mizht be made the peer of any in the cyuntry. = — oe Yun Frese Gorrami ty Ameris.—The first fish of this species, which if is proposed to introduce as a food fish into Southern waters, arrived in New York Jast week. It is a wale of three inches in length and was sent by Mr. Carbon- nier, of Paris, to Mr, H. G. Blackford, of the New York Fish Commission. ‘The female which accompanied it died just outcide Bundy Hools, ‘The fish is lively and is beautiful in jis dregs of gveen and black. It is now in Mr. Blackford’s office in Fulton Market. Fora deseription of this fish and breeding habits we would refer our readers to the article, with illustrations, by Col. Nicolas Pike, in our issue of June 16, of this year. — Aw Esrzemen German Contemporary sandwiches the card of am undertaker in between the advertisments of a wholesnie liquor dealer and 4 powder mill, A most ‘ fortu- itous combination,” able to move mechanically slong. Oip Mew as Scrsyrisirs.—Recently Professor Huxley said that ninety-nine men out of every hundred became sim- ply obsiructive after sixty years old and were not flexible enough to yield to the advance of new ideas. thought, would ,be benefited by any man who had taken part in science being strangled alter reaching the age of sixty. Will the Professor please remeniber that, and act accordingly in a few years when he riaches that age? The world, he ot Tue Encawrment Loren at the Warwick Woodlands has been entered at the International Cotton Exposition at At- lanta, Gu., as a cotfion hytel, and will be open for guests un- der the care of L. Y. Jenness from October 5 to January J, after which it will be removed to an orange grove in Florida for the rest of the season. — ++ —___ Mr. Cuarnes H, Ginsrri, the ichthyologist and co- laborer with Prof, Jordan, has been sevgrely injured in the Alps. A telegram from London, on the 18th, says : A corresponiient writes from Zermatt, in the canton of Valais, Switzerland, as follows: ‘‘Pive American tourists ascended the Matterhorn on Saturday last. On ther return a rock was accidentally dislodged, and it struck the head of Mr. Gilbert, a tutor of the Indiana University, a! Blooming- ton, Ind., rendering him partially insensible. He was just Nearly four liours was spent in bringing him to the first hut, which was reached at about 5 o'clock in the afterndon. Some of the party pro- ceeded and brought doctors. Mr. Gilbert arrived at Zermatt at 5 o'clock Sunday evening. He suffers principally from the loss of blood, and will be able to leave there soon. The guides were apprehensive that if he collapsed before he ar- rived at the hut the party would be frozen to death before succor could be obtained.” +. Fieip Srorrs anp Lirz.—I never saw the man who loyed the woods and the chase but whowas brave in war and manly in his civic life: and many is the time in forensic tilts that 2 knowledge of woodcraft is essential; and as I see the Englishman and American. growing (lay by day more expelt in the manly sport on land and water, I feel thet he is grow- ing wiser in head, stronger in body, braver in battle and gentler at home,—G, Che Sporteman Canvist, CROSSING THE RANG, ULLED by the “magic of jhe time,” we had Tingered in our cabin on the Larriweep, until, one day, Ignotus, casting his weather-eye up to the heavens, safely prognosti- cated that, ‘first thing we knew, we'd get snowed in, if we didn't hurry up, and lizht out.” The Indian-summer day no which this announcement was made, seemed to laugh at any such absurd prediction; but we knew from past experience that Ignotus was on confidential terms with the Bureau of Storms and the Depariment of the Weather, and that his ut- PA onany such point were to be viewed in a semi-ofticial ight. John and the Rhymer had joined us before this, and we had concluded to spend the winter in the lower country, rather than endure the monotony of # six months’ imprison- ment by snow in Argentum. 'I'wo reutes were open to us— the one, straight down ihe Larriweep, to its junction with the Grand; the other, over the range, between El] Conquis- tador and Waluta, down the Ria Dolores to the Big Bend, and then southerly. The first had the disadvantages of un- familiar country and of Poconaro-Guinnep’s band of rene- gade Pi-Utes, so we chose the latter, Though there seemed no particular hurry, it was deemed advisable to start carly next morning, that we might fairly pass the summit of the range before nightfall, but we merely succeeded in adding another block to that proverbial paye- ment as it was after noon before we fairly started. Quick as our departure was, however, the change which Ignotus had predicted, was quicker. When we rose in tue morning, the sky was overcast, and by the middle of the forenoon, 4 fine rain was falling, which we knew would be an icy sleet al the summit of the pass: As long as our way Jed up the valley, onr progress was only moderately uncomfortable, hut when we tuted aside, and began to ascend the mountain, trouble opened before us. he trail up the pass was one of the steepest in the coum- try, and was now, of course, rendered teufuld more difficult by the falling sleet which had covered if with a glaze of ice. Riding was out of the question—walkiig, nearly as impossi- ble. A great part of the way, we were forced to employ primitive means. Tying a rope to the halter of the leading horse, three of us, scrambling upward «as fat as we could, would haul him up after us by main strength, while the fourth, with ‘‘quirt” or ‘* black-snake,” reinforced energy below. Slipping, sliding, stumbling, falling—on ils feet. on its knees, on its side, the poor animal would at last gain a resting place, and, panting with fatigue, and shivering with cold, wait while the process was repeated with its compan- ions in misery, The many falls, and the violent struggle necessary to rise again, so disorganized the packs, that cou- stant halts were necessary to rearrange them. Owing to these delays, night overtook us, before we gained the sum- mit. To attempt to cross after nightfall would haye been madness, and s0, just before we came to timber-line, we wet into camp. ‘The horses were turned out to find what nourishment they could in spruce twigs, some dry wood col- lected, fire made, coffee prepared, and supper eaten, Everything was coated with ice—our clothes were stiff, and arms and legs felt as though inclosed in joints of stove-pipe. Yor awhile, the fire seemed to be in league with the spirits of the storm, and refused to do more than to burn feebly, with a dull yellow flame, and asullen discouraged air. Finally, however, finding that we were too old campaigners +0 lose temper at its misconduct, it shook off its sullenness, and blazed up royally. The crowding imps of darkness and cold were driven further and further back—our stiffened gar- ments began to soften and then to steam—our chilled blood to circulate—our numbed extremities to regain feeling, until under the combined influence of the fire, hot coffee and pipes, we began to feel more comfortable, and to pity those poor fellows who had never expevienced the pleasure of a good thorough storm of hail and sleet upon the swnmit of the Rockies, One does not know what fire is, until he has ) - seen it in the woods at night, when ‘Nox and Erebus, and Eurus and Notus hold the world between them. This night, how our fire did roar and laugh! How it clapped its hands and threw up its arms! How it stood a tiptoe upon it pedes- tal of spruce logs, a winged Mercury , ready 10 take flight and soar into the unknown regions of darkniss sbove! How the shadows skulk away, and retreat, pejlanell, info the forest behind! As we lie watching it, the Rhymer quotes softly, “The broad flame pennons drcop and flap And belly and tug as a flag in the wind; Like a locust shrilis the Imprisoned sap Fiunted to death in its galleries blind : Alid Swit litle troops of silent sparks Now pausing, now soaring away in fear, Go threading the forests’ tangled darks, Tike heras of irightened deer." The sound of his voice arouses [gnotus, who declares il is time to turnin. John, the Ambidextrows, had, ere this, cus four logs, about eight inches in diameter, and a& many feet in length. These were placed in 4 synare upon the ground, our rubber blankets spread between, then the robesand other blankets, and over all the wagon sheet, a huge sauare of waterproof canvas, which, drawn over, and tuck: din, atuply protected us from the wet. We seldom went to the trouble of pitching our tent, unless our stay was to be a protracted one. It was a veritable Walpurgis Nicht. All the spirits of the storm were abroad. The hail rattled on the wagon sheet like musketry, or smote the logs between which we lay crouched, like whiffs of grape-shot. From every point of the compass, the winds meét above us, and wrestled with each other as to which should have usfor their prey. They swooped down upon us like snarling wolves, caught the wagon shect in their fangs, and tugged and rived to pullit off They caught up huge brands from the fire, and sent them whirling off into the woods, lighting up for a moment the black recesses with atrain of glowing sparks. When the blasts paused a mo- ment to take breath, we could hear the sullen plunge of rocks, loosed from the peak of Hl Conquistador, crash- ing through the spruces till they came to rest in the valley three thousand feet below. As TI shuggled down by the siie of Ignotus, I felt disposed to be thankfnol that I wasn’t a country physician, or an ardent lover, or of any other proles- sion that might force me to face the elements when in such a snarl as they seemed f0 be that night. Before morning, the wind died down, the slee! changed to snow, and when we awoke, and endeavored to throw olf our blankets, the superincumbent weight of snow was such that John declared ‘he felt as if (he Day of Resurrection had come, aud he wre the first to appearabove the ground. The snow came down—not in flakes nor in sheets—but hy the square acre, by the quarter section, At ten feel away, ob- jecis were dim—at as many yards, invisible. The whole at- mosphere seemet! to be erystallizing and settling dowa on us in layers. Our fire, of course, had gone out—buried tinder a foot of snow. Ignotus, with a woodman's foresizht, had tucked away some dry spruce splinters under the blankets at the head of his bed, the night before, making them serve as a pillow, and with these, and a due modicum of patience, we finally Steceeded in starting a fire. In the dole far niente of the preceding eyening, the Rhymer, who was also our cle’ de cutsine, had neglected to bake any bread for breakfast, and to.do so now, in such a deluge of fallmg snow, was no easy task. Heap the lid of the Dutch oven -as he would with burning coals, in three minutes they were quenched, and the lid was white with snow. However, the bread was served at last; as John re- marked, ‘‘ Very well baked on an average—burnt on the bot- tum, and raw on the top.” The fried bacon was asucce:s, though Ignotus complained that Dame Nature had botched the job, by putting tco much water in the gravy. When John suggested that the coffee seemed weaker than usual, the Rhymer accounted for it by calling to our minds, the well known physical law that the boiling point of liqnids varies in inverse ratio to the height above the sea level, and as, in our case, this was about 15,000 ft., a slight mathemat- jeal calculation would prove that coffee made here wou'd only be about one-half as strong as the normal infusion; and, if we would taste carefully, we would find that the present brew had almost exactly that ratio of strenwih. Ignotus mildly observed that he accounted fur it, by the fact that he had noticed that the Rhymer had forgotten to put in any fresh coffee when he filled the pot with water, and we had been drinking a weal infusion of last nighi’s srounds. The Rhymer contented himselt by remarking confidentially to the bottom of his cup, as he inverted it to let the last drop run down his throat, that there was no use in trying to ex- plain natural phenomena to a man who wuld indulge in @ priord reasoning. Breakfast over, we met in Committee of the Whole to dis- cuss future movements. It was manifestly ‘extra hazard- ous” to continue (ur jonrney till the storm should abate, and yet, if it continued, the trail would soon be impassable. Either horn of the dilemma had its own particularly sharp point, upon which we were liuble to be impaled. If we started, the odds were great that we should lose our way, and be precipitated over some precipice, or becoming involved in the labyrinth of gulches, wander around till hopelessly lost ; jt we remained, twelve hours more of such a snow would so blockade the trai], that movement would be impossible. The snow was already knee-deep—by night, af the rate al which it was falling, it would be six feet, and that meant a repeti- tion, on a smaller scale, of the terrible Donner disaster. Our indecision was brought to an end by our horses, who came up to the fire, and seemed to ask in (heir patient way, if we proposed to remain there till they were starved or frozen to death. As Rob’s head loomed up out of the falling snow, Ignotus rose silently, took down his bridle from the branch on which it hung, and, after warming the bit a mo- ment at the fire, slipped itinto his mouth. Without a word, we rose and followed his example. Saddling and packing finished, the horses were lined—the head of one tied to the tail of another—so that, if one lost footing on the treacher- ous (rail, he might be supported by the others, Ignojus, un- coiling a thirty foot lariat, fastened one end securely around his waist, and passed the other end to John, who did the same. fo started the silent procession; Ignotus first, care- fully feeling for the hidden trail with his long alpenstock, linked to and followed by John, leading the train with sure- footed and sagacious Rob at the head, and, at the rear, the Rhymer and myself, riding. All trace of irail or path was obliterated. We were climbing diagonally up a white mountain side, trying to follow, under two fect of snow, a narrow crooked trail. which.tiad to be felt for, step by step, and which some- times seemed to be lost entirely, while lenotus prodded pain- fully for it with his staff, The snow fell so heavily that the Arevar 25, 1881. Tear and yan-guard were invisible to each other, and could only communicate by means of shouts. Inch by inch We crept along, tie only yatiation im fhe drear monotony being when the Rhymer and [ would relieve the weary §path-finders in front, or vine nanan. Af lust, when it, began to seem to onr dazed minds and tired Jegs as though we had heen a year at this dismal work, the ascent became less sleep, then, for a few rods, almost level, and then—Laus Deo!—hbegan to slope downward. Soon Tp- notus told us, what we Lad. failed fo notice, but which lad not escaped his keen woodsmin’s instincts, thatthe wind had ehanged, and that he thought the storm would soon be over. Asif to contirm ourfaith in his infallibility, in less than an hour a manifest slackening was visible, and hy the time we had reached *‘ timber-line,” the last flake had fallen, Thor- oughly exhausted, we halted for the night. The storm had evidently bcen localized, and we had nearly reached the edge of it, for though it had lasted nearly twelve hours, the snow was not so deep here, as where we started, Next morning, the sun rose upon a neh less forlorn and dispirited company than had stumbled over the range the day before. Hyery mile of travel now dropped us u thon- sand feet lowér and nearer to regions where the prass was green, aud the birds were singing. The worst was past. Discomfort there might be before us, but danger wes past. The snow grew thinner and thinner, until by the time we struck the Rio Dolores, it lay, only a white whiff upon the ground, ‘Rio Dolores”—old Coronado named it, and it proved a “‘river cf grief” tous aswell as to him. Hemmed in by steep canyon walls, it is not content to flow strairht down, leaving room for a trail on cither side, but frets im- patiently froni one elilf to the other, like a caged leopard dashing itself against its prison bars. After descending this Biream, One is tempted to believe the reason assigned for the absence of fish in the upper pari—that in attempting to ascend, tlie numerous twists and turns so confuse them, that they soon lose their reason, ahd die raving maniacs. ‘The trail was as straight as the river was crooked, and, as a consequence, the two erossed each other eyery few hundred yards. The water was ice-cold, and 4s, On an average. it was up to our horses’ withers, we were drippiog continually. Brimstone—as he was called, either from his color, or his temper, or, perhaps, both—had,; on account of his superior height, been chosen to carry the most of our bedding, so that in fording, there stiould be less danger of its becoming wet. We had been uncommonly meek and docile all day, and a grim foreboding was gradually creeping over me, that he was meditating some disbplical deed, which should eclipse nll his former deviltry. Iwas not prepared, however, for the depth of depravity he finally displayed, Hither from ‘(pure cussedness,” or from a talculating diabolism that possessed him, at about the twenty-fourth crossing, he quietly lay down in the miidle of the torrent, till only his ugly yellow neck and lead projec'ed above the rushing water. A stream of vigorous Anglo-Saxon from Iguotus,anda lusty ‘‘black-snake,” plied yellemeutly by myself, failed to move him. While the icy water saturated onr blankets, there he sat, bul, mot like the fabled steed, ‘‘pawing to get free his hinder parts,” The wif of the Rhymer cut the Gor- dian knot.. Slipping the loop of his lariat over the pendulous lower lip of the sullen beast, attaching the other end to the pommel of his saddle, and starting up his own horse, the pressure thus brought to bear was too great to be resisted, and Brimstone, making a virtue of necessity, floundered to his feet, and waded ashore, Jt behooyed us to go into camp as Soon as possible, that we might dry our blankets before night. Pitch-pine was plenty, and the usual mighty fite was soon roaring und crackling, while the blankets, stretched on Jariats strung from tree to tree, formed a drawing-room, whose walls steamed to heaven, and which also screened us from tle wind which drew down the canyon, and bore with it the chill of the snow-drifts we had left behind. _ As we lay around after supper, in that happy balfhour devoted to pipes and laziness, the Rhymer was observed to take a paper from his breast pocket, and make, here and there, a careful correction. ‘Qu’ esta?” queried John, ‘Only some yerses | wrote the other day, while lying on top of El Conquistador.” “Then J suppose the verses lie, too,” breathed Jobn softly, under his breath, Taking no notice of this ungenerous skit, the Rhymer, at our solicitation, read us what he called “ON THE HEGHTS.” “Ontstretched on Nature's lap I lie And feel her great heart beat; Or catch the star light of her eye, The thythin of her feet. Hach mustle of the wind-swepb pine, Each murmur of the fir, Siugs in my ear a song too fine ‘o need interpreter. For me, the splintered torrents leay Adownh their porphyty walls: And from the thanuder-shattered steep ‘The plunging snow-slide falls, Por me, the cimarron's rocky path, The wild trail of the deer : Por tha (he temipest’s aftérniath, Te placier, Whe and clear, Ani sottersights aud sounds T know; Tie white-winged pturmigan, An animated purl of snow, Courler of whiter's van— Tn@rosbeak’s scarlet gontalon In windy cedartrees— he slow-winged laws, facing the sn, Asleep upon the breeze, For mé the ousel dips his wings Bengaph the beaded foam ; Por ne tlie shy eYound-warblers sing 'Nhalr earillions of hone. And sometimes, where the sunlight gifts Through lnaly volonnades, : The veil of Ists shakes and lifts, And, ere the Presence fades, Ttatch jhe secret of the hills All vinginal aud bare, The meaning of the voice that thrills ‘The hollows of the air. Ponve dé Leon's fount ls min, And mine thé alohenilc sone ; For me the missiny Pleaids shine Anoye Iny wind-swept throne. The cryptogram of Nature's lora Tts sedrets yields to me, All doors fy open wide before My “Open sesame.” - H, Bw: — Specimen copies of the Ponesp AnD SrReam sent free upon epplication. _ —_— FOREST AND STREAM, 65 THE QUAINT WAYS OF DARE COUNTY- I AM now stopping at the Nsg’s Head Motel, on the beach opposite Roanoke Island, and near where Walter Raleigh founded his first colony over three hundredsyears ago. The holel is a plain but comfortable building, and has some balf- mile vf piazza. Tt is frequented by ihe people from up the country. The prices are reasonable and the fare is good ; beds clean, and air pure and DPracing, and no mosquito bars needed. As I sif writing in front of my room on the third story Lean overlook the ocean and sound for many miles. What little lind is in view is sandy, but produces wonderful crops of vegetables, grapes and fruits of all kinds, aud the waters are full of fish and oysters, crabs, clams, ter- Tapio; and millions of ducks, geese, brant, swan and other wild fowl frequent the waters in the cold weather. J am fetting Spanish mackerel every Meal, and the landlord tells me they only cost two cents each. They are vory large, some of them weighing about eight pounds. AJL kinds of beach birds are plenty, aud bluetish, drum and sheepshead fishing is first class. _The country is thinly populated, having about 8,000 peo- ple. They are mostly seafaring men, and some of them are old sailors who haye been ull over the world. They liye in low-pitched houses built of juniper and cypress, which last for generations, and[ haye spent many a pleasant hour visit- ing them in their homes and listening to their yarns of life on the deep, dark sea. Some of them live to an advanced age and retain their activi’y and strengik in a wonderful manner, They usualy have large femilies. Their wealth is in boats, beach cattle, ponies and sheep, and many have considerable sums of hard money salted down. One old sea- dog, about 80 years old, told me he had been investing his Savings in feather beds for several years, and had several dozen hired out and loaned. He said: ‘Banks busted. Bonds get burnt or stolen. Hid money gets sanded over. A man pays his notes with 4 bankrupt’s notice, but feather beds were safe and, us the Yankees killed all the game, they would be scarce and high, and so he inyested in beds.” Large herds of ponies, cattle and sheep range up and down the beach and, as they do not cost anything to raise, they are quite profitable. . The ponies are smal], but tough and wiry, and very intel- ligent. One owned by Captain John Etheredyve, who lived on the Banks, near Oregon Inlet, used ta follow him like a dog, and would get into his sailboat and move from side to side of the boat, crossing over the centre-board at the com- mand, ‘'To starboard, Billy!” and would lean on the rail at the order, ‘ Lean to the windward, Billy!” Some of them are used to stalk wild fowl in the beach ponds between sound and sea, and yoked cattle are used for the same purpose, the hunter keeping them between the fowl and him, The cattle feed in the summer time on the grass that grows in the sound, wading out into the water miles from shore, where the water is so deep that only their horns and noses can be seen. In the winter, when the swan and geese are in the waters, they haye battles for possession of the shoals with the cattle, who venture out when the weather is warm, but the sharp bills of the wild fowl usually drive the cattle to shore. Most of the people have wild decoy geese and breed them. There are also a few decoy swan. Eyery man whois ‘any account” has a canoe or sailing craft of some kind, and they take great pride in them, and the ‘boat must be painted whether the old woman has a bosom pin or not.” Ihave yet to meet a ‘‘ captain” who will not claim superior excellence for his craft o 1 some point of sailing. If you ask one of them who has the fast buat of the county, he will probably say: ‘I don’t like to brag on my own boat, but give mie a stiff breeze and plenty of sand- bags to pile to windward and I will go against any of them.” Some sail best before the wind, some with a light wind; cihers sail best in a gale, or they can beat tu windward best, or sail closer to the wind, or carry wore Cattle or ponies, or theirs is the driest boat, or the tishtest boat. Bach and all of them hayesome claim of superiority over the others for their boats. I hired an old rheumatic fellow, with his crazy, old, patched-up boat and tattered sails, to take me over to the Croatian Lighthouse a few days ago. Iasked him what his boat could do in the ssiling way. He said: ‘* Well, I don’t brag-so much o1 fastness, /hough"taint eyeryoue who can beat her before the wind winged out, bot she is the best one-man boatin Dore. She can near about sail herself.” I gaye him my flask on the way, as it was wet; the old chap emptied it and gota little funny. After lleft him he tried some fancy jibing and went overboard, and his boat sure enough went off sailing away on herown hook. We fished the old man out of the water and caught his canoe. L like to sit on ihe piazza of Captain Sam Bowser—a yet- eran sailor of eighty-tive years, bronzed of face, hairy, broad- shouldered, deep-chested, vigorous, strong and active—and, looking out on the ocean in front of his honse, listen to his yarnos, while the deep boom of the sea beats time to the low growl of the old tar as he tells of his experience on distant seas and in foreign lands, Like brainard’s sea captain, ‘ He has hunted the leviathan of the deep in Arctic seas, harpoon in hand; and he has seen the great sea serpent dash across his bows in the gray dawn of the morning. He has imoored his bark to the towering icebers, and floated against the Gulf Stream; and has been hailed by the Flying Dutch- man off Cape Horn, He has seraped his keel over coral reefs in Madagascar seas, snd seén the whale and swordfish fight beneath his bows. He has sailed in the dark night along the wave-washed coast of Labrador, and through pit- less fields of ice in acres. He lay becalmed for weeks on the African gold coast, and saw his shipmates die one by one with the deadly fever. He has fought, cutlass in hand, against Malacea pirates.on the bloody deck; and floated for days on a broken spar off Cape Hatteras. He has heen where the wild will of Mississippi has dashed him on the sawyer, and has struggled with the chafiny anchorage of the Guli; and be has met such dangers with a sailor's skill and braved them with a sailor’s courage." This is the dull season, and the crews of the life-saving stations and the fishermen haye a furlough, which most of them spend in Elizabeth City or ‘‘ Town," as they eal! it, to spend their savings. They usually return after a day or two’s absence with a new suit and some jewelry of a character that indicates that the Jews have taken “Town.” Dyed mustaches, oiled hair, tin-types and piled shirt are now in yogue, and the man who sucked away contentedly all winter on an old fig-stemmed powhattan will smoke nothing but ‘ ceevars.” But they are all brave, manly fellows, aud have patrolled the {beach night after night im all kinds of weather and saved many a life thal would have otherwise been lost; so let them have their fling, Dur vivnimus vivanus, Next winter Uncle Sam will haye a rival and lose many of his best men who haye been employed in the stations, for a club of New York gentlemen have bought up all ihe best shooting grounds in the county, and the young men are look- ing forward to a more erongenial life im attending on the sportsmen as boatmen and gunners. And, as if is said to be a strong club with shooting fora large number of men, no doubt they will give employment to a larze number of them, I fear Ishall have to move further down for a quiet place, and shal] prospect in Cartright county during the summer, There is some talk of a narrow gauge railroad on the beach from Norfolk to Oregon Inlet, The road would be built near the ocean, so a8 to avoid the sand hills, and steamers would connect from New Berne, Wilmington and other points south of Oregon Inlet. The brant, between a eanyas back and a goose in size and preferred by some to the canyas back, are very little known in the Northern markets. But no doubt large numbers of them will find their way to market next winter and, if the beach railroad is built, there is hardly a limit to the quantity that could be shipped. The waters from Oregon Inlet to New Inlet, and below as far west as Roper's Tract on Pamli- co Sound, a distance of fifteen miles, are often black with them. Black brant are the most abundant; white brant in immense rafts frequent the waters further south. There are & great Many swan and geese, also, in their season, on the shoals near Oregon Inlet and above. Fresh fish would also be shipped in immense quantities by the railroad and reach market in good condition. Oysters, clams, soft crabs, fruits, truck, stock, poultry, etc., that now goes throuh the canals, taking two days for the trip, wonle reach Norfolk in a yery short time. Telezraph operators on Bodie’s Island Light and White's Head Light could see schools of bluefish and menhaden thirty miles out at sea and send the word along the beach to the fishermen. They could a'so send word in case of ships in trouble out at sea, and the crews of the life-saving stations could be concentrated at any one point on short notice, thus enabling them to save many valuable Jives and much property. ‘The life-saving stations could be reduced in number, aad the life-cars, bombs, atd all the apparatus might be loaded on acar and stand ready under shelter, with switch to connect wilh the railroad. The patrollers could be dispensed with and the present heavy expense of keepmg up the life-saving stations, standing as they do five miles apart along the beach, would bereduced toa trifle. Sportsmen would patronize the road, and in the summer ex- cursionists would frequent the niany pleasant places along the coast, such as Back Bay, Kitty Hawk Bay and Roanoke Island. Imagine a ride in a parlor car along the waye- washed coast with the green billows rolling almost to the car-wheels! No dust, no heat. Think ot a lunch on sea bass, Spanish mackerel, soft crabs or wild fowl at Oregon Inlet; a dip in the ocean, and return to Norfolk in time for dinner! Soft crabs are fiye cents per dozen in Kitty Hawk Bay and $1 per dozen in Norfolk, and Spanish mackerel thirty inches long ten cents each at Oregon Inlet and $2 in New York; black brant, fifteen cents each at Duck Island and 3 per pair in Baltimore; spring chickens ten cents euch, and sweet yam potatoes ten cents per bushel on Roan. oke Island. What a margin for profit! Think of leaving the Navy Yard after breakfast, riding down to Gallop’s Woods, killing a deer, and return in time to broil a steak for dinner. There are no obstacles to be encountered. Right of way, 4 trifle, and a dead level from Norfolk to the Inlet. The In- Jet has twelye feet of water from the ocean to the inner bar, where there is five and a half feet of water. A dredge would soon cut out a channel to the deep waters of Pam- lico Sound through the narrow bank. Juniper for ties is plenty at different points, for it is not all a barren sand beach. By no means. Heavy foresis grow at different points; for instance, the Gallop Woods are ten miles long and from two to four miles wide, and the timber is very large and good heart pine. Collington Island, on Kitty Hawk Bay, is covered with a heavy growth of first-class timber. In Princess Anne there are many fine tracts of pine and cypress convenient to the projected line of this railroad. Government aid will probably be asked for, as the amount saved in life-saving stations and the expense of supplying them and of paying superintendents, inspectors, paymas- ters, etc., wouid save Government $150,000 a year from Cape Henry to Oregon Inlet. It would not be practicable to con- tinue the road any lower down than that inlet, on account of the strong tides. Wire fences would haye to be made on the north side of the road to keep the bank stock from the track. But the wires could be fastened to the telegraph and telephone posts and fence posts between. T believe that within s short time sportsmen will be able to leave New York city after breakfast and travel by rail and boat, via Crisfield, Md., and Norfolk, Va., and reach the shooting and fishing grounds in Dare in ten hours. Mar- shall Parks aud other cnpitalisis have already bought large tracts of Jand on the beach in anticipation of an investment. In the meantime it is to be hoped clubs and good laws will protect the game and tish from extermination. JOHN Bronson. —$__§__ +9 RANDOM NOTES IN THE ADIRONDACKS. Y way Jed me through the western portion of the Adi- rondacks, and then easterly to Blue Mountain Lake. Of course, you will say, the number of men with whoni you would come in contact would not be yery large. Well, let us see. First of all we meet the guides—men, every inch of them, and many of them are nature’s noblemen, honest, faithful, reliable and capable. What more would you ask? The guide with whoni I have traveled the woods for several years past I wonld place dlongside of any piece of humanity that I ever knew, for all the sterling qualities that make a inan. Asaguide, he knows his business thoroughly; the whole trackless wilderness is familiar to him; you could not Jose him there. On the water he is fearless and at the same time carefnl. I have many a time been with him when a single wrong slvoke of the oar would have swamped his frail boat and drowned ils occupants, but never yet have I seen an wneasy glance or a sign of doubt or hesitation. His neryes were equal to any emergency, true as steel. The haunts of fish and game he knows ike his A BG. If a fine mess of trout is wanted for some special occasion, just tell him the night before, and on the morow he will take you where the fish will be wa'ling for you; and if you want to see a deer he Gan do equally well with you. The other day, when about forty miles from camp, he pomted out a spring-hole. “There,” said he, ‘*is a a place where, a few years ago, you could pick ollt a big lot of trout, now you can’t find one.” Tn my wanderings [ have met niany whole-souled, genial sportsmen—as a general thing they are such—some excep- 66 FOREST AND STREAM, Avavst 25, 1881. tions, however, On», a p rfect stranger to me, while fishing on Raqnette Lake, saw me trolling with a hand line, Hé Tan his boat alonysid: iuine, and said: “ I have an extra rod and reel, you are welcome ty use them,” aid ws disappoint- ed because 1 dec! ned them, Now, any fisherm n knows how high a vale we pat On our tackle, and how it grieves us to see anyt ing happen to anv parc of it; and yet this man, with w firs class rig, was anxious to lend it to a perfect Stranger. I was mad at myself afterward for decliniag the offer of the generous tello v. } have been ‘uken ih and cared for in the woods many a time by total strangers of woom I knew nothing and who knew no more of me. O1 Big Mo se Lake I, with my guide, found the only cump on the | ke occupied by a party of aix—enough, aye, to) many for eonmfort—but, findins us Without she! er, they made rv om for us, and | know they put themselves to a eoou seal.oF ine onvenie: ce to do it. Mr. D , on the samy lake, on anvther occasion, laid out ae spread for our party, simply because we were strangers thi re Even old Alvah Denning on Raquette Lake who bears a very bard vaine with many who }nuw him, when our party in his absence picked he loek uf his door, and tovk posses- sion of his shanty, beng favly diiven to it by the cold and the late hour, ade us heartily wele me on his return at a later hour, and insisted on giving up his only bed for our u e, Alvah, I’Jl wever turget i) piace that to your ciedit as long as T live, no matter what others jay say ol you. Mr. T , Of Albany, an old-time visitor ta the woods was a good customer of the whisky bottle. Com- mou repor says that he emptied # quart bottle every day he was out fishing, Mike McG — was guiding for him one day, wi ent e old gentleman took out his bottle, and, pouring uta horn, turned it Over his lips with a smack, and put away the boitle. ‘Mike.” said he, ‘I sometimes thnk that | pug)t t) give my guidea driuk, bur 1 think ip bet not to.” Mike looked at him # woment thinking that possibly he might change his mind, but seeing that there was no hope for Him, said, ' You are quite nght, Mr, T , iv’s absu- Jutely vicissury thur there shuuld be was sober man in the boat.” In the drinking line I once heard a good yarn of a party who, among their: up plies, had akegof whisky. In the course of their j urney they came lo a loug carry or portage. The baggage und stores were all got together On shore. ach one of ube party load: d himself with as much as he could carry, and when all were loaded up the keg of whisky remained, and m) one to carry if. They tried virious plans, but some way or other tliat keg was always left standing there. Final- ly one of (he party sulved the problem, and got them out of the «ifticulty. ‘Let us stay right here till the whisky is done,” was his suggestion, and it was carried unanimously. They unp cked their stores and camped arow d the keg, «nd remained nou! in was drained dry, then without any difficulty they loaded up and Went ahead ‘"Tuis is un actual fact, 18 can be proven by re-li-able witnesses. J.J. h., Jz. EOE Eo ooo KING AND BAR! LETT LAKE. [Readers of the FoREST AND S7kEAM willremember Capt Barker's wouderaltlciures to the Boston sehoulboy-, and our: uygestion Lol- lowing at tie Lune thel, aller Usteting to theiashuctlo of such a ma-ter, tue boy should be seut Into ile woods to bry lo fur them Belves. ‘he tuilowimy letter telus low this was done.—Ep,] SEE by your late issucs tliat you desire information in L regard to good huotine and fishing localities, and as I have just returned from & most pleasant trip to the Maine words, | will give you a brief account, which I trust: will prove interesiing ty your reade s, and, perbaps, may induce Bomeé One LO enjry the pledstre of the same trip. Wedovs ay, July Gib, at 8:30 4. M., there assembled on board the express (ain at the Bastern depot in Boston, a yarty if five, consising of Tonimie, Gussie, Archie and I par, boys belween thirteen and sixteen years of ave, and my It to whose cate the hos had been totrusted for a mouli’s sojourn in the wilds +f Miine, Our baggage was checked to North snsen (ihe limit of Our Lrabsp tation ly Tail), via (he Hastern, Maine Central and Somerset railroad, We were piovided witht 4 Jarze saichel full of substautial food for our voonday teal, Aflera delighthul ride over the Eastern railroad, we arrived io Portland at noun, where we transferred Ourselves aud b weave tO the Maine Central rail roud, ardiben devoted a jily valf hone to the ¢ mients of our satchel, which my good wife had prepared with her usual forethought and knowledge of hovish wp oetirer, Oo we sped through (he beauliti’ towes of Miive—by Lewiston Falls and picturesque Like Maraysevok, and svon arrived at West Waterville, Wiiie We changed lo the Sawerset railroad, and alieraridé of cighten mies we arrived at Nirih Aason., Here we fou; d a Geach io wailing which 10k us to North New Portland aod Jett us at the hotel kept by Mr. Pred Viles, who ebteriained us as our Lunpry aud weary condition deserved. ‘Yoe vext moroing at six we boarded the stage for Eustis, with a leeling of \Hankfuluess toward Fred ard his excellent wife, who bad wlieuded tO our wauls so promptly anc 80) faithfully. After eaving North New Portland and parsing over the heb of Jand 1selve miles from bere, our course lny along the valley of the Dead River, |hrough a lown of tha! name, aud though Hlaysiff, so named from a flayetatf ereced there by Arnold during his famous march north Hyner Panx, Mass , Aug. 15, 1881. through the Maine waods, aud around the eastern nurtbern sides of Mt. Bigelow, the fourth highest mouolain in Mine, which rises mujrstically among the lesser peaks which surround it. At three Pp. mu, after a ride of [hitty-eight miles, we arrived at the Cobunn House in Husis, ki pt by Mr. Gordon, who set before us » royal dinner, lo Which we did ampie justice. Iere we met our oli friend and giide, Mr, UO, A, Buichins, who soon had everything in readiness for Gur departure to Chauney Luke, three miles f;om Busiis. J At the landing we found two boats in waiting, into which we slowed ureclves aud begeage, and with Mr. Hurchios and myself io bundle the paddles we sped merrily along to camp (oe mile away. Here we found the most comfortable lug cabin l was ever in. It is sheathed inside with ecdar splits, rbayed und mitred so as ti fit closely together upd show the benutiful grat of the woud The frazrance of spruce and redar so whelicd ourappetites that by seven PM. we were Go) ylog 4 hearty sopper, afer which a pood night 8 yest On a Wed of fir hongbs pul us in condilim LO enjoy the next. few days’ fisting for lnke lrout. ; Phe next Uuree Ony> were pledsanily spent in bathing, rift: raclice, fishingand rowing, or rather by Ube boys in learning ow to use Lhe paddle, As the weather proved unpropilious for lake trout, the days being bright and still and the meon at its full, we decider! to set out on (be morning of the 11th for King ard Bartlet Luke, twelve miles trom Chauney Lake and fifteen from Enslix, We were now joined by a former eluse- mate of mine, who, wiih his cumpasion, hau been exploring the North branch and Chain of Ponds, aud with our two guides and three teamsiers with their teams to haul our bag- gage and two boats, we formed qnite atrain. Qur course lay through the dense forest in a northeasier)y direction, aud as the road was new, hayins been swamped Out last September, and but lithle used, our provress was neevssarily slow on account of the large number of trees whieh bad fallen across the road during the winter nd spring, and which had to be removed for the passage of the teams, Late in the afiernoon we arrived al Spectacle pond xvod encamped on a midge with Kiboy siream ou one side and Spee acle P md on the other, each within # stone's throw. This pond, sbounding in trout, was the destinvion of my friend and his companijn, who, the next morning hefore our departure, brought io a string ot seventeen speckled terutier, luken in the pool below the grand falls of ti 6 Kibby, After breakfast we puckrd up, bade adieu to our friends, and set oul for K ngand Barilett lake, where we arrived wl 6:30 P. M. ‘This saine trip can now be easily made in one day Trom Eustis. Atrer our arrival in camp, a cuplicite of tbe one at Chauncy Lake, except that it was lined with clean spruce iaik. We prepared our supper, launched our best, un- packed Our bagvage and jvolid up ourreds. Afier supper we tried the trout and forgo her LT enjuyed such fishiow as [never saw belore. The water was lainy alive with them. They were rising wll about us and would take the fly almost as soon as it t-uched the water. Sometimes they seemrd to meet it in the air. We fished two in a boa', and im an bour’s time our boal had taken twenty irout whose combined weight was nineteen and onr-quaricr pounds, Not one would weigh Jess than toree- fourths of & pound, and such strong fizbiers I had never met before. Ti Jand iiwre than tei in an hour with hght tackle was simply au impossibility, The other boat caplared fourtien. making a total of (hiriy-four trout to four rods in ont hour's fishing What a jolly party was assembled in camp that night, Of trout we felt assured there was noend The signs ut deer, moose and caribou we had seen along the road made us think (his was indeed (he sports. man's paradise. My tirenms thatnight were of the rise, the ttrike, the rush, the singing af the reel and the joytal con- templation of his matehiess beauty. Tue next moroing our ledqwsters Jeft us, happy over their loud of trout which we had presentid fo them to take home to their families. At Spectacle Pond they displayed their trout to my friend and he, alihough he bad found wood fishing there, was on the road io half au hour—hag and baggase—and arrived in cainp in time for the evening fisbine, Our fist thougat now wus of the eemstruction of cars to keep Our trout alive, as it was easy 10 cupiure in One hour, wilh three boats, three mes as inapy as we culild use in camp, tlvugh our appelites were simply enormous. King snd Bartlett Lake is situated high up among the hills which surround it on every side and is of remarkable beauty. Its shores ave rocky, wilh very little shoul water nar tbe shore. ‘The water is clear and cold, @@ here is no buggy or ineadow lard sejoiuiog ine Jake, consequently tie black fies, midges dod mosquitves are [he excepiiou Tather than therule. OF the boy, oly one Of whom had ever cast a fy fortrour, Archie and Edgar chose Mr. thichins, leaving Tommie and Gussie to my Weuder mercies. It was « pleasure to si! in the siero of he boat, wicld the paddle, bandie the net and couch the boys, Soon they became yuile «xpert and could muke a pest cast with a long ne. Wout pleasure lo wacn their earnesiness, their shots as sume tag fellow sized their Hy and doubiing the rod warly double seut the line spinning «ff the reel; their impetier ce to lind the uoruly trout they bave in band tbat (hey way niake d cart for 8 ame mouster who bas thrown the waler aluiust in thir faces, a8 some unlucky miller disappears benenth the waves; then the refurn Ww cap io We twilight aud the wooded hills re-echoing their joyvus iaughter. Thus we did our fishing and our Jarge car was jull to Overlywing, Some sixty or eighty poun Is of trout were 1 prisco, Tanginys from Que > twee ptiods in weight. How the boys did «engi to watch them aid tell vf the fun jbey had bad in catebirg (hem, bul alas tor nian hopes, a Biiwy east Wied Crove our car upin the rocks a periceh wreek, and vur trot escaped 10 returo to ther Dulive haunts. ty be takin vga at some furore day and Heh auain the wallant fight. That night w@ made up in part for our Joss by returning W the car, which bad been repaired, about forvy tront—aud still the fun went on, Weima € several eacitsious trom camp. The first to Little King and Bartlet) Lobe, a b iy of waier about one atid one- Walt miles io length and ove-balf mile in breadth, and situated about, three fourths of a ale from the Jarger lake. We arrived bere by ao old logging road aud were sealed upon (he shore to reevver our breath and admire the scenery, when suddenly we ace dron-ed by the teamp of heavy feet as four moose come thundering down the mountain side into the lake about two bundred yards away. O11, how my fingers itebed to grasp my trusty rifle which 1 }at loaved the day before fora few deys. But su it was, and we hail to content ourselves with waltehing (ue nvble animals Ull bey were ready tod part, aud then with asigh we muy dou to ~pencer stream, two aud one-half miles away. Here the fisuing was ¢x- cellent, and the signs Of deer, moose and caribou must abundant. F ATES nies aint went timonteay wereanteat| We offer a small JUB lot of the celebrated Webley Guns of all sorts at about half price, to holt a fox or draw a bac ger; fit to winip the best P. GO. BOX 4,309. H. & D FOLSOM. 30 War ren St New Yor k. . . oS SALE, one dog and one b'teb pup, whelped July 4, 181, out of my t-orcon Floro (Deane’s), company; black and 1an heads, excellent lees and feet and game to death. Also, six grand pups from above. ‘he whole will be sold very cheap to make room for other dogs. Price, pedigree, 200, aDPly K. The Renuel, Che Kennel, The Zennel, HUME, Orange GC. H., Va epls,26 O COCKER BUYERS AND BREEDERS.—A. W ETTERS AND SPANIELS FOR SA Ww EMASKETT KENNEL, Richmond & Vaugh OBT. HUME, Orange ©, H., Va., the only br ed- Langdale, of 5 Newmarch Terrace, Vicrorla S curly retrievers, from aaipotien Peaeacatea Proprietors, Middleboro, Mass. Sporting dogs er of pure Dandies in Ameri 'a( o- record of | Road, Leytonstone, England, late owner of Cham- | tive) Rnwilshsetters: tll pedizree, Address WAN- | 00Arded, hroken and handled by men of experience. shows), has two bitches due to pup October, No- { pions Lawyer, Batchelor, Ladybird, Ladylove, | ASSEH SMITH, \ oodfords, Me. Septi at. Setters, Pointers, Fox Hounds and Beagies tramed vember, Write now to procure & pup of this grand azie, Loustic, Leicester, Limerick, Libna, Launece- tor thelr iid any work. Satisfaction guaranteed winning strain. Septs,20 lot, Lena,Lydney, Bebb, Young Bebb, Bessie IL, Ba- Also, a number of well-trained Setters and Pointers oness, and many more impurtant winners at our best ORTRAITS of Eastern Fleld Trial Winners, | tor 3ale. Address HOX 335, Middleboro, Mass. H. shows; aiso, contributor to Vero Shaw’s new work printed on fine tinted paper, will be sent post- | BH. RICHMOND, N. H. VAUGHAN. June’.tt ;OR SALR, one l'ver and white pointer, 18 mos. | on spaniels, wil! buy on commission spaniels of any | Datd for 28 cents each, or the five for $1. FOREST Fro eat eia TORE ITT ond Shite cate bread, and’ has on his books a NUMDer of graud Spat eae PUL. CO. #9 and a PAatey* | 1° OR SALR, an English pointer dog, 4 years old . : spect s 31, (ae. ec30tr ALR, glish pointer a 5 Whelped Aug. 7, out of Mattie Mav, by Gypsey and BIST eins Dyneiie Marit k liver and white; staunch on all gime. Ad Don, and my Snapshot 8S. by (Champion Snapshot ORY O'MORE KENNEL.—Thoroughbred ma | dress C. Ho CURTIS, Lite River, Middletown, and Impertea Fannte. No better sto -k in America. OR SALE, four aos Irish terrier pups, Trish setter puppies ior sale. by champion | Conn. Septl gt. both parents belng unsurpassable Tor biznexs, and whelped July 1, 1881, out of imported Norah, by | Rory U'More out of Norah O'More, Mayenta and other fred quulities. F, A. SINCLATR, ‘Mottville, Home Rujer. bor price, _ ete,, apply to DR. NIV EN, Pearl Full pedigrees, Address W. N. CALLEN- | Onen Lo., N.Y. Beptls,2y London, Unt. Auga DER, Albany, N. Y. Augiitt we aad en vicielaperte 140 _ FOREST AND STREAM, (SEPTEMBER 15, 1881. ——— Che Bennel. Sperisman's Goods, PEDIGREE PRINTING AND COVIPILING, ©HEAPER THAN CAN RE DONE BY ANY OTHER » HOUSE IN AMERICA, which does first-class work and guarantees satis- faction. Also, FON-CULIN PATENT SPIRE COLLAR AND BOOK. By mail, for $3. E. & C. VN CULIN, P, O. Box 22, Delaware City, Del. GLOVER’S IMPERIAL MANGE CURE. Assure cure for all SKIN DISEASES. For sale by druggists and dealers in sportsmen’s goods, Price $c. per bottle, H. CLAY GLOVER, Sore Proprietor, Imperial Kennels, ‘Toms River, N. J, Dr. Gordon Stables,R.N. TWYFORD, BERKS, ENGLAND, Author of the “PRACTICAL KENNEL GUIDE,” &C, exports champion and other pedigrees dogs of any Ireed. Send for * PLAIN HINTS TO WOULD-BE BUYERS.” Price 10 cents, post free. Glyes addresses of prin- cipal English breeders, BRANDYWINE KENWEL. DASHING LION IN THH STUD, rted dog Dashing Lion will serve a im- sr Of approved bitches. Fee, $25. I. YEAKSLEY, JR, Gox 14, Coatesville, Penn. ARE BEAGLE KENNELS—For sale, the pro- duce of imported and home bred animals fiat have been hunted since able to follow the dam on the trail, and are believed to be second to none in ose, toozue and endurance. COLIN CAMERON, Brickerville, Pa. May 12, tf The im ited num Address. June30,3mos ULEOUT COCKER SPANIEL KENNELS.—For Cockers of all ages and colors, dogs, bitches and puppies, address with stamp, ROB’T WALKER, Frankun, Del. Co., N. Y. July 21-tf Sportsman's Goods. H. L. DUNGKLEE’S PATENT Camping and Mining Stove. J UST the thing for people cepts out fora short or long time. FOUR SIZES ; pri- REASONABLE, Send fordescriptive sircu- with prices and terms. Will Gook For |2 Persons. NO. 1--CAMP UNPACKED. “LEI M. 12x12x20 INCHES. a es ne | of | iT ‘sat NO, 1-CAMP PACKED. Made andsold by TAONTON [RON WORKS @)., 87 Blackstone street, Boston, Mass- THE SNEIDER. Pat. 1866 Reis. 1880 Pat. 1850 HE ORIGINAL j American Hammerless “Sessa GUNS WITH HAMMERS ON OUR GRIP AND BOLT; AND DOUBLE GRIP ACTIONS. SIZES FROM 4 TO 20. Muzzle-Loaders Altered to Breech-Loaders. Pin-Fire Guns Altered to Central-Fire. Stocks Bent to Any Crook. GUNS BORED TO SHOOT CLOSE. Send for Tilustrated Catalogue, \Clark & Sneider, 214 W. PRATT STREET, BALTIMORE, MD, First-class sporting garments. Designs and price, sent by post on receipt of letter of request, ad- dressed to GEO. C. HENNING, One Price Clothier, 410 7th ST,, WASHINGTON CITY. For Sale by A. SAKS & Co., 1013 Main Street, Richmond, Va. PATENT SELF-CLOSING PLUNGE PATENT SELF-CLOSING TRAPS, WITH EXTRA DOOR TO SHOW WHEN BIRD I8 NOT IN TRAP, Price per pair, $25. This ep is used by all the principal associations in the U. §,, and 18 considered the best trap made for rapid shooting. Manutactured by PARKER BROS., Meriden, Ct., MAKERS OF THE WORLD-RENOWNED PARKER BREECH-LOADER. Send for Catalogue of Gun Implements, ete, TATHAMS Selected Standard Number vf Pellets to the oz. Printed on Kach Bags Trap Shot! Soft or Chilled. NUMBERS 7, 8, 9 AND 10, No, of pellets to oz., 338 472 688 1056 Soft. LER eae uh 345 495 716 1130 Chilled. TATHAM& BRO’S, 82 BEEKMAN 5T., NEW YORK. $7 \ueuate, A WEEE, #12 aday at home sasily marie, Bie outit tres. Address TRUE & CO., Spartsmen’s Goods. THE AMERICAN PAT. PORTABLE HOUSE M'F’G CO. Ss f MANUFACTURE HOUSES on an entirely new and novel principle, whereby more strength can be obtained than in any other way. Any size from a Sportsman’s or Miner’s Cot, 634 by 8 feet, with floor, one door and four windows, weighing 475 pounds, to a commodious dwelling. So arranged that no nails, screws or skilled labor are required in putting them up; very easily and uickly done. Simple, ght, strong, comfortable, urable, artistic. Sportsmen’s Cots and Summer Cottages specialties, Send for descriptive circular orapply to EARL LEE, Manager, Corona, Queens Co., N. Y. Hotels and Rontes for Sportsmen. “THE FISHING LINE.” TAKE THE Grand Rapids & IndianaR. R. THE ONLY ROUTE TO THE Trout, Grayling & Black Bass Fisheries, ’ AND THE FAMOUS SUMMER, HEALTH AND GAME RE- SORTS AND LAKES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. The watersot the ; Grand Traverse Region and the Michigan North Woods are unsurpassed, If equaled, in the abundance and great varlety of fish contained. BROOK TRODT abound in the streams, and the famous AMERICAN GRAYLING is found only in these waters. - The TROUT season begins May 1 and ends Sept 1. The GRAYLING Season opens June 1 and ends Nov. 1. BLACK BASS, £1KH, PICKEREL and MUSCA- LONGE, also abound in large numbers in the many lakes and lakelets of this territory. The Sports- man can readily send trophies of his skill to his ‘friends or * club” at home, as !ce for packing fish can be had at nearly all points. TAKE YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU. The scenery of the North Woods and Lakes is very beautiful. The air is pure, dry and bracing. The climate is peculiarly beneticlal to those suffering with - Hay Fever and Asthma Affections. The hotel accommodations are excellent, and will be largely increased in time for the sea_on of 1581 by new buildings and additions. During the season ROUND TRIP EXCURSION TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT LOW RATHS, and attractive train facilities offered to Tourists and Sportsmen. Dogs, Guns and Fishing Tackle Carrled Free at owner's risk. It is our aim to make sportsmen feel “at home” on this route. For Tourists’ Guide a handsomely illustrated book of 160 pages sent free. Time Cards, Folders and further information, address A. B. LENT, Gen'l Pass'r Agent, : Grand Rapids, Mich. Fishing Season at Rangeley Lakes Again Open. EXCURSION TICKETS VIA Bostor AND MAINE RAILROAD. Boston to Andover and return.......-..... i. ‘* South Arm (Richardson Lakes) an SGU noo dn ASAnADAGeaSuo Me utd ‘* Middle Dam and “« Upper Dam * u Upton “ ‘* Mountain View House or Ranglet Outlet and return (Indian Rock), via Farmington .........+..000+ 2 “ JTndianRock and returnviaAndove! Benreley Lake and return.... Phillips se veiahs “ Jndian Rock and return, (via dover, return via Farmington).. (vila Andoyer) Bemis Stream and res y ieee! om ecm ke cen rsea ar « 16.25 « Moosehead Lake and return (Mt. Kineo House),-....:-.-.sseceee0e 5,00 “* Forks of the Kennebecandreturn. 13,00 “ Dead River and returm............ 13.00 “ Grand Falls, N. B., andreturn.... 18,00 * St, Andrews, N. B., and return,... 15.00 Also tourists’ tickets to all Sporting and Pleas- uré Resorts In Maine and the Provinces, Tickets for sale at all principal ticket offices and t 980 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON. DEPOT, HAYMARKET 8Q,, bs Send ior list of excursions. D. J, FLANDERS Gen. Pass. and Ticket UPLAND SHOOTING. Deer, Partridge, Woodcock, Ducks and Kabbits in fine numbers. Good fishing, boats, dogs and guides. Six miles from Shobola, Erio H. Good snsgeamnpnebiens and references. Come or ad- 5 I. M. 8RADLEY, Eldred, Sullivan Co, N. Y. rs] ‘ent, CARDEN AND FARM SEEDS. SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE Vanderbilt Broe., 23 Fulton 8t., N. ¥. ——a— Hotels and Zigsorts for Sportsmen. TO SPORTSMEN: The Pennsylvania R. R. Co., Respectfully invite attention to the SUPERIOR FACILITIES afforded by their lines for reaching most of the TROUTING PARKS and RACE C ES in the Middle States. These lines being CONTINUOUS FROM ALLIMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the dif- ficulties and dangers of reshipment, while the ex-~ cellent cars which run over the smooth tracks enable STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED without failure or injury. ! THE LIVES OF Pennsylvania Railroad Company algo reach the best localities for GUNNING AND FISHING in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS are sold atthe offices of the earns im all the principle citiesto KANE, RENOVA, B. FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, MINNEQUA, other well-known centers for Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting, and Still Hunting. Also, +o TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN, CAPE MAY, BQUAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY OO. renowned for SALT WATER SPORT FIN AND FEATH ee L. P. FARMER, Gen'l Pass. { gent, Fuanx Txomson, Gen’l Manager. feblt-ai Chesapeake & Ohio R’y, THE ROUTE of the SPORTSMAN and ANGLER TO THE BEST HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA, Comprising those of Central and Piedmont Vir- ginia Blue Ridge Mountains, Vailey of V: Alleghany Mountains, Greenbrier and New Rive: Kanawha Valley, and including in their varleties game and fish, deer, bear, wild turkeys, wild duck, ouse, quail, snipe, woodcock, mountain trout, ass, pike, plckerel, etc, Guns, fishing tackle and one dog for each sports- man carried free. : The Route of the Tourist, through the most beautiful and picturesque scenery of the Virginia Mountains to the White Sulphur Springs and other famous summer resorts. The G. & O. R’y is reached by rail at Huntingdon, W. Va., from the West, Northwest and Southwest; at Charlottesville, Va., from the North and Hast, and at Richmond, Va., from the South, The completion of the Peninsular Extension the summer of 1881 affords © THE ONLY ALL RAIL ROUTE TO THE * YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL,” and establishes a continuous rail line, via Rich- mond, Va., and Huntington, W- Va., between the mouth of Chesapeake Bay and the Pacluc Ocean, H.W, FULLER, G. P. & T, A., Richmond, Va, OLD DOMINION LINE. [pee STEAMERKS of this Line reach some of the finest waterfowl and upland shooting sections in the country. Connecting uirect for Chincoteague, Cobb’s Island and points on the Peniusula, City Point, James River, Currituck, Florida ard the mountainous country of Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk steamers sall Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- urday. Lewes, Dell., Monday and Thursday at3 P. m. Kull information given at offive, 197 Greenwich Street, New York. Bromfield House, Boston. EUROPEAN MESSENGER, Proprietor. Wild Fowl Shooting: PRINGVILLE HOUSE OR SHYORTSMEN’S RE- TREAT, SHINNECOCK BAY, L. L Y A PRACTICAL GUNNER AND AN OLD bayman. Has always on hand the best of boats, batteries, etc., with the largest rig of trained wild geese decoys on the coast. The best ground in the yicinity of New York for bay snipe shoo! of all varieties. Special attention given by himsell to his guests. andsatisfaction guaranteed Address WM, N. LANE, Good Ground, L. I. Refers by per- mission to J. B. Shepherd, 891 Broadway, and Wm, Dutcher, 320 Broadway, N. Y. Tim Pond «x: Seven Ponds, TROUT FISHING AND HUNTING. Parties wishing to visit the Seven Ponds, yla Eustis and Tim Pond, can have buck-board teams, guides, boats, camps, with board, in readiness, by writing In advance to EENNEDY SMITH, Eustis, Maine, ICHARDSON AND RANGELEY LAKES IL- LUSTRATED, & thorough and complete ‘ulde book to the geley Lake Region, Kenne-_ BO, Cupsuptic, Parmachnees and Connecticut, Lakes and the head waters of the Connecticut, Mag- alloway, Androscoggin and Dead rivers; iumin-_ ated covers, tinted paper, 329 60 Illustrations and a large map, @ mostly from acc sur yeys. Price, sa ie by mail, 50 conta. C A.J. FARRAR, Jamaica Plain, Mass, < . - [Supremprn 22, 1881.) FOREST AND STREAM, SPrRrATTT’S PWPATEN T GENUINE the ennel NONE ARE Os ssamNn recel minster STAMPED. Packed in Cases of 113 pounds cach. SEND FOR CIRCULAR. Biscuits at the Paris Exhibition, 1878 Medal; irish Kennel Club, Silver edal, @ MEAT “FIBRINE” DOG CAKES. PHAROS PATENT? are Purveyors by Appointment to all the principal Shows and Kennels in the United Kingdom and abroad. The Patent “ Pibrine” Cakes are used at the Dogs’ Home, London; Jardin d’Acclimatatio’ ios award for Dog iub, New York, Gol Paris, BEWARE OF WORTHLESS IMITATIONS. Please see that Every Cake is Stamped ‘SPRATT'S PATENT” and a WHOLESALE ACENTS, FRANCIS O. de LUZE & CO., {S South Wiiliam Street, fishing Gackle. MAN'S Trolling Spoons. Sixty varieties manufactured, suitable for Troll- ng for all kinds of fish that will take an artificial Dait, and adapted for any lake or river in the United States, Our Perfect Revolving Spoon is undoubtedly the pest general spoon for taking fish ever offered to the public. ‘ Three sizes made—No. 20 for bass, pike, pickerel, or any fish under five pounds weight; No. 21 for fish, and the best spoon ever made for salmon trout; No. 22 excellent for deep water fishing. Beyare of imitations. None genuine except JOHN H, MANN’S name stamped on every spoon. Sold wholesale and retall by the principal dealers i» Fishing Tackle. JOHN H. MANN & CO., SYRACUSE, N. Y. Soft Rubber Crawfish, Patented Oct 1. EW BASS BAIT.—Samp'es py mafl, 75c._ sort Rubber Hellerimites, Fic. Soft Rubber Froga —large, 50¢c.; small, 3vc. Trade supplied, Sole Agents, [VIOLLER'S COD-LIVER Olf_| WM. MILLS & SON, T Wairen street, New York. NOR= WECIAN Rheumatism or Consumption, To | ANGLERS: JOHN ENRIGHT & SONS, Fishing Rod & TackleMakers ®ustle Connell, near Limerick, Ireland. Reels and Lines to match balance of rods. No Agents All information respecting fisheries on the Shannon in this locality, as also catalogues of our greenheart rods and general assertment of tackle, to be had on application. AD eek WARRANTED: {ADEROLLES if | SOLDEVERVWHESE 486 Broadway, N.Y. SMOKE TARCET BALLS FOR TRAP SHOOTING. Send for circulars. Samples sent to dealers, ‘SMOKE TARGET BALL CO., TITUSVILLE, PENN. AMP LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS,—Second and out, is amyusing, instructive an 12 oT 824 pages, mail pos Ry rome CHARLES A. J, F. a MEW YORK. Syortsmen’s Gaods. Rubber Sheoting Jacket. Philadelphia Fishing Tackle HOUSE. A. B. SHIPLEY & SON, Manufacturers of Fine Fishing Tackle ef Every Description. 508 COMMERCE ST., PHILA. Rods and Archery Bows.. Stronger than split bamboo and as tough and elastic as steel. Rod mountings of all descriptions on hand and to order. Price Hst of wood and rod moun! free. Our 65-page new Illustrated Catalogue of Fishing Tackle sent, post-paid, on receipt of ten centsin stamps. a The Edgar Barbless Hook. PATENTED. TROUT Ask your Ne tor em, o oUt ee send to us on for circular. No. 1-0, 2% Sole Agents. — Wim. BASS MILLS FLIES ai, SON, Ws 7 Warren No. 4 and 6. st, N. ¥ SPORTMEN’S DEPOT. (ESTABLISHED 1836). First Premium at World's Fair at New York, and Uentennial Exhibition. JOHN KRIDER, N, E. Cor Second and Walnut Sts,, Philadelphia. GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Hooks, Flies, Leaders, Snoods, ar Bait, Fly Hooks, c., Etc. EF-Salmon. Bass and rout Filles, Made to Order. Also ‘* Krider’s” Celebrated Center Enamel Split and Glued Bamboo Rods. Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins in Great Varieties. Taxidermy in all its Dranches, Spratt’s Patent Dog Biscuit. Repairing of all kinds. ARRAR’S POCKET MAP OF THE RICHARD- SON-RANRGELEY LAKES REGION, including all the Iskes, ponds and rivers of that famous coun- try, a3 well as the head waters of the Connecticut River, Connecticut and Parmachenes Lakes, ete.; @loth bound. Pri paid by m1 50 cents. CHARLES A. J. F Jamaica Pi Mass, HODGMAN & CO., 8) 425 Broadway anti 27 Maiden Lane, NWew York, ARW OFFERING THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF RUBBER ming and Fhing Ou COMPRISING Light Weight Shooting Jackets, Hats, Cartridge Bags, Gun Covers, RUBBER FISHING PANTS, RUBBER FISHING BOOTS, Rubber Hiankets, And Complete Rubber Ouifits. 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The best thing In the market for hunting, fishing, canoemg, snow-shoelng, etc. They are easy to the feet, and very m@™ durable. Made to order Z fees in a variety of styles, and _ warranted the genuine ar- ticle. Send for price lst. MARTIN 8. HUTCH- INGS, P. 0. Box 365, Dover, N. H. (Successor to Frank Good), Braprorp & ANTHONY, Boston Agents, KNAPP & VAN NOSTRAND, POULTRY 4» GAME, Nos, 289 and 200 WASHINGTON MARKET, NEW YORE. ARRAR'’S STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS of the en- tire Bichardson-Rangeley Lakes Kegion. Large size, each 28cents. Send tor catalogue. CHARLES A, J. FARRAR, Jamaica Plain, Mass. $66 & week in yourown town. Terms and $5 outfit free. Address H. HALLETT &CO., Portland, Maine. , etc. They have been awarded over 30 Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals ; ene ae Special Medal; Grand Gold Medal, Hanover Dog Show, 1879; West- 6 4 me." 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J, , Jamaica, Maza. : Pe a Bak CG rhe aker uns. OUR DOUBLE GUN. OUR NEW MODEL The Best Cun made for THREE DUBABILITY BARREL SHOOTING QUALITIES = PRICE, BEST ENGLISH TWIST BARRELS, DAMASCUS STEEL, SEND STAMP FOR DHSORIPTIVE CIRCULAR. $40 = $505 to $200 ate ie PRICE, “Cy This gun 1s Ught and compact, from 9 to10 Ips. welght. The rifle is perfectly accurate.” L. C. SMITH Maker, Syracuse, N. Y. * $75 to $250 CONTENTS. Death of James A. Garfield; ‘‘On the Mash;” The Creed- ' moor Fall Meeting ; Bye-Waya of the Northwest..-..-.. 143 ‘Yue Sportsman TOURIST :— Prom Vera Cruz to Manzanilla; An Aufumn Reverie..... 145 AL HIsTORY :-— be Rail We Shoot; Rabbits and Foxes as Swimmers...... 146 Bae anv Gun :— Shooting in Northern Ontario; Dittmar Indicted; Spots in Gun Barrels; Ontario Shooting Notes ; Missis- pippi Game Notes...,........060.--+ Be nay bee treater 147 Axp Rrver FisHive :-— 1 and Game in the Northwest; The Gamy Catfish; Angling im Northern Scotland; Can a Fisherman be a ‘Obristian? 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The subscription price is $4 year; $2 for six months. Remittances should be sent by regis- etter, money order, or draft payable to the Forest and Stream hing Company, The paper may be obtained of nevwsdealers hout the United States and Canadas; and is on sale in Europe American Exchange, 449 Strand, W. C., London, Eng.; and by ‘Terquem, 15 Boulevard, St, Martin, Paris, France. . Advertisements. side pages, nonparell type, 25 cents per line. Special rates for 6, Six and twelve months. Reading notices 50 cents per line— {words to the line, and twelve lines to one inch. Advertisements iouid be sent in by the Saturday of each week previous to the issue ii Which they are to be Inserted. Address; Forest and Stream Publishing Co., Nos. 39 and 40 Park Row, New York City. FOREST AND STREAM. Thursday, September 22. | Ast Monday night the news was flashed forth to the World that James A, Garfield was dead. The bali of the as- had done its work. ‘The fong agony was over. The Wall:spent life had ended. The Nation mourned. A strong man, in the prime of life, having attained the ght of political preferment, surrounded by his friends and tarting with bright anticipations to rejoin his family ‘summer holiday, is suddenly and without warning ik down by the bullet of a contemptible assassin. Eighty fullow of intense physical suffering and dire distress, he Victim, with hervic, determined, marvelous endurance, Ming fur life; eleven weeks of a death-bed struggle whose helic surroundings are without # parallel, while without Mie chambir, in mute and anxious suspense, the Nation Witches the mortal anguish of the sufferer and marks the fluctuations of life and death—and then the pitiable ending |! ch is the dismal tragedy which began in Washington onthe ning of that eventful second of July and ended at Elbe- , New Jersey, at thirty-five minutes past ten o'clock last londsy night. AMERICAN Entered According to Act of Congress, In the year 1881, by the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Foxps, $3.2 Yow, 10.0.0 Goer) NEW YORK, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 881, \ NA Wx WS gg SPORTSMAN’S JUQURNAL. Vol. 17—No. 8, {nose 39 and 40 Park ltow, New York ep eet ee Soe: It were needless now to dwell upon the painful details of a “IN THE MASH.” these memorable months. The anger and indignation awak- jf ened ere the report of the wretched murderer's pistol had died eu a time as we have been quietly rowing to or from the away, the epontaneous outburst of grief and sympathy for & the President, the resolute, undaunted determination of them flats. And it is likely enough that witb the rail, as with Sl the other game birds, the olden days were days of plenty. wounded men to improve ‘‘ the one chance,” the tender, self- ee, 4 5 fi ful solicitude with whi 7 Me Whether this be true or not, it is safe to say that in the time Rigs re SSLGe array ieh Bo papuenivenct spoke of Be Bi of muzzle-loaders the birds seemed more numerous than they absent wife, the succeeding scenes at the White House, the ff now are. When one’s gun was empty, and the birds were letter written by the President to his mother, his pathetic [Mj getting up by twos and threes about his boat, they seemed to appeals to be taken back to his Mentor home, the historic i multiply themselves wonderfully, and the impression left on =| man’s mind was that of tens where really there were only pean eee eer naa) ae neally-leldents ov gE fi units. Rail shooting to our mind is capital sport, and the ice eel andl snopes btrunelss, adware wasmded tocol 5) H practice, coming as it does just at the opening of the season, and then, after it all, the final yielding of the poor, wasted, lis just what one needs to put him in shape for the later pain-racked body, and the quenching at once of Garfield’s BRA shooting, where the birds are harder to hit, and the work, life, and the Nation’s anxious hope ;—all these have engaged | from ail points of we more ath ike =. Tees £ f . + Ta fee CO the sport is that there 1s not enough work a out as ) eared. vE Se ee ee aun F) have seen gentlemen, faultlessly attired and wearing diamond Beep Bl studs and kid gloves, shoved over the grounds killing their The circumstances attending the sick chamber at Wash- fe birds in excellent shape, and at last sterping out of the boat ington were such as to arouse the sympathy of all classes, of fay at the landing without a speck or a stain upon their clothing, nien and women, of old and young. When that fatal shot looking as fresh and neat ee oe ee ee a just Hela * e fd from their dressing rooms. ne of our friends even had an was fixed last July, it was noF Garfield, the President and Me arm chair placed in the bow of his skiff, and used to AGRE public man, Alone, who fell; it was Garfield, a husband, a HM most of the time from that, only rising to his feet when the father, and a son. fi grass was too high for him to see over from his seat. Now, tic phases of his life had been so strong, and their association mm while the charms of keeping dry and clean are certainly very in his sickness and death were so intimately blended, as to fgg Sreat, it is no small advantage for Sy a hie 50 eae ee - appeal with a peculiar directness and tenderness to every fam- iy necessary be can Jump overboard and helps IONS thebosteom P 2 - 1a bog, or over some little strip of dry land which may separate ily circle. And so in turn, when the telegraph sent its mel- jone good piece of shoving ground from another. One can ancholy message over the land last Monday night, the intel- es often save fifteen or twenty minutes by such a maneuyre ag ligence was received by all with the pang which comes with [4 the jast named, and if the birds are plenty the tide will seem the announcement of the death of a near and dear friend, j all too short without any such loss of time. The grief, which is symbolized to-day by the funereal dran- jim ee H! twenty years ago, them was the times. Then they was birds.” So the old pushers have said to us many The connection of the political and domes- The methods employed in rail shooling have already been , : 3 : mi alluded to and are well known. The birds are easily killed ings of black, is not the conventional mourning for the Mang furnish most delicate morsels for the table. They fly demise of a public functionary; it is the sorrow of the & 7 struizht and slow, and are excellent birds for the beginner to Nation and of the households which compose the Nation, a jj practice on, although a too long extended course of rail shoot- sorrow genuine and universal, akin to that of a family for Be ing has, to our mind, a tendency to develop a pottering ey shot. anitah acuta Therefore let the tyro begin on rail September 1, and, : P ; - z es afler practicing at them for two or three weeks, look up the If in this long watching at the bedside of James A. Gar- lf few English snipe that will by that time have made their ap- field, and in this common grief at his untimely death, the ie pearacce. The woodcock and ruffed grouse he can essay as Nation has forgotten and put away forever the harboring of cd soon as the law is off, and the quail will be about might in By commencing with the rail and snipe he sectional distrust, and the unseemly feuds of partisanship ; & aes i ai fi ‘i a th j ; es é al the advantage of shooting at first in the open, and thus if now, when the count: to) she i : ig Se ROU glagoue gn ie euet me sinende ot es learns, much more readily than he otherwise would, where its union be knit into a closer and stronger woof, this will B§to hold on his birds. An autumn’s practice, thus begun, have been the one bright side of these eleven long weeks of By ought to enable him to get a prelty good idea of how to national distress. If, because of his sufferings, the Uninn is & shoot in the proper way. to-day more a Union than it was before, then indeed not in It is astonishing, when we consider how many of them are qain nor withont glorious reward’has been the slo tyr. killed each season, how little is known of the habits of our NP sank as rail. The old idea that they spent the winter lying torpid in dom of James A. Garfield. the mud at the bottom of likes and str-ams is no longer A second name has been added to the list of the martyr iM held, it is true, but still, very few people know much about Presidents of the United States. God grant that it may be jg the way in which they pass their lives. This results natu- the last! fe tally enough from the places which they inhabit, which are = never visited by the sportsman, excepting during the shoot- LF Da MO yes eee Iz 18 A MIsTAKx to infer fiom what has appeared in. these ja ing season, Then, too, the rail do not like to fly if they can “escape by running. ‘They are swift of foot, and, where ihe columns respecting the would-be imitators of ‘Frank ° ‘ Forester,” that we are Jacking in appreciation of the emi- grass is very thick, can run through it faster than a boat can nent setvices which Herbert rendered to American cporte- yg P@Shoved. Often they will not fly until the boat is almost manship. The ivfluence of his wiiting has been much ey on them, and we have seen uninjured birds, too tame to fly, greater than can readily be estimated; and we would not Mm killed by a blow from the pusher’s pole. All old rail shoot- attempt to detract from his merits and fame. We admire fy C'S Know how difficult it is to retrieve cripples. They will i dive, swim under wa’er, and cling to the bottom, but above ‘\ Frank Forester’s” wri ings; what we do not admire is the je prating about ‘Our Frank,” and the attempt to make demi- fall they will hide. When the grass is thick, the task of find- ing a wounded bird is almost a hopeless one. This fact gods of Herbert and his sporting friends. To Herbert let 3 4 due credit be given, but in giving it let us preserve our mas- often gives the pusher who has not carefully marked down i his bird an excuse; and if, after scarching for it for a while culinity and talk and write as men. ee es By he cannot find it, he is likely to say, ‘‘ You didn’t kill that } one—he was only wingbroke.” Ir has been suggested that the President of the United We have all of us been witnesses of the ambition which States ought to be in future provided with a body-guard. Be the pusher exhibits to have his man show the biggest count No. Such a provision would be in vain, if the execration and loathing, which the nation has heaped upon the guilty ij when the boats come in after the shootingisover. Itis curl. ous to see how soon the propelling power of the boat be- wreich now awaiting the gallows for his terrible crime, shall comes weakened, if the man in the bow cannot hit his birds. not suffice to deter another from winning by a like deed a like reward of infamy. The boat goes along slowly and listleasly, and the shover has 144 x FOREST AND STREAM. to be constantly urged to do his duty. The unfortunate shooter incurs the contempt of (he pusher, who is now only anxious to have the tide over and to get ashore again. Ten species of the family J?aliidm are known as inhabitants of North America; and of these, the so-called sora or Caro- lina rail (Perzana carolina), is by far the most abundant, Tt is this species which furnishes nivety-nine one hundredths of the birds killed during the season. The salt water marsh hen, Aallus longirostris, is perhaps next in order of numbers, and is followed by the Virginia rail, 2. vginianus. This species is much more abundant than is ordinarily supposed to be the case, but as it never flies when it can possibly escape by running, it is not often seen. The coot (ulica america- na) is not very abundant along our Middle Atlantic coast, but is very numerous inland, and on the Pacific coast, The gallinules (Gadlinuwla galeala and martinica) are southern birds, but the former is frequently tuken in the Middle States and even in Massachusetts. The yellow rail, and the black rail (Porzana noveboracensis and P, jamaicensis) are not often seen, but the former is Common on some marshes in Oclo- ber. The latter is rare everywhere, we believe. From the 15th to the 25th of September ibe rail shooting igsat its height, and the next easterly storm that we have will, we think, bring a flight of birds, which should be in fine order. By the first of Octoner the greater part of the birds have passed on, although the few that remain are fat and delicious. We have killed rail in November, but only as stragglers, for, asarule, they disappear with the first sharp frosts. Tn another column will be found a brief description of some of our North American Mallidw, — sr THE CREEDMOOR FALL MEETING. HE full report which we present of the work at Creed- ‘ile moor during the past week tells the story of a success- ful rifle gathering. ‘The flock of outsiders was indeed want- ing, but this was not a loss, for it must be some such ex- traneous inducements as the glamour of a foreign team or the presence of a pool box that will bring the ordinary idler to study the progress of a rifle contest. Inmany other ways the recent meeting differed from pre- yious assemblies of the sort on the Creedmoor range. The regular army was represented only by such entries as were made up among the Willett’s Point Engineers. These men were among the earliest of the firm friends of the National Rifle Association, Not a meeting ora match of consequence has passed without the presence of competitors of the blue- coated rank and file of the Willett's Point garrison. They come as individuals, and not as representing the Army of the United States. The War Department took no steps to se- ‘cure a showing of the progress which the regulars may have made during the past year. Jt is true tliat more attention is now paid to hall practice in the ranks of Uncle Sam’s mili- tary force than at any previous period in the history of the army, but while reports of progress may be eyer so flatter- ing on paper, there will always be a margin of uncertainty and doubt unless the people are allowed to see the picked teams of the Army brought out in direct competition with other marksmen not of the Army cloth. Hence it should be looked upon as an expressed want of faith in their own powers or of a waning interest in rifle shooting, when the names of the several Army divisions do not figure on the list of entrivs at this, the representative rifle gathering of the country. To be sure the regulars haye made what may be termed a ‘‘ten strike” at Creedmoor. A year ago they made for themselves a record of which they may well be proud, but they will soon be placed in the ranks of the ‘have beens’ if they do not steadily maintain the fight for first place. The meeting has had its local character somewhat relieved by the presence of the Pennsylvania and the New Jersey teams, but, though they did not figure as leaders in any of the matches, these teams did sufliciently well to encourage further visits. They are handicapped by the fact of shoot- ing on a slrange Tange, while the city teams are thoroughly at home. The “‘woodchuck hunters” of Watertown, N. Y., perhaps did not find warrant in their success to repeat their former triumphal entry into their native town, and the stuffed woodchuck will hibernate yet another year, but they did well considering that the assisting arm of the State was withdrawn from then. Too many good things haye come out of this pleasant Northern city in the past not to lead us to look for desirable visitors in the future. The Massachusetts representatives from Walnut Hill proved that they could do good and fine work away from their fayorile all-the-year shooting ground ; and deserve all the credit given them for their skill as close-hitting marks- men. The management of the meeting was very far from the best. When it takes the ‘juvenile asylum” in charge of the score tickets several days to arrange the figures of a single match, it is not strange that there are complaints from those whose duty it is to place on record the doings at the Tange, und that the newspapers present so many departures from a. strict accuracy of report. Of course there are many points in the matagement which the confestants would cril- icise, and the fact that there are several protests to be con- ‘sidered does not speak well for the thoronghness of the man- agement on the ground. However, fair weather enabled the meeting, with its comparatively few contestants and many days of shooting, to be carried out without, at times, such a geeming nécessity as am executive officer; jut the directors must not be surprised if sharp things are sad of them when they shuffle oyer their assumed duties in such a perfunctory style. To the State authorities al Albany, with their beggarly neglect of the question of rifle-shooting, the meeting teaches the lesson that as obstructionists they can lo very little, while as advocates of, and supporters. of, a well-considered, and economically carried ont, plan of practice, they can do much. In such a work, whatever scheme of drill may be adopted, it is necessary to excite the best endeayors of the men by emulation, and the fall meeting at Creedmoor is the goal to which the efforts of those who are confident of their ability naturally tend. To reduce the rifle practice of, the State to the mere making up of so many schedules of figures to be pigeon-holed into the oblivion of the Adjutant Gen- eral’s office at, Albany, is to kill the interest of the National Guard in the subject. We would hazard nothing in saying that the interest awakened by the making up of a regimental team for the Creedmoor conpetitions of the past week would be of more service in an organization than all the ordered drill at the bulis which the sapient Attorney-General is likely to force upon men who don uniforms _and shoulder rifles under the conditions which govern our militia. ee ee BYE-WAYS OF THE NORTHWEST. NITED PAPER. IOTORIA is a charming town of six or seven thousand inhabitants, situated on the extreme southeastern point of Van Couyer Island, Previous to the gold excitement of 1858 it consisted merely of a Hudson's Bay fort, with the few dywell- ings occupied by the servants of that powerful company. The discovery of gold in small quantities on the Fraser River in 1857, and later on the Quesnelle and at Cariboo, wrought a great change in the prospects of the place. The story of the new ‘‘diggings” soon reached California, and caused a wild excitement among the mining population of that State, then ripe fora fresh move. The usual rush took place, and the drowsy old Hudson’s Bay post, to which heretofore the only event of the year had been the arrival of the ship from England with the mail, was starJed from its slumbers by the advent of twenty thousand miners, who pitched (heir tents about it and formed what is now Victoria. Build- ings soon sprang up and trade flourished, Hyerything going to or coming from the mines passed through the town and paid it tribute. High hopes were entertained of its future greatness and, in 1862, one writer said: ‘* Already it has be- come ihe emporium of commerce, the metropolis of the northwest coast of America.” But, unfortunately for Vic- toria, the mines, which caused its existence as a town, ceased to pay, andits commerce fell off. It has not fulfilled the promise of its early youth acd, until it can haye some more speedy means of communication with the outer world than it at present possesses, its growth will be very slow. ‘The completion of the Canadian Pucifie Ratiroad, now in process of construction, will unquestionably be of the greatest: benefit to the place as well, as to the other towns in British Colum- bia, for it will give them a market for their products, and at present they have none, The duty which goods sent to the United States have to pay leaves little margin for profit, and the very heavy tariff on imports bears severely on the in- habitants of the Province, Although the work of constructing the railroad is going on, it is not progressing as rapidly as might be expected, aud there is uo immediate prospect of its completion. Juabor is hard to obtain in British Columbia, much of if coming from the United States, and great dissat- isfaction seems to exist among the hands enrployed by the railway contractors. To so great an extent is this the case that the men are continually leaving the work and fresh hands have to be oblained. Of the real merils of this case I, of course, have no knowledge. The fact seems well estab- lished, however, that the men employed on the road are leaving constantly and, as they say, on account of bad treat- ment. The country about Victoria is extremely picturesque and attractive, aid the roads are good. There are few places about which one can find so many pleasant drives, and sey- eral days devoted to an examination of the environs of the town will not be wasted. 'The Gorge 1s within easy walking disiance—about four miles—and at halftide is a boiling torrent, flowing between high rocky banks. Cedar Hill is about six miles distant, and from its summit one may obtain a fine coup Mail of the city, the Straits of Fuca, the Gulf of Georgia, with ils hundreds of islands, and the main land rough with mountain peaks, among which, and rising far above them all, stands Mt. Baker, calm and white, a snow- robed monarch. ; T should feel myself decidedly blameworthy were I to fail to mention that at Victoria there is one of the yery best ho- tels that I know of. An experience of many years of travel in America and Europe gives me the confidence to believe that Tam qualified to judge in a matter of this kind, and I have no hesitation in saying that I know of no place on this con- tinent where one will fare more comfortably than at the Driard House. The rooms, it is true, are not furnished ina particularly luxurious style, but they are neat and comforta- ble. The table is perfection; the food of the very best quality and far more carefully aud better cooked than is the case in many of the leading hotels of our largest cities. One of the proprietoys does all the marketing and is the ehef dé cutsine, wad he is certainly a jewel among cooks, a veritable attist, So lone as the Driard remains under its present man- [Seprmmrr 22 1881. agement, and maintains the reputation which it now has, no one need hesitate about which hotel to go to while in Vie. toria. It L were to attempt to describe all the beautiful scenery that is passed in approaching Victoria, from ‘whatever point, my letters would spin themselves out fo an uncon. scionable length; whether one comes by way of the ocean, through the Straits of Fuca, or direct from the United States over the blue waters, and by the pine-clad hills of Puget Sound, or from the mainland of British Columbia, threading” his way through any of the narrow passages that separate the many islands of th: gulf, now breasting the tideway of one channel, and again being hurried forward by the current of another—from whichever side he comes—the scene is one of great beauty. Few places have greater natural advantages” than Victoria. Her harbor is, it is true, small and needs a good deal of improvement before it will be at all what is needed, but in that of Esquimalt, only three miles distant, she has one which will accommodate the largest vessels. The © sportsmen of Victoria are fortunate in having shooting and fishing-grounds close at hand. During the months of July and August, the salt waters of the straits and gulf abounds | with salmon, which are readily taken by trolling, and when thus taken on a light rod afford fine sport. Most of the brooks of the island afford excellent trout-fishing, the Comox River being especially renowned for the size and the numbers” of the fish init. ‘ About Victoria there are found two species of grouse, the dusky or blue, (Canuce obscurus) and the ruffed (Bonasa umoelius var. sabine.) The California quail (Lophortya californica,) has been introduced here, and seems from all reports to have done well, but is not in particularly high fayor, owing to its habit of taking to the thick brush as soon as flushed, and ils failure thereafter to lie satisfactorily to the dog. Whether these faults can be overcome by educa-’ tion is a question that time alone can answer, In the autumn, ducks and geese are found in fayorable localities in great numbors, and judging from all the reports, the shoot- ing must be yery good. Of large game there is considerable varicty, The black] tail deer (Cervus columbianus) is extremely abundant within afew miles of Victoria, and it is not an uncommon thing for parties to start out with a wagon in the evening and Te turn the next night with severaldeer. Among the scrub oaks which grow here in certain localities still-hunting may be successfully practiced, but in most sections recourse mus be had to hounds in order to obtain the game, as the timbers is so thick, and the underbrush and ferns so dense and tangled, that it is impossible for one to trayel through the brush withont making a great deal of noise, On the northern end of Vancouver Island, and in the ine) terior as far south as the Comox River, elk are to be found, | but I fancy, from the accounts which reached me, that they | are by no means numerous. Bears and-panthers are said to be abundant everywhere on the island. Sooke, distant from } Victoria about twenty miles, isa preat place for bears. By far the greater number of those killed are black or cinna- mon, but I was shown the remains of a grizzly, said to have been killed at Sooke. The panthers aré hunted and killed chiefly by those farmers who have flocks or herds to protect, and are not often seen by deer hunters. There are a few wolves, but they are not.often seen except in winter. | My stay in Victoria on this occasion was not yory long, and I hastened to the town of New Westminster, on the mainland, by the first steamer. Here I had the very great pleasure of meeting ‘‘Mowitch,” whose graceful and instruc tive letters io Forest AnD Stream lave given to its readers | s0 much information relative to the fauna of this far distan country, and to the methods employed in the capture of its game. Through his kindness I was enabled to see much that was new and interesting to me, and from the stores of his knowledge of British Columbia I drew many facts which af& terward proved extremely useful, While enjoying the kind hospitality of Mr. U7, on the evening of my arrival at New Westminster, he proposed that we should make a litile hunt together next morning, as he thought if likely that we might get a deer before breakfast. Accordingly the next day about four o’clack we started on foot for a little lake about four miles from town. The day promised to be a perfect one; the sky was cloud= less, and no fog obscured the view. The sun had not yet risen, but in the east, above the jagged and broken summits of the Pitt River Mountains, stars were beginning to disap- pear, and the sky to fiush and glow, each instant becoming more and more bright. We were soon passing through the woods. The air was cool, fresh and exhilerating. A gentle breeze just moyed the higher branches of the enormous trees, and brought from the recesses of the tangled forest the bal samic breath of the Douglas firs and the terebinthine fra- france of the cedars, mingled with the faint damp odor of decaying vegetation so characteristic of the timber in all climates. The vegetation was all new to me, and I admired the dark green of the firs, the paler foliage of the cedar, the maples with their large leaves, the tangle of underbrush, and, beneath all, the ferns from four to seven feet high. We were passing between high walls of foliage extending far be= fore us on either side. Aboye was a narrow strip of sky, and before us the yellowroad. Little bits of bright color were not wanting along the roadside. The Hpiletiwm, so universally distributed through the mountains, shone like a tongue of flame against its background of green; here and there, from the wet springy places, the foxgloye nodded ita ————— = ; Surremper 22,1881. ] . FOREST AND STREAM. 145 tall spike of red or white flowers; the feathery plumes of the Spirea waved # gracting, ihe white blossoms of the Canada cornel looked up from their nests of leaves, and the delicate pink caducous bells of the Zineu fell in showers from their stema as we passed by. Then there were the berries in in- finite variety and great profusion. The salmon berries, red or yellow; blackberries, green and red; blueberries of sey- eral kinds, the purple eallal, the velvetberry, the scarlet, and as yet untipe, panicles of the elder, and the brilliant fruit of the umbrella plant were all here, and seemed to invite our inspection. We had with us three hounds, Captain, Dinah and Wal Jace, and better dogs it would be hard, I think, to find, The two first named, so far as form and color went, exactly filled my eye. They were types of the hound, their points perfect throughout, black and tan in color, and with yoices both musical and powerful. Old Captain especially had a tongue like that of a trumpet, and I have never heard sweeter or more harmonious cry from any pack than from these three splendid dogs. Wallace did not present to the eye 80 Complete a picture aS did the others. His points were not nearly so good, but as a workman in the field he could scarcely be excelled and in the estimation of his owner he stands perhaps first favorite on thie list of his hounds. Even to one who doesnot know him lie conyeys the impres- * sion of being a cunning old fellow and a worker. He has a knowing look on his face, and as so much more flesh on his bones than his kennel mates, that it is easy to see he under- stands running and in general takes good care of himself. This must nof be interpreted as meaning that he saves him- self at the expense of the other dogs, for that is not the case. On the contrary, Wallace, though not so ficet us Dinah, often leads the pack, and has in many cases caught a deer without any assistance. He is a terrible fighter, and the deer that he once puts his teeth into is lost. Mr. TI, told mea very ex- citing story of a combat between Wallace and a deer, which took place on the face of a precipice on a narrow ledge of rock sixty feet aboye the water. From this shelf the two ‘combatants fell into the stream below and the hunter, coming up in his canoe, put an end to the battle. Our party consisted of Mr. H., a Douglas Riyer Indian named Squawitch (the Sturgeon) and the writer. Am hour’s brisk walk brought us to the Jake, and here the dogs were slipped, and sent off into the woods with Squawitch while the two white men seated themselves on a log, and, lighting their pipes, awaited the Indian’sreturm. As we sat there admiring the beauty of the sheet of water spread out before us, my companion told me something abont the lake. It ap- pears that it is believed by the Indians of the surrounding country to be inhabited by a Selallicum; Selallieum being the Chinook word for anything supernatural. In this case ‘the belief is that some terrible monster, who is aided and abetted by the evil spirit, lives at the bottom of the lake, and that when any one is ragh enough to venture upon if this dreadful creature rises fo the surface, overturns the canoe and gobbles up the unfortunate occupants. This belief is so firmly held by the Indians that they will by no means yen- ture on the lake, nor will they approach ils margin when gathering berries. ‘They hold up their hands in horror at the daring which ‘*Mowitch ’showsin venturing so frequently on its placid waters, and prophesy for him some dreadful fate asa reward for his audacity. Once, when he was overturned near the middle of the Jake and lost a valuable gun, the In- dians told him that the Selallicum was giving him a warning now to escape and that he had better not neglect it. Squa- witch is perhaps the only Indian in the region that ventures to enter a canoe on the lake, und he only does so when in company with my friend. Whether he regards ‘ Cholley’s” medicine as stronger than that of the Selallicum, or thinks that if ‘‘ Cholley” can afford to risk being devoured, he can algo, I do not know, but he was certainly here with us now, and had gone off to start the dogsin a most uncon- cerned manner, although he has just told Mr. H. that an Indian had seen the Belallicum here on the lake within the past two or three weeks, We had been seated there but a few moments, when we heard the faint cry of a hound—the deep voice of Capiain. A little later the shriller ery of Dinah made itself heard, and then both becoming fainter and fainter, passed ouf of our hearing. A moment later Squawitch parted the bushes near us and, walking down a log toward the water, drew from the jow brush a canoe and two paddles. Signing to us fo step in- > to the canoe, he took his seat im the stern while Mr. A, took the bow paddle, and I seated myself amidships. Then witha stroke or two of the paddles we shot out of the little cove and on to the unrufiled surface of Mirror Lake. Yo, New Westminster, B, 0, —————————————— IsAAo Malurian’s Porms.—We understand that those poems of Mr. Isane McLellan, which relate to field sports, are to be collected and published in book form. Sucha volume would be welcomed by the sporting fraternity. Mr. McLellan is one of our oldest American poets, he and Long- fellow having begun to write and publish af the same time in Bryant's United States Literary Gazette, at Vaat time printed in Boston, and subsequently in New York. Longfellow was at the time in his junior year at college, and McLellan in his sophomore year, both af Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me. That was more than fifty years ago, o period longer than has been covered by the life of nine men ont of ten who read these lines; a span of years, which in these progressive times, SS ne —— er ee yeritably bridges over the old and the new, How rich in personal recollections of literary men must such a life be! Mr. McLellan’s pen has not yet lost its grace. The first column on the first page of the initial number of the Forest AND Stream contained a poetical salutatory from him, and our columns have since that time been frequently enriched by his yerses. We haye now in type a poem in which he tenderly alludes to his college days and his companionship with Longfellow at Brunswick. Powoer Minis ought to be, and usually are built, on sites remote from other buildings, so that in the event of an ex- plosion the property of others need not be damaged, nor lives needlessly destroyed. This is certainly a wise rule and one which most powder manufacturers observe. It appears, however, that Mr. Carl Dittmar fails to recognize the necessi- ty of ‘‘seckiny some sequestered spot” for a blasting powder factory. After our discussion of this gentleman’s so-called sporting powder, just one year ago to-day, he engaged in the manufacture of blasting powder at Binghamton, where his mill was blown up last April, as noticed in ourcolumns at the time. If we may believe the newspaper reports, several deaths were immediately or indirectly the result of that ex- plosion, and property in the neighborhood was damaged to the extent of $20,000. Mr. Dittmar was perfectly willing to build again, and doubtless would have been equally willing tostart a nitro-glycerine mill ‘in the heart of London town;” but the Binghamton residents righteously protested, the Grand Jury of Broome county have indicted the powder company, and it is sought to suppress the mill as a nuisance. Elsewhere will be found a letter on the subject from a Bing- hamton correspondent, Tue Kirry Hawk Bay Onvs.—The preposed organization of this club, which was referred to some three months ago in the columns of Forest anp Stream, has proceeded so far that there now seems every prospect that this will be one of the leading organizations of the kind in this country. The charter memberships were sold at $500 each, and the applications received by the committee were ten or twelve limes in excess of the number of shares to be issued. The last two shares sold brought $2,000 each. that their par value is to be fixed at $2,500. A committee of gentlemen belonging to the club are now in the South examining the property, and their report will be awaited wlth interest. It is thought that the club will not put up a house before next summer, as there are at present ample accommodations for the members convenient to the best shooting grounds. It is understood Yo's Lerrzrs,—We print this week another letter from our correspondent Yo, who writes from British Columbia. He has for a long time been beyond the reach of the mail service, seeing strange sights and strange people, ‘The letter now printed was sent in by an Indian, and traveled many miles in ‘a northern canoe before reaching the post office whose stump it bears, Tax Cray Piaron.—Mr. Harry M. Hills, of Cincinnati, Ohio, a prominent shot of the Wyoming Gun Club, is about to take the field in the interests of the Ligowsky Clay Pigeon Co. Ifany Club, which has not yet seen the invention will send a notice to the Company, 33 Vine street, Cincinnati, O., Mr. Hills will endeayor to arrange a match with the clay pigeon for ihat club in the course of his travels. Tne Worst or 17 Art.—To smash one’s leg is bad enough, but fora sportsman to be retired with a broken limb just. at the height of the game season is an added woe, So thinks and writes an Ontario friend, whose plans for fall sport have heen frustrated by an untimely accident. VENNOE knows, or professes to know, a great deal about the weather; hut he confesses himself unable to cope with the Washington musquito. He says that in the Canadian wildermess he can manage the pest with smudge fires, but in a Washington hotel recourse to such an expedient is out of the question. (For Forest and Stream.) | BEFORE AND AFTER. OU must wake and call me early; call me early, Jane, my dear! To-morrow ‘ll be the happiest day of all the sporting year, Of all the sporting year, my Jane, the maddest, merriest day, Hor we're going 10 shoot the canyas-backs, the canyas-backs, I say! There fire several stall sneak boats, Jane, bub none so small as mine; 50 small 1) is and narrow |—do you think the day ‘Il be fine?7— And such a lot I'll shoot, Jane, I'm sure to have such luck, Ant for weeks we'll dine on nothing, Jane, but daily canvas duck ! Tsleep so sound all night, Jane, that I shall never wake, Tf you do not call me early, when (he day begins to break: or] must Nx my tackle and must set out my decoys: To-morrow crowns the total of all my earthly joys. . * « al . « 4 When you're rising, let me sleep, Jane, don’t; you wake me—do you hear? “Where's ily bag of ducks tor dinner?” You're a precious fool, IT fear] Wish you'd had the ducks" thatI did! Clothing dry Js what Llack; Eyil water 1mp“’and demons! Don't you name a canvas-back! Can't you leaye g man in quiet? Howmuch sport? you want to inow! It this day’s work you call sport, your perception’s pretty slow | you wnt to save a rumpus don't you ask me any more, (And upon bis slg he turagth, with a simulated snore.j—A, L, PaiAy country and the condition of its inhabitants. Che Sportsman Gaunvrist. FROM VERA CRUZ TO MANZANILLA. HE distance from the City of Vera Cruz, on the Gulf of Mexico, to the nearest opposite point on the shores of the Pacific Ocean is but little more than 600 miles. While there are already two lines of railroad between the Atlantic and Pacific shores within the territory of the United States, although the distance is more than five times as great, the disturbed condition of our sister republic has thus far pre- vented the construction of one of its much-needed lines of internal communication. It is yery easy to see by a glance at the map what adyantages must accrue from the comple- tion of such a work, By the extension of'a line of raiiroad to the Pacific sea-port of Manzanilla, and thence northward, a final junction with the Southern Pacific Railroad might easily be effected ; while, on the other hand, eyen before its completion, the harbor of Manzanilla affordsa convenient half-way freight depot for the steamers from Panama for San Francisco, whence mer- chandise of all descriptions could be shipped with less cost to New York than by the primitive transportation on mule’s back from the interior of Mexico to the shore of the Gulf of Mexico. It appears that at last the Mexican Government has been awakened to the importance of opening a new channel for its valuable products, and that asa commencement in ¢ar- nest asuryey from the City of Mexico to Manzanilla has been ordered, witha view of extending the line of railroad which now already connects Vera Cruz with the capital. This difficult pioneer work of a survey through a compara- tively unknown and unsafe portion of the Mexican territory has been intrusted to a small party of American engineers, under direction of W. C. Wetherill, Esq., with headquarters in the City of Mexico. It does not require a great stretch of imagination to comprehend the opposing difficulties of this stupendous task. Not only is it necessary to make an ac- curate topographical suryey of the elevations and river courses in a country, which is up to the present time lament- ably backward in all knowledge concerning its own terri- tories, but these explorations haye to be carried on under freat disadvantages, including considerations of personal safety, as the population is still bitterly hostile to all strangers from this side of the line and ayerse in general to all innoyations. Besides this it is impossible to obtain in- telligent assistance, and the work has thus to be undertaken by the labor and energetic perseverance of a handful of de- yoted men. Mr. Louis yon Niendorff, formerly residing at Hornells- ville, N. Y., has been appointed as one of the assistants of this survey, and, as Mr. Niendorff is an indefatigable laborer as well in the field of natural history and an expert and prac- tical anatomist and taxidermist, he will be able by means of his well-trained powers of observation to add much valuable knowledge of a part of our continent concerning which, by reason of perpetual civil wars, there is really less substantial information in existence than about the interior of Africa, As Mr. Niendorff has promised to condense anaccount of his experiences in the form of a few rough notes, detailing what he sees and the experiences he goes through, they may be of some value to the readers of Forzsr AND STREAM by rea- son of their being a plain and unvarnished account of the His notes date as far back as the departure of the steamer British Hm- pire for Vera Criiz, and commend themselves by their in- teresting treatment. He writes: Maravatio, MicHoaoan, L Mexican Republic, July 25, 1881.5 I will try to introduce my notes by abrief account. We arrived at the City of Mexico on the 12th of July. The mail cart from Marayatio does not leave until Friday, and I will be able to send along by it. as well, a fewof the insects I have collected here. We left New York in the steamer British Empire, of Alexander’s Hayana and Mexican §. 8. Line. She is a large four-masted craft of great speed, and furnished with all possible appliances to insure safety and comfort to her passengers. The table is most excellent, and the large state rooms enhance the pleasant surroundings, On Monday, July 4, we were abreast of the southern point of Florida, with a pleasant and strong breeze, which in- creased materially our comfort under the ship’s awnings which were spread oyer her quarter deck. Being the fourth of July, we celebrated the same by firing a salute with the ship’s cannon and hoisting our glorious stars and stripes to the gaff. It was a pleasing spectacle to see all of our passen- gers, irrespective of their nationality, joining in these festivi- ties in honor of Uncle Sam, and attest to their appreciation of this great individual by roaring volleys from their breech- loading carbines, revolvers, etc.; in place of the usual terra firma Chinese substitutes. A grand supper in the evening closed fittingly the festivities on shipboard, On Tuesday, at 5 a. w., we sighted Havana, steamed past the famous fortress of Moro Castle. and went without delay ashore, but only to return early, rather disgusted with our visit on a hot summer day to the capital of the Queen of the Antilles. The streets of this city are too narrow and dusty; the sea-breeze failed to make its appearance and an intoler- able heat was produced, which only the traveler to the tropics in summer can fully realize. After discharging some of our cargo we proceeded from Havana to Progresso, on the coast of Yucatan, favored during day by the most beautiful weather, tempered by the strong northeast trade winds, while the firmament at night became more brilliant by the resplen- dent constellation of the Southern Cross, along with the in- teresting sight of the erratic comet. We anchored, on account of the yellow fever, about three miles from shore, off Progresso, and discharged our cargo in lighters. While there the steamer was literally surrounded by countless sharks, which, however, knew too much and would not condescend to fayor our carefully baited hooks with # call. July 10 we arrived, after a short and fine run, at Vera Cruz, and bade good-bye to our comfortable quarters on board of the British Empire, with three rousing cheers for her ~ captain and crew. On landing at that port we had to pass through the usual routine of custom-house inspection of lup~ gage, which, by reason of the perfectly useless and unneces- sary close scrutiny of purely personal effects, was doubly an- noying, patticularly when the fact is taken into considera- tion that our party was in some measure officially recognized as acting under orders and in the assistance of the yery goy- ernment to which Vera Cruz belongs. Byery possible re- striction in conformity with established prohibitory rules was dwy enforced including the small allowance of only 232 146 FOREST AND STREAM, (BzrremBer 22, 1881. pounds of baggage, which was all we were permilted to carry on the train from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico. Thusa few had to pay the exo bila { charge of owenty-three Mexican dollars for some odds and ends of extra baggage. Vera Oraz itself is in summer like all of the rest of Mexican towns—hot, sickly sod jippears now like a city of the dead, hardly Jessin size Wh n il# {real graye-yard near by. All travelers from abroad leaye of course at once when sr- Tiving here for the mterior, und we wer not sow to follow suit by immediately transferring ourselves to the first depart- ing train. ‘Lhis was arranged afier the manner of some of our way-freight trains, and consisted chiefly of freight cars, With an Anerican-built pas-enger ¢ar allached {0 it at one end, and a powerful double enyine at the other. The la'ter may best be described by im»gining two heavy American freight engines with their tenders detatched, then conpled to- gether, and jhe fire-place in their middl® Their great weight of sixty-five tons is explained by the steep grades be- tween Vera Cruz and the City of Mexico. The neighborhood of Vera Cruz itself is not very attractive asthe town at a distance of over thirty milés is surrounded by dreary and barren-looking low sand-hills, but beyond them the lard rises abruptly. We perceived this quickly by the heavy prades of the road in its gradual approach to the impos oe and intervening contina ition of the chain of the Rocky Mountains among which the voleatio of Orizaba forms am imposing view. Our first station is Tiveria, abult tine mailes from Vera Cruz, noted for its very solidly-buill station hieuse, which is surrounded, however, ss usual bya lot of ditty low adobe huts, the usual domicile of ihe Mexican peons. The train hurries onward, and we reach Solidid, twenty-six miles further on, where we cross a river of the same name, Then comes Camorro and Astoyac, and heyoud these Cordoba, one of the mos! important of all of the sta- tious between Vera Cruz and Mexico, and distant four miles from the city of Cordoba with its population of abont 12,000 inhabitants Here tlhe 'iropical aspeet of the landscape be- comes truly magnificent. The dry, smdy patches and hills now disappear, and arereplaced by bright green-colored plan- tetions of tall, waving suzar cane and low miniature forests of coffee trees, stid to produces the best coffee grown within the domains of the Mexican republic. We arrive at 7 Pp, M. the same day at Orizaba Station, where we rest alittle while and proceed toward the Hotel de Dj igencia, in a home-like looking, veritable street Gar, built by Steveuson, the New York manufacturer, We pay for a ride of a quarter of a mile two reals, about twenty-five cents, and enj%y bere, for the first time sivce Jeaving the steamer, the luxury of a good bed and supper, with strong b'ack coffee in the evening, all of which costs us near two dollars. I re- fret that time and circumslances prevented me trom obtain- ing more thun a passi g glimpse of Orizaba, which, judging from appearances, must be a very old and interesting city. I noticed, on hurriedly passing by, a br dgeaross the San Juan River, which traverses this plice, It was built in 1663 and looks even now, notwithstanding its old age, solid enouzh to stand the wear and tear of half a dozen more centuries. Every public and private building hereubouts seems to be con- structed with a view todnrability. The walls of our bh ‘tel are }bree feet (hick and uf solid masonry, while the massive- looking doors are almost strong enough to serve asa main Baleway of a foriress. After leaving Orizaba we were trans- ferred to the regular pas-enger train, which had left Vera Cruz before we arrived, and the speed of which, for six hours, had thus far been hardly over filteenimiues an hour, We are now carried along at a superior rate, 28 our train con- sists chiefly of an agglomerate of more or less commodious passerver cars. First comes a double enyine, like that of our discurced freight, then a mail car with the mil in one end, and tools, ammunition and provisions inthe ovher. At- tached to Usis is a first-class coach of English pattern and a second-class car res imbling those used on our em'grait trains. Last of all there is a third-class car with longi- tudinally-arrayed seats. This exrries an escort of twenty soldiers, a dirty razed set of fellows. They are stationed notonly upoo every repular train, but also at every station no matter how siiall, Queer-lonking soldiers they are; soe With Doors, olliers wth shoes, and othe s barefoot. They wear linen panis, none the better for want of soap, Eniited red jickets with a sort of linen coat over this, aud above all & heavy blue blanket with a hole in the middle of if, throneh whith they poke their heads, which are sur- mounted by large sombreros, ‘Their aruis consist of a car- bins, with a belt full of forty-four-calibre cartridges, and a large army revolver, along with a heavy cavalry sabre. If aninsonly could make men, they would have been magnificent specimens of the type, but Ss one uf our party remarked, “Tule away their touls aod I can lick a half a dozin of them wi h my fists.”’ Whenever our train halts at any s'ation it isat one» sur- roun ed with « lot of bezzars and crippls of every grade and shade who prey on all strangers, especially Americans, whom they know by experience to te liberal. Even soldiers are well-practiced in the art of soliciiing charity, providing the officers are not in sivht. Then there are squads of women anil children selling derdies, which are slices 0! bread dipped in fal and covered with pieces of garlic und red pepper. It is needless to add that our party disdained to partake of avy of these sandwiches, which seem to be exclusively adap'ed for Mexican stomachs. Some of the girls olfer gutgue for fale; this isa repulsive-lo king mies, not unlike soap-surs, from which it differs chifly by its horrid odor, It is made from the Juice of the maguey, a species of cactus. I saw mile- of Wis plant while passing through wilh the train, This is a favorile drink wi h the lower classes, as il is cheap and also intoxicating. AIL of these ways of living tend to lo ep these people in poverty. “Isaw an Indian, who had a Jarge black tng suspended from his neck. Jt was about two and a half inchesin lengih, with six legs on each side, am afipeuring to anybouly vlse lisiles a lover of curious natural objects as a repulsive loving criature. I asked him what he carried it for; and he answered, after devoutly crossing him- relf, {hat it exempled him from al] diseases. Th’s mavic in- rect miust be scarce, or else the population would hardly be fever stricken as it appears to be An imperfect one was offered to we for eigh y cents which I, however, thought un- reasonable and, having a medicine chest, I refused to pur- chase it. After leaving Orizaba we encounter heavier grades as we cross (he eres! of the continued backbone of our own Rocky Mountains, We climb over grades of 260 fevt tothe mile. At one place called Ly Frata we saw a tram ahend of us away np op the mountain top and twly 2,000 feet above us. cuuld hardly realize hit we had to surmount these elevations from our own apparently low silualion, but such soon was the case, and we commicnced the ascent after a careful in- epeptes of all of our couplings and brakes by the officials in charge. | have traveled the world over and have seen many im- posing views of mountainous countries, many wild, rugg:d rocks on the ocean shore, against which the surf recoils in milky foam, but the grandeur of the scenery now opening before us as we sped through the distance f 140 miles from O igaba to Esperanza surpa-ses all my imagination could pos- sibly picture or combine into visible and enchanting reali- ties. Time and again stern and almost vertical cliffs a thousand feet or mere in hiight form an impassable barrier on one side of the corkscrew winding road, while precipices of double the depth threaten to receive the panting engine into their deep abysses. We passed several deep gorges, Spanned over with spiderweb-like iron bridges of greater length and depth thun that of the famous Portage Bridge along the track of the Evie Railway. ‘he elevations above and around us were mostly covered with a dense and uniform indigenons growth of the Western pine, along with a great yatiety of bushes and beautiful wid fowers, some of which were {railing along the ground like our own arbutus. Sev- eral of our fellow-passengers were tourists, who traveled on biisiness, along with as, rinkling of amateur artists and ex- cilement and novelty seekers. They all unanitnously agreed that for sublimity of views and grandeur of scenery this part of onr con inent stands unrivaled. All this, taken in con- nection witha most salubrious climate, where the tempera- ture hardly everraises above 70 deg. F., winter and summer, along with the low: ra’es for all necessities of life, point to this country as perhaps the most desirable region to visit during our cold and severe winters. The building of this road must have taxed to the utmost the highest engineering skill to overcome all of these immense obstacles of heavy grades, deep ravines and opposing mountains, many of which had to be tuoneled. I counted no less than sixteen of these excavations on my way. At last we arrive on the summit of the range of the Las Combras Mountains, though only to find still higher ranges in front of us, which overtop these lo!ty elevations. Up to the very clouds the locomotive makes its toilsome ascent, until we reach Esperanza, the first station, upon the gr at table land of Central Mexico and nearly 6,000 feet above the level of the sea. Here we leave the lofty sunw-crowned peak of Orizaba, which fades away into the horizon, and discard our heavy mountain-climbing dwble engine for one of the ordinary pattern of those on our roads af home. Our grades are few and easy. Wespeed onward through a beautiful and ap- parently fnely-cullivated country covered with green waving fields of coro, wheat, beans, peas and cactus, with many fresh looking meaduws which must afford excellent pasture to numerous flocks of live stock of all descriptions which we see, including horses and donkeys. We arrive at last at the Oily of Mexico, 263 miles from Vera Cruz, We were kindly received by the chief clerk of the com- pauy, who took charge of onr party, consisting of four civil engineers, three bridge builders, one telegraph constructor. and myself. We repaired to the Hotel La Grande Sociedad, the best of its kind in the City of Mexico, where we ar- rived in tme to find an excellent supper spread before us. The climate and the average Mexican bill of fare are hardly su ted to the stracger who comes here from the cool North with a still vigorus and unimpaired appetite. We are treated here to a cup of strong coffee at 8. a, M. along with some light cike. Breakfast is not served before 12 noon. It is 4 rather substantial meal, divided into five courses of meats, chickens, eggs vyegetables and fruits, with coffee. Choc late appears at 5 Pp. M.; and supper, which resembles subs aniially the breakfast, comes at8 P.M. As we could not well adapt our stomachs to this new-fashioned regime, we ordered our meals after our own likings, though hardly to that of the cooks and waiters, who found leisure time ma- terially shortened by this arrangement. We had a good opportunity to yiew the City of Mexico before resuming our journey to the interior. Whatever Mexico my have been under the ancient rule of the Monte- zumas, and during the la'er disturbances which have period- ica ly convulsed this lieautiful earthly paradise of nature, it now certainly presents the appearance of an orderly an-i at- tractive-looking city, with well-paved broad streets, elegant stores ani clean and spacious markets, teeming with all possible ve elable products of temperate and tropical zones. The majority of public buildings, pre-eminently of churches, are Of very ancient date. The grand cathedral was built in 1671 and its whole front is go geously caryed, while its foundations seem to be built over a ledge of irregularly dis- posed h'own rock, which is overlapped by the masonry of the build ng and only crops owt here and there. The gar- dens and public squares are full of bulterflies and glittering humming birds, whi'e again the interior of many houses often swarm with scorpions and tarantu'as, of which I caught to-day an enormous specimen. [to BE CONTINUED. | os AN EARLY AUTUMN REVERIE. Ox of the first sights betokening the end of the passing of summier is that of the fileldsof +heaved cornstalks, amid whose regularly stacked yellow ranks the ripe pumpkin gleams on the brown earth as ruddily as the full, red-faced harvest moon, which 1oks in the cold ‘stilly night” from over the darkly-outlined hill-top into the cultivated, stream- watered yale At this season the wonded hillocks show as yet none of thit vivid, veautiful spattering of coloring, for which the woodlands of North America are so justly cele- brated. Early September finds them in their saddest-looking garb of rusty yellow and faded green, the resuit of the pro- tracted droughts and scorching suns of August. Much of the foliag+ is already dying or dead, in sombre draping, and it needs the copious, drenching rains of the Equinox to pre- pare the drooping woodlands to battle in golden panoply and crimson standards with the ghostly, scythe-like sweep of the white trost under the late October moon. Driving along the orchard-lined roads one finds the air pe- eWiarly sweetened with the odor of ripe and fallen apple; and the thiid of some prematurely develup dpippinas itsatrikes the ground already-is the only sound heard above the tree-toad’s note around the sluniher-wrapped farmhouse, Where the willow-lined river losegitself in the shade of (he swamp woodland, the reflected coloring of ithe swamp muples, always the first to discard the slumbering green of sénsuous Summer and don the gay tartan of sport-loving au- jumn, mingles in splashes of red with the water grass’s bright olive. Away up on the faded green hillside the smoke from the chimney-pols of ati occasional farmhouse drifts above the gnurled orchard tops, showing that the cool breath of new-born Antumn is blowing away the heat of lingering swumer, which at noonday still evinces itself. swale. Yesterday morn I shot a wordcock—not an unueuil thing, reader, but the firs! fall bird hereof (he year—and as he+prung from beneath my setter’s nose abova the low alders. I siw by the unusual spread of wing and almost, yes quite, black marking of his broad, brown back, that be was trily an ‘aulumn bird. And when I had done watching his powerful and graceful wingings, I fired but to miss,him in the open ; yet 1 was glad of it—it were worth a miss to see him rise again wilh that glorious, tremulous whistle. And when I cut him down, turoing him completely over as he swung by me, [ suffered not the dogs to retrieve him, but commanding ‘tat charge,” I walked to where he lay—as he had fallen—on a bog tuft, the full. reddish brown breast upturned, with the pink legs and heayily-feathed thichs drawn up as he had car- ried them in darting from the alder covert gloom into the golden sunlight; the round black eye high set on either side of the almost whitely-feathered forehead—a grand full eight- ovnee autumn cock. Many summer woodcock have I shot the past season, but as I seated myself on a broad s’one beside the rivulet, with this precursor of autumn’s field sports in my hand, my thoughts few back to a twelvemonth ago, and just beyond those purple western hills, to a little village churchyard, where a beloyed companion of many season’s shooting was laid away, as the leaves of early xutumn began to fall—at the beginning of the time he loved so well. Within sight and almost gunshot of that slab-covered slope lies the swampy precinct of the old Mud Pond, with its beds of lily pads,its banks of hernn-haunted reeds growing near the encircling perimeter of tall alders and swamp wood- land, which cover the boggy bottoms at the foot.of the sur- rounding paslure hillsides—a damp and lonely spot, instan- taneously suggestive of those lines of ‘‘ Forester’s.” ‘“‘ Switf the woodceock’s wing 13 flying Down the yale to the lonely brake ; And the teal her brood is hiding In the reeds by the illlled lake.” For many a cock and quail have we dropped round about that marshy pondside; and when comes the brilliant flush of autumin again the crack of the shot-gun coming up the vale will be heard over that brown niound of earth with its white stone mutely indicating that there there is all that was of **Wes” Austin, well known to the sportsmen of Westchester and Putoam counties as the best sh) t and most ardent game protector in the region of the hill-surronnded Mahopac Lake. Ah! those glorious tramps on the estubble-shorn, frosty hillsides and thy companionship at evening beneath thy humble roof, where, before a glowing fire and with lighted pipes supplementing our well-earned ‘*supper” of th~ rural folk, we reviewed the report of a dty well spent ia the brac- ing air of autumn. No more shall his full-toned ‘* Mark!” ling through the covert-side and I stan on the hilly open, where he would generously place me to down the bird, which, flushed in the thicket, sailed above the osier tops, or to see it, half veiled by the clinging clymatis draping some open glade, cut down by him ere it had gone ten yards, by a quick snap shot from the hip.—* Never more !” And now the falling yellow leaves rusiled with a mourn- ful cadence against the alder stems or helped choke in noise- less accumnlation the stream flowing by me. ‘‘ Hold up, dogs; we will shoot no more to-day,” and I dropped the long-billed bird in my game pocket and took tle road home- ward, to the wonderment of some of the passers-by, who, since my advent in this section have not yet grown familiar with my Knickerbockers and ‘Tam O'Shanter.” “ Tnlandvale,” Sept. 15. Frank WaAwicr. Aatural History. THE RAIL WE SHOOT. URING this month of September the attention of many sportsmen is turned to the rail family, or Rallide. ‘These birds are dis'ributed over the whole world anil three of the most important sub-families int which they fall are represented in this country, and wbeir types are probably well known to most rail shooters. , The typical genera are Qallus, Porzara and Orer in the suh family Rallinw, Jonornisand Gudiinula, in the sub family Gallinuline, and Futica the only genus in the sub-lamily Fulicinw. A brief description of some of the more common Atlantic coast forms will assist our readers in identifying such of the group as they may secure during the shooting season, In the genus Ralivs the bill is long, slender, a little curved, and somewhat compressed, while in Porzana and in Crex it is short and rather stout, resembling in shape the bill in the other groups. All of the Zallid@ have the body much com- pressed and the legs long, very muscular, anil bare for some distance above the tibia. The toes are long and slender and the tail short and carried well elevated. . Excepting during the migrations they make but little use of their wings, but spend all their time on foot in the marshes. The food of the rails is in the antumn mainly vegetable, the seeds of the wild rice forming by far the greater part of il. They are supposed by sportsmen in general to take their de- parture for ‘the South at the first hard frosts, and, certainly, they are not found after that in any considerable numbers on the shooting grounds. One may-occasion lly kill a bird or two about the last of October or first of November, but they are not numerous at that time. . ‘ Rallus elegans, And Freshwater Marsh hen. King rail. Length about 16 inches. Color above, brownish black, streaked with olive brown; wing coverts ruddy chestnut; below, rich rufus, becoming paler on the belly, and whiten- ing on the throat; flanks dull black, barred with white. ‘This species is found chiefly in fresh water marshes. i Rallus longirostris crepitans (Gmel) Ridgw. Clapper rail, Saltwater Marsh hen, Mud-hen. Somewbat smaller than the preceding, and colors through- out paler, Length 14-16 inches. Flanks grayish brown bar- red with white. In fact a faded copy of #. elegans. Salt meadows of the Atlantic coast as far north as New England, extraordinarily abundant on the Virginia and Maryland marshes, where we haye scen them hy hondreds. Rallus virginianus. Linn. Virginia rail. Corn crake. Pxactly similar in color to #. elegans, but much smaller. Length 84 to 104 inches. This speces is not uncommon in the marshes, but takes wing much less readily than the com- mon Sora, and 80 is less frequently killed. We shot one once in July, during the. waodeock shooting, in a little alder The bird was walked up from a patch of weeds at the edge of the brush. = ” : AEPTEMBER 23, 1881.] FOREST AND STREAM. T47 Porzana carvlina (Linn). Baird. Sora rail, Carolina rail. Ortlan. re, Length 8-9 inches. Above olive brown, varied with black, and streaked and epottd with white. Flanks black, white barred. In adult birds the face and throat is black, and the sides of hearl and the breast slate blue; belly and under tail coverts fulvous. The young Jack the black face aud have the throat white, the breast being whitish or fulvous, This is the common rail on all uur Atlantic coast, ta which, how- ever, it is by no mans confined. It is distiibuted every- where over the continent, and we have killed them on the alkaline lakes of the high central plateau of the Rocky Mountains, as well as on the low river bottoms of the West- en States. Porzana noveboracensis (Gmel,) Baird. Little yellow rail. Smaller than the last, about 6 inches in length; above varied with black and tawoy; young birds marked with white dots, which, however, the adults lack; below yellow- ish brown, paling on throat and whiteniog on the belly; flanks dark brown, white barr d. Not an tncommon bird, but rarely killed save by chance. When flying it may be recognized hy the white tips of the secondary quills, which are then corspicuous. ’ Porzana jamuicensia (Gmel.) Baird. Little black rail. Snialler; length aout 5 inches; blackish; head and under parts dark slaty, paler or whilening on the throat; above sperkled with white, the cervix and upper back varied with durk chestnut: lower belly, crissam, flanks and axillars while barred; quills with while spots. (Cowes). A tropical species rately seen in the United States. Sportsmen shouid be on the watch for this, and should see that any specimens killed are preserved and their occurrence reported. Tie Gallinules are much like the genus Porzana in their general configuration, bu the forehead bears a conspicuous horny plate, extending up from the bill, and the toes have a murgin at membrane Tonornis Martinica (Linn). Reich. Prurple Gallinule, Head.neck and underparis beautilul purplish blue, blacken- ing on the belly, the crissum white; above, olivaceous green, the cervix and wing coyerts tinted with blue; frontal shield blue; bill red, tipp d with yellow; legs yellowish. Young, with head, neck and lower back brownis», the under parts mostly white, mixed with ochrey. (Couexs)—Length 10} inches; a southern species; but stragglers have been taken a; far north as New England. Gallinula galeata (Licht) Bp. Florida gallinula. General col r slate, darkest on head, and paler on belly, back olive, flanks and under tail coverts white-striped, le.s and toes greent h; bill, frontal plate and a ring around tibia, red ; length 12 to 16 inches. Rather southern in its distribu- tion, but eecurs regularly as fur north as Ma-sachusetts, A few are taken every year in the marshes of ihe Midule States. Fulica americana—Gmel. Coot, Mud-hen —This sub-fam- ily differs !rom the preceding mainly in the character of its plumage, which is thek and duck like; and in the feet, which are much better adapted for swimming than in any oth: r members of the group. The feet are lobate, that is, they are furnished with semi-circular flaps for swimming, something like the feet of the grebes, but stil] more like those of th: phalaropes. The c ots spend much of their time upon the water and are excellent swimmers. In color the eoot is dark slate, changing to black on the head and neck, and becoming paler on the blly. The under tail-coverts and tips of secondaries ars white. Bill white, with a choco- late-colored spot near the end; frontal-plate chocolate- brown ; lengh about 14 inches. The cont is exceedingly abuudant in the interior as well as in the South and on the Pacific coast. In the New England and Middle States they are nt part’cularly abundant, but they are seen in small numb. rs throughout the fall. Se Razseirs AND Foxes as Swimmers.—Sept. 14, 1881.—1I have seen rabbits and foxes b th take t water, in winter as wellxsaummer. Butthe longest swim I ever knew a rabbtt to make was in the simmer. Several of us were standing on the shores of a creck, listening 10 hounds on jhe opposite side, when, much to our surprise, a rabdit ran ont from the brush on the other side, plunged into the water and swam over to us; he landed safely, and made his way in peace. The place where he crossed was two hundred feet wide, and the hounds did nof follow. Ihave several times knewn of afox swimming crecks to escape when hunted, and once knew one 1o geta cold bath while ona hunt himself. This happened in the winter. There had been a light fall of snow on the eyehing previous, so sev+ral of us slarted in the morning !o hunt white hares, On getting into the swampy bottom near Mayle Springs, we ran where some hungry fox had taken a hare’s irack. His hareship made a bee-line for the frvok and foxy followed. They reached the brook where it was sixleen or eighteen feet wide. The evidence on the other side showed that the hare must have cleared it ata boaiod; but notso with the fox. As he neared the brink it looked ton wide. or else, a8 the banks wera icy, he dared hot iry. His speed was such, however, that al! efforts to stop were in vain. Theice which covered the snow at the margin of the hrook ouly made matters worse, and a'though he sat down, *twas no use; in he went, and his ardor for hunting was suddenly cooled. A few yards down stream we could p'ainly see the prints which a wet fox lft as he crawled out of an ice-cold trout brook. Mernreus. Hast Mitton, Mass.—Speaking of rattlesnakes, there was one killed here ten years ago on a limb as high as a man’s head, and one Jast week on the lower limbs of a pine tree about two feet from the ground. Tete THE very great variety of rubber goods, useful and orna- mental, now manufactured for the use of sportsmen, is well shown by the calalozne of Messrs. Hodgman & Co., which we have just received. Most of the things that one needs in the field seam to be provided, and are for sale at their two houses io this city. They are among the oldest of our ad- verlisers. *“Gouce anp Swinpte”—Kingston, Sept. 12.—As a unit of the hearty and genvlemanly fraternity of sportsmen allow me, with all sincerity, to second the motion put by our good friend ‘‘Podgers” in regard to the firm of ‘Gouge and Swindle.” Sportsmen seem ta be the legitimate prey of all sorts of vultures. If a man be seen carrying a gun or rod the universal partmers of the ‘‘Gonge and Swindle” firm are ever on ihe alert to take himin. Let us Boycott them. Why not reorganize our army and give dear old ‘* Podgers” the command ?)—Ax. Game Bag and Gun. *,* For table of game seasons sce last issue, DEER HUNTING IN NORTHERN ONTARIO. iB Myron W. Reed says: ‘There are people who, failing ta catch the whooping cough in childhond, are canght by it late in life. These have it ‘hard.’ So it is witn shooting. A man may lead a blameless existence until the white du-t of the road of life is in his hair, snd then fall.” Just so it was with the present writer. I had led the ‘blameless existence” for over half s century and the ‘white dust” had settled thickly, and then and not until then did I ‘‘fall.” : Allured by the word “ sport” I, who had never in my life fired a shot at a deer, was temp'ed to join a deer-hunting party. Probably the party itself had a share in the tempta- tion, for a better lot one need not wish to fall in with than were the Judge, the Sheriff, |he Lawyer and the Doctor, The spnt selected was among the lakes'of Northern Ontario. Meeting at points on the road we reached together the rea- dezvous af the extreme limit of public conveyance. Here, after partaking of a supper of fried venison that whelted the appetite for more, we met and arranged with our guides, cook and teamsters, laid sside some of the garments of civi- lization, retaininy only the necessary or useful, and prepared for a plunge into the woods, That was indeed a beautiful October morning on which we wended our way toward camp. Delays appeared to be the order of the day, and the’ sun hung * hivh in his path- way" before we were fairly started. The Judge, Lawyer and Sheriff started ahead on foot with some of the dogs. Some time after the baggage wagon got under way, the Doc- tor and I occupying prominent, if not comfortable, positions upon it. Anon followed another Wagon, bearing five larze canoes, and the men, léadinz the rest vf the dogs, brought ip the rear. It was understood that on catching up with the leading pedestrians the Doctor and I were 1o sive up our places to them, but, fortunately for us, they took the wrong road, and we did not see them sgain until some time after reoching \he end of our land journey. The road was simply shocking, and our driver wsso very considera'e (of his horses) that he made us get out and walk up every hill, litt’e or big, on the road; anil after all it did not appear that we had so much the advantage over those who walked all the way. Tt was not uniil late in the afternom that all parties arrived. Wagons uopackel, dinner cooked and eaten, and canoes launched and loaded, we set out for a four-mile paddle to our ul'imate destination—the east side of Long Lake. And by the time the trip was accomplished, tents pilch d and fiir- nished, supper attended to, and everything made snug and See ire all were quite ready and willing to retire for the nivht. Our men were George Green, the leailer of the hunt, bis brother John, son William, and brother-in-law Story, all firs -class bushmen and canoeists. John fell to my lof. A better padiler need not be wanted, but a temporary aff-ction of the eyes made him u:e!ess as to those organs for wa ch- ing. Will was supposed to go with the Doctor sand Story with the Judge, while the Sheriff and Lawyer were to ro to- gether, ‘‘patdling their own canoe.” But these arrange- ments were by no means ennstant. I musi not omit to mén- tion the cook, who rejoiced in the name “ Jim,” and wh ise chief characteristics were a beantiful ignorance of everything pertaining to the art of conking and enormous (thavs the word) vocal powers, which he would persistearly display just as I wanted to go lo sleep. My piteous appeals to th= others to choke or drown him were of no avail. The Doctor and the Judge did succeed in driving some idvas about cook- ing into his head, but nothing could quench his sonoroua voice or the inclination to exercise it. I tented with the Judge. The Sheriff and lawyer were together in another tent. The Doctor had one to himself, and the men a larger onéa short distance away. I was fuortu- nate in my companion, for anything he does not know in the way of making himself comfortab!e on such occasions is hardly worth learning, and I had the benefit of his experience and forethought. A small stove in the tent added very ma- terially to our comfort in wet and cold weather. Oar three tents were placed in a circle, with the openings to ihe centre, where a fire waskept burning. We first camped, for con- venience, on the bank of the lake, bur after a very windy night I missed the Judge early in (he moruing. He had not been able to sleep on account of the storm, and went out to prospect for better quarters. The result wis # transfer of the whole camp to a spot cleared for the purpose in the shelter of agr ve of balsams. The bright fies, white tents and dark green surroundings made indeed a very pleasant picture. Our hubling grounds were Long Lake, a very irregular body of water about six miles Jong; Round Lake, west of Long Lake, on the outlet, about three fourths of 3 mile in length ; Spruce Lake, another irrezular one about two miles long, east of Long Lake, with a half mile portage between, and an unnamed lake north of Long Lake, reached by a por- tage of about a mile. Except fir the work of Jumbermen, the whole of the surroundings were as nature had left them. ‘To the south there was a settlement five or six miles away. In all other directions many miles would have to be traversed before a furm or clearing could be found. Wehad a bunt almost daily, Sunday excepted. At first we tried it twice a day, but found it was too much for the drivers, the dogs and ourselves. Other hunting parties were in the neighborhood; and if was arranged all around that the deer should ‘follow the dogs.” That is, if a doe started a deer, that deer, no matter who might shoot it, should go 1o the party owning the dog that started it. An honest old trapper proposed this to the Judge the night of our arrival, and he was so taken With the idea and the man that he assented at once. It took only a few hours, as we shall see, to show him that the trap- per was decidedly ahead in that arrangement. Our first hunt was on Long and Spruce Lakes. The Jd udge and Sheriff had their cannes carried across to the latter lake. My watch was at wn island nearly opposite the camp. The Lawyer, alone in a ‘* bark,” was more to the north, and still farther on, near the head of the Inke, the Doctor had his posi- tion. Green went out with the dogs northward between the two lak-s, and we all went to our positions. T watehed long and faithfully, watched standing, sitting, lying, walking, g ized across the water in all directions until the eyes grew dim and weary, and fancy conjured up all kinds of visions in the mist that at first obscured and the dazzling sunshine that afterwards lighted up the water, watched until [ was tired of wa'ching, and still watched on and on and saw nothing, at least nothing that would passforadeer. Tried to convince myself that this was exhiliara'ing sport, but could notsucceed. Watched on until the other canoes came down the lake, and then went iu to the camp and found the Doctor in possession ofa fine doe. It had tuken the water on the Lawyer's wateb and got a geod start across the lake befure he saw it. The wind was dead ahead blowing hard, and lie could not get within shot. Finding it getling away from him he fired twice ineffectually and gaveitup. The Doctorin the mean time had foreseen the result pnd, his canoe being double manned, he bastene1 to intercept the deer and succtecded in doing so before it reached the other shore. Soon aft-r we landed, the Judze mace his appearance, looking anything but. happy. He tad baggad a noble buck, the best of the wh le hunt, and was consratulatiog himself on his sucress, when the honest old trapper aforesaid, put io and established his claim to the deer, on the ground of his dogs haying runitin. The Judge wanted to know where his, the trappers watchers were, and found that he had none. He had made a splendid one-sided arringement, by which we were to spend our time in hun'ing deer for his ben- efit, without any possibility of return. It is needles to say that that agreement was cancelled in quick time, and it took the whole of the day to restore the Judve to his wonted good humor. The next day we hunted the wrstsideof Long Lake. This time the watch was not so tedious. 1 som had an Mpportu- tunity to distinguish myself, and succeeded ailmirably in do- ing so, We could, from our canoe, hear the dogs working up the lake. and paddled up slowly after them ; finally, pansing a few hundred yards from the shore. Although Jolin’s eyes were of liltle use, his qu’ck ear d+tec'ed a deer taking to rhe water. We went toward it, but owing to ihe refl ction of the trees, and noi knowing what a deerin the waber was like, I could not see i: for some litile time. At last I ob- seryed it swimming from point to point of a shallow bay- We tried, without avail, to cutit off from the shor’, and then, by bard paddling, to get within shot, By this, 1 made my shot, for we gor quite near enous for any one else fo hit it. Seeing it about to land, 1 blazed away with one barrel (buck- shot) and missed, of course. Jvbn beeged me to hold the other barrel until the deer struck the bunk, when I would have a larger mark. But who, in a bad case of ‘ buck fever,” ever listened to advice? Besides had I not my rifle ready asa finalresort. So [fired again with the same result. The deer was then close io lan‘, snd as it sprang up the bank I took burried aim with the rifle, but the thing would not go off. I had forgotten to cock it ; and before that trifling pre- liminary could be attended to, the deer was out of sizht. To say that I was crestfa'len and disgusted, is putting it very mildly. The boyshehaved very well over it through. Kept down their laughing as wellas they could, and good naturedly circulated alls irts of excuses for what they wer+ kind enough to lerm my ‘‘bad Juck.” The Sheriff sc red a fine buck, and the Junge adoe, on this hunt, so the game began to count up, notwithstanding my burgling. , The Lawyer shot one at Spruce Lake sono after, and even I was not al ogether “ whitewashed.” I was watching the upper end of Long Lake, had the canoe drawn up on the beach under some trees, and was sitting’very comfortably on its bow, when I saw the head and then the ears of wdver pass a projecting point not 2 hundred yards away, and sturt across the Juke. I was.cool enough now. Wo waited qnietly until i¢ was too far out to return, and then started af er it and of course got it. Thue poor thing had no chauce, even with me. | had only to get near enouzsh t) make sure of hitting it with- out injurv to carcass or skin, and then fire. Shall I confess that 1 did not like this much better than ‘he tedious watching of the first day, or the miserable failure of (he second ? A day or fwo of unsuitable weather interfered somewhat with vur hutins, and we had been ont five days and only bagwed as many dzer. To days more only remained to us, and something must be don+. Green determined to bral new ground and try southward betweemthe lakes (Long and Spruce), watching on both. I went tothe extreme south end of Long Lake, heard one shot but no dogs, and saw no deer, Waited until noon and theti started for cainp. Going up the lake we heard signal shots fr ma deep bayaud, turning aside to see what was up, met the Judge, who said they wanted us to help to ‘‘ bring in their bucks.” They had secured three deer, and soon af er our arrivalin camp the party from the other lake came in with two more, making five for that day’s hunt. 7 The next (and last) diy we tried the same ground. It was proposed, as everyboily was now in an agreeahle humor, that [ should take a watch that wonld give mea belter chance of getting ano her d-er, But I declined. I had got one and that was all I wanted. Besides, Jolin had to go and hut up ano!her team to take ouf the deer that had so suddenly in- creased on our liands, So I went again tothe landing at South Bay, sent Juho out to the settlement, and remained on watch alone, for the first time. This bay is nearly square, about halfia mile across, wilh a pont coming io froin the north, Around this pointashort narrows leading to a second bay not so wide, and after crossing if a channel nearly half a mile long lrads into the lske. I had no thought of seeing a deer, and paid but little attention fo the watch, but habit of observation and quickness of perception had grown up ‘n me even in one short week, and L was watechiox without know- ing it. An unexplained ripple at the extreme northeast, cor- ner of the bay after a while developed a swimming deer making for the west side. 1 waited until it had gut so far that jt could not turn back to the point, and then set out to intercept it. But I was too basty, and had hardly started when if turned and made for the point. L straincd every nerve and muscle to reach it or head it off, but without avail, and in desperation fired & parting shot, unsuccessful, of course. I wai'ed u moment to see if it would again take the we'er on that side, aud then padiled through the narrows. On emerging I saw it in the next bay, again making for the wes) sirle, and headed it off (0 the next poibt on the easr, not geting wilhin shor. I then paddled through the channel as fast as T could, hoping to get a shot at the deer as if passed the gutlet. On my reaching the Jake the deer hud again taken the water, but insicad of makin directly for the west, was (urning « point to the east about a quartir of a mile away. I waited uolil it was oul of sight and then followed in Jee of the point. Rounding if I saw the deer off the next point, but farther out, I paddled close in to the shore, and the deer observing me, made for the open waler. A long peninsula stretches into the lake from the west, for which the deer now made, but I succeeded in heading it off, getting Within shot and securing if, afler over two miles of by far the hardest paddling 1 ever did. Leaving my deer I went back to pick up my man. On his arrival we started for the camp. I making myself as comfortable as { could and deelarite I would not touch ¥ paddle that trip. Going tlirough ile first narrows I saw 148 & FOREST AND STREAM. [Srrremprr 29, 1881 among the brushwood something that was not brush, and soon distinguished the antlers of a buck which was crossing the second bay. Vorgetting my resolution of a few minutes previous, we both did our best in making the old canoe spin through the water, and by a very narrow majority got with- in shot of the deer and added it to our stock of venison. On reaching camp we found the party in from the other Jake with another deer. This was our last day in camp. yenison it would be dificult to find. spare for numerous friends. three deer for other parties, given an exciting obase. One of the other party was on watch near where the deer took the water. It nearly succeeded in getting across the bay, but he managed to head fired a couple of shots and missed, Loading it off, and again he followed the deer, fired both barrels and again missed. The deer in the meantime was rapidly nearing the shore where it had entered, Two of our men in a canoe at some distance hastened up, but did not get within fair shot, although firing twice. Story, who was in another direction, also hurried to the scene, but before he got near the deer was out of the water, and making for the woods. jumps more and he was safe. Story, at the last moment, stopped paddling, seized his rifle and dropped the deer. distance was estimate! at 120 yards, and the shot is spoken of by those who saw it as something almost marvellous under the circumstances. Our sport was not confined to deer hunting. Partridges were plenty, and some of the party made considerable hayoe amoog them, Ducks also there were, but not numerous or generally of good quality, being mostly of what are called the ‘ffishy" kinds. Whitefish and mountain trout, both de- licious, were taken with the troll, as many as we could use. A night's fishing by jack-light was very enjoyable, but did not add much to our larder. And the meré strolling on the fine autumn afternoons through the boundless woods, un- touched by the hand of man, or paddling by the bright moon- light among the islands and bays, was quite enjoyment enough for one of the party. Our evenings were spent very quietly. We rose, and were glad to retire, early. It was, in some respects, a model camp. There wasno Sunday hunting, no guzzling of liquor, no ribaldry or profarity, and no bickerings or jealonsies. All went on smoothly and pleasantly, and the only regret, was that a longer stay had not been arranged, and even this was removed hetore we reached home. The morning of our departure was the finest of all. So fine was it that, had not teams been engaged to meet us on that day, we would have been tempted to remain a while longer. Fortunate it was that we had not done go, for that afternoon the snow fell heavily, and the next morning was thirteen inches and the following night two feet deep. We were astir early. ‘To breakfast, get everything packed up, carried down to the beach and loaded in canoes and punts, paddle to the landing and wait for and load up the wagons, took up considerably more than half the day, and then followed a march of thirteen miles, part of it through a piece of snow storm, To me, entirely unused to such walks, and not very sound of foot, it wasa seriousaffair, By the time Story passed me, a couple of miles from the end of the walk, fresh as if just started, and relieved me of my gun, it had so increased in weight that seventy-five pounds would have been a moderate estizaate. An excellent supper, a solid roof and a ‘‘real bed” were never more enjoyable. So began and ended my first deer hunt. Shall it be the last? he Great Disposer of events only knows. I fear I haye ‘‘fallen” irreyocably, and that, should the temptation again come in my way, there would not be much resistance, health and business permitting. I would, however, like to make some stipulations—one, that less time be given to solid hunting aud more toenjoyment of the scene and season; another, that the deer so conduct themselves as to make some considerable exertion necessary to get them, and not come right in the way, as my first one did. I should also like to be secured against very long watchings, and more par- ticularly against any more disagreeable “muffs.” And above all would | like as agreeable company to share in the sport. Nexmo. i DITTMAR INDICTED. Brienamton, N, Y., Sept. 19. Editor Forest and Strean: Your readers will remember the facts of the terrific explo- sion of Dittmar’s blasting powder mill, which startled this city on the 2ist day of Jast April. Despite Dittmar’s endeavor to make it appear that if was somebody else’s powder that caused all the damage, the residents of the city were roused by the explosion to a sense of the peril to life and property ever imminent so long as the Dittmar blasting powder facto- ry should be tolerated here. The powder mill is right in a posilion to do immense damage should it ‘‘go off” again, a little harder than it did the last time, and the people are alive to the importance of taking precautions before the arri- val of the impending earthquake. We are a law-abiding folk, however, and are proceeding to remove this nuisance according to legal forms, The feeling of the populace was shown at a recent meeting held to show this corporation that there were rights which even they may be compelled to respect. All classes are up in a state of pro- test against the further continuance in our midst of an insti- tution having its only purpose in destruction. The meeting was largely attended and the unanimous vote of those pres- ent in Javor of the following resolutions was but an expres- sion of a popular determination to be rid of this nuisance and that too in a short space of time. The resolutions read: “ Whereas, An explosion at the Dittmar Powder Compa- ny’s works, situated adjoining the city of Binghamton, in the town of Binghamton, in the State of New York, on the 21st day of April last, was the direct cause of hastening death and the permanent loss of health in many cases, besides the dam- age done property to the extent of probably $20,000; also causing the depreciation of the value of real estate in the Vi- cinity of said powder works to an alarming extent ; and, ‘* Whereas, The said Dittmar Powder Company have re- built and are from time to time making not only powder, but more dangerous explosives known as nitro-sugar, or dynn- mite, and yarious other high explosives; therefore, he it ‘* Resolved, That we, the inhabitants, citizens of the city and town of Binghamton, express our determination to pro- hibit the further manufacture of powder or any other high explosive at or near tlre location of its present works by the said Ditmar Powder Company orany other person or persons cr company, and he it further We had thirteen deer of various ages, but all in splendid condition, and a nicer Jot of All had enough and to Besides these our party killed One of these is said to have Two or three The ‘t Resolved, That a committee, consisting of the chairman of this meeting and Messrs. William Wildey, Roswell Dump, Newall W. Ackerman and Hiram Barnum, be appointed with full power to procure subscriptions for a fund to be applied to the purpose of preventing, by all proper means, the manu- facturé or storage of dangerous explosives, or the erection of buildings therefor within the vicinity of Binghaniton, ahd to apply the moneys so obtained to the prosecution of the ob- ject of this meeting—the repression of the manufacture of explosives within limits dangerons to the safety of the lives and property of the citizens in this vicinity ; and that such committee be and it is invested with full power to employ a collector to receive the funds on such subscription and pay him a reasonable compensation, also to employ such attor- neys and counsel as it shall be advised. ‘« Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be addressed tothe Dittmar Powder Company, or their representatives, immediately.” The committee set to work at once and indictments haye been found by the Grand Jury here against Carl Dittmar, Wm. Haldame and A. J, Parker. The matfer is now pro- sressing well in the courts under able counsel. This united and public effort to rid Binghamton of this in- cubus is not the only one in progress. Many private suits have been opened, and after a test case has been made it is expected that they will be rapidly disposed of. We mean business and that business just at present is to get Mr. Carl Dittmar to seek another site for his manufacto- ty. We will not be content with a proffer of pamphlets to show that the stuff may, can, must and should not explode. Weare willing to grant every one of fhe many good quali- ties he used to claim for his other deceptiye-looking product ; we will swallow his honeyed tale that the front of his shop in New York city was blown out by the slamming to of the back door; we will share his belief that the guns which uret here and there over the country with his white powder charges were rotten old blunderbusses in the hands of pot- hunters; wwe will sign his application to have the powder he makes given ireely to the untutored Los on our Western frontier ; we will do a great many things—but we ask in re- turn only one favor, that Mr. Carl Dittmar will give ua his room rather than his Company. Bind. oo SPOTS IN GUN BARRELS. Hiitor Forest and Stream : Boston, Sept. 15. There is a vexed question that is worryivg the souls of a number of sportsmen, and still remains unanswered, We wish you would air the subject in your columns. What is the true cause of the spots that form in gun bar- rels? Ihave had three breech-loaders in succession afflicted with the ‘‘gun measles,” all under such circunistances that I am puzzled to account for it. Dampness, of course, sug- gests itself at once, but this solution seems incorrect in face of fects. My guns and those of my friends, when in use, are always Cleaned, dried and oiled eyery night and morn- ing with great care, and therefore rust could not get into them and stay long enough to eat such awful holes asnow present themselyes. Further, on damp days the above clean- ing process is performed half a dozen times and sometimes more. Now for erosion, caused by chemicals in powder, or es- pecially cheap moist powder. ‘This assumption causes dig- agreement; some say it is possible and probable, and others say the reyerse; the writer does not know. When & man comes down to the marsh with a neweun, cleans it, etc., and takes extra pains with it, and is rewarded in two days by seeing the interior of his gun speckled and freckled consumedly, he wishes to know what did it and what should be done to.avoid it. It has been advanced that cheap powder is the trouble, but the writer has used the most expensive powder, and the old story has been repeated, Let the vast talent at the command of the Forms? anp Srezam be exercised and commanded to explain these fear- ful mysteries, but do not, for heaven’s sake, or rather men’s sake, mention anything in the rust preventive line. All, all have been tried, and alas!—but let us stop. R$, [We can only account for the trouble referred to by {he supposition that the cleaning was not thorough, although we presume that this will be resented by our correspondent. We have seen scores Of guns marred by rust spots, and have al- ways explained it satisfactorily to ourselves by the fact that without the most thorough care after the gun is cleared fing particles of the residum may still be Jeft in the barrels, and it is from these that the rust spots start. | ta —__—_ ‘ONTARIO SHOOTING NOTES. Bowmanvitne, Ont., Sept. 12: UR summer has come and gone again, and once more O the season for using our guus his arrived, but so far the prospectis not very inviting. There area few—a very few—grouse left, a straypigeon or two, a frightened rabbit or so and plenty of rails. These constitute our bi'l of game at present. Theducks have not begun to come in yet, and we scarcely expect them before the heavy winds and rain-storms of October drive them from the great lakes,and the breeding- grounds of the North. Our sole shooting now, that can be ¢alled shooting, is the sora rail, These little beggars are in all the marshes and rice beds here in innumerable numbers. A good shot would haye no difficulty in getling 200 of them in a day. They are counted small game here, and no one seems to think them worth shooting. I and Will Piggott went to the marsh after them Jast week, and in two hours shooting we secured three dozen, punting for each other in turn. tt is not out of the way to say there were thousands of them. Hyery shove of the canoe put them up in all di- rections, and I loaded and fired the muzzleloader T was using faster, I think, than I ever did before in my life. Very few ever shoot them, and fewer eat them, as they do not count them worth the trouble of cleaning, but they give good sport, for an hour or two, after that it is unnecessary cruelty and waste of life to shoot them, as enough can be secured in that time to feed a dozen sportsmen, and I never believe in fishing or shooting to make a count. ‘ All sport for trout ends here on the 15th of this month, il and W. Piggott went out after them a month ago, driving about sixteen miles (oa small creek. We fished for four hours, and succeeded in gathering in between six and seven dozen of as fine trout as any one would wantto calch, my largest, one measuring sixteen and one-hall inches in length, and weighing eighteen ouncesthe morning after being caught. Thad four more nearly the same size, while the rest ran from, one-fourth to one-half pound. Both of us took onr wives wilh us, and my wife gained the honor of landing the second largest, trout taken in the day’s fishing. By the way, saw in the paper two or three numbers back some one asking what shooting can be had about Lindsay and the country about there. Jindsay is only about twenty- seyen miles from ng here, so I can speak with csrtainty of its sporting facilities. There are a few grouse in the fall, anid only afew, There ara plenty of ducks in the fall, but Rice and Seugog Jakes are too near, and the birds keep to the open water, nof coming into the rice until after night. From the first day the season opens they gre uncensingly per- secuted by gunners night and day, and the consequence is that in a week’s shooting you can scarcely get a dozen ducks, and these are mostly blue-winged teal There are no deer without going a long and toilsome journey north of Lindsay; then they are not plenty. ‘There are no quail in any part of Ontario east of Toronto, and only very few between that place and the city of Londen. The fishing about Lindsay or any place on Lake Scugog is only fair, but in Rice Lake the bass fishing is splendid, and the maskalonge fishing first-class in some seasons of the year. At Savane. 414 Mississipri Game Norms—Sardis, Miss.—Zditor Worest and Steam: Quail shooting was tolerably good here last winter, considerivg the poor opportunities the birds have in this part of Mississippi to ‘‘scratch” a subsistence ont of the cotton and sedge fields. I have been living here nearly two years, and have never yet seen but one or two wheat or stub- ble fields of suy consequence, and very few corn fields—only those that are ¢o near the farmer’s residence that the birds dare not come into them for fear of being “* pot-hunted.” Eyen some of our best sportsmen (?) take advantage of every opportunity to shoot them on the ground. I don’t think a person is worthy the name of sportsman who will shoot birds on the ground, catch them in nets or traps, seine or trap fish. All such sport (as some call it) is not only a shame and dis- frace to the perpetrator, butis really, inmy opinion, ernel and barbarous, to say nothing of the disgust and contempt a true sportsman should feel for them. I learned, recently, that \he deer, panther, bear and smaller game was Hunted very little in the bottoms aromnd Pican and South lakes last sea- son, on account of the frequent high waters, which preyented hunters from going into the cane uround the lakes. Timme- diately surrounding these lakes the land is so high the water has fo get unusually high to overflow it, and all kinds of game collect there for safety, and the hunter must take the chances of filling a ‘‘ watery graye” in swimming his horse to them, which is the only way fo get there, as a canoe can- not get through the cane where the water would not swim a horse. Some few, in past years, have ridden through the low bottom between the hills and high land around the lakes, but one trip thoroughly satisfies all who attemptit. But woe be unto the game (all kinds) that resort to the hills for safety from high water, for itis death from hounds to nearly all the gumne,—Davy. Reyoryers anp Muzzre Loapers. — Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 15, ’81.—An Arkansas correspondént, wrising the other day in a sportsman’s paper, denies that ‘‘reyolvers” are older than (about) 1826. He says: ‘I guess those have been made (moulded) in recent years, like the spurious relics now sold on the field of Waterloo.” He writes from Becker, Ark,, and is referring to specimens in the Tower of London. Hae is yery much in error; the revolver, in principle, is oid. A revolying-chambered gun, made in 1500, is now in a Inuseun in Nurembury; and wores of specimens on this principle, made in the sixteenth and scyenteenth centuries, are to-day in Continental museums. In like manner, in 1498, Leipzig had the germ of the vijle, and in 1520 Koster (or Kutter) of Nurembury, was celebrated for his ‘‘star-grooved barrels,” in which the grooves had a spiral form. I regret to see that the genial Major Merrill, earnestly and at length, sings the praises of the ‘‘m. 1. rifle.” Bunt, ev? bono? Terant that it is a noble weapon—one not easy to give up. But, really, this muzzle loading weapon, for war or tlie chuse, has now ‘no show” atall for ‘* coming to the front ;’ itis at tbe rear, just where it deserves to be. ‘The, ‘*breech” loading arm, all things considered, is abundantly the better weapon. W. Mok. H. Tue Scarcity or Bay Syipge.— dite, Porest and Stream : T notice in the last number of your paper a complaint by L. of the searcity of bay snipe on Long Island, and asking if it is not so all along our coast, I can say that my expe- rience, from the middle of August up to last Monday, con- firms this undoubtedly on Barnegat Gay. Many of the small sindpipers were seen and a few yellow legs; but the larger birds, like willets, curlew, telltales, plover, calico-backs, robin snipe and dowitchers, are-extremely scarce. This can better be attributed to the long-continued drougut, which hag lasted for three weeks, than anything else, as it is well known they never come until aftera good storm. On the 10th and 11th of this month a-heayy rain brought # few, aod there will be moré in two or three days later. The rail shooting has not been spoiled very much by the hot weather around Philadelphia, but the reed birds are scarce and not in good condition,—Coriy. PENNSYLVANIA Nores.—Media, Sept. 15. — Squirrels have been shot in large numbers since 1 wrote you. lack bass fishing has been good. One gentleman, who takes your pa- per, went out with another person, and caught six black bass weighing tighteen pounds and three quarters. Another, a physician of Wyalusing, caught one of four pounds and four- teen ounces weight. As I was passing up the street this even- ing I saw a woodcock right by # house, as though he was looking for food. ‘fhe gentlemen living in this county have a pack of hounds, also horses for riding, and they hunot on the English style. Ox THE Wina. Tan editor of the Greensburg, Pa., Press is a good shot. He writes that grouse and quail are plenty there this year. Tre Kine’s Lake Orup,—Of the King’s Lake Club, whose cump was described in ourissne of Aug, 26, the author of that article Writes: Last fall cold weather caught us; and the night I went up snow was four inches deep, end next morning coldern blue blazes, ‘Allee same” thongh, we went the regular rounds, two day’s spoils being some 650 fish, and sundry dozen mallards, ete. The cluly are now preparing for this fall’s campaign, and will be on time; to my regret, business will preyent my being with them but a few dayé, but those few Pll put in for all they're worth, and ja so doing will remember the many ideas gathered from your coluiins. Oxp Hickory, Berremprr 22, 1881. FOREST AND STREAM. _ Frorma Piongze Srorrsmex.—Point Pleasant, W- Va., Sept. 12.—La-t winter with a party of five, brought together rily through correspondence in your paper, I made the trip down the riyer Kissimmee in Florida, through Okeecho- bee Lake, and thence into the head of the Caloosahatchie, dnd out tothe Gulf at Punta Rossa, We were out seven weeks: bad delightful weather; and found abundance of game and fish, We consulted ‘Al fresco” betore leaving Jaoksonyille, and he gave us the benefit, of his experience in {hat region, Ours was the first sporting party to pass from ee eeiee to the Gulf by water, though many have es ibs Cazenovia, N. Y., Sept. 17.— Will Thomas changed his ‘tmind in regard to grouse shooting. Went out with the ‘'Dea- eon” Thursday last and killed his first prouse ; says Crilten- en's doz Jersey isan ungrateful beast, for after feeding the lof a pound of crackers and coaxing him to the woods, he ‘disappeared, and he did not see him again until his return to the store at night. Bye-the-bye, the dog will not hunt for any one but his master. Thomas also won the gold budge at the ‘chib shoot at their grounds, Friday, Sept. 16. Loomis and Lewis, the two veteran fishermen, report fishing in the Caz. enovia Lake for the past eight days the best of the season. The dry weather continues, and grouse and woodcock are Scarce. HAMMERLESS. oye Pomr Cror.—A correspondent recently inquired about the Long Point Club rules, respecting outsiders shoot- ing over their preserves. The ruleis to allowno shooting by non-members, except by invitation of some of the club men or at least by their special permission. Tre Lyman Reve Sieur is said to be having a large sale this season, and the results yielded by the use of this inyen- ton are said to be excellent, SQurrRers are reported abuundant about Pittsburg, Pa. The season in that State is now an open one for this game, meee ee NEW YORK SCHUETZEN CORPS. TLE annual excursion of the New York Schuetzen Corps to the : Highlands of Navesink was held Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. ddaniis. The corps lefi New York at 11 A.M. Wednesday on the ‘Doat tor the Hichiands, where they arrived at 12 o'clock. A proces- ‘sion was then formed and they marched in to an elaborate dinner at ‘Vhompson’s Pavilion, Alter dinney the shooting was in order, but fi iwas not finished until the next morning. During the afternoon the jadies’ prize bowling contest took place, each lady bowling 10 halls. ‘There was 4 prize for each contestant, and among them were gold and silyer sets, toilei sets, picture frames, work boxes, satchels, a Tiandsome cologne box presented Dy Major Aery, album, ete. Fol- lowlng are the leading scores + Mrs. Wellbrock 64, Mrs. Steffens 51, Mrs. Wehrenberg 48, Mrs. Aery 46, Mrs. Meyer 45, Mrs, Huner 44, Mrs, Mahnken 42, Mrs. Sannig 39, Hiss Nita Huner 39, Miss Annie EL Huner 89, Mrs. Lemke 31, Mrs, user 31, 4 (The shooting match was under the following conditions: Three Blots at fifty yards, slring measurement. Every man that hit the target won a prize. The prizes were displayed on @ table, and each contestant in jhe order of his score was called up to make his selec- ‘tion. The prizes consisted of gold, orders for money, barrels of beer, Gases of wine, silverware, pisi0ls, badges, boxes of Clgars,etc, Fol- al are the measurements in inches of all that hit the target three eS: Ph Kian, 415-16 BF. Wilms..... 5 7-16 Brummerhopp; 5 12-16 Maj Geo T 1-16 Capt Klein.. 710-46 H Rocheran,.. 7 18-16 |B Zettler., 81016 Faber........ 9 516 JM Blase..... 9 11-16 G Mahnken,..10 £16 F Brunie....,11 4-16 F Lanve...... 11 6-16 hn Gohling.12 6-16 A Steffens....1218-16 Wm Klein,...13 5-16 7H Meyer....18 616 IB Kundabl....13 11-16 W Lemke...... 13 13-16 ...-18 14-16 H Heineeke,..14 64.16 Fr Hanson,...14 6-16 15-16 M Gehrman...15 M Volkman....15 3-16 K Lalg........16 ni . 10 4-16 e- Capt Busch...28 6-16 macher, ....23 7-16 Major Aery also won the ForrsT aND Stream cup for the best bulls- eye. Inthe Judges, Match the first prize, a handsome gold-headed vane, Was won by Mr. Gerdts, and the second, a silk umbrella, was won by Mr. botiman. On Wednesday evening the large dining-room of the hotel was prepared for dancing, and the members and guests assembled and heartily enjoyed themselves up to alate hour. After lhe prizes had been presented Major Aery assembled his company and proposed three hearty cheers for Mr. Thompson, proprietor or the hote Sai the corps lad made their headqnarters, which were given Witha will. The company and their guests then marched to the depot and took the train for New York, where they arrived in due dime, thus ending another one of the neyer-to-be-forgotten excursions of the New York Schuetzen Corps, ” Wor first-class Carvers and Table Knives go to c, L, Ritzmann, 948 Eroadway — Salmon trout require the purest water of any fish that I have ever had any experience with, and they will not do well in walers having a much less depth than one hundred feet, for the reason that they require a yery uniform temperature of water, and as the surface warms up during the hot sum- mer mouths, they must haye access to the cool depths beyond the penetrating heat of the sun. If not, suffocation sets in aud they are killed. Another reason why they are not heard from more arises from the fact that they are in portions of the lake almost uninhabited by other fish, and there is not one chance ic a luundred of one being taken while fishing for other varieties. Even in waters where they are quite numerous they are diffi- cult, to catch, and it requires considerable experience and skill to induce them to take the bait and bring them to the landing net successfully. Sern Green. Fis 1y Marxet.—Smielts, from Bathurst, Me., have ap- peared in limited quantities in Fulton Market this week, an extremely early date for them. Mr. Blackford also received a lot of grilse, of 25 to 6 pounds, and some salmon, from the same place. They were not a gond lot, however, and some of them were said to be landlocked salmon, The mo'in- fish, Parephippus faber, from Cheraperke Bay, are plenty and of large size and fine. Scallops are also coming in. Tur onty GovRamMiis Dran.—A few weeks ago we no- ticed the arrival ic New York (fa live male gourami, con- sigved to Mr, E. G. Blackford by Mr, Carbonniet of Paris. This was the first one of these fishes which ever reached our shores alive, its mate, which was shipped with it, having died just outside Sandy Hook. Mr. Blackfiird took excellent cire of the stranver, but it was exceedingly poor and would not eat. He offered it cabbyge, leliuce end other succulent yes- etation, which itis said to eat in its native waters in India, but it declined them al] and died. We Are Toasrep.—Here is a neat toast from ‘‘ Old Bick- ory :” The old reliable, ‘‘ Forssr and STREAM” — May its” shade never grow less nor its stream run dry. + " No hospital needed for patients that use Hop Bitters, as they cure 80 speedily at home, For a good Razur go to C. L. Ritzmann, 944 Broadway, New York.— Adv. Sisheulture. [Continued from page 353, Vol. XVI.] EPOCHS IN THE HISTORY OF FISH CULTURE,* BY PROF, G. BROWN GOODE, LIX. 1871—Zstahlishment of the United States Fish Commission. —On the 9th of February, 1871, Congress passed a joint resolu- tion which authorized the BO Te of s Commission of Bish and-Wisheries. The duties of the Commissioner were thus defined: “To prosecute investigations on the subject (of the diminution of yuluable fishes) with the view of sacertaming whether any and what diminution in the number of the food-fishes of the coast and the Jakes of the United States has taken place ; and, if bo, lo what couses the same is due; and also whether any and what pro- tective, prohibitory or precautionary measures should be adopted in the premises, and to report upon the same to Congress Ns, The resolution establishing the office of Commissioner of Fish- jes required that the person to be Appointed should be a civil officer of the Government, of proved scientific and practical ac- qnaintance with the fishes of the coast, to serye without addi- tional salary. ‘Tho choice was thus practically'limited to a single mun for whom, in fact, the office had beencreated. Prof. Spencer F. Baird, at tliat time Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian In- stitution, was appointed and entered at once upon his duties. Up to 1880, $476,200 had been appropriated for the use of the Com- mission. [See G. Brown Goons. The Firat Decade of the U. 8. sh Commission; its plan of work and accomplished results, sci- entific and techuical, Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, XXTX, 1880, pp. 56 -574. FoREST AnD Srngam, XV, pp. 85-7. Chicago Field, XTV, p. 58. Nature (Londun), SXIL, pp. 597-9. Cireular Deutscher Fischerei Verein, 1880, pp, 190-7, Report Smithsonian Institution, 1480, pp. 140-9. ] LX. 1871—Jntroduction of Shad into the Great Lakes.—The in- trodnetion of shad into the Great Lakes was accomplished in 1871 by the New York Fish Commission, a quantity being pluced in the Genesee River, a tributary toLake Ontario, [Report U. 8. F. ©., IL, p, xvii. LxI. Wait Introduction af Shad into the eM tea Hear 1871 shad were introduced into tributaries of the Ohio and Missisrippi rivers by the U..8. Fish Commission, by the hands of Mr, Seth Green and Mr, William Clift. [Report U. 8. F. 0., IL, p. xvit] LXIL. 1871—Bstablishment of (he 8 lion Breeding Establishment ai Orland, Me.— This was erected 4t the joint expense of the Fish Commissions of Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Report U. 8. F. 0., IL, p. lzvi.] } =A paper zead before the American Fishcultural Association, and here steels irom advanced sheets of the LU. 8, Fish Commission, Part ; .[Szrreweer 22, 1881. LXIU. 1872—Importation of Rhine Balmon.—A gift from German Government, of 250,000 eggs, and 500,000 obtained by chase, brought to this conutry under thecharge of Dr, Hessel, artive ing latein tho fall. ‘The4,000 or 5,000 which were sonnd were planted at tributary of the Delaware. [Report U. 8. F. C., part IY xxii. LXIV. 1872— Beginning of the Propagation of Califor Salmon,—This work, begun. at the suggestion of Mr, BR. B. Koi velt, was accomplished in October, 1872, forthe U. 8. Fish Gi Mission by Mr Livingston Stone, [Iteport U. 8. FP. C., 11, LXV. 187:— Invention of the Green Trough.—This devil ‘vyhich was an improyement upon the former used by Coste ang Atkins, was perfected in 1572, in the progress of experiments on whitefish. [Minyer: Report U.8 Fu, IL, p. 546 556.) LXYI, 1872—'he Invention af the Hollow Irish-Spawn, tatoher, —The Holton Fish-Spawn Hatcher, devised in 1872 by Marcell G. Holton, patented March 18, 1878, is of much impo-tance in hatching of whitefish eggs. [Mi~nen: Report U.S. FB, C., I, p 546, plate liv.] LXVI, 1872—The Work of Propagating Fish Undertaken by the U. 8, Fish Commission—At the suggestion and through the influence of the American Fish Culturist’s Association. [Report 8. F. C., IL, xvi.] ’ LEVI. 1878—-Invention of VN. W. Clark's Fish-Hatching Trough.—This important piece of apparatus was devised in 18ia and vite March 8, 1874, [Mityer; Report U.8.F.0., Lg 1 pi. XV LXIK. 1672—Invention of the Clark Transporting Care This deyice was successfully used in tranaporting whitetizh eggs to California, [Minyex: Report U. 5 FP. C., IL, pp. 547-9.) LXX. 1872 —Invention of the Williamson or California Hatehe ing Trough.—This apparatus, similar to the Clark trough exceph: that the water fowa from below instend of from the top, war ine yented about 1872. [Mimver; Report U8. I. C,, I, p. 547.) LXXL 1872—Iniraduction of Whitefish into Cal/fornia.—Ty February, 1872, the U. 5. Fish Commission shipped 216,000 w fish eggs from Clarkston, Mich,, to San Francisco, [Report U. F. 0., 11, p. 550 ] LXXIL. 1872—Hstablishment at the Salmon Breeding Eatatilish= ment at Bucksporl, Me.—In 1872 the extensive salmon breeding: establishment at Bucksport, Me., was erected under the direction of Mr. (. G, Atkins, and at the joint expense of the Fish Commission of Maine, Massachnzetts and Connectient, and of the United States Commission which contributed funds to 1he amonip of half the expense. This establishment m 187 , pasted ent under the control of the United States Commission. [Report U. a F. C.,1L., p. xyiii.] LXXII. 1873—First Propagation of the Striped Bass —In May, 1873, Mr. M. G. Holton succeeded in propagating this species arth ficially at Welden N. C. [Report U. 8. & ©. Part I., pp, 563-554) LXXII. 1873—The California Aquarium Car.—lu 1873 Me Livingston Stone, under the auspices of the U. 8. Kish Commik sion and that of California, fitted up an wquavium carin whi it was proposed to carry many specios of fish to Oalifornia, The car was capsized, Juns 8,in the Hikhorn River, Nebraska Iq 1874 the experiment was repeated in behalf of the Californif Commission. [Report U. 8. I. \,, I, xxxvi. LEXIV. 1874—estublishment of the Ohio Fish Commission, The Ohio Fish Commission was established in June, 1873, by the appointment as commissioners of John H. Klipiart, John Huss snd Dr, H. Sterling. By act of April 26, 1876, the commission its present form was organized. Up to 180 329.000 had beep yoted for fisheulture. [Reports of Ohio State Fish Commission ee 1874 ; T. (1875.6) 1877; IT. (1877) 1878; TIL. (1578) 1879; IV, 1879) 1880 ; V, (1880) 1881 ] : LEXY. 1873—Esiablishment af the Wisconsin Fish Commis sion.—In 1873 an appropriation was made by the Legislature to be expended under the direction of the U, 8 Commisioner of Fi eries. In 187! William Welsh, A, Palmer and P. BR. Hoy elected commissioners. Up to 1880 338,860 had been voted fisheulture. [Reporta: I,, 1874; UL, 1875; IL, 1876; 1V., 18775 V., 1879 ; VI.. 1880.) LXXVI. 1873-4—Uonrune oF THe Lanp-LocKkep SsLMon, Establishment of the Hatching Station of Grand Lake Stream— Experimenta were begun at Sebeo Lake, in 1473, under the anspices of the Massachuxetts, Connecticut and United States Fish (om: missions, and a atation erected under the direction of Mr. H. Leonard. In 1874 this was transferred nnder the same anspices to Grand Lake Stream. and placed in charge of Mr, C,G. Atkingy [Report U. 8, F, C., LY., p. "25,] LXXYVIL 1874—Attemnpts to Transport Living Shad deross Atlantic.—The first trip was made with young fish by Messrs Fred Mather and A. Anderson, in August, 1874, who lost the fish ti days after going to sea; the sevond by Messrs, H. W. Welcher a Monroe A. Green, who attempted to carry thse eggs. whieh wore destroyed before they reached the steamer. [IteportU. 8. I C., ILT., pp. 328, 330, 383-.] LXXVILI. 1874—ASuccessful Propagation of the Oquassa Trout. Tn October, 1874, the Maine Fish Commission obtained 30,000 egpay 5,000 of which were sent to New York. [Maine reports. Rvosy YELT AND GREEN. Fish Hatching and Fish Catching, p. 136.) LXXIX. 1874—First Atlempis to Propagate Grayling —lp April, 1874, Mr. Fred Mather visited the Anu Sable River, Mich y to experiment on the propagation of the grayjing. From the 14 to the 3d noripe fish were found, He took 180 adult fish alive to his ponds at Honeoye Falls, N.Y. [For+st Asp Stream, voli IL, p. 164.) On the 30thof April, 1874, Mx. Seth Green visited the river for the same purpose. Binding that the fish bad finished spawning, he dug some fertilized eggs from the bottom of thé river, which he subsequently hatched. [loosryenr aND GREENE Fish Hatching and Fish Catching. pp, 133-135 } LXXX. 1874—Propugation af the Sea Bass,—In Septembery 1874, the eggs of the Sea bass. Ventropristes alrarius, were sue cessfully fertilized at the U. 8. Fish Commission Station at Noank Conn,. They did not hatch, howryer. LXE. 1874—Hsiablishment of the Iowa Mish Commission, The Iowa Fish Commission was established by act of the] egislature; March 19, 1874. 8 3B. Evans, B. F. Sbaw and C, A. Harris wei ippointed commissioners. Up to 1880 $22,750 had heen approp ated for fishcultnre. [Reports (liennial), L, (1574-5) 1576; 1 (1875-6 and 1876-7) 1577; ILI, (1+77-8 and 1878-0) 1680, | ; LXXXID. 1875— First Artifieial Inpregnation of Grayling Eqgs.—In April, 1875, Mr. Fred Mather made a second attempt tg take grayling spain on the Au Suble River, Mivh, He fouid them ripe from the 6th to the 10th and 10,000 were impregnated and Gilecaned hatched, by F. N. Clark at Northville, Mich,, and bim= self at Honeoye Falls, N.Y. [Forest anp Srream, Yol, IV., p. 914.) LXXXII. 1875—Invention of the Mather Holehing Cone.—Thi vinciple of suspending eggs in water by a stream, admitted at the attains of a cone, and thereby hatching them m bulk instead of if layers, waa discoyered in 1875 by Mr, Pred Mather and his aghis ant, Charles Bell. [Forest Asp Srneam, Vol. VI., p, 14; Report Us 8. F, ©., IL, p. 872-376, 1Y., p1,012..] LXEXIV. 1575.—Halching of Sturgeon,—In 1874 efforts were made by Seth Green in behalf of the New York Commi-sion ta hatch sturgeon, In 1875 their efforth were enecessful [Ttoose yevr axp Green. Fish Hatebing aud Mish Catching, p. 164] DEEXY. 1875—Jnvention of Chases Self-Hicking Appataius. This ingrnious device for the removal of dead eggs from hatching jars was invented jby Oren M. / hase, of Detroit, Mich. [Report U. 8. F. ©., IV., p. 1,012; VL, p. 616.) ; . LXXXVI. 1875—Lstablishment of the Minnesota Fish Commis sion.—This Comifission was created in 1875, avid Day, M. Dy Horace Austin and A, W. Latham being appointed commiissionels Up to 1880 $22,500 had been sppropristed for fieheulture. [Ree ports: 1, 1875; Il, 1876; IL, 1877; IV,, 1878; V., 1679; Vk and VIL , 1880.) ote yi LEXXVIL 1875—Wstablishment of the Virginia Fish Commiie sion,—The Virginia Commission was organized in 1975, Hon. Alex Mosely, Dr. W. B. Robertson and Dr. M. G, Ellzey being aupomtet Commissioners. (Reports: I., 1875; IL, 1676; 11L, 1877; TV. 1878 ; Y., 1879; VI., 1880.) LXXXVUL 1876-77-78— Restoration of Salmon to the Gonneatt out River.—In 1876 « single sulmon was taken in the Connecticul; 2 [ t Supremese %2, 1881. FOREST AND STREAM. 151 jo 1877 several; in 1978 more than 600 individusls. These were the first seen in the river since the exclusion of the species from the tiver by the building of the Millers’ River Dam in 1798, [Report U.B. F. O,, V., p. 36%; VL, p, 81] LXXXIX. 1876—IJntroduclion of Whitefish into New Zealand,— At the request of the Government of New Zealand the U, 8. Bish Commission sent a lot of whitefish eggs to that country, a portion of which arrived in pood condition, [Rep. U. 8. F. C., IV., p. *27.] 1877.—Thbrough the mediation of the U, 8. Fish Commission arrangements werd made between the Goyernment of New Zea- land and Mr. Frank N. Clark for the sending of whitefish eggs to New Zealand. The experiment was successful, [Rep, U, 8. F. C,, +s P. 99.) XO, 1876—stablishment of the Arkansas Fish Commssion,— The Arkansas ( onmission was organized in 1876, N. H. Fish, J. R. Steelman und M. B. Pearce being appointed commissioners. XOL 1876—Hstiblishment of the Kentucky Fish Commission.— By fish law of Kentucky, approved March 20, 1876, the Kentucky Commission was organized by the appointment of ten commis- sionors, ons from each Congressional district. Mr. Pack Thomas was the active worker and was elected President of the Board, Up to 1880 $11,000 had been appropriated for fishculture. [Reports : I,, 1876 ; I., 1978; 1. (necoud biennial), 1879,] XOIL 1877—Astablishment of the Kansas Fish Commission.— In 1877 Mr, D. B. Long was appointed Commissioner of Fisheries for Kansas. Up to 1880 $2,000 had been appropriated for fish- culture. lteports (biennial), [., 1878; II., 1880.] XOUL 1877—IJntroduetion of the Madue Marnena into the United Siatis—By the courtesy of Mr. R. Hukhardt, of Lub- binchen, Germany, who presented 1,000 egga of the Madue Marae- a (Coregonus maraenn) to tha U. 8. Fish Comnussion, this Species was introduced into Gardher's Lake, Michigan. [Rep. U. 6. F. ,, IV,, p. 16*; V., p. 40*.] ACIYV, 1877— Artificial Seay of the Herring and Discovery of a Method of Relarding their Development,—Kxperiments were Bucdessiully curried out by Dr. H. A. Meyer, of Kiel, Germany, in hatohing-and retarding the development of the eggs by cold, and in hatching them, 4 Vinal N. Edwards, ofthe U, 8. Fish Com- mission ([Bep. U.8. ¥.G., V., p. 45*; VL, p. 629] These ex- nce in hatching were repeated at the U. 8. F. C, station in et in 1878 by Mr, Frank N. Clark. [Rep. U. 8. F. C., +) p. 89. KCY, lo7i—Lstablishment- of the Clackamas Hatohery.—A hatching station established by the salmon canners of the Colum- bia Riyer, and carried on under tha aupervision of Mr. Livingston Btone. [Rep. U 8. FB. C., V., pp 22*, 31*.] This was continued, by the aid of the U. 8. O,, in 1878, [Rep.U 8. F.0!,, VE, p: 27.) XOVI. 1577—Introduction of Carp into the United Stales.—On the 26th of May, 1877, Mr. Rudolph Hessel, actiug for the U. 8, Fish Oommission, deposited 227 leatherand mirror carp and 118 seale ourp in the ponds of the Maryland State Hatching Houge at Baltimore. A fey carp bad some years previously been introduced by Mr, Poppe, of Sonoma, Ual., which weré utilized for his own private purposes. [Rep, U. 6. F.0,, Vi, p. 42*.] XOVIL, 1877—Hstublishinent of the Government Carp Ponds,— The Government carp ponds on the Monument Lot, Washington, wore ostublished by the passage of an appropriation by Congress. (Rep. U. 8. F. C., V., p. 43*.] - KOVIIL. 1877—Introduction of California Salmon into Nurope. —On the 1+th of October Mr. Fred Mather eutled for Europe with 800,010 eggs of the Califorma salmon from the U. 8, Fish Gom- Mission, consigned to England, France, Germany and Holland, all of which, exeept 25,000, which were packed in a refrigerating box of his own construction, perished. [Rep, U, 8, F. C., Y., p. 34*.] On the 28d of October, 1478, Mix, Mather again arrived in Bremenhayen with 250,000 eggs for Germany, 100,000 for France, 15,000 for Great Britain, and -100,000 for the. Netherlands. This yenture was eutirely successful. XOX. 1877—Wiscovery af Planted Salmon in the Delaware River and in the Susquehanna.—In November, 1877, a mature femule silmon was tiken in the Delaware, at Trenton, supposed to have been planted in 1872 or 1873. In 187# several hundreds were taken. [Rep, U. §. F. C,, V., p. 86"; VI., p. xxxi.] May 11. 1878, a kalmon 40} inches large was captured in the Sisquehinna at Havre de Grace. [Rep. U. 8 F. C., VL, p. xxxi., 941.) O, 1877—Iwention of the Ferguson Plunging Buckets for Hatch- ing Fish.—In 1877, the system of plunging buckets, worked by #team, for hatching shad in tidal waters, than newly devised by Major T. B. Ferguson, was tirat tested at Havre de Grace by the joiut efforts of the United States and the Maryland Fish Commis- sions. In 1878, 10,000,000 shad were hatched out with this ap- aratus by the U.§, Fish Commission. ([Rep. U.8. F. C., V. p., 47, VI., p. lvi., G11. CL, 1s77—Establishment of the Colorado Fish Commission.—In 1877 Mr. Wilson I. Siaty was chosen Commissioner for Colorado. Up to 1880 32,400 had been appropriated for fishculture. [Re- ports I, and {J., 1879(?) ; 111. and IV., 1881.) CII. 1877—Asiablishment of the Nevada Fish Commission.—A fish commission for Nevada was created iu 1877, and Hon, H. G. Parker appointed commissioner, Up to 1880 35,000 had been a i date for the use of the commissioner. [Reports (iennialy, “a 9. GILL. 1877— Establishment of the West Virginia Fish Vominission. —In 1877, the Wext Virginia commission was established by the Eppointment of John W. Harris, Henry B, Miller and «+. 8. White ag commissioners. Up to 1880 $3,900 had been appropriated for the purposes of fishculture CLY. 1878—Jnvention of the Wroten Buckel.—This ingenious contrivance, a modification of the Chase jar, was invented in 1878 by W. T. Wroten. [Bep.U § F,G., VL, p. 616.] OV. 1878—Inlroduelion of Soles into the United Slates,—On the 6th of January, 1878, Mr, Mather, who had been sent to England by the U. 8. Bish Commission for the purpose of procuring a sup- py of poles, deposited two soles on Stelwagen Bank in Cape Cod y. [Rep. U. 8. F. C., V., p. 47, 866.) (TO BE CONTINUED, ) a BOOKS ON AQUARIA. A CORRESPONDENT writes to know what books have been & published of the construction and management of aquaria. We find the following list in one of our books : Books published and kept by H. H. Bailhere, 290 Broadway, New York. (This name is not now m the city directory.) Life Beneath the Waters ; or, the Aquarium in America. By Arthur M. Edwards. New York: H. Buailliere, 290 Broadway and ee Regent street, London, 185s. Svo., pp. 168. Finely illus- rated. ' Bonk of the Aquarium and Water Onbinet; or, Practical In- struction on the Formation, Stosking and Management, in All Seasons, of Collections of Fresh Water and Marine Life, By J. Harper. London: 1856. Price, $1.00) Oveunsnd River Gardens; A History of Marine and Fresh Wa- ter Water Aquaria, with the Best Methods of Their Establishment and Preseryation. With Twenty Colored Plates frum Life. By H, N. Humphreys, Qondon; 1857, Price, $3.50. The Aquavivarium, Fresh Water and Marine; Being an Ac- count of the Paes and Objects Inyolyed in the Domestic soutitee of Water Plants aud Animals. London: 1857. Price, cents. Hand-Book of Plain Instructions for the Construction and Man- agement of Fresh Water Aquaria. By J. Bishop, London: 1858, Price, 30 cents, The Aquarium; An Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep Sea. By P H Gosse, Second Edition, Enlarged. With Chromographa and Wood Engravings. Price, $5.00. Haud-Book to the Murine Aquarium, By P, H. Gosse, Edition. Prica, 76 cents. The following books are by yarious publishers : The Family Aquarium. By H. D. Butler, New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1855. 8vo, pp. 121, Price, 50 cents, The Aquarium ; Its Tibabitants, Structure aud Management. Second in the By J, E, Taylor. London: Hardwicke & Bogne, 192 Piccndilly W., 1876. 8yo, Pp. 316, Hinta for the Formation of a Fresh Water Aquarium. (No au- thor’s name) London: Printed for the Socnety for Promoting Christian Knowledge; sold at the depositories; Gremt Queen street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, eto. (No date.) 12mo, pp 132. P+ + Sportsmen's Wives should not fail to purchase their Scissors from Cc. Ritzinann, 943 Broadway, New York—Adu. Ghe Fennel. FIXTURES. BENCH SHOWS. September 21, 22 and 28, at Franslin, Pa., Franklin Sportsmen’s Club and Game Protective Soctety Bench Show. Entries closed Sep- (ia asd 1h. Thos. D. Adams, Superintendent; P.O. Box 61, Franklin, ie September 27, 28, 29 and #U, at London, Ont,, London Dog Show. Entries closed September 12. Chas. Lincoln, Superintendent, 'Tevum- seh Housé, London, Ont. December 14, 15 and 16. at Lowell, Mass Lowell Dog Show. Hntries close December 6, (‘has, A. Andrew, West Boxford, Mass., Superin- tendent. FIELD TRIALS. September 18 and 14, at Piitsburgh, Pa, Coille Trials, held under the auspices of the Pennsylyania State Agricultural Soclety. Entries closed September 9. Hlbridge McConkey, Secretary, Harrisburg, Pa, September 22, At Franklin, Pa. Collie Trials, held under auspices of Franklin Sportsmen’s Club and Game_Protective Sociuty. J. B. Nicklen, Sr., Secretary; P. O. Box 61, Franklin, Pa. October 1, at New York Ciry. Close of entries Eastern Field Trials, Trials commence on Thanksgiving Day. Jacob Pentz, Secretary, P, O. Box 274+, New York City. October 25, 26, 27 and ¥8 at Masontown, Fayette Co., Pa., via boat trom Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania Field Trials. First Annual Derby, Entries close at Pittsburgh, Pa., Oc ober 15. I. K. Stayton, ecretary. November 7, at Gilroy, Cal. Weld Trials of the Gilroy Kod and Gun Club. Entries close November 1. E. Levereley, Secretary. November %5, Louisiana State Pleld Trials. Knotries close November 1. Edward Odell, Secretary, New Orleans, La. December 5, at Grand Junction, Tenn., National American Kennel Club's Fleld Trials. Jos. H. Dew, Secretary, Columbla, Tenn. $a THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLIE TRIALS. T HE annual sheep dog frials held under the management of the Pennsylyania State Agricultural Society, took place at the Pittsburgh show-grounds during the recent State Fair. ‘The trials were advertised to commence on Tuesday, Sept. 13, but owing to the non-arriyal of some of the competitors, they were postponed until the next day. Mr. Jefferson Shaucr, of Westchester, Pa., one of the judges, was obliged to return home before the trial commenced, and Mr. Archer, of Washington County, was appointed asa snbstitule to act with Major McConkey and Mr. McDowell of the original Board. Tha following named dogs were competitors ALL-AGED GLASS. Dr. J. W. Downey, New Market, Md., Tweed, ; Dr, J. W. Downey, New Market, Md., Scottish Maid. Mr. T. A. Ralston, Elderton, Pa,, Jim. Mr. T. A Ralston, Elderton, Pa., Waddie. Mr. J. G. Strean, Washington, Pa,, Carlo. Mr. J. G, Strean, Washington, Pa., Rover. Mr. Rose's two entries were withdrawn, In the puppy class Dr. Downey's Prince was the only eutry. Promptly at ten o'clock on Wednesday morning the contesting owners were called to the judge's stand and the rules governing the trials were read to them, Forty drove sheep were obtained fresh from the steck yards and placed in the recerying pens. Five were pul in the starting pen for each dog in his turn, and he was required to take them over the driye indicated by the dotted line in the accompanying dis- gram, and pen them in the folding pen. The judges occupied the judge’s stand where they could overlook thedriye from the atart to the finish. A—Sheep pens. Folding pen. B—Starting pens. E—Judges, ts Dotted line indicates the course over which the sheep were iven. O—Quarter pole. D— H—Horse and cattle stalls, *—Race The order of the running was fixed by drawning lots. The start fell to Dr. Downey's Tweed; sand he was the first dog called, Five sheep were placed in the starting pen, and at the sound of the bell in the judge’s stand the dog entered and drove them out on the track. Mr, Phebus, his handler, gaye bim the order to “go glow,” and Tweed took them slong leisurely, After proceeding a short distance they began to eyince a disposition to bnck and seatter, butthis was nipped in the bud by the dog rapidly rounding and bunching them. Starting them on their way again they at ouce broke into a sharp run, Tweed by order at once rounded and stopped them at the quarter pole. Starting on the way up the track a sheep made a break, the dog after a hot spin turned him, but in the meautime the other four broke into a different direction, Tweed was equal to the emergency and rounding them into 4 buneh again started on his journey, going round the course. He showad great judgment and patience in handling bis sheep, obey- ing promptly every word and gestnra of hig master. Arriving at the point in the drive when it turned from the course into the pad- dock he turned them in fine style and proceeded across the open field to the folding peo. This was reached without further difi- culty. At the pen gate they halted a moment ; the dog crowding them up succeeded in getting two inside, the others ran round on the outside, Tweed dashed after them and in leaping a ditch, fell; he arose limping, but followed them acrosy the grouads, headed them and brought them back. In the meantime the others had come out and joined them. The dog's blood was now up, aud he worked in & most determined manner, An old wether was par- ticularly troublesome and made numerous essiys to break away, but wha thwarted in syery attempt. Rounding them by order he stood at guard for a moment, then started them again for the pen, oscillating behind them trom side to side, watchful and alert. He again reached the gate of the pen with them. Here they halted loth to enter. Phebus called out, ‘Speak to them.” Tweed gave asharp bark, when the startled sheap sprang into the pen and the gate was closed. Rounds of cheers and clapping of hatids from the crowd on the grand atanda gresated the interesting pert- formance. Time, fourteen minutes and three seconds., Mr. Ralston’s Jim, a black and tan dog of tha smooth type, was the next dog callad, He was worked by his owner, and if judi- ciously handled would be a good performer, aa it was his caps- bilities were not brought out, At the tap of the bell he took his flock from the pen, but his handler did not keep him up to his work promptly. The sheep got the start on him and ran down the track to thé quarter-pole. Here he stopped them bunt turned them off the track into the paddock, and therefore off the line of the drive, After a vain attempt to get them on the course the sheep became thoroughly demoralized, and an old wether broke away running like a frightened deer ; the dog followed in hot puranit. Through the cattle pens, then among the farm machinery, and finally into the poultry department at the extreme end of the grounds, the chase wasurged. Here both dog, sheep and handler were lost to yiew, After a tedious delay and having much overrun the limit, time waa called, and the dog waa ont of the contest, haying failed to pen. Mr. J. G Strean’s rough-coated dog Carlo, fawn aud white, a yory faar-looking animal and very well broken, wasnext. Oarlo is very deaf andit was an interesting sight to see the sagaciona fellow stop and watch every gesture of his master in order ty ect hismeaniug. Mr, Strean handled him very judiciously, but by reason of the dog's infirmity, the drive was very slow. One or two slight breaks oceurred after they turned into the paddock grounds on their way to the folding pen. Mr. Strean adopted a different style of tactics from the other trainers and whenever a break occurred would order Carlo to round mp _ his sheep as qnickly as possible, and then hold perfectly quiet for sey- eral minutes at a time, Then, atarting on slowly and keoplug close up to his dog and sheep, he would work leisurely along unti thers were sigus of another break, when the same plan would be repeated, This method was necessitated for the reason that tbe dog is a8 deaf as a door-post and haa to have his master close to him in order to see his signals. Reaching the folding nén he worked more briskly and penued nicely, and in a workmanlike manner, The time, 29m. 30s., was slow, or it would be for adoz with parfect faculties, but poor Carlo did well, and had the good wishes and pyropathies of the crowd. The next called was Mr. Strean’s fawn-colored, rough-ooated collie dog Royer, From the fact that he had been broken under the tuition of Carlo he had imb bed nmch of the deaf dog's meth- od, and the drive was slow and tedious, The sheep were & quis lot, and he worked them along very smoothly until he entered the open ground in the paddock, Here he got into difficulties and had a world of trouble, his inck naking numberless short breaks and circling around the folding pen, but refusing to enter, At length his handler, seeing that his chance of winning was yery slim, assisted him in driving them into the pen. The time (which was outside the limit allowed by the judges) was 30m. 11s. The dinner hour being at hand the judges, informing the remain- ing competitors to be ready to recommence the trials at 1 o'clock, descended from the stand, : Sberp at the hour named the committees were on the stand, and Mr. Ralston’s dog Waddie, eighteen months old, was called for his trial. Waddie ia a very handsome, rongh-coated, black and tan collie of high bench shaw form, with excellent frill andruff. His owner expressed some doubts as to the dog's ability to drive five sheep, as hethad neyer attempted the task before. At the peal of the bell the flock was started from the pen ; but, instead of taking them on the course, tlie dog allowed them to break on him at once. Here followed a tedious circling among the pens and throngh the aisles of the stook stalls on the south side of the show grounds, It really seemed at one time as if it would be impossible to get them on the drive at all, At length, with the direct assistance of his handler, they were forced on the course, but no attempt was made to follow the line of the drive aa laid out, Instead of going down and turning at the quarter-pole, the shesp were driven round the turn, or rather they went around of their own will, the dog taking very little hand in the matter, seeming to feel no confidence in himself. Passing the judges’ stand the fiock turned into the pad- dock of its own accord. In the opan grounds Waddie seemed to realize what he was there for and, working much better, showed regaining confidence, From thence to the folding pen he worked in good style, reaching the pen gate. After several es says and failures his master helped him to drive them into the pen. Time, 18m, 4s. Dr. Downey's Scottish Maid, a medinm-sized, rough-coated black-white-and-tan bitch, the last in the aged class, was now called. By a mistake she was assigned the five sheep that Jim had failed to peuin the morning. Their escapade from the dog did not improve their condition aud temper, and they set the bitch the hardest task that was given that day; but the Mad is a rattler, quick as a flash, and with an eye for the possibilities, Bha re- sponded to the bell call by bringing her sheep on the track. Keep- ing them closély bunched, she worked them to the qnarter-pole. Atiempting here to make the turn they broke on her and ran into the paddock; there they split up and some lively foot races oc- curred, briaging ont shouts of laughterand clapping of hands from the prand stand. The mancuyres and excellent generalship of the little bitch greatly amused and interested her audience, and, when she brought her flock intact on to (he course again, she ra- ceived quite an ovation. Starting on the driye homeward she made the tour of the conrse quickly and withont much trouble. Passing the judges’ stand she rounded them in the paddock at the point designated. Here Mr. Phebus threw all the responsibility on the Maid, Placing himself near the folding pen, probably 160 yarda distant, he called to the bitch to ‘‘ bring them up.” and here she showed some of the prettiest work that wax done on the ground thatday. Nyery attempt at a break was met and checked at once, and in spite of all resistance they were driven qnickly and purely tothe pen. Many thought the task was too heavy, seeing how easily the sheep had broken away from the other dog, and from the fact that the handler was not giving her avy instruction or moral support. But after she had giyen such eyidenre of her self reliance and ability everybody felt easy for her chance tJ win. She penned her sheep in fine style in 14m, 26a. I may heré remark that tha little bitch made hosts of frienda by her worthy effort and, later in the day when the awards were ntnuounced, not a few stontly asserted that she should haye had the blue ribbon instead of the red. This ended the trial af the aged class. Downey's Prince, a fawn- colored pup, eleven mouths old, was the only entry that appeared in the puppy class. He showed a good disposition to work, and the judges regarded him as very promising. To pen five sheap is a task too arduous to ask a puppy to perform, and I qhestion the propriety of offering prizes in & puppy clarks at collie trials. Mr. Phebus gaye régular exhibitions in flouk driving with Tweed and Scottish Maid during the remamder of his stay. The per- formances were yaried aud were yiewed by lurge audiences of deeply interested spectators, who uuiversally expressed them- selves astonished at the wonderfnl sagacity of the sheep dog. SUMMARY, : Dr, J. W. Downey's, New Market, Md., Tweed, 1; first prize, #50; time, 14m. 3a. Same owner's Scottish Maid, 2; second prize, $25; time, 14m. 26s. J. G. Strean’s, Washington county, Pa., Carlo, 3; third prize, 610; time, 29m. 30s. Same owner's Rover, 0. T. A. Ralston's Hlderton, Pa., Jim, 0. Same owner's Waddie, 0. J, W. Downey's Prines, complimentary first in puppy class; no competition. Roustious. — as GUNNER II.—Brooklyn, Sept. 14—I have a retrieyerin my ken- nel—named Gunner II. (N, A. K. C.—1403)—by the celebrated Gonoer of Long Branch (of whom T saw w notive recently in the Fonesr anp STREAM, glying his obituary). He is out of Wor- den’s Flora, and was bred by me and owned by Mrs, D. T. ‘\orden, of New York Gity. He is an excellent retriever, very fond of the water and makes an admirable pet and companion for my son, who has taught the dog jo draw him in a wagon and several other use- ful accomplishments. I hope to breed some of the stock in memory of the old dog, and especially for their valne as retrievers. —8. Fuerr Srem, M, D. W. P., Quebec, Canada.—You Should read the articlé on gun-sby dogs in Fo xusT AND STREAM Feb, 5, 1550. 152 FOREST AND STREAM. [Szrremprr 22, 1881. GILROY FIELD TRIALS. APENDED are tho rules to govern the running of these trials which haye been set down for Noyomber 7, at Gilroy, Oal. : MANAGEMENT, 1. The management of a meoting shall ba entrusted to the Executive Committee, 4, They shall announce the time and place of any meeting the night preyions, shall draw lots for the order of running the dogs, and notify the owners or deputies thereof. 3. They shall appoint a marshul, whose duty it shall be to pre- serve order at the irials and allow no spectators or other persons to come within seyenty-fiye yards of the handlers of dogs. __ 4, The judges and reporters only shall be allowed to accompany the handlers. 5, The dog that draws the highest number shall be worked on the right, and the other on the left, and no handler shall change ‘this position, 6, The trials shall commence at 9 A, at, and conclude at sundown, With one hour or more intermission, at the discretionol the judges, and phall be continued from day to day until concluded. 7. They shall postpone the trials when ‘necessary from weather or other causes, and appoint the timeand place of reassembling, 8. When a judge, from ill-health or other anses, is unable to at- tend they shall appoint another, provided & majority cf! the own- era of dogs entered, or their deputies, accept uch nomination. THE JUDGES. 1. Two judges shall be chosen to decides the trials. It shall be their duty to judge the performance of the dogs, as in an ordinary day's hunting. They shall kill six or more birds over each brace put down and hunt them until they are satisfied of their merits, oare being taken to give all dogs an equal show, as regards weather, “th nature of the ground, and other circumstances attending a hunt ant. 9. At the conclusion of the trial of each brace of dogs they shall make notes of their performance and, at the close of the trials, furnish to the secretary a copy of the number of points awarded to each dog. 3. The dog receiving the highest number of points shall be de clared the winner of the first prize; the next highest the second, and the next the third. 4. Tn the all-aged atales all dogs receiving 80 points—and in the puppy stakes 75 points—shall be entitled to a certificate of ¥. li. ©. 5, Any dogs respecting whose merits the judges cannot agree may he ordered down for further trial, 6, The points for judging shall be us follows : NNOGGs 1.5 oo wegatvas oss we giveth yeadle = Pgs may foe, Stannchness on Point........6.....05 Mier abu anal engs ich 15 Nose.—The dog that shows tho best ability to find game, makes the fewest false points, and scents game at the greatest distance, shall receive the maximum ; all olhers to be graded by him, Staunchnsss on Point.—The maximum to be given to the dog that is perfectly stanch on his points until ordered on, or until the bird is flushed; all others to be graded by him. Backing.—The maximum shall be given only to the dog that atands or drops voluntarily, or promptly at command, on seeing another dog pointing. Butno dog shall be expected to back un- less the dog pointing stands and is motionless. A dog shall not be said to refuse to back mnless he sees the other dog pointing. Dropping to Shot and Wing.--The maximum only to ba given to the dog that stands or drops volintarily, or promptly at com- mand, on the gun being fired, or on seeing or hearmg a bird take wing ; all others to be graded accordingly. Retrioving.—Maximum only to be given to the dog that re- tridyes when ordered and delivers his bird promptly to the han- @er without mouthing ; others graded accordingly. Style—Phe dog that shows mort grace in his gait and anima- tion in hunting, and finest and most picturesque attitudes in pointing, ehall receive the maximum ; others graded accordingly, Puce.—The dog that maintains the fastest gait throughout the trial, except when in coyer or on game, shall receive the maximum ; others graded accordingly. i Obedieones and Disposition.—The maximum only allowed to a dog that works to order without shouting or noise and obeys the whistle and handler promptly, quarters his gronnd when ordered, and shows general and cheerful obedience: others gruded ac- cordingly. ‘ : Plushing.—A dog shall not ba vongidered to flush when the birds arein cover and, seeing the dog, flush voluntarily; also, when birds are running and rise at gightof the dog. A flush shall ba when bird lies to the point and is run inte by the doy. Should the birds tree the dog shall be “ charged" until the birds ara driven out and killed. Dogs Runing.—Should the day be {hot and tha dogs selected to run from 11 till 3 not have had a fair show, in the opinion of the judges, they may be put down again and their running shall be pet first on the list for the day following. DOGS RUNNING, 1. The dogs shall be run in braces and the order of their run- ning shall be decided by the Executive Committee by lot and an- nonneed the night previous. . 2. Dogs may be handled by the owner or his deputy, but when ones put down they must be handled by the same person through- out, 3, Byery dog must be brought up im his proper turn without de- lay. If absent more than 2 quarter of an hour, except it be from nome unavoidable xesident, he shall be disqualified from running and ruled ont. f . 4, Any owner entering two or more dogs, or any trainer haying two or more dogs intrusted to his handling, mayrun them in braces of his own selection. HANDLERS OF DOGS. 1, Handlers of dogs may speak, whistle, work by hand, and uso their ordinary method of training, excaptshootmg game, which shall be left to the judges, A handler may be called to order by the judges for making any uninecessiry noise and, if he persists in doing #0, they may order his dog to be taken up and ru ed out of the stake. 9. Doga must be hunted together and their handlers mst wall within a reasonable distance of each other. After a caution the judges may haye power to disqualify the dog whose owner per- plets in neglecting this rule, GENERAL RULES, f : 1. The length of a trial shall be determined by tha judges, When they aré satisfied the trial should end. 2. An undecided trial is whon the judges cannot agree upon the merit of any dogs, which shall be decided by another trial, and shall atund first in order for the next day. 8, No subscriber or member of the club shall openly impugn the detision of the judges, nor make any remarks about the dogs within their hearing during the trials. , 4, An objection to a dog may be made to the Executive Com- mittee at any time before the conclusion of the trials upon the ob- jector lodging #5 in their hands, which shall be forfeited if the ob- jection prove frivolous. Should an objection be made which can- not be proved at the time the dog may be allowed to run nuder protest, the Bxecutiye Committee retaining his winnings until the objection has been withdrawn or decided. If the dog be disquali- fied, the prize, if amy, to which he would have been entitled fhall be giyen to the next dog below him in points. ; : 5. Should any dog be considered by the Executive Committee unfit to run, Dene of being in heat or other cause, puch dog phy be disqualified : N. B.—In the foregoing rules the term dog id nuderstood to: Tiean both sexes. § No dog is to be considered a puppy that was whelped before the first of January of the year preceding that of hia conrpeting. 7. All entries of dogs shall contuin the names of sire and dam: (if known), with age, color and markings and, in the puppy stakes, with date of whelping. 8. Any subscriber taking an entry in a stale, and not prefixing the word ‘*names” to a doy that is not his own property, shall for- feit that dog*s chinees of the stake. He shall likowisé deliver in wriling to the Bxecutive Committees the nama of ihe bons, fide owner of the dog named by him, and this communication is to be prodneed should any dispute arise in the matter, RK. Leayesney, Seerdttary. a NATIONAL FIELD TRIALS. Gonumsra, Tenn., Sept, 15. Eilitor Forest and Stream : The propramme for the field trials of the National American Kennel Club has been arranged, and I take plesanre in offisially announcing it. he trials will be held at Grand Junction, Tennessee, commencing on Monday December 5, as follows : First.—American Derby. For puppies bor on ov after April 1, 1880, closed with fifty-one entries, $5.00 forfeit, $10.00 additional for starters, 3300.00 added money. 150.00 to first, 3100.00 to second, $50.00 to the third, with forfeit money added pro rata. Second,—Tree for all, £500.00—2250.00 to the first, 8150.00 to tha second, $100.00 to fhe third. Ten dollars forfeit, fifteen dollars additional for starter's entries, to close 'Tuosday Dec. 6, 1881, at sight o'clock, a.m, Third.— Brace Stake, $250.00—$150.00 to the first, $75.00 to the” second, $25.00 to the third. Ten dollars forfeit, fifteen dollars additional for startera entries, fo close Dec. 6, 1881, at eight o'clock, A. Mt. : All eyents run under the rules of the National American Kennel Club. The judges will ke announced iu a short time, The erounds ara splendidly adapted being within «a few hundred yards of the hotel, and birds are reported to be yery plentiful, The hotel accommodations ave good and a dinner will be furnished on the grounds each day to itspuests. A half basement room 60x100 fest will be set xpart for the use of the dogs. The grounds being so secessible, birds so abundant, extent of grounds so ample, tlie trials will be put through much more rapidly than syer before. Those dosiring places accessible to the trials for working theiv dogs can address Prosident Boyson, Memphis, Tenu., who offers to attend to the matter, I would suggest that frost does not occur tisually before the middle of October, and before that time it is quite warm and yegetation rank, Josere H. Dew, Secretary N. A. K. 0. — LONDON DOG SHOW.—The entry book for this show closed on September 12, and the committee and Mv. Lincoln, the super- intendent, are to be congratulated for obtaining such a large nun:- ber of entries, The show will undoubtedly be s good one and, with the extra attractions of the great International Nair and Tournament, London will have x gala week of it at the end of this month. TFour hundved and sisty-uine entries mark the list, which aré divided up in the sporting and non-sporting classes as follows: Sporting Classes.—Champion Wnglish Satter dogs, 2; Champion English setter bitches, 1; Wnglish potter dogs, 14; En- glish getter bitches, 11; Kuglish setter puppies, dogs, 12; English setter puppies, bitches, 8; Champion Gordon setter dog, 1; Cham- pion Gordon setter bitch, 1; Gordon setter dogs, 10, Gordon set- ter bitches, 7; Gordon setter puppies, dogs, 4; Gordon setter pup- pies, bitches, 1; Champion Irish retter dog, 1; Champion Ingh setter biteh, 1; Trish setter dogs, 3; Trish setter bitches, 3; Irish setter puppies, dogs, 1; Irish setter puppies, bitches, 4: Champion pointers over 55 Iba.), 2; pointer dogs, 8; pointer bitches (over 50 lbs,), 1; hanrpion pointer dogs (under 55 Ibs.), 1; pointer dogs, $; pointer bitehes (under 50 Ibs.), 12; pointer puppies, dogs, G; poiuter bitch puppies, 4; water spaniels, dogs and bitches, 5; field spaniels, dogs over 28 lba., bitches over 25 1bs., 5; cocker spaniel, dogs (under 28 lbs.), 4; cocker spaniels, bitches (under 25 lba.), 4; cocker or fidld Spaniel puppies, 4; foxhounds, 9: beagles, dogs, 2: beagles, bitches, 7; Champion fox terrier. dogs, 2; Champion fox terrier, bitehes, 3; fox terrier, dogs, 9; fox terriar, bilches, 6; fox terrier puppies, dogs, 3; fox terrier pPuppich, 3; preylhounda, 5. Non-sporting Classes. —Collies. 11; mastilfs, 7, St. Bernards, 3; Newfoundlands, 5; bulldogs, 6; bull terrievs, 9; Skyo terrier, 1; Dandie Dininont or Bedlington terriers, 7; Trish terriers, 4; Scotch terriers, 6G; Yorkshire and other silk-haired terriers, 4; black and tan terriers, 8; toy terriers, 7; pugs, 5; miscallancots (or foreign class), 6, Tee ading exhibitors should remember that short, stvong chains should be sent with their dogs, those (the chains, not the dogs,) haying # snap abedch oud, with tywo-swivels, aru the best, Leather collars are in all cages the bash, Bazr.—Mn: LP. §, Chamberlain of Cleveland, O., writes us of 4 wauton outrage whereby he has just lost his setter dog Bazil. A fellow named J. Campbell Campbell, shet at Bazil from his cham- ber window while the dog was in the street minding his own busi- ness. The shooter had not even the excise of a grndge against the dog, but appears to haye been prompted by a Gnitean mania to shoot off his pistol and win notoriety, Bazil’s spine was broken, paralyzing the hind parts, and it was necessary to put him ont of his misery. ‘Uhe laws of Ohio do not seem to recognize property in dogs, aud auys explicitly that any oné may shoot any dog that is fouid at large without an attendant, Mr, Chaniberlain’s dog was not only a gplendid performer in the field but the petot the honse- hold and neighborhood. Te looked upon all childven ng his play- mates and the children reciprocated. No pienia was complete without him. His death was almost nuivérsilly mourned by those who knew him. Cleveland dog owners should see to it that soma kind of punishment is meted out to the fellow who shot him. He is the kind of dog-killer to make an example of. SLIPS.—A brutal act occurred at Rondont, N. Y., the other day, James Glennon keeps acanal chandlery, and owned « reniarkably fine Newfoundland dog. Several canal men, who held a grudge ngninst Glennon, caught the dog and, saturaling his coat with kerosene, set fire to him. Thedog then ran blaving and yelping through the streets. Adhhundred other dogs joinad in the stampede, Ho at last dropped down dead while yet ablase..... Mr. Leopold 8, Friedberger, of this city, haga very promising six-months old dog puppy by the celebrated Joa, Jr., owt of Tells of Nushyille, He is red and white in color, and a tice youngster intayery way... ...Mr Wn, ‘litus, who is now at Cairo, Ge,, has five dogs mi traning for Grand Junction and Robin's Island; one, Gludstone, out of Bert Hoffman; one, a Dilly Ranger, oul of Gillexpiw’s (Can; one, by Carlowitz out of Diana; one, by Leicaster ontof Dart, and one, by Rory O'More ont of Nora O’More...,Mossre. Schuyler & Dnane, 18) Broadway, huye ordered a nimber of greyhound slips from England. At present they cannot bs procured in this comn- try. HASTERN FINLD TRIALS CLUB JUDGHS.—At the meeting of thie organization the followiug names were proposed for judges : Messrs, Horace Waldo, A, M. Wagstaff, Jno. G. Hecksher, Geo. B. Raymond, W. A, Coster, Dr. Aten, John S, Wise, I. ¥, Taylor, Major J. M. Taylor, 7. W. Bridges, John M. Kinney, Austin Sande, A.D. Polhemus, Hi. H. Lathrop, Milton D, Hoag, and J. Von Lengerke. As yet, the selechion has not been made, but we will publish it at the earliest possible moment. LOST.—A medium sized orange and white and orange ticked setter dog, from No, 76 Leifart/s Place, Brooklyn, on Sunday atter- noon, September 18. Had on collar with name and address of owner. A suitable reward will be paid for his return, and any in- formation concerning hia ;whereabonts will be thankfully received at this offics, We haya received a number of letters written by the mad Fowler, under his yarious aliases, to different indiyidusis. One Maine man tella us: “I don'twish my name to come before the public in this gffair, So if thére is nothing to be done, say that a aoe offers through yon fifty dollars for the moodus swindler's right oar. SPOTTAD DISTDMPER,”—New York, September 10, 1881.— Hilitor Forest und Strean: My kennel has heen unfortunately yinited by an epidemic in the shape of spotted distemper, and took away three bellies, which comprised nineteon promising and well-bred puppics—namély: Five ouf of my celebrated bitch Pet and P. Hf. Morrie’s nonpariel dog Ozar; twelve out of my cham- pion bitch Grace and My. Finn Young's imported dog Sain, and two ont of my black pointer bitch Reno and my erack dog Gyp. The bellies were respectiyoly agad ns follows: Pet’s eight months old, Grace’s thres months, and Teno's aix weeks old. It struck them at the same time and carried them away ina few days. I had fortunately sent two puppies to Mr, Morris just before the disease appeared, I do not know whether they escaped or are yet living. Ilope they are,for they are exceedingly well bred. hope to be recompensed by my bitch Pet, which is soon coming in with a belly, as she was seryed by my inyincible dog Will, And now, Mr, Nditor, if you of your numerons contributors now of any specilic remedy against the disease, you will confer a fa- yor, not alone to your servant, but to all loyera of dogs by having it made known,—l. F. Murcmriorr. [There ia no specific for such diseases, They must be treated pe general principles and the symptoms met as they appeared.— D.] _ KENNEL NOTES. *.* Breeders and owners of dogs are invited to send memoranda of names claimed, bred, whelpa, sales, ete., for insertion im this column We make no charge for the publication of such notes; but request im each case the notice be made up tnadeordance with our form, that the name of both owner and dog be written legibly, or printed, and that the strain to which the animal belongs be distinctly stated. NAMES CLAIMED. Val Rijo—Mr, Leopold 8. Friedberger, New York city, laims the name of Val Rigo for his red and white setter dog puppy by Joe, Jr., out of Kelle of Nashville. Spark—Mr. J, Tf. Winslow, Baltimore, Md., claims the name of Spark for spaniel PUPPY by Jack out of Thorndale Nellie. Startle—Mr. J, H. Winslow, Ballitore, Md., claims the name of Startle for spaniel puppy by Jack oul of Thorndale Nellie. Traikh—Mr. J. H. Winslow, Baltimore, Md,, claims the name of Trash for spaniel puppy by Jack onb of Thorndale Neliie, Wretch—Mr, J. H. Winslow, Ballimore, Md., claims the name of Wretch for spaniel puppy by Black Charley out of Grouse. Princess B= Mr. J. H. Winslow, Baltimore, Md., claims the name of Princess B for mustiff bitch by Romeo out of Juliette, Clem—Mr. ©. A, Swineford, Baraboo, Wis., claims the name of Clem a gepiteR dog puppy by Carl (Leicester-Dart) of of Queen (Dash T11,- i). Leda—Mr, John Grevilding, London, Ont,, Claims the name of Leda } for lemon and white Lewellin bitch whelped March 4, 15380, by Juno out of Lady Belton, Salto—Mr. J, W. Beaty, Jackson, Miss., claims the name of Salto for setter dog puppy by Joe, Jr., out of Fannie, Dack—Mr. ¥. H, Bates, Marion, Ala., Glalms the name of Dock for a Naas red setter puppy whelped March 30, 1981, by Joe, dy., ont of Buel, Jp. Joe Canpitlel!—NT r. F, H. Bates, Marion, Ala., Claims the name of Joa Caniphell for lemon and white setter puppy whelped September 28, 1580, by Joe, J’., out of Fannie, Hen Buller—Mr, H, W. White, Yankton, Dakota, claims the name of Ben Builor for Gordon setter puppy dog by Lock ott of Kenoza Kit, Foyntz—Miss Annie BH. Tucker, Hamburgh, N.J., claims the name of Poyntz tor Irish red setter dog puppy by Rex out of Fairy. Prideof Missouri—My. J. D, Blood, Hannibal, Mo., claims the name of Pride of Missourl tor Trish red setter bitel puppy whelped April 27, 1831, by Rapid Star out of imported champion Floss. Maud B—Mr. J. D. Blood, Hannibal, Mo., claims the name of Maid B. tor Dish red setter bitch whelped Oct. 20, 1880, by his Rover out of iis Red Topsey (Boston—Jessie). Jack—Dx. L. Relly Bucher, Lebanon, Pa,; claims the name of Jack tor orange and white dog puppy, whelped Maroh 31, 1881, by Reed's Winnie out of owner's Belle. Reed—D\. L Reilly Bucher, Lebanon, Pa,, claims the name of Reed for orauge and white dog puppy whelped Murch 21, 1851, by Reed’s Winnie out.of owner's Belle. \ Bridget P. Haiteriek—My. J. D. Blood, Hannibal, Mo.. claims the nime of Bridget P. Hatterick for Trish red setter bitch puppy whelped June in, 1S81, by Dick Hatterick out of Bridget Plunket. Amphiiian—Mr. W. H, Colcord, St. Joseph, Mo., claims the name of Amphibian for all liver Dish water spantel whelped Feb. 1, 18*1, by champion Barney (Shamrock-Shannon) out of Lottte (Sinbad-Bridget). IHilde—Mr. VW. PY. Dortch, Goldsboro, N. O., claims the name of Hilda, for lemon Belton setter birch puppy whelped June 12,2881, by Pontiac mitof Katry 1. , > Avehy MeGelee ( Arch”)—Mr, Marlon Smith, Jackson, Miss., claims tlie name of Archy McGehee for lemon and white setter dog puppy whelped March 40, 1851, by Joe, Jr. ont of Buck, Jr. lern—Mr. N. Himore, Granby, Conn., Claims the name of Fern tor white, black und tan beagle blich puppy whelped Aug. 25, by owner’s Flivte (Rattler-Trne) out of Bunnie (Ranyer-Luny). Thieket—Mr. N, Hlmore, Granby, Conu,, claims the name of Thicket for white, black and tan beagle dog pup whelped Aug. 25, by own- ers Flute (Rattler-'True) out of Bunnie (Ranger-Lucy). Pew—Mr, N. Elmore, Granby, Conu.. claims the name of Dew for white, Dlack and tan beagle bitch pup whelped Aug. 25 by owner’s Flute (Ratuler-True) out of Bunnie (Ranger-Lucy). Tiniiyit—Mr. N, Elmore, Granby, Conn,, claims the name of Twi. Ught tor white, black and tan beagle dog pup whelped Aug. 25, by owner's Pinte (Rattler—True) out of Bunnie (Ranger-Lucy). Tag—Mr, N. Elmore, Granby, Conn., claims thename of Tag for white, black and tan’ beagle dos pup whelped Aug. 27, by owner's Wate (Ratier-True) out of Queen (Vicvor-Lucy), Bramble—Mr, N. Bimore, Granby, Conn, Claims the name of Bramble tor white, black and tan beagle ao pup whelped Aug, 27, by owners Mute (Rattler-True) out of Qteen (Victor-Lucy). 2 Banjo—Myr. N, Himore, Granby, Conu,; claims the name of Banjo for white, black and tan dog pup whelped Aug. 27, by owners Plute (Kattler-Trie) out of Queen (Victor-Lucy). Swuamp—Mr. N. Elmore, Granby, Coun., claims the name of Swanip for black, white and tan beagle dog pup whelped Aug. 27, by owner's Flute (Raltierlrie) out of Queen (Yictor-Lucy), Game—Myr, N. Wimore, Granby, Conn., olaims Lhe name of Garime for wiite, black and tan beagle flog pup whelped Aug. 27, by owner's Plute (Raltler-'True) out of Queen (Victor-Lucy). ; Bay—My. N. Blnore, Granby, Conn., claims the name of Bag for white, black and tan beagle dog ae, whelped Aug. 47, by owner's Tilute (Ratiler-frue) out of Queen (Victor-Lucy). Hac—Mr. N. Elmore, Granby, Conn., Claims the name of Mare for white, black and tan beiple pitch pip whelped Aug. 27, by owners Flute (Rattler-Trne) oul of Queen (Victor-Lucy), Ross—Mr, N. Kilmore, Granby, Conn., claims the name of Boss for white, bluck and tan beagle bitch pup whelped Aug. 27, by owner's Flue (Ratiler-lrue) out af Queen (Victor-Lucy), Prze—My. N. Blmore, Granby, Conn.. claims the name of Prize for white, black dod tan beagle pitch pup whelped Aug. 27, by owner's Flute (Rattlor-Prue)y out of Queen (Victor-Lucy). Heater—Mr. N. Elmore, Granby, @oon., Claims the name of Beater for while, black and tan bewele bitch pup whelped Aug. 47, by owner's White (Rattilertrue) out of Queen (VicLor-Ludy). Hark—My. N, Elmore, Granby, Conn, clalms the name of Hark for white, black and tan beagle dog pup whelped Aug. 24, by Pinte (Rathler-True) out of Vietress (Victor-Lucy). Rob—Mv. N. Elmore, Granby, Conn, clalms {he hame of Bob tor white. Black And tan beagle dog pup whelped Aug, 28, by owners Pinte (Rutile True) out of Victress (Vicbor-Lucy). Tenov—M ir. Elmore, Granby, Cona., claims the name of Tenor Ne for white, black and tan beagle doy pup Whelped Aug. 28, by owner's Flute (kattler-True) out of Victress (Viclor-Lury). Salv—Mr, WN. Elmore, Granby, Conn., claims the name of Solo for white, black and tan beagle dow pip whelped Aug. 25, by owner's Flute (Rattler-True) out of Vietress (Vletor-Lucy). Morn—Mr. N, Elmore, Granby, Cono,, (lalmis the name of Morn for white, black and tan beagle bitch pup whelped Aug. 25, by owner's Plute (Raytler-Drue) out af Vicuress (Victor-Lucy). Piy—My. N. Bimore, Granby, Conn., claims the name of Ivy for while, black and tan beagle bitch pup whelped Aug. 23, by owner's Klute (Raltler-Trie) out of Viewress (ViclorLucy). Hedye—Mr. N, Wimore, Granby, Conn,, claims ihe name of Hedge for white, black and tan Heagle bitch pip whelped Aug. 23, by owner's Flute (Rattler-True) out of Viotress (Victor Imey). ' ed Loe ig - * ‘ BEPTEMBER 22, 1881, | Midget—Mr. N, Elmore, Granby, Conn., claims the name of Midget, wowhite, black and tan beagle dog pup, about eleyen weeks old, out “Of LN, Dodge's Flora. 4 Goid—Mr. N. Bimore, Granby, Conn, claims the name of Gold for hite, black and tan boagie dog pap whelped Jine 26, by owners te (Rattler-True) out of Bess (1st ut Boston, 1878, and 2d at New Yo ‘$to—Mr, N. Elmore, Granby, Conn., claims the name of Sto for liver And white pointer dog pup Lites a Sept. 4, by owners Gay (Imp. Wospshot-Panny 11.) out of Grace (imp, Sensation-imp, duno). Bird—My. N. Elmore, Granby, Conn., claims tha name eft Bird for mon And white pointer bitch puppy whelped Sept. 2, by owner's Gay (imp. Snapshot-Fanny 11.) out of Grace (lmp. Seosation-imp, Juno), GRANNY, Conn, Sept, 16.—Will Mr. M. M. Nissley (EUzabeihtown, Pa.) plesea select some other name than Victor ior his dog puppy 8 red by Victor, 28 1b Will créute contusion it he ts used a oreed tvom. . EpMonre. Bruah—Mr, N. Elmore, Granby, Gonn., Claims the name or Brash ‘for white, black and beagle doz puppy whelped Ang, 238, by owner's Tite (Rattler-True) out of Collette (imp. Chouter-Beauty). Brake—Mr, N, Elmore, Granby, Conn., claitas the name of Brake for white, Dlack and tan beagle bitch puppy whelped Au. 23, by Owner's Flute (Rattler-True) out of Collette (mp. Chanter-Keauty). Mark Twatin—My. fsaac §. Cooper, Cheboygan, Mich,, clalms the ‘Danie of Mark Twain for letion and whit: pointer doz puppy by champion Ranger out of White Lilly. NAMES OHANGED, _ Luretie 17.—The Detroit’ Kennel Club wish to change the name ot “their pointer bitch puppy Brunette to that of Lurette I., as Mr. W, O, Perey, of Tunica, La, las previously claimed the name of Bru- nett tor a bitch of hits. WHELPS. Welly—Mr. J. HB, 1..Grainger’s (New York city) setter bitch Nelly oemed Sept. 4, elght pupples, by Mr. A. BR. Goddefroy's Derimal Das Benuty—Mr. A, B. Goddetroy’s black and tan setter bitch Baauty Fhelped September 11, six puppies, by Dr. Aten’s Glen. Lucitle—Mr. Charles A. Lee’s (Providence, R. 7.) Gordon setter bitch mcilie (Marble’s Grouse-Gay’s Pansey) whelped Sept 2, eleven—saix Wogs and five bitches, by Balley’s Tom (formerly Douke’s Tom), Piiny Dean—Montyiew Kennel’s (Columbia, Tenn.) Dalsy Dean W melas Sept. 6, 1881, elght—four dozs and four bitches, by Lincoln. Silk—Mr, A. B. Goddetroy’s Setter blich Silk whelped July 40, slx— four dogs and two bitches, by owner’s Decimal Dash. | Gueen—Mr. A. KE. Goddetroy’s polnter bitch Queen whelped Sept. 3, ert ae but three, namely, one dog and tivo bitches, by owner's x “Pictrees—Mr. N. Elmove’s (Granby, Conn.) beagle Victress (Vietor- Iucy) whelped August 2%, ten—five dogs and flve bitches, all white, black and tan, by owner's Pinte (Rattler-Trne). _ Collettc—Mr. N. Elmore’s (Granby, Conn.) beagle Collette (inp. Chanter-Beauty) whelped Aug. 28, two—one each sex, both white, - black and tan, by owner’s Mlute (Rattler-True). _ Bunnie—Mr, N. Elmore's (Granby, Conn.) beagle Bunnie (Ranger- Bucy) whelped Aug. 25, six—tour_ dogs and two bitches, all white, black and ian, by owner's Flute (Ratler-Prue), Queen—Mr. N. Elmore's (Granby, Conn.) beagle Queen whelped Aug. 27, ten—six dogs and tour bliches, all white, black and tan, by owner's Flue (Rattler-Trne), ) Grace—Mr. N. Elmore (Granby, Conn.) pointer Grace (imp, Sensa- {on-iImp, Juno) whelped Sept, 2; ten—four dogs and slx bitches, one jemon and white and three liver and white dogs; five lemon and hite aod one liver and white bitches, by owner's Gay (Imp. Snup- shot-Fanny IL : BRED, _ Hazel Kirke-Jack—Mr. J. H, Winslow's (Baltimore, Md.) liver and White cooker spaniel bith Hazel Kirke (Shot-Pin) to his liver and white ticked Norfolk spaniel Jack. Reni-Chipps—Mr. Fred B. Tilison’s (‘'iisonbury, Ont ) lemon and Bava pointer bitch Rena (Sensation-Rose) to owner's champion Cbipps. - > Belie- -King—My. N. Elmore’s (Granby, Conn.) beagle Belle (1st at Boston and Philadelphia, 7) was bred to owner's King (Yictor-Lucy) August 22. 4 SALES. Vatters—Mr. J. H, Winslow, Baltimore, Md., has sold to Mr. Jake eel Cincinnati, 0,, the blue and tan Yorkshire terrier Tatters, hippe—hena Whelp—Mr, red, B. Tilson, Tilsonbury, Ont., has sold ae nite tea M, D., Chatham, Out, a potnter bitch puppy by Chipps out na. Joe, Jr.~Betle af Nashnille—The Nashville Kernel Club, of Nashville, Tenu., has sold to Mr, S. B. Seger, New York city, a red and white ‘Better puppy by Mr. Campbell's Je, Jr., ont of Helle of Nashville. Noreen 17.—Mr. George W. Leavitt, Jr , of Koston, Mass., has sold to Mr. John H. Dwight, of same city, for $50, half interest: in lis Irish Ted setter ue y Noreen II., by champion Blclio out of Noreen, Victor—Mr, N. Elmore, Granby, Conn., has sold ta Mr. George Pow- “hall, Christiana, Pa., his half intierést in the beagle dog Victor (imp, Rattler-imp. Blue Lge Beagle Whelp—Mr, N, Wilmore, Granby, Conu., has sold to Mr. I, . Stery, Westtleld, Mass., 4 white, black and tan beagle dog puppy about three months old, from Mr. I. N, Dodge's Flora, FPiute-Ress Vhelp—Mr. N. Elmore, Granby, Conn., has bonght back irom Mr. Geo, Pownall, Christiana, Pa., a white, black and tan heugie ‘biteh puppy from owner’s Begs by owner's Pluie, Beagle Wihelp—Mr WN. Elmore, Granby, Cono., has recelyed from Mr. J. N. page the white, black and tan part basket beagle dog pups out of Mr. Dodge’s Flora. ; PRESENTATIONS. * Rialto d. Ha WED IO poor Ne, has pepeaued to Mr. L, ourtney O'Donnell, of sare city, the all liver spaniel puppy st by Jack out of Thorndale Nellie,” P penile Spark—Mr. J. H. Winslow, Baltimore, Md., has presented to Mr. H, @, Mecker, New York, |he liver spaniel puppy Spark by Jack out, of Thorndale Nellie. Pride of Oxford—Myr. Harrison, Tilsonbury, Ont., has presented Mr, Fred. B. Tilson, of same place, the settor puppy Pride of Oxford, by Paris oul of Belle (Pride ot the Border-Kirby). DEATHS, Ret. Topay—Mr. J.D. Blow, Hannibal, Mo., lost om Jiuné 20, 1831 ‘Trish red setter biteh Red Topsey (Boston-descie), a hiat Se Thousands die annually from some form of kidney discase that Might have been prevented by a titiely use of Hop Bitters. - For a good Telescope or Meld Glass £6 to C, L. Ritzmann, 043 Brosd- Wway.—Adv. Aifle and Crap Sheating, RANGE AND GALLERY. NINTH ANNUAL CREEDMOOR MEETING. oe Ninth Annual Prize Meeting of the National Rifle Assoclation “ held the range at Creedmoor trom Tuesday until Saturday of last week, It was favored with ine weather, aud, though as a eatherin: of the riflemen of America, it (ell ridiculously below what it shoul haye been ; yet it was a success fmancially—it pald its way and left Hmorgin. Ina shooting seuse, those who tovk part in the matches found (he several matohes well contested, and It required really tine holding and acturate marksmanship LO carry off any degree of honor; whilé the elements came into play with sufficient ativerse- ness to make tb certain that mere dum hick fn holding was not all that was necessary to figure i the prize list. Vhere were many qos open to Criticism in the meeting, very many. With the pub- o taking very little interest In the doings of the marksmen, the en- thuslasm of many of the directors of fie Assorlation seemed to ooze away too, and there were times during the week of tae shootlug when the meeting was leth to run itself and secure such euldance as It could from the bevy of smiail boys and Slow, inexperienced clerks with which Assistant Secretary Weston Was pestered. The military “obstructionists at Albiny may see that it's entirety possible to have a fall meeting even though they may think that a soldier who can March without dropping his rifie is sulliciently ekllifal to protect the pails eae8 and justify these nincompoops aforesaid in drawing elr salaries and allowances for their great exertions in fairy-nursiog the National Guard to death, Those who came to the Creedmoor Meeting can hardly be acclised of the offense of mug-huoling, The rize Valin actual cash disbursed figuyes up to but a little over a, ousand dollars, and Many of the matches dre fouchh only for the ' | BSESS10N OF a Challouge plece of plate, which can omly be reta ie & year ona single winning. That teams should Pome trom ate tance merély for the pleasure of shooting gud the hon i 48 a good sign; and when urganizations of the National opie ‘to recognize tat it Ia somethlug of a suigina to wear uniforms, and yet be unable to figure well in the soldier's first: duty of belug a good sehonane when rite clubs come 10 understand that thetr organiza- tion 1s of ttle conseduence when it works only asa mutual admire FOREST AND STREAM. tion concern, declining the very ilfe of all rifie work—keen riyalry— then weshall haye plenty of open, well-fought matches, where the reward will he In the winning, and in that only. Tuesday, the opening diy, was a tine one, but a stranger visiting Creedmoor would hardly have supposed from the general appearance of the raige that the principal prize necting of the year was ip prog- ress. The long rows ot while tents, with their ornamental Mags, which adorned the range in former years, were missing, The (cam representing the State of Pennsylvania in the Inter-State Matth—the only tearn, by the way, representing any State except New York—was encamped on one side of the range, with the teams of the Twentleth Battallon of Binghamton and the Thirty-fitth Battalloo of Water- town. Noneot the city teams were in camp, and the United States Army teams remained on Governor's Island. The weather was a Neht breeze blowlog tom the firing point toward the target, he opening eyent was the Judd Match, with 169 entrles Againsh 266 last year, This taatch was lnstltuted at the first meeting of the Association, and lias been sustained since, The successive winvers have been; 1573, W. Roberson (5 shots, old target), 16; isi4, H. B. Smith (7 shots, old target), 28; 1875, J. Mason, 80; 1876, 1. J. Falgroff, 34; 1577, &. W. Whitlock, #3; 1878, B. MeSorley, $8; 1573, James Larned, 38; isso, J. L. Paulding, $1. H, A. Buck Was the winner of the archery set on a Score of ten points. When the 200 shooting was in progress the directors fired off iheir little family matah, thoush why it should be giyen a place on the a a programme sand help swell the list, when tt concerns so few individuals, we fail to see. The match proved a victory for Gen, Win- fate, though he was closely pusned and holds his place only ona technical reading of Ihe suore. The previous winners of the trophy, with their scores, aré6: Won in 1884 by Col. G. W. Wingate, in i875, 1876 and 1878 by Maj. Henry Fulton, in 1877 by Lient.-Col. i. HW. San- ford, In 1879-by Col. J. H. Cowperthwalt, abd in 1880 by Col. H. a. Gildersiceve. The Diyision Team matches flied out the rest of the first day, though in the absence of any reliable schedule programme about the times of calling matches, any other Match on the list might have been fired. The 7th Regt. had the 1st Division all thelr own way, and though it was & walk over race, the team were in such good form that they made the best record that has yet been shown for the matoh. The absence of the 23d Regt. from ihe contest for the 2d Division prize was the cause of no small amount of unfavorable gossip, and Ong authority says of the position of this command : ‘Tp to the very last moment It was expected that the td Regt, which had heretofore won eyery 2d Division match, would have en- tered a team, but, on the very Mimsy excuse that because the State authoritles did not furnish the prizes the toatches were not official, they decline to compete. Ib was, however, currently announced on the range and most generally believed that because the 14th Regt. had this year a team with which they were satisfied-they could win, the 23d Kegt., following the lead of the 22d, were afraid-to enter the contest, and because they could not always wih, preferred not to shootatall. The action of this Regiment is most fenerally con- tlemned by the troops of the 2d Division, aS being far beneath the eu hnd position of A regiment 80 proud of its record as is e 33d."" The record of the 1st and 2d Division matches, as shown in the previous fall prize meetings, is as follows: First Division. Second Divison, 0. 0, Year, Winners. Score, Teams. | Year. Winners. Score. ‘Teams WTA ..e02- 220 263 Ww 1873...... 280 181 5 THT4, seuee 12th 283 ‘11 1874,...,. 28d BUT rf I8T6....-. 7th 447 9 IST5...... 2d 414 6 1876...... T1st 438 7 1876, ...,. 23d aié 6 18iT...... 71ST 428 6 18TT.:.... 23d 406 7 1878...... th 441 6 1878,.-.-. 230 432 4 1S79...... Th 47 4 1879...... 23 dnd 4 1880..,... th 479 a 1880...... 22d 472 2 On the morning of the 14th, the second day of the meeting, the hands of the wind-dital on the range pointed to *' 2 o'clock,” Indicating that a northesst wind was blowing trom right to left across the line offire. Asmostrifiemen ‘'pullto the right,” the breeze, which was not very strong, did not materially interfere with the filght of the bullets. Tt was “military? day, the matches belng open only to those using military yifles, and the range was bright with men and officers wearing gay uniforms, Hach team brought its contingent of spectators, und the atlendance was, therefore, much larger than if Was on the opening day. Among the yisilors were General Hancock, Dr, Amador Guerre and Senor Jose Cespedes, of Panama, and a large nomber of {he Directors of the association. A meeting of the Roard of Directors was held In the afternoon, at which, on motion of ex-As- semblymsn Judd, resolutions of regret at the death of Gen. Burnside Were adapted, Pool shooting beran as early as 7 o’clock aA M., and was continued without cessation during the day. ; The matches began with the military team match at 200 yards for the company teams. Thera was a great desire on the part of the engineers of the regular army to win this match, and there were four Teams made up [rom as many companies, This match, which, up to 188), Was a Spring meeting event, was won in 1876 by Co. T., 7th Kegt., with 131 points; in 1s77_by Co, B., U.S. Engineers, with 127 points ; in 1378 by Go, C., U. S. Engineers, with 142, and in 1879 by Co, C., U. 5. Hngineérs, with 154 points. In 1ss0 there were 17 teams contesting, but Co, t., of the U. §. Engineers, took it with 145 poinis. It will be noticed that the stores of the Massachusetts shooters and those of | 0. A., U.S. Engineers, tle on the totals as they da-on the yalue of sepa- Tate shots,aud the matter was decided by taking the last round of shuis fired by each team, leaving the U. &. men one point allead. The New York State match had only 6 competing teams aginst 17 of last year. This match has a history since i873. Tn thati year the Twenty-second Regiment took ib with 230 points, 6 shots only being tired by Gach man af each range upon the old target; 15 teams then competed, Withi5 teams in 1874 phe Twenty-second were again the victors with 295 polnts. Im 1876 the conditions were made as moj. The winnings have been: 18%, Seventh Regiment, 451—1S teams; 1876, Forty-ninth Regiment, 490-16 teams; 1677, Fourteenth Regi- ment, 420—16 teams; 1878, Seventh Regiment, 438—18 teams; 1879, Twentieth Separate Company, 450—20 teams; 1880, Thirty-fiftth Bat- tallon, 476—17 teams. Phe Army and Navy Journal Cup brought out another strong fight. Considerable interest was manifested in this match from the fact that the Seventh Regiment held a double mortgage, and the Mngincer Battalion, the Twentieth Separate Company, and the Thirty-fitth Battalion one mortgage each, The Seventh were bent on winning this match, and ihus securing the prize; and thelr magnificent work in the Hirst Division match of the previous day led many to suppose that they had a sure thing, while the men themselves were full of confidence, The Seventh had indeed a splendid team, their practice had been thorough, while thelr coaching was almost perfect, ‘They had, however, strong opponents, and men, too, of whom they knew very little, their practice not being had on the Creedmoor range. The conditions of wind aud light were nearly perfect, the 11 o'clock wind being in the marksman’sfayor, The Seventh, however, seemed to show a general falling off, It was no particular man’s fault, still the drops Were there and the team was beaten. In the meéanyhile the other teams continued the struggle, the Scranton boys showing the New Yorkers a sample of magauificent shooting. The shooting of the Enginevrs was very steady, and at the close, amid the cheers of the militia teams, they were atinounhced as the winners, with a score of 349 points, 10 points in excess of the score of the Watertown Bat- tallon, the winners of last year, and but $ points in advante of the Pennsylvania marksmen. Thus the engineers are now also double morteagess, and next year we expect fo see a most stubborn contest jor the possession of the cup, This match dates back to 1875, when the Twenty-second Regiment took it from 9 teams with 211, each man fittny 5 shots at the old targets. In 1874 the Seventh Regiment took ii, from 15 teams with 247, with 7 shots per man at old targets. Since that time the conditions have been as now, and therecord hasshown: 1875, Second Connecticut Regiment, #06—15 teams; 1576, Seventh Regiment, 300—16 teams ; 1877, Forty-eighth Regiment, 428—17 teams; 1878, Engineer Battalion, U. 8. A., 310—20 teams; 1879, Twentieth Separate Company, 351—18 teams; 1880, Thirty-ffth Battalion, 139— igteams. Al the close of the day’s shooting the teams of the Tyven- lieth Separate Company, the United States Engineers, and the Seventh and Fourteenth Kegiments were formed in a ne, and Gen. Hancock presented the prizes. ino the presentation of the Army and Navy Cup to the Engineer team he sald: “Phis prize indicates the standard of excellence in sbooling between the yarlous organizations of the Natlonal Guard and ol the Army, and the contest tor its possession bas always been 4, Keen one. Although shot for since the establishment of Creedmoor, it has néver been won twiles by any butoneorgauization, . “T congéatulate the winning team upon its possession as gn hon- orable trophy, which I trust will, during the year, inspire is mem- bers and the organization to which they belong with the desite to ee oa ae the skill by which iti has been wontrom such formidable adversaries," When, turning to the militia teams, Gen. Hancock, in presenting the State and diviston matches, sald; ‘hor the last ale ht years leans representing the various organizations of the National Guard have mat annually at this range to eontest for these prizes. Under the slimulus excited by these competitions year by year the standard of Skill has been raised, until now it would seem that no better shootlag is potsible to be made with the soldier's weapon Lban you haye shown to-day in these matches. I donot hesitate to say thatI regard these Taatehes, and in tact rifle contests Of all descriptions, as of great mili- ‘ _ tary yalue, To become good shots men must be made interested ; | | 153 their personal and regimental pride: must: be aroused. We have found this to be the case In the Army, aud it applies with even eréater force to organizations like yours. ‘The possession Of a food team of Lwelye may not materially strengthen tie regiment to which it belOngs, Dut in the selection of that team, ibs prac Ire, 1s duecess, and perhaps even in its occasional defeit, An toisrest is maintained which permeates the whole organization, and is uf lhe greatest malli- lary yaiuo. The difficulties you have had to encounter in coming here this year | understand are greater than has previously beon the ease, ILISs a matter of congratutation that go muny have been will- ing to make the personal sacrifices required.” ; : he sun shone brightly over the Long Island hills on Tirsday morning as the riflemen entered the train for Creedmoor, Dut ihey shook their heads omliously at the force of the wind. It blew straight from Whe east, om right to lett across the line Of fire at the rate of about. 80 miles an hour, The tilangular flags, which serve 4 the double purpose of ornamenting the range and Inflcating ihe lorce of the wid, blew out tant in the force of the gale. The conditions of the matches in respect to the time in whith Matches should be con- tested were Waived In most instances, and. some of those who had entered for the short range match were compelled tu ask tor addition- al tine, and the contest was nof completed uth) afters oclork, The gale continued throughout the entire day. ‘The short rangé mata bepan phe day’s sport and faed competition was had though there were but 140 entries against 14 lash year, Tit 15873 this was a five-shot match, and Otto Sehueelock won it with.16 points in the possible 20. In 1874 Jas. Turner won with 27 poinisin the possible 28. In i856. R. Murphy won with 32 in a possible 36. Tn 1876 HL. F. Clark with 20. Tn 1877 Ed. Squier with 33. In 1878 D.C. Mills with #2, In 1879 FP. A. Wright with #3. In 150, a fomr-shot plan having been tried, M. P, Ross won with 19 in 4, possible 20, The Military Championship Match had bub 242 cntries In the first stage, and, of course, all were ciipible for the second stage This match, if Is hoped, will rival thé Wimbledon * Queen's” match, though on the Buglish vane there 1s apurse of aver $1,200 to go to the winner besides cup, niedals, ribbons and a world-wide reputa- tion. 'Dhis match, at Creedmoor, dates back to 1478, and in thatypar ©. H. Eagle, of the Seventh Regiment, SN, G. §. N. Ya, took the first stare with 20 af200 yards, 29 av b00 yards and 29 at 600 yards, tolal 87, while Corp, J. 8. Barton, of the 45th Regiment, N. Gs. N. ¥., Tavk Ue second stage, with scores of 31 at Sov yards, 28 a 900 yards and 18 at 1,000 yards, total 77, 1579 was & favorable time for veewlars, and at the firs! stage B. P. Wells, of the Serond Infantry, Us, A., took it with 30 at 200 yards, 30 ato00 yards and 34 at G0) yards, total 93. ‘The eecond stage went to Lieut. G. N. Whistler, of the Fitth Aptiliery, with 26 af 600 yards, 23 ato) yards anit 26 at 1,000 yards, 1olal 75. The scores in 1880 gave the first staye ta C. Bernard with 27 at 200,31 at sv0 and $1 af 600 yards, totalsd. s. A. Day, won tha Becond stage with 31 at 800, 19 at 900 and 19 261,000 yards, total 7? The Inter-State Milltary match had the (hree Statesof New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, represented, and though Pennsylvania made a food tight, New Jersey showed # fveat tolling off. This important match runs back fo 1875, when (he ranges were 2/0 and 400 yards, but since that time they have been as now, 200 and Std yards. What the teams have done 18 shown in the following siun- mary of past contests : ‘ 1875, New York .......+... Connecticut. ai B0T i576. os S56 New York... 382 1877, Callfornta.... 496 Connecticut .. 46th New York... 4ST New Jersey 333 187s. New Yor 497 Connecticut 43)) New Jersey. 409 Rhode Island. 372 Massachusett $35 1879. New York... 519 New Jersey... ig Pennsylyama .. dsl Massachusetts . 448 1850. New Jersey .-.-4 ++ 455 Connectient.. 404 New York ... $54 Peinsylyania 364 In the afternoon of this day & new match was opened which ought to rise to importance in the future. Champlonsuip Short-Range Match, and is due ty the able efforts of Secretary Donaldson and bis love tor off-hand shooting. The Directors left the management of the rile matches ou the movn- ing of ihe fourth day entirely to their subordinates. It was the first iiitein the history of the association that there was no executive officer on the grounds to superintend the mafchesin the fall prize - meeting, Various untomplimentary remarks were made by the ritie- men on the circumstance. When theritiemen reached ihe range the wind was blowing strong from the eastward, as on the previous day. The sky was overcast, thus glving the marksmen a clear gray light The lndications that the day would be stormy prevented the attend- ance of spectators trom belong as lareé duro the mordiiy tours as Th had been on the previous days of the tournament, but a number of persangs, among whom were several ladies, went down Lo the range on the atternoon” trains, A number of the lesser matches were closed ie butthe day was given up Lo fine work, much of 16 with the small UTE. s The international military match forthe elegant trophy yalued at $3,000, presented Tor annual competition by ex-Judge Hilton, was completed during the morning. It was shot tur by a team from Penn- Sylvania, New york and New Jersey. ‘he latter team refired, how- ever, ab (he lash stage. The Unite states Army teas, which carried off the honors tn thismateh last year, were absent, The teams repre- senting this State and New Jersey were what is knojn as"! serub? teams, haying hat no prévious practice together. Ih was, allin all, & Histless Contest, but has shown some good work in the past, and will, we doubt not, do so again. This match dates back to 187s. The conditlons have not been changed, and the record of the match stood: 200yds. S50lyds. 600yds, Total. 1878, New York 345 370 829 1,044 Conmecuient....4.-+.- +» B45 sal bey 968 Ney JOISCY. ch teec er nees «. 328 80L 23% BEL © Division at the Missourl.... 203 276 224 Roi ISTOS ETT LOUK ce Eee a gape reine 343 ato S26 1,048 Division of the Atlantlc.... 333 3a8 809 1,009 Division of the Missourl,... 326 aot 20T 961 Division of the Pacific. a 320 953 Waw Je@Ts@y.-. 2. teiane- b SoT 45 1880. Division of the Missour d Bite 1,023 Division of the Atlantic, Bat i 1,014 Division of the Pacviti 7 3 1,004 New Jersey Connecticut... . Eye] - 969 Pennsylvania. ... dad =The Champion's Mat ng the day, going South t¢@ oné of the Washington thooters, He may Year. Winner, 2007ds, Gl0yds, 1,000yds. otal. 1s76. H H Sanford...........+0-.-.+ 42 AT Ad 135 18i7, H Fulton, ....-, stew St 49 AS 129 1878. WM Farro +e. 46 aT 4G 149 28, Summer, és eet 49) a0 14h TS80. AC Gates on. oo. nes see sense 42 47 49 148 The wind up match of the day was thatfor the Wimbledon Cup, that ugly but treasured remluder of a pleasant trip to Wimbledon by Gol, Giidersiceve aod his Men in 1s75, and a perpetual Link oF triene- ship between the British and American National Rifle Assvctations, The record of the cup shows that it was won at Wimblédon by Henry Fulton in 1674 with 133 points, the following year at Creelinoor by saac 0, Allen with 129, then by Dudley Selph with 137, then by Frank Hyde with 143 points, next by C. H. Laird with 137, while in issu W, M. Farrow took it with 145 points. Saturday waseglven toa feneral closiIpe up Of matches on the pro- gramme. The event of the day was the contest for the Inter-Stute Long Range Prize, Besides this there was the completion of tla mil itary matches which had beed runnimg throughout the meeting, The day was fine; thé wind, although “putty,” was tractable; blowing from The northeast, or In nearly te samedireciion 4s on the previous days of the meeting; the sun shone at intervals, but a ghey licht prevailed the greater parfiol the day. A protest, Was ihade by Mr. R. Rathbone against Rabbeth's score in the Wimbledow Gup mateli on theground that he shot af the pooltarzet while the match was in progress. As Mr, Rabbeth had leyt the range the matter was referred to the Hxecutiye Committee for gqetion. Mr, G. Livingston Morse pro tested agaist the seore made by Walter Seoht, of Washington, in thé Champion mateh, which was contested on Hriday, on the ground That Scott shot at the pool target while the match was ju pyupless. Gen, Wingate Investigated the matter and allowed the prutuet ‘iis gives Mr. Morse first, and W. H. Jackson and U. W clu" = of Bos- ton, second and third prizes. The Inter-State Looe Range Match bezan at ~ o'clock. There were six teams of tour men each in the contest. he cupilalprize is a handsome Statuette, which is held by the winning team during the year, i ‘ 154 ¥ The Ilion team, of Tiion, N. Y., took the lead at 800 yards on the score of 22. ‘The lending ritleman, Winegar, mad5 a complete score, while two other members only dropped two points each. Col. H. PF. Clark, in the Empire team, also made a full score. During the con- test at 900 yards the weather was almost perfect. The fags hung limp from the masts and the sky wa- overcast. The wind was ** puffy,’ however, and no complete scores were madé at that range, although three men in the six teams dropped only one point. The scores al 1,001) yards’ distance were all poor, and the score of the [lon team, which carried off the first prize, was only 273 at rhe final range. The match was started In 1877, when the Amateur Club of New City won with 885 points the Massachusetts Hifle Assoniation mak- {og 786, the Parthian Club, of Hudson, N. ¥., making 780, the wr'e- scent City Rife Club, of New Orleans, 754, the Hackensack Rifle Club, of New Jersey, 752, and the Columbia Rifle Club, of ‘Washington, D. C., 736. In 1878 the Mus-achusrtts team made 845, the Amateur team 836, and the Columbia Club team7.7, In 1879 a team from the New Jersey “tute Rifle Association won with Sis, the Amateurs making §10, Lhe Mas-achusetts Association 804 the Columbia team 603, and the Empire Club team 727. In 1880 the Empire Club was successful + n 813 orn, the Ili m Rifle Club making 808, the Amateur Club 795 and the eam of the Penn-ylvania State Rifle Association 766. ‘i/he new matches of the meeting had been well patronized, and suc- oessiul resulf® were Shown. Among the aggregate prizes were those peeentee by Mr..J. H. Steward, Optician’ lo the N. kK. A.'s of Great itain and America, etc., 406 Strand, W. C. London, Eogland, as at former meetings tw highest aggregate scores made In Matches 3, 4 and 6, and In matches 14, 15, 16, or 14,15 and 17. he lormer of these was taken by U. H. Eagle, of the 7th Regt., with stores of 80,45 and 44, total 119, and the latter for 1he best score made in the short range. Champions and Wimbledon Cup Matches were awarded to F, J. Rabbeth, of Boston, who scored s04 out of a pospible 335 polnts. Below will be found the fi1.1 record of the meeting, each match hayv- ing the conditions attached ; No. 1.—“ Directors’ MAtrcH. 200 yards; open only to Directors of the N, R. A.; rounds five; po- aiflon standing; weapon any: entrance fee,¢1. Prize—I'he Directors’ championship gold badge, shot for annually and held by the winner during the year, GW Wingate............4444¢-20 JG Story......-...--.2-- 3444818 T J Donaldson,....... .-14445—23) W AH Murphy,..-.- ». 24383—15 GD seou.........00 [Ta548a—90 J H Cowperihwait, ...0..s82438—15 FH Holton........-.-+- 14444319 GS Schmerhorn, Jr..-.-.08443—14 GJ Seabury...) sis: ys0045884—19 Dr Morris ...,.0..-0--- 72342314 No 2.—‘‘ Jupp” Matos, Open to all comers; any military rifie; 200 yards; position stand- 3 }ounds Seven; entrance fee, #1. First prize, & solid sliver cup, offered by Messrs. Tiffany & Co., Union Square, N. Y., value $15; second, a life membership N. R, A. (transferabdie), value $25, and cash $15—#10 ; third, a patr of solid silver napkin rings, offtred by Messrs. Hoheusle, Votteler & Co., value $40; fourth, a Soild silver cup, offere | by Mr. © Roehsler, value $20; fifth, an album, value $10, and cash £10—$20 ; sixth, seventh and eighth, each, cash $10—$40; ninth, tenth snd eleventh, each, cash $5; twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fiteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth, each, cash $4; twentleth, twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third, went: -fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh, each, cash $2; fiventy-eighth to fortieth, inclusive, éach, the return of entrance fee, $13; to the lowest complete score in this match an archery bow, pre- sented by Mr. E. 1. Horsman, 82 Willlam street, N. Y., valle $5, Forty-one prizes, total $258, EL Paulding. ...<0--.-5545554—33 EJ Cram........ ......65584d4—30 ES§ Browne........-...5093454—33 E W_ Iyes...--.. ~ 4555448—30 GE P Howard +» -4554455—82 J M Lancaster... -4440444—29 J Blatter 4454545—31 Geo H Ive@s.,-<.-+. .444544—29 CE Tayntor 4464545—81 Henry Hodges.. a JI ‘ 4544515—31 WM Youngs.. Jos .4545445—a1 F Alder. ,-,.- 2 DR Atkinson ..........554544—31 FH Holton. «4454444 —20 Geo D Bcotl.......-..45 6466345 -31 M D Hind sone. 4444415—29 CL Madisun.. « A4445455—30 WF Davids, . ~. Adddd45—2o W A Fitel,............,4444455—30 EH Gaus. 4444544—29 CA Morrls......c. es ddig455—30 TP White. »4444544—29 MB Huill......-.-..-...4¢44545—30 WJ Renwick ~ -A4d4544—29 BlAcott..........-., -d4dhd45—30 TS bolan.... 4044444 —29 DMINer.) Bee ase 4445445—80 A Anderson, .,. . 3444455 —20 BPO « acet she aa-t- 4454445—80 EB Barker..... - 4453145—20 Jas H Meyers...-....-.4544445—40 B Spelman, JIr..........4 44554—29 DH Ogden .-..- .5444445-80 KH OShakespere .-,.,...4544451—29 RgkaE ads 444456490 L L Adams.............5443514 29 G B foster..........,.. 64 44d4—29 DIL IT padddd—30 No. 3,—''Saort-Rance Matrox,” pen to all comers; any rifle; 200 yards; rounds seven; oO position stauding; entrance fee, #1. Firsh prize, a Swiss stock, nickeled butt and tip, Veroler r ar and wind-gaugs front sight math ihe, offered by Messrs. KE. Remington & Sons, yal 6 $60; 3d, cash, $50; 3d, a life membership N. K. A. (transferable), value #25, and cash $15—$10; 4th, a Ballard, .22 cal. rifle, offered by Messrs, Schoverling, Daly & ale., S43 Chambers street, N. ¥., value $25; 5th, a framed engraving + ihe Battie of Champizuy,” offered by Lieut. A. T, Conover, value $20; 6th, 7th und 56h, each, cash $10; 9th, lth, 11th and Jzth, each, cash $5; 12th, lath, 15th, |6th, 17th, 18th aud 19th, each, cash $35 2th, 2isb, 22d, 23d, 4th 25th, 26th, each, cash $2; 27th to 40th, each, the return of entrance fee, $13; to the lowest complete score in this match an archery bow, offered by Mr. B I. Horsman, $2 Willlam street, N. Y., yalue $5. Forty-one prizes, total p29. CE Tayntor.,.......,..6444555—32 GH Lamoreau. ML Rings Sey sb s Oe Ost a .5544554-32 J G Newbury.. FJ Kabbesh..,. ne ~5344455—30 -4893154-— 0 ~5544453—30 3 42 NH Anderson. Geo Fox, Jr.......--...5845855—30 TT DOAN fete sets sn 00 S1Scott........ eee ee oe SAS (4 — 20 Geo F Hilsworth,...-...4451455—31 C W Hinman,. ...,....5445434—29 ES -Cram.... ........ §144455—31 L'homus ...........-. 6544344 — 99 JH Brown,....--,-.....4545445—31 A J Uowlett .....2......3544544—29 HNichola.....+ ..4545454—31 Max B Engie....-.-- «4345544 —29 @ Van Orden.... -.... .6445544-31 H Mand rson, dr....... 3446544—20 M TUS Sey eee iy) 455544431 TS Case -_ \..--..--. 4hblued — 29 B RSpelman, Jr....... 4555444- 31 W_A Robinson ........- 4044554 - 29 AO White .-,..,...-. . 845655481 EF Richardson. ......6444435—29 Geo Lintmyer.........,5555464—31 AC Gates........++--- + f434445—29 M Doorler.............. 4544445-—30 D Miller ........... ..4494355—29 DE Marsh. ... ..;++-.4544445—30 WV Overbaugh .......4449455—29 Geo Shorkley.....-. 644444530 J BR Fellows...,... vee. d445444—20 F Beoneilt,,,,.- 4444554-81 M Price...... Pale sinialape serie Add —29 W J Relpick ... 4451454—30 WH Jackson.,.. »...--444544—2y W LY Foulke.... HMoL44—30 G W Joiner..........--. 4444544 — 29 OM Jewell.........-5- 445454430 CG Zevtler....... Poy 4444454 —49 M P Ross..... 1.4 DSHS!) No. 4.—Txe ‘ Cuameron’s"? Marcos, Open to all comers; any rifle or rifles; 200, 600 and 1,000 yards; rounds, ten al each distunce; position, standloy at 20) yards, any at 600 and 1,0) yards; entrance fee, $5, First prize, grand medal of the Wational Rifle Association in gold, value $125; 2d, do. in silver, value $25; 3d, do. in bronze, value $15. 2 yds, 600 yas. 1,009 yds, W Scott..........4344o45444—41 AGHA —AB 445515556 —41—1 36 GL Morse....-.. 4454800045 41 645455545547 9555555 547-135 W 4H Jackson ABA d444p—41 44 0DHHSM4H 4TH HHDD 46—l7 4 CW Hinman. ., ..645544 54443 444555155) —46 4453455455 —d4 —153 LL Hubbard, 41, 47, 44-182; © BE Tayntor, 29, 44, 4s—isi; G Gelger, 39, 44, 44-130) EB’ Rabbebh, 43, 47, 40—Is0; H Munderson, dr, 42, 45, 41128; T Lamb, Ji, 37, 60, 40-127; WT Miles, 39, 47) 28—l255 A MeInnéss, 4', 43, 35—1v4; 8 I Scott, 42, 46, 36—l24; A Misher, 38, 44, #1—1v8; A A Adeé, 4'. 45, 87—128; J 1 Miles, 38, 49, 34-1215 J W Dodd, 89, 43, 89-120; W EH Fitch, 40, 45, 34-119; SA Day, 9, 39, 38—116 5 W ¥ Davids, 41, 42, 32—115; J H Burroughs, 87, 45, #1—1138; J pone 30, 44, #4—108; A C Gates, R H Keene, J 0 P Buruside, J H Brown an PJ Lauritzen retired. No. 5.—‘! Minrrany Cuampronsuie Marcu oF THE UNITED STATES or AmmRICA.” Divided into Two Staves.—First Stage—Open to all members of the army, navy or marine corps of the Inited States or of the National Guard of any State; each compeutor to appear in uniform ; HO, 5OU and 6 yards; rounds, s¢ven al each distance; any military rifle; position at 200 yards, standing; at 5i\) and 600 yards, any; entrance Hey First prize, pie ae td cash, $15; 3d Lo 1vth prize, each, cash $5. ‘otal, twelve prizes, $9). Second Stage.—Open yO tlie highest sixty in the first stage. The winner of Lhe first prize in this Stage 1s entitled to the * Churpton- ship of the United States of America foronu year. S00, 900 and 1,000 yards; rounds, s¢vyen at each distance; weapon, miliutary rifits of Any p.ittern that has been regularly adopted by apy Natlonal or Blute Government; position, any; entrance ree, $2. First prize, the United States military champlonship gold medal, value $125; 2d, fash, $20; 3d, cash, $10, Three prizes, total value, $155. First Stage. 200 yds. 600 yds. 600 yds. HT Lockwood.....---.--- 6445544 - 30 5444554—41—92 DH Ogden ....,...-.¢--4 + 8444544 —28 6541b55—32 4554445—31- 91 C Campbell... ..-.-.5, -.8444444—2) 6453s6—20—S9 FOREST AND STREAM. OV Houchton..............4%5d44—28 2AH5I35—2T 5454545—32—8T SA llay..-... 4+ 4454554—31 2435245 -26 £435455 —29—85 E O Swettenha 66d4444 —30 $544545—20 3244-55 —26—86 A B Van Heusen , Adbddt4 28 9 SO4S4H— 30 || hdd 5d4t—2T—S5 L dub 42—2T 8435455—29 §444353—28—S4 Add dd — 29 5839553—2T 8444548 —25—f4 s4dd4545—30 = -4855433—27 $444543—21—65 Second Stage. a0 yds. 900 yds, 1,900 yds. 71 Paulding......-..-..-.. #b545 5 —29 25245456—26 8U69538—22—TT A B Van Heusen . sae ee AHEAD 25 5656 123 —26 9433085—18—72 SAASDASA Voy narmdaee vente s BOSREIG 26 2354308—18 2484284 —21—65 No. 6." Wirsitepon Cur” Matos, Open to ail cltizens and residents of the United §tates; 1,000 yards; 80 shots: any rifie: position, any without artificial rest; entrance fee, #5. First prize, the Wimbledon Cup,” value $500; second, “The Art Journal” trom 1876 to 1880, offered by Messrs. D. Appleton & Co., N. Y., value $104: third, a Remington ('reedmoor Ritle, Vernier and wind gauge sights with spirit level and tio extra discs, offered by Messrs. 8. Rumington & Sons, N. ¥., yalue $80, Fd Rabbeth......... eke nee ee cers « -865459545955054045955054594 555—149 HS Quackenbush........ . . 6545545565545 44945545545555553 —1-8 SS Ott hea so §6569555464515 1645559455549505—138 K Rathbone 138, G L Morse 136,W H Jackson 136, A E Gates 134, h W Partlss 133, 0 5 Sumner 141, L Tomas 125, Jas W Todd 128, If Fisher 128, A A Adee 127, John P Waters 127, Geo F Ferris 126, R Winegar 14. S$ TG Trudley 117, J Habishaw 108,85 A Day 103, HT Rockwell, W D V Toulk, kK A Keene, WW DeForest, C W EHinman, 8 Scott and Lamb, Jr., retired, No. 7.—QuauiricatTion Marcin, Open to everybody ; 100 and 300 yards; standing at 100, kneeling at R00 yards; any military rifie; entrance fes 50 cenis for each entry; entries unlimited, but only the highest score to count. Prizes, ten Silver medals will be given each day that this Match 1s shot to the ten highest competifors, using a Remington military rifle, N. Y. State Model, excepting to such competitors as haye won medals in the “ Champion Marksman’s Badge™ matches dufing the season of 1881. No competitor will be given more than one medal. « First Day, 100 300 ML 100 800 "71 OFA Eagie.. 24 23—4T GU Cranyford.....20 17—87 J H Meyers .. 23 2i—14 FO K Telamore.,.20 17-37 JS Shepperd..... 20 22—42 J if Fisher. BL 15—86 H B Thomson....21 20-41 H Uordich 20 1585 CF Vorgany.....21 20—11 HR Burch,,......,15 1432 Second Day. JH Sanders..-,-.21 93—41 WP Ross...,...... 21 19—40 W_8 Thompson. ..22 %i—4s L Riehardson....-.19 20—39 © LeBoutilller. .. 22 20-42 A E Johnson........19 19—38 J McKee,......5..21 #142 WB Taylor........19 1786 F Schule: .- 29 19—4tL FW Kent..... 7 Li—34 Third Day. T Hearty, ........17 20—38T W_ Boyd............17 19—29 W 5 Nichols..,.-16 19—35 LE Wells.... 153 —27 Jd Horan.,.......17 16—83 G W Wilson “4 11—27 A Kingsland... ,.20 12-42 AC Tucker. ae 10—26 T BH Prazer.......16 15—31 J Horan -..........16 12—28 No. 8.—Convinvous Maren. Open to everybody; 200 yards; five shots each entry; any rifle; military weapons Lo receive one halt of one polnt allowance on each completed entry; the highest aggregate of any two scores only to count; entriés 6) gents each, or five s2; entries unlimited; no com- petitor to win more than one prize; ties to be decided by firlny singie shots with same weapons as used in the Mateb. ist prize, cash, $25: 2d, $20; 3d, $ 5; 4th, $10; 6th to 25th, each, cash, $5; 26th to 50th, each, cash, $4; 50 prizes, total $250, GJ. Newbury, O M. Jewell, J, M. Frye, 40 each; J. H. Brown, G F, Ellsworth, M. Price, J. J. Miles, ©. W. Hinman, T, P. White, 49 each; W, Miller, 433¢; A. J. Howlett, J. P. Fellows, N- O'Donnell, W. De V, Foulke, G. Fox, Jr, H J. Cran, G. Joiner, F. BH. Hoton, N. W. Arnold, A. H. Andurson, 43 each; D, E Marsh, G. W. Munson, 4734; 4, A. Roche, B. kK. Speliman, dr., W. EH. Fitch, L. Thomas, T. J. Do- Jan, D. i. Wiicox, H. A. Buck, 47 each; W. Scott, 4635: J, 5. Case, N. D, Ward, B, O. Shakespeare, W. T. Miles, G. D. Scott, 0. E. Tayn- tor, H. G. bixley, 45 each; W. J. Keinick, P. C. Lewis, G. H. Law- rence, M. Dorrler, H. A. Swettenhaus, A. McInnéss, A. C. Gates, SN. Holmes J. B. Price, F. Alder, J. H. Burroughs, G. B. Thomp- son, G. &, P. Ioward, L, L. Hubburd, J. Blatwer, G. L. Paulding, 45 each. No, 9.—‘tMin-raneu,” Maron, Open to everybody ; 500 yards; any military rifle (an allowance of one point on each entry to militury NAMES of .40 calibre); five rounds ; position, any within the rules; entranue fee, $l for é.ch Single entry, or tive for $4; the bithest aggregate svore of any two entries to count in determining the prize wioners, but nocompetitorto take more than one prize. Hirst prize, cash. $20; 2d, $15; 8d, $13; WUD, $12; 5th, $11; 6th, $10; Tth, $0; 8th, $8; 9th, $7; 10th, #6; 11th to 151, each, cash, $5; 16th, to 2th, $4: 2st to 26uh, #8; 27th to 36bh, each, Cash, $2; 8ith, to 42a, each, Cash, $l; Lotal, 42 prizes, $200, No. 10,—SxrnauiseErs Marcs. Open to members of the Regular Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Na- tional Guard, Volunteers of Militia of any country, State or Territory; competitors to be in uniform ; 600 to 200 yards; second class Largets, weapon, any mililary rile excepting repealing rifles; competitors form In single rank in squads, in rearof 600 yards firing polm. opposite the Larges to which they are assigned, each having his ammunitionin his cartridge box or belt_.and are numbered trom the rizht. Atcommand of the officer fo cha ge, the man /n each squad whose number 1s called, advances to his fling point, 600 yards, and loads. At the bugle call or other signal, each competitor then assumes the ** double tine” and advances toward his target, taking his alignment trom the guide deslynated, until a second signal ts sounded, when he halts (4s ufn- ing any position), fires and continues loading and tiring In hls dis- cretion until the next signal, which will be given twenty seconds airer the command “halt,” when he rises and again advances in “double (ime until the signal “halt” and “commence firlog’ is again sounded. When the comp tifors arrive at about 200 yards from the Targets, the slenal “Skirmishers in Retreat’ is sounded, when they face about and return oyer the same Fround, firing as before, the rites to be carried ajaright shoulderio retreating. Hye halts are mudein advysnulng and five in retreating ; competitors fre as they please, not to exceed twenty shofs in all, bub must fire at least one shot ateach halt, Upon finishing the advance, the Signal to * cease tiring” ig sounded, when the markels examine the targets and signal fle total number of hits upon each, as follows; So many bullse\ es, Geutres, IMners and outers. After the retreat the slgnal to “cease firing?’ is sounded and targets examined as before. The practice 18 con@hued in this manner untilall the competitors have fired. Hive points will be deducted from a competitor's score for each fallure to Tire at least one shot at each halt, tor each shot fred after a signal to advance has been sounded, or for each shot Jound on his target im ex- cess of twenty. A compelitor fring ou » wrong target will be at once debarred trom further Gumpetiion, Entrance fee, 50 cents for each entry; re-rntries permitted to the extent that time and target ac- Gommodations will allow, ion the discietlon of the executive officer. First prize, a gold badge or other prize presented by Mr. Wiliam R. Travers, costing B00; 2d, $30; 2d, $25; 4th aud 6th, $10; offered by Maj.-Gen. Wintield S$. Hancock, T.S. A., 6th to 15th prizes, each, cash, $4, $75: tobul, 16 prizes, hadge and cash, $250. John Gavanagh...-...-.-.-.--. 77 MD Hind....-....--.. AB Van Heusen. a A T Decker....-..- TS DOM. sesh ee Gen Sirife... J MGNGVIN ..--.+.655 70 J JSimmons, J M Pollard.... » 1 ATrebs. .2..-.-..-.2222 ry tentiezen heb faa ... 6 EM De Rusha........... . Bt JaS Koss --.-..+5- . 6 LL Barnes.......,, 83 | L* Paulding....- 66 PJ Meahier....... 28 S A Daye..c-:-:. ay 60 W Klinge;-:..- . 28 JL Price.....~ J Cheddy.....-. . 26 Geo B Foster. ..- BALE Giaici-sssho else «idlotnin ss . 25 WF Higgins Hi Eggers........ now & . JS Shephard WF SBilleck..,.. 2 EE Von Sobthern.. G W Munson.... Petene ed) JV Rockwell, .... W Decker-,,,... eene Raed J F Oyster.... ‘ H F Lockwood........-..---+-+ » 20 Ted Prices J} seed eee de eo +heig 48 No, 11.—‘fInvernatronan Minrrary” Marcu, Open to teams of twelve from the following: 1, United States of America—\, The Army of the United States. one team trom Lhe troops slatloned within each of the three military divisions, Atlantic, Pacitc, aid Missouri (threes teams in all). Kh. The United States Navy (one teara), ©. The NattonalGuard or uniformed mite of the several States and Territories, incluaing the District of Columbia (one team froti each State or Territory). 2. Other Gountries—Eng- lund, Ireland, Scotland, and each of the Provinces of Great Britain, pach of che Provinces of Canada, and all other countries, one teat each, trom the following: A. ‘The hegular Army; B. the militia; C. the volunteers; D. the havy of auy country; separate teams tO U6 sent only when the organizations are separate. The members of en team to be officers or enlisted men, and active Members of the car or organization which they represent, and to appear in the authorized uniform thereof. They shall be selected In such manner as shail by prescribed by the milliary authorities mf the country of Stute they represent, and shall. if required, be certified to by them 4s being thal authorized representatlyes. J 200, 5 Oand 600 yards: rounds, seven at each distance; positiony standing at 200 yards, any at 600 and 60) yards; weapon, sny milita Tifie which has been adopted as an Official arm by any State or G ermment; ammunition, any; entrance fee, 82 each man. Wirst pe a Trophy. preseuted by Hon, henry Hiltou, of New York, to bs sh for annually at Creedmoor orsuch oth r range as the Nationa! Ri Association of Amerita Shall select. to be héld during the year by the head of the corps or orzanizaton whoxe ream may win It, and ft be returned to the N. R.A. at the expiration thereof, value 22,100) Second, to the second team, twelve silver medals. New York State Team. 200yds. Bivyds, 6ooyds. TUBArnGss seer oes eee e Rd38444—95 6d HA BL SHNAGdA —28 DH Ogden,.....ss-000.---S4455d4 99 OSHA —OS AI Y AH4Ib3o8- 91 —55bs554—B2 = ddd — 97, sReGdHB4—25. SAB H4—BS HAS dh Hos tb daddddt 9S L155854—28 Bae dddddd—97 BB HOA AB869—2G = bSdBSI—8B 2425 IT. DRHSH—2T = BSIBHDL BL B26 2I— 2H 44444550 832,855 -23 0824425 -20 AAOHRIS—23 © BaddHLI—25 4434-03-20 - 71 (084445493 423425398 0285545249 oe eoee 45454I— 300 454d52—2T = 200154 —T LS Bie 426 STL OI Pennsylvania State Team. DR Atkinson ...... PhS 8-2 BO44344—2T 9 YEBH4—BT =: 984 725—27. CA Wells......- .b4i4443—98 dG 2454—OT GB Hand.....-... 6443 51-28 44H1335-—27 EO Shakespeare. 446544470 854d GH LAND John Blatter... -- 4245327 BAA ZA 98 R4ANbA35—28 = 44HHDWwW—BL BY 441444327 9 SxSH2SB—VB HUY ; Sd43453—26 9 M3526 ©5245 —US Ib dadip4s—9S 9 Add 94 HA — 19 + 444954428 = BAHHHL—33 O10 — 9 P Milllgan..... ne AO225—20 B854454—98 2288293 - 176 4 B Thompsun. 454333326 S415 —30 = BEAW2I— B 823 A929 243 896 New Jersey Teatn................300 2388 Retired. No, 12,—‘* Inter-State Minrtary” Maron. Open to one team from e@ach State and Territory io the Dnited States, consisting of twetye mouibers of whe neu rly organized and uniformed National Guard or Militta of Such State op Terilrory) chosen in such manner as shall be preserbed by the military wuchor ilies thereof, each of their number to have been a vegular embe the uniformed militia, in good standing, on the first day of sini, They shall appear tn the uniform of vhetr eorps, 20, and §fil yar position. at 200 yurds standing, and ab 40 yards, any with head 10 1 target; weapon, any military rifle which has been adopted as t official arm by any State or Government. In cases wheie he Stat has avopted no particular model (which must be ceriited to by th Adjutant-General), the team will be allowed 10 use the rife in use By the Regular Arovy of the United Spates, or by the uniformed roiling of any other State; rounds, ten at each distance ; enirance feo, @2 each man, First prize, to the t¢:m maklig the lighest ager gare score, & large brouze “Soldier ot Maraihou,’” presented by lie Colt mander-in- Chief, on behalf of the Siate of New York, to be shot for annually ab Creedmoor, and to be held dwing the year by the Adjutant-General of the Stave whose team may win it; value, €5a0- New York State Team. TJ Dolan. ..... hh Se sep ss vals dele ofa f4s454444 —4] SbhA 544454 — 4 LL Harnes.........+- reer eee OS824, 4443 — 16 bi HY . » Adbdddd A — 39 . oo Hd 89 Pr tre werd o eAddS 4443—8T 54d dst — 85, 4538444 6 25 oe A445, 4 dd — 0 vx A973 5544—31 faddos 6—t—h Hdd td — SH Avdd odd 49-3 Ad S483 —34 43450405 25-18 ee ne oe AdAd 5d — 38, 45520 5ot3—3: d 442 Pennsylvania State Team. DR Atkinson... .87 41 78 P Milligan....,..... 40 GB Thompson..-... $5 539 «Tt CH Wells, .-..,-2.,.d3 GH Ives..... ...i41 Bf fs Md Andrews... 7 dt E Chamberlin ...-.-. 36 43 79 GBHand,,..-.-- 84 6 SD G B Foster.......--.. 32 36 68 J Blatter... ......88 5+ HO shukespeare....40 48 $t DT Townsend.......84 31 WH LVEB....242s--eees-38 60S; — — 441-409 G10 New Jersey State Team. J HP Howard..-..... 43 43 86 Huaddenhorst......-.45 35 TW Qriffith........42 42 86 A Anderson..........40 37 B P Holmes. . 28 36 74 LH Greve... at 81 J Smith....... 37 446 «©6988 GH Stimis Le eh F it Dudley... . Jaeee3t 6 43—CsSO A EL Prey... 86. LQoll......,..: as-: 20 $7 65 —_— — 453 440 No. 18.—‘ Inrer-State Lonc-Rakce” Marcos. Open to teams of four from all rifie assoulations or clubs In any Stare or ‘Verritory in bué Dolted States. Members of the yarlous teams partictpaling must, at the time of shovtlog, be residents, alt must have resided in the tate represented for ap last (hee monthe pilor to tne date of the match, B00, 400 and 1,000 yurds; fifteen shot ub each distance; Weapon, any rile within tle Fules; elitranue $0 each team. Prize, a Tropby, to be held sor the year by thes oessftil team, which shall be deposit-d in some central place Lo tht State whose leam may win It. Also to each member of the winnlih leam 4 gold medal. Also to each meniber of the second jeam a sliver medal. Also to Gach member uf the third Leama bronze medal, Tiion Risie Club, FN Partiss. .6§ 56655 45 5 5 6 5 4 wt 6 5 FA Sb 4 DH HF 455 5 1,000 ieteeaeend 6 5 4 B65 5 FA 6h 6h G RS Quackenbush, £08 weed S455 65 57 #40 5 5 900 weed 5 6 6 6 5 4 56H 5 4 GG 1,000 weeccsereest 8 5 44h 55 5 55 5K SHS F Ferris. S00 e555 Fb SHH Sb 6 GF 900 555 F665 56 £5 5 5 G 1,000 45 54 3 54 46565 5 RO Winegar. S00 6556 6H 5b 6 65 SG 900 66584665555 & 5 6 5 1,000 55454 5434566 6 Wi) Ry Geen cr Pr Seen oo wate pel oftia Ane ne-Bin rick Efe taba hone onal Massachusetts Rifle Agsoclation.. J 8 Sumner. 800 RR4di4d565 5645565656 o00 BSBa 54 5 FS DH 4D DG 7,000 44564646 5 6 45 6 D HT Rockwell, 800) wesereot BHF 4H 556 56 Ht FO 4 G 900) weccstescg? 644 54 FA tb SS TD 1,000 .....+.- 5 5532555 8 5 24 5 5 5 W Ef Jackson. 800 155 HF G6 GF 455 FH 4 900 626465 636 5 4 5 6 5 1,000 S44 30 Bb FRE 4-5 A CW Hinman, S00 treeecseeet BFR 4G 6 GF FTTH A OS a0 Tobey Ohh Se ee Gelb. ae uA eh hee 1,000 sasetevanelds 6 8B 3 BS Bed #6 3 6 4 TPGPaT ecg, Oot ia an O Oe CEO, a og ME Peete gsccun ehetew ths drever aaa Aniateur Rifle Club, N. Y- J Hobershaw. 800 eee 5b FF 4H F4 AG AOD 200 wwe 5245 465 555 5 5 t 1,000 teeeevereey? DAR HS FT FH 4H ES 4185 4—_69 5—6S—202 nw wae 5—6S 5—67T 4—67—208 aa Ear 5—70 5—O5 4—61—196 eons peeks oe oon 183—S11 212 206 195 191—S07 207 196 189 181—T78 W De Forest. 5h 448 5 6 4 54h 66 44 5 5 BB 5 45 6 5 5B hos Lamb, Jr. 5S 45h 4h 4 5 SG b 665 54 0 5 5 5 yetk4d 228 6b & 2 bb bbb ; ND Ward, seoteee +t 425 55 5 FF 4 6G iicielet. (ub is 1650 65 6 Fb 6 d 6 5 Rcreeee b toh bab 2 5 5 4-0 MOU) cet cote year pete wns sere me never eces tnscneees Empire Rife Club, TF clurke...... is 74 68 wy Fisher..--. 1.68 72 63 WH Holton. . Hyg! BL 63 70 64 59 Columbla Rifle Association, D C. io 6s ' iu 10 66 I SEO ee = eee TL is 62 Walley Scott).-...--.....-+. 68 66 62 Pennsylvania State Rifle Association. OSbnkespeare............7 72 65 HUB. =. .--- i) 6) Ins... ts 67 56 PBurruughs.....---.... .-69 Gl 51 rio ot the organization | hey represent. Wdlig the Wibbing ecrps. H444515—31 h44445—3) 5543554 —S1 15A554—3 | BHL46—80 45h5l4—3) Lieut Abbot. GB Thompson... 465444581 jeff lves..... ....%545445—81 Oh Wellus. rat VD Andrew: BP Mijlizan .. Geo i ives... --+-fnond$ E31 oe ADSSAGS—S1 4650344 0 -b44dtdt— 29 itp Twentieth Sep. Co., BM Congdon, ...4455455—32 43 Vai Orden . .44556h4—32 wv Youngs .,,.465555—41 AM Wo) den. ..8552544—30 dté OA Morris. -..d444455—29 ile Di Ogden ....26544p4—29 Motel deer entree weet eee seals Seventh Regiment, N. ¥. aple... eBoutlliier .. “Alder... . sherry RShulken 5.22 -...¥8 F Harvey... " vee. -2t KR Cudona,.- seneeeeeetl 4] Henwood indent wees eee-i¢-t- U. 8. Engineer Battalion. T L Casey... M Caiter BYOWM cece as tie cee Wee te scent fo lew ‘ Bhutanese! 23 -- 26 Regiment, N. Y. CS Burns... N Wood..... Highth Regiment, N. ¥. (bh Regiment, N. J. iioliinger. baah BV AL at, licicharde . Ta Priv Smith . @ medal. 200 yds. ee vewessecesceego 0 4 § 4—2] 44—90 4— 1 Potter ese 4 5 5 Foo = ly WW a cog ey tS We on SoS ey i ge PAPO eRe 4 4 5 4 3 Rezsc]e Pest W F Higgins FC McLewee .. Fourteenth Regiment, N. Y. F Steilenwert...-...,....+5 JL Paulding. .,....«-- 8 Richardsol...... Peas! sul AT AT Decker.__... 14 H © Aspinwall .....,.......10—256 Thirth-fifth Battallou, N. Y. WR Zimmerman.... J H Keeves...... CA dSeltle.... J Luter ..., J dowland, ,. so cae W Cooper.......-4-.......,18—800 Thirteenth Regiment, Scranton, Pa. Sergt GB Hand........4544444—29 Priv M Blatter.....,..,.4825555—29 PrivC Rsmilth .,,.....4835463—29 Corp G B Foster. ist Lt D R Atkinso: Priy HE ¥ Chamberlin. ..23%4434—23 Binghamton, N. ¥. Private M D Hinds... .8544543—98 Corp C M Durkee.. Private ES ‘Tupper... Priy N H Whittemore. .3444344—26 Corp C B Smith, Jr..... 4232545 —25 Be WarneP as. oy so No. 14.—‘‘Anmy anp Nayy Journan” Maro. to teams of twelye from all regularly organized military lions in the United States, including the regular army, nayy marine corps. All competitors 10 be regularly enlisted members, of standing, of fhe regiment, battalion, corps or troop they rep- if. aud to have been such on Julie 1, 18s), and to appear in the Weapons, such military ms has been issueti ah the public expense to the organization eh the team represents; 50 yards; rounds seven; position, apy bh head \oward the target; entrance fee, $1 exth ‘Yo the organization whose team makes the highest aggregate Acliver trophy, presented by Col, Willlam GC. Courch, valued at This prize 13 lo be won three times before becoming the prap- of the wimoer. It will be held for a year by the officer com- Also jo each member of the winning ® sliver mnedal; to each member of the second team a silver ; 6 Gach member of the third team #1 bronze medal, OU. 3, Engr. Batt,. Willet’s Point, 4 Sergi, McCormack Seret You Sovber Capt Miller,...... Private Cavanag! Private Kohrt.. Man. First ~4445543—29 2W3d4533—24 B46 ~ 0344 453—2T « 3444453—97 255315 —2T 25 Wim 'J'aylor...:... is 4 fd teede eee Priv Spencer................14 Priy Sirtnis.,... Oapt Evienkotter, l'tiv Hoturieve Sergt Peck... pen to trams ol twelys from each regiment, battalion or separate Wipany of infantry of the National Guard of the stale of New ) ork, 20h Thun b ine certified py bis regimental commander Lo be & rezu- tolisléd rember, In goud slandiug, of the regimenr, battalion PUNE CUlpany le represent , wud to have been such on June 1, All comp titurs Must appear io the uniform of their corps; abd SU yards; position, sanding’ at 200, any with head toi he ela 50; weapon, Remington 1ife, State model; rounds, ye at Uioiance; eniance fee, f1 each man. Wir-t prize—To the regi- OF balhil Oh Whose Lleam Makes the highest aggregate score, a bhy costing 250), presented by -euaior William W. Astor, and to Wmeniber of the winning 16am u silver medal; to each member of ond team a sliver medal; to @4ch member of the third team a Twentieth Sep. Co., N. ¥., Binghamton. Total. 5—23—i4 5—23 413 4—20—45 = 2 4—22—43 4—21—42 6—20—42 §—22—40 4—20—39 4—i0—39 4—19—39 3—18—37 B—15—35 246 486 BO A I CT He Or Or Sy HEE ey Oc Haan e oes RO We Ge 0S CSS DY he ce OR Wee eae FOREST AND STREAM. Y, City, 4 4—21 6646 6—24—45 wt 464 4-91 55 5 5 4—24—45 A444 4—90 5655 24—44 Sergt WR Bostwick wed 6 4 4 5— BR 545 44-22-44 Priv W J Underwood, dr.. 8444-15 55 5 5 4—24—42 Privy Fred Alder, ..,-...--. 445 4—4#1 4635 4-21-49 Priv HL Lockwood. - 3444-19 255 5 &-22—41 Sergt F GC McLewee. - 4448-19 465 & 3—20~—39 Seizt J Le Boutilier. . 504 4—17 4425 5—2)—8T Priv EW Privé...., 5 43 4—19 84 2 2 5—16—85 Sergt G W Munson, 4544-19 544 3 0—16—35 Capt J L Price. <.:-....-- De see ties 435 43-19 23 2 4 2—l4—33 235 247 482 Thirty-fifth Battalion, N, ¥., Watertown, Cant M Cooper............:.0....5..4 £4 4 4—20 4545 6—23—43 Corp C L Adam..;,... 144 h 4 d—81 4345 6—22—13 Priv HN OWS.-/. 2.05.2... 42348 4-18 445 4 5—22—10 Sergt F L Baker........... -Ha4 44 4—19 344 5 5—21—40 Lieut-Col J R Miller......-... wo Gd dd 4-16 43 5 6 522-38 Capt Com Ein tle-pi0.8 Seee estes: 24% 54-18 25H 4 4—20—28 Priy J E Reeves,..-.... renee 8 843 3—16 445 5 3-137 Sergt ER Brown....... st 3 433-17 453 4 4—20-27 Sergtd F Luther._,,. .,. wt 443 3-18 863 5 3—19—37 Priy W Cooper.......... Pe 4334 8-17 883 4 5—IS—35 Sergt WR Zitimerman,...,.....,,.4 3 4 5 3-19 424 4 2—-16—35 Lieut J Howland...... . .........038 8 3 3 8-16 324 4 5—15—83 2d 242 456 No. 16.—‘‘ Finer Dryiston Natiovan Guarp” Maron, Open to teams of twelve from each regiment, battalion or separate company of infantry in ihe First Division of the National Guard, 8. N.Y. All chmpetitersto appeur in the uniform ot their corps, and to be ceriificd by their regimental commander to be regularly enlisted members 1n good standing of the regiment or battulion they repre- sen ,and 10 liave been such on June, i8s!. Weapun, Remington Trifle, State model; 40 and 500 yard-; five shots at each distance; position, standlyg at 200, any with head to the target at 600; en- irante fre, §1 each man. First piize—To the regiment or battalion, éfc., whose te.m mukes the highest aggregate score, a piize pre- sented by the staff officers, value 4100, Seventh Regiment, WN. ¥. City. 200 yds, 500 yds. Total JU Price...... Bpadieh aoe stay Guar igt A MZ 5 6 5 6 6B—Yh—45 CH Eag 444 4—20 656 4 5—24—44 FC McLewee 45 4 4—21 455 4 5—2u—44 EW Price.. d4¢8—19 646 5 5—24—43 F ald 444 4—20 5445 5—23—14 HT 543420 45 6 4 5—v3—43 Wr 4344-19 45 4 5 5—23—42 J Le 54 4 3—20 466 4 4—9249 JK 4454-20 53844 4¥—19—39 W J Underwooil, Jr _. weesecee.D £4 5 4—22 § 228 4 4—17—39 TV AIENMME KITS ys cc ameeipees tee mieer 3245 3-17 $46 2 4—18—35 W RB Bostwick......:6...-.005 syaveeh 444 3-19 03563 5—16—35 28T 257 494 Twelfth Regiment. 21 dd HCaAspinwall..15 12 387 4 20 J ROSS .........19 20 a9 15 85 WCReddy.....14 20 34 ij 38% A Beattie. .....11 8 19 12 29 ABVanHensen|s 21 89 18 88 J L Pauldiug...13 18 41—393 Eleventh Regiment. . 6 ww LBlackmnan,...17 4 21 10 28 J Hegelin..,,...18 12 30 4) 218: (EAR OSU ss odes week 1 6 24 lj «638 J Lindaner..... 9 12 22 0 18 F Stiltzsky..... 13 81 17 35 J Matzniger,...18 6 23—307 Ffith Regiment, Capt Stiffel...... - 19 #13 82 Capt Guza .:...d1 16 «(QT Adjt Holoker.,-,.-..13 10 23 Private Bayer. .16 15 #1 Capt Deiztel........- 16 iL 27 Sergt Eygier...11 i 28 Lieut Johnson, & 23 SergtSchroeder 9 4 13 Private Cramer 0 6 Lt-Col Webber. .13 2 15 Capt Kilnge. 12 «627 «=Sergt Lohman..10 2 12 264 No, 17—" Seconn Diviston Narronan Guarp” Maron, As the First Division Match, exceph open to Secund Divi:ion organt- zations only. Fourteenth Regiment, Brooklyn. 500 yds. Total CL Madison..... 453 4 5-2 —39 J Moore..... 445 5 4—22—48 KS Browe . 6 43 4 4—19—38 J Corry...... 535 3 3-19-18 K Cardona....... 4 8 43 5 3—18—35 F pchuelken ,..., 0446 4—1j7—48 F stillingwerf..... 43234 4—18—35 dM Hurvey.,,..-. 2434 5—18—35 J Henwood.,....... : 3244 4—I1T- 33 JM White,.....,, 4 2-17 4530 3—l6—32 W Taylor . 3 4—13 6 48 2 4—15—21 J J Dixon, 3 4—18 0000 0— 0-15 212 201 413 Fourteenth Regiment. GOP Y sang s needa agel 2iI—42 H wutb.....--..20 1T—8T G Henwood... 19 22-41 FE Stellenwert..13 24 —5T ¥ Shulkea........... 2240 kk Codena,......20 727 CL Madison,-......,19 4—39 JM White...... 16 19—85 ES Browe,........-.21 18—39 W Tayior...... AT 17-34 das Moore.......:...1T 21—38 SM Harvey....20 13—#2—442 Twelfth Regiment, AB Van Heusen .... 21 W445 MU Reddy .....9 16—45 W Wood. -,-.:.,.--~-21 23-44 C.J Beums......16 18—A3 T J Dolan, ... 2.66... 28 2u—43 P Richardson,. ,16 17—33 JL Paulding ..,.....21 w—4l HC Aspinwall.17 15—82 JAS ROSS... cee eens 18 20—48 J H Saunders .,16 15—31 Ii T Farrell....... ..16 19—35 A ‘i! Decker..... 18 1W—28—438 . Eighth Regiment. W H Reed, ....-..... 18 20—38 J J Horan,.,...15 16—81 M De War........--.-17 19—36 H Douglais....17 15—32 T RMurphy.........17 22—39 W Cochran, Jr,22 18—40 JH Balston.......,.19 18—iT Geo Lougan....15 15—3)) GD-rcott.....-....-.18 15—33 © Stafford...... iy 18—37 P J Meagher... ,....15 16—31 W Douglass...,18 18—36—120 Thirteenth Regiment. GB Davis......... 1% 16 30 J OGonor,,..,.13 TT; A Frothinvham...,.1) 19 #82 JWBeach......17 16 88 JF Jennings........ 16 427 LC Lubok. T 4 2L G a dlane....... 10 22 JT baxter Te OR GM Young... . 5 1s WA Collins... 15 Sl J E Matthewson 12 «#429 J McNevin...... 15 86—811 No. 18.—'‘Minrrary Tram’ Maron. 200 yards; open to teams of Nyemen from any company, troop or battery of the National Guard or New York, or other sates, or of the kegular Army, Nayy or Marine Corps, to be composed of company officers, nOo-commis-ioned officers or privates, ceititied to have been members of the compapy they represent, on June 1, 1851; position, standing; teams to use the rifie their company is armed with; +n- irance jee, $2 each man. First prize, an embroi-ered Hag, value $100, Lo be won thiee times before becuming ihe property of the organiza- | thon; 2d prize, $25; sd prize, $15; Lolal, three prizes, $140, Twentieth Separate Co., N.Y. Corp W W Young.............. Fears SE ABSA 5 44423 3 4 4-81 here ') M Congdon... -- 56 44 4 4 4 5—80 Private A Betrer..... sereeueed 4 4 4 4 4 4-99 Corp C B Smith,...,..,.-- “So ayesety 4 4 4 8 4 4 4-27 Private WM Werden... .......-2.--- sees 6 @¢ 48 3 4 4—26—148 Co, A. U, 8. Eng. Bate, teevsreeeed BD BD 4 6 4 4-31 Lieut F U_Abbott....... 4 445 4 4 5-20 Sergt C Renaud-....4,....+- 44444 5 4-98 Privete T O'NeL,.... ...... 3 4 3 4 4 4 4-96 Seret TE Royston.s.2.2..2.5.-2c2-. dice eee 3 ¢4 6 4 4 8—26—141 Co, D, First Regiment, Mass. Private CG W Hinman......-..........55-....4 4 5 4 5 4 4-30 Private C C Wemyss..... eesete A 4 445 B §$—29 Seret H UGardner..... sere? 5 B 4 4 4 4-28 Private B Benoelt,...........-....-.20.-- ee 443 4 4 4 4-07 Lieut H C Rockwell............-... 0-4-4 5 3 4 3 4 4-8-7441 Twentieth Separate Co., N. Y. MD Hinds.........-.---- tevetssereesetesseedt 4 4 6 4 2 5-30 OC Van Orden... -. 22,22. ecerenee ~->6 3 44 5 4 4 6—29 GoM VUPKOR, co.cc cine essen eee #35444 42 pre eden Made ferisl 55 A Mrg veeeeBo 3 Bo 4 4B 4—27 POA MOLI. ....cenccecnperrecertereerserres® @ od & & 8 4—26—140 Co. B, Twelfth Regiment, N. Y. C § Rurns..........-- Woern ie sseeug. eee ho 5-2 4-38, J Ross .... 4465 3 4 4 4—33 JC Paulding. 6 44 3 4 4 5—28 JH Saunders.. 84444 4 4-26 AC Van Heuse 4 4 3 3 8 5 4—265—136 Co. C, U, 8. Engineers, bs 30,G J Fieberger 26, C Barrett 26, AM Miller 25, W Tracy 22; total, 145; National Rifles, Washington, D, C.; 124; 10, F, Ninth Regiment, N. J., 188; Thirty-fitth Batt.. N. ¥., 12; Co. B, U. 8. Engineers, 129; Co. H, Seventh Regiment, N. Y., 128; Co, B, U. 5. Engineers, 123. No, 19.—Tue “AmmRIcCAN CuHampionsnir SHoRT RANGE’ Matcr, Open to teams of four men each from any civil, military or paval organiziution in North America, Any number of teams may enter froin the same organization, provided that no individual shall be a member of more than one team and that the members of teams par- ticipating are af the time of shooting, und haye been for three months prior to the match, regular members in gcod standing of the organ- ization represented. 200 and 3) yards; fitlern shots al each: any tifle within the rules; entrance tee, #2 perman. First prize, alrophy 7ep- reseliting the Short-Range Teani Championship of North Ameiica, costing ;255; prize to become the absolute propeity of the team win- ning it; offered by Mr, F, J. Donaldson ; 2d prize, four Winchester re- peating iifies, .45 cal., model 1876, offered by the N, KR. A., Value, $126; ad prize, cash, $50; 4th prize, cash, $25. Massachusetts Rifie Association—First Team. O M Jewell......... §45565444434543—64 $44344444443354—59—123 Jd Gram.....,.....444444514514455—64 44424354444 5444—80—1 24 CW Hinman...,...,444493444443444—57 543343434454944—57—114 G Elisworth........624444514334345—58 943454445444344 §0—118—419 Bridgeport Hifle Club. G Twitmeyer....63 b§—121 A C White...59 58—11T H Nichols........53 44—102 GE Marsh...57 66 -113—453 Massachusetts Rifie Association—Second Team. EJ Rabbeth,....62 E F Rich son62 49—111 GL Winship.....63 §4—117 WH Jacksonis 44 102—453 Massachusetts Rifle Associatlon—Third Tear. y] JBFellows .. 6 55—1LT M ¥rye....58 56—109 NW Arnold,....56 69115 LL Hubbard,56 51—107—448 Knickerbocker Rifie Cinb. 53—106 Oehl....-. ~ BT 50—10T 45—10) Jolner....... 6&4 59—123—486 Zettler Rifle Team, Second. W Kiline,..... . -5T 45—102 J Levey....... bT 6S—115 M Doorler.......57 48—1)5 ND Ward....60 53—118—485 Empire Rifle Club. FH Holton. ..,.56 55—i111 OC E Tayntor..53 62—110 DF Dayids.,...62 49-111 J W Todu.....51 51—102—184 New York Rifle Club. A McInnes..... 61 62-116 WH Dunlap...61 42108 N O'Donnell....49 45— 94 AJ Towlett,,.60 54—114—42T Zettler Rifle Club—First Team, M B Engel...... 5T 41— 98 B Zettler .....60 65—115 D Miller........ 6a 41—104 C J Zettler....69 47—106—403 Knickerbocker Rifle Club—*econd Team, Shorkley....-...55 bi—1"6 Overbough,...4+ 52— 96 Morgenthaler. ..55 63—108 Bennett....... 59 51—110—420 Third Division Rifle Association —Albany. 5 L Geiger........ 45 62— 91 spelman. Jr...5T 89— 96 W E Miles...... 54 54—108 J Reineck..51 54—115-+416 Third Division rifle Assoclation—Second Team, } Ba 9 J J Miles ....,58 51—104 Si—109 J G Nuebury..56 49—100—41 6 W_E Fitch..... CH Gans.. NATIONAL RIFLE CLUB. HE twenty-fourth annual meeting, South Vernon, Vt., Aug. 30, 31, 158|, Weather and attendance fair. Order of the day, thirty consecutive shots, In three ten strings, at 40 rods rest, for the club medal oneyear. Of the contestants we give the respective scores of the winners in inches and sixteentls, measuring trom centre to centre: First String. * Second String. Third String, JN Gardner.. 7 3-16 N. BTyler.... 9 3-16 J N Gardner...11 316° NB Tyler.....10 8-16 DA Brown...11 $16 E Phillips..... 12 18-16 J Willlamson .1112-18 Mr Park,,....1213-16 NB Tyler.,... 1213-16 Best aggregate of three ten-strings, N B Tyler, of Warren, Ohlo— 82 8-16, the shortest ten-string ever made In this club, Next meet at Same place, first Tuesday of September, 1882. J. WILLIMMsoN, Pres’t N.S. Bruck way, Sec’y. +. JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS.—The regular monthly shoot of the above club for their silver cup took place at their new ground, Marion, N_J,, on the i6th inst., and from the follow Ing scoresome good shoot- ing was done, especially by some of the novices. We regret that we can only give the score in gross, as Heritage, as usual, ran off with the score book; 6 ground traps. v5 yards rise, second bairel 3 bird: ~ Baker, eiepeetwcs cect cuecbeate oso eO 55s PAIN yas ceveveg nessa san 33h, OM, nibs dee dcte pencotren lL? 9 ee tao tt 6 5 6 nine 64 Bel: ee etet aso The Heights Club have received the challenge from the Essex to be shot on their grounds, Bloomingdale Road, N. J.,on the 5th of next month; 25 men each, 25 yards rise, § birds each man, The first 4 bires to be shot from a desipnuted trap, one barrel. We suppore by- “ di signated* is meant two H and T traps, the trap to be puied iudl- cated by a ole thrown. The next 4 birds same distance, but the ure of both barrels. These, we understand, are the new rules adopied by that club. We intimated in ourlast that the Essex did not mean to give the matterup, and they don’t. There will be a warm time, for Lhe gentiemanly rivalry between these clubsis intense.—J ACOBSTAFF. eS pr a good Compass go to C. L. Ritzmann, 943 Broadway, New York. v, Mothers with sickly, fretful, a children will cure the child and benetit themselves by taking Hop Bitters daily, Bachting and Qanoeing, LONG ISLAND YACHT CLUB, ry HE annual races of the club were suiledin the Bay Sept. 13, bringing out the largest feet of small craft in these waters this season. We were especially glad to note the strong muster of cabin yachts and on the rather meagre turn out of big.rand-ba machines, The latter included but five, though they were a good ones. Slowly but surely the handy little cabin yacht, with fixed ballast, is taking the precedence of the machines in popular favor aud the outlook of real yachting among the junior clubs be- comes more encouraging every year. Much of the success of the L. 1, Y. O. is due to the popularity of its present Commodore and the liberal manner in which the matches are thrown open to all comers, Course, from club honse to Rob- bins’ Reef buoy, thence around Fort Lafayette and to start- gail twice over. Fifth class to turn stake boat off Owl's Head in, stead of the fort. These courses were admirably adapted both for racing and for spectators. We hope to see the Long Island Y. C. adopt the plan of start ng simultaneously and doing away with the slovenly custom of allowing boats to shuffle across dunng acertain period, Smartness about our yachts and yacht’s men is sadly wanted, and lively clubs should do what they can to make seamen out of dawdlers and yachts out of machines. A start io one gun is the next step to be taken after openingentnestoall. Such starts are bound in the long run to displace the present sleepy methods, and the L, I. Y, C, has the chanceto tuke the lead inthe matter among the junior clubs snd score one in its favor thereby. The present officers are more than “ picknickers.” Same of them are tailors and old cruisers, and we think our appeal for # seamanlike start will not be in yain, There van be no harm in making atmal. The Hull Y, C, recently got away seventy odd boats to xingle guns and we can guarantee that the superior snap aud smariness of the simultaneous start will be received with great favor whtn once un- derstood, Besides it will ease the work of judges and time keepers, make records simpler and give the cnteide public a better chance to follow the relative poritions cf ile yxchisin theiace, The steamer Bay Ridge went over the course. Regatta Conrmittee, John H. Sawyer, Henry Andrews and Chauncey M. Felt. Dy the way, the club deserves good word for appointing a “regatta conm- mhittes * to take charge of the races and declinme to call then nantical funetionarisa by the grating tirm of ‘judges’ mappro- printely borrowed from the tratk ashore, Butries as follows: Cuass A, Canin ALo00rs.—Lorelee, J. Schmidt; Widiya, Com. W. J. Greason; Henry W. Beecher, M. M. Weed; Amazon, Gom, F, Beams; Sea Robin, J. OC. Kgerton; Pastime, Tom Brown; Meta- mora, Qrnass B, Opnx Sioers, Oven 23 Eerr,—Polly, Henry Andrus; Mistake, Charles B, Wliott: ., W. Jewell, J, Schmidt; I’. W. Reeves, Joseph Northrop; Only Son, Dr, Meld. Cuass C, Open Stoors, 25 10 20 Fent,—Joe Saunders, Mahone; Nellie, Com, Schultz; Mischief, James Phillips; B. Deane, D. MeGlinn; Dena D, Richard Dougherty. Qrass D, Orlin -Stoors, 20 ro 18 Weer.—Unele Billy, Wm. Vhringer: Abbie M , G. W. Homuns, Onass Il, Car Rinarp, 18 Yenr anp Unprer,—Toavor, J. Relyea; Plug Ugly, P, O'Day; Worence, J, J. Reilly; Little Denne, li, Mad- den: Emma T., M, Thain; Tuntog, Hiram Smith; Ruby, ; Adela, D. Bonton; Katie P. Dugan, Rober Dugan; Joe Hagen, M. Nichols; Tough, Capt, B. Carr; Sunset, J. Smedley; Mockerov, B. Dough- érty. The fleet was seuf awiy to a fair sailing broezé from the fouth and the lastof the food, Only Son, in spite of ten minutes to cross. was handicappad by 15 sea,, a most lubberly piece of busi- ness with fo small a erpft in a good working wind and almost slack water. Ti is just such sleepizhnoss a pimultaneous start would saddla upon the delinquent as deserved and wake him up for the future, Ruby was fouled by Lorelee, spelled with a nuptérions dash in the middle of her name oyer the stern, got off with hardly = scratch und proceeded with the rest, After getting oyer the line some liow and any how as luck happened to bring about, ‘the judges boat,’ ran through the lot and at the first mark had taken a lead she noyeér lost, The Mistake is clinker built xnd this leads us to the query why move boats are not built after her fashion. Judge Elliott's ostensible object was to give Mistake aslighta body as poseible, an attempt the aim of whichis not quite clear to us. In boats with 4o little {eeboard and depending upou bags to wind- ward for their ptability, the idea of gaining by light topxides is a little fav fetched, something which practice aeems to demonstrate as well. Por Mistake, thongh a good boxt of her kind, is no better than many others in which the usunl plan of carved work had been followed. We take it that the main adyan- tage of lupping streaks is the greater facility and cheapness to build, The plan can, for this reason, be recommended andalready we notice sundry of the small fryin which Judge Elliott's plan has been followed with satisfactory results. So we may look for a re- vival of clinkers. The impression that they offer greater resist- ance Owing to the laps we deem without foundation in well shaped craft, The laps generally run nearly normal to the frames and the angle at which they mect the water is so acute that m practice no appreciable inorease of resistance can result, We fayor the in- troduction of clinkers in small craft, whether open boats or with cabins, becanse everything that tends to ehéeapen the cost and lesson the fine of coustruction without injury to quantities or strength helps to give the sport a wider hold among the masses. Thea breezacoming in from the sea was a trifle ‘soggy,’ and played hayoe with light sticks and goay 8 16 grew stronger during the day. From the Reef Mistake, with the Reeves aid Polly following, stood across to Long Tsluud shore and in a series of boards worked their way down to Lafayette, followed by the Beecher, Abby M., Only Son, Metumorsa, Jewell, Deane, Wien D,, Mischief, Amazon and Eildiva in the order named, with the rest struggling on the second round it pipad np and aticks snapped like dry carvotes. Amazon, the Commodore's new purchase, saw her masthead go and hauled ont to clew the wreck ; Bidiva’s topmast went py the board ; Pastime, Blena D., Tough, Roby and Moekeroo had to withdraw for splicing ind Yepairs and, worst of all, the Deane turned turtle and spilled her contants, who came to the surface or clung to the boat's bot- tom a wretched looking set of half drowned miserables who fell yictims to the inherent treachery of boats built not to win on their morits, but to win on the foolhardiness of their skippers and crews, Among the little fellows Teaser spun out a lot of spars witar and woil easily. Saunders and Abbie M. had it to themselves in their dlnases, Beecher wou among the cabins and Mistakelanded a yictory for the Judge, the Huundera also taking special gold mectit] offered in her class. Only Son got a losson for her lubberly start and must have been how closé a shave for the purse she might haye made but for doving before crossing. ‘Times as under, M. Mc- George ULASH A—CABRIN SLOOPS. Blapsed Corrected Length. iime, time, Name, Tf. in. HM. &. H, oo: i. TOVGIGE: «co cces gece ane etna seeee ee SSG 3 47 4u 446 42 WIGIVE wh32.. : vas AP 0 Carried away topmast, HW Beevhor.-.. Su) 0) B 34 37 $23 37 AMAZOU,.-- +--+ 2870 Carried away masthead. Pastimi. San ieed eles bp im asl 33 00 Did not make course. Metamora! 02-5 bh, pect p ge geecet ete a3 Ol 1 47 $a1 47 CLASS H—OPEN sLOoPs, DID; sti see Vee vie ee steps eegs-ssy ins 3 Bo 18 99 95 Mistake .....--... Hae mee ete Od 3 17 35 817 05 LW Wewell --: -.2.acs2 235 25 0+ 3°96 16 #34 16 TW ites 21 in $ 30 438 § 30. 58 CUTE YORE ee Une ty laity etc of te i vi 10 3 23 14 #15 14 CLASS d—OPmN SLOOPS. DOS SAUNAS. cece eee reece reece 21 10 * 9a dv 833 15 Wellia ...... 4 a1 10 Not timed. Miselet... .... 2L Ub Not uibied, Geo B Deane. - oct 21 Nb Cupsized. WMG TIS yi saeciedeekadacesssieten “ALT Winldrawn. CLASS D—OVPEN SLOOPS. BATTS SMT oie spats ots stsieel> oes) avis eee Rl seers OD 1 + 05 47 405 57 TNGIGRBTNTY Prog ete sere dee 19 0S Did not make course. GLASS E. TP GASET ea eo Per otoee sey . 18 00 2 6L wu 261 01 Plug Ugly st. es. eas 16 06 4% It 2 o 14 52 TIOLELCE...., 16 6 Wihhdrawn, Little Deane 5 Withilrawn. Bmma 1. - 1 Bi bs 318 33 CTs Wel gh a Unrrled away gear. 7402) 42 2 Se ae 8 11 On 405 43 Katte P Dugan, G Sl 07 $26 27 te 3 OU 42 255 5T dots Withdrawn. Sunset. ....... 0... 3°46 08 g 17 43 MOGIFOI'00..-, 444-05 Wilidrawn. TIE sloops Wve nod Schemer, of the Scawahhaka ¥. 0. having Deen eelecled to sail o series of matches against the Sculch Gut fer, if is well to investigate thetr respective sizes, in order that litel- ligent conclusions may be drawn from the results: Maude, 35,527, T5x6, 161,838 —1 Schemer, $6,45x14, 64.6 —2, #70 —1,29 Wave, §8.59214, 084.35 =Bd4de5 1,08 : Tn words, leaving oul overlians afb and taking the size of Madge as unity, the Schemer is found to be, roughly, 2 per cent. larger and Wave 83 per venl., oP one-hhird larger, Practical yachtsmen who khow irom oxperience thal an once of size 1s worth a pond of model,” WILL Wuder'siand how to Interpret the inequatily extsiing between the competing yachts and haw touch that musk milltatea agalosb Madge in anything frora a working breeze up. If we now burn our attention to Lhe mas er of Lime allowance we Gnd the following state or tfalrs: By the length and baa or ares, rule of the 8, ¥. C., under which the Matches are Fo be sailecl, litby-mile course, ; Wave allows Madge... ......e.eeoess <21dIM, 203, Achemer glows Madge.....+.... ...---1im. 168, Does this time compensate tor the ditference fn sizeof the yachts or not? Opening phe thay tables of the Y. R. A., And uccepiing Madge’5 tonnage as 1, hod, consequently, Scherers 292199, and Waves as 13,3, we have British experience as under: FOREST AND STREAM. haka rule above represent the true amount of handicap as follows: Wilve matched agalust Mage is handicapped at the start with 6m. S0s,, (lis belng the difference between the proper allowance of 6m, hS., 48 fouid on the basis of size from the Y. K. A, Book and the Tanlty allowance of 12m, 205. obtalned by the pecullar method af the Seawanhika Y. GC. Schemer matched against Madge salis with a handicap ofr. 20g, for the same reason, belng the difference between fin, §68., ind Lim. 165. Madge obtains, therefore, an unjustifiable ad- vintage Over Wave of 6m, s05,, and over Schemer 6m 20s., and to this extent the 8. ¥, C, area rule works inher fayor, But will practical yachtsiuen yew with Tavor the matching of yachts so different in tonnage as these tree, and will they place much store by thé results? Should fresh winds be the rule, the handigap the cutter las her way will be but poor compensation for hor adversaries’ (xcess of size, and that size put into the best form possible, judging by the records of the two sloops. If iniresh winds Madge shows well with the beamy cralt she will be doing fine work, and should she win from the yery pick of Lhe conntry her success will haye been Title short of maryel- ous. It would have been far more satisfactory, however, had some sloop near the cliiler’s Size beén Chosen, with so welghty a question as the speed of opposite types at stake, Perhaps the club could not Seite upon Anything of the right size fying its burgee with a record ood enough 6o sult so inomentous an occasion, a os EASTERN YACHT CLUB. [Special Correspondence.) dj ete fall regatta was sailed off Marblehead Neck on the 13th, and . although the race was opened to the New York, New Bedford, Atlantic, Seawanhaka and Hoston Clubs, only Haslern Y. C. boats came lo the line, the following being the lst: SCHOONERS—FIRST CLASS, Sailing Length, Yacht. Owner, Ft. In, Phantom ,..,.......4 oe -- 4+ W1Ce-Com. Hovey... sea... sees 8b 12 EISICY OU 2. Sasee totes sn ee Chas, J. Paloe........ urd sweets ve> Te 60 SECOND OLASS, Rebeccii,...+.a0.. be eet COM, TOFS ss teescees Tota hresgenes 60) de Latona, — .....-.......-..,.D.l. Plekman............. iseend 60 192 THIRD GLASS. Dream,......-.. traitors ide Gees CMAPUIS, oct abekeratntepect. 0) At LOOPS AND COTTERS—FIRST GLASS. AMBG, 2.4.8. 5-25 tos s.t. 2 TG, APPIEDON fees akcceeseeiyees 28 ne Active Bah . Chas, P, Horton, eeeeee 51 46 Addie... 7M. K. ADDODD . weeeees see eee Sdactet Bb) AT Viva... 2G, W.. BOUSOM, p55 2,25, ehy sew ere aT 08 Ariadne,. t wd. W. Wheelwright......--.sesee 62 63 Madcap... ne -~- Walter ©. Cabot... 44 97 Hesper,.. Wim. A. Worbes.... ft 12 BING et eh selects oe : Oy SRD PECL eta ie t.telets sicitats: wee 41 G6 HYEPDTIBG Ss se anedse ---Rear-Com. Peapod y...,.2..--2.-8 4d 88 BECOND CLASS. Sifadow.... 2.2.2.5 se poses DON BIYADts..,c2eespeeeseeee eee fe 8S Viking. . .5. P, Freeman,-..... ee. 36 00 ilve +cpeet eles ee (sta... b.W. Crowalmshléld........ tees 0 5S The day opened with a thick smoke covering the water and a dead calm. All the entries started for Marblehead, but although the start Was delayed from 11 to 1:30, only ten boats arrived in time, and Shadow, for som unaccountable reason, left just before the stuart, which was made as follows: Haleyon, 1:35:6; Phantom, 1:36:30 ; Latona, 1:39; Witie, 143+ Viva, 144013 ; Madcap, 1:46:28; Viking, lis: Dream, 1:47:28, and Ariadne, 1:48:6. Latona sailed in first-class. The judges had selected the course for 15, W. wind, but the breeze, which was a fale wholesail one, came round to the B. of 8,, and madeit a free wind race. ‘The run to Malt- Way Hock was nearly closo hauled on starboard tack, the rock betog rounded pretty much in the order of starting. From here the small boats had a tree wind to Egg Rock, then a beam wind to the Plgs, and carried it over the quarter to the hoine line, which was reached as follows: Eile, 3:43; Dream, 3:62:12 5 Viking, 9:54:32. ‘The large boats had a close haul across the bay to the Graves, and the races between the two big schooners, and be- tween Ariadne and Madcap were very close. Phantom stood on a little beyond the rock before tacking, while her opponent tacked at once. The ran over was uneventful, Halcyon closing a little better in the seaway and making a small gain to the iraves, While Ariadne, with Madcap close on her quarters, left Viva some way astern, the keel boat wanting more wind, After rounding the Graves, Haléyon headed tor Evy Rock wing and wing, carrying only tour lower sails, working forétopsall and Doom gall topsail, An attempt was mudeto set jibtopsall but it would not draw and was taken in. Phantom meantime was coming up gradually, carrylng More sail than any boat has carried in an Eastern Yaeht Club race. Besides her lower satls, she carried working foretopsail, larve boom maintopsail, a very large balloon stuysall, with a jib topsail to mateh, and @ huge balloon jtb set Dying to the masthead. She also ran out f very large spinnaker which pulled handsomely. Hor computitor. seeing something must be done, sent up a small Staysall and reached Leg hork a trifle ahead, Phantom haying gained one minute siice ihe start, and having to allow 2m. 14s. Before reaching the rock Halcyon got her jib, flylng jib and foresail sheets flat in and had her crew at main sheet, ready for a lufifing match, if necessary. Phantom took in spinnaker and followed close behind her, apparently trying to carry her light canyas to the Pigs ; the straln, however, proved 106 much, as she Came out, from the lee of the roek; the tack of the balloon jib parted, and in a second both tap- masts were gone; the fore snapped short at the cap, the main splin- ed on , et one-third of the way up, leaving the boat under four ower Sails. ja Halcyon also fot into a lttle of a. mess; her large balloon jib topsail was ol the stay, tled up, ready to break outatthe Pigs, At the same {ime that her opponent came 10 grief the sall broke loose and was nearly unmanageable; i, could neliher be got down nor sheeted in, and all te way to the Pigs kept her in close company with the Vice- Commodore. Af the Pigs the course becanie much freer, and, the big salt beginning to work, Haleyon rapidly drew ahead and crossed the ine af 44:80, followed by Phantom o6.4:912 and Latina at 4:23:17. The race among the sloops was also yery close. Ariadne passed Mideap early in the race, but could do nothing more, and satled over the course with the smaller boat clinging-to her likaaleech, The, line was croased as follows: Ariadne, 4:34:15; Madcap, 4:34;50 ; Viva 4:40:00. Summary 15 as follows: i Actual Time. Corrected 'Time. uM 8. HM, 8. FIHIGY Oplscracits sites cashed abacesa ape eo) Ul ee 2 27 10 Phantom.....---...0,-...- Danie 2 Be ode 2 32 49 1G AD IE RRR RP reno ssn SAA Connon 2 44 17 2°33 b4hy Madcap... dieessleee® 2 48 22 2 42 35 SATU SLCLIUG Os sieee te Uttisisls © ole cieialeteie)< aie area sere 2 46 09 2 46 00 Viva. ceased bby AT 2 62 Bt Bitie. . 2 00 00 2 00 00 Viking weno 3 OT 4 % 04 83 Dream seeaee 2 OL 49 2 i4 44 Thaleyon, Madcap and Bifie take the prizes. BINNAULE, i THE HERRESHOFF BOILER. Hay onethinks Forssr anp SrRBAM has had unwarranted preju- dice in fayor of the Herrashoff boiler, let him read the following report, algned by Chief Engineer B, ¥. Isherwood, heo, Zeller and Geo. W. Magee. Sofartrom having overdrawn the truth, wa have been modest in coniparison with the merits of the edit baller and the matchless engines jurned out In Bristol, ‘Chey are ahead of anything in America or Hurope, and, after reading the following indorsement, we Should like to know what sound reason can be advaiiced in favor of clinging to the antediluylun cylindrical * blow-you-ups?’' Let not the Dind selfishness of other builders or thetr bigotry outweigh the indisputable testimony of a board of naval engiheers and the indorse- mento! Forusy AND STREAM. Here is what the Government report of June, 18S), says, ibalics belng ours: A mosiimportant merit of the Herreshof! boiler Is its capacity of having ils rate of combustion forced to the uttermost by artinolal draught from fan blowers without proning or foamlny, This poe sible 46 make this boler prime or Nit its water, because the water 1s duready at the top ottbe boller. The Herresholf system, ss embodied in fia Lella’s niachinery, gives the power with an economy of fuel varely, {fdver, equaled, [Shades of Watt and Fulton ! but to think of the tanbhraeite’ quackery, with its 2.7 pounds of selucted steamer crummed toto the craniums of peuny-a-liners a8 ‘ane pound of coal per horse power per hour!’—Hp.] ‘The todleajed horse power in the Leila buing produced foy 225 pounds ot common anthracite, having 1834 per century of P6fUusB, AS Che cost under the conditions of ordinary Trachea.” E ‘the same Gayermment report of dune, 18s1, goes on to Bay = “Tor steam cutters, launches, gunboats, wrpedo boats, vedeti¢ boats, tugboats, yachts, dispatch vessels, small rams for ttorsl war. tare, afd small sloops of war, the Herreshotf holler is very greatly Wie pertor to ny other Known to the undersigned, Jb 1g ye ayer, simplest, - | [Sgpreimer 22, 1881, “hr lightest and cheapest, and POSSesseS so gréat.a Dalance of advantage that, in our oploion, none other can be Pulin competition with it. “We know Of no reason for restricting the use of this boiler to veo sels of the above sizés excepl that it has not been tried on large ones, but ti can doublless be us advantageously adapted to the larg vessels a5 to the smallest ones, The saying of one-halt the weight the absolute safety trom explosion, the capability of worklug props Grly at the highest rate of combushion, with very high pressures Sis perheated as Much as the constitution of iron will admit, the rapidity, of raising sleam, and the siinpielty and cheapness of constructlon in all ot Which tt 1s superior to any boiler we know, while its econom- ie vaporization is as great, ae of such inyportange in steam navigny tion fhat its use Must extend a8 LS Merits bezome understood,” And how turn to back flles of FoREsY AND STREAM: Before any Goyernment reports had been madé we wrote in Foxrst AND STREAM, March 11, 1530: ““We summarize the advantages offered by this system as follows Mirst, the extreme lightness of the Machinery and boiler, which glveg to the yess La maxiinuim degree of speed, buoyancy and seayyortht Tess Wit) a mininnuin of resistance and dvaughh of water. Secondy by the use of the Merresbolt boiler perfect safety is insured, with compactness of form and durability of parts, as natural drait.only 48 used In the consumption of fuel. Lhe quickness by which steam 1g ralsed is. a most important feature, which is highly appreciated by eee ani sportsmen, ‘hird, by ihe use of tie surface condenss § engine the amount of fresh water vequired is reducéd to a m num, thirty gallons of which will suffice to cary a fifteen h. p, yacht 800 miles. As has been noticed, the absence of nolse caused by ex hausting steam Js of great value, considered from a sporting view because the approach to game is made more sure and easy. Fourthly through using the compound system the greatest economy of tuel Is obtained; witness its success In the transatlantic steamshlp service and British yachts, the old style of engine belny entirely displaced by the compounds during the last ten years. Although the money yalug of the fuel used In a steam yacht is nob large, still economy in its ui is important, because the vessel ls enabled to make a longer trip withy a given amount, or the number Of times necessary to coal up 1e8 sened and a nuisance mitigated. Altozether, the machine shops an yards of the Merreshot Manufacturing Company present a striking’ scene Of actiyloy and bustle; the steam vessels, yachts and torpedo- boats they turn out have a just reputation for speed, symmetry and: durability. The Herreshoff Brothers are menibars of the Institution of Naval Architects, London, Tt is only tatr to add that for originality in conception and boldness in design the inventions and improve ments of this firm constitute a starin our firmament of mechanteal achievements of which the country may well be proud, That their coll system should torm the basis for imitations in design abroad ts a@ compliment to the Bristol pullders, for thelr brilliant fdeas are belng plagiarized and built tipon extensively In Europe, asa glance at our engineering exchanges shows. Their flexible shafts, midship propels Ters. safety yalyes uf the simplest and most reliable kind, in which springs and e¢ombinations have been superseded by a simple oblong bait of steel, all give evidence of the Gaten of insight and mechanical adroitness which have given Bristol (R. 1) a world-wide name and carried the reputation or American skill to all quarter of the globe," Tn our Issue for March 25, 1880, a5 follows : “Tt has all along een our desire to see the coll come intomore gen. eral use, AS Its Many advantages will tend to multiply high-speed launches in our waters to an unparalleled extent.’ ———_—_—i 8+ —____, EXIT CENTREBOARD, OR “LVAD” ASTRAY, Editor Forest and Stream. : ‘You desire facts, Allright; so do we, the veaders of your valuable paper, which Moves me bo send a few—nob readers, but facts, Twenty years since a yisitor to Newport, B, 1, might have sought, almost In vain, among the large and tne fleet of Cat-boats there to D found, for a centrebound. ‘o-diy it would be nearly as great a zie Lo distover a keel boat of the same class in that place. These New= porters have as roomy aud despa harbor as can very offen be seen) and much of thelr sailing 1s done on the open ovean. Why have they discarded the keel? Weare told every week that the céntreboard ig golng ouf. And so It ly—to France, My friend, the Hilitor, reads Le Vucht, the leading yachting paper of that country, and Gan theretore cheerfully support my assertion that French yachismen are at the present thne enthusiastic over American models, rigs, big centreboards and the very lightest 6 light drafts, One Nonpareil sharple has lately been sent to Fran has been tried and her model been imdorsed with enthusiasm for speed, handiness and sea work, Another has been ordered, paid fou and is now being built, while several more orders haye been refused because of the pressure of home demands. A Nonparell sharple, 61 tt, over all by 14 ft, beam, is nearly com leted for a member of the New York Y. C. and will shortly be tonned y the measurer of the club. This yacht Is intanded for sea work and cruising, has a large cabla, with 6 fb, head room, will take care of & party of ten 1n comfort, draws butts in. ot water and will work Wi windward with dry decks when a cutter of like dimensions would wallow under water halt the time. The cutter could be built for almost any sum over $10,000, Tha “ Nonparell sharpie,’ with outtit completa, may cost anywhere 1 om $1,800 to $2,500, Js comment necessary 7 In conclusion, 1 will add that T have now a Nonpareil sharpie 25 [t, over all, 6 ft, 3in. beam, Gin. draft of water, 'To test the lizht placement versus heavy draft, lead-loaded smack question, T wid this little craft against any génuine cutter of equai size In a 30)-millé race, oné-halt the distance on the open otean, the rest on Long Island Sound; captain and crew for each boat (ou the Umited liability pris expla) fo Consist of (wo '* Corinthians,” ow, Please don’t speak all at onée this time, Reshyn, Sept. 8 y THOMAS CLAPTAM, CANOES AT LAKE GEORGH, Editor Forest and Stream: The complaint of your correspondent Orange Frazer has valid grounds, as the dispatches sent/both tothe ¥ > Times and to the Omeinnatt Commercial, 28 also lo the other papers represented, witli the notable exception of the Vorento Globe, were written by men ti out pretensions to Any special knowledge or preylous study of th subject. The question of relative merits of models slid rigs wi always be a disputed one, but a few points were settled at the mi ing, at least {In the minds orsome gentlemen of the N.Y. 0. G., wh haying had some experience, had also had opportunites of previous discussion and comparison. ‘he superiority tor general cruising ol the larger or sailing type of boat was one of these points, and was made evident whenever there was wind, and even in the long paddl to and trom camp, when the heayler vanoes—the Cinetnnati Prince! model and N. Y. Shadows—proved on the average torun as easily the majority ot boats, while for rapids and river work they haye proved their greater dryness, stlituess and bolyancy to the satisfaction of th Clncionati Club. Their undisputed eats are speed under preater stowage capacity and greater adaptability to sleeping. he other hand, bat one disadyantage—a few pounds extra weight on portage, As nine men In ten have their boats carted where possible or have assistance at the carrles, this difference, 6n the averare to lifteen pounds, amounts to nbdthing, he Shadows and Prince models, the latter a modification of the former, haying greater p! portionate floor with greatesh beam slightly forward of amidships and less tumble home, were in number about eque@l to the Kob Roys and other primarily paddling models, so that the above deduetions are taken from a pretty just comparison. The great feature of the mecting Was the suucess of the centreboard. On the Cincinnati boats hy @, carefully calculated stepping of the mart, the centreboara trum was put 80 far forward as bo be entirely out of the way of the feet steering or sleeping, and yet the balance of sails go perfectly pre served Uhat the boats almoststeered themselves in ordinary wind Their use does away with the necessity tor sven an Inch keel, making paddling and turning much easier. If of ivan the weight in sailing ig in the best possible place, and does not haye to be drifted. Drati @ water 45 lass, and in beaching und rapids there is nothing tocateh aud cause those disazreoable lurches 80 offen resulting in an involuntiy baih more or less serious in its discomtorts. Apart trom racing qualities lt undonbtedly often enables ® boat to make « goal which otherwise would require 4 wearying dose of “spruce breeze” to talo, afd as this now placed in ls oul of the way in cruising, and 19 wood Js scarcely of any welghi, Rol Roys, tor wriver or aul afbernoon paddle or against heavy head winds, will always have wivocates. They also will sail well, in fact very well, if boldly skillfully handled, ‘lhe Pringe, an American traveling canoe, pro avery able, weatberly and exceedingly last boat, but s4 wetin any sé ag 1a be uncomiortable to the skipper in anything over a Weht brecde ‘)wo weeks daily trlul on Luke George alter the races demonstrated this to the writen’s sgatistaction, while tts stability and righting power could not compare with the larger beatae, so much for model. As to make, thers Is a general disposition t et, WIth good lines, the smpothest skin, longest floor snd hiched Jiresboard compatibig with vase in padding Within the limits. 0) Makers Kushvon made much the best show, both as to tnish 0nd for wood, thorough work, Stephens had byt ade boat there, and tus in the hands of 4 novice, so that his work was nob talrly tested, ‘Tia one was, liowever, a food. pe erat stood © r minaw Ane Tent alld strength, and lad qisa beawtlgul lines, but wes unde Ss. Szrrremper 22, 1881,] sparred for racing, Most of Rushton’s boats were his American traveling boats, practically Rob Roys. The Racine joals did well, Four were at the meeting and proved food paddlers, but did not show speed under sall, their largest sige being but 8810, beam, and so neither A Tul Siiling nor paddliig model. Hngitsh’s Peterboro open canoes were beauties, but the days of the birch model are numbered, except Tor the trappers vse or where a load miust be Garried, Stephenson's make showed some noyeltiles of coastructlon, but tlie same remark Applies. Canvas “od tim boats were represented, bub, except for men pbuilding theirown bouts, merlino attention from the standpoint of the Ganoeist. Indeed, a good second-hand cedar boat at about the fame price is so much better that T wonder there are any more of these makeshifis bulltTor other purposes than sporiiug or portability, As to Tig, the lateén madé-many converts, andl when two sails are used and (he grout length of boom can be thus divided, are, withoul question, the handiest, fastest and best all round crulsing sail. "The balance Ing, if properly cul and set, will undoubtedly send a boat along faster. But one of these was used at the meeting, and, in splie of 1Ull4 or na ballast and several mishaps, bore out the experience of our-Hnelish cousins by winning every race 1) wastried in, Its area Was 6425 st}. 1. 1 mainsailand 241t. in dandy, agalnost Tift. and oot. single lateens on boats of 32in. beam against its din. The English Pearl carries 198 sy. th, when ywnder full sail, 80 that wo have yet some- thing to learn, Nojibs were carriéd, they having—béeen found cin bersome and tricky. The single paddle was pretty well tested as against the donbie lo several friendly races and came out secoud best, leaving the lmpression that while an excellent thing in a tandem boat at rapids, it conld not compare for work-with. its more modern successor, Perhops these tew notes may clear up some of the points- on which your correspondent asks for information. “Cy Wat. WHITLOCK, New York Canoe Club. nn, Ee a —— THE BOND SECTIONAL BOAT, OLEYVELAND, O. Sept. 17, 1851. Editor Forest uni Stream + Your correspondent, “ Etmira,” asks {ft the ** Sectional Tron Boats” ave built yet? I can answer yes, and if he will send his address will Tall him elrceular, Nolwithstandmg the numberless efforts of build- #rs Lo produce a better portable boat, mine are to-day considered the very head and trontiof all. IT send you line of samples of my new Towilig-vears. Cleveland sportsmen choose to call them +* ihe most penne boat movements ever devised.” Whatdo you say?7—VW, BE. OND, ++ RACING STAM VYACHTS,—Tha eee challenge, dated City Island, Sept, 16, appeared in the Herald ast Sunday: ‘1 understand that different gentlemen are persuaded that they are able with their steam yachta to outstrip any gther steam yachts in the country, 1 will contribute $5,000 toward a purse to which any other steam yacht owner shall contribute the game for arace at sea for 1,000 miles. Any number of yacht owners are privileged to enter their yachts. One-half the entire stake deposited to be paid to tha Herald's fund of ‘ Always With You,’ the other half to the winner of the race. Winnraw BELbEN, owner of steam yacht Yosemite,” — Where's Rhada, Stranger and a host of others which elaim to be KNICKERBOCKER YACHT CLUB.—TIfteen yachts started in thé races sailed Sept. 12. Courso from clubhouse, Port Morris, to gangway buoy andréturn for first six classes and to the Fort Schuyler buoy aud return for the seventh class. Blowing fresh from Wast, Nellie R. took the lead down to Collage Point where the fest ran into the doldrums under the lee of Long Island shore and lay for some time without steerage way. Hattie, Maggie and Musidora and two others gaye up. The breeze caught the rest on the jlood and took them around the upper mark, Nettie lifting sheets for home among the little ones with along lead. Nellie R. iurned the spindle instead of the buoy and discovering her mis- take, hauled on the wind once more for the proper mark, thereby letting Sara inahead of her, With a rattling breeze coming in heavy from southesstand booms off fast time was made on the rnn-home with the following results : ETEST CLASS—GABIN SLOOPS. lapsed, Corrected. ATG gunee {ere y kes cpehinicessessniseeimonnas | DsO100 5:01:00 : - SECOND CLASS—OPEN SLOOPS, NEIMG Res cyeses sees se ee es waeitsbunse IELS FOR SALE, Brown, curly retrievers, .' m imported stock and (na- tive) English setters; fu pedigres. Address MAN- ASSEH SMITH, Woodfoi _s, Me. Septi,4t. ORTRAITS of Eastern Field Trial Winners, printed on fine tinted paper, will be sent post- aid for 25 cents each, or the five for $1. FOREST END STREAM PUB. CO., 39 and 41 Park Row, N. Y. Dec30,tt oe SALE, & tew choice black and black and white cocker spaniels, broken and unbroken. 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We are sole agents at New York for the Colt Club Gun. We offer a small JOB LOT of the famous Web ley Guns of all sorts at about half price. Also a few choice Parker guns of latest style at special Tates, Address H. & D. FOLSOM, Box 4,309. This cut exactly represents JAMES & CO.'S GREAT GUN, called the TRIUMPH. Byery Triumph or Trap Gu is choke-bored and targeted. P.O. 30 WARREN ST., NEW YORE. ee anes et It has come to our knowledge that common guns are being” sold in the States bearing our name. As we make only fine guns, genuine TOLLEY guns have jen- graved on the rib, “J. & W. TOLLEY, Makers, St. Mary’s Sq., Birmingham,’? 160 FOREST AND STREAM) = 5 a (SzptemBer 22, 1881. Che Rennel. Syertsman’s Goads, —_——— PEDIGREE PRINTING AND COMPILING, OHEAPER THAN CAN BE DONE BY ANY OTHER HOUSE IN AMERICA, which does first-class work and guarantees satis- faction. Also. YON CULIN PATENT SPIKE COLLAR AND BOOK. By mail, for $3. E. & C,. VON CULIN,. P. O, Box 22, Delaware City, Del. GLOVER’S IMPERIAL MANGE CURE. A sure cure for all SKIN DISEASES, For sale by Qrusgists and dealers in sportsmeén’s goods. Price % per bottle, ' H. CLAY GLOVER, Sorts Proprietor, Imperial Kennels, Toms River, N. J. Dr. Gordon Stables, R.N. TWYFORD, BERKS, ENGLAND, Author of the “PRACTICAL KENNEL GUIDE,” &C, exports champion and other peiligree dogs of any breed, Send for “PLAIN HINTS TO WOULD-BE BUYERS.” Price 10 cents, post ires. Gives addresses of prin- cipal English breeders. BRANDYWINE KENNEL. DASHING LION IN THE STUD. The !mported dog Dashing Lion will serve a lim- ited num of approved bitches, Fee, $25. Address I. YEAKSLEY, JE., Junes0,3mos Box 14, Coatesville, Penn. ARE BEAGLE KENNELS—For sale, the pro- duce of imported and home bred animals that have been hunted since able to follow the dam on the trail, and are believed to he second to none in hose, tongue and endurance. COLIN CAMERON, Brickerville, Pa. May 12, 0f Cockers of all ages and colors, do; puppies, address with stamp, ROB'T Frankia, Del. Co,, N. ¥, i July 21-tf ON Goce: COCKER SPANIEL KENNELS.—For ANTED, two first-class, thorough bred Irish setter puppies, about six months old; color dark red. Address J. G. TAFT, Westboro, Mass, Sept2a,1t Sportsman's Goods. 5 Comsecutive Shots, 50 feet, off-hand, WILD HARRY, the Indian Scout. says that with a Stevens’ Rifle or Pistol, at 5t) fee’, off-hand, he Gan knock the spots out of Spey One card fn this way allday long. Weis obliged to use these arms todo the great feats performed daily In Barnum’s Circus and elsewhere. Kinging a bell every time through a quarter-inch bullseye; cutting the ashes from a cigar held in another person’s mouth ; piercing a dime held between another's fingers, and humerous other difficult and wonderfui shots. The only objection to these arms is that they shoot 80 Well, are so handy to tuke apart and carry about in a trunk or bay, that everybody wants them, and The makers have had 1o enlarge the factory and work nights to supply the demand, and even in the dull season Cannot geh much stock ahead. Send for {illustrated price lst to CHAS. FO! SOM, 106 Chambers St., N. Y. Tealer tn Fire-Arms, Ammunition, and all Articles con- nected wilh the same, and sole agent for J, STEVENS & 00.78 Breech-Loading Armes. SINGLE GUNS: Plain, $12.50; Twist, $15.50; Laml- nated, $17. RIMLES: .29 cal., 2410., $20; 26 1n., $22; 28 In,, $24. .B2, 88 or 44 ** 205 21; 20. HUNTER'’S PET RIFLES: .22, 82, .88 or 44 cal, 16 in., #18; 22 in., #19; 24 In, $21, POCKET KIFLES: .22 or 182 cal., 10 in., $12.95; 12 in., $13.25; 15 1n., $15; 18 in, $16.50. GALLERY PISTOLS: Light, $20; heavy, $22. NEw YORK, May 19, 1880. I avail of this occasion to inform you that the little pocket rifle that 1 boughttrom you six months ago 18 a perfect gem. On my last trip I had occa- sion to use It in the woods, and out of 100 shots T killed 87 birds, the largest size being a wild pigeon at a distance ranging from 100 to 300 feet. For accu- Tacy and perfection I consider Stevens rijle unri- valled, a this statement will giye you pleas- ure, I remain, dear sir, J, A. P. BONALDE. Yours, very respectfully, ———— —— *. First-class sporting garments. Designs and price, sent by post on reteipt of ietter of request, ad- dressed to GEO. C. HENNING, One Price Clothier, 410 7th &T,., WASHINGTON CITY. For Sale by A, SAKS & Co,, 1018 Main Street . . Hichmond, Va. THE SNEIDER. Pat, 1865 Reis. 1830 Pat. 1880 THE ORIGINAL American Hammerless GUNS WITH HAMMERS ON OUR GRIP AND BOLT; AND DOUBLE GRIP ACTIONS. SIZES FROM 4 TO 20. Muzzle-Loaders Altered to Breech-Loaders. Pin-Fire Guns Altered to Central-Fire. Stocks Bent to Any Crook. GUNS BORED TO SHOOT CLOSE. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, Clark & Snelder, 214 W. PRATT STREET, BALTIMORE, MD. TATHAM S Selected Standard Number vf Pellets to the oz, Printed on Each Bag. Trap Shot! Soft or Chilled. NUMBERS 7, 8, 9 AND 10 No. of pellets to o2z., 388 472 68S 1056 Soft, Saeare at 42 345 49h 8716 1780 Chilled. TATHAM& BRO’S, §2 BEEKMAN ST,., NEW YORE. OOSEHEAD LAKE andthe North Maine Wil derness Illustrated. The only pn and Aa fg poset guide book to Northern Malne and the head waters of the Kennebec, Penobscot, st. John’s and Aroostook rivers, andthe numerous lakes and ponds connected with them. 256 pages, 80 Ulustrations and large map. Tinted paper, il- luminated covers. Price, by mall, post-paid, 50 cents, CHARLES A. J. FARRAR, Jamaica Plain, Mass, WILD RICE Sanit bushel, CHAS. GIL- CHRIST, Fishery Inspector, Port Hope, Ontario. $72 A WEEE, #134 day at home eastiy mara Oostly outht free, Addreds TRUE & CO., \uguste, Maine. Sportsmen’s Goods THE AMERICAN PAT. PORTABLE HOUSE M’F'G CO MANUFACTURE HOUSES on an entirely new aud novel principle, whereby more strength can be obtained than in any other way. “REEL REVOLVING fy varieties manufactured, sultable for Troll- or all kinds of fish that will take an artificial adapted for any lake or river in the States. erfect Revolving Spoon is undoubtedly the meral spoon tor taking fish ever offered to ic. Be cives made—No. 20 for bass, pike, pickerel, fish under five pounds welght; No. 21 for fish, and the best spoon ever made for salmon 0, 22 excellent for deep water a of imitations. None genuine except JO. °*§ name stamped on every spoon. FOREST AND STREAM. 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Our Oe page new Illustrated Catalogue of Fishing Tackle sent, post-paid, on receipt of ten NOR~ OLLER'S WEGIAN centsin stamps. icinal virtues and purity. ee ndon, European and New | The Edgar Barbless Hook. PATENTED. | TROUT : Ask your es : FLIES Raat a _ TO ANCLERS: on for circular, 4 . 1-0, 2 Sole Agents. JOHN ENRIGHT & SONS, pg ” & = m. .J shingRod&TackleMakers| sass “MILLS He Connell, near Limerick, Ireland.| ELIES aie 7 % ; on and Lines to match balance of rods. No 7 Warren All information respesting fisheries on the | No. 4 and 6. 8t., N. Y. Hon in this locality, as also catalogues of our heart rods and general assortment of tackle, don application. SPORTMEN’S DEPOT. (ESTABLISHED 1836). First Premium at World's Fair at New York, and Centennial Exhibition. n English Veterinary surgeon and Chemist, ling in this country, says that most of the Horse nite Powders sold here are worthless trash. He hit Sheridan's Condition Powders’ are absolutely immense valuable. 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Frank Forester’s Field Sports ,...... Frank Forester’s Fish and Fishing Frank Forester’s Fishing with Hook & Line. pu. Frank Forester’s Manual for Young Sportsmen, Frank Forester’s Sporting Scenes and Charac- ETE SVOsT BtVOIBs sti gee csitsslss sp anne Gun, Rod and Saddle......-..-.— Hallock’s Sportsmen’s Gazettee Hand Book for Riflemen....... Let, a it ] o om $3 ss.]sggngn‘n‘n‘+‘+‘++‘+g ‘ggg ‘gj gg The lake was the wildest and loveliest I had ever seen, The shores were densely wooded and high ridges rose from all sides. I found it hard to believe that human beings had ever looked on this wild water, for wherever man goes he leaves the mark of his destroying hand. But there was no dead timber here, no peeled spruces, no fire slashes where careless campers had let their fires run, no mark or trace of man. Eyen the wild creatures seemed scarcely to heed our approach. Upon the left, where the shore was bold rad Ingh, two gulls were s:nning themselves onarock. Near by a woodduck was hurrying along with her brood behind her, while just across at the head of a marsh which stretched out from a lamarack swamp, where the inlet seemed to be, a crane stood, silently watching for his fayor- ite frog. I was admiring the patience of the bird, wonder. ing how he could stand there for hours with one leg curled up under his breast, when a quiver ran along the boat. I grasped the rifle and looked along the shore, but could see nothing. ‘Right over there in that coye amone the lily pads,” whispered Hank. Sure enough, it was another deer. “It’s a little doe,” said Hank, ‘* Don’t fire, it might spoil our chances for better game by and by.” *f Let's see how near we can get to her.” At four rods she raised her head. The canoe was motion- less, and the figures in it sat asif carved out of rock, She began to feed again. Three rods. Iheld my breath. Two rods. The canoe scarcely moyed now. One rod. . ‘Look here, sissy, you're deplorably ignorant of this world’s cussedness.” ‘The yearling raised her head and looked into our faces as if to ask the meaning of that sentence. One quick, strong stroke and the canoe flew toward her. She jumped now. We were right upon her. I grabbed an oar and, reaching out, attempted to administer a parting chastisement for her temerity. She was a little too far. We started back toward the outlet and made for the point where we had left our ‘' duffle.” It was sunset now. Sunset on one of the most beautiful lakes of the Adirondack Mountains. What words can paint the scene! Could we see it upon the canvass, glowing be- neath the skillful artist’s brush, we should call it unatural and overdrawn. Would you try to imagine it? Read all the descriptions of glorious sunsets that have ever been writ- ten, among the Alps, the Scottish Highlands, our own White Hills; combine the beauties of all in one fair picture. That is an Adirondack sunset, The breeze almost always dies away at evening. It was all gone now, not a breath left. The lake surface was a, per- fect mirror. As we looked over the boat side we grew dizzy and seemed to long to leap oyer and fall down, down away off there among those fleeey clouds, away into that vast abyss of space, and drift off amid the gold and crimson hues of that other sunset. Yes, there was another sunset, even nore beautiful than the one above; another forest too. What was of more interest I perceived for the first time how very dirty. my face was. But no; it couldn’t be. That fat, dirty, tar- oily fellow who grinned and nodded at me fram the boat below was not myself, or at least it was an illusion. Iam thin, and fair too, so my wife says; but how two months in the woods do metamorphose one! t+ [Continued from page 146.] FROM VERA CRUZ TO MANZANILLA. Marayatio, Micnosoay, ) Mexican Republic, July 25, 1881.) After only two days in the City of Mexico we were trans- ferred by a short line railroad to the Mexican stage, which extends as far as the town of Maravatio, 250 miles northwest of Mexico, and midway between that city and the Port of Manzanilla, on the Pacific Ocean, the proposed terminus of our contemplated railroad survey. I am now almost worn out after a terribly fatiguing jour- ney of three days in the Mexican stage coach. Within the few days that I have been here I have seen a great many species of our most common northern birds in great abund- ance here, Insects are equally plentiful, and as the birds are out of plumage, being in the moulting season, I shall devote my spare time to the collecting of beetles, which I will for- ward from time totime. Transportation by mail is high, the postage to the Oity of Mexico is twenty-five cents, while the transport of twenty-five pounds of merchandise of any kind to Vera Cruz costs three dollars. There are a number of old ruins about here, but the transportation of these great tablets or images would cost more than their value amounts to, To- day I saw near my house some crow blackbirds, mocking birds, meadow larks, quail, red-winged starling, crows, hawks, and very small finches, sparrows and warblers, some of which latter are new to me. There is also a plenty of water fowl on the near-by lake, and they appear to be in good plumage. This town of Maravatio, where I am now stationed, is a rather pleasant-looking place of about four thousand inhabit- ants, The River Lerma traverses it; in summer this water- course is an almost dry gorge, while it assumes respectable depth and width in the rainy season. A few small fishes seem just now its only finny inhabitants. Near by and in full sight is the volcano of Nevado de Toluca, which rises to an altitude of 17,800 feet, and is, of course, snow-covered at, its summit. We came here by far the larger part of our journey by stage. Thisis o truly horrible affair to trave Jin, and is driven by mules which are frequently changed. We carried in our own conveyance seventeen passergers, and the conducter or postillion, whose chief and sole duty consists in driving his mules, which feat he accomplishes by the most dexterous use of a whip of abont twenty feet in length. This instrument he whirls like a lasso around his head, and can, whenever needed, apply it specially to any particular one of his long team of nine mules, whether it be the foremost or in the rear. Whenever he exercises thus his dexterous skill he never fails to draw blood. The scenery about Maravatio, after we arrived there, recompensed me for many privalions we suffered on the way. High rocky mountainous walls arise almost perpendicularly everywhere, and through vast gorges the little river Lerma wiods its way. Byery mile or so & hacienda, ee enough walled for any siege, embel- lishes the picture. The stations on the way to Maravatio are equally substantial-looking structures, all surreunded by high and massive walls. Ishall never forget the night our party spent atone of them near Hardoban, a little town on the way from Yxhamalca to Maravatio. We arrived there tired and hungry. After supper, which was served on a table so high that we could barely reach up to its edge with our hands from our low seats, we were accommodated with a few rough mat. 166 FOREST AND STREAM. [SzpremsBer 29, 1881. tresses and blankets. As the night was very cold, we found food use for our own of heavy texture, or else we would have actually suffered cold in July, and this in latitude 20 deg. 40 min., and fairly withio the tropics. There were about a dozen or more sinister-looking individu- als of dark, forbidding aspect, sauntering around the fayern, and their looks were not at all calculated (4. put us at ease, As we hardly fancied our situation, being all alone and thus far without any government escort, in an out-of-\he-way place among an ever turbulent, lawless population, we took some precautionary measures to impress the natives thit we were at least not absolutely helpless. All of us were well armed with Sharps rifles and Remington revolvers added to which I carried an effective single-barrelied breech-loading shot-un for collecting purposes. We took, then, good care in making an impressive display of our defensive and offensive war mi- terial by a prop:r exhibition of the same before the crowd, who viewed this demonstration with fcélings not at all bar- monious with the calculations they had originally made, and disappeared one by one disappointed into the darkness of the night. We deemed it advisable, however, to keep, after what we had noticed, « strict watch all tyrouvh the night, to guard against any sudden surprise on their part against the Gringoo, who ever since the American-Mexican war have been regarded by these people with bitter hatred. Nothing, however, happened to disturb our repose, and with dawning morning we were enabled to again resume our tedious jour- ney fur Maravatio, which we reached next day. There are no mosquitoes here, but legions of flies fill the hill of annoyances. They find good pasturage on dogs of all kinds—mangy, lean, hungry curs, of which every man about here owns at least a couple. The climate itself is otherwise uns: passed, anid we have at this time of the year refreshing showers, which ovcur late in the afternoon most every day. The air, owing to the high elevation, is so raritied that even such a trifling exertion a+ going up stairs is frquently at- tended with copious bleeding from the nose, and we soon get entirely out of breath whenever we allempt to walk fust. Otherwise the atmosphere is remarkably pure. Large pieces of fresh beef may hang in the open air without any danger of decomposilion; they dry up gradually. Such climatic advantages are admirably calculated tw sid in the preserva- tion of all taxidermical preparations whieh I shull make shortly, when the mature plumage of the birds will pay for the trouble and time expended in this tedious labor. Mura- yatio, where 1am now temporarily stationed, is built like any viher Mexican town, aud consists chiefly of one-story houses with brick walls, which surround an open courtyard, whereby every house is almost a sort of enclosed fortress-like square. ‘The streets are rather narrow, wilh sidewalks of about two feet in width, with a gutter in their center, which keeps them tolerably clear. Well-to-do people live in rather comfortable quarters, but the poorer persons are housed in dirty crits of about fifteen feet in height and sixteen feet square, with a single room wilhout any floor or windows. The men wear only catton shirts and panis of like material, while the women are attired in a single loose sort of a che- niise or petticoat, without either bonnets or foot gear. Their children are half naked and very dirty. We expect svon ty leave for Guadalajara, which we shall make fir some time our headquarters. Biids are plenty, but not ingood plumage. I made a good supper out of a lot of nice fat plover I shot. I see a lot of Indigo birds, yellow birds and u sort of very small pigeon quite frequently. A contractor, who is here at work grading the roads near Tex- aco, a village on the hanks of the Texovo Lake, stumbled in his excavations upon a larve lot of ancient pottery, coins an | tools, but will not part with nor sella sing.e fraction of his collections. The postmaster of the village, however, to whom I have been of incidental assist nce, his promised me a sct of duplicates from his own store of ancient curiosities. When | am in the field at Iast I shall be able to furnish a more interesling and vuxhaustive account of what comes under my own observation. Lonis yon NIENDOREF. na BUILDING A BIRCH CANOE. Tn the following account of his trip across the River Bt. Jobn, our friend Mr, Edward Jack, jas told more than many another could find to report so entertalning)y in a yoyage around the Horn; ‘Tt was Le Maistre, I believe, who wrote an account of a journey around hisroom, and on this subject produced a work of world-wide renown. Thé journey which lam about to describe was a little more extensive and embraces a dis- tance of three-quarters of # mile. “On the 27th of August, 1880, on a bright, clear and calm day, Mr. Robert Orr and the writer took their seats in the bark canoe of Gabe, who is so well known to sportsmen fre- quenting Fredericton. ‘\ When about midway of the river we noticed a canoe with two Indians in it, apparently searching for something on the bottom, Onnearing them our captain and pilot addressed them in the Abenaqni language, asking them what they were doizg. The reply was, fishing for a piece of wood attached to the sunken French vessel about which we have heard so much. Going up to where they were we could distinctly see in four feet of water the keel and what remuamned of the ribs of a sunken vessel. Gabe said that he had never seen the River St. John so low before; that the tide now rose 12 inches, while in ordinary years at the lowest time of water the rige here was only from 6 to 7 inches. Drawing near to the shore, the writer said that as he had good boots on he would step out into the water first in order t» sive the canve from injury, but Gabe replied to this suggestion by saying that he would like to know who was master of this ship. Obedience to the captain being therefore a duiy, Gane was allowed to step out first and haul the canoe ashore. After disembarking, we a-cended the shore to the Indian village, which stands opposite to Fredericton. Here we found two Tiidiuns at work building two canoes, a remarkably interest- ing operation, and concluded that we would chronicle for the information of ihe public all the facts relating to the con- struction of thise light and fairy crafts which glide so smooth- ly over our lakes aud rivers. We proceed, accordingly, to give Gale's description of it. “The bark is obtained trom the white bireh ; there are two kinds, the summer and the winter. The latter is much the better, and is obtained in the month of May. The tree being silected, which is o4e of good size, is cut down; flimbexux are made and with these the outer bark of the tree is warmed to facilitate peeling, a cut is made in it the desired length and the bark is skinned off by inseriing under it another piece of bark, which ig ch sen for that purpose, as any harder mate- rial might scratch or otherwise injure the frail substance. After it is peeled it must be again warmed and flittened on the snow or ground; it 1s then rolled up like a sheet of pa- per, warming it as this is done, bark is dark snuff brown; of the summer, a whitish yellow. Winter bark is more compact and firm, from its being peeled before the sap ascends; that which is peeled later in the year is inferior. ‘Tn building the canoe, the ground is first mude smooth and level and is beaten down to make it firm. The bark is then spread upon it. The gunwales areframed, fitted together and laid flat upon it. A Jarge quantity of stones, say half a ton, aré then placed upon the bark, which is thereby rendered perfectly smooth. It is then cut so as to give the canoe the proper swell and shear. Stakes are then driven into the ground to preserve the shape of the widest part of the canoe and keep it firm all around. Side pieces of bark are sewn on to make the sides sufficiently high. For this purpose the swall, fibrous ronts of the black spruce are used, these hay- ing been previously split in two and being, consequently, lialf round. It the bark be big enough, side pieces are not required. “ The bark is kept in position by long, narrow strips of ash or other flexible wood, which are placed longitudinally inside of the stakes. *’ The gunwale is then raised from the ground and placed in its proper position; the bark is turned over and tucked to the top of it. “Phe canoe is then taken up and placed bottom up on ele- vated cross poles and the bow and stern fitted to their proper shape and the seams are painted with a mixture of resin and oil. ‘'Tt is then placed again upon the ground; long, thin strips of cedar are lait in the bottom for planking. “+ Ribs of cedar, which have been prepared by drying for 4 length of time, then steamed and bent into the proper form, which they are made ts retain by means of a bandage of ce- dar bark, are brought out, “Grooves haying been left in the side of the gunwale for the top of the ribs, each ribis placed on the bottom and driven into its proper position by means of a peculiarly shaped semi-elliptical mallet, the hand e und body of which are made of one piecé of wood, This mallet is named by the Indians a tick-a-holat. ‘Shavings are stuffed into the cayities in the bow and stern; against these are driven a thin piece of cedar to keep in place, and the work is done. “Gube sald that the canoe was always christened. I asked him how, but he appealed to Big Louis, who, he said, was the canoe builder. Louis admitted that it was so, but to my inquiries as to how this was done merely shook his head and laughed. nor would he youch me a single word on this im- portant subject. “On our return to our canoe we noticed the Indians and squaws at work. One of the latter was squatted on the ground, makiug fancy baskets of sweet huy, which seem to be in demand ai the pres nt time. “Before leaving, Gabe made mea present of a beautiful arrow head of white translucent quartz, having parallel bands of smcky quartz through it. He said that he ha lately found it atthe mouth of the Clearwater, a branch of the Southwest Miramichi, where he aiways found some old Indian relic every time that he passed. It was only last summer that he discovered there an Indian mortar, which they used in preparing their corn for cooking. This he had unfortunately Jett behind. “Wmbarking in our frail vessel, we were soon acros3 the river to Fredericton, and thus ended a journey of an hour. The recital of its events may, L hope, prove a3 interesting to the reader as they were to the the writer.” ——___—+—#- CHAT BY AN OLD TYPO, PYNO all who are not acquainted with the inside workings of larze offices the typographical errors that sometimes creep in are matters of wonderment, but to the initiated the wonder is that so few appesr; that out of such a chaos of villainous manuscript perplexities and srroga/ices so fair a whole is sent forth as any moruing paper presents to its readers. In an article treating on the literary attachés, e¢ al., of a defunct daily the wrlttr pathetically referred to ‘Mr. D., te old bookkeeper of the Tnteliigences,” which the composi- ior rendered ‘ Mr. D., the old bull pup of the Zrtelligencer ” To say that an audible smile greeted the presentation of the proof does scant justice to the occasion, The unhappy au- (hor of thé bull, like the wife of Werter, kept on, not ** cut- ting bread and butter,” but setting type, The next in o:der is the ‘Old Pill,’ thus named by an hon- est Teuton who found it difficult to enunciate the second let- ler of the English alphabet, who was and is a local celebrity and many times has distinguished himself in twisting the types. Having occasion to set a display head during the war between France and Germany, read ng ‘The Franco-Prus- sian War,” he rendered it ‘*The Francisco-Prussian War ;” and ‘The Prince de Joinville Turned Private? appeared ‘The Prince de Joinyille Turned Pirate.” Being a candi- date for delegate to the Printers’ Union when it met in Mon- treal, the old gentleman, who has always enjoyed a fair de- sree of popularity among the boys, felt quite confident of his election. Buf he was not as close a reader as many oz his erafismen are known to be. Hearing the expression ‘‘shoot- ing the rapids,” in connection with a trip tu Canada, he but imperfectly caught it. On the morning preceding the ballot he met a group of the boys and very confidently thus deliy- ered himself: ‘* Well, boys, | suppose that by this time next week (it was the first week in June) I shall be up in Mon- treal shooting rabbits.” The shout that greeted the announce- ment told the old man that again had he goiten his foot into it. A man wh had been reading a paper in Harper's on the “Rise and Fall of the Turkish Janissaries”’ had the name “Judas Iscariot” to set up in an editorial and gave it ‘Judas Janissary.” The hilarity which these mistakes occasion in an office constitutes the spice island of a compositor’s life on a morning paper, T observe that the Forrest ANp SreeaM treats considerably of dig; indeed, I have observed tha’ peculiarity in most sporting papers. Well, without further premise, I proceed to the black-and tan incident. Mr. Aman, on Ninth street, near the avenue, keeps a restaurant and a lively little dog, Jerry. When the dog law took effect poor Jerry had to sub- mit to the cruel strain like other respectable dogs. A news- boy of an investigating turn of mind was an admirer and friend of the dog. One day he got Jerry on his lap and thrust a stout needle through his mouth-strap, but af an acute angle, and let him go. The dog resumed the endlesa hunt for the unhappy King of Treland, who was changed into a dog by the fairies. The first dog that came round the corner The inside of the winter was an immense mastiff, who, with sedate and dignified tread, was passing by without stopping; but Jerry, eyeing the stranger, cme bursting out of the bar-room fo interview him. The interview ended as soon as it began with the big dog going up the street with remarkable celerity and no dig- nity at all. The expression of surprise on Jerry’s face at his mysterious power was only equalled by that of the dogs whom he interviewed. The affair made so much fun and confision that Jerry's needle was perforce broken off. Washington, D. 0. Yvoaran. Glatural History. QUAIL IN CONFINEMENT, HAVE been informed of the successful raising of young quail. Last spring a year a boy caught six young quail in the Park (they were apparently not more thao a day or two old), and brought them to Mr. Geo EK. Miller, of No. 246 North 2d stree’, Philadelphia, He thought it a shame to take such young birds, and desired the boy to return them to the place where they were found. The boy refused to do so. Mr. Miller then took them into his garret, where he had an old hen quail, Placing them on the floor, he waited to see what the old quail would do. She immediately com~- menced to call them. ‘Ihe little things ran to her and got under her wings, and appeared to thing they were with their mother. She raised five out of the six, and to-day they are as fine, hearty, large quail as one ever saw. ; Mr, Miller will keep them until spring, when he will give them to me to set free on my place in Montgomery county, Pa. Ishall watch them closely, and from time to time in- form you as to their habits and prosphrity. I think this is a remarkable case, and one worth bringing to the notice of the readers of Morzsr anp Sreuam. Thé quail can be seen at any time by calling upon Mr. Miller at his residence, 246 North 2d street, Philadelphia, and he can furnish the testi- mony of many gentlemen who saw the quail when only a few days old. Lewis W. SHARPE. Maple Grove, Montgomery Ce., Pa. — er MY WOODPECKERS. AVING issued my annual bulletin about the nesting and H hatching out their broods of a family of “ wood- peckers” which have come regularly to perform the same. duties of procreation, and in the identical spot prepared by them, in a tree close by my bed room door four yeurs ago, I feel it a duty to myself and the reader's of the Foizsr anp StrEAM to announce the annual return of my noisy friends, and the fact that according to my belief on this last visit they raised two broods. If not, they certainly lingered much longer than in previous years. ‘As one of the young ones of what I will call the first brood was being taught the means of loc motion, and while too sparsely fledged to more than skip from branch to brinch in its native aerial birthplace, an accidental gust of wind blew it from its perch and the poor litle fellow fell to the ground, making a hideous ery for assistance and which, though in- tended for its parenis, attracted first the attention of a huge tom-cat. This cruel feline unhesitatingly dashed for the dainty morsel which h» no doubt thonght had been prepared for him by the “gods of cats;” but not until the mournful wailings of the young bird had reached the ears of its natural defenders, Here they came, helier skelter, plumage erect, and by their dual cries denoted the passion in their hearts a8 to the rescue they dashed, ‘Thomas’ was taken aback, but in turn resolved to fight rather than run, so he instanily assumed tlie most approved belligerent attitude known to his race, and he uo doubt said, in his own language, ““Come on, woodpeckers,” etc., could we have only understood his ver- nacular, Certainly he did defy them with tones as full of anger as those wilh which his assailants made the charge. The birds were too quick in their movements for ‘‘ Toni,” and though they did not save their dear one’s life, or kill the murderer, they did withdraw from the conflict the conquerors lcaving, as they did, ‘‘ Thomas” minus botheyes. Iregretted losing the cat because he had done me more service than my casual visitors, yet I could not but feel a certain emotion of sa'isfaction at witnessing severe justice dealt to a ferociously cruel monster by two little weak creatures like my wood- peckers, in return for the heartless ou'rage perpetrated upon them, particularly ag ‘! Thomas” had no need ungratified. Nashville, Sept. 19, 1881. J. D. H. $$ a TWO PUZZLING QUESTIONS. Riitor Forest and Stream: Do yellow-billed and black-billed cuckoos mate together? About the 20th of July [ was passing through an old apple orchard in the suburbs of our city, when a cuckoo flew. from a tree over my head into an adjoiming tree, and I noticed that it had something in its bill. On examining it more closely I saw it was 4 black-billed cuckoo and had a grub. I came to the conclusion that it must haye a nest near by and, on re- turning to the tree from which it flew, I found # nest, and what surprised me more, there was a yellow-billed cuckoo on it. Ou further examina'ion I found there were two nearly full fledged young birds inthe nest, and the question occurred to me, Do the two species mate with each other? JI visited the nest a day or two after and tried to see if the bills of the young birds were alike, but the nest was so far out on the jimb that I could not reach it. At this timeIsaw only the yellow-billed cuckoo. Some two or three days after 1 made another visit, but the birds had flown, and I could find nei- ther old nor young birds iu the orchard. But my repeated visits were not for the cuckoos alone. On the 22d of June, while passing under the very next tree to the one containing the cuckoo’s nest, I found a hummiug- bird’s n-st, containing two eggs, and as it was the first we had ever found I took a part of the branch, nest and eggs to add to our collection. On July 17, twenty-five days after, while passing near the same tree, I noticed a humining-bird fly past me and the thought came to me that the same birds were building another nest. A few moments after, in the next tree in the next row, I found the nest containing two young humming-birds just out of the shell, As the nest was only eight sud a half feet from the ground, I could easily pull it down and examine them, which I did a number of times within the next two weeks. I was surprised to notice that the bills of the young birds did not grow in proportion to the body, as they did not seem to be much longer than the bills of other young birds. On my last visit [found the neat SEPTEMBER 29, 1881.]) FOEEST AND STREAM, 167 empty and, as in the case of the first nest, took a part of the branch and nest. And now I would like to ask the Forrsr Anb StreAM if it thinks both nests were made by the same birds. J. L, D. [lt is difficult to give a positive answer to such questions as are asked by our correspondent, and we can only give an opinion. We think it possible that a yellow and black-billed euckod might breed together, but very improbable. We should think it much more likely that there may have been soine mistake in tle identification of either the male or the female bird. We think it very likely that the second hum- ming-bird's nest was built by the original pair of birds | ee LONGEVITY OF TURTLES. Wazrenton, Va, Sept. 17, 1881, Aditor Forest and Stream: T send you by this evening's express a ‘dry land terrapin” icked up by a friend between this point and the Fauquier White Sulphur Springs, where the ‘‘ Yankees” camped on the land of Mr. Kemper, in 1862. Exumiue the under side of this creeper, and you will find the inecription— aes YANKKE, Which fixes the age at nineteen at least. Mow old the ‘ ter- rapin” was when the aforesaid ‘‘Yankee” put his dottem mark upon him is a matter of doubt. Evidently he was full grown. After inspection, will you transmit the terrapin to the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, where he can be cared for and fill the full term of 4 respected old ce, R. H. D. [The question as to the age to which the animals of this group attuin 1s an interesting one, and deserves more atten- tion than bas yet been given toit. That turtles are unusu- ally well protected from the attacks of enemies is certain. We have been told, however, that, raccoons eat the fresh- water turtles, and bave ourselves found the shells under cir- cumstances which seemed to confirm this statement. A. note on this subject which has recently appeared in the American Naturalist trom the pen of Dr. A. 8. Packard, Jr., bears.di- rectly on this subject. He says: : ‘* So far as we are aware, 00 attempt has been made to ex- plain the unucual longevity of turtles, whose lives, as is well known, span oyera century. There appears to be no longer lived animals than these beings uf slow gait and slow manner of life. The following facts may throw light on the cause of their great age, In thie first place, they are protected by their solid shell from the aitacks of snakes, fishes and birds; young turtles, we are informed by Professor J. W. P. Jenks, aie sometimes carried off by herons, but in adult life they are probalily rarely eaten by other animals. Has anv one ever found any empty turtle shells? As some turtles lay but two or three eggs s year, nature seems to have counted upon an immunity from the ordinary evils of childhood in these animals. It is probable that the larger portion of— indeed most—young turtles when hatched survive, and when two or three years old, are fitted to resist successfully ordi- nary fish and avian enemies. They are not exposed to vicis- situdes of weather ; the fact that the period of egg-laying (in New England from June 10-20) is s0 constant, and varies so little at different seasons, shows that they are hardy and tough. Finally, the persistence of the type of gigantic tortoises on the Galasgos Islands indica\e the wonderful vital- ity of this type of life in resisting prolonged climatic and geological changes.” , The shells of the common box tortoise are not uncommonly found in dry woods, and we have twice found in the wet meadows near the salt marshes of the Atlantic coast shells of Nanemys guttaia, which had apparently died a natural death. j We do not remember that any extended observations have been made on this subject, although the general belief. that turtles liye to a great age seems to be justified by what we do know. The specimen referred to by our correspondent has been received and though old is lively and apparently in good condition. Besides the inseription above noticed there ap- pear very faintly on the back part of the shell the initials R. N. or R. M. Gan any one claim the specimen ss an old acqusintance ?] + — SPECIAL INSTANCES OF ANT INTELLIGENCE. T is always difficult to draw the line between instinct and th reason, befween adjustive action due to hereditary or purposeless habit and adjustive action due to individual and purposive aduptation. But we may be least diffident in ac- cepting, as evidence of the latter, cases where animals exhibit @ power of adapting their actions fo meet the requirements of novel circumstances—or circumstances which cannot be supposed to have been of sufficiently frequent occurrence in the life-history of the species to have developed instincts of mechanics] response in the individual. It is in view of this consideration that the following instances are selected: Ebrard records in his ‘‘Htudes de Murs” an observation of his own on #’. fusca. The ants were engaged in building walls and when the work was nearly completed there still re- muined an intecspace of twelve or fifteen millimetres to be covered iu. For amoment the ants were thrown out and seeme? inclined to ieave their work, but soon turned instead toa grass plant growing near, the long, narrow leaves of which ran close together. ‘Lhey chose the nearest and weighted its distal nd with damp earth until ils apex just bent down to the space to be covered, Unfortunately, the bend was too close to the extremity and it threatened to break. To prevent this misfortune the ants gnawed at the base of the leaf until it bent along its whole length and cov- ered the space required. Buf, as this did not seem to be quite enough, they heaped damp earth between the base of the plant and that of the leaf until the latter was sufficiently bent. After they had attained their. object they heaped on the buttressing Jeuf the materials required for building the arched roof. This observation naturally leads to two others by two cif- ferent observers. Thus, Moggridge says: ‘‘I was able to- watch the operation of removing roots which had pierced through their galleries, belonging to seedling plants growing on the surface, and which was performed by two ants, one ulling at the free end of the root, and the other gnawing at its fibers where the strain was greatest, until at length it gave way.” Again, as previonsly quoted in another connec- { o1, be gays that two ants sometimes combine their efforts, Oue stationing itself near the base of a foptatalk and gnawing a‘ the point of greatest tension, while the other hauls upon and tyyists it, 5 The other observer to whom I have referred is MeCook, who says of the harvesting ants of America that he has ecen ‘the workers, in several cases, leave the point at which they had begun a cutting, ascend the blade, and pass as far toward the point as possible. The blade was thus borne downward, and, as the ant swayed up and down, il really seenied that she was taking advantage of the leverage thus gained, and was bringing the sugmented force to bear upon the fracture. In two or three cases there appeared to he a di- vision of lubor; that is to say, while the cutter at the roots kept on with his work, another ant climhed the grass-blade and ap applied the power at the opposite end of thelever. This position may have been quite accidental, but it certainly had the appearance of voluntary co-operation.”—G,. J. Romans, in Popular Science Monthly for October. oe. a Nors on 8nyaxgs.—Media, Delaware Co., Sept. 19.—I have read in your paper of September 1st, the interesting commu- nication of H. J. Lombard, uf Caslie’s Valley, N. O., in ref- erence to snakes. In it he states that ‘all harmless shakes have keen tails and Jay eggs.” I can now recall to mind at least two excepticns to this rule. 1 have seen, among the mountains of North Carolina, not far from Cashe’s Valley, # snake of stout body and thick, short tail, viz., the hog-nosed snake, sometimes called the spreading adder (Heterodon pia- tyrhinos). This snake is harniless, though the sight of it is guite suggestive of yenom. Ido not think that the common water snakes of Pennsyl- vania lay eggs, s& I have frequently killed them with young snakes in their bodies. They are ovo-viviparous. In reply to a former question in your paper, ‘‘ Do black and garter snakes at fish?” [ have seen garter snakes eat fish, both fresh and in a putrid condition. In the former case, the head is swallowed first. In the latter case, the tail was swallowed first; the flesh heing then soft, the dorsal spines were easily reversed, and offered no impediment to the process of deglutition. I had never seen any record of snakes eating putrid fish, When a garter snake swallows a frog. the hind feet and leys #0 down the throat first. The frog is not previously killed, as I haye beard one cry piteously after it was swallowed. fOCK -- /ONb. 16_-}2 .. | Aue, 16., .. (Jy 4+.. ez She feats Sept. 1..}) ..|Sept, 15,8 .. |Sept. 15, a eas Sep. 15. .. [Sepb. 15 ‘|Sept. 15.1. ... i|Sept, 15. Sept, Aug. 165]. rs .|Ange, 15 Wyo... Aug. 15. Antelope,—CoL, Sept. 1; Idaho, Aug. 1; Neb., Oct. 1; Nev., Aug, 1 N. Mex., Sept. 1; Utah, Aug. 1; Wyo., Aug. 18. Buffalo.—Colo., Sept. 1; Neb., Oct. 1; N. Mex., Sept. 1. Cartboo,—Me,, Och, 1; N.T., Sept, 14. Doves.—Ala., Aug. 1; Cal., Tuy 1 ; Ga., Oct. 1; Kan., Aug, 1; Miss., Sept. 15; Mo,, Aug. 1; N Gi, Oct. 1; 8, C., Och. 16, Hilk,—Colo., Sept. 1; Idaho, Aug-1; Minn., Noy. 1; Neb., Oct.1; Nev., Allg. 1; N. Mex,, Sept.1; On, July1; Utah, Aug.1; Wyo., Aug. 15. Moose.—Me., Oct, 1; N. H., Sept, 1 ¢; Ore., July 1. Mountain Sheep.—Col., Sept. 1; Neb, Oet. 1; Nev., Aug. 1; N. Mex,, Sppk 1; Utah, Aug. 1; Wyo., Aug. 15. Plover.—D. C., Sept. 1; Me., Aug. 1; Mo., Aug. 1; Nev., Sept.1; N. H.. Aug. 1; Pa,, July 15; R. 1, Aug. 1. Rail.—Del.. Sept. 5; N. J., Sept. ; Pa., Sept. 1. Reedbird.—DelL, Sept. 5; D. C., 8ept. 1; N. J., Aug. 25; Pa,, Sept. 1. Snipe.—Dakota, Aug. 15; D. C., Sept. 1; Ney., Sept. 1; N. C., Oct. 15. * in thess States there are special county laws. a The deer law ap- plies to sale or possession. b Wildfowl nof protected on the coast. ein Upper Peninsula deer season opens Aug. 14. ¢ California, quail protected to 1883. ¢ In Coos County deer season opens Aug. 1; moose jd Cariboo, Sept.1. f First open woodcock season began July 1; will close Aug, 1. g Quail shooting prohibited to Noy. 1, 1852, in coun- ties of Montgomery, Schenechady, Saratoga and Albany. Whdfowl season in Long Island waters opens Oct. 1. A Deer lay relates to female deer only, os SOME OLD GUNS THAT I HAVE SHOT. SPRUNG from a race of sportsmen. Well do I remem- ber the picture of an ancestor engaged in a hand-to- hand encounter with a large stag. Cruelly wounded and dis- ficured by the sharp hoofs of the infuriated deer, whom he had ‘‘ creased,” his tartans dyed in blood, he stood in tho picture, giving blow for blow with his stout hunting knife, which, as the story goes, he at last plunged into tha heart of his maddened enemy. How I cheered the large deer hound in the dim distance, slowly trailing the stag; how I[ could see with bated breath that the stag too was covered with wounds, and how I read the story of the picture and resolved that I too would some day kill my stag and, if need be, would lall him with my Knife. I did, but that is foreign to this paper. P iP never had the child’s loye of gunpowder simply because it made a noise. The first attempt that I remember—I think I was about seven, and my faithful friend and my Midus Aciates, Dick, coal black, about nine years old—was convert® ing ‘‘ole man” John’s fishing cane into an é&lempore gun. This cane, which had grown in Mississippi, was about the size of my arm and about twenty feet long. To cut off two joints at the bottom would not hurt the cane and would make us a good gun with which to shoot ‘* dat ole rooster,” a very pugnacious bird and Sandy's and my special enemy. When we bad cut off the joints we bored a touch-hole at the bot- tom of the first joint, and thus we had a gun about three feet long, calibre No. 8. I did the aiming, while Sandy would apply a live coal, held with fear and trembling, to the prim- ing. With light rifle charges and shot, carefully counted, fif- teen in number,*we brought to grief, in the orchard, divers sapsuckers and other saucy and ill-conditioned birds. Growing bolder, we resolved to test (he efficacy of our im- provised fowling-piece upon the nefarious rooster who had 80 Often put us buth to shame and ignominy by driving us out of his domain with sharp spur and peck, delivered e7 7e- traite. Putting in our blunderbuss two rifle charges and five rifle bullets, we slipped up to the fence and saw our enemy strutiing in all his glory, not more than ten feet distint. To aim, to apply the coal was but the work of a moment, and the next we were asking each other what had happened. The guo—our fondly cherished gun—was gone and, with the exception of a few splinters, none could tell where it had fove, Sandy was minus all the wool on one side of his head from too eagerly watching the effect of the shot and sizhting ashe applied the coal. J, too, was minus eyebrows, eye- lashes and most of my hair, Fortunately for the peace of mind of those who had me in charge, I was sent off to board- ing-scho‘l in a short time after\vard and Sandy was made ‘trap minder” He detailed to me in a feeling manner how “ole Mas” had licked him for eating ‘dat rooster.” He had taken that tough fowl to his mother’s cabin and some wretch had told on him. I was affected, but told him to keep quiet, vave him a silyer half-dollar to insure it, and parted from the staunchest friend that I ever had. Braye Sandy! How 168 ry many would have kept their counsel and never told on me? He had his reward in after years, and he nowlivesin 4 com- fortable manner ‘way down Souf" in Alabama. Good luck attend lim, and may his round, black face never grow dis- contented | It was at fhe hoarding-school that I first fired my first “sure enough" gun. I had heen sent toa cobbler of that vi- cinity bo fet my shoes half-soled—needed badly from too much sliding on the ic¢e-—and there [remember that the dis- ciple of St. Crispin lét me have in my own bands an old muskei that had seen service in all the wars in all America. Proudly did the owner point to a dent in the barrel made by an Indian tomahawk. IlowI1 fawned upon that cobbler ! How abjectly I waited breathless upon his lightest word! And yet he ate raw onions and drank had whisky—two things than which there could be nothing more disgraceful to my infant mind. (The judgment of my riper years has but confirmed that youthful opinion.) On the next Saturday but one I was to meet the crafly cobbler (who had gobbled my whole supply of pocke! mouey) im the woods, near his cabin, Atlength the happy day dawned, and Late little or no breakfast on that morning, J fonnd him seated on a stump, with two bottles containing powder and shot, and a third—some|hing fo which he had frequent recourse through- out the whole day, necessitating, finaly, his assumption of a recumbent position, where i left hin aloné in his glory. The gun was handed to ine to carry, and proudly did T assume that heavy weight. We had not cone far when a large blackbird, who had heen fishing in the erevk, flew upon the top of a tall sycamore and commenced his usnal derisive dance upon seeing me—at least, thal was the rule with his iribe, and Thad sworn vengeance whenever and wherever I could get a chance at one of his fun-making companions, Laying iny gun up by the side of « small tree, with my heart beating triple time, 1 took deliberate aim and pulled trigger. No one but those who have shot a flint-lock gun can haye any idea of the intolerably long time intervening between the pulling of the-trigger, the fizz! fizz! fizz! of the priming, and finally the loud report, followed, as in my case, hy your falling—in no light manner, either—flat upon your back. I arose, and, feeling for my bruises, I went to look for my old enemy, the blackbird. 1 found him doubled up among some briers, looking a very forlorn bird indeed. Where he all your funo-makisg now of innocent, large-eyed boys? We gather him and go forward on the hunt. The dles at the end of that day snum up: Two blackbirds, two larks, one yellow hammer, one jay, and one glorious rabbit, shot from a rest across an old log. Thad a schoolmate, Peter Holmes, who loved to shoot as wellast. Many is the time that we tool the cobbler's gun and killed of birds a great number, finally aspiring to the dignity of killing squirrels, fur which his gun was not well fitted, And right here let me say that I have found many old smooth-bore muskets {bat shoot remarkably well. On what principle they doso 1 am unable to say; but in the hands of our Southern negroes they have killed all the squirrels. They are certainly not choke-bored; they are not Wade of fine materials, and yet, for No. 3, No. 4 or buckshot, they will kill like a stroke of lightning I would not shoot one of them for any consideration, but in the hands of pot-hunters they are formidable weapons. I wish there was not one in Georgia—I should be happy. 1 went home with Peter ITolmes, my affinity, to spend the yacation, my uncle rémarking in his letter giving me that permission, ‘‘that it did not much matter where I was, he- canse gunpowder was plentiful, and 1 would he sure to bring my inventive genius to bear upon the construction of some- to burn it,” Thronghout the South at that time all old rifles that bad become smooth from long use were bored by gunsmi'hs and converted into shot guns. As the bore was originally very small, the gunsmith merely cut all the ‘‘rifles* out, and left the gun about .25 calibre. Indeed, I have seen some as small 28.50 calibre. Bored on no scientific principle, admitting but.a very light charge, they were utterly worthless at any but avery short range. My friend was the fortunate pos- sessor of one of these uniqne shot-guns, and, above all, it was fired with percussion caps; and, furthermore, if you held it right, it would kill a squirrel in the very tip top of the tallest shell-bark hickory that could be fovnd on our place, As to doves, why, that gun could kill one ever so much further than brother Jim’s rifle, which tore ’em to picces ; and my gun would do it too, but you shoot shot out of it, in- slead of a single bullet. As to yellow-hammers, why, I never shot at one in my life, far or near, that he did not fall stone dead. Our first exploit, two or three days after onr arrival at Peter's home, was to expend our whole stock of powder and shot at three diabolical gray squirrels which we found up a tall shell bark, at the corner of the wheat field, not viore than s hundred yards from the house. The nuts of the shell-hark hickory afford a rich and favorite food for sqnir- rele in the early autumn. At each discharge of our gun there was at first a greaf scampering and chattering among the squirrels; but as they soon found ont that we could not harm them, they would eather a nut, run out on a limb, curl (heir tails over their backs, wink at us in the most con- fiding manner aud proceed leisurely io dispose of the spoil. How we shook our fists at them! How I disparaged the noble pun which was to kill atl things, at any range! And, O shame! Brother Jim, hearing the continual firing and suspecting something of the truth, came down with his rifle and, at three shots, killed every one of those squirrels! And shot their heads off, too! So, in donbt and darkness, in a supreme contempt for all smooth bores, ended our first ex- perience of old guns in squirrel shooting: Some two years after this episode in my sporting life I went to visit a covsin who lived in a fine game country. He had a single-barreled shoigun of abont 12 calibre, about 82 inches long, of which style of guns there were thousands sold every year in the country stores of the South. They shot well, tro; some of them extraordinarily well. As well us I recollect they must have been English guns, for most of them had’on their barrels, ‘London fine twist,” a legend, as | now have reason to believe, like many other le- gends, having no solid basis of truth However, they were good enough for boys, and we could kill with them. ] Among the nesroes owned by my uncle was a pragmatical old fellow named Joe. A privileged and fayorite servant he was allowed often to take the rifle and kill the equirrels and turkeys with which the woods abounded. But few South- erners allowed their slaves to handle guns, but Joe had been reared with my uncle, and had learned to shoot under his tuition. If there was anything'on earth for which Joe had a supreme contempt it was a shotgun. It, was his honest conviction that. no shotgun had a rauge exceeding thirty yards. Any distance above that a shotgun, in his opinion, was wtterly worthless, As wo would retorn from hunting FOREST AND STREAM, "i etl (SzPreMper 29, 1881 he would meet us and, with sneer and gibe, taunt us with the inability ‘‘ob dat ole shotguu.” So far did he carry it that he offered to let us shoot at him, or rather his back, at seventy-five yards. HExasperated at his jeers at our favorite gun we dared him to atrial. Behold us, then, with sey- cnty-five long yards stepped off by Joe himself! Jt was fully ninety, but we did not care, for we intended taking the con- ceit ont of Joe forever, Turning his back to us, our living target, with a derisive gesture, told us to ‘'fireaway!” At the crack of the gun Joe leaped about three feet perpendicn- larly into the air and immediately fell flat upon his back, while visions of murder seized uponus boys. ‘Fire! Wa- ter! Murder! Fire!” mingled with horrible oaths came from the prostrate negro in rapid succession. We found on examination that four shot had buried themselves low down in his back, while one had gone through his nose and an- other through his ear. This had been cansed by his looking at me, the marksman, between his legs. Joe never fo his dying day could believe but that some supernalural or dia- bolical agenvy was concerned in carrying the shot so far into his corpus. We boys were soundly thrashed for being guch fools as to shoot at o'd Joe, even wiitn he was willing. We conyinced him, Sr, Cua. eo A GRAND HUNT, EADING the accounts of those royally-appointed hunt- ing expeditions to the Far West, gotten up by Mr. Marble, has brought to me recollections of a grand hunt, in which I participated, down the Mississippi River. The party consisted of three gentlemen besides myself. We had bnilt in New York a small propeller, which was shipped to New Orleans by steamer and thence to Cairo by boat, at which point she was launched and there we joined her. Our crew consisted of one engineer, a negro who acted in the dual capacity of stoker and deck hand, and two servants, one as cook, the other steward. Our vesse] measured 42 feet over all, 84 feet beam, and drew when loaded about 3 feet 6 inches. The boiler and engine were placed as far aft as pos- sible, leaving the midships for the accommodation of our- selves, and the forecustle for the men. A standing awning with roll-up curtains on either side served as a protection against the weather. The side lockers were made wide enough for their tops to serve as berths; in the eenter was a fold-up table, and above it a rack for glassware and crockery. On board this diminutive ship we embarked late one after- noon in October in order to reach an island some twenty miles down the river, where we understood geese and ducks to be yery abundant. What with the current and the aid of steam, we hove in sight of our first stopping place in about two hours. Charley Fore, the most practical huater of our party, suggested stopping the engine for a few minutes 80. he could listen for any sign of game that might have con- gregated on the island forthe night. He leaned over the vessel's side, putting his ear close to the water, and in a few minutes reported birds in quantities. This determined us to tie up for the night, to be ready for business in the morning. After supper the guns were taken from their cases, cartridges dealt around to each, a signal light hung upon ihe smoke- stack, one of the men stationed as lookont, and the remainder of us turned in for a dose. of ‘‘nature’s sweet restorer.” As the lookout struck ‘six bells” we arose, but to find ourselves enyeloped in a dense fog, accompanied by a misty rain. ‘Just the weather we want,” said Charley. ‘Excellent for rheumatism,” muttered Georze D—. These were the first words spoken, and certainly I agreed with the majority, as a more dismal, dreary outlook it would be difficult to imagine. Mr. Kurffman, the engineer, asked if he should get up steam, or ‘jess ho!d it ‘iwixt and ‘tween till further or- ders?” ‘Hold it,” replied ‘‘George,” rather sharply, ‘‘or else you'll blow us up to make matters even worse.” Soon, however, the fog began to blow away, and such a quacking of ducks and squaking of geese T never heard, “ Now,” said Charley, ‘‘ Mr. Kurffman, if you have your teakettle boiling, we will work ont into the stream, bul go along as slowly as you can to keep stecrageway on the cratt, and the sooner we get under way the better.” With the first signs of Aurora, we were off. The fog had neurly disappeared, and in a few minutes the fusillade began; shooting at the game first in the water, and then as they rose to fly. In was as exciting as a genuine skirmish for the first two or three ronnds; a number of birds fell to our guns and lay on the island and in the water. ‘Tet two of us go ashore up here,” said Charley, ‘and then crack steam to the boat, and wake for the lower end of the island, and come back for us through the chute. In this way we will have some more good shooling this morning.” We pointed the boat's head to the land, going slowly, as the water around these islands is very shallow, and as soon as we touched bottom Charley and Jack jumped overboard and waded sshore, Down the main stream we thenwent, at full speed, rounding as directed at the foot of the island. Our engine made so little noise that we ran up unawares on a large flock of geese, out of which George and I bagged six at the first shot and three at the second. Steaming up the chute we scared the birds back toward our friends, whom we could hear firing in rapid succession. We then checked our speed, and had a couple more shots before the birds left us for good. Picking up the game was tedious work, and no doubt we lost some; but, as it was, we counted twenty-five ducks and nineteen geese. We now started down the river, intending to stop at New Madrid, and take a day’s shooting in the lakes back of that place, and to purchase a skiff it possible. It was nearly midnight when we reached the boat at this earthquake- destroyed town. Our arrival created, even at that late hour, a stir, a8 the natives had never seen a craft like ours before ; they-all wanted to come on board, even to the women folks. Of course we gratified them, and it was through one of these visits that a name was given to our unnamed yacht. ‘The morning after our arrival we were sealed at breakfast, when an old lady and a young girl came alongside and asked who we were, where from, and ihe name of the sweel, little steam- boat? Answering her questions, she requested us to cali the boat **’Liza Jane,” after her “gal.” As 1 was the owner I. agreed, aud the christening ceremony was performed there and then by the girl herself, who came on board, pronounced in a clear yoice © ’Liza Jane,” and broke a bottle of Charles Heidsick over her bow. We then, in a glass each of the aparkling wine, drank long life to the young girl and her namesake. The shooting back of New Madrid surpassed any I ever had; ducks and gecse being ihe only game, but in such num- bers a8 to soon surfeit any other than a pot-hunter’s thirst for blood, The morning we slipped our moorings ihe whole town turned out to see us off. ‘'"Liza Jane” was there decked in her gayest, although the poor child’s face wore an air Of sadness as she saw her namesake steam away. 7 Every day was a succession of good shooting, a8 we made it wrule to tie up every night near some island, fo liave the morning’s sport. At the towns we would, of course, stop, give our game away, or élse Joe would sell it, and buy in- stead, as he called it, ‘* town grub.” On reaching Helena we decided to make a short run up the Arkansas River, as we found an old, reliable pilot there, who offered to steer us safely, taking his pay out in fun. We saw but very few birds, but George, who was silling in the bow with his gun in hand, suddenly, as we turved a shurp point of the river, discharged both barrels, at what proved to be a magnificent buck with auperb antlers, ‘This circumstance aroused a great desire for «a Jand hunt, but, as we had no dogs, the plan was not practicable, and we returned to the mouth of the river, there to resume our journey downward, Here I bought the skiff we s9 much needed, and which proved invaluable to us in our future matinal shools. The grandest day we hud wasat Island Ninety-five. This isolated piece of land is nearly two miles loug, and heavily timbered, forming an excellent, coyer for game. Before daylicht, Oharley, Jack, Joe and the cook, took to the shill, and pulled off to the inside chute of the island, whils the ‘Liza Jane,” with George Kurilman and myself, steamesi down to the lower end, Each of us had a gun, leaving the manage- ment of the vessel to the stoker. We begun firing as soon as the point was turned, and as we steamed slowly up stream, the skiff and its crew was floating duwn, so that the birds were kept constantly on the wing, going first one way, then the other, until at last we shot out all of our shells, aid were rather glad of it, We picked up over two hundred ducks and geese. We tied up at the plantation of Colonel Dick Christmas, a few miles below this point, to rest awhile; and gave the ‘*sTiza Jane” a thorough cleaning before making Vicksburg, at which point we had decided to leave the boat, and to go by rail to New Orleans. After a day or two's spjourn with the amiable Colonel, we again started on our yoyage, reach- ing the '' City of Hills” after wsix hours' run, The ‘’Liza Jane’ was ordered to Deer Creek, and thus ended the most charming hunt of my life. riage Nashville, Tenn. ; Te A ‘“LEFT-EYED SHOOTING.” Rooxtséaam, N. C,, September 12. Hditor Forest and Stream: Twas much amused on reading your opinion in reply to “ Tnvidius,” on ‘ Left-eyed Shootiug.” I will not express the same opinion in regard to yourself that you did of the Philosopher; yet I will say, and [think prove it, too, that the Philosopher was right and that yon are wrong, 1 will premise by saying that a majority of persons are right-eyed; some few, howeyer, are lelt-eyed; while others are eilher-eyed or both-eyed. Now for the demonstration or proof. Point with your finger, or with a stick, at any object in the distance, keeping both eyes open, with head and finger both perleeily steady ; then close your left eye, and if the finger is still in Jine with the object, you are certainly right-eyed. Try again, both eyes open; now close your right eye, and if your Linger is in line with the left eye, you are certainly lefi-eyed. Again, both eyes open; now close alternately one eye and then the other. A little practice in this will determine which eyed you are, Sometimes in closing the eye the finger seems iv point to the left, aud in closing the other eye. with fist open, of course, points to the right at the same distance from the object. In this case you are both-eyed, or cither-eyed, In answer to Invidius, 1 will say that the enly thing nee- essary to enable him to shoot accurately is that, he shonld close that obstreperous left eye of his wlien the gun is brought to the right shoulder. If he can accustom himself to bring the gun to the left shoulder, he can shoot equally well with both eyes open; yet there is no necessity for i, if he will close his left eye when he slioo!s. To sum up then, to shoot well, a right-eyed man, wilh both eyes open, must shoot from the right shoulder, and a left eyed man from the left shoulder, while each can shoot equally well from either shoulder by closing the opposite eye. If aright-eyed man shoots from the lett shoulder, and a lett eyed man from the right, both ey¢s being open, neither would hit a barn door at forty yards. -All this I learned years ago in shooting deer from horseback, and ducks from boats. Now, sir, just pick up your gun, I gucss, of course, you always keep one handy, I take it, also, that you ate right eyed—bring gun quickly to the left shonlder—both eyes open, remember—take aim, (or try to. at least,) at an objvch hur- riedly. Whatis the matter? Why don’t you shoot Cun’t get your aim satisfactory, ah! No youcan’t! Why? Be- cause, sir, you are right-eyed, and your left eye won't serve you in sighting the object along the rib of {he bhurrels, but iat right eye of yours tries mighty hard to get over on*the left, and if you will not let it, the very best you cin do will be to close it, then you are freed from the dilemma. Pardon me for saying so much, ‘‘I rose to explain,” snd couldn't get down any quicker. [have never yel met one who knew of this ‘‘eyed” business, and hsye never failed to convince them. So, if you have a great deal of company, I won't call you ‘‘a fool,” TKORELL, $a RUST SPOTS IN GUN BARRELS. Campen, WN. J., Bept. 26. Editor Forest and Stream > ' In your last issue a Boston correspondent, F. 8., seks for information on the cause of gun barrels rusting In spots. Tf the interior surface of a pair of barvels be examined with a microscope it will be seen that they are covered with an immense number of small holes. which serve excellently to hold moisture- Now, when the oxygen, which exisis more or less in the sir, comes in contact with the steel, it col- jects In and around these minute holes, forining Ferric oxide, orcommonrust. ‘This makes the surface still rougher, and if not eared for properly, goes on taking up oxygen and con- suming the steel, until the holes become large enough to be seen by the naked eye. : When in this condition emery paste, made from three parts cosmoline, or oil, and one part emery, *honld be used on a carefully prepared swab, which will smooth the barrels cut to a certain extent; then apply the wire scrateh brush and wash out clean. If this is not attended to frequently, al the sea- shore or in damp situations, nothing but veboring will bring out spots or holes. So long as the barrels ave kept smoota but little (rouble need be expended, bul when specks appear i ilin TEMBER 29, 1881. m remitting care w ill keep them from getting worse. Heing so hard as the more expensive kinds. 4 barrels should he removed as soon aa possible. ter the discharge of the copper cap in the shell. Wat most rusting occurs there. rdinar'y blue ointment. Coun. always cleaned ont. n bave found them otherwise. a thing to do as any thing that I haye eyer tried. My be worse jobs, but T have yet to see them, to leave too much cil on them after cleaning them. HAMMERLESS. a SPORT IN FRANCE. {HOOTING began on Sunday in most of the departments if Hrance, as if begins with you to-morrow. This issement of a department, turn about, Tt is not im- le that some legislation will be attempted in this-direc- for shooling has here long become a national amuse- ii which all orders of men join. From M. Grévy, phas a well-preserved estate at Mont Sous. Vaudrey in the i down to bank-clerks who have friends in the country ave Parison Sunday mornings atlired en costume de dé, everybody who can ailord to pay twenty-eight franes ermit tO carry arms must ngeds have a few days’ sport the course of we year. Pcople still talk about the ouver. re ile (i chossein France asif the country teemed with game, nitoy ners hurry away from the seaside for this important eninity; clifiteaux overflow with guests; and gunmakers, IO aire & More numerous body in France than in any other ity, do a capital business. Any stranger who happened one of the Paris railway stations on Sunday morn- git have thought that this was par cavellencea land of fen. Men in shooting dress were to be seen, not by mens but by liundreds; and most of them were accompa- id by tet dogs, who yelped, tuzgedat their leashes, and dra gered Hasters hither and thither. A card with the word 8,” Was hung upon the majority of the railway car- 45 an intimation that in those compartments dog and ‘could travel together; and in some carriages you 6 ¢ eight dogs, eight double.barrels and eight chasseurs gly accoutred. A great deal of the pleasure which a en¢hman derives from sport must consist in the habiliments iGh he dons for the occasion. He wears gaiters, a coat ia leather shoulder patch, a game bag of netling sling a road strap, a belt with a cartridge-pouch, a flask, a tle to call his dog, and sometimes a huntiny-knife two long to dispose of wild beasts if any should turn up, Plate Alexandre Dumas, when asked why he carried a dirk pn be Went out toshoot rabbits, answered: ‘' (est pour les ‘evire ; il faut que tout le monde samuse.” Tt is to be nu- id, however, that most of these sportsmen who are tigged E pparently more for show than for work, do manage to iin the eyeniogs with their game-bags full. So there ihe a fair amount of game after all; and if it be scarcer portsmen would like, they deserve the more credit for down so much of it. Nobody will dispute that there Ph first-rate shots among Frenchmen ; and the ardor A Which squires and citizens brag of their adventures in Goverts at this season of the year shows that the love of ting is no mere affectation. This being so, it is probable th Legislature will soon deal with the game question in fyirank manner. It isnot desirable that all the same in ice should be exterminated; and it would be regrettable ousands shou'd be deprived of a sport which is to some hy amusement, but to others a great source of profit. 1s uot only the argvebusicrs, shoemakers and other nen, who earn much by selling the implements. and B of sport; villagers also make a good desl out of Parties. - Boys are hired as beaters; the village inn- prepares dinners for the sportsmen, and has the pleas- 10 kee them drink a great deal of his wine and ‘‘ old le; while the yagabonds and old women pick up many tance by begging of the sportsmen when they have tified, Shooting is, indeed, so generally recognized as hing for country folks that the poacher is no longer ded with a friendly eye in villages. Tis depredations ‘not blamed when he thinned off the over-stocked pre- fa of rich seigneurs; but he is now looked upon as a ow who appropriates to himself game which might y have brought money to a good many poor people & commune,—St. James’ Guzetle, Sept. 3. a a Waarnur Camp—Van Buren, Ark,, Sept, 1—I short avlicle from one of our town papers. ‘Old the writer, is known to you, aud is a venerable old ban wid true. The remainder of the party mentioned Young, and lacked much of his experience, but were WY 85 enthusiastic and boped by persistent pr-ctice to Me partially perfect. Although we killed one deer, this iat the game we were in pursuit. of, as we only wanted © turkeys and squirrels, and those only in suflicient ies 10 supply our table. ‘Ihis is not, of courre, a Me Season with us jo hunt, but therewere some of ys , ' 7 ypowder has often been hlanied as the cause of rust ; mM, if of good quality, it contains nothing that will oxidize, wever, the cheaper grades, especially when of fine grain, orl) good deal of inoisture in consequence of the prains hi The various alients of cheap powder—as sulphur, carbon and galtpe- pre often of infvrior quality, and the residue they leave it really does more damage to the barrels than the est kind of powder, is the fulminate of mereury which is Tt 1 with the other compounds, mixed with acids to make oning, produces the worst possible form of oxidation ax or cight inches from the breech, and it will often be ithaps the best way 10 ayoid this is, when the gun is not a use, to push tight-fitting wooden rods covered with baize 1 ni] into the barrels, first haying smeared them well with lor Horext and Stream ¢ Some one wants to know what hu spots come on inside of gun barrels; and says that ' LT have a gun which las been i for five years, and is to-day as bright and smooth on the leas when it canie from the maker, but I haye kept it “eternal vigilance” and elbow grease, using fine emery fish with, Haye had a good many guns brought to me, cl the ow:ers claimed were clean, but upon examining Gun barrels are sprung ake them shoot, centrally (so they will not eross), and ng through them, unless you make a close inspection, ¢mlay he quite a number of places oyerlooked; and I y ahy one to get them off (especially if the day is hot and , unless they work hard and use somethiog besides arag. J own (hat, to keep the barrels clean and bright, is full It is a8 usual, there has been a wail over the growing of game, and suggeslions have heen made that shoot- uld be prohibited for one year out of four in every FOREST AND STREAM. the proper time and ducks arrive.—Duiok. are as follows; squirrels, one turkey and two quail, not to shoot another gun that, day. 1 ten squirrels in the moyning and rested in the shacs all day. threatening another torrid day. in a half hour. Memoranda was three turkeys. t for home, leaying only Bourland and O'Kane. game that day wis one turkey, by O'Kune, hundred yards from camp. barbacue. having returned, all came home. the woads. consumed was not only cruel but lavish waste—Orp Nin? presage eel a GAME IN SULLIVAN COUNTY, New York, Sept, 19. le perusing the interesting articles conlained in your issue of 16th instant, I notice an advertisement, of J. M. Brad- ley in reference to the goad duck shooting 10 be found in the vicinity of Eldred, Sullivan county, N. Y. If among your numerous readers there are any who would like such sport, 1 should advise them to pay Mr. B, a, visit. I think I can guarantee them «nouzh sport to satisfy a spo’ ts- mun, haying just arrived home trom a two weeks? vacation spent there, principally fishing tor pickerel and perch. These fish afford much sport, b ing caugbt in large quantities and of good size, within a short distance of the house. 'The day befere I left, Eldred, Sept. 9th, Mr. B. and I drove about six mniles (slopping on the way in the bed of an old pond, where Mr, 3. bagged three fine woodcock, oyer two splendid setters lately broken by bim for Boston parties) {0 a large pond bor- dered by marsh land, called Giles’s Lake, where we succeeded in shooting niae ducks. five only of which were retrieved by the dogs. They were one black and four wood ducks. ‘Phe rest falling at long distances in the dense wood and loug mareh grass, were lost. Had I been any kind of a shot, and in possession of a brecch-loading instead of muzzle-loading gun, 1 think I could myself very easily have killed fifteen birds. When we left the lake, at dusk, the fowl were just begin- ning to fly m from the neighboring Jakes in streams, but our ammunition having given out we were obliged to depart. Beside ducks, there is very good deer, partridge and wood- cock shooting, and a few quail are to be had. There is also good trout fishing during the early summer months in several streams in the vicinity. On the thirtieth day of August, Mr. B. and I fished the Beayer Brook, about a mile froma the house, but only caught twenty-six fish. The reason of our small creel was the low water and the bright, hot day, the thermometer that day showing 100 deg. in the shade. We, however, did not feel the heat, wading in the cold spring water under the shade of toe laurel bushes and the spreading branches of the tall pine trees. Mr. 5. caught one trout last spring that weighed two and a quarter pounds. Mr. I. M. Brariley’s address is Eldred, Sullivan county, N. Y. By writing in advance he will meet you with his wagon at Shohola, Pa., Erie Road. Cc. HT. + Eyevisn SporTsMEN 1s Wvoming.—Tha Big Horn range of mountains in Wyoming will become as well known in Mng- land in the course of a few years as ths jungles of India. Hivery summer increases the pumber of the Bnoglish gentry visiting this famous bunting-ground. We felt aliftlesorry for the !ast one of these noble scions who passed through Petter- man for the Powder River country—Lord Manners. He is quite a young man and very ingenuous, and being unfamiliar with the country he was easily taken advantage of by every cow-boy he met. Some one—I don't know who—induced him to buy a broncho at Rock Creek, and instead of driving comfortably in a stage to Fort Fetterman, persuaded him that it was the correct thing to ride the pony, which he did, making forty-three miles in one day and forty miles the next on a ‘‘hucking” pony with an English saddle and short stir- tups. The young lord seemed quile used up when he reached Fetterman ; but notwithstanding, he started off the next day, all slone, for a fifty-mile ride toward the Big Horn, and the last seen of him was about ten miles north of Fetterman, his roll of blankets suspended from the crupper of his saddle and nearly reaching the ground on one side, while his overcoat was thrown across the pommel and dragging in the road on the other side; and my Jord, ulterly oblivious to his sur- roundings, was bobbing up and down on his bucking nag, with his neck outstretched, peering across the sand-hills eagerly looking for the next stopping place. Lord Manners is an officer of the Grenadier Guards, now stationed at Wind- sor Oasile,.and his leave of absence expires on the 25th of Ov- tober; hence his hurry, Cuptain Gaskell, formerly of the English army (9th Hussars), and his wife, are at present hunting in northwest Wyoming. The Captain has mads quile a number of: friends among the army officers, he hay- ing, several years ago, made a tour through Woalana and the nojthern part of our country, visiling the National Park of the Yellowstone, and the various military posts on the way. The Osptain is a genial, clever, and well-informed whese cnly chance it wasuntil the noble gobbler raises bis “racket” in lhe spring—except for an occasivnal evening With the ducks, at which we expect 10 have rare sport when The extracts ‘It is useless tu call every excursion to the woods, especially in dog days, a camp hunt; yet we camped ala nice spring and hunted jnst alitle. On or abous the 16th of August jnet passed, some enthusiastic sportsmen, having grown weary of hot weather and dusty streets, left Van Buren and hied to the woods near Jackson Kings in the Cherokee Nation, some twenty miles from {he sturting point, Arrived at three o'clock, found all things lovely, plonty of game, and without half trying bageed in half an hour nine The next morning at early dawn the guns were sdon at hand and shooting became rapid and repeated for half an hour, end the parties returned to camp with eighteen equirrels and three turkeys. After scolding them for the lavish slaughter of game, all consented On the 18th we killed “On the 19th the sun roge ag usual in a red, huzy sky, The boys were out eatly to bag a sufficient! amonnt of game for the day, which was done After breakfasting on broiled equivrels and fried turkey Tleft for home, via Fort Siiith, taking with me two of the company, leaving but three and the cook to. re- main notil the wagon returned for them and the camp. The game killed on the 191h afler we left camp seems by their On the 20:h Jobn Fritz lett Amount of On the 21 four squirrels and one turkey. Morning’s hunt (22) resulted in the killing: f fine fat deer by O'Kane, only a few It was apparent that such large game could only be saved hy the Indian process of ‘ jerking,” 80 Called, which consists in culling np io small pieces and placing on a scaffold over a brisk fire, making a kind of semi- This having been completed and the wagon I said in the heginning that the hunt was not all a hunt, but rather an éxcursion to The weather was so intensely hot that no game could be kept over six hours, and to kil more than could be gentleman, and Mrs. Gaskell is a, charming, petite, demi- brimetle, as vivatious and lively a3 one of our own American wolnen. The following are the names of some of (hé distin. guished Hoglish people now hunting in northwest Wyoming: Sir Samuel and Lady Baker, Lord Granville Gordon and Mr. Henry Flowers, Captain and Mrs. Gaskell, Lord Mayo, Lord Manners, the Hon. Mr. Leigh, and Mr. Richard John Power. —Correspondence Army and Navy Journal, RAiw Snoorme iw Maryeanp.—The railing season hag just begun on the Choptaul, but owing to the tides not making bigh enough, which prevents the hoats from getting on many of the marshes, compuratively few have been bugeed as yet. There are thought to be more rails this year than usual, but not knowing anything of their previous life hefore they appeared on our marshes two months ago, we are unable toaccount for the unusual number. One of our sportsmen, though not having the advantage of an average high tide, succeeded in getling nincty-soven birds in about two hours and a half this morning, ‘The unbroken wild oat stalks were also an inconvenience, and nntil the reeds are mashed down, it is difficult to push over the marsh. A fine senson is anticipated, and a number of gentlemen from neighboring towns and cities have arrived, and more are ex- pected, to participate in the sport, and ere long our marshes will be the scane of almost incessant reports of breech-load- ers. ‘There will be an effort male at the assembling of the State Lezislature to pass a law regulating the time to com- mence killing these delicious birds, which has been so badly needed, but which has never been urged, other game of large size being plentiful and rails nof so much sought for.—N. M. Denton, Garolené Oo., Md., Seyt. 15, 1881. [There should of course be a law in all the States »rotect- ing the rail, and in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and some cqunties (Cecil and Harford) there is such a law. In Cecil county the season for these birds opens Sept. 15, aud in Harford Sept. 10.) Cauyea County Sprecran Law.—A special ‘‘Act for the preservation of quail and partridge within the County of Cayuga,” N. Y., passed Dec. 21, 1881, provides as follaws: Sec. 1. From and after the passage of this ordinance or regulation it shall be unlawful for any person to catch, kill or have in his or her possession any quail or partridge taken Within the County of Cayuga, for the period of three years. Sec. 2. Any person violating this act shall forfeit a penalty of twenty-five dollars, to be sued for by any person before any Justice of the Peace, or the City Court of the city of Auburn, where such Justice of the Peace or City Court has territorial jurisdiction. The recovery, if any be bad, to be paid, one-half to the complainant, and the balance to the Connty Treasurer for the support of the poor of the county. The process, pleadings, proceedings, judyments and costs in such aclions shall be the same as are allowed by law in civil actions before such Justice of the Peace or City Court of the city of Auburn, And the process for the collection of any judgment rendered under this acs shall be the game as'is now allowed by law inactions of tort. Quam. Nesn New Orrgans.—New Orleaus, Sept. 23,— he morning of the 15th, at seven o’clock, found me in the saddle with my old friend, John G. Watson, at Arcola, La., in search of that game little bird, Bob White. Notwith- standing the threatening weather, we had capilal sport. About the middle of the day we were joined by Messrs, Arch and Pierce Watson, who, by the way, are two as fine shots as Louisiana claims. The day was agreeably spent; birds were numerous, and my late purchase of Munson’s (jueen, in spite of the fact that for two seasons past she bad not inhaled the delightful aroma of quail, did excellent work and found fully her share of the coveys and single birds; and the two dog companions she competed with were good ones, and only a dog of extra nose could getinapoint. In the three days? hunt over 150 quail were bagged, quite a fair percentage being shot at so close a range as to be unfit for the table— or bag. For the benefit of some of my Northern friends let me state tliat we found each day not less than twelve coveys, and one day eighteen. The very dry season has been of ad- yantage to the young, and most uf the birds were from two- thirds to full grown. While oure were the first guns that had been fired this season, we found the birdsall in a “hurry” when flushed. With plenty of fresh milk, buiter, the best of corn bread and quail coveys, as is the case when we visit the Watsons’, we had a most delightful trip, and only after promises of a speedy return were we allowed to return to our city home. CRESOENT Cry. Trnnussre Nores—Montyale Springs, Tenn., Sept. 15.— This place is situated about nine miles from Maryville, the terminus of a small railroad which runs between that place and Knoxville. The hotel at the Springs (which is also the post-office) isa large, plain, frame building which wilt ac- comodate several hundred, and is well kept by a gentleman named Martindale. The springs on the grounds are said ta be very beneficial to invalids, I haye been hunting some and killed considerable smallgame, The country is very hilly and there are some considerable mountains near here; ile airis very strong and clear. The larger mountains southeast of this place contain some large game, and as soon as the snakes go into winter quarters I am going wilh a party to have a good hunt.—W. R. B. Nashville, Sept. 19,—Last Thursday commenced our open season, though under the most unfavorable circum- slances, Rain fell in torrents the night previous and con- tinued to do so all day. Birds are reported as very abun- dant, and from the quantities brought into town Saturday, I ehould say that the reports are true. Our gentleman spoarts- men, as arule, have excellent dogs, the hest of guns, and being crack shots they soon kill out the game io the imme- diate vicinity of the city, though within a radius of twenty niles there are plenty birds for all. Since the ram foxhunt- ing his commenced in earnest. ‘Toward morning the moon still shines brightly, and when there is no wind the delicious melody of the hounds can often be heard even ib the city: Col, W. I. Johnson and David M’Gavook, living eseh within a few miles of Nashyille, huye noted packs of foxhounda, and when they give voice the whole country is aroused. Dan Adams, Esq., has ¢ me on a shooting expedition; he uses a cingle barrel breech-loader, with which he cays he can bag as many birds as any of the crack shots with a donble- barrel. J. D. H. Tus Love axp Disman Couxrry.—Columbus, Neb., Sept. 14.—John Bibecel, of Boston, William Nye, Jr., New Bed- ford, W. IL Untehinsen, of Lynn, and Thomas L. Sturte- yant ard FY, W. Elis, of Framingham, Masg., left here to, 170 . FOREST AND STREAM. [SzPremerr 29. 1 881, dington. 35; John Simes. 10; Mr. Grant. 50; Hen. Shultz, 44: F. Wilaip day on a bunting expedition up the Loup and Dismal, with 55; G. Wilson, 41; Pres, Wetherill, 25; Sam. Wethtrill, 55; Jas. Mj fourteen dogs, seven horses, about a ton of necessaries, and ten thousand rounds of ammunilion, to be gone six weeks, Elk are yery plentiful in those localities; and the party are, tor the next thiee weeks, going lo shout chickens northwest of here. -T. R. D. [We know the Loup and Dismal country well. Many a pleasant day have we spent on these rivers, and many a suc- cessful hunt have we made in the regiin which they drain, Our old friends, Pawnee La Shar and La Shar-u-Kittibutz, introduced us to the stction matty years ago, when it was in- deed a great game country, but also a great Indian country. We sre glad thas the game still exists and trust that the Indi- ans are now no longer troublesome. ] Trxas Game Norss.—Willis, Texas, Sept. 16.—The weather is turning cooler now, and we are lurning our atten- tion to deer and fish. The deer are excessively fat, and the “running season” begins now in this country, Sime fine bucks have been killed by my friends. We hunt them at this seaso. by sifting for them with riflus; for as the deer are more active at this time, the chances of shooting, especially the old bucks, by sitting for them is greater than by walking about. This country is blessed this fall with a good mast. The bears will get very fat, and we expect fine duck shoot- ing when the weather grows colder. Ducks are making their appearance already in small numbers. The bear hunters will have grest times this winter. Great many bears here, and increasing all the time. I shall write you before long, and give your corréspondynt some instructions on calling turkeys,—C. L, J. tained eleven teal and four wood duck, five jack snipe and two yel ow legs. I shot from a boat and did not use decnys, | 2? iS : bs c 3 95; 0. K. Dolby, 23; Mr. Burt, 21; Tim. Reilly, 45; Jac. Alburger 9a T kilied over thirty ducks but only got fifteen of them. The | jos, Tuorn, Shae, Morton, 25; Al Wemierill. 7.“ r, Jones, ae mi rest fell in the rice; and as I had no dog I was unable to get Roop, fe Y ee a0 M a ae 145 eg ovens bse il « | j ili 1 7 | jie. Tuesday, sept 18. Mp. Burt. 3 Gul Griffin, fa; Dr. arsn them. ui tiA he aE ty millions, eu pies are not owstere Mr. Hoopes. a WW. i Aisigias Mr ler, 2; BF. Miller, 29; a. Godyon, 44) Mr. Henly, 46; Elwood James, 31; Edward Lewis, 41; Wm. Miller, 10; John Siddy, 19; Jas. Milne, 18}. Tom Waddiogton, #1; H, Mingle, 1m; Wb. Tatham, 31; J. b. Graham, 38; B. Morpon, 14; Tim. Retlly, $5; Jac. Alburger, 103; Jas Thorn, 61— 949, Sept. 12.—A Godson, 11; Gill Griffin, 19; Mr. Henly, 25; Tom Wad- Massaonuserts Bay Binsp EnooTmG@—Boston, Mars., Sept, 21, 1881.—Tuesday found me at the Old Colony depot, wait- ing for thedirst train to S¢iiuate. A ride of one hour and three-quariers broughi me to my destination, and, with my friend, I was in a short tine on my way to the marshes which horder the town of Marshfield and Duxbury. We found plover and other shore birds fairly abundant, though they had not arrived in large flocks up to Friday afternoon, Sep. 2. I ingnired of several persons wuat the prospects were of good shooting this fall, and they «ll said after an easterly storm one can get more birds than he ean carry home. Board can be had very reasonuble, the general price being $18 day. The fare from Boston tu Scituate and return is $1.10, and to Marshfield $1.40. The latter place would be the most convenient to stop at, as the marshes are only a short distance from the station.—F. L. A Bae or Trs1—Hartford, Conn., September 19—Hidityr Forest and Stream :—The Post of this city chronicles a shot which dvseryes record in your colamns; A party of gentle- men had a wonderful piece of luck while shooting rajl the past week. One of the number saw seven teal ducks driving direct for the boat, snd fired, killing five with the fir-t barrel and theTemaining two with the second. Considering the light charge of powder and the smallness of shot used, we can only say that this luck—if it was }uck—was never equaled before, except in the case of the five pound bass caught by an Asylum street merchant while camping out at New Hart- ford, Conn., some ten days ago.—Xiox. Tuose Hamitron Drooy DucKs.—Hamilion, Sept. 17.— Hditoy Forest and Stream: I am sorry to say thatthe live decoy ducks I advertised in your paper have been disposed of, but not in the way lintended. J was absent from home for ten days after 1 put in the advertisement, and on my re- turn found many answers to it; but when I reached the house I learned that all the ducks had been killed in one night by some kind of vermin, either a skunk or a weasel, the only wound being a small hole under the wing. I think it must have heen the la'ter animal, as the yard is not more than ten yards square, and my two setters were loose, which I think ‘would’ have prevented a skunk from getting in his work so succcsstully. A. Kine ano Barrietr Laxke—September 17.—At Hutchins Camp, at King and Bartlett Lake, Maine, since September 1, the following score has been recorded: September 1, a large black bear was killed by Dr. G. B. Porter, of B ston. He was estimated to weigh 300 pounds. September 10, a large caribou, dressing about 450 pounds, was killed by another Boston man, HKefereuce, Mr. Jobn J. husgell, of Plymouth, and Mr. Allen Danforth Bursar, at Harvard University. Sep- tember 15, two moose, one a yearling cow, the other a mon- ster male, 6 ft, 84 in. from ears fo tail; 6 {t. Tin. high at the foreleg, and 5 ft. 10 in. high at hind leg; girting 5 ft. 93 in., and estimated to weigh 1,000 pounds. Same references asabove. Mr. QO é.. band from the bottle and slipped if over the head of a liye mackere], and just below the pectoral fins, and then have thrown thefish back again into the sea; and, as a conse quence, the poor mackerel must have bad a weary and miser- able year of i. And here, Lam sure, some of ourlady social reformers may lear a lesson on tight-lacing with a venge- ance, for, as the fish fed and increased in size, the band Kept its firm grip armind him, and only allowed him to grow to the extent of ihe elasticity of the band; and so tenacious was the hold, that whereas (he mackerel had grown to eleven inches in length and four inehes in circumference above above and below the band, under it the girth was only three inches. In fact, the poor mackerel had really a wasp waist. Moreover, from this ligature being so constantly and firmly around the fish, [ estimate tUal it lost fyom its natural growth twoinches im length and one ineh in girth in the yeat.— Cornwall (ling.) Corn spondence in Land and Water, a CANNED BROOK TROUT. aes time ago we received for inspeelion from ony friend and correspondent, Captain L A. Beardsley, U. 8. N., a fish preserved after the manner of sardines, and with a large showy. label, on one side of which was the legend, “Spiced Brook Trout,” and on the other a double-hesded eagle, with the words ‘*Marinirte Bach Forrellen.” This was evidently intended to convey the ides that the trout was prepared in Germany for the American market. A glance at the fi:h, with its serrated abdomen, at once proclaimed it a Clupeoit—either a hetring or a menhaden, without a head. We kept it some time without finding opporlunity to look into the matter, and at Jast brthought us of Mrs, Lewis, efitor of Mead and Health, part of whose good work it is to show up food imitations, combinalions and adulterations. Wé sent Capt. Beardsley’s fish to her, After looking in vain in seyeral places, she found a dealer who owned to the brand, and in the last issue of her journal she tus relates the inter- view ; ‘You se'l canned brook trout, do you not? this Jabel ?” “Decididly. It is our brand, but we do not can it.” ‘'Can you guarantee this to bé brook traut ?? “By no means, It may be anything else, so far as we mow. It is put up as brook trout in Maine, and we sell it. It is nice; people like if, and buy it ata reasonable price. We do nob ask any more qnestions.” “ But is this not a fraudulent Jabel, sir?” said Food and Health. “My dear sir. how can the ptople expect brook trout, which sells for $1.60 per 1b. in the season. The public like it to be galled brook trout, and eat it for brook tront, and that is all.” “Will you guarantee ib?” ‘How can we? Why don’t you gto \hé biz houses— people who put on wrong labels every day. This brook trout is like all brook trout; no br tter, no worse.” “TE an inquiry ig made-about it, what will you dv?” “Stop selling it; but the public has been pleased with our brook trout, and like it. Tt has been always pul up and sold as brool: trout." Here the interview ended, and the reporter was unable to get the canner's namie. ——— Errors or Huworsta Licuy on Pisa.—a yery interesting exposition of submarine lighting was opened in the West- minster Aquarium this week, ‘The apparatus employed was that of M. Faure, whose name has been brought so promi- nently before the public recently in connection with what has been termed the storage of forces. The electriciry em- ployed was generated at Woolwich and carled in M. Faure’s accumulators lo the aquarium, The current was of sufficient intensity to heat to redness and dissipate into vapor a cord of copper wire the thickness of a penholder. M, Faure’s lights are contained in small closed glass yes- sels, several of which were submerged j4 the tank, brilliantly illuminating the fish and plants contained within it. The most remarkable fact to be noticed was that the whole of the fish, of several species, appeared perfectly indifferent to the electric lights They swam close to them without ap- parently noticing their presence. The minnows, of which there was a large shoal, pursued their graceful motions in precisely the same manner as in ordinary daylight, rising and falling and gliding through the tank, apparen'ly without even recognizing tlie position of the lights by which they were so brilliantly illuminated. A small jack vivisected a couple at his Jeisure without considering that the exhibition was a sci- entilic'experiment, and that he was therefore rendering him- self liable to prosecution, from which he would haye beenex- empt had he merely gratified his natural appetite. _ The total indifference of fish to the submerged light goes far to explain the failure of the numerous schemes for af- (racting tish toward nets by ineausof submerged lithts which have been proposed und in some cases carried into operation, —Lontion tel. Do you know Pikn-Perou iN Tie Susgrenasna.—The Harrisburg Pi- triot thns records the fishing for pike perch, or wall-eyed pike, Stizostthiwm, sp.? which it pleaseth Pennsylvania, in conimon with people in Ohio and the upper Mississippi, to imjscall a silmon, Tt says: ‘* About the finest strinz of the best varieties of fish known in the waters of Central Pennsyl- vania was brought to the city last evening by Messrs. D. Da- vidson and Samuel Livingston, consisting of twenty odd sal- mon anil six very fine bass, the result of a day’s fishing at Hawk Rock, « well known locality in the Susquehanna River, a few miles below this city. One of the salnion, caught on a No, 2 “Sproat” hook, by Mr. Livingston, weizhed eight and a quarter pounds strong, und was voted a beauty by an admiring group of Waltonians who had copgre- gated in front of the Harris House, North Third street, last evening, Mr. Livingston, who is a keen disciple of old Izaak Walton, said the “Jubber” gave hin plenty of trouble, and it was only by a determined effort that he succeeded in playing same ‘‘out” aud landing him in the boat. It is the Jargest salmon caught with hook and line in this vicinity for years.” Carp AnD Catrisn Tare THe Fty,—Willis, Texas, Sept. 18. —One day last week Capiain Ashe, of our town, while taking some perch and cats from his pond with artificial flies, also tookacarp He was using a very small eray or drab fly, and too small to have any name, but still very killing on the sun perch and bull-head cats that infest lis pond. ‘These same cals take the fly as wellasthe perch He only took one carp, and that surprised him so that he did not fish any more that day, The carp that wis caught was placed in the pond _ ~ — -t y, 1881, with some fifty others. They were then H to three inches long—some mirror and some stale hig One Wis a& mirror carp, and was 114 inches in fod atiosl bequtiful fellow too. Captain Ashe says game ss & black bass oy channel cat. He of course Wie carp to the pond, after admiring him sufii- Did any one else ever before take no carp with the aha = ke iN Bniorrs Brang.—Putnam County, Sept. The) Rev, John Wiiott, who translated the Bible ndina tongue in 1663 (while engaged in this won- rk) came to the parsage, ‘Phe mother of Sisera pat si Lhe window and eried throngh the lattice,” ete, ving an Indim word to signify lattice, he went he fidiaws and tried to describe to them a lattice and j word from i2em fo express the meaning by explain- slats, netting, or whatever h¢ could, to illustrate. jini a long, unprondunseable word. Sone years med Teartily on discoverme that the Indians had Vim the trog term for ef pot, So “the mother of Sisera out atthe window und cried through the eel pot.” {he uvprooonneable words in this Indian translation of was, * Wirtappesiltnkquasunookwebtunkquoh.” GQ. F. W. . Bass Resorr.—For fine black buss and pickerel a) to Narrowshurg, Sullivan Cp., N. Y., four hours’ irie Ruilway; fare, $3.75; excursion, 2ood for three 0; board, $1 per vay; boats, 50 cents per day. vare River here is clear, cold and rapid, making @amy and their flesh firm and solid, Withont io the Narrywsbure two-pound bass will equal in l give as much sport on the line, as any four- aken from Greenwood Lske or any other slug- era, surh an effect does ihe clear spring-like waters pper Delaware liave on its fish, The Willoughby Tecomuenderd a8 a stopping place for anglers, gon River.—The numer of visitors at Red Rock, ihiver, as registered in the hooks vf the GCommis- E Visherivs a! that point, up to August 20, this sea- ly-four. OF these seventeen made no report of aml T presume did not vo up the river atall, The iglé catches reported by the several parties are: lien Ghand 5 }bs, The average weight of fib caught ubiwoaud ahalf pounds. I think this is hardly as Naverape as usual, and (he heayiest single fish is not the heaviest of Just year. From an examination find the catches reported, I infer that some yisit— Hexpert fishermen, vr that hey did not eive much He sport, as one reports a Gatch of three, largest one dee one-half prund. This gentleman is evidently peticneed fisherman, unused to sportsmanlike slories, ould have weighed heayier—in the report, if not scales, Ie has much to learn before he takes high hin tlie profession of fly-fishers, I-would send his name Wat for Making an invidious distinction, ie Oro Anm.—The Sacramento Bee says that agun ‘ae rohased by wv Yuma (A. T.) gtinsmith is of his- Henercst. One of the barrels is a smooth-bore and the led, They are inadu of Damascus sicel. The strap Wed by toachines as ring and a biyonst is run our, into Place lisel. Upon the gun, engraved in gold, Meblatof Texas and the name of General Joseph i There is ulso a golden exgle set into the stock, Hisheuliure. A LEPLY 'TO A BUNIGHTED MAN. British Provinces there are a few persons who are either tlenighted or are hopelessly ignorant. They write all irwusntions ugiinai the Osnadian Commissioners of fand a few newspapers ure 80 short of other matter that it their @tui', When a man, in this age, claims that fish on a Htream aud stocking it tends to reduce the I tish init we repavd him a8 a simple Innatic who might 10 prove thatthe night would be lighter if there were With this initadaction we republish s communication Yalned correspondent, Mi. Philip Vibert (Mercator), m Ailnovale, of Neweastle, New Brunswick : Ud hing kindly sent me yourissue of the 20th ult,, calling Hon to the communication of a Matapedian Settlrr— HY Opinion is a Most wujustitable attack on the Canadian partment, and I would remind the writer that Justice doing men no injury, decency in giving them no ug seen Mr. Spurr’s letters, to which a settler refers, 8% position to offer any opinion on the matter in dis- Miter Tesidenae of thitty-six years on this coast, during tye carefully atudied and written on the Fishery kImay safely venture on answering » Settler's as- Sd remind him that in all important questions ‘* sound Hould weigh more than popular opinion.” buteed Wishery Act. as he is nee to term it, is really a bil, how comes it that Iingland, the United States and Hive Bei ua the example, by adopting similar laws, and Hatohevies ? Let him go to the Island of Jersey, and restviclod diedging hus destroyed the once valuable Which in my youthful days afforded employment to Of from twenty to fifty tons burthen, and yielded a it to thot Island of some £25,000 to £30,000. Where now? Echo answers. Where | Ws that trap nets, pound nets, and all other nets, are New Brunswick. How 13 this? I thought that the tiled throughont the Dominion, and I am uot aware tthan ihe neual net is allowed on this coast. As to “allowed tothe Ligh and mighty"—I think the evs to those who oan adford to pay for them is a ' Th the firat place each lessee pays n guardian, Pouching in any shape, and the yearly visits of these Mamportant looal benefit, CGonsideralle sums are Miocalitien where money israrely seen, in consedjuenve puvinnite ind ill-advised truck system. Let us take eer, of London, Outario, as a proof of my sssertion. upays, I believe, $20 to the Department for the River, in this country (Gashe) and 350 to the Py eanm. The Colonel aud his fridnds cannot apend to £500 fox their persoual expenaes. In return for Pht {his season fifteen salmon, and bis friends ten, mon, ab i cost of aut less than $650 or $30 per et dew sport, methinks! Partienlarly when the Besont to friends along the coast. §ré known to destroy the young salmon, and Dr, Mork, the former lessee of the above river, paid, @ half a dollar for every bird they brought him, aaa net are also got hy thé inhabitants wt the EYRE, Aff FOREST AND STREAM, I cen ulso state aa « fact, that a gentleman who leases one of the Gaspe Rivers, expended no less than $1,000 a few years since, all of whieh went into the pockets of the settlers. The next assertion is that, ‘‘ Worse than all the rest, he, that Cotnmissioner, has built breeding honkes which have totally de- stroyed the salmon fisheries.” An assertion is ensily made, but not 80 easily proved, and an old proyerb states that ‘There is no absurdity which has not been maintained by, soma philosopher,” Destroyed the salmon fisheries—Eh! Who destroyed them previous to the enactment of the fishery laws, but the * poor settler,” the pot hunter, the lumberman and the Indians, who would haye exterminated the entive species had they heen allowed. Spearing by torch light—taking herring nets up the vivers and sweeping the deap pools at this season of every fish when they go. ip to spawn, was the common practice. I remember going to Bonaventure, about the end of Angust or early part of September, 1649, when the Méssrs. Bissonnault had a fishing establishment at the mouth of thestyer. [was in the house talking to Mr, Perdi- nand, when Mr. George came in and asked me to fo out to see something that would astonish me. J followed him to the water's edge, where I saw two Indians, and a large birch canoe filled with salmon roés. Tasked the men how many salmon they had de- siroyed, the snswer wes eighty-six in two nights. I Jeave the reader to judge what may haye been the total quantity destroyed in the same manner from the Restigouche to Cape Chat alone, “The pvor sickly things Mowat calls young salmon, neyer como fo anything.” Another assertion which I defy a settler to prove. Ju 1878 some thousands of these sickly things were transported by land from Gaspe Basin to Grand River, aud the men having rested here during the heat of the day, I took out six, which Lkept in a glass globe upward of a month, sud finally removed to 2 brook. If sickly would they haye lived so long in confinement ? “Most respectable parties haye afiidavits to praye they killed the salmon caught, barreled them up, snd uo donbt the Com- missioner shared the plunder.” What next? Salmon efter spaywo- ing arenotfit to eat. Myen the Indians above alluded to threw the fish into the river, For I suppose these are the fish spoken, of, At Gaspe Basin the fish when deprived of their spawn are marked and restored to their natiye element, anditis « woll-eatablished fact} that numbers of the fish so marked haye been caught by the salmon fishers, in their nets, the years following, So much for the cruelty of the vagabonds as the writer politely terms the TPishery Ofticers. The next strange assertion is that ‘hundreds of thousands of dollars are to he saved by a total repeal of the cursed Tishery Act, which are swallowed up by uscless Commissiguers, Inspectors and Fishery Officery.” I have fortunately before me the Tishery Statements for 1880, giving 2 detailed statement of expenditure, etc., by which it appears that the total outlay amounts to ¥86,- 162.55. Collections, $19,423.16, thus making the total cost to the conntry only $66,739.34 ! Well do I remember when the law regulating the salmon fisheries throughout the United Kingdom first came into force. How the fishermen abnsed ali who had anthing to do with its enforcement, and cursed all aristocratic anglers, for whose benelit it was made. Salmon was then very scareé and, but for the aforesaid lasy, would s00n have been a thing of the past. Yet I must confess that my ignorance of the real state of the case wonld haye led me to join in the hue and ery, but my well-grounded law-abiding principles prevailed. A few years later mécting an old salmon fisher, who had most loudly denounced the restriction, I asked what he thought of the lay now? After going into some details, as to the henetits already derived, he coolly said, ‘ Fact is sir, we were a set of fools !” Let not a Settler suppose that the writer is one of those who would wield his pen to the prejudice or injury of the poor settler, or any other poor man, On the contrary, Mercator has ever aUp- ported right sgainst might, has boldly and fearlessly combatted injustice aud wrong duing, thereby subjecting himself to the bit- ter enmity of men in high places—acting on a high and right- minded mother’s off repeated charge, “Remember that right never comes wrong, and wrong will never come right.” Tn conclusion I would remind a Matapedian Settler that yaga- bonds, burning up those sinks of iniquity, the breeding houses and return to the primitive mode of the spear and the drift net,” Ravors yastly of Fenian doctrines, of dynamite and infernal machines, which no Christian or right-minded man can counte- nance or tolerate, and that “The Judgment’s weak Where prejudice is strong,” Pain VIBerr. Perez, August 23, 1881, —_—_§|§|_§_+9+=. ____ FISHCULTURAL NOTRS. a lie Ohio Fish Commission has placed a large number of black bass in the streams and has made arrangements to hatch twenty million whitetish at the Toledo hatchery and as many more ai Sandusky if they can obtuin the eggs, which they haye prepared totake, The yeteran fishculturist, Judge Potter, has retired from superintending the hatchery at Toledo and Mir. D. ¥. Howell has been appointed in his stead. The annual report of the American Fisheultural Association has pe.y,ct been issued. The Secretary, Mr. Barnet Phillips, has it well in hand and moat of it in type, but has been waiting for the completion of Prof. Goode’s “‘Epochs in the History of Tishcul- ture,” of which all but the conclusion has appeared in our col- umns, ‘The delay haa been caused by the great pressure of extra work put upon Prof, Goode this year by the fishery census and tha completion of the new National Museum, of which he 1s Curator. Col. Tom Crutchfield, of Chattanooga, 'Tenn., says {hat from a few pairs of carp placed in a pond on hig farm thousands of young were produced and that within eighteen months they bad grown to an edible size. Prof. Baird reports this year's crop of carp as extremely large for their age. The carp has evidently hadits growth stimulated by introduction intothe warm waters of America, which are of higher temperature in summer than those of Germany. We would not be surprised to learn that some have spawned at a year old. A little eyidence points that way. A private letter from sade apolis gays that the writer recently say the carp in the ponds of Mr, Calvin Fletcher, at Spencer. Owen County. They were receiyed from Prof. Baird a year ago last November, when their ayerage length was leas than three inches and their weight nothing. Now they will meueure twenty inches and weigh six pounds. Mr, Fletcher has some black bass of two years old; some of them are fully two pounds in weight, but the misjority are below one pound. —_____ + CARP PONDS IN WINTER.—Mr. W. Dunker, editor of the Fisherie Zeitung, of Stettin, Germany, says in his Wishery (alen- der, a yearly publication for anglers and fishculturists, that the inflow and ontflow chamnela of fish ponds must be constantly kept clear of ico and tlie show partially remoyed to afford a necegsary amonnt of light, ‘The main surface of the pond, however, should be left undisturbed, since stiow helps to keep off the extreme cold. When the ice bears, air-holes phould be proyided, and these should be sawn, nof chopped. Vo protect these from further action of the frogt thin poles should be Jaid athwart them, covered with a thin layer of branches, reeds or rushes. On no account should the sir-holes he mads above the spot where the fish huye congre- gated for the winter, and the most suitable position for them is at opposite ends of the pond, close to the in and uut How, so aa to Bequré a Maximum ration of the water. The sir-holes must be examined daily for signs of the dispersion of the fish—these are discoloration of the water, the appearance on the surface of dead water heetles and spiders, or fish gasping for air, Should these nnkoped for signs occur the number of air-holes must be largely ineréased, and as munch circulation ae possible piven to the water If these measures prove unavailing, and thers is no immediate praypect of thuw,; all that can be done is to net the pond and trans- fer the fish to pther and better water, All noise on the ice, such 173 as that caused by cutting ice for storage, skating or sledging, is to be avoided. otherwise the fish will be roused and tempted to rise to the surface, where, in all probability, they will freeze fast to the ico und die in consequence, ae THE EDINBURGH FISHERIES EXHIBITION, Ti following cireular has been reproduced and circulated by the United States Fish Commission, duted Washington, D. C., Ang. 18, 1881. : INTERNALIONAL Fisumnres Exurpsri0n, EDINBcRGu, | 22 Royal Circus, July 7, 1881. / Sir: We have the honor to inform you that aninternational fisheries exhibition will be lield in Edinburgh in the month of Api next. ‘ " The exhibition will be open to exhibitors from all countries, and is intended to include, as far as possible, objects illustrative of or connected with the fisheries of the world. Such, for example, as models, drawings and photographs of boats usedin fishing, and of steam engines adapted for fishing boats; models of fishing-boat harbors atid of fishermen’s houses; nets, lines and fishing tackle ofall kinds, both for the sea and inland waters ; piscicultural appa- ratus ; live fish in tanks; collections of stuffed fish and aquatic birds ; life-saving apparatus, fog signals and lights for fishing boats ; fresh fish, cured and tinned fish, and preparations for pre- serving fish ; models of fish passes and ladders and other similar objects. We shall esteem it a favor if you will bring under the notice of those engaged iu, or connected with, the fisheries in your country, the fact that such an exhibition will be held here in April next, and if you will also kindly inform us whether you are likely tosend us many contributions. A . An answer to the above may be sent to Archibald Young, Heq., Commissioner of Scotch Salmon Fisheries, 22 Royal Circus, Edin- burgh, We lave the honor to be, your obedient servants, Sik I. .R. 8. Marrnanp, Batt., Wm. Srinner, City Clerk, Edinburgh. FB, N, Menzies, Secretary to Highland Society. ARCHIBALD YounG, Adyocate, Commisssone: of Scotch Salmon Tishesies, ' : ’ Hon. Secretaries to International Fisheries Hxhibition, Edinburgh, —_—_———# = FISHCULTURE IN SCOTLAND. ROM the book entitled ** The Angler's and Sketcher’s Guide to Scotland,” by Archibald Young, noticed in our last issue, we extract the followmg: ‘On the south shore of Loch Brora, near its lower extremity, theraiz an establishment belonging to the Duke of Sutherland for the artificial hatching of salmon. When I kaw it it contained about 340,000 salmon eggs fromthe Brora, Helmsdale, Thurso and Rhine. There can be no doubt of the great advantages to be derived from the system of artificial hatch- ing, though its benefits have not as yet been so thoroughly appre- ciated in this country as in Canada and the United States. In Canadu the Colonial Goyernment maintains seven hatcheries, at an annual expense of £5,000, which haye turned out sixty millions of eggs and young fry of different kinds of fish into the lakes andl riyers within the last ten years. There are similar establishments! in the United States and the Commissioner of Fisheries there has lately drawn up a yolume of nearly a thousand pages on the sub- ject of the propagation of fishes. By the artiiicial method, we can do away, ina great measure, wilh the terrible risks to which the young fry bred in onr rivers in the natural way are exposed, a4 we van succeed in raising smolts from at least three-fourths of the yi- talized eggs placed in the breeding troughs, whereas, if these eggs had been exposed to the dangers of the river, more than three- fourths of the fry produced from them would neyer hays reached the smolt stage, The breeding troughs used in the establishment on Loch Brora, at the time I visited it, were the ordinary old wooden trongh, much more bulky and cumbersome than they need be. It would be a great improvement if troughs similar to those used by Sir J, BR. 8. Maitland in his great piscidultural establishment at Craigend, near Stirling, were substituted for them, ‘These troughs are made of carbonized wood, perforated zinc and glass rods, They take np little room, are light, neat, and convenient, and afford effectnal protection against fungus—that great enemy of the pisciculturist.” eS a ae SOME FISH COMMISSION REPORTS WANTED.—On lookin over our collection of reports, with a view of haying them bound, we miss the following: New York—ist report, 1665 ; Massachu- setts—lat, 9th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 14th. Péunsylyania—is70 and all before ; alxo 1872, '75, 76, °77 and 78. New Jersey—tlat. ‘2d, 3d, 1878. and all since. We have reports of Virginia from 1875 to 1878, both inclusive, but none other, Any person haying spare copies which they wish to put where they will do the most good may send them to this office where they are needed for frequent reference. Gite Hennel. FIXTURES. BENCH SHOWS. October 10 to 15. National Pair Association Bench Show, Wash- ington, D.C. H. H, Blackbur, Cor Secretary. h Septeniner 27, 28, 20 and 20, act London, Ont., London Dog Show. Entries closed September 12, Chas, Lincoln, Superintendent, Tecum- seh House, London, Ont. > ’ December 14, 15 and 16, at Lowell, Muss Lowell Doz Shaw. Entries close December 6. (thas. A. Andrew, West Boxford, Mass., Superin- Lendent, FIELD TRIALS. October 1, at New York City. Close ofentries Hastern Field Trtals. Trials commence on Thanksgiving Day. Jacob Pentz, Secretary, P. O, Box 274, New York City. f October 25, 26, 27 and 28 ati Masontown, Fayette Co., Pa., via boat from Pitisburgh. Pennsylvania Pleld “vais. First Annual Derby. Entrles close at Pittsburgh, Pa., Oclober 14. 1, R. Stayton, + ecretary. November 7, ai Gilroy, Gal Pield Trials of the Gilroy Kod and Gun Club. Entries close November 1. H, Leyercley, Secretary. November 25, Louisiana State Pleld Vrials. Kntries close Noyember 1, Edward Odell, Secretary, New Orleans, La. December 5, at Grand Junction, Tenn., National American Kennel Olub’s Field Trials. Jos. H. Dew, Secretary, Columbia, Tenn, ++ EVERETT SMITH’S KENNEL, Eidilor Forest and Stream > While at Portland a week or ten days since I had the pleasure of meeting Mr, Everett Smith and mapecting his kennel. T have neyer seen dogs under such perfect, command or so thoroughly yard-broken, We have all heard of dogs dropping to shot, at the raise of the hand, etc,, ete, Mr. Smith's ave wonderfully perfect in this respeot, and I was given an exhibition of his whistle and signal training, I must confess ] haye never witnessed such ex- traordinary obedience on the part of sutter or pointer iu my life, Cale, a good deep red setter of Mr. Smith's, T admired most of all his reds; and, if I am not mistaken, his field performance is fully equal to his looks, Cora Il., a mate to Cale, gave evidence by her obedience of being a very tractable bitch in the field, notwith- standing the reputation the Irish setters have gained of being hendstrong and self-willed. , Govert, 2 young ‘setter, not quite eight months old, a gon of Cora IL., must surely turn ont good in the field from the manner in which he worked ont» seent aud obeyed in his manceuyering the command of hismoster, T was much taken with a little fivo-year-old bitch, Coxsett, orange and white in color, sired by a son of Gora I., owned by Mr. Smith, but now dead, She shows remarkable gpeed and is a8 acy 174. FOREST AND STREAM. tive as a kitten and fully as well broken as any of her older kennel companions. After looking over the dogs I was muck interested in examining the ornithological collection of Mr, Smith's, which ‘comprises our own game birda and other rare English birds shot in this country. The European quail liberated by Mr. Smith hays returned to the region in the neighborhood where they were put out, and many have bred. At Bath, Brunswick and Calais, Me,, they have been geen and their nests found, This experiment of transplanting the European quail in the United States hay proven Ruch & Success Our game protective associations shonld follow the example of the enterprising sportsmen of Portland and import a preater number The Dnglish sparrow hes multiplied in the United Stutes, why should not the little quail? I saw the nest and eges of the first European quail known to have bred in this coun- try in Mr. Smith's collection. The moose I wrote you that had been killed this summer in the Moosehead region has created quite a tall here, and the slayer may consider himeelf Incky if his name is not eventually made known to the authorities by some of the irate sportsmen of Port- land, The caribou wlegally killed was shot, I belieye, by a New York tourist. While conversing with a loyer of the dog and gun while in Portland regarding the moose killing, he remarked: “ Well, after all, all you need do is to give one of fhe Game War- dena three or four dollars and he will take you to a moose. Hight dollars a month is not enongh wages to keep them interested in their duties,” There may be truth in this. Mayor Senter, of Portland, showed me a famous woodeock dog he shoots over, ‘' one of the old sort,” which he called of the Sac- carappa breed. T noticed many fine collies and nota few well-bred black and tan cockers in Portland, and, when I learned that ruffed grouse and woodcock were about all the game had in the reigion aronnd the city, I-was not a little surprised. Quail cannot live through the cold weather of Maine winters. Homo, — FRANELIN (PA.) DOG SHOW, Ai HIS show was held on September 21et, 22d and 28d, at Franklin, Penn. The total number of dogs on exhibition was one hundred and eighty-five. The show was held inside the Pair Grounds, in a large two-pole circus tent. The judging, which was in the hands of the following named gentlemen, took place in atent adjoining: For setters and pointers, Mr. J. J. Snellenburg ; for sporting classes other than setters and pointers, Mi.Charles H. Dunean ; for non-sporting class, Mr. Harry Pierson, The show wad a success in all respects, alarge attendance being present, and the receipts at the door for admittance amounting to over $500. The most prominent exhibitors present were: Mr. J. M. Fox, Foxburg, Pa.; Mr. J. L, Abbott, South Oil City, Pa.; Mr. J. Lindsay, Jersey City, N. J.; Mr. Jno, 8. MeIntosh, Pittsburgh, Pa. ; Mr. G. W. Moore, Pittsburgh, Pa. Many sportsmen from Oil City, Titusville, Mendyills aud the surrounding county were algo present. ‘The canines that attracted the most attention were : The Irish red setter Biz; Mr. G. W. Moore’s American Ranger ; Mr. Charles Duncan's Rock ; Mr. Fox’s deerhound Nina ; Mr. G. W. Moore's champion Skye terrier Mack ; the pointer Bravo, belong- ing to ur George N. Appold, of Baltimore. Subjoined is the list of awards : AWARDS. Olass 1. Imported and Champion Setters.—John 8. McIntosh’s Irish red setter dog Biz (Imported Dash-Imported Filora,) first. George W. Moore's black white and tan, American Ranger (champion Ranger-Pera) second, Olass 2. Native English Setter Dogs.—Chas. H, Duncan's black white and tan Rock (Luther Adams' Rock-Gildersleeye's bitch first ; G. W. Moore's blue Belton Dan Rice (Rock Jr.-Menerva second; 1. J. Frye’s orange and white Joice (Tom-Kate) and A. C. Gelliland’s lemon and white Colonel (Don-Fannie) who. Class 3. Native English Setter Bitches.—W. P, Seth’s lemon and white Spring (Fry’s Tom-Miller’s Kate, ) first ; It, G. Lamber- ton’s black and white Fly (Rock-Jessie,) second; J. C. Sibley’s jemon and white Bess, third. Class 4. English Setter Puppies—R. G. Lamberton’s lemon and white Petrolenm (Gladstone Leila,) first; G. W. Weishaupt's, black white and tan dog Olay (Abbott’s Joe-Kate,) second. No third prize awarded. Class 5. Irish Setter Dogs.—J. C. Sibley’s Smuggler. (iufus II. Colleen,) first ; J. N. Whitesides’ Henry, second ; and J. N. Whitesides’ John, third. Class 6. Irish Setter Bitches.—Jos. R. Trissler’s Floss Daly's Thigue-Flora) firat. No second or third prizer awarded, Glass 7. Lrish Setter Puppies.—Joseph R. 'Trissler’s Irish Chief (Yon-Floss,) first. Class 8. Gordon Setter Dogs.—No award. Class 9. Gordon Setter Bitches.—George W. Moore's Speed, (Don-Bell,) first. Claus 10, Gordon Setter Puppies.—No éntries. Glass 11. Pointer Dogs.—George N. Appold’s lemon, white and ticked Bravo (Bragg-Kate), first; no second awarded ; R. G. Lam- berton’s liver Mack (Bob-Queen), third. Class 12. Pointer Bitches.—Joseph Grasser's liver and white Dolly, first ; Alex. Vincent's liver Bess, second. (asa 13. Pointer Puppies.—J. St. Clair’s. liver dog, Captain Old Nig-Gypsey), first; C, R, Heasley’s black dog Larrie (Larrie- lora), second; and E. J. Martin’s liver dog Captain (Old Nig- Gypsy), third. A Clase 14. Water Spaniela.—A. G. Galbraith’a liver and white ticked bitch, Gun (imported), fivat. 7 Cluss 15. Cocker Spaniels,—John ©. Haslett’s liver and white dog Prinve (Bob-Dora), first; J. M. Fox's black bitch Nell, sec- ond 4 Smiley Anderson's liyer and white dog Billy (Fred-Fannie), third, Olass 16. Cocker Spaniel Puppies.—John H. Bunce's liver and white bitch, Trickwey, first ; J. W. Adam's black bitch Small (Wild- fire-Scooty), second. : Class 17. Spaniels (lie than mentioned).—Lachine Kennel Club's black dog Bob ILI, (Buccleugh-Nell), second, Clash 18. Foxhound Dogs.—B. Uhler’s black and tan, Brool (Southern bred), first; J. L, Abbot's bl. wh. and tan Fred (Frank- Fanny), second ; James Hunter's lk, and tan, Lead, third; B. Ubler’é lk. wh. and tan Sport (Southern bred) vhe, Class 19, Foxhound Bitches.—No first or second prize awarded ; George Burgard’s black and tan Neulie (McK's dog-Spot), third, Class 20, Foxhound Puppies. —James Hindman’s black and white Boxs (Boss-Nellie), second ; no other awarda. / Clava 21. Beaglehound Doge,—L, 8. Lamberton’s black white and tan Dan, first; John Lapsley’s black white and tan Tip, third. Clasé 22. Beaglehound Bitches.—J. L. Abbot's black white and tan ticked Beanty, first ; John Lapsley's black white and tan Fannie, second. Class 23. Beaglehound Puppies.—L. 8. Lamberton'’s black white and tan Cap (Dan-Beauty), first; J. L. Abbot's black and white ticked Bessie (Dan-Beauty), second ; J, L, Abbot's black and white ticked Nellis (Dan-Beauty), third; Johu Lapsley's black white and tan dog Spot, vhe. j Olass 24. Foxterriers.—No entries. Class 25, Greyhounds.—No eutries. : Class 26. Deerhounds.—J. M,. Fox's imported Nina, first. NON-SPORTING DOGS. Class 27.—Mastiffs,—No entries. Olass 28. St. Bernards,—No entries. Olass 29.—Newfoundlands.—No entries. __ Class 30. Shepherd or Collis Dogs.—J. Lindsey's black tan and white Ayr-hire Laddis (Lord Mar's Yarrow-McAirda Flossy), firat ; J. Lindsey's black tun and white Rex (Oarlyle-Elcho), second ; William Dufiield’s black and tan Shep, third. Class 81. Shepherd or Collie Bitches —J, W. Bur ee’ tan and white Elyaway (Imported Rex-Imported Flora) sb; 8. 8. DeArman’s black and fawn bitch Daisis (Ned-Shep), second, Olags 32, Shepherd or Collie Puppies.—S. B. Beatty's black and fawn dog Bruce B (Bruce-Bonnie Bess) was awarded first, but on protest being entered for ‘* over-age,” it was sustained, Thomas Footer's black tan and white dog Lad O*Lyle (Tweed I1.-Lasa O’ Gowrie), first; §. 8, DeArman's black and fawn dog Jim (Tam , O’Shanter-Duikie,) seaond, Class 33. Bull Dogs.—No entries. Class 34, Bull Terriers.—George W. Moore's white, with bk. points Little Nell (Cwsar-Imported Nellie), first. Class 35. Skye Terriers.—George W. Moore's light ateel gray dog Champion Mack (Champion Sam-Quack), first; B. A. Whit- ney's light colored bitch, Judy, with 3 puppies, second. Class 36. Scotch Terriers. No entries. Olass 37. Black and Tan Terriers,—D. Frank Whited's bk. and tan dog Judd. Exhibition only. Class 38. Yorkshire Terriers.—No entries. Class 89. Toy Terriers, J. W. Adam’s bk, and tan bitch Fanny, second ; Charles mala ee bk. and tan bitch Fanny, third, Class 40. Puge,—li. L. Foster's imported fawn dog Budge, first ; J. M. Fox's imported fawn dog Jumbo, second, Class 41, Dalmatian or Coach Dogs.—No entries. Class 42. Italian Greyhounds —No entries. Class 43. Farm or Farmer's Doge.—J. Lindsay's Ayrshire Lad- ye mia ; J, Lindsay's Rex, second ; and J. W. Burgess, Plyaway, ird. aoe ae Dogs used for churning.—J. Lindsay's Ayrshire Lad- ie, first. Class 45. Miscellanaous.—J. A, Stowell’s dachshund black and tan bitch Marguorito (Unzer Fritz-Music), first ; H. F. James’ black dog Paro, second ; O, 0, Heasley’s white dog Jack, third. SPECIAL PREMIUMS. No, 1. For bast dog or bitch exhibitad.—13 entries. yalued at $100. J.S McIntosh’s Biz. No. 2. For best collection of not less than fiye dogs by one per- son.—2 entries. Prize $10. J. M. Fox's Daniel Deronda, Rute- ledge, Nell, Mina and Jumbo. No. 3. For best Native English Setter Dog.—8 entries. $10. Geo. W. Moore's Dan Rice. No. 4. For best Native Boglish Setter Bitch.—No entries. No 5, For best Native English Setter Puppy.—l entry. Prize 35. KR. G. Lamberton’s Petrolenm, No. 6. For best Irish Red Setter Dog.—3 entries, Prize $10. J. 5. MeIntosh's Biz. No, 7, For best Irish Ited Setter Bitch,—l entry. Prize valued at #5. J. Ti. Trissler's Floss. No. 8 For best Irish Setter Puppy.—l entry. Prize yalued at $5. J. RH. Trissler’s Irish Chief. No. 9. For best Gordon Setter Dog or Bitch.—2 entries, Prize yalued at $10. George W. Moore's Speed. No. 10. For best Gordon Setter Puppy. No entries. No. 11. For best Pointer dog.-—2 ontries.- Prize $10, George N, Appold’s Bravo. No. 12. For best Pointer Bitch.—2 entries, Prize $5. Alex. Vincent's Bess, No, 18. For best Pointer Puppy.—1 entry. Prize yalued at $5. Dr. 1. St. Clair's Captain. No, 14. No entries. No. 15. For best Black Pointer Puppy,-—2 entries. Prize valued at $5, J, G. Alexander's Black Rupert. No. 16.. For best Water Spaniel Dog or Bitch.—-1 entry. Prize valued at $5. A. G. Galbrath’s Gun. No. 17. For best kennel of Cocker Spaniels.—i entry. Prize yalued at B10. J. W, Adam's Flora, Fred, Dora, Scooty and 6 puppies. No. 18. For best Cocker Spaniel Dog.—3 entries, Prize valued at #10. John C. Haglett’s Prince. No. 19. For best Cocker Spaniel Bitch.—l entry. Prize $2.50, J. N. Fox’s Nell. No. 20. For best Cocker Spaniel Puppy.—1 entry. Prize valued at $2.50. J. W. Adam's Small. No. 21. For best Spaniel (other than named).—2 entries. Prize valued at $6.50, Lachine Kennel Club's Bob III. first; J. W. Adam’s Pearl, second, No. 22, For best Foxhound Dog or Bitch.—1 entry, Prize $7.50. HE. Ubler’s Brook, No. 23. For best Foxhound Puppy.—No entries, No. 24. For best Beaglehound Dog or Bitch.—3 entries, $5. L. T. Lamberton’s Dan. No. 25, For best Beaglehound Puppy.—2 entries. Prize yalued at $2.50. J. L. Abbott's Nettie, No, 26. For best Newfoundland, No entries. No. 27. For best Shepherd or Collie Dog or Bitch.—4 entries. Prize $10. J. Lindsay's Ayrshire Laddie. No, 28, For beat Shepherd or Collie Puppy.—2 entries. Prize $2.50. ‘Thomas Footer's Lad O’Lyle. : No. 29. For best Bull Dog.—No entries. No, 30. For best Black and Tan Terrier, Dog or Bitch.—1 en- try. Prize valued at $5. J, W. Adam's Fanny. No. 31. For best Farm and Farmer’s Dog and Bitch.—2 entries. Prize valued at $8. J. Lindsay's Ayrshire Laddie, first ; Charles Bowman’s Shep, second, No. 32. For best Churn Dog.—No entries, No. 33. For the ngliest Dog or Bitch on exhibition,—1 entry. Prize, silver cup, yalued at $10. J. W. Adam's Fan. No. 34. For best Dog or Bitch in fox chase.—4 entries. Prize $12.50. J. L. Abbott's Fred, first ; J. L. Abbott's Jack, second. No. 85. For best Shepherd or Collin Dog in drive.—No entries. No, 36. For best Trained and Most Intelligent Trick Dog,—l entry. Prize 5. J. W. Adam's Fred. No. 37. For best Brood Bitch of any Breed and two of her Puppies.—4 entiies. Prize $5. Divided between J. L. Abbott's Beauty, with Cap, Nellie and Flora, and George Burgard’s Nellie and four puppies. No. 38. For Smallest Dog exhibited.—J, W. Adams’ Small, weight 9 oz. Prize, gun Prize Prize ————— A NIAGARA DOG DECISION.—The following case is reported inthe Niagara Falls, N. Y., Guzette. If Niagara sportsmen are lia- ble to lose their valuable dogs in this way it is time that the law waa altered: ‘‘ The facts in this case were that Hector Campbell, a son of William Campbell, who works the farm of D. J. Town- send, on Highth street, in this village, was informed by his mother that there was a dogin the poultry yard which had killed four young turkeys. In attempting to drive him from the yard the dog disputed possession with Mre. Campbell, whereupon Hector, arme with a 1ayolver, met the dog face to face in the poultry yard and dipatched him by the third shot from his revolver. The dog proyed to bea valuable hunting dog owned by My. James Evang, who claimed his yalue to be from $75 to BLO0. Evans brought a suit for the value of the dog before Justice Samways, which was tried on the 10th inst., as before stated. H. N, Grifith appeared for the plaintiff and C. H, Piper, who was the attorney for the de- fendant, being unable to attend from sickness, T. G. Hulett tried the suit for him. The lawyer alleged that the dog of the plaintilf was a valuable hunting dog; that the defendant wrongfully and unlawfully killed said dog and thereby became indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $49. The defence set up was that the or- ganic law of the village provided that the trustees of the village shall have power und authority to enact by-laws and ordinances to compel the owners of dogs to have them securely muzzled and to autherize their destruction in default of their being so securely muzzled from June 1 to October 1 of each year ; that the trustees, in pursuance of such organic law, did, in the year 1874, pass an ordinance by which the owners of dogs in tha corporition were compellad to keep them securely muzzled from June 1 to October 1in each year, and on their failnre so to do any person was authorized to kill such dogs so running at large unmuzyzled. The value of the dog was established by plaintiff. The passage and due publication of the ordinance was extablished by the defendant, as also the killing, being within the corporate limits of the village, and that the dog was unmuzzled when killed by the defendant, and killed August. Counsel for the defendant held the defendant had not only the right to destroy the dog, but the plaintiff was liable to a penalty of $5 under the ordinance. Oounsel for tha plaintiff held the law under which the yillage or- dinance was passed was noconstitutional and void, as it authorized (SEPTEMBER 29, 188] | the destruction of plaintiff's property without due process o: Defendant's counsel held that although the courts haye that there is property in dogs, yet it was a qualified pro which was not recognizéd a4 taxable as other personal propép but the tax that was imposed on the owners of dogs was moré the nature of a penalty for owning 4 dog than otherwise, tax is by law set apart to indemnify from injury done by t cies to the personal property of citizens. The judgmen ; Court was no cause for action. Thus « yaluable dog has been§ rificed by the owner neglecting to conform to the ordinance ing to the muzzling of dogs.” THE SAGACIOUS BRUTE, There was a small terrier called Jack, Whom the fleas and the flies would attack, Till Jack in arage, The yile itch to assuage, Would scratch all the hair off his back. But Jack was ingenious of mind ; fio one eye, in the moonlight reclined, He picked up a fan And invented the plan, Which you ses in the cut here designed. {N. B.—For the cut we are Indebted to the Scientific American, TiN} poetry we claim as our own.) . ——__—__>-# NEWFOUNDLAND DOGS FOR LIFE-SAYING STATIONS Orton oF Assistant Inspector Lire-SAvina STATIONA) Third District, Bay Shore, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1881. Editor Forest and Stream: Thave read the article in your issue of July 14 upon Newfoul land dogs at the Life-Saying Stations with great intercsi i pleasur, I endorse all yon say therein and more. TI will call) yon on my next yisit to the city, which will be before lon, Will talk the matter oyer, which will be more satisfactor than writing my views at this time,—O, H, McLenias, Assit Tnspector. Orrick or Assistant Liurz-Sayine STaTrons, Fifth District, Chincoteague, Va , Sept. 18, 188i) Editor Forest and Stream : Thaye read with pleasure your interesting urticle on Newfont land Dogs for Life-Saying Stations. There can be no doubt aay the great usefulness of fhe Newfoundland dog at our stations, My to persons of any experience of the sea shore there cay question as to the groat honefits to be derived from their empliiy ment,—Gro. E. McConnenr, Ass’t Inspector Fifth District, Orrick of SUPERINTENDENT oF LiFe-SAVING STATIONS) Twelfth District, Bast Oakland, Cal., Sept. 17, Editor Forest ani Stream : T haye read with much interest the article m your paper of Wi 16 last on the subject of employing the Newfoundland dog at life-saying stations. I think the suggestion worthy of fayorable consideration would like to sea the experiment carefully tried at a few O stations, selecting the most fayorable points and where the Wi) may receive eyery advantage possible in his training. Tam, very respectfully, Joxyn W. WHITE, Capt. U. 8. RB. M., Acting Si) OFFICE oF Inspector or U. 8. Lrrg-Saying Stations; 7p No. 3 Bowling Green, New York City, Sept. 16} Editor Forest and Stream : ‘As all the Life-Saving Stations upon the Atlantic coast arag to-day and fully manned for the ensning season for active Op tions, I am reminded of my quiet unintentional neglect # sooner thanking you for the valuable suggestions contamed | article—‘New Foundland Doga for Life-Saving Stationa > your paper of July 14th. F You haye stated the reasons for introducing the noble afi into the Life-Saying Serviceso clearly that little remains to bog on the subject. There is no doubt that the dogs can be traiidl erform many useful duties at the stations. They would bi ictlarly valuable as aidsto the patrolmen. I am informed th ig difficult to procure a pure blooded ‘‘New Foundland,” species being indigenous to our continent, should not be all to become extinct, and no simpler or more éfficucious method: be adopted to prevent this than by entrusting the task to the of the Life-Saving Service. J. H, Mrrayman, Capt, U. 8. BR. M., Tnspeok rane ee VALUABLE DOGS POISONED. —E,, # correspondent, sel the following from the Daily Mercury, of New Bedford, } and remarks that the people on the Cape have the reputal Me shooting and poisoning all the doge they can that visit |heré trust Mr. White will discoyer fhe miscreants and give them si dose of the law that they will not have change enough lett tay poison for many a day to come: ‘Last week Guatayns AW Jr., and Alphonzo Braley left New Bedford, Muss, for the a fox huut, taking with them a number of valuable dogs. 4 these were three of considerable local notoriety owned White, and another, the property of James Barnes, The res the hunt was unusually suecessful, nine raccoons and five being shot in three days. Laat Friday afternoon Mr. White for this city and, as he intended to return in a few days, in f ance With a custom followed by him for many years, he doga in the care of Frank Bemis, of West Falmouth, aud leaying for home saw that they were safely chained in t On Sunday Mr. White returned to Falmouth and on his Mr. Bemis’ proceeded at once to the barn, where he fouliiiie two of the dogs belonging to him and the one owned by Mr, BRED had just died. A physician in attendance examined the siORiee of the animals and found they liad been puisoned with & : placed upon a piece of comed beef. This was the mo discovered from the fact that Mr. White always carries for his dogs with him and he never uses corned beef a8 them, One of these doys, named ‘'Doctor,” has been: White's possession for four years. The price paid at that i the animal was $150, but its value has since baen consider nn 29, 1881, from active Beryice, aud Mr. White would have been loth ithitatany price. The other dogs were yalued ut about Mr. Winte is indignant as well as grieved at the loss able animals and intends fo leave no stone unturned ra ind conviction of the rascal who poisoned them. wae ayvare of no ill feeling on the part of the residents winity as he had always treated them with conrtesy and, jt0 starting on this last expedition, he receiyed no Jess ga dozen letters from people residing on the Cape, re- im to visit their localities and exterminate the foxes if ble, sathey annoyed them by destroying their poultry. Mr. will willingly pay #100 to any person who will sccure the wurution of the person who killed bis dogs. SRyeRAL VERMONT KENNELS,—I am so full of my late trip Hogland, I must speak of my pleasant call on Dr, Gold- , ot Rutland, Vi. Dr, G., you know, imported Plonkett. T e pentloman us enthusiuetic as ever on the subject of dog i, nobwithstanding his age, but not at all pleased with the pr he was treated in reference to Plunkett, Carrie and four her OF Dia setters after they left his hands (althongh still owned jand went West, I was taken to the kennel of Mr. Ripley, Rotlend, aud saw hia tivo pups, Pat and Noma, by Elcho out of the by Balter’s Dash out of Lill TIT, These youngsters are miting. of faultless color and good form, Mr, Ripley also a red setter, Shot by name, by Plunkett ont of Job- I understand almost all of this litter were reds, ithe dam was black and tan. Tyarte, of Rutland, has a promising lot of youngsters out , # Plunkett-Nell bitch by Rory O'More, but all save one back to Noll’s color and are black and tan. sntér, of Burlington, Vt., owns, I believe, a brother to Wt i sy ofr op of on my way to Boston at Ayéer’s Junction, and swaiting for my train heard froma natiye that he had that wated a full covey of quuil about two-lhids grown, On ig him I learned that Bob White was scarce in his néigh- and that they were the first he had seen for some years. ithat these were running birds, snd were not bred in the mentioned.—Homo, GAN FIELD TRIALS JUDGES.—Ata meeting held on fuy morning, in this cily, the following-named gentlemen Graleoted to act as judges at the trials xt Robin's Island : s T. E. Taylor, of Richmond, Va.; John M. Kinney, of mi, Ya.; aid EH. H. Lathrop, of Springfield, Mass, Mr, J. rke, of Hoboken, N. J., was chosen to fll the first ya- Mestra, W. A. Coster and John EK. J. Grainger tendered torvices fo act if auy unforeseen circumstances should pre- iny of the above-named from being present. ‘Twenty-one is tal umber of entries in all atukes up to the present time. G DEALERS NOT SWINDLERS—Monticello, N Y,, Sept. or Forest and Streani: The letters published by you in a ‘title res le the Moodus dog swindler have au injuri- {upon honest dog deslers. I was one of Fowler's vic- lit Inyself, und am thankful to you for having so shown him up Wie pubhe, But the expose has also worked to my disadvantage, fi doubtless to that of other dog breeders, in that it makes buy- Pnpicioua Of us ah A class, Aud becanse one man has played Wy) the public is afraid to trust any ona in the same busi- hy Now, this is certainly wrong and unjust. I am coustantly by correspondents who want me to send dogs, perhaps miles, for their inspection, and then, if the dogs prove satis- they will send the money. What guarantee haye I that mow a good dog when they see one? Every one knows that Weiiigar cunnol handle a trained dog so well as a man can to limthe dog is accustomed, and fo it happens that many a really dog is condemned on the instant when ouly the purchaser nd, My experience has taught me that muny buyers ex- much of a dog, They don't know really what he should 3 6xpect & first-class animal that will retrieve from land ey, drop to abot, éte,, for about #20.—Onas. F. Kany, GSAS SENTRIBS.—A curious experiment is being tried in Mbcorps of the Russian army. This consists in the introduc- dogs instead of men as entries. Wor this duty the wolf he Ural Mountains is found most suitable, as this animal wlat the presence of an intrnder stead of barking oul- matt, ind thus exciting all the dogs in camp to do likewise. We | think, howeyer, that pellets of poisoned meat could be 0 them froma distance, and that unless the dogs were ily muzzled little dependence could be placed on their be- when danger was really present, oe KENNEL NOTES. elern and ownera of doga are invited to send memoranda claimed, bred, whelps, sales, ete., for insertion in this column. No churge for the publication af such notes; but request in each Notice be mate up in accordance with our form, that the name of Miner and doy be written legibly, or printed, and that thé train to Mike animal belongs be distinctly stated. ‘ahd wna ete fo” por ts Mack pony wuelped B elter dog puppy, w: ack po! wheipe i881, by Recd's Winnte but cfowner's Belle mh : ‘Mt. Chas, W. Felker, Oshkosh, Wis, claims the name ot Mise lor blue Belton setter dog puppy by Ross’ Carl (Leicester-Dart) Tee ween (Dasit IL.-Gitt), Mr. Chas. W. Felker, Oshkesh, Wis, claims the name of lemon Belton setter birch puppy by Ross’ Carl (Leleester- Mf Of Queen (Dash ILL-Gitt.) Dr, Ged, A-Scainan, Marysville, Kansas, claims the name of Tor Liewellin setter bitch puppy by Sanborn’s Count Noble onl fina ‘emi-Nora) out of Mohawk Kennel’s Princess Belle (Pilk- on's Rutus-Dodge's Rose). Pt aMn, UV. Vv. Sewell, Tarrytown, N. Y., claims the name of Mfor iver and white cocker bitch by owner's Guess out of Lou. , =Mr, G: VY. Y. Sewell, Tarrytown, N. ¥., clalms thea name of ‘liver and white cocker biten by Guess out ot Lou. / Dirmard—Mr. © V. Y. Sewell, Tarrytown, N. Y¥., claims the J) putea Durward for liverand white cocker dog by owner's ueen—Mr. G, VY. V. Sewell, Tarrytown, N. ¥., claims the “ inetd queen for liver and white covker bitch by owner's 0 ie Mi. N. Elmore, Granby, Conn,, Claims the name of Silver for Hi Black and tan ‘beagle biteh pup Whelped June 28, by Flute Bel'rue) out of Bess (Crosson’s inno-Old Bess). Hees N. Kilmore, Granby, Conn., claims the name of Ruby for ACK and tan beagle dog pup whelpéd June 26, by owners Mtler-’rue) out of Bess (Iino0-Old Bess). Peart Ware hs W. Gause, PAS BE LOU, wee Claims the rwick for lemon and white setter dog pu bk out of Wille, Peaks yacht e—Mr Fred, B. Tilson, Tilsonbury, Ont, claims the name iq Kose for Liewellin setter bitch puppy by Count Noble (Count #ii-Nora) out of Princess Belle (Pilkington’s Rufus-Dodge's WHELFS, - a. H. Stewart's (Middie Maddam, Conn,) pointer bitch Slped Sept, 21, 181, elgni—five dogs ‘and thie bitelies, by BRED. tng—Mr, N, Elmore’s (Granby, Cont.) beagle bitch Cosette ter-Beauty} was bred to owner's King H Vietor- Lucy) Sept. 17. L-Salinbury Mr. Chas, BE, Wallack’s (New York city) im- ' Dar ! aye “ane K. 5. B. 10,598) to Mr, A. Padelford’s champion eSevation—The Westminster Kennel Club’s iver and white er Ditch May to Sensation, Sept. 14. SALES, —Mr, Chas. H. Mason has sold his champion mastiff E. K. 9. B. 9,346) to Mr, A. Padelford, Yonkers, N. ¥. Martin, of sanie place, the backs White aud tail ae ean ame p, the Ww D setter its Warwick out of ollie rm has turned out a remarkable gronse dog. I had occa- | FOREST AND STREAM. Princesa Warwick—Mr. TI. W. Gause, Wilmington, Del,, has sold to Mr. B. J, Martin, of same place, the black, white and tan setter bitch Princess, by Warwick out of Ollie, COCKER V8. YELLOW DOGS.—New York, Sept. %.—#ditor Forest and Slream: I must confess that I was astonished at your inquiry in paper of 1st instant, of where to see a brace of well- broken cockers, for I had supposed that ‘the woods were full of them ;" but on jnquiry I find there ia more in your query than I at first imagined. Ib would reem, according to Mr. McKeon, that one cannot take a gun without tripping oyer a well-broken brace at every turn, but then Mr. McKeon is, as he confesses, a breeder of them, and naturally makes haste to answer your inquiry, and so obtain a cheap advertisement. But what do you think of 1 man who claims to bea sportsman, advocating the potting of grouse off the branches of a tres? I should blush to call myself a sports- man under such circumstances, and think I would prefer not to adyertise the fact that I bred cookers for that purpose. Such work is, in my opinion, as bad ad shooting at a bevy of quail on the fround, and no thorough sportsman will ever be guilty of auch a Miserable action. Cockers should not be prostituted to such work ; and, in fact, itis really very unkind to supplant the “* yeller dorg” hy allowing the ‘festive cocker” todo his work. There are dogs and dogs, but I hardly think that the proyince of a cocker is in treeing grouse. Ihaye shot oyer just two good brace since T came to this country, onein Nova Scotia and one in Canada, I haye in- quired of many gentlemen ‘pportsmen” in this vicinity, and do not know of one brace of cockers worth following for a day's woodcock shooting in the States. There may be many, but I don't know of them, When you go to Franklin to shoot grouse ont of trees, let me know. ‘Ta-ta. THe Bopacn. i To buy a Good Pocket Knife, Scissors, Bowie Knife, Table Knife or Carvers, or Cutlery of any description, go to Charles dhe Rilzmann, 943 Broadway, N. ¥.—Ad». Young and feeble mothers with frail children will both become Strong by the use of Hop Bitters. answers to Gorrespondents. "NO NOTICE TAKEN OF ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS, R. D., Rollinsford, N. H.—Use Persian jusect pow der. RB, C,, London, —You will find the Forest AND SrREAw In The American Exthange and Reading Rooms, 449 Strand. JUPITER TONANS.—We send you one of our Dittmar pamphlets con taining our discussion of the so-called *! Dittmar sporting powder.’ Tt answers all your questions about the dangerous nature of that de- tonating Ponmnount Afteryou haye read ivyou can answer for your- self the inquiry as to its safety. Fox, Washingtoh, Mass,—I shot; a strange bird for this country. Tt weighs 1617 o7s.; [s brown on its back; small wings; and white on under side; legs set on like the aul, but flat-footed, webbed, but not like a duck; nearly black; no tall+ reddish brown ronnd throat; head shaped some, like a dick, buf beak like a hen, Game quite plenty here; more foxes than for some year; partridge abour the Same; a few woodchuck Ans, A grehe of some species, but as no Measurements are given cannot de*ermine which one it is. 8, J. G., Brooklyn.—sdine weeks ago, while fishing in the Delaware River over 15() miles from the sea, I hooked and landed a salt-water siriped bass weighing oyer three pounds, Will vou please inform me ifitis a very exceptional occurrence to find these fish at such « dis- tance trom salt water? Ans,— They frequent rivers, and striped bass angle was an ordinary spore at Albany and Troy, the head ot navigation on the Hudson. ‘This tishis often found ln rivers 150 miles trom the sea, but not often when above five pounds in welght, P. M. M., New York City,—I have a pointer doy pappy five months old, liver color with white breast. right front paw white, and ttle white on left paw; has asmall tan spot over each eye, also on each side of head; both cheeks are a liffle tanned, the tan SDE under the lower jaw; front legs are allitle tanned, also small strea tan on inside of bitd-legs, with spot of tan underthe stern. The tan is quite dark, and he is well shaped and hasa good head. Please stite whether this tan indicates & cross with the foxhound or any other breed. Also if the while paw is any objection. Ans. 'The polor 15 no indication of cross nor ohjectionuble, unles: as a matter of ate. J_W. G., Spokane, Idaho,—T maintain that Ty lbs. is the largest true brook trout that has ever been tiken elther in England or America, Am I right? Jf not, bow much larger ones have been taken? Ans. The American brook trout, Salmo fontinalis, crows largest In Lhe Rangely Lakes of Maine. The tact that it inhabits cold lakes does not Cause 1b to be confounded with the lake trout proper, S&S. namayeush, Mr. G. 8, Page, of New Yori, took one some years ago which weighed 103¢ lbs. and now has in stuffed ‘The Smithsonlan Institution has one in alcohdél which weighed eleven pounds. Plaster casts of this fish were also made. This trout does lot exit in astate of nature west of the Missour! River where several Srecies take lis place. All the western trout are black spotted with the single exception of the Dolly Varden, S. malma. We have seen this fish of seyen pounds, and it may grow larger, but we have oo authentic records of its size. The brodk trout of ‘Europe, S. faurio, Teaches a weight sixteén pounds or more, —_—— Oe THE H, W, COLLENDER Co., the world-celebrated manufacturers of billiard tables, have removed their warerooms from 768 Broadway to 768 Broadway, this city. Their tables are nob surpassed in excellence by any others in the world. Hachting and Canoeing. MADGE! THE CUTTER WINS! ADGE, 10 tons, drawing 8 it..and over 6 it, deep, 10 tons Jead on WE keel, low hoist, long galf, double head satl, narrow beam, has whipped—and fairly whipped—Schemer, the smartest light draft in America, oyer 12 tons big. So beam and shoal hold, so flat bottem and Ught displacement, so big’ sails and s0 much-vaunted centreboard have one and all collapsed the very first occasion they met a genuine crack of the opposite type. Truly, the eyes of the braggarts, theeyes of the Bourbons, the eyes of the perverse have al last been opened! The strife is over, the machine Is dead, the sate ship has swept all be- fore her! Over a 40-mlle course in owr waters, in ow winds, & most brilliant victory has been scored by a yacht totally unable to get out of her own way, could the shallow rant of the unsophisticated have been belisyed, could the insipid, pointless drivel of the harrow-minded provinglals have been accepted os contaluing even a tithe of the owl- igh wisdom they would fain make the verdant beginner think, Aye, this ls a great day for culters and Fonusr asp Srkeam! ‘This Js @s- sentially and thoroughly a yictory for Forrest AnD STkeEam, which shall go out in allits import to the uttermost corners of the world, through the medium of this journal, We have earned our right to rejoice by the longest, hardost tight against flippant vanity, lazy cus- tom, yulger prejudice and clumsy shap judgment whieh has ever been fought in the columns of 4 sporting paper, and those who think the opportunity will be lost, they know us little. It shall be heralded wherever craft Hoats that in the battle of the types the honest boat has whipped the machine. It shall be known—1t ts already known— that in this war Fouesy aND StREAM has stood slone in America, ney- er faltering a step nor shrinking from the consequences. Alone we have held up the uncapslzable keel with moderate beam and the cut- ter’s rig as the equal of any jack-Enlié production launched from the brains of those whose yision is imperfect through lack of wide-scoped experience or biinded by the Happings of onr national eagle. As for our highly esteemed contemporaries, those harmless little verdants who raised their tiny wall at our expense, 48 they thought, 1f there is 175 a knol+hole to espy, crawl backwards, squeeze through—wriggle out if you can, for, good friends, ours 1s the day—the cutter has won! Phere will be music in these columns next week! Hlapsed Corrected Start. Finish. time. time. H. M. B Tie, | - oullseye (circular) 4 Tee inner (circwlar), 5 feel; thaeple (cirtular), 4 feeb; ourer, remaindy target. There wel'é 60 entries, of Whom 40 made £0 and over. 7 TOHOMIDE: leading scores are copléd trom the Porouto Maghot the Bill ugust: 200 Yards. siw Yards. 600 Yards, T Mitehell.,......... a2 3a 2p Obas Hawimond,... ha As OS W M. Goa@win,,-,--. 21 24) 24 W Johmston......... pit) OF #3 A Kemberly........5 a2 OT 29 CN Mitenel, . 2 30 26 J Mitehell. #Y a1 26 W Mowatt, ... Qu 1 OT DORE eee ay 59 28 26 W Mitchell..,....... 29 39 v8 38 Wuntington..... a0 aL 25 W Tilton,...-...... 32 23 RL Average of 12 men 8834 points cach. Sulder rifles, tey being jhe Canaan military weapon, are co ered somewhat thieiror to Whe ** Mariini-Tenvy 7 of Biltish 9 especially at he longer ranges. T think this may very riinhy We Gepted as to Some extent “a test of the merits or British vs. Agente ritles.’ A comparison of (he above scores with those published tn yo number tor 1st Instant brings out in & yery strong Liche the superlil ity of the English rifle at thea longest range, 600 yards. AC D5 1B) the scores of the Massachuserts team fel off out of sll proportion their scores ab tha shorter distances. 1 omipted to mwenlion proper plice the shooting at Toronto was in the prone position, position not being alowed wilh military ife, It & match COU arranged between a tenm ofsome Amvrican reglinent and a Team a Canadian regiment at these tanges with Che military rifle In set their respective States i, would beinteresting to w lareé nunibel Doth sides of the line, 1 throw out the suggestion tn (ue Lape Wael muy lead to some further discussie, which may possibly us shape in time for next season's Shooilnge, He BRINTON RANGE. Tuesday, Sept. 20,—State prige for military teams match, Pring Blk flag. Score: Vitth Regiment. 200 yards, Priy'T VD TAppe.... eves seen es seee-s23da5—1S Sergi GC Melpet. 22. 0.2 yee EB A—1T Corp’) Albert Mink, (4 (43—15 Lieut, W H Ebert. ips44—19 Lieut) J Dooner— ,... 41045 —17 400 yards, ist Ts 34445—19—30 §4554—05 35 0445-17 —A0 ees a steko atte Sere Maj A A Baldwin. 344;—18 —12—all Priy Wm Kern......... sees did Seret.} Brower... . eo 2316 Caph M Gadtoey.............. : 25 29-—11 Bergh Win. H Cox...,........ 2564817 (4d Ot)— Sei Servet G Townsend...... ABH54—19 S25d4—19 8 Capi BH Towonsend..........s.. 4.2. s dd—15 05000 — 5—2i—s First Battalion, Capt Alberh Thhtirsss.sseeee ecg sa-+ pens Dodd —1t On200— ¥—1G Bergh Wm dW DACKCY. ce cet sense ey == 850d —16 (4003— 72 Corp. d B Boweribg........ Senet ees HURL O00G0— Or—Lit Privy W J Shields... sess eds pete e et (dd —19 20023 — T—26 Priv Yan Youlton.. 4 . GRYGA—15 OH000— O—1 onobg— 2—10 22344 1—8F §3(5.—15— HO030— 3: WOUS2— T- Pry Wm Demkerly..... 0823 — 8 Priy Chas Girrisom..... , S2Hdd—18 Beret AA WIUGCOX. cs tseeescvesgesee - OSHAI—12 Dieub DT AON... cece petes ey sees ee thd OB8—15 Bergt BW. COOK... sce enabhe 2d anne = 216 Corp!) GM HOWE...) cee. ese e es 9 BRAS —15 Prly AMOS MATSHAML csseteseereees 2 S2203—13 ‘ ee Se Sepremper 29, 1891.] Ninth Regiment. Capt TOW Grifiitly.... 26.1.6 22 seis =e A1Rdd—-19 Lient HB Taddenhorst........--..4., 54834—11 Capt Chas Erlenkotter,_,........,.,{4Ui—11 Priv LH Greve. . : ASE —2U) Priv © Luckhardt Capt R Curry... Lieun A HW Frey... Sergt Ff Raab Jr. Sergh C Peck,, Seret L Goli.... Priv John Smith Capt J H Symes... 2ihA—et) rings tens geee Best —15 Seventh Regiment. 524R0—11--80 20H0S0— 5—22 54325 —19—a) Ad434—15—8S 2 1445—19—39 45224—IT—32 H5041— 9-23 F954 1th FL 1939 $1419) 14 29388 FOREST AND STREAM. t 177 i ee Handicap Mateh. 5 EF Richardson ... 6 645 5 5 5 5 5-49 ER Foster__._... 6 5 6 6 5 6 5 b 4 48 IN Frye... 6656 444 5 5 5-37 APO GOUIG hs tae tee. ory sla nace beep cot 4545 4¢ 65 5 & 5-46 a AMES ee ya da anes 44455 4 4 4 5-44 FC Cornell. 544444 5 5 444 ASTRO aes 65646 4 44 5 4-44 ER Foster... 56445 55 4 4 4-44 L Adams..... 454544 4 5 4-49 A Lawrence... .....-.5. secteeerereereeeedD 5 d 4 4 4 4 4 3 5—42 NEW ORLEANS, Sept, 18.—There was a large attendance of rifle- men at the grounds of the New Orleans Shooting Club to-day to par- ticipate in the contest ior the diamond badge presented for competi- D. A, Moore, 14; W. B_Witherill, 14; W.CG Mayhew, 13; EB. Kennedy, 12; W. O. Vaughn, 11; FP. estall, 10. The second event was at glass balls, 1S yards rise, the wiod blowing a litte gale, but a good ilzht plréevalling. Clark and Jolinsoii misséd only one ball each, the resuit osing As follows: J. (lark, 19; F. Fl. Johnson, 1% O. FE. Belcher, 27; H. Ray, li; G. Monk, 16; D. -H. Moore, 15; W. 8. Taylor, 18; G. H. Fox, s; H. Kennedy, 8; W. C. Mayhew, 6. In the handicap match Mr. M. H. Ray wis the victor on the score of 15 broken balls. STOUGHTON, Mass, Sept. 10.—Return mtch between the South Abington Sporisman’s Club, of South Abington, and the Port Rosa- Way Sportsman’s Club, of Stoughton, on the grounds of the latter. Holden trap, 1syd3, rise, 20 balls per man; low team to pay for balls. Port Rosaway. Capt W WBIbee.. eee dees 44-2) 22303—10—30 tion by Mr. Dudley Selph, a8 well aS that for positions.on the state arin Peat eee Capt C Y Bamford.. oe +840 — |b soldi 1s— 4 team and for the New Orleans and Denver pictures. The day was -10011111120011111101-15 Priv GD Bower... Bi a ee Bra daAi akc - most auspicivus for target practice, the light being perfectly bright 21101010010111111111 1-15 Priv Win Hartman. Se Db 2b 20242—11— 32 and the wind notunsteady. There is one thing thatshould be abated 111114111000111001111 1-15 Sergi W R Stevens. .......-. Sophie Pe aa em in regular shoots, and that is for riflemen, in case thei scores tall 1 “10111141101011011001-14 Sergt Jas Mercideth.. ALI < Hk re a below what they call their average, to cease putting assimed names | | Blanchard.. w111011311161100111010—13 Sergt Gs & Metler. +43151-—18 pee Noe ats to their scores. If they should Shoot badly at one time there is] w Pp Bira.._. ~0010010010111011111 1-19 Sergt WS Gale.. » Aad 19 23, 24—[3— a1 nothing discreditable in it, and there Is no good reason for fling at | M Willis,............... 11100100000111111110-12 Priv John Yard 53d 14 —2) 22342—1— 38 targets under the names of Jones or Brown, where everybody knows | W Harrison, ...00111010110110101101-12 Priv A J Stoll. 35333 —15 S234 15 = such persous are myths so far as rifle shooting Is concerned. © Reynolds. fy 00100101111010011111—18 Sergt FW Allaire... .. - «Ah 1S 39dd—1 i — The diamond badge contest was under the following rules: Open | BE Nuit.............-.-00010111011010111001—-1 Sergt George Mallett..-~.-2..--.4--.. Did 2 4332—lh—8U—aSt | only to members of the Louisiana Military Rifie Association, avd | G a Wales." 10%12010011000010001-9 Matich for Sterling badga; 209 and 50 yards; 5 shots at each dis- | Metairie Rifle Association rules to govern, with such exceptions as | T, # Gay O1L000LSO111110010010—9 tance. are stated below. 500 yards; seven shots to constitute a score, and | 7H Lamb LLT00U000TTOL0O11L00100—8 500 yards. Total, | two scares permitted to compelitors euch day ; artificial rest will be | J Wales 1001101101000000000~ 7-999 Col G HP Tloward....,. ....+...8 659 1524 47 permitted, but scores made in that position will have two polnts de- , i Capt A Anderson.. BoA t— VS 43 | ducted thercirom. Military rifles to be used and matches to take | yy, = South Abington. 4 Priv John Smith,... . Ads 55483—2)) 42 place every Sunday, beginning September 18 and continuing uniil | \ eae SNe ceeere eee LOVTITV1TL11010119111—-417 Priv A FStoll..,.....--. _ 6344419 9351519 gs | The badge is fally won. ‘Three winnings by the same man ts neces- | ¥ HUson Litt i Ot 1011 011101 0-4 Priv LH Greve i wen edd —19 A3433—16 36 | sary before the prize becomes personal propetty. shooting to begin | ¢ oe Hate OOLTLTT11OV0010OU1TI L483 St O Peck..i.c... 1. 4254420 3229114 34 | af 1l A. M., and previous practice is permitted. ote eat oe : y i : ‘ : : ; 7 “ : ! y ; : i : : = poe Haddenhors atk aot tho a Knight .--..-.... 2454554—81 Geriels............543 555 582) 5 & Whidden 1111100011101110011-493 Srour competitara retired: wee see BML reese 8 BOB AL-AvEIS ccc eked Bob 8 BEm OS | See ee See Bee q ‘elired. i : 6445-81 Arms... 445-43 8-5—98 | TWwhite T1114 =. Headquarters National Guard Match ; 20) and 500 yards; 5 shots | Schuppert........ 53556435 3—28 Selph............. 644545320] 98 ‘eo King : 7 . i : : h 3 a 4 : F i i fA eau each distance. Prize, a gold badge, calied ihe “Mott badge.” _ Won by L. Gerteis, score $2. M U Lincoln...,.. seeeee0 010711010000711111 01-1 200 yards. Total. Fifth competition for position on State team ; S$ B Dickerman...,....111001010101010101 0 0-40 Capt W Griffitt........-..—- 5Lisb 23 aT > 200 yards. 50U yards. B dit HA akin OL19100110T101T011000—9 Col GE P Howard...... - A521 43-0") Artis. 2. 0c. sn ensee 873.5 44445498 455445 4-31-59] 7 Went. Pere a MLE pene as UU aT SU Se Capt Wim fH Bilbee..... + 45H 4—21 4 | Portier .... 434344426 450433 4-23-49 | F BSUS ------ pee a Sr eau ORCL O KOLO SA Sie Oe lee Priv d Smith ....... * » Add —19 4 Bercezeay 5.4445 45-31 54556 3 3—30—61 oe ee -10000100110010001010—7 Priy LH Greve. S152) 40° | Rerr.- bet44d434-97 854363349794 | # eal ae DS OmteUE) “0 S00 OSU DEO Oe OBS Gapt-A anderson. saa i) 7 ue Sporl wee th 343 4 4-6 535544 5—31—57 S. Priv A F Snoll..: B4205—19 22065 —17 20 GW Ohariton.....-........3444 3 3 3-2 6432354 4—97T—51 CLAY PIGEONS.—Cincinnati, O., Sept. 23.—The following scores Sgt G M Mallett 144—22 453012 eA Seventh individual shoot tor New Orleans and Denver. picture were madé on Second day (21st insb.) at tournament held by the Set 2 PURE s 2 ' aie hie ay u a ei a dontas th oe € centia Til. PEE AOC aCe rs paceou es Ill., for a prize of Be oe vers oe tony tes oid — S20)2— S 200 yds, * ne trap and 1, y el 1 sky 0 fi Six competitors failed to make an average of inners. ar a Sevres 7 3 5 5 aan ; 443 ae 4444 ST Se Co., CGincinatl, Or 1s Darnegee is yarietioes Ligowsky Clay Pigeon Champion badge, First Brigade N.G. N. J. 200 and 500 yards,5 | Henswold.. llega e4oly URS aDLIL 9 Pe LHD pe | Dr Beoryies. ieee eles teres 101017111111111%%3 shots each distance; prize, a gold badge presented by Col, L. J. War- | Weiss... “4444 3-19 4544 4—21 5455 5—241g4 | Robinson, Spl Oodle Uetiat ete Tel std deere dell, Ne ile: E centers 0K tf ak seeny [GENTE ss cce ee 4444719 438445-20 45444 910 | Palmer. ‘OUddtigditod yt sos Si : 290 ards, Bon yards. Total. | Bercegeay......44383-17 5444 5—22 withdrawn —39 | 36 Sulce. St hee Cee Capt W Griffith Sok Gee oe oe 5. ah a 2 ATNIS cc ue 443 0 4-14 withdrawn =a) |F Bawa slbettt pane a re i i “ ? L D0 0 39 Gapt A Anderson. Fy g 5d — et | sohuppert.... 22.5 4 53 3—20 33.3.3 3—|6 d-dh —O2=OTa lcyrtarec MUS Gee et sete Ski Sergi Pecks. oe eae Mo | Kerr... pvece$ 8445-20 444449 ga d dog | Pc eeb ae O eeTa ee ayer Haddenho 43] 9 oat ue : Byes ; J tLe nae « Sy saihrcivin sraleleMyolel hels\sidicles site ee aie js o 1 1I— Pie Tmonven 2s 3118 14 —T ta Seventh individual shoot won by Weiss, score 64. (ite e Nae res: alee LL eleOeeten, eta rats Pity yohn Smith... aB—18 ——0288b if a MEDFORD. Mass., Sept. 2i.—At Bellevue range, this afternoon, | CUOBNgham.......--+-+-..++- Ae RR RL a a bac 30s QoL B It tart ...-. eos reteeseree 141333 - 16 was2—1S #0" | there was the iarepgien montane since spring, He being some 2% AD “Toh Se PGE aden to a atte ea Oue competitor retired. riflemen and a score of Spectators to witness the sport. Tn the silver Sar aad he g a ‘ 5 ‘i Lititi1071 018 Thursday, Sept 22 Champion Match, dollar match W. Jacobs made 68 out of a possible 74;.J. R. Peel, 68; aie a OL EON Let Lats Col Howard 599 55594 —99, tL C. H, Russetl, 67; J kichardson, J. Winsiow, A. B. Archer and C, Ss mt ae reek fat ot ac wat Tan A yaetll COUnowesa ss Fe aae8 Sreeraet amet FoF ae jo | Hartwell, 65’. Babbidge, H. Withington and’W. Henry, 64; &, wait. | Smalley... Sa es neces Pere Gee serre Sah ag4h5 220 si__| tier, 63; W. Hverett, 62, “Th the badge inatch No. 2 W. Jacobs made 83 | Piniine en: i A 3 : t y " aie tiiii—i4 Tr Obotski......06. 50444 —17 80233—)1 03 out of a possible 36; E. Whittier, 31; W. Everett, 31; J. Richardson, 29. oe 000101 01 f i 0 i t ioe W G Dunkerley..- ...8842—15 4120219 2 a IRAUSU e oOw at omen. SORA, 0110101111 mr Seven competitors Tailed to qualify. R Powell... ei Rea aceon tematn + 101 o—10 : THE TRAP Watts 111100 050 140 ee ; . P =| : VEL DR pe pe ee al Mert ceoctarcce oot 1 01101416 BOSTON, Sept. 21.—On the Walnut Hill range to day but few y , 5 . tts ieee out. ‘Phe wind proved erratic and hard 10 control, a uy 53 anf Ties on fourteen divided. Ties on thirteen, five bitds: lizht bad, and proper conditions for good scores absent: *} JACKSONVILLE, Ill, Sept. 22,—The following scores were made at | Dr Henry,,............ 11110—4 Simpkins.............. 8 ’ 2 ‘ the iourmament held by the Central (111.,) Sportsmen’s Association, -L11114-5 Sargent... ; V i Jac ay ee, : at Jacksonville, TM, Sept. 20; 15 birds at 18 yards rise: 1007 PhHUNLpS.........5 \ IB PE ee ears eo Se ee Dr HAnby «-.---.0.4. ry. Tene cee aaa a ut ne ES lk a gee aan = 0011 1-3 GW00ts apes thees ee eed 5 abo 4.5 “ao TR BREE +045 -OL1T111011011111-1% Simpkins an . Ge yins t 00 bir TQ00.. cee eeeereeeettd 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 bE bh FB STM | Robincon......s. sss es -111001010011011-9 +e See ee ee ee ie ige JS Sumner. _ Cunningham —....2.< .000010110011011—-7 WHITESTONE, L. L., Sept. 19.—The third regular monthly contest snd 5 oF 5 5 GURenes 5 5. oo ben MeAumich...-. 0001017111101110—9] Of the Whirestone Gun Club at glass balls came off on September 1T SN a ag hae Me res ee RR Seek aes Waylon... -.. 101010100101110—s] Withslks men atthe trap. The first prize was the championship gold ata 158 5 8 5.8 3 5.5 55 § Boeo19 | SurAUsS ....-.....,c-t eee -L1011010111110 0-16 | Medal, held by C, H. Simonds, to be contested tor once a month SDD. san vw ese erele SORE 7 Palmer. 101100110011111—y] Guring the remainder of the yeur, and to go to the member winning rt W Gerrish. ine Bil 111111114101111-14| it the. greater number of times. The second prize was a handsome BOOces. veccedeceec ho BH 3) So beh i Poo" bb —12 Powell .01011011110014110~ 9 | Jointed Cleaning rod with attachments, to be shot tor only once, Ap- 900, ,.. 6555553 6 445 4 4 5 GH Mr Adams. 011111000101111 10] Bended is the score; 10 glass balls, 15 yards rise, Match’s trap : 1,000....... 5a 4% 5 5 5 5 4 3 5 5 5 4 F—69—¥10 | Sargent.. 00 0TTLOOLL11111—10) AC Wilmerding ...,1111111111-10 Prank Perry.......... 1111110100—7 JP Brown, ¥ Spay {5 g 4 01 i 01011101—7]CH Simonds (omatiek W1N1— 9 DB Wilmerding .....0000100U1N—2 800;.-ctetHaee esd 6 F 443655 45 5 5 5 BT em “bind i : Faneion. Ea H De Witt Smith .,.11101111v1— 8“ Dundreary”..;..,...600)000000—0 BOD. coeecsewacy ood 4 4 : 3 ‘ : 3 5 5 g 8 5 § bvtae PaTOy oi head wee Say! Wes 1011011001111 0 1-10 A. C, Wilmerding took the medal, C. H. Simonds the cleaning rod, 1,000, .0- 2 ensene Hees. iim . anise for fourth money. é WARHINGTON GUN CLUB—Ridgewood Park, Brooklyn, E. D., spt. 24—The attendance to-day at) Walnut Will was large. The | Strauss... 01,0 OA Sargent, Ode 1 ta | SED bs Pan ese ere and the conditions all that the most Tats Mr Adatis,.'.... aut 0 O01 I—8) Kinney... +0101 0-2 MRE ans - OLY mgr ree ~4 Moller, Jr..-..21 yards. .1011101—5 marksman could desire. An etiy ig bt prevailed, and the.wetnd from | Blue Bill, first money; J. R. Stlee, second; Watts, third; Sargent, | ferent? o 9s Sart ehen rehiaes r cobs Ne the east gaye no trouble. In ihe handicap tmatch Mr, Richardson | fourth. : Kellett... 1.95 AMii1—7 V. Sees pr ie : ; score of 49, and Voster foliowed for 43. Frye rich kita 7 ay aD SISGs a 7S AS acts or papa cass Suuls,. arpoed ou ieee DES MOINES.—Match shot by the Hawkeye Gun Club of Des Wil 1€..55 .4..21 - G0OL0NI—2 ~Kreucher..... 21 + 1010101 —* Sv cenires” and closed for 47. Gould, with hls four bulls at the end ot | Moines, Ia., for badge. Birds all strong flyers ; 10 singles at 20 yards, | De Nyse...... ae Sa es PERE ee ae ee his $ or:, was dangerously close, closing for 46, Merrill led in the | #thaps -0 yards apart, shooter not to know which trap is to be pulled, | McGill ....... ee ee ies OUTED OSE ae --T111110—6 sharpsuooters' match for 112. he summary will show whac excel- | 42d 5 doubles at 1s yards: ray eee ake See ee oh a es Jeht work was done in this exciting match: G Howard... ALY VALTLLOI & 40d 14 41. 10—27 | CDNB -2=-- gel gee Ue : Sharpshiooters’ Match. H Wicks. ... o2101010101—6 i111 10 10 11—14 Ties. = = ay 7 : ra. 7 + oO Oe Pats jig 22 11 11 10 10 19 12 12 ig—tia| Hastings. Tipe odie ee © p20 10 I-18 | Kellett......30 yards..111—1116 MeGill.......28 yards, 1111105 ae 10 #2 11 11 12 1 11 10 12 1-719 | Havens sae 0017 00 00 00 00 11— 9) TIGOWSKY CLAY FIGEON PRIZE CONTEST.—F AC adams... “ie ie Tt th to 2 it 10 decay | BBAMB cece LoURTTITII~9 111112 131-219 | pyine Ligowsky Clay Pigeon Co., #3 Vine strect, Cineimar, One brainer Tenth M2 nw hin nu ian] t Ep rep cet eres 1% bs Fate eacat ith Te rear ii 31 1t-18 ) Byansvillé Shooting Club, Evansville, Ind., Sept 9,188!. Match’No, 1 : 10 11 10 12 11 11t 10 10 12 18-409 Ones... 1 4 00 10 10 10 1w—11 Euitor Forest and Stream: The scores made in the aboy ere ON rye... TO 1 Wo 12 12 10 a0 41 13 tao | nT D110011100—5 ~ i011 cy OL oats | BS OUOWS , age ae ce i] rd ae — 60 01 10—12 : . W HJackson ..... .----. -il Ff J a aes a Hi i 11 12109 | Montgomery... ccc ees ee cue TE.0) 1 OOO =e Sn DO edaipie: |*Gllbenbost. 422 oe esa cess i pee--s, st) TH 1 0 P Ut 1 06 OC A Danforth. .,,..++ pe het ee 2 o 13 1i—108 } . , A G Clifford Je Ri OL “Vial, Ae 19 1s MJACODS eee nee ees ai 14 1110 1 10 11 12 9 9-106 WELLINGTON, Mass., Sept. 23.—To-day proved a gala one for the | Hallock..... Aiea ee aati aie ea GA Clements, ;.-.2.-.....-. 1 8 lv 1a lw 1 12 10 1i 11—106 | members of the Raymond Sportsman’s Club at Wellington. ‘Phe at- | Buchanan .... abt JOLT Woe 1 eg AL Burr ...... il i WwW 9 lo a1 at 10 11—10£ | tendance was very large, IL being the day set aside for inaugurating | George S Cliffor a ats eit T1d L111 1 i-9—3e Jd B Fellows... uo & 38 i 1) 32 11 11—i04 | the illht of clay pigeons. The wind was strong, and gave consider- GEORGE S. CLirFoRD, Secretary FRANK M. 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TBRAIN AND N OF MAKING MANY BOOKS THERE IS NO END. Ecol, 12:12 ESTABLISHED 4836. NEAT AND ELEGANT BOOK BINDING FROM THE Plainest to the Most Elaborate Styles, SPECIMENS ON EXHIBITION. If you want good work, at low figures, and saye Agent's Commission come direct to JAMES E. WALKER, 14 Dey St. A FILE OF N. Y¥. HERALD, 1847, AND TIMES, TO DATE, AND ODD NUMBERS, FOR SALE. AND ITS DEVELOPMENT, WITH NOTES ON SHOOTING. BY W. W. GREENER, AUTHOR OF ‘‘ Modern Breech-Loaders,” ‘ Choke-Bore Guns,” Etc. One Vol., Extra Feap., 4to, 680 Pages, 500 Illustrations, Cloth,Gilt. PRICE, $7.50. ‘The fullest description of fire-arms and matters pertaining to their use and manufacture which is accessible to the general sportsman.”— Col. Wingate, in the Critic. «Will be found interesting and valu «ble to the sportsman.”—Cowntry Gentleman, “The book is well worth 2 most careful perusal, and we commend it to all Interested In sporting guns or rifles.”"—'he Spirit of the Times. SENT, PREPAID, ON RECEIPT OF PRICE, CASSELL, PETTER, CALPIN & CO., 739 and 741 Broadway, New York. EB. F. NICHOLS & Co,, 28 BEACH STREET, BOSTON, WLASS. Manufacturers of the BEST HEXAGONAL SPLIT BAMBOO FISHING RODS, As was proved at the Fly-Casting Tournament at Coney Island, June 23, First prize in Cherpion Class was won with one of our 10 ft. 9 oz, Bass Rods; length of cast, 75 feet, First prize in Amateur Class was won with one of our lt ft, 8 oz. Fly Rods; length of cast, 67 ft. The Sea World Special Prize was won with one of our 11 ft. 10 oz. General Rods; Jepete of cast, 75 ft. Our roos are considered superior to all others by those who have seen or used them. Send stamp for cata- logue, with Mass. Fish and Game Law. CREATLY IMPROVED. NOT OVER 1 PER CENT. OF BREAK- AGE AT THE 'tHAP GUARANTEED. THREE ANNUAL PRIZES TO CLUBS: Ist, $100; 24 $255 3d,eome trap and1,000 pigeons. For aera rules, score cards, etc., address the manu- acturers. SENDFOR CIRCULAR:OF THE FLYING CLAY PICEy LIGOWSKY © CLAY PIGEON COMPANY N933'VINE ST CINCINNATI.O. >" {Extract from ForEst AND STREAM, July 7, 1881, p. 448.) « * * * his flight so nearly resembles the actual motions of birds that the Clay Pigeons afford excellent practice for wing Shooting. We commend all sportsmen to test its merits.” WV Fred. Sauter, NATURALIST — AND — \TAXIDERMIST . 199 WILLIAM ST. ac Near FRANKFORT, N, Y. ww. Particular Pains > taken in mountin pet birds and 2 mals. LARGE STOCK OF GROUPS, Breps, DEERHEADS, AND Gass CAsEs, e For the sums named the guns can be placed on the cars in New New York all paid in eight weeks from order Teaching us. A comparison of these prices, with those charged in the English guns of first-rate quality will result from the manufactory. Only address, The Gentleman’s Paper. TheFoREST AND STREAM holds an unique posl- tion in American journalism. There is no other paper which can take its place. Besides the matters pertaining directly to the sports of the Field, the Forest and the Stream, there ls a vast fund of Information valuable to all gentlemen, whether addicted to out-of-adoor recreations or obliged to pass their lives in sedentary occupa- tions. Time spent in reading this paper is well spent, and no one who reads and réefiects will fall to be profited thereby. Originally a sixteen-page paper, the Forest AND STREAM has been successively enlarged untl it now has twenty-four pages. It is handsomely printed, in conyenlent form for binding. The subscription price 1s $4 per year or $2 for six months. Specimen copies free, Address FOREST AND STREAM PUB, CO., 39 Park Row, New York. ERVE FOOD. VITALIZED PHOSPHITES. Composed of the NERVE-GIVING principles of the ox trainand wheat germ. It restores ta hoth brain and body the elements that have been carried off by disease, worry, overwork, excesses Ur nervousness, It promotes digestion and strengthens a failing memory. It prevents debility and con- sumption. It strengthens the brain, gives good sleep, and recuperates after excesses. Physicians have prescribed 300,000 packag F. CROSBY, 664 and 666 Sixth Avenue, Ne ¥. n stores for really fine your ordering direct 28. For sale by druggists or mail $:. CIGARETTES That stand unrivalled for PURITY. Warranted Free from Drugs or Medication. FRAGRANT NEW VANITY paket VANITY FAIR. . FAIR. Each having Distinguishing Merits. HARMLESS, REFRESHING AND CAPTIVATING. 8 FIRST PRIZE MEDALS. WM. S. KIMBALL & CO., Peerless Tobacco Works, Rochester ‘N, ¥. THE DAVIS GUN. Guns sent by express, C. O.D., and satisfaction guaranteed Send for Illustrated Price List and Terms to the manufacturers, " N. R. DAVIS & CO., Assonet, Freetown, Mass Ajiscellaneoug for Sale. K E E P’S Ss H | R TS a (Oognrey PLACE FOR SALE—Main house 40 by 18; extension, 36 by 16; hardwood finish; GLOVES, UMBRELLAS, UNDERWEAR, &¢., &. marble mantels; hot and cold water: stable, hen- SAMPLES AND CIRCULARS MAILED FREE. nery, etc., two acres lawn. fruit and shade trees. Price $6,500; cost $11,000; $1,600 cash. For sale, six acres near two railroads, Closter, N. J. For KEEP MANUFACTURING CO., sale, 9 acres on western slope of the Palisades, Ten- afly, N. J. Money loan pply to E. R. 631,633, 635, 637 Brondway, New Yorks | Wiypin’ 40 Fulton street, N. Y., bevween 10 and 12 4, M. Aug25,tf HOLABIRD Foe SALE, the sma)l iron cutter Hivira, recently . « described in FOREST AND STREaM. Is in per- Shooti ng Su its. fect condition, fully fitted and furnished ready for a cruise, Safe, roomy, able and a fine single- ry jander. Reason for selling, owner wants larger am) Write for circular to boat. Address G., care FOREST aND STREAM. Sept29,1t UPTHEGROVE & MoLELLAN, VALPARAISO, IND. F° SALE, a Shattuck 10-bore, 9 Ibs., single B.L. ™made to order; nas fine Damascus barrels, checked fore end (not on trade gun); all the work- ing parts have been finely finished and plated, viz., triggers, cock springs, guard and pin. Makes fine target. Also 20 shells and loader. Price $25. Never been used only autarget. Address J. F. RONAN, Box 34, Roxbury Station, Boston, Mass. Sept22,tf FRANK BLYDENBURCH, STOCKS, BONDS AND SECURITIES, MINING STOCKS. 86 Pine St.. New York. OR SALE, a mid-range Ballard rifle, perfectly new, Vernier and wind gauge sights, for $40 ; will be shipped direct from the wholesale agents in New York; cost $50, A new mid-range Maynard rifle, cost $53, for $40, wind gauge and Vernier sights. complete set of tools. A mid ran: Pea- body Martini rifie, nearly new, cost, with fixtures, $80, Will sell for $40. A perfectly new Colt double gun, at ten per cent. less than it can be purchased for cash at agents in New York, Address for par- ticulars W. R. TAYLO®, 1,057 Washington Sst., Boston, Mass. Sept29, 16 THE SPORTSMAN’S LIBRARY. HB + pressure on our advertising spaoe 4 obliges ne to withdraw the list OF books which we haye on sale to make room for other matter. ‘Any book on yachting or field shorts, Ba pre vious advertised in these columns, will be fur- hished. on receipt of price- _HOREST ANE BTREAM PUBLISHING CO. Jy2 STONEHENGE ON THE DOG. : | De SALE, celebrated open sloop Pluck & Luck, the most successful boat of her size ever bullt. Ts in first class order throughout. For full particu- lars address MANNING'S YACHT AGENCY, 53 Beaver st.~ City. Sept29, it Price $3 50. For sale by Forest and Stream Publishing Co, __ Serremner 29, 1881.] HURHSL AND sinnAli, 179 ffor Sale. ANOE FOR SALE, bullt of Spanish cedar with oak frame, moderate Shadow model. Very fast. under paddle and sail. Cost $75; has been used but little. Will be sold for #40, as owner has notimetouse her. Address J. JOHNSON, care FOREST AND STREAM, Sept9,1b Che Zennel, FLEAS! WORMS! WORMS! Steadman‘s Flea Powder for Dogs A BANE TO FLEAS—A BOON TO DOGS. HIS POWDER 1s gu&ranteed to kill fleas on dogs or any other animals, or money :eturned. Itis putupin patint boxes with sliding pepper- papa greally fa ilitates its use, Simple caclous. Price 50 cents by mail, Postpaid. FLEAS! Areca Nut for Worms in Dogs. A CERTAIN REMEDY. Put up in boxes containing ten powders, with full directions for use. Price 50 cents per box by mail, Both the above are recoinmended by Rop anpD GUN and FOREST AND STHEAM, Conroy, Bisset & Malleson, 65 Hulton -treet, N. ¥. HENRY C. SQUIRES, 1 Cortlandt street, N.Y. WRIGHT & DITsOY, 680 Washington street, Boston, Mass, Greyhounds. For sale, Imported yhounds and puppies from imported stock, Pedigrees examined and traced. Orders for importation solicited. For circulars or information, address L. C. ¥. LOT, 3,912 Lake Ave., Chicago, Ill, or HENNESSEY & SEEBACH, Chicago Field Kennel, Peru, Lasalle County, DL. June?2,4mos RIVERSIDE COCKER SPANIEL KENNEL, Claremont, N. H., Box 33. Champion Bragg and Champion Feather, Gracie (Snip ex-Yulette) stock for sale. Pups ready for delivery. Septz2,tt 0 COCKER BUYERS AND BREEDERS.—A. W ions Lawyer, Batchelor. Let I og; price $100. Black; and tan setter bitch Fannie; bruken; MILEY, Lancaster, Pa. Sept22,2t OR SALE—A dark liyer and white pointer dog puppy, whelped Feb. 1, 188', by Dr. Strachan’ Flash (Old George-Peg), sire of Steel’s Flake, out of Barker’s champion Princess (Ranger-Fan). The uppy is offered for sale on account of the owner Ving no convenient place for keeping him. Ad- dress LOCUST, P. O, Box 2,963, New York city, Septs, tt g l () will buy a pure Trish dog pup, 4 mos. old, haying one cross of Hlcho and two of Plunket, $20 will buy a native setter bitch, 10 mos, old, of a very popular strain, Address H. J. ROB- BINS, Wethersiield, Conn. Septls,tt IVE HUNDRED FERRETS for sale at $7 per pair, single female $4, single mule $3, wire muzzles i5cts. Address, with stamp, CHARLES H. VAN VECHTEN, Victor, Ontario Co., N. Y. Septis,tt OR RED IRISH SETTERS and Cocker Spaniels ofthe most fashionable blood address CHAS, DENISON, Hartford, Ct. Septis,tt Foe SALAH, a beautiful litter of pointer puppies, lemon and white in color, and evenly marked ARE CHANGE, I have for gale one brace of set- yer puppies by the renowned setter dog cham- pion Paris; also one brace of highly bred cocker pupples. OHARLES E, LEWIS, Suspension Bridge, Sept29,2t SALE, apair of lemon and white pointer pupples, by Sensation and owner's Nell IL, ht weeks o)d; also & lemon and white setter bitch, well broken on woodcock and quail; a large Size, with lots of peat drop to wing or shot, age 3 years, price $40, Address Box 90, Apollo, Arm- Btrong County, Penn. Sept29,2t Fe SALH, three dachshund pups (Padger breed), two 10 weeks old, one 145 years old, out of im- pee Bergine by Zanka, trom the kennels of Otto edrich. Germany. Address R. MASCHER, 329 Market st., Harrisburg, Pa. Sep29,1t Jai tees KENNEL, N, H. VAUGHAN, po prietor, Middleboro, Mass. Sporting dogs broken and handled, also a number of broken dogs forsale, Dogs and puppies boarded (n reasonable terms. P. 0, Box 335, feptz2,tf LEONARD'S Split Bamboo hods, WITH PATENT WATERPROOF AND PATENT SPLIT FERRULES. No. 1 SHOWS WATERPROOF CUP IN FERRULE (PATENTED OCTOBER 26, 1875), This preyents any moisture from reaching the wood, and the ferrule from becoming loose. The constant wetting and drying of the bamboo musi req the wood, and make other makes of rods less durable than Leonard's, No. 2 SHOWS SPLIT FERRULE (PATENTED SEPTEMBER 3, 1878). This split thoroughly strengthens where the ferrule is joined to the wood, which Is the weakest pat of a rod, and where so many of other makes of reds amboo especial, break. Mr. Leonard has yet to hear of a single instance of breakage at this poin since the PATEN' SPLIT! FERRULE has been applied. (b, ‘) We conaider this the GREATEST IMPROVEMENT that has been introduced in rod making since rods have been made, No, 8 SHOWS SPLIT FERRULE WHIPPED WITH SILKE AS IT APPEARS ON THE ROD, EVERY ROD WARRANTED. SOLE AGENTS, WILLIAM MILLS & SON, 7 WARREN STREET, NEW YORK. ALLEN’S NICKEL-PLATED DUCK CALLER. The most natural tone and easiest blowing Duck Caller in the world. ‘ent post paid to any address on receipt of one dollar. s SS) ALLER’S DECOY DUCK FRAME fs simply a device for holding a dead duck in a natural position in the water, on ice or land, asa decoy. Sent to any address, C. 0, D., or on receipt of prigi, y4 nar nerens No. 1 for inuat dey etc., No. 2 for widgeon, etc., No. 3 for teal. For sale by the trade everywhere, or by Fe. A. ALLEN, Monmouth, ‘ls, MARLIN REPEATING RIFLE. Manufactured by Marlin Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., makers of the celebrated BALLARD RIELE. Without question the best Wagazinme Rifle ever produced, Ek. | .40 cal., 60 grains of powder and 280 grains of lead. .45 cal., 70 grains of powder and 405 graing of eed (Goyernment cartridge). Send for descriptive lst to SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, 84 and 86 CHAMBERS STREET NEW YORK. P. 0. BOX 3,170. Remington’s Military, Sporting & Hunting Repeating Rifles. Simplest, Most Efficient, Indestructible. Adopted by the U S. Government in the Navy and Frontier Service. 70 Grain Standard Government Cartridges. Prices: Carbines, $22; Frontier Rifles, $22; Sporting and Hunting Rifles, $25. Discount to the Trade Only. Send for Catalogue and Price Lists. 48 Cal., 10 Shots, E. REMINGTON & SONS., 283 Broadway, N.Y. P. O. Box 3,994. ENOS JAMES & CO."S HARD-HITTING GUNS. This cut exactly represents JAMES & COS GREAT GUN, called the “ LL Every Triumph or Trap Gun 1s choke-bored and targeted. Lee Che Zennel, Fo SALE, one black, white and tan dog, 18 months old, thoroughly broken; can be seen on gameorsent on trial. For particulars address ISAAC FERGUSON, Winsted, Conn. Sept29,1t= Fo SALE, setter pups out of Belle of Nashville (property ot J. Louls Valentine, Hsq.), by that world famous king of the fleld, Champion Joe, Jr. A rare chance, only a few choice ones to offer, and sold under guarantee, Just right now for fail shooting. Pointers and setters forsale, Address NASH KENNEL CLUB, SE eae eptzy,t SS Fo SALH, a number of well bred and wel broken pointers and setters, also dogs boarded and broken, satisfaction guaranteed, Address H. ) B, RICHMOND, Lakeville, Mass. Sept22,tr Ghe Bennel. ORY O’MORE KENNEL.—Thoroughbred red Trish setter puppies for sale, by champion Rory O’More out of Norah O’More, Magenta and Pearl Full pe ees. Address W. N. CALLEN- DER, Albany, N. Y, Augii,tt OR SALE, six bull pups by Bonnle Boy, second New York 1891, ex-Gipsey, first Newport, 1851. ‘These dogs are related to the noted prize winners Sir Anthony, Alexander, Master Gully, Slender- en éte., and are hard to beat, Worprices address K. M. LIVINGSTON, 16 West 36th street, New York city, Sept22,20. Fe SALE, two pure bred Gordon setter pupples, dog and bitch, whelped May 26,1851. A’ 38 A, WEEKS, Locust Valley, L. I, Sept1s5,3t . We now offer a full line of ENOS JAMES & CG's Superb Breech-Loaders. Whats the use of paying an absurd price fora gun made by some old maker when you can get a JAMES’ GUN as good or better for half the money? Or what is the use of buying a gun bearing either a fictitiousname or no Tame at all, when you can get one of ENOS JAMES & CO.’s guns with thelrname and guaranty for the Same price? We are sole agents at New York for the Colt Club Gun. We offer a small JOB LOT of the famous Webley Guns of all sorts at about half price. Also a few choice Parker guns of latest style a& Special rates. Address H. & D. FOLSOM, P, O. Box 4,309, 80 WARREN ST., NEW YORE The Hennel, Pens For very superior pore pups, by Chaimpion Sensation out of Livingston’s Kose (2d New York, 1850, and dam of Baronet), or for Stud services of Baronet, address, with stamp, HENRY W- LIVINGSTON, Box 33, Sree DUN SCE: folk County, New York. Sept22,tt T. BERNARD PUPS FOR SALE.—For pedigrees and other particulars, address, with stamp, P, O. Box 94, Lancaster, Mass, Sept2z2,66 ORTRAITS of Hastern Field Trial Winners, printed on fine tinted paper, will be sent post- aid for 25 cents each, or the five for $1. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO,, 39 and 41 Park Row, N, ¥- Dec30,tf | 180 FOREST AND STREAM, (Supremper 29 1831. The Fennel, | Sportsman's Goods, PEDIGREE PRINTING AND COMPILING, CHEAPER THAN CAN BE DONEBY ANY OTHE HOUSE IN AMERICA, Which does first-class work and guarantees salis- faction. Also, VON CULIN PATENT SPIKE COLLAR AND BOOR. By mall, for #3. E. & C. VON CULLEN, P. O, Box 22, Delaware City, DeL. GLOVER’S IMPERIAL MANGE CURE. A sure cure for 11 SKIN DISEASES. For sale by drnugeists and dealers in sportsmen’s goods. Price 50c. per bottle H. CLAY GLOVER, Sore Proprizror, Tmperial Kennels, ‘loms River, N. J. Dr Gordon Stables,R.P. TWYFORD, BERKS, ENGLAND, Author of the “PRACTICAL KENNEL GUIDE,” &C. exports champion and other pedigree dogs of any breed. Send for “PLAIN HINTS TO WOULD-BE BUYERS.” Price 16 cents, post free. Gives addresses of prin sipal English breeders, BRANDYWINE KENWEL. DASHING LION IN THE STUD. The imported dog Dashing Lion will serve a lim- Med number of approved bitches. Fee, $25. Address L YEARSLEY, JR., Junes0,3m0s Box i+, Coatesville, Penn. HA BEAGLE KENNELS—For sale, the pro- duce of imported and home bred animals that have been hunted since able to follow the dam on the trall, and are believed to be second to none In Bose, tongue and endurance. COLIN CAMERON, Brickerville, Pa. Mayi2,tt ULEOUT COCKER SPANIEL KENNELS.—For L Cockers of all ages and colors, dogs, bitches and Puppies, address with stamp, ROB’T WALKER, Frankiln, Del. Co., N. Y. Jwy 21-tf Sportsman's Gaol. | sorte Sep Seem CHAMPION ad ot s Ithass Patent Top Snap Action, by means of Which the gan can he opened by pressilig the lever either te the right or left; av improvement found in noothergun, It hus the Rebounding Lock, which ensures safety in Joading beyond a doubt The other improvements are the Pistol Crip Stock, andthe Patent Fore-End Fastening. By meansof the Patent Pore-Lnd Pastening the burrels can be detached fram the stock in an instant,an: esqnickly replaced, Theshells used in this gum are the cen- tral tire, paper or brass. ‘The brass shells can be reloaded manytimes. Prices: Plain Barrels, 12 bore, $15.00; Plain Barrels, 10 bore, 16,00; ‘Twist Barrels, 12 bore, $18.00; ‘Twist Barrels, 10 bore, $19.00. Address JOHN P. LOVELL & SONS, Gun Dealers, Boston, Maas. Gar Send stamp for Illustrated Catalogue. a SS THE DUDLEY Pocket Cartridge Loader of i681, extracts “tight shelis.” uncaps, recaps, rams wads and turns over paper shells. Elght, ten, twelve and fourteeen gauge now ready. Nickel plated sample sent by mail on receipt of price, $2, and sue 10 please. DUDLEY & CO., Poughkeepsie, N.Y, ET Bird Dealers and Fanciers will find it to their adyantage to call at Head- quarters, where they constantly can find a fall assortment of Song and Fancy Birds, also all kinds of rare animals adapted for Zoological Gardens and Show purposes, Chas. Reiche & Bro., | 55 ,Chatham St., New York. (Established 1847.) We will buy Live Rocky Mountain Sheep, Beavers, Antelopes, Wolverines, Whooping Cranes, Wild Turkeys, * Prairle Chickens, Qwuails, Woodducks, éfc., etc. — se hae Field Cover, and Trap Shooting, BY A. H. BOGARDUS. ‘Hxvicer, Be. FOR #ALE aT THIS OFFICE. $72 A WEEE, $128 day at home aaaily TAH > Costly outfit tree, Address TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine, ; First-class sporting pauene Designs and price, oe BE TORE on recelpt of letter of pegneee ad- ressed ta GEO. C. HENNING, One Price Clothier, 410 7th ST., WASHINGTON CITY. For Sale by A. SAKS & Co., 1018 Main Stree Richmond, Va. THE SNEIDER. Pat. 1865 Reis, 1880 Pat. 1850 THE ORIGINAL American Hammerless GUNS WITH HAMMERS ON OUR GRIP AND BOLT; AND DOUBLE GRIP ACTIONS, SIZES FROM 4 TO 20, Muzzle-Loaders Alteréd to Breech-Loaders. Pin-Fire Guns Altered to Central-Fire. Stocks Bent to Any Crook. GUNS BORED TO SHOOT CLOSE, Send for Illustrated Catalogue. Clark & Sneilder, 214 W, PRATT STREET, BALTIMORE, MD, TATHAM D | Selected Standard Number uf Pellets to the oz Printed on Bach Bags Trap Shot! Soft or Chilled. NUMBERS 7, 8, 9 AND 10, No. of pellets to oz., 338 472 688 1056 Soft. bey Me PE “y 345 495 716 1130 Chilled. TATHAM& BRO’S, 582 BEEKMAN ST., NEW YORK. } OOSEHEAD LAKE and the North Maine Wil 1 derness Illustrated. The only complete and pomippenenelye guide book to Northern Maine and the head waters of the Kennebec, Penobscot, St. John’s and Aroostook rivers, and the numerous lakes and ponds connected with them. 256 pages, 80 lustrations and large map. Tinted paper, il- Juminated covers. Price, by mail, post-paid, 50 peor UHARLES A. J. FARRAR, Jamaica Plain, | ASS. WILD RICE tister™ cais ahi CHRIST, Fishery Inspector, Fort Hope, Ontario. | WILD. RICK custom duties to pay. * Janesville, Wis, SEED FOR SALE, $2 per bushel, and no VALENTINE BROS., Suoartsmen ¢ Goose THE AMERICAN PAT. PORTABLE HOUSE M’F’G CO on an entirely new and novel principle, whereby more strength can be obtained than in any other way. Any size from a Sportsman's or Miner’s Cot, ig by 8 feet, with floor, one door and four windows, welghiig 475 pounds, to @& commodious dwelling. 30 arranged that no nails, screws or skilled labor ire required in putting them up; very easily and quickly done. Simple, light, strong, comfortable, durable, artistic. Sportsmen's Cots and Summer Cottages specialties. Send for descriptive circular or apply to EARL LEE, Manager, Corona, Queens Co., N. Y- Hatels and Zoutes for Sportsmen ‘THE FISHING LINE.” TAKE THE Grand Rapids & Indiana R. R. THE ONLY ROUTE TO THE trout, Grayling & Black Bass Fisheries, AND THE FAMOUS SUMMER, HEALTH AND GAME RE- SORTS AND LAKES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. The waters of the Grand Traverse Region and the Michigan North Woods are unsurpassed, if equaled, in the abundance and great variety of fish contained. BROOK TROUT abound in the See the famous AMHRICAN GRAYLING is found only in these waters. The TROUT season begins May 1 and ends Sept 1. The GRAYLING Season opens June 1 and ends Noy. 1, BLACK BASS, r1KE, PICKEREL and MUSCA- LONGE, also abound in large numbers in the many lakes and lakelets of this territory. he Sports- man can readily send trophies of his skill to his triends or‘ club” at home, as ice for packing fish can be had at nearly all points. TAKE YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU. The scenery of the North Woods and Lakes is very beautiful. The airis pure, dry and bracing. The climate is peculiarly benelicial to those suffering with Hay Fever and Asthma Affections. The hotel accommodations are excellent, and will be largely increased in time for the sea.on of 1881 by new buildings and additions. During the season ROUND TRIP EXCURSION TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT LOW RATES, and attractive train facilities offered to Tourists and Sportsmen. Dogs, Guns and Fishing Tackle Carried Free at owner’srisk. : Tt ls our alm to make Sportsmen feel “at home” on this route. For Tourists’ Guide a handsomely illustrated book of 160 pages sentiree. Time Cards, Folders and further information, address A, B. LEET, Gen'l Passt Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. Fishing Season at Rangeley Lakes Again Open. EXCURSION TICKETS VIA BOostTonw AND MAINE RAILROAD, Boston to Andover and return.........-...... * South Arm (Richardson Lakes) and Nef ee epee peers HOP era 2.00 Middle Dam and return........... 13.00 “ Tipper Dam ie Ghote i, 14.00 “« Upton Re Sbsaupncoe ds 11,00 ‘+ Mountain View House or Ranglet Outlet and return (Indlan Rock), via Farmington .........+....... 13,15 “ IndianRockandreturnviaAndover 15.26 “« Rangeley Lake and return........ » 12,50 «Phillips ee eo Ret « 11,00 “ Indian Rock and return, (yia An- dover, return via Farmington). - 16.26 * (yia Andover) Bemis Stream and TODUTD ee sedi adavddset wtteus + 15,25 “ Moosehead Lake and return (Mt. KineoO House) .........-ssessesees 15,00 “ Forks of the Kennebecandreturn. 18.00 ~& Dead River and return......,.-...- 18.00 ‘* Grand Falls, N. B., andreturn.... 18.00 “ $1. Andrews, N. B., and return.,.. 15.00 Also tourists’ tickets to all Sporting and Pleas- ure Resorts In Maine and the Provinces. Tickets iy pale oi an estas atest offices and at 280. V ‘ DEPOT, HAYMARKET SQ,, } BOSTON. Send for list of excursions. D. J. FLANDERS Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agent, EE —SS—SE—————_——_— _— ——_— Cold Spring Trout Ponds LIVE BLACK BASS Furnished in any quantity. Send for Circular to LIVINGSTON STONE, Charlestown, N. H. —=— CARDEN AND FARM SEEDS. SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUB, Vanderbilt Bros,, 93 Fulton St., N. ¥. ee oe Hotels and Resorts for Sportsmen TO SPORTSMEN: The Pennsylvania R. R. Co., Respectfully inyite attention tothe SUPERIOR FACILITIES afforded by. their lines for reaching most of the TROUTING PARKS and RACE COURSES in the Middle States. These lines being CONTINUOUS FROM ALL IMPORTANT POIN'S, avoid the dif- ficulties and dangers of reshipment, while the ex- cellent cars which run over the smooth steel tracks enable STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTHE without failure or injury. THE LINES OF Pennsylvania Railroad Company also reach the best localities for GUNNING AND FISHING in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company im all the principle cities to KANE. RENOVA, B. FORD, CRESSON » RALSTON, MINNEQUA, other well-known centers for Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting, and Sti Hunting. Also, *9 TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN, CAPE MA’ SQU AN, and points on the NEW JERSHY CO renowned for SALT WATER SPORT FIN AND FEATHER, a L. P. FARMER, Gen'l Pass. Genk: Fuane THOMSON, Gen’] Manager. feblt- Chesapeake & Ohio R’y. THE ROUTE of the SPORTSMAN and ANGLER TO THE BEST HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA, Comprising those of Central and Piedmont Vir- ginia Biue Ridge Mountains, Valley of V: Alleghany Mountains, Greenbrier and New Rive Kanawha Valley, and including in thelr varieties o game and fish, deer, bear, wild turkeys, wild duck, use, quall, snipe, woodcock, mountain trout, ass, pike, pickerel, etc. Guns, fishing tackle and one dog for each sports- tnan carried free. The Route of the Tourist, through the most beautiful and picturesque scenery of the Virginia Mountains to the White Sulphur Springs and other famous summer resorts. The C. & O. R'y 1s reached by rail at Huntingdon, W. 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Wild Fowl Shooting. SPRINGVILLE HOUSE OR SPORTSMEN’S RE- ‘ TREAT, SHINNECOCK BAY, L. L RB: A PRACTICAL GUNNER AND AN OLD bayman, Has always on hand the best of boats, batteries, etc,, with the largest rig of trained wild geese decoys on the coast. The best ground in the yicinity of New York for bay snipe shoot! of all yarietles, Special attention given by himse: to his guests. andsatisfactionguaranteed Address WM. N. LANE, Good Ground, L. 1. Refers by per- mission to J. B. Shepherd, 891 Broadway, and Wm, Dutcher, 320 Broadway, N. Tim Pond *: Seven Ponds, TROUT FISHING AND HUN'TING. Parties wishing to visit the Seyen Ponds, via Eustis and Tim Pond, can haye buck-board teams, guides, boats, camps, with board, in readiness, by writing in advance to KENNEDY SMITH, Eustis, Maine. 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SILOS AND ENSILAGE, the preservation of fad- der corn and other green crops, bring ng together the most recent information from various sources; edited by Dr. George Thurber; fully illustrated, Price, post-paid, 50 cts. THE AMERICAN BIRD FANCIER, or How to Breed, Rear and Care for Song and Domestic Birds, A new revised and enlarged edition, by Dr. D. J, Brown and Dr. Fuller Walker; illustrated. Price, ost-paid, 50 cts SPORTSMAN’S COMPANION (sutumn edition for 1581), gives outlines of 200 different works on outdoor sports and pastimes, contains 100 spirited illustrations Sent, post-paid, on receipt ot two three-cent stamps. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE for Farmers, Stock. raisers, Gardners, Housekeep rs, Plorisis, Frutt- growers, Arehifects and In a recent number of your exceilent journal appeared an article by Albert West, quoted from the Advanee, in which he takes the ground that the mocking bird is not an imitative bird, but inherits the talent of singing all his varied notes. It seems that he draws conclusions from his observation of one hird taken from the nest at an eaily day and kept entire- ly away from other birds, He states that the bird developed notes similar to the blue bird, ete. Had he conipared the realnotes of the other varie- ties mentioned he would have seen that there was a 8’milarity only; while he would have heard a perfect imitation, if the mocker had heard the noies of other birds, It is a fact that the mocking birds have a great variety of notes in their song; but that they are not imitative I will altempt to disprove. Our conclusions are drawn from a number of years’ observation, not only of this variety, but a bumber of other wild varieties, as the robin, catbird, thrush, etc. We havestudied carefully their babits and peculiarities both in the woods and in the cave. The canary has also come in fora large share of attention. This little warbler can be taught to whistle anything within the range of his de- licate throat. Ihave known them to learn the ticking and siriking of a clock, « tune from a hand organ, and one Jearned the tune of ‘‘ Yankee Doodle,” whis'led by its mis- tress. It seems almost impossible for them to do otherwi-e than to itmitate the sounds that they hear repeated for a num- ber of weeks. The mocking bird will do the same, only they learn in a shorter time,and include a greater variety in their programme, We have one in mind now, nota half dozen blocks away, that has been kept near a yard where fowls are confined, and it has learned the crowing of the cock and the cackle of the hens to perfection. Another one that came under our ob- servation would imitate the filing of a saw. He was owned next door to a man who made it his business to file caws, We haye in mind another which hung near ag old-fashioned clack. Ina short time he acquired the faculty of ticking aod striking with perfect regularity. A lady friend of the writer left her mocker in his care for a time, and in about five days he would imitate the song of the rose-breasted grosbeak. I also taught him some peculiar strains by dwel- ling on the tame notes for a number of days. We think this is sufficient to convince the most skeptical that they are a mocking bird in the true sense of the word, If left to themselyes they will no doubt develop a very fine song, but unless they hear other birds they will not show near the sweetness and variety that they would to hear dif- ferent varieties for suflicient time to acquire a perfect imi- tation. Ror. ———$ +o I5 THE TURTLE FISH OR GAME? Warrznton, Va., Oat. 1. Liditor Forest and Siream : Seeing an account of the turtle found near this place, and reading the remarks, reminds me of a circiimstance that happened in the Virginia Legislature that sat in Richmond three winters ago. It seems that there were two separate committees, cal ed respectively the ‘‘Committce on the «hes. apeake and its Tributaries,” which had the sole jurisdiction over fish, and the ‘‘Committee on Game,” which attended to the protection of the birds, or rather the feather and the fur of the commonwealth. Now, these two committees were very jealous of each other's functions, and watched one another like hawks. At last a circumstance occurred which made the smothered fire break out into an angry flame, aod open hostility was the result. Tt appears that the chairmen of the game committee hrought in a bill for the belter protection of “terrapins.” The charr- man of the fish committee indignantly denied the rizht of the other to claim jurisdiction over the turtle, because he said it was a fish, The game committee claimed the terrapin ag game, and appealed to the House, and all that nignt the General Assembly of Virginia were debating that knotty question—Is the turtle a fish? ‘hey hiven’t decided it to this day. Cannot some readers of the Forgst awd Srream cul that Gordian konotof conundrums? Cannot the famous “Pot Luck Club" throw light on this subject, which addled the bruios and stumped the judgment of the wisest of the Old Dominion statesmen? Brother sportsmen, I rise for in. formation. Is the turtle fish orgame? j {Let the Pot Luck Club speak. ] — SKUNK VS. WOODCHUCK. CHASSEUR. N your issue of the 8th inst. the paragraph relative to the Ak. edible qualities of the woodchuck brings to mind an in- cident that goes to show that even the skunk is considered quite a delicacy by some people, Tn the antuion of 1873 [ accompanied a surveying expei- jion to the northwestern frontier vf this State, We had em- ployed in the parly about twenty Mexicans. On going into camp one evening vn the San Gabriel the Mexicans discov- ered two skunks making their way into a hollow lig and ihe men immediately set about io capture the varmints. Having located the animals, they ,roceeded to eut iato the hollow of the log a hole of sufficient size, when ‘ne of the men thrust his hand in and drew ont one of the skunks, hold- ing it by the tail close to the roots, taking the precaution to catch it also by the back of the neck, Ileld in this position, and at arm's length, it was killed by a blow on the head. The other was served in the same manner and, strange to say, none of the fetid odor peculiar to the animal could be detected. ‘The Mexicans told me that ho'ding it by the root of the tail rendered it powerless to discharge any of its offen- cive fluid. Both animals being dispatched, & roaring fire of brushwood was built and they were thrown ih the fame and allowed to remain for the space of thirty seconds, On being taken out they were scraped, the hair slipping off easily. Next the gland containing the defensive Anid was carefully and skill- fully removed, the animals were dressed and placed upon a spit and roasted before the fire. The skunk beins pronounced cooked, I was invited to partake of the feast, but very re~ specifully declined. The Mexicans, however seemed to en- joy the feast inimensely and pronounced the flesh not infe- rior to that of "possum. ti Fort Clark, Texas, Sept. 19. 188 oP Game Bag and Gun. FOREST AND STREAM GAME TABLE OPEN SEASONS. The seasons, in which it 1s Iswiul to shoot game m the several States and Territories, open as designated In the following table; | Pinn- Ruffea ated , a 14 ride F teuffed | Grovse | Wild- | Wild Btates.| Deer, | Woodcock) Quail. Grouse. |(Prairie| fowl | Turkey. Chiok- em). reg Oct, 1../Ocb, 20. ept, 15./Sept. 15. -|S@pt 15}... e.. ¥ rd. jOct, 1,.. a Oct, 1 July 1... Noy. 1..|Nov. 1.. é july 1... Noy. L.-jaug. 1... Sept. Toto. i.e. alee renee ot J ffidever; Oct 1../och 1.. NP agelasoce [3 4) an | ee Pri t={=| sro Sat Pees se +-\duly 4...)Oct.1.../O0t, 1 5)Aug. 15 Sept. 1. -. (July d...)O0h 15../Oct, 15 (Sept. 1, Nov. 1. July 10.) |Get, 1.../Oct. jAug. 15)Oct. 1.. 3] de -- Oct. 15.4/8 ls ««|Nov..1..|8 2 |Sept. 1, 3 S . Sept. 1, Sept, 1. July i... + |Sept.1../Sept, 1.., . Aug. 1... Sept. 1_./Se Ochid.2 Nove t+ 0 Sept. 1, : ] a A WaP.Wiy- 5] j Pa.... 0. /OGL 1... suly 4, .. 5ept. 1,/Oct. 15. Te TA Siete obs Sept. 1..)N Bois Tey ry reat ll bee a Lies | .. (Sept. 14, Tenn,” + |Bept, 15. ug. 16, Monse—Me., Oct, 1; N. H., Sept.1¢; Ore., July 1, Mowntamm Sheep.—Col., Sept. 1; Neb, Oct. 1; Nev., Aug. 1; N, Mex,, Sept. 1; Utah, Aug. 1; Wyo., Aug, 15, *lover.—D. O., 3épt, 1; Me., Aug. 1; Mo,, Aug. 1; Nev., Sept-1; N, H., Aug. 1; Pa.,duly 16; R. 1, Aug. 1. Rait.—Del,, Sept. 5; N. J., Sept. 7 Pa, Sept. 1, Readbird.—Del., Sept. 6; D. C., Sept, 1; N.7., Aug. 25; Pa., Sept. 1. Snipe.—Dakobla, Aug. 15; D. C., Sept. 1; Nev., Sept, 1; N. G., Oct. 16. * In these States there are special county laws. a The deer law ap- plies to sule or possession, 2 Wildfowl nof protected on the const. oin Upper Peninsula deer season opens Aug. 15. a California quatl protected to 18s3. ¢ Tn Coos County deer season opens Aug. 1; mouse aod Cariboo, Sept. 1. f First open woodcock season began Jilly ; will close Aug. 1. g Quail shooting prohibited to Nov. 1, 1882, in coun ties of Montgomery, Schenectady, Saratoga and Albany. Whdfowl season in Lone Island waters opens Oct, 1, h Deer law relates 10 Tomale deer only, oe A DAY WITH THE HOUNDS. orci’ years ago the forests along Pine Creek were well stocked with game, and during (he hunting season the baying of hounds could he heard almost every day telling the story of a chase, and suggesting a venison supper. A deer was no unusual sight then, aud theiraveler along the Tiver mad would frequently be sturtled bya splash, and look- ing round would see the victim of the chase cooling himself Wilh a swim or by hurried draugh!s of water. Sometimes he might ses amore exciting sight, when the hounds came he- fore the deer left the stream, and might find ample field for sympathy, whether sportsman or not, in the stiuggle for life between the tired anitvals. Those days, with their rich harvest of sport, will neyer be seen again. The pioneers axe has extended ihe line of clearing, and the crash of falling trees have frightened away the tintid deer that have taken refuge in the mountains too far back to be cultivated. The “runways” of that time are corn fic ds to-day, and the sickle and hoe have succeeded the rifle. ‘lhe idole of the sportsman sre broken, and the march of civilization has trodden down his choicest: treasure leaving him only the despised pertions of his old-time territory on ee to found # new empire suitable for his palron saint, lana. Jf +portsmen were easily discouraged there would be little hunting done now, but faith and persistence are the leading trails of character developed by the true sportsman, and the interest and hupefulness that he would exhibit under the most dismal circumstances are something wonderful. The music of the hounds as they follow a track, old enough perhaps to be an ancient landmark, exhilarates him nearly as much as the sight of game, and the traasparent Jies that he will tell to ac- count for the retorn of the hounds without a deer are simply intoxicating. He will notlose faith in final success, no matter how unfortuna/e his first few days’ experience may be, and wilh serene belief prepares every day for a venison steak for Supper, A whole yolume might be written on the discipline Amen nish undergo before he can become a professional hunter, bul as this is not a proper place for such an account it is omitted, and our story is resumed. On one of the pleasant days of Jast November a party of four, embracing one professional hunter and three amateurs, started for a week’s hunting, taking wilh them all necessary equipments and five of the best hounds that could be fund In the village—long, silky-eared animals, whose clean linsbs aud thoroughbred coloring distinguished them from the ordi- nary dog and told |heir aristocratic lineage. Nothing that @ professional! hnnoter could think of was omitted and the fer- tility of such an individual’s mind is really confusing; 80 confnsing, indeed, that at this time none of the amateurs cin say What henelli was diviyed from some of the articles he considered neressary, nor can they explain why the inventory of the prvperty was su remarkably short when they returned. Professional hunters are expensive and mysterious, but aside fiom these pnnoying qualities they area beneficent iustilution and deserve to be patronized. The first few days were not successful, so far as results FOREST AND STREAM. Were concerned, but the practices were beyond reproach, HEyerything was conducted on purely professional principles, The hounds were fed just 80 much and ab just such times; ‘he guns were cleaned, oiled and primed, and the hunting knives were sharpened with aa unich care as would have been used had a hundred elk been killed every day. The amatenrs were geifing discouraved, but the professional was as un- moved and sanguine a8 he could have been if be had believed bis own lies. No matter what was said, the same calm proph- ecy of final good fortune was made, and af last it came. The hounds were taken, as usual, far up among the moun- tains, several miles from the river, to be started. ‘The usual examination for fresh tracks was made, and this lime it-was successful, In the head of one of the large basins that are found between the mountains, a number of deer had spent the night and the hounds immediately started with such a chorns of baying as would delight any sportsman. They went slowly at first, following the tracks where the deer had been feeding, the paths frequently crossing each other and troub- ling the hounds to follow them; but at Jast they got fairly started ; and off through the dense forest the “starter” heard their music, now in short, hurried barks when they were near the game, and again in long, deep, but infrequent bays as the scent was less fresh. They were going in the Tight direction and the ‘‘starter’s” work was done. He could only hope for success and wonder whether the amateurs or the professional would get the first shot. Several roiles below the men were stationed on the run- ways near the river awaiting developments. They had been on the same runways several previous days waiting for game und none had come, which had discouraged all but one so much that considérable persuasion was required to get them out. But on this day they were more than repaid for the ill-luck of the preceding watches and the one who had been steadfast jn his faith was looked to as « prophet. At first they heard only an eccasional sound from old Colo- nel, the strongest hound in the pack, but in a few moments the earnest barking of all was heard coming steadily toward the watchers. The bark was the *‘ game bark” too, not the discouraged howl of a hound off scent, snd tle men on the runways prepared for the expected game. Locks and triggers were examined and the priming in every tube carefully re- placed with new powder. Hverything was done to prevent accident when the time for action came, and the men, fully prepared, but a little nervous, saf down and waited for the hounds to come in. The wailing is one of the trying points of a sportsmsn’s life, and one in which his coolnessand patience are manifested, if he have any. The hounds come slowly, and as their deep baying can be heard for miles, if is sometimes over an hour after they are first heard before the game is drivén in; and all this time the hunter must wait, feeling that honor is to be lost or won when Lhe distant barking that he is listening to reaches him. Sometimes the deer leave the runways, that wilh sirange instinct they follow as men do the public streets, and comeé into the river at unexpected places; but this is unusual, and if all the runways are guarded, some one is pretly sure to get. a shot at any game that may be started. Each mountain and yalley has its deer paths, many of them worn like the cattle pathein a pasture; and whenever the timid animals are started they hasten along these paths into danger, instead of away fron it, as instinct might be sup- posed to teach them, After waiting for half an hour and listening to the bark- ing of the hounds growing londer and less musical as it came nearer, the watchers were startled by a couple of shots in what seemed to le |lie locality of the hounds. They were somewhat surprised and yery much annoyed by the oceur- rence, and eyén the professioual was afraid some une had killed the game and left the rightful owners of it to their usual bad luck. In a few moments, lioweyer, the barking was resummed, and il was decided that a mittake had been made in thinking the shots were fired near the hounds. The music of the chase came nearer and nearer, and every men was at his post, with gun ready, waiting for the expected deer. Nothing was unnoticed, aod the flying of a bird or the rustling of a twig was a signal for the hearer to raise his gun to his face; and the Hight of a disturbed squirrel threw even the professional into position for s shot. Everything that stirred excited them, and it would have been impossible for arabbit to move without being detected, so watchful were they. Ai last the deer came in sight, three of them dashing over the brow of a hill nearly half a mile away and coming down the hill in great leaps that only deer can make. It was scarcely more than 4 minute before they passed he watching places, but |here was time to admire their heauty and the unequaled grace of their moyement. Writers sometimes speak of the poetry of motion, but the phrase is meaningless until a d-er is seen running wild in his native forest. Such perfect grace combined with strength, such agility and such infinite ease of Movement, are worth a journey across the continent to see. Hyery motion seems a courtesy, and a sentimental sportsman almost Joss his desire for spoils as he Watches the graceful movyemenis of the tender eyed game coming to slaughter. Jn this case tlie sportsmen were nol sentimental, and after a moment's admiration every man prepared for the coming deer. In a moment they came bounding along the rmmway on which the amateurs were stationed, with the hounds so far behind that they could not be seen. As they went by the hunters the rifies were discharged, and then the deer fairly flew in their mad dash toward |he river. Whether they had hit any of the deer or not the hunters conld not tell, and they hurried toward.the river, which they reached just in time to see the professional discharge both barrels bf his pun ac ihe deer as they were (drinking. There weré only two in the water and hoth were killed in less than & minute by the ex- pert professional, who, with all his faults, was an unusually skillful woodsman and hunter. A search discovered the third deer lying dead afew rods from the runway, haying, as is usual, left the path after beme hit, and in a few mo- ments three dead deer were hung up side by side to he gazed on by the happiest and most excijed sportsmen thet Pine Creek ever saw. The amateurs had kijled one deer and they were happy. Whose shot han killed hiny they did not know: but they had done if ietween them, and that was enough. They could go back to their home and fell the story of thelr success to wondering friends; and what more was necessary to content reasonable sportsmen? Ih was alucky day for them, and they would lmve gons home satisfied if some un- kind ‘ still-innfer” had not shot ove of their hounds. After the deer were dressed they looked arouud for their hounds end soon found all but Colonel, who was missing. They called him and searched syerywhers, but were ai las: obliged to zive him up is lost. The mystery of the two shots was explained, and they knew that the brave old hound that [OcropER 8, 1881 always led the pack was a victim to the hate of men who hunt without dogs. The loss was a sad one and marred the otherwise complete day, but the grand success of their hunt made them practically forget the misfortune, and they all look back upon the Pine Creel: trip as the mist successful one they haye eyer taken. Hounds die every day, but such a pair of antlers as wete won in that hunt are found but once in a century. REMINISCENCES OF FORTY YHARS, SEGOND PAPER. ISITING a planter in the valley of Alabama, in 1842, near the Cumberland River, a party from Decatur, Ala,, my host and myself made up our minds fora deer hunt. We started early in the morning, mounted on horses and mites, Heavy rains had prevailed for some days and the river was greatly swollen, Wesoon came to a bit of river bottom where the country road was overflowed for a distance of some three or four hundred yards. All the old hunters mournfully sbook their heads at the prospect of fording it, knowing from many former overflows the length aud depth we had to go through. My friend, a spare built, wiry gentleman, not more than 180 pounds or so in weight, and mounted on his regular hunt- ing pony, was ready evough on his part, and asked if any one or more would so with him. Isaid [ would follow, but the rest turned back. IT was mounted on a mule, Billy, a sure- faoted animal, and frequently uscd for breasting deer on these still hunts. My friend on bis pony went on very weil for 100 yards, getting deeper, until half up the pony’s sides. All at once the pony struck ont swimming, but so high and far ont of water that my friend kept dry enough by ticking up his legs. Not so Billy, the mule. When he came to this hole, a descent of road some six to eight feet of water, he, too, struck out with his head and neck out of water, but his body and mine submerged. Still on we went and pulled through. We then dismounted, shouk our wet clothes and galloped cif to an old squire’s house, some two miles, where we were shown 10 a room witha blazing log fire, dried our things, dined with the old squire and lis three good looking daughters, lit our pipes and mounted again at 3 pr. w. for the mountains. We reached our destination at nightfall, a com- fortable log cabin, that held in its fireplace a cord of hickory if required, Next day came our breasting for deer on horseback. Some half dozen were mounted, myself on Billy the mule. We agreed not fo shoot at arything but large game, meaning deer, bear, wolf, &c. Werode ona line with each other, about 100 yards apart, through timber with little or no un- derbrush, making # heath of 600 yardsin all. Hach had a horn (tows horn) to blow wheira successful shot was fired. We had gone probably a mile and kad seen nothing, when Billy began to snort, pricked forward his ears and stond still, trying to call my attention to his object, which I saw, a re- markalile looking thing, at a stump of a tree, which I could not make hend nor tail of. However, I considered it large game, and surely wild, let drive my little 14-gange and rolled over the creature, took the cow horn and blew my blast. Down came two of the kuntsmen. ‘What have ye got, what haye ye got?” Iesaid, ‘‘ The devil of a rum looking thing,” and walking the mule np to it—Wbhy, *tis a ‘possum. Bo it was, but a tremendous largeone. Westrappred him be- lind en Billy, and that evening at the log cabin he was well cleaned and laid on tl:e shingles over the frosty night. Now comes the cooking. Tirst—Well cleaned and wiped out after the frost had dissolved; stuffed wilh bread crumbs—sweet potatoes and something clse—some herbs, lemon, thyme, I think—sewed up and a graye was made in the deep ashes of this. monster fireplace. The ‘possum was then submerged in water and Jaid in the ash grave (lile roasting a polato). Well covered up and two or thre+ shovelful!s of hickory coals around and on iop the ash heap—couls renewed «as fast as required until some two hours or more, when the ‘possum was laid on the table, and with a cloth the hair removed as easily as scraping a carrot—the skin and flesh as white as milk—smoking hot, done through and through—pub on the table hot—hot—hot—aud no cold ‘possum was left after a half-dozen hungry hunters had got through. Well, nothing of the kind could be finer! What fayor was in the "possum ! Potatoes and fizings—remained steaming throuzh under a bushel] of live coals and ashes. This was my first ‘possum I had ever scen cooked and ate, and the first and last I ever shot, Iu the carly spring of 1853 we started before day- light to cateh tre old gobblers, calling them before they flew off their roosting-place. My first old gobbler—shot from off a very high tree, he fel!—ran like a race-horse—myself after him, until he gave up the ghost, This tree was sixty-tour yards from where I was and high timber—one shot only did its work, cutting his throat as clean as a .knife could have done. He ran until he bled to death. My second shoi wus at a fine hen-jurkey roosting on a very high tree in a swamp, which I could net creep nearer than one hundred yards without being up to my middle while viewing the situation. She took flight, coming straight for me, for fifty or sixty yards, when she turned to fhe right and at the time of passing me (so that I would be shooting ‘* be- hind the feathers’) she must have been from ninety to one hundred yards off. I wasusing a 425-gun bought im St. Louis. The right barrel shot remarkably close. I pulled the right trigger and down came the bird. On examining her I found that the charge had bunched, entered above the rump, gone through the body, conting ont the crop, The space—a hole at the entrance—was aslarge as a turkey’s eye. One might shoot a hundred years, and not have such an oc- currence again. My next waa a doltle shot frot the saddle by the Cumberland River. Ten large gobblers rose on wiag some forty yards before me. I pulled my pony round to the Tight, shot well forward for their heads and necks, and at each right and left crack they jumbled—shot through the head—kept bounding up in their dying flutter. They weighed forty-eight pounds together, and when their heads were tied together and swung across the pony at the horn of the sa''dle their feet touched the ground, In Crawford Co,, Missouri, in 1867, near where [ was stop- ping was a cornfield at the back. On two or three ocrasions the folks came running in the house to me—** The turkvys arein the cornfield.” I hurried with my gun the first and second Lime, only to find some one had cone throweh a path- way near the fence, and scared them off—they are so easily sef off on the least alarm. The third time, hosvever, I caught them there, and creeping through some hazel bushes near the fence, got a range of two heads pretty well in aline so that I pulled the right barrel. Then came the uprising of the brood of full grown fellows fattened on mast and corn, being in — October full-moulted. ‘Che first barrel killed the two I saw, and one further down the furrow some forty yards, which 1 — ——— DorozER 6, 1881. didnot see. The left barrel invited the ald gobbler down so, making four in the doubleshot. I could searcely lift, much less carrying them. | ‘The nest and last turkey shot I wiilrelate. Tt was in the meadows in September, '868, in a field adjoining the curifieid mentioned above. The turkeys were in a meadow feeding on erasshoppe:s. I went rund the field in the fim er ont of six}, creeping up to the fence, where they were, some foriy yards ont, straggling. I yaited, thinking two tight g-.togettier, when I would try them with my ight, and left as they Hew to ihe timber, Watching and wailing, ot lash a grasshopper started flying (butterfly grass- Topper) trom: the turkey in the middle of three, when all ihree joined in chase to snap up the duinty bit. As the grasshopper grounded, the three heads ar- vived together to grab him, but my right barrel sent § dose of number six among ihem killing them all three, and as 2 fine young gobbler rose the Jeft barrel brought him town. Ditto the last duuble shot—three turkeys with the righi, one with the left (four)—viz , aight turkeys in the two double shots. The list four were young and very tender, {hree-paris grown--weighing from ten to twelve pounds oach, + Near (le Mineral Mountain lead mines, in Crawford coun- ty. was a corn ficld sometenacres, As I had miners at work prospecting I genetally rode my horse Dick every morning to the shafts, and always carrie! my gon with me. I gener- ally pussed this corn field abont 9 a. M., and had frequently sho the squirrels coming from the corn and in a large elm free. One morning I was there at day-break and seeing sev- " era) scampering from the field with large ears of corn in their mouths, | shot one. In a minute they were scampering trom a1 purte o! the fi ld to this one lonely elm. I dis- mounted and shot and loaded as fast as I could. ‘The tree yas full of large fox squirrels, and the ovly hole half way up wis +tusted full of corn earsend squirrels, until not an- other conld get in, bul, like the ostrich, could get their heads ont f sigh’, with their bodies a target for No. G. I blazed away, dropping them at every shot. When the last was shot from outside the hole, I found iheniin various parts of the élm, banging along the large limbs. I picked off all I could find, killing twenty with only waiking round and round this iree—al] large fox squirrels. - Another experience with squirrels I have often thought of. Passiug through the timber near the a»ove locality I saw a fox squirrel running ashardasheconuld. L[folliiwed him and pressed him so bard that he could not reach the tree where his hole was, and had to !ake anolher—which I was sure he must have gone up. Still T look-d around here and there. At jas; I saw something in a fork, which crossed the fork of jhe two points of the tree high up, and shove this crossing prep:d up two little pointed somethings, very like squirrell’s ears. I concluded ths was my foxey, with the corn cob in his mouth, crossing from the poinl.in the fork just above the cut; these two litle pois must be the ears, so [ let drive. I knocked the cob eghisen yards from the tree (down hill) and the squirrel’s " fail half the distance, with histhroat cut with sho>. 1 Ta the fall of 1856 L spent three months on the Gnnpowder River, near Baltimore, having a fine cove on the Harewood farm, where the river’s water was still, and a dnck- hovise with two or three hundred decoys. I shot from Oc o- ber witil 1be frost iced the river over, which wes not until 1 had cucceeded in some fn weeks fine shooting over decoys for blinds. My account of ducks killed amounted to 1,472 head, including canvas back, red head, huld pate, pin tails, etc. Here t had atoling shot, bringieg the inmenee field of ducks, sll canvas backs and red heads, to stare at a red handserctivf, a eloth at. the end of a pole from my blind, moving backward and forward; had heard of this tolling but could scarcely believe it until 1 tried it, Only faney 1,000 fine canvas backs, as thick on the water, apparently, as they cun be, swimming up with arched necks lke a snake, and when thirty-five or forty yards I let go my first barrel, expecting to see the water black with the dead and fiu'tering ones, instead of which I overshot them, through a small piece of cedar brush being near the sight of my gun I siter- ward observed; the second barrt] stopped two some ninety ora hundred yarils out. Two or three weeks after I made up, again getting the fellows to look at the red fiag with so much curiosity, there was thistime 200 to 800, I presume, ina buneh. My right and left counted eleven and two, thir- teen canvass buck. I cou'd not get them to toll after. their curiosity must have been fully gratified. Wintram Kina, 7 ANOTHHR ANCIENT GUN. AmueERST, N. H., Sept. 26. 8 stories af ancient fire-arms seems to be in order, I A sha'l have totell mine, I have nowstanding in my shop an old gun that prompts many envious remarks from my sporting brethren. I will give you a description of it and do Wetter by your readers than ‘ Ringwood” or Ahern.” ; The gun has heen in the possession of the Prince family, and wis brought «ver by one of their ancestors from Hng- Jand folly two hundred yearsago. The barrel measires six feet in |ropth and is an inch and three quarters in diameter at breech, and 2 ten-gauge shell will just enter jhe muzzle. The whole lengih of the gun is seven feet four inches; its weight seveutcen pounds. ; ’ J remember the old gun when it had its old-fashioned hook-back hammer, flint lock; but about thirty years ago its former owner, “Old Uncle Jimmy” Prince had the lock changed to percussion, It bus been fired but a few times since the lock was changed. The traditional mule’s kick is a love pat compared with the way it will kick. No one cares to fire itasecond lime. ' A story in point: A short time alter the old man had it fixed he shw o crow on a tree about forty rods from the house, so he got the old gus and loaded it avout right for the distance, as be judged ; went up staiis and Enelt on the Moor and fired from the chamber window. As it happened, there was a chimney about eight leet hack hat stopped him. The old man came down stairs rubbing himself and remarked, “The old grin’! Kill both evds." He killed the es ; a _— — a “— ee Bar Ss1rn SxooTmse—Gond Ground, Long Islend, Shin- necock Bay.—We are having the best bay snipe shooting of thd séason. The yonug fall birds are coming on and are mak- ing good shontiis. We have also the best feed for ducks ‘we bave had in years. There has been for two years a “scarcity of feed, and shooting has been poor; Wut the feed come in more plentiful than I ever saw before, and we peet plenty of ducks thisfall.—Wm, N. Lanz, FOREST AND STREAM. “LEFT-EYED SHOOTING.” Basroy, October 3, 1831. Biitor Forest and Stream : As ‘' Teceel” was so kindly exnsiderate of your feelings in his article on ‘‘ Left-eyed Shooting,” I will endeavor to be the same of his; nevertheles>, I enjoyed a hearty laugh when I read his opinion, and now hope I shall be able tu convince bim of his error. It is evident that in looking at any object, a figure in the wall-paper for example, there must be two yisual rays, one proceeding from each eye, which are focused upon the arti- cle so that they form a sort of >. Nuw, suppose a finger ta he held up a short distance directly in front of the nose, it is evident-in this case the > would be much shorter, and thal the sides, if projected, would strike one on each side of the figure on the wall; or, in other words, the person would be ‘*both-eyed,” as the view of the object with either eye would not be obstructed by the finger, But suppose instead of holding his finger directly in front of his nose, or in other words bvtween lis eyes, a person holds if alittle at the right; nw with both eyes open h: can still see the figure on the wall, but he does not see it with both eyes, as the finger is between it and his tight eye. which would make him, according 1o ‘‘ Teceel,” ‘left-eyed;” in the same manner, if his finger should be held a little af the left he would become ‘‘right-eyed,” with which eye he can see the figure when the other is closed, depending solely upon the position of the finger. As for a ‘‘left-eyed” man nof being able to shoot from his rizht shoulder, with both eyes open, that is somethiny newlome. Shooting at a bird flying I never aim al ng the barrel; if I should do that I should lose him; I somehow look at him with both eyes, point the gun where I think he is and pull; I don’t have time to bring him in line with the run. 3 if ‘* Teceel” is not convinced by this, I hope he will give us the benetit of some more arguments and experience to strengthen his position. PENTAGON, Encereyoop, N. J., Oct. 1, 1881. Liditar Forest and Stream : In your issue of 291h ult., a correspondent, ‘*Teceel,” writes of ‘‘ Left-eyed Shooting,” promulgating a theory and explaining a simple method for testing the same. I have many times, and long ago, tested my own ¢yes by the same method and arrived practically at the same results. | did not dream of claiming originality either for theory or method, as the theory is, I understand, generally admitted by ocu- lists, and the method (or # very similar one) constantly employed by them in their examinations. I am led to believe that I am, for one, decidedly ‘‘left.eyed.” Iam forced also to the conclusion that a decided change has taken place in this respect within a few years. It has resulted in bad shooting—shooting unaccountable on any thvory of ‘want of practice,” or ‘lack of nerve ”—and I have mei with measurable success in correcting the difficulty by lewrning to shoot with ‘both eyes.” As I am not left- handed I am prevented from using my left eye slone, by the lack of proper muscular facility in bringing the gun to the left shoulder rea‘lily and quickly; but by using duth eyes 1 arrive at tlerably satisfactory results. In conversation the other day with a gentleman recently returned from England, who is a well-known and enttiusias- tic loyer of sports, some allusion was made to the hammer- less guns; and he mentioned the fact that they were decidedly the best guns for p'rsons who used both eyes in shooting. Though [ do not think he said +o in s9 many words, he certuinly gave me the impression that rhis methad of shooting with ‘‘both eyes” was the prevailing one with the best English sportsmen whom he had met. Iam quite of opinion that ‘f crooked eyes” are almost as common ns “crooked whisky,” though I am not prepared to say thal they fairly account for anything like as much bad shooting. - Tae Mavgor. [How about cross-eyed shooters? We have known two such, and they wert both bad marksmen. Was this because they were cross-eyed. | OY RUST SPOTS IN GUN BARRELS. Macon, Mo., Sept. 25. Editor Forest and Stream : The ‘vexed question” spoken of by “F.8.” in Forgsr AND SvTeEaM, of September 223, is filly answered in your editorial note at bottom of article, “the cleaning hid noj been thorougl.” I have owned several eins and have had a great, deal of experience in cleaning them, and have been troubled with rust spots, but not of lace years. A fun properly cleaned will not rust nor speck mside; and it is no killing task to clean a gun properly, if done at the end of each day’s shooting, as it always should be. The finest gun ever mads would s\on be covered with rust specks on the in- side if left over night without cleaning a few times, Let your correspondent try this way of cleaning. and report. It answers the purpose as wellas any way I have ever tried ; and can be di ne without any great amount of Jabor, and does not require over five minutes of time. Take the gun apart; that is, take off the front stock and barrels and action apart, push the extractor back to its proper plate, attach bristle-brush to cleaningrod; dampen the bruxh in a pan of water, and draw it backward and for- ward through each barrel several times, “which will take out all the burnt powder. Remove bristle-brush; wipe ont the barrels with a dry cloth to remove dampness; then-run an oiled tag through ex¢h barrel several times. Now attach three-row wire-brush to the cleaning 10d, one that will fil the barrels tightly. Push the same through the barrels up fo the choke (if a choke-bore) several times, which will remove all the lead that may have adhered to thé inside during the days’ shooting. Clean out the muzzle with a muzzle brush. Oil thorougily inside with best refined sperm cil. Raub off outside of barrels and stock with a rag slightly saturated with botled ljuseed oil—and the task is done. If you have git any water into the action during the day’s shooting you had betier take the stock and action apart and thoroughly dry and oil the action, and lay the stock near the stove to dry, but not newr enough to burn. Any one who will try the above wili find that rust spots are not euch an annoyance as they are thought to he. Bouprr Rorrtay. Sedalia, Mo.—AMditor Forest and Stream It is said that ‘*distance lends enchantment to the view,” and on this ac- count I am inclined to hope that many of your correspond- ents escape the editorial frown when asking hard questions SS ee or when writing such long dry articles with the thermometer 105 deg. in the shade. Out West, in the basin of the Mis. soul, yachting news is all a foreign tongue, as nine-tenths of he people have neyerseen a yacht, or trolling sj\o0n, or punt, any other of the many sources of ple sure to sportsmen of Wastern cities. Notwithsta: ding all this. you have some sub- -crih rs here who ditive a great deal of comfort from the weekly visits of Foresr Anp Stream We don’t fish here simply because we have not any waters to fish in; but when you talk about dog and gun we feel at home. Some corres. pondent, in last week’s issue, asks about rust in guns. Every one handling guns will at once recognize this ‘‘ measel,” and some may have a remedy. Ido not wish to speak disparag- ingly of the various articles advertised as rust preventives, for T do not believe that the fault is in them altogether. Gun barrels not only become fouled with the residuum of powder, but by new products set free by combustion. For instance, a gun carelessly wiped and then oiled is sure to rust, which would not be the case if no oil was used. The sulphurous acid set free by the powder explosion contains two parts of oxygen, bnt is, in this stute, ianoxious, unless combined with something that will entirely change its force. When gnn harrels become hot, or even warm, from rapid firing, the lead will adhere in small particles to the metalic fibre. It does not make any difference whether you have har‘ or soft shot, or even tinned shot. In cleaning the gun, if sll the fine particles of lead are not removed when you oil and pit the sun away, you will start a chemical action that will result io he formation of oleic acid, which will rust like drops of vinegar. Now, to prevent this. you must use boiling water to clean the gun barrels with in which has been dissolved a imal! amount of clean Castile soap; then thoroughly dry and il, while hot, with pure coal oil, and never use any other grease about your gun except for the purpose of a lubricator. —(OocoIDEnt, —— Cleveland, O.—Hditor Forest and Stream :—I see soma of yuur correspondents are complaining of rust spo's in their guns. I can tell them how to prevent them; but once there hey come to stay. Iused to have much trouble in keeping spots ont of gun barrels, and finally hit upon the following us a sure preventive: Make a wooden rack, taking three pieces of $ or # in. thick board, 6 or 8 in. wide, and long enough to hold all the barrels youhave. Cut holes in two of the pieces large enongh to let the breech end of the barrels pass easily through ; then tske four strips, say 3 ft. long, of 2x1 in, st i, and make an upright rack by pu'ting the piece if board without holes at bottom, say 2 in. from bottom. At in. above this, pnt one of fhe other pieces with holes, and 20 inches above put the third piece. Now e+ta tin pan made 24 in. deep, 4 or 5 in. wide, and just long enonga to slip on 10 the lower shelf. Procure some good dry corks to fif the chambers (shell end of barrels), and set the barrels cork end down in the rack, the barrels resting inside the pa. Now fill up the barrels with reficed sperm or porpoise oil, and they nay remain as long as you choose, and be absolutely safe from rust or spots. When wanted for use have your oil can and funnel ready and turn the oil hack into ynur can for fu- ture use, You can use the same oil for any length of time. be sure and oil the corks the first time they are used. By fairly cleaning a gun before putting away in this man- ner if can never rust, andis reisy in five miuutes for use by* simply turning out the oil, removiny the corks and wiping out he oil remaining in the barrels, A liberal dose on the out- side will keep that frou rust, too. I made arack on sane principle as above, but somewhat more expens ve and still better, as follows: I had some round tin tubrs made, 2 incheslonger than my barrels, and set hem up inarack similar to the other, thet put my barrels iv the tubes muzzl- down, with no corks, but with a str ng cord from the brevch hanging outtide of tube, by wh ch to lft the barrels out of the tubes. When barrels are in place, ill up the tubes with oil one inch over the harreis, and you have them safe for any length of time. This takes more oil and more money; but much less time, as you leave the oil in the tubes all the time By removing the barrels with the cord, and after letting run off what oil wil! at once du sv in the tube, and then setting the harrels upright in a tin pan to drain, while one is busy getting o\her traps ready very little time need be wasted. CanV¥as Baox. Goshen, O.—Aditor Forest and Stream: Your Boston correspondent, ‘F. S..” can have the ‘‘fearful mystery” ex. plained and the remedy provided to prevent “wun meus ey? hereafter. I, also, have had three’ breech-loaders, two of which contracted the disease by loaning; the third. having failed to desert its master, retains the | eantifal polish with- out spot or blemish, al hough haying suffered hard usage and exposure in all kinds of weather since February, 1876. I would state also that it is never luoked after out of gunning season. The cause of erosion is an element left by the hurrt pow- der, all qualities, that rust preventive, coal oi], “elbow grease” and patent cleaners cannot entirely remove. Sin)ply wasb or swab the barrels with hot water until clean: w pe dry and, if possible. abserb all mvisture by a gentle heat, Apply Eaton’s Rust Preventive inside and out, place incase and. stow away in a dry place and the following season finds it all right. Use no oil until the water has been applied. If hot water cannot be hat! ¢old will answer until the final chaning. Lhaveno ‘axe to grind” in advertising either tu-t preventive or water, but simply desire to favor my sportsman friends not having discovered the remedy. AQUA. Belleville, Ill., Sept. 26.—#ditsr Forest and Siveam: “Fh. §,” does not say what kind of oj] he used 'o wil the in- side of his gin barrels with; perh ps he used coal oil. LT have very often seen it recommended as heing good to re- move rust. If he did use it, and especially if he put his gim away afler applying it, he vill have just such spots as he spaks of. % hy it produces them I cannot tell. I have no doubt but itis good to spply on certain kinds «f machinery to remove gum, but it never should be applied to gn barrels nor 10 any other part of a gun. Lihink pure sperm oil is very good to use in the barrels; then dry them with pure whiting or finrly pulverized chalk by runniog the rod through the barrels with a soft cotton rag for a swab.—O. H. A. Grantrevitte, 8. C.—Hditor Forest and Stream ;:—Your correspondent ‘I. 8.” can keep his gun free frum sp1s and specks, the resnlt of rus! caused by the small amount of perspiration from the hand that is left on the last oily raz put through the barrels at the conclusion of cleaning. The last tag should be perfectly dry from all saline matter; the salt in 190 Sn, preparation causing all the trouble; this at least has been my experience, I amnot troubled now. Dry the last rag by fire orin the sun; wipe the hands dry; handle the rag little as possible, and exaniine barrels for a day cr so afterward. Dick SWIVELLER. re THE BARNEGAT SNEAK BOX. iii—Shows where il isnaled to deck. b&b b—Cockpit. ddd—Swoltack. «e—Kowlocks. Width midships, 4 feet; width of stern, Sprung timbers all of ohe # e—Apron, e—Trunk, Length, 12 feet. 2 feet 9in. Dv pth of stern, 7 in. pattern, 9-16x13-16 in. distance apart; 8 in. deck timbers, natural bend, lin. x fin. Cockpit, inside measurement, length 3 feet 4in.; width at bowandstern, 184 in,; mid=hips, 19 in. Coaming, height of inside at bow and stern, 23 in.; midships, 2in. From bottom of coaming to top ceiling, 18 in. Trunk on port side, set slanting to iake a 15 in. board trunk placed alongside and abaft of forward corner of coam- ing. Rowlocks, height Gin. from coaming 9 in, middle of to stern, 4 feet 7in., made to fold down inboard and te fasten up Witha hook. Stool rack runs from rowlocks to stern, notched at ends into fastenings of rowlocks, also notched at corners and hook+d together, rest against a cleat ou deck out- side, and are hooked to the deck inside. In a heavy sea ihe apron is used. It is to the deck about held up by a stick iS two thirds its from peak to coam- length. The wings ing. Thus rigged ja are fastened to the the boat has the rep- top aud bottem of utation of being able the rowlocks,. to liye as long a8 Mast hole 2 in., oars can be pulled. 2 in. from coam- The apron is tacked ing. Drop of sides from top of deck, 5% in., dead rise, 8 in. Over cock- pit a hatch is placed. Everything connectedl with the boat is placed inside, gunners often leaving their guns, &e., lock- ing the hatch fast. The boats sail well, and, covered with sedge, are used to shoot from. With the hatch on a person can be protected from rain, and with blankets, can be accom- modated witha night's lodging, Boards for boats, white cedar, § in. thick; deck, narrow strips tougued aud grooved. — & THE MICHIGAN GAME LAW. c, W. C., Bowling Green, 0,—The Michigan game law provides that ‘(ho person or persons shall pursue, or lint, or kill aby deer, siye only inthe Upper Peninsula, from the 16th day of August To the 15th dsy of Noyember, aid in the Lower Peninsnia Trom the 1st day ot Oclober to the ist day of December, inclusive in each year, or kil at aly tine any deer when if is In its réd coat, or aby fawn when 11s ib ils spotted coat, NO person shail at any time kill or capture any deer i: the waters of any of the streams, ponds or lakes within the jurisdiction of this State, or kill or capiure any deer by means of any pit, pit-fallor trap. No person Shall Kill or destroy, by any means Whutever, or attempt tu take ar destroy, any wild turkey any time except in the nionihs of October, Noyernmber and December of each yveur, Or kill or destroy Dy aby means whatever aly woodcock except between the first day of August, in each yesT, and the first day of Jaf. next following, or any pandas or ruffed grouse, or any wood- duck, teal duck, mallard duck of gray duck save only trom the first day of September in each year, to thetirst day ol January next fol- lowing, or ay wild waléeY fowl or snipe between the first day of May and tie fish day of Seprember of each year, The taking, carrying or sunding by any means whatever, into or ihrouph any cotinty of this Sali, any of the game or avimals which haye been killed or captured contrary Lo the provisions of Lids secon, of the hides of such avimals, snail be illegal. No person shall kill or destroy, or attempt to kill or destvoy, any culln or quall, sometimes called Virglnla partridge, pave only duriny the months ot November and December of each year, nor kill nor attempt (6 kill any plnnated grouse or prairie chicken before September 1, 1882, and thereafter only in the months or September and October iu each year, No person or persons shall ab any ime kill or attempt to kil any wilé duck or other wild fowl, With or by mesns of a sWivel of punt gus, or rob or destroy the nests of any wild duck, or Wild goose or brant, or In any manner Kill or molest the same, at nivht oor at uny ime on Meir nesting places, Sectlon7 prolitbils the killing or robbing nests of robln, night-hawk, whippoorwill, finch, thrush, lark, sparrow, cherry bird. swallow, yellow bird, blue bird, brown thrasher, Wren, Martin, oriole, woodpecker, bobelink, or any soug bird. The transportation law provides that no person or cor poration or company shall at any time kilLor expose for sale, trans- port or have in his possession any deer, ruffed grouse, colin or quail, | pinuuled grouse, Hor wild turkey, or any part Of the Carcass of the Sume, atter ihe same has been kiled, Tor any pnrpose except Tor con- simption as food williin this Staré. Sec. 2 No person, corporation or company shall kill or expose for sale, oF have ln possession exveph allve, at aby tiie any deer, ruffed grouse, colin or quail, plonated frouse, nor wild turkey, Or any part of the carcass of Lhe same, with The invention of sending or transporting, or having the same sent or transported beyond the limits of this State. ‘The fail text of the law may be had by sending stamped envélone to the Messrs,Gilman Bros., corner Woodward and Jelferson xzyenues, Detroit. — [OcrongE 6, 1881. Sea and River Sishing. FISH IN SEASON IN OCTOBER. FRESH WATER. Black Baas, Micropterus, aalmotdes | Yellow Perch, Perca pluviatilia, and M, pallidus, i Striped Bass, Roceus lineatus. Mascalonge, Hsoa nobilior. White Bass, Rocows ehrysops, Pickerel, Keou reticulatus Rock Bass, = $12¢,91 do. - = - 143.10 7 do, - - - 167,40 do. - - - 229,50 also automatically locked and unlocked, \ ronores EXTRA, - OY DUCK FRAME Sent to any address, C, 0. D., or on TERMS;—A Draft in full with the erder, ONLY ADDRESS PIONEER WORKS, Birmingham, Eng. FOR THE ABOVE SUMS THE GUNS DESCRIBED CAN BE PLACED ON CARS IN NEW YORE, ALL PAID, IN 8 WEEKS FROM ORDER REACHING US, Acomparison of these prices with those charged in the Gun Stores for rally fine English Guns, of first-rate prsAEY from the manufactory. It has come to our knowledge that common gins are belug sold in the States bearing our name. 'YOLLEY guns have engrayed on the rib, “Jd. & W. TOLLEY, Makers, St. Mary’s Sq., Birmingham.” will result In your Gere ia § we make only fine guns, gent 3 a ® AGENTS FOR OARD's NEW DOUBLE REVOLVING TRAF, cowards Sinal Basgd Shelle—Ouality guaranizen. Pricelower than any other. |Remington’s Military, Sporting & Hunting Repeating Rifles. Simplest, Most Efficient, Indestructible, S. Government in the Navy and Frontier Service. Adopted by the U .45 Cal., 70 Grain Standard Government Cartridges. Prices: Carbines, $22; Frontier Rifles Discount to the Trade Only, s ENOS JAMES & COS HARD-HITTING GUNS. This cut exactly represents JAMHS & CO.S GREAT GUN, called the H Eyery Triumph or Trap Gun is choke-bored and tarotea OME aie Ghe Fennel T. BERNARD PUPS FOR SALE.—For pedigrees and other particulars, address, with stamp, P. O. Box 94, Lancaster, Mass, Sept, 6t ORTRAITS of Eastern Field Trial Winn printed on fine tinted pa vat for 25 cents STREAM N.Y. T, Will be gent poste each, or the five for $1. FO. iT PUB. CO., 39 and 41 Park Row, : Dee30, tf Che Hennel, PDeN TERA, For very superior pointer pups, by _Chalapion Sensation out of Livingston’s Kose (2d New York, 1880, and dam of Baronet), or tor stud services of Baronet, address, with stamp, HENRY W, LIVINGSTON, Box 33, Greenport, Suf- folk County, New York. Sept22,tf Be FOXES WANTED, Address Box 167, Montclair, N. J, Octs, zt Or W. B. SCHAEFER, 10 Shots, $22; Sporting and Hunting Rifles, $25. end for Catalogue and Price Lists. E. REMINCTON & SONS., 283 Broadway, N.Y. —EEE——— nnn The Daly Gun, HAS FINER BARRELS, THE FITTING IS SUPERIOR To any other Gun COSTING TWICE THE MONEY. Shootings Uneurpassed. Buists furnished on application, BCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, Or Tos. L. GoLcHER, 61 Elm st., Boston. 116 Girard ave. Pata KHENE'S PATENT P. O. Box 3,994. We now offer a full line of ENOS JAMES & CO's Superb Breech-Loaders. Whatis the use of paying an absurd price for a gun made by some old maker when you can get a JAMES’ GUN as good or better for half the money? Or what {s the use of buying a gun bearing elther a fictitiousname or no name at all, when you can get one of ENOSJAMES& CO.’s guns with their nome and guaranty for the same price? We are sole agents at New York for the Colt Club Gun, We offer a small JOB LOT of the famous Webley Guns of all sorts at about half price. \ Also a few choice Parker guus of latest style at special rates. Address H, & D. FOLSOM, P. O, Box 4,300, 80 WARREN 8T., NEW YORE The HRennel, } ERAS HUNDRED FERRETS for sale at $7 per Pairs slogle temale £4, single male $3, wire muzzl 75 cts. Address, with stamp, CHARLES H. VAN VECHTEN, Victor, Ontarlo Co., N, ¥. Septis,tr OR RED TRISH SHTTHRS and Cocker Spaniels of the most fashionable blood address CHAS, DENISON, Hartford, Ct. Septis,tt —Se Kennel Advertisements newt page. 200 Ghe Kennel. Dr Gordon Stables,R.N. TWYFORD, BERKS, ENGLAND, Author of the “PRACTICAL KENNEL GUIDE,” &C. exports champion and other pedigree dogs of any breed. Send for “PLAIN HINTS TO WOULD-BE BUYERS.” Price 10 cents, post free. Gives addresses of prin- oipal English breeders. PEDIGREE PRINTING AND COMPILING, CHEAPER THAN CAN BE DONE BY ANY OTHE HOUSE IN AMERICA, which does first-class work and guarantees satis- faction, Also, YON CULIN PATENT SPIKE COLLAR AND BOOK, By mail, for $3- E. & C. VON CULIN, P. O. Box 22, Delaware City, Del, Sportsmen's Gaods. o Consecutive Shots, 50 feet, off-hand. WILD HARRY, the Indian Scout, says that with & Stevens’ Rifle er Pistol, at 50 fee, off-hand, he ean knock the spots out of a playing card In this way allday long, Heis obliged to use these arms to do the great feats performed dally in Barnum’s Circus and elsewhere, Hinging a bell every time through a quarter-inch bullseye; cutting the ashes from a cigar hell in another persop’s mouth ; piercing a dime held between anotiier’s fingers, and numerous other difficull and wonderfui: shots. The only objection to these arms is that they shoot 30 well, are so handy to take apart and carry about In a trunk or bag, that everybody wants them, and the makers have had to enlarge the factory and work nights to supply the demand, and even in \he dull season cannot get much Stock ahead. Send for (ustrated price list to CHAS. FOLSOM, 106 Chambers St., N. Y. Dealer in Fire-Arms, Ammunition, and all Articles con- nected with the same, and sole agent for Jo STEVENS & COS Breech-Loading Arms. SINGLE GUNS: Plain, $12.50; Twist, $15.50; Lami- | nated, $17. RIFLES: -28 cal., 241n,, $20; 261n,, $22; 28 in., $24. 38, .88 oF dd ** 20! 21} 29, HUNDER'S PET RIPLES; 22, 82, 88 oF 44 cal, 18 in., 18; 22 in., $19; 24 im, #41, POGKET FIPLIS: .22 or -32 cal., 10 In., $12,255 19 in., $18.25; 15 In., $153 18 in., $16.50. GALLERY PISTOLS: Light, $20; heavy, $22. Curoaco, IN, April 12, 1881, For nine years 1 have been proprietor of a shnot- ing gallery; have tried the different makes of rifles, and my experience shows me that the Stevens Rifie excels all others, and 1s more in demand than any rifie in my gallery. For beauty of finish, accuracy of aim, reliability and durability it gives general satisfaction to the public. I can cheerfully and fully testify to its merits, as I have one now in use, and been in dally constant use for seven years, fring over 200,000 shots, which is as good to-day in every respect as the day it left the factory, Yours, etc., R. B. FULLER, 172 Olark st. THE AMERICAN PAT. PORTABLE HOUSE M’F’G CO MANUFACTURE HOUSES on an entirely new and novel principle, whereby more strength (an be obtained than in any olher way. Any size from a Sportsman‘s or Miner’s Cot, 63¢ by 8 feet, wilh floor, one doorand tour windows, weighing 475 pounds, to a commodtots dwelllng, S80 arranged that Ho nails, screws or skied labor are required in putting them up; very Gasily and uickly done. Simple, light, strong, comfortable, urable, artistic. Sporismen’s Cots and Summer Cottages specialties. Send for descriptive circular or apply to EARL LH, Manager, Cor¢na, Queens Go., N.Y. $72 A WEEK, §1¥a day at homesasily matte, Oostly outht free, Address TRUE & CO Auguste, Maine. i FOREST AND STREAM. Sportsman's Geails, ‘THE SNEIDER. Pat. 1865 Reis. 1880 Pat. 1880 HE ORIGINAL ( : American Hammerless “Sessa GUNS WITH HAMMERS ON OUR GRIP AND BOLT; AND DOUBLE GRIP AUTIONS. SIZES FROM 4 TO 20. Muzzle-Loaders.Altered to Breech-Loaders. Pin-Fire Guns Altered to Central-Fire. Stocks Bent to Any Crock. GUNS BORED TO SHOOT CLOSE. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, Clark & Sneider, --214 W. PRATT STREET, BALTIMORH, MD. TATHAM 3 Selected Standard Number of Pellets to the wz, on Each Bag; Trap Shot! | Soft or Chilled. | NUMBERS 7, 8, 9 AND 1G, No. of pellets to 0z,, 338 472 683 1055 Soft. ace Es Be s 345 495 «716 1130 Chilled. TATHAM& BRO’S, 82 BEEKMAN ST., NEW YORK. Printed Botels and Routes for Sportsmen. Fishing Season at Rangeley | Lakes Again Open. | EXCURSION TICKETS VIA Boston AND MAINE RAILROAD. Andover and return.............0+ $9.00 South Arm (Richardson Lakes) and TeLUIN,....--+ eh ood “ Middle Dam and return... « Upper Dam Fe ate Ty pton uc “ Mountain View House or Kanglet Outlet and return (Indlan Rock), Boston. fo via Farmington ,............... «= 13.75 “ TndianRockandreturnviaAndover 15.26 ‘% Rangeley Lake and return......... 12.50 “ Phillips ag 11.00 we teeeee . ** Indian Rock and return, (via An- dover, return via Farmington).. 16.25 “ (yia Andover) Bemis Stream and TOU Peay a-teges Peete keen + 15.26 “ Moosehead Lake and return (Mt. Kineo Mouse),,<---2..--.,.....555 16.00 “ Forks of the Kennebec andreturn. 18,00 “ Dead River and rewurn............. 13.00 ‘© Grand Falls, N. B., andreturn.... 18,00 “ St. Andrews, N. B., and return.... 15.00 Also tourists’ tickets to all Sporting and Pleas- wre Resorts in Maine and the Proyinces. Tickets for sale at all principal ticket offices and at 230 WASHINGTON nrg, 't BOSTON. DEPOT, HAYMARKET 8@., : Send for list of excursions. D, J. FLANDERS: Gen. Pass. and Ticket ‘Agent. SPORTSMEN ! Tam enabled to offer good accommodations to all those seeking health, recreation and pleasure, Good gunning in the immediate neignborhood for small game, aud deer hunting within halt a day’s drive. Hine scenery, change of foliage, &c. Bass fishing on the Delaware, Address E. D. HUFF- MAN, Box 45, Marshall’s Creek, Monroe Co., Pa. —— et HIGHLAND FARM, good board, hunting and fishing.. Horses, dogs and guides furnished. Deer hunting within reach. Five hour's trom New York, lly references. Address GEORGE W. DECKER, Monticello, Sullivan Co., N. ¥. GARDEN AND FARM SEEDS. SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE. Vanderbilt Bros,, 2 Fulton St., N, ¥. i UVOSHHWAD LAKE and the North Maine Wil- dertess Mlustrated. The only complev and comprehensive guide book to Northern Maine and the head watersur the Kennepec, Penobscot, St. John’s and Aroostook rivers, and ths numerous lakes and ponds connected with them. 266 pages, 80 Ulustrations and large map. ‘Tinted paper, il- luminated covers. Price, by Mall, post-paid, 60 Route. CHARLES A. J. FARRAR, Jamaica Plain, ASS Hatels and Routes for Sportsmen | Hatels and Resorts for Sportsmed ASSOCIATED SOUTHERN RAILWAYS, hichmond & Danylile Atlantic Coast Bay Line. Tine. Lite. The Direct and Popular Routes to the YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL, October 18 to 21, inclusive, AND TO THE Atlanta Cotton Exposition, October 6 to December 31. AND ALSO TO Florida, the South, and Southwest. TIME TABLE IN EFFECT OCTOBER 1, 1881. Richmond and Danville Line. Train 50. Leaves New York “4-30am. Phila- delphia *7-0)am. Baltimore *945am Arrives Richmond *2-55pm. Danville *i-53 pm. Charlotte “(2-53 nt. Atlanta *10-35am, There makes same connections as No. 48 below. Pullman cars Rich- mond to Atlanta, and Atlanta to New Orleans. ‘frain 42. Leaves New York {S-30am. Phila- delphia tl1-ts am. Baltimore 13-10 pm. Richmond *lu-80 pm, Danville *7-26 am. There connects with No 42 below, Pullman Cars from Richmond to Danville. This train connects daily, except Sunday, from Baltimore at 4-00 pm for YORKTOWN direct vin York River Line, thence tia West Point to Rich- mond and connecting there with Trains 60 and 48. (rain 42.. Leaves New York t/-40p m. Phila- delphia t5-45 pm. Baltimore 8-59 pm, Arrives at Lynchburg *4-39 am, Danville*jam. Charlotte 1-00 pm, Atlanta “12-00n’6. Macon *6-30 am. Montgomery “I-55 am, New Orleans *10-02 pm, 54 hours from New York, Pullman Cars New York to Washington, Wa-hington to Charlotte and Au- custa. Arrives al: Columbia, *6-00p m, and Augusta V-lb pm. Sayannsh *845pm. Jacksonville *s-15 am. 'Traim 4S, Leaves New York *10-00 pm. Phila- delphia 15am, Baltimorel45am, Arrives at Richmond *11-30am. Lynehburg *2-25 pm. Dan- ville “5-25 pm, Charlotte *|/2-80n’b Atlanta *12-2) mn. Macon “§-55 pm, Montcomery *8-00 pm, Mobile *+59 am, New Orleans *10-02 am. Pullman Cars New York to Atlanta via Richmond and Atlanta to New Ovveans. Allantic Coast Line, : Train 40. Leaves New York *4-30am, Phila- delphia *i-15 am, Baltimore *9-45am- Arrives at Richmond *2-55 pm. Wilmington “11-25 pm. Charleston *8-ODam Savanhan*i2-30nn. Jack- sonville ¢2-40 pm. Pullman Sleepers Milford, Ya. to Charleston. Train 48. Leaves New York *10-00pm. W. Philadelphia*1-15am. Baltimore*i-5am_ Arrives ab Richmond *!1-30am. Wiimington *945 pm. Charleston *8-00am. Savannah *12-30m'n. dack- sonville t8-40p im. Columbia *6-)0am. Augusta “9-30 am. Macon *6-45pm. Savannah “3-46 p m™m. Jacksonville yia Augusta *s-15 4m. Pullman Sleep- fng Cars New York to Charleston. Bay Line. Leayes New York +3-40pm. Philadelphia 5-45 pm, Baltimore7845pm. Arrives at Portsmouth 79-00 am. Weldon tl50 pm. Raleigh 17-35 p im. Wilmington 945 pm. Charleston *S-l0am, Sa- yannah “12-20 nn. Jacksonville t}40 pm. Colum- bia *-00 am, Augusta *9-20am, Savannah *3+5 R m. Jacksonville via Augusta *s-15am Puliman leeping Cars Weldon to Charleston Connects at Old Point, Va., T-00 a. m. daily, except Sunday, with Steam Ferry Lines for YORK'TOWN. *Daily. 1 Daily, Sundays excepted, Forreservation of berths, sections, and for tickets, time tables, and for all information, apply at 806 Washington street, Boston. 225 Broadway, New York. 888 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. Corner of Galyert and West Baltimore streets, Baltimore, 511 Pennsylyania avenue, Washington, and leading Ticket Offices East, A, POPE, Gen’l Passenger Agent. “THE FISHING LINE.” TAKE THE Grand Rapids & Indiana R. R. THE ONLY ROUTE TO THE Trout, Grayling & Black Bass Fisheries, AND THE FAMOUS SUMMER, HEALTH AND GAME RE- SORTS AND LAKES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. The waters of the f Grand Traverse Region and the Michigan North Woods are unsurpassed, if Saualeas 2 the abundance and great yarlety of fish contained, BROOK TROUT abound in the streams, and the famous AMERICAN GRAYLING is found only in these waters. The TROU'T season begins May 1 and ends Sept 1. ‘The GRAYLING Season opens June 1 and ends Noy. 1, BLACK BASS, £1KE, PICKEREL and MUSCA- LONGE, also abound in large numbers in the many Jakes and lakelets of this territory. The Sports- man can readily send trophies of his skill to his Triends or ‘club’ at home, as ice for packing fish ¢an be had at pearly all points. TAKE YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU. The scenery of the North Woods and Lakes Js very pbeauliful, ‘The airis pure, dry and bracing. The cHmateis peculiarly beueiicial to those suffering with Hay Fever and Asthma Affections. The hote) accommodations are excellent, and will be largely increased 1n thne forthe sea..on of 1881 by new buildings and additions, During the season ROUND TRIP EXCURSION TIVKETS WILL BE SOLD AT LOW RATES, and attractive train facilities offered to Tourlsts and Sportsmen. Dogs, Guns and Fishing Tackle Carried Free at owners risk. Tt 1s our aim to make sportsmen feel ‘at home” on this ronte. For ourists' Guide a handsomely filustrated book of 160 pagessent free. Time Uards, Folders and further information, address A. B, LEET, Gen’l Pass’ Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. 7AAMP LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS,—Secona C edition now ready. This story describes the trip of aparty of Boston gentlémen to the Richurda- sou-Rangeley lakes. It treats of*campilte,” indoors and out, ip amjusing, instructive and interes 3 qu4 pages, 12 llustrations. Price 25 cents. tal, postpaid, 30 cents, CHARLES A, J. FARRAR, Jamaica Plain, Mass, Voror’R 6 7882 —-+- —— TU SPORTSMEN: The Pennsylvania R. R. Cox Respectfully invite attention to the SUPERIOR FACILITIES afforded by their lines for reaching most of thi TROUTING PARKS and RACE COURSES in the Middle States. These lines being ONTINUOUE FROM ALLIMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the dif ficulties and dangers of reshipment, while the eelient cars which run over the smooth gs tracks enable STOOK TO BE TRANSPOR without failure or injury, THE LINES OP Pennsylvania Railroad Company. also reach the best localities for GUNNING AND FISHING In Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company i= all the principle cities to KANH, RENOY. FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, MINNEQU. other well-known centers for Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting, and Sti Hunting. Also,+@ TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN, CAPE MAY, SQUAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST renowned for SALT WATER SPORT AFT VIN AND FEATHER, = j £ = i. P. FARMER, Gen’l Pass. Agent. | Fink Tomson, Gen’l Manager. fobl Ta Chesapeake & Ohio R’y. THE ROUTE of the SPORTSMAN and ANGLER: YO THE BEST HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA, Comprising those of Central and Pledmont Vire ginia Bie Ridge Mountains, Vailey of V: Alleghany Mountains, Greenbrier and New Rivers Kanawha Valley, and Including in thelr yartetiles 6 game and fish, deer, bear, wild turkeys, wild duck grouse, quall, snipe, woodcock, mountain trout, ass, pike, pickerel, etc. Guns, fishing tackle and one dog for each sporte- man carried Iree, The Route of the Tourist, through the most beautiful and fer he scene of the Vilginia Mountains to the White Sulphu Springs and other famous summer resorts. The C. & O. R’y isreached by rail at Huntingdon, W, Va., from the West, Northwest and Southwest; at Charlottesville, Va., trom the North and East, andat Richmond, Va., from the South. The completion of the Peninsular Extension in the summer of 1881 affords THE ONLY ALL RAIL ROUTE TO THE “YORETOWN CENTENNIAL,” and establishes a continuous rail line, yia Rich- mond, Va., and Huntington, W. Va., bebween the mouth of Chesapeake bay and the Pacine Ocean. Hi. W. FULLER, G. P. & T. A., Richmond, V: OLD DOMINION LINE, HE STHAMERS of this Line reach some of the finest watertow! and upland shooting secllong in the country. Conneciing urrect for Chinvoteaguey Cobb's island and points on the Peninsula, Ci Point, dames River, Currituck, Florida acd the mountainous country of Virginia, Tennesses, ele Norfolk steamers sail Tuesday, Thursday and 8a urday. Lawes, Dell., Monday and Thursday Full information given at office, 187 Greenwich sureel, New York. Bromfield House, Boston. = BH Sea WE EUROPEAN PLAN, MESSENGER, Proprietor. Wild Fowl Shooting. SPRINGVILLE HOUSE OR SPORTSMEN’S REL TREAT, SHINNECOCK BAY, L. L B* A PRACTICAL GUNNER AND AN OLD bayman, Has always on hand the best of boats, batteries, ete., with the largesf rig of trained Wild geese decoys on tlie coast, The best ground in the vicinity otf New York for bay snipe shoot of all varieties. Special sttention given by bimsel to his guests andsatistactionguaranteed Address WM. N. LANE, Good Ground, L. I, Refers by per- mission to J. B. Suepherd, 891 Broadway, and Wm. Dutcher, 320 Broadway, N. Y. 2) Tim Pond ‘i: Seven Ponds, TROUT FISHING AND HUNTING. Parties wishing to visit the Seyen Fonds, Bustls and Thm Pond, can have buck-hoard teams, guides, boats, camps, with board, in readmess, by” writing in adyance to KENNEDY SMITH, Hustls, Maine, ICHARDSUN AND RANGELEY LAKES IL- LUSTRATED, a thorough and complete gide booE to the Rangeley Lake Region, Kenn go, Uupsuptic, Parmachneee and Connecticut, Lakes and the head watersof the Connecticot, M ulloway, Androstoggin and Dead rivers; illum ated covers, tinted paper, 324 pages, 6v illustration and a large mip, made mostly from accurate: by mail, 50 cents, CHAR ye; Price, post-paid se WARK O. Jamaica Plain; Masa, oe [Ocroner 18 1881.] FOREST AND STREAM. Sil iscellaneong MANS Trolling Spoons. ogprecl Sixty varieties manufactured, suitable for Troll= ng for all kinds of fish that will take an artificial bait, and adapted for any lake or river in the United Stutes- Our Perfect Revolving Spoon is undoubtedly the pest general spoon for taking fish ever offered to the public. 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TO ANCLERS: JOHN ENRIGHT & SONS, Fishing Rod & Tackle Makers Castle Connell, near Limerick, Ireland. Reels and Lines to match balance of rods, No ts. All mformation respecting Msheries on the Shannon in this locality, i» also Catalogues of our greenheurt rods and general assortment of tackle, {0 be had on application. NOR- Debility, )Scrofuln, (medicinal virtues and purity. London, European and New York physicians pronounes it the purest and beat. Sold by Druggists. ‘ienglish Veterinary surgeon an hemist, now ravelin % ntey says that mostof the Horse aod O:itt! era are worthless trash. ders. Di here, OT een! SON £00., SMOKE TARGET BALLS FOR TRAP SHOOTING. Send for circulars. Samples sent to dealers. SMOKE TARGET BALL CO., TITUSVILLE, PENN. ENS LAY. Wess Syortsmen’s Goods. Fishing Pants. HODGMAN & C0. 425 BROADWAY AND 27 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK, ARE OFFERING THE LARGEST STOCK OF Rueeer Fisnine Ourtrits, COMPRISING FISHING PANTS, FISHING BOOTS, BLANKETS, Light, Black, White or Tan Color Coats, AND COMPLETE RUBBER SPORTING OUTFITS. ESTA BLISHE D 1838.) Send for Catalogues Philadelphia Fishing Tackle HOUSE. A. B. SHIPLEY & SON, Manufacturers of Fine Fishing Tackle of Every Description. BOS COMMERCE ST., PHILA. Shipley’s Looped and Plain Mist Color Leaders. Shipley’s Improved Adjustable Floats. Keversed Wingy, Tront, Bass and Salmon Flies in stock, and aiso tiled to pattern. A full assortment of common and finest Rods, Lines, Reels, etc. Our Bethabara Fly and Bait Rods and Split Bam- boo Fly Rods received the first premiums at the Cenlenulat Franklin Institute and Penna, State airs. A ppstialey of the celebrated Bethabara Wood for Fish Rods and Archery Bows. Stronger than split Dumboo and as tough and elastic as steel. Rod mountings of all descriptions on hand and to order. Price list of wood and rod mountings free. Our 65-page new Illustrated Catalogue of Fishing Tackle pent, post-paid, on receipt of ten centsin stamps. KRUG & CO’S CHAMPAGNES! STANDARD AWD DRY. ‘The Sportsman's Wine !! A. ROCHEREAU & CO., SOLE AGENTS, 6 South Willliam St., New York, 16 aad 18 St. Louis St., New Orleans. GOOWS OIL TANNED MOCCASINS. The best thing in the market for hunting, fishing, canoeing, snow-shoeing, etc. They are easy to the feet, and very oe durable. Made to order = in a variety of styles, and warranted the genuine ar- Send for price list, MARTIN 8. HUTCH- INGS, P. O. Box 365, Dover, N. H. ‘Successor to Braprorp & ANTHONY, Boston ticle. Frank Good). KNAPP & YAN NOSTRAND, POULTRY +> GAME, Nos, 259 and 2290 WASHINGTON MARERET, NEW YORK. Consignments of all kinds of game solicited. WE CHARGE NG COMMISSION. We accept consignments. 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With Extended Chapters on the Trappers’ Art, con- taining all the “ Tricks” and Valuable Bait Recipes of the Profession; Full Directtons for the Use of the Steel Trap, and forthe Con_truc- tion of Traps of all Kinds; Detailed Instruc- tions for the Capture of all Fur Bearing Ani- mals; Valuable Recipes for the Curing and Tanning of Fur Skins,etc. By W. HAMILTON GIBSON, Author of “Pastoral Days.” Tlus_ trated by the Author. 12mo, Cloth, $1. T can’timagine a country boy, an American boy, who would not go withou his dinner ior a month. ff inthis way only he could obtain this wondertul Dboys’ book, and that parent is hard-beart d, and may even be in dread of ist Timothy, v., 8, who will not buy this book for his boys, and, tor thal matter, a nan is a boy until he ts fifty years old.— The Rey. HENRY WAED BEECHER. Since the days when my father taught me to make and set traps and deau-falls. [ haven’t felt sucha feeling of bu) ish inveres in the matter as I have in looking oyer this brilliantly iljustrated and charming book of Mr, elbson’s. The Rey. Epwarp EGGueston, D.D. Mr. Gibson has had asm7ch varied exoerlence as a trapper of wlid animals aid birds as proba'ly any man in America, and he is a good narra ive writer. No one can read the book wi.hout being convinced that the writeris a trap ers fs eat ex- perience a d shrewd ob-ery jion.—, ¥. Times. Published by oy HAKPER & BROITHtRs, New York. te Sent by mail, postage prepwid, to any part of the Z United States, on receipt of the price, a SPrPRATT’S PATENT é 66 5 QENUING a F MEAT “FIBRINE” DOG CAKES. : oc < c : » 580 American Wild Fowl Shooting, J. W. Long...,. 200 Angling, 2 BOOK ON, Framicis..........seeeeeeee - 7.50 ArGlior Modern, ets setae sage en ntene pee esces 25 Archery, Witchery of, Maurice Thompson...... 1.60 Around the World in the Yacht Sunbeam. 3.00 Ari oGN wince. 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Price, post-paid, 50 cts ° SPORTSMANS COMPANION (autumn edition for 1881), gives outlines of 20 different works on outdoor sports and pastimes, contains 100 spirited illustrations Sent, posi-pald, on réceipt of two tbree-cent stamps. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE for Farmers, Stock- raisers, Gardners, Housekeep rs, Florists, Fruit- growers, Archuiects and Artisans. Printed on tinted paper, with 125 engravings ; contains 80 pages of matter, Price, post-paid, 6 cts. OKANGCE JUMP CO., Publishers of all rural books and books for sportsmen 771 Broadway. New York. aes Soe New styles. oy bes i Chromos, Lanasongick. | Agent's cee ba Bnd print'rs, ‘Address BLEVEN 202 = FOREST AND STREAM, Octroner 18, 1881. Ammunition, Ete. ORANGE SPORTING Powder. Orange Lightning. Orange Ducking. Orange Rifle. Creedmoor. ELECTRIC BLASTING APPARATUS, Send postal card forILLUSTRATED PAMPHL 177, showing SIZES of GRAINS of POWDER. Furnished FREE. Laflin & Rand Powder Co., No. 29 Murray ‘treet, New York, Dupon.’s Rifle, Sporting and Blasting Powder. THE MOST POPULAR POWDER IN USE! Duront’s GUNPOWDER M1u1s, estublished in 1802, have maintained their great reputation tor saventy- aight years. Manufacvure the fullowing celebrated brands o7 powder ; . Duponit’s Diamond Grain.— Nos. 1 (coarse to 4 (fine) unequalled in strength, quickness an¢ cleanliness; adapted for glass-ball aud pigeon shooting. Packed inilb canisters. Duponi’s Eag*te bbucking.—Nos. 1 (coarse) to 3 (line); buriissiowly, Strong and yery ciean ; eat penetration, With a closé pattern; adapted ir glass-bull, pigeoa, duck and other shooting, wiih either muzzie or brecch loatiers, Packed in 1 Yb. and 6 1b. cai ters &nu 644 and 14 Ib. kegs. Duponi’s Choke Bore.—Specially adapted for **Choke Bore” Guns, and parucularly for pral- rie and upland shooting. Burns slowly, strong and moist; does not cake or burn on the barrels, gives both a good penetration aida close pattern; will befound well adapted for glass-ball and pigeon shooting. Made of twosizes, only ho. 7 and No, 5 No. 7 being the coarsest. Fucked la 64 1b. kegs and 11b. cavistels. Dupont’s Magle Rifle.—A quick, strong and glean powder, & Very fine gralp, for pistol suouling. Packed in 1 1b. canisters and 634 1b, kegs. Dupont’s Rifle Fg. “Ss. a-Shooting.?>— FY¢g. und FPFY. ‘ihe Fg. tor long-range rif shoot- ing, the Fig. and fF Fg. for general use, buruing strong and moist. Vacxedin jy 1b.,11b. and 5 1b, eanisters, 632, 14)¢ ad 26 1b, kugs, Py. coarse, FFs. fine, Dupont’s Sporting, Mining, Surrrtx@ and Blast- img Powders of all sizes and descripulons. special Grades for Fxport Also Rifle, Caruldge, us- Ket, Cannon, Mortar, Mammoth, Hexagonal, Cubl- gal and Pellet Powder, U. 8. 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GOODYEAR’S RUBBER MANUFACTURING CO., AND— Goodyear’s India Rubber Glove Wf'q Co., 205 Broadway, Y Trouting Pants FRONT VIEW. HauLocke Hountine Coat.— Six pockets outside and game pocket inside, 488, 490, 492 Broadway, Cor. Broome Street, and Cor, Fulton Street, NEW VORK CITY. RUBBER OUTFITS COMPLETE FOR HUNTING and FISHING. gins a Specia.ty. All Guaranteed Thoroughly Water- proof, RUBBER COODS Every Description. EVERY WAY (EXCEPT AT SHOOTER). and Leg- Hat.ock Hunting Coat.—The game pocket extends the entire length of coat, with capacity far surpassing any ordinary Send for Illustrated Catalogue. game bag, CARD’S STANDARD TRAP, FOR WING PRACTICE, Double, Single, Rotating, Stationary. ANY DE- SIRED DIRECTION. ALL IN ONE TRAP AND ONLY ONE SPRING USED, GREENER’'S AND BONEHILL'S GUNS A SPECIALTY. WILL. H. CRUTTENDEN, Cazenovia, Madison County, W. Y. E. F. NICHOLS & CO., 28 BEACH STREET, BOSTON, MASS, Manufacturers of the BEST HEXAGONAL SPLIT BAMBOO FISHING RODS, As was proved at the Fly-Casting Tournament at Coney Island, June 23. First prize in Champion Class was won with one of our 10 ft, 9 oz, Bass Pods; length of cast, 75 feet, First prize in Amateur Class was won with one of our 11 ft. 8 az. Fly Rods; length of cast, 673< tt. The Sea World Special Prize was won with one of our 113¢ ft, 10 oz. General Rods; length of cast, 75 ft. Our roos are considered superior fo all others by those who have seen or used them. Send stamp for cata- jogue, with Mass. Fish and Game Law. The Best Gun made for DURABILITY —AND'— SHOOTING QUALITIES - = $40 = 855 to $200 SHND STAMP FOR DESCRIPTIVE OIRCULAR. er —— Elmmnnition, Gir. The Hazard Powder Co., MANUFACTURERS OF Gunpowder Mazard’s “‘ Electric Powder.” Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). Unsurpasced in point of strength and Cleanliness. Packed in square can- isters of one pound unly, Hazard’s ** American Sporting.” ‘ Nos. 1 (fine) t0 6 (coarse). In? Ib. canisters and 6% lb. kegs. A fine grain, quick and clean, for up- land prairie shooting, Well adapted to shot-guns, Hazarda’s ** Puck Shooting.”? Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse), In 1 and 6 1h, canisters and 61y and 1i1g Ib. kegs. Burns slowly and very Clean, shooting remarkably close and with great penetration, For field, forest or water shooting it Tanks any other braid and itis equally serviceable for muzzle or breech-loaders. Hazard’s ** Kentucky Hifle.’” FFFG, FPG and “Sea Shooting” FG in kegs of 25, 121g and 644 lbs. aud cansof6lbs. FFFGis also packed in 1 and 3 1b, canisters. Burns strong and moist The FI¥G and FYG are fayorite brands for ordinary sporting and the ** Sea Shooting” FG isthe standard Kile Powder of the country. Superior Mining and Blasting Powder. GOVERNMENT CA* NON and MUSKET POW- DEK; al 0, SPECIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT OF ANY REQUIRED GRAIN UR PROOF MAsUPAC- TOURED TU ORVER, The ubove can be had of dealers, or of the Com pany’s Agents, in every prominent city, or whole=- gale at our office. 88 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. THE HUNTING SIGHT @ LYMAN’S PATENT COMBINA- TION GUN SIGHT Makes a Sporting Rifle perfect. Send for eee containing full description, Ad- ress WILLEANE EWAN, MIDDLEFIELD, CONN, FERGUSON'S PATENT ADJUSTABLE JACK LAMPS, DASH LAMPS, FISH-« ING .ANIPS, Etc., ae-_For Night Hunting and {7 Fishing. Spearing Fish,Camp- a=} Ing, Canoeing Yachting Thriving at Night, and Gener: ’ Tuminating Purposes. Bicycle Lanterns, Dark Lanterns, Musicians Band Learn Pocket Lantern Hund Lanterns, etc. Sen stamp for Illustrated Price List. Name Forresr anp AI RERT FERGUSON, Office, 65 Fulton Street, N. Y¥. (With Conroy, Bissett & Malleson.) Bird Dealers and Fanciers will find it to their advantage to call at Head- quarters, where they constantly can find a full assortment of Song and Fancy Birds, also all kinds of rare animals adapted for Zoological Gardens and Show purposes. Chas. Reiche & BGro., 55 Chatham St., New York. (Establshed 1847.) WE WILL BUY Live Rocky Mountain Sheep, Beavers, Antelopes, Wolverines, Whooping (ranes, Wild Turkeys, Prairie Chickens, Quatls, Woodducks, Etc., Etc. ARRAR’S POCKET MAP OF THE RIGHARD- SON-RANGELEY LAKES REGION, ineluding all the lakes, ponds and rivers of that famous coun. try, a8 weil as the head waters of the Connecticut River, Connecticut and Parmachenes Lakes, evc.; cloth bound. Price, post-paia by mat! 50 cents, CHAKLKS A, J, FARKAK, Jamaica Maas. SEED $2 per bushel, WILD RIC E and no custom duties topay. VALENTINE BROS., Janésyille, Wis. OUR NEW MODEL THREE BARREL $75 to 8250 This gun is light and compact, from 9 to 10 Ths. welght. The rifle is perfectly accurate,” oF, L.ic. SMITH Maker, Syracuse, N. Y. WW THE PIs SPORTSMAN’S JQURNAL. Kintered According to Act of Congress, In the year 1881, by the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at. Washington. Terms, $4 a Wear. 10 Cts. a Copy. Six Mo's, $2. Whree Mo's, $1. } NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER (3, [88!. Vel. 17—No., 11. Nos. 39 and 4) Park Row, New Vork, CONTENTS. EDITORIAL :— State Pigeon Tournament; Are They of Any Use? By- Ways of the Northweat...... Aaah wnsodono Besos 203 THE Sportsman Tourist :— The Dreams and the Streams of the Past ; The Great South Bay; A Glance at Yucatan......... .... PAS Seer 2 Naturau Hisrory :— Arizona Food ; Proceedings of the Philadelphia Academy ; Is the Turtle Fish or Game? The ‘‘ Conchologist ;’ Re- tarded Development ; Late Hatching of Woodcock ; Cop- perheads in New England,................+ one aoa 205 207 Game BAG AND Gun :-— : Two Interesting Questions ; Making a Fire Without Matches; Is Sweepstakes Shooting Gambling? The Trap Shooting of Pigeons ; Mississippi Notes ; One of the Old Fellows ; Reminiscences of Forty Years; A Vigorous Letter from Maiue; Monroe County Notes; Live Quail Wanted...... Sra anp River Fisuina :— Tim Pond and the Seven Ponds; Aboriginal Fly-Fishing ; Canoeing in Southern Michigan; Amphiceceous Fishes ; Big Brook Trout ; A Study from Life...........-...0.+6- 211 FIsHCULTURE :— Fisheultural Notes ; How Did the Fish Get There? Reports Wuuted ; Indiang........ rathg LER her Nove ng} ep on Eine 213 THE KENNEL :— Onr London Letter; Some Springfield Dogs; Field Trial Judges; Caution to Dog Buyers; Foxhounds at Grand Junction ; National Field Trials Judges....... Tce is 213 RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING.,.........- ePomi cers emay ey ceteee 214 YVAcHTING AND CANOEING: : The Madge Races ......--... peaee ets fooheootinsgoo st hey. 216 ANSWEHS TO CORRESPONDENTS..-..... eS: Oy Soeky pe ere 217 TO CORRESPONDENTS. 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Reading notices 50 cents per line— elght words to the line, and twelve lines to one inch. Advertisements should be sent in by the Saturday of each week previous to the issue in which they are to be inserted. Address: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., ~ Nos. 39 and 40 Park Row, New York City. FOREST AND STREAM. Thursday, October 13. Marne Moosz Murprrers.—We publish in another column a letter from one of the Maine Commissioners of Fisheries and Game, in which he questions the practicability of brib- ing the Maine game wardens. As to the integrity of the Maine game wardens we have no means of judging, beyond the correspondence which has appeared in these columns; but whatever may be the faithfulness or unfaithfulness of the wardens, the Commissioners of Fisheries and Game of that State have given abundant proof of activity and determina- tion. They should have the co-operation of all sportsmen who wish to see the laws enforced. Mr. Stilwell says he is ready to prosecute the Portland moose killer. Now let some of the indignant Portland sportsmen, who have sufficient grit, give the Commissioners the facts in the case. As Mr. Stilwell pertinently suggests, the best kind of indignation is that which bears some fruit. At the sitting of the County Court at Farmington, last week, the Grand Jury found a bill against Dr. A. A. Robinson for haying killed a yearling moose. He is reported as saying that “if convicted, he will make his case a test of the constitutionality of the law; if he is fined $100, he will willingly pay $5,000 to make the test.” We adyise the Doctor to keep his money. There is nothing unconstitutional about the law, and money spent in trying to prove the opposite is simply thrown away. STATE PIGEON TOURNAMENTS. HIS is a subject which has come into decided prominence during the past year. We have, however, purposely deferred its consideration in these columns, because the question is one which should be discussed fairly and impartially on its merits, and not solely in its relation to any single particular occasion or society. The State pigeon shooting tournaments of 1881 are past; those of 1882 are yet a long way off. This, then, is a fit time to consider the question which has engaged the serious attention of many sportsmen throughout the country. Itis this: Is the wholesale trap-shooting of pigeons a proper employment to consume the time at the various State conventions of sportsmen ? To answer this candidly, it is necessary to look the facts squarely in the face. Briefly stated, they are as follows: 1. State associations are formed for the purpose—so their titles, constitutions and professions declare—of advancing the interests of sportsmanship and for securing the better protection of fish and game. 2. Annual conventions are held by each association, to which delegates are sent from the several clubs composing it. 8. These delegates are those who are most expert as trap shooters. 4, Professional trappers are hired to trap tens of thousands of pigeons on their nesting grounds. These birds are packed in crates and conveyed to the places designated for the con- ventions. 5. The only business accomplished at the conventions is the shooting of these pigeons, dividing the prizes and arran:- ing for the next shoot. 6. Many influential sportsmen who have a warm interest in matters pertaining to the advancement of sport, wilhhold their support and presence from the State trap-shooting tour- naments. The number of prominent-men thus holding aloof is yearly increasing. 7. Not only do these conventions accomplish absolutely nothing in the right direction, but more and worse than this, they have a positively bad influence in their effect upon public opinion. Instead of fostering by their transac- tions a popular appreciation of the dignity of field sports, and a public sympathy with the spirit and objects of just game laws, they bring the term ‘‘ game protection” into ridicule and contempt. The only time the public hears anything of these societies is when its ears are saluted by the fusillade of their guns at the pigeon traps. The outside world neyer dreams of the existence of these State associa- tions for the protection of game, except when they pose be- fore it as exterminators of wild pigeons. The influences of these conventions upon those who participate in them is also questionable. In one State at least the annual tournament is tending more and more every year to a money-making affair. One of the State tournaments of 1881 was, to all discoverable intents and purposes, a grand money-making scheme on the part of the clubs under whose direct management it was held. The speculation failed, because the public could not be induced to pay gate-money to witness the immense and business-like slaughter of pigeons. The convention was barren alike of dividends for the stockholders in the sch: me, and of any single good result which should legitimately have followed a game society’s convention. Those are the facts; but in regard to them very diverse views are held, It is argued, on the one hand, that the pigeon is noi a game bird; that there is no sufficient reason why it should not be utilized for trap shooting; that it is no more cruel to kill one pigeon than one quail, nor twenty thousand pigeons at the trap than twenty birds in the field; -that when the number of congregated shooters is taken into consideration the average number of pigeons per man is not excessive; that no other form of amusement can be substi- tuted for the trap-shooting of live birds; and that without some such altraction the conventions would not be held. On the other hand, there is a growing conviction among an annually increasing number of sportsmen that this yearly slaughter of thousands of birds is essentially cruel, unmauly and unworthy of the societies which practice it; that the ayerage shooting afforded by these birds, which have been cooped up and starved for so long a period before they are finally put into the trap, and thrown weak, dazed and help- leas'into the air, to the spot where the gun was pointed be- fore the trap was sprung, requires no special skill, that trap- shooting is largely trick shooting; that the motives of those participativg in the State shoots sre mercenary ; that in their eagerness to secure prizes the pigeon siooters are nothing more nor less than ‘‘mug hunters;” that if pigeons are not game birds, game associations certainly haye no business to trap and shoot them by wholesale ; that pigeon shooting is an infatuation with which these game societies are so filled that they wholly fail to do their legitimate work; and that, if pigeon shooting were abolished from the annual conventions, the State associations would receive large accessions of influential supporters, and would then accomplish the ends for which they are professedly organized, but which haye not been gained, Another objection to these large pigeon shooting tourns- ments is one wholly apart from any sentiment, and is recognized by both parties; that is, the growing scarcity of the birds, the consequent difficulty of procuring a sufficient supply and the increased expense. During the past year this objection has presented itself with more force than ever before; and has in some instances practically put a stop to propcsed tournaments. This question of shooting pigeons, or not shooting pigeons, is one which demands the candid and deliberate consideration of those who have at heart the perpetuity and usefulness of our State sportsmen’s associations. The question is not whether pigeon shooting is in itself cruel; it has nothing to do with ordinary pigeon shooting a a form of amusement for individuals and ciubs. y The point at issue is simply whether by dispensing with these vast annual trap slaughters of birds, the associations of sporismen in various States can not accomplish better results, more successfully further the common interests of their ° clubs, attain a greater prestige and wield a more potent in- fluence. We invite an expression of views. Se ee ARE THEY OF ANY USE? AYU Rie our issue of April 14, we began to head our columns of ‘fSea and River Fishing” with choice quotations from standard writers on angling. We have ran- sacked our brains in the hottest of city weather, and thumbed volumes of learned and entertaining authors to obtain quo- tations which should embody some appropriate sentiment or enforce some axiom which we especially wished to enforce upon the attention of our readers. We are discouraged. Disappoinied at what we believe to be a lack of appreciation. Not a word of censure or praise has it brought forth, not a line of commendation has it elicited. The sweetness has apparently been wasted upon the desert air. No one has ever referred to the quotations in any manner whatever. If they had only said that they were bad! These quotations—gems we haye thought them—appear to us to haye contained the cream of angling sentiment, epi- gram, wit and learning. Some of them have embodied) er- ronious statements as well, but they have not called forth:a word of remonstrance. Why this is so we know not})'but have several times been on tlie point: of abandoning’ the practice of heading those colunins with the coruscations:of thought of anglers gone before, on account. of the labor df looking up the passage which condenses the wit and learning of a volume, a work often requiring hours to select a para- graph which can be read in four seconds: But! we won't. Not yet. We will continue for a while now that we have thus publicly called attention to what our angling readers may have oyerlooked. We want them to know’ that ‘these things are weekly spread for them and have thém'educate their tastes up to them, the same as they have learned ‘to iove tobacco and raw tomatoes. We ha ve given quotations from Walton, Thad. Norris; G. Christopher Davies, W. OC. Prime, Frank Forester, Hdward Jesse, James Wilson, Cotton Mather, Dr. J. A. Henshall J- EF. Sprague, W- Wright and alhers well known in England and America. In fact we have prided ourselyea on the apt- ness and richness of these extracts, and knowing that we number among our readers so many men of taste we have wondered if it was worth while to continue this labor, or if the pearls were cast before such an appreciative audience 204 ‘ FOREST AND STREAM. ([Goroszr 15, 1881. that they were so rapt in admiration as to become insensible to such material objects as pens, ink and paper. Hence in writing this article we chose the heading which you see above. Some One ‘ro Brame.—In a Brooklyn shooting gallery last Saturday night, Harry Heat heote, a boy sixteen years old, attended to the targets. An unknown man had fired four shots, and Heathcote went to the end of the gallery to take down the target. While he was there the man fired the fifth shot. The bullet struck Heathcote in the right side of the neck, killing him almost instantly. After firing the shot the stranger coolly walked away, The proprietor of the gal- lery is to blame for this fatality. Rifle ranges may be con- structed like that in Conlin’s gallery, this city, in which such so called ‘‘accidents” as this are utterly impossible; and the proprietor of a gallery, who neglects to provide his range with these appurtenances of safety, should be held criminally re- sponsible for the consequences of his negligence, In Conlin’s gallery access to the target is had only by pushing open a heavy iron door, which swings back upon the end of the tunnel and interposes itself between the target room and the firing point. This device insures absolute protection to the attendant who is arranging the target. Tax Wi of the late Inslee A. Hopper, of Newark, N. J., who for many years wis President of the Singer Manufac- turing Company, gives all of his property to his wife excepting his fishing tackle, guns, and other sporting implements. These he bequeathed to his two sons, expressing his desire that they will cultivate a love for fishing and field sports. Of the intrinsic value of the sporting outfit we are not told; but the advice we know to be worth many thousands of dollars to young men. There are hosts of gray-haired veterans to- day who would not exchange pleasures found in field sports for a very considerable money consideration; and we know one gun and one dog and one fishing-rod which a small for- tune could not buy. SmornerED Dogs —The misfortune which overtook the kennel of a Philadelphia gentleman, who exhibited at the London dog show, calls for strong language and vigorous action. This is not the first time that valuable dogs have been destroyed while being transported in railway baggage cars, nor until some better method than that now employed shall be adopted can we hope that it will be the last. The occurrence argues either very insufficient accommodations or gross carelessness on the part of the railway employes, aud we trust that such decided action may be taken in this matter as will enable dog owners to feel more safe in the future, when forwarding their dogs by rail, than they can at present. We have not the details of the unfortunate affair, but hope to have them next week. Guys Gryen Away.—The cheap gun speculator has ap- peared again. This time itis the “Saxon,” an arm which, the advertisements tell us, all the ‘sporting papers” speak highly of. We dropped in to see the ‘‘ Saxon” gun the other day and to inquire what ‘‘sporting papers” endorsed it. The man in charge scratched his head, and cited two or three European papers; but he could not specify the issues con- taining the ‘*Saxon’s” praises. The “secret” of the cheap- ness, he volunteered to us confidentially, was that these ‘ +9. THE GREAT SOUTH BAY. IN TWO PARTS—PARY TWO. EXT morning's ‘‘snipe shoot” was another failure. Mr. Green hunted killey fish through the mud and water of the meadow, and the Commissioner discoursed on his favorite subject, the wonderful natural attractions of Long Island and the Great South Bay. On their way back to breakfast they got a few shots at an immense fiock of ox- eyes, and secured enough game for breakfast, dinner and supper. Bidding good bye to their friends of ‘Castle Conkling” and the Wawayanda, they headed further toward the west. Mr. Green had, since the beginning of the trip, made the yacht “lie to” alongside of any fishermen working their nets, and he had examined the pounds and interviewed all manner of bay-faring men. After we had passed Oak Island, with its club-house and promising snipe grounds, over which the Commissioner breathed a parting sigh, and were bravely heading for Cedar Island, an indefinite spot where the Commissioner once, in early boyhood, had great sport and had lived since to manhood's prime in the hope of having it again, Mr. Green perceived two fishermen up to their waists in water “treading out clams.” This singular employment, the like of which he had never seen hetore, argued an immediate explanation that was plainly beyond the limits of his credulity. He had studied out the working of the oyster tongs and clam rake, and, to the great surprise of the owner in each case, bad taken lessons and had insisted upon working them himself, and had brought up clams and oysters from the vasty deep; but to believe that people just walked around in the water till they etepped on the rounded bivalves, and then picked them up with their hands was giv- ing too much credit to the productiveness of even the Great South Bay. So he must go and sce. We went, and the men confirmed all that had been told of them us the yacht lay with sheets eased off, and Mr. Greén satisfied his doubts and learned ‘something new about clams.” But the men were working in shallow water which was shoaler still around them, and hardly had we left them two hundred yards before the yacht, of light draft though she was, ran solidly aground on a sand-bank. All manner of efforts were made to get her afloat; sheets were eased off and trimmed in; the jib and mainsail were worked at alternately; a lonz pole was used to try and ‘‘head her around'’—pbut in vain. The yacht was fast and the tide was falling. Here was a predicament for an exploring party. The next twelve hours were evidently to be spent exploring a limited space of sand bar, but the Commissioner’s equanimity was not to be dis- turbed, His golden rule of life had been. ** Don’t Worry,” and he was not going to forget his precept for all the fish in the Great South Bay. He calmly turned fo the Superin- tendent and remarked : **Do you like to bathe ?” ** Yes,” replied Mr. Green. ‘If so, now is the time to bathe, and salt water bathing is strengthening. So those two wiss and rather stout men stripped off their clothes, and stepped overboard, Mr, Green was about dis- porting himself in the water, and had in mind the excellent chance that presented itself to practice a little “treading out clams,” when the Commissioner remarked as calmly as be- fore: : “Now, if all liands will come to the bow, and get under the bowsprif we cin shove her oft.” So it proved, It must have been a fumny sieht to any be- holders, those stout, elderly and dignified gentlemen gar- mentless, working away at the Au Reyoir to get her into water where she would be herself again; but liehtened. as she was, of a good (eal of solid flesh she swung around easily, and made off so fast that they had to clamber aboard in haste, and Mr. Green was compelled to postpone the study and practice of the great art of “treading out clams” to a mort convenient season. “Now,” said the Commissioner when they were faitly un- der way again, “beyond this point Iam not familiar with the-bay, having forgotten aboutit, but Ihave my charts which I made in old times.” “What” exclaimed Seth Green, ‘‘don’t know the way, and your man, don’t le know it 2” “Ohno, a manin the South Bay only minds his own business. If he fishes for clams he knows where ile clams are, if he uses a net he understands just where and how to set it, if he digs mussels or catches ’bunkers, mussels and "bunkers are the extent of his knowledge. Why should he worry himself with vain things? My man worked in the middle part of the bay. Into the Hast Bay he has told ne he went once. Into the West Bay, though but thirty miles from his home, he has never presumed to penetrate. But I told you i can rely upon my charts.” “Then,” said Seth Green, decisively, ‘the sooner you he- gin to study them the better.” “J remember,” said the Commissioner, as he brought them out of the cabin to the waning light of day, ‘that there was a white house, which bore northeast and northwest or north- by-east or about that, from the opening in the bulkhead, but I forget exactly which white house if was, and there seem to be several.” “Perhaps,” replied Mr. Green, with deepest ‘‘sarkassum,” “it is that white house we passed an hour ago, or that one we are abreast of, or that one a mile ahead. As everybody seems to paint his house white on this shore you have quitea choice.” ‘Oh! replied the Commissioner, innocent of the ill-con- cealed irony, “this was a large, white house, it is either that one in the distance or some one beyond.” At this the Superintendent bounced around in restlessness. ‘Let's follow some other boat, that one ahead, she svems to be going our way.” “It is a thousand to one she is not, there are villages all along the bay, and every coveis converted into aharbor, We shall find the house, but what troubles me is the course. I seem not tohaye marked it on the chart. I must have . known it so well once.” “And suppose we cannot find it, what then?” asked Mr. Green, anxiously. ‘Where can we make a harbor ?” “Oh, we can anchor anywhere. The water is not over four feet deep where weare. But we can surely find the channel. It was staked out. So they took ‘heart at sight of every oyster stake, and eel pot stake and net stake in their course, “What is the bulkhead anyhow?” asked Seth Green, after a pause, “Itisa strip of sandlike a shallow sand bar, miles long, and dividing one part of the bay from the other. There is some way of passing around it, butI do not know how, and that would take us far out of our course, and nearly up to the mainland. We shall find the channel, never fear.” This easy confidence was justified; they discovered the narrow passage, only a few feet wide, staked oul in the middle of that long bar of sand, but the tide was running strongly against them, and as the wind also was ahead they found it impossible to make any progress, and were com- pelled to try to go around the obstruction. It seemed a long journey, and soon they had passed from the open bay and were threading their way through narrow channels, among marshy islands, but fortunately the tide was nearly full, and ordinary flats were well covered with water. Night found them at last surrounded by islands in a part of the bay they were wholly unacquainted with, and with no other boat near them. They did not want to anchor in the track of larger vessels, for fear of beiny run down in the night, as they had no lantern, but there was no help for it, and they dropped anchor in a blind creek. It had become dark, the wind was blowing hard, and there wasa damp, cold sleet falling. Hardly had the Au Revoir brougl)t up on her cable than the Commis- sioner called out, ‘* We are on an island, I can see the grass through the water.” Fortunately they floated over il, and a fresh cast of the lead, that is a sounding with a long oar, revealing good water, the anchor was dropped again and all hands went below tired, hungry and not altogether satisfied With their position for the night. A hearty supper, that panacea for all ills, swallowed, and to bed we go. ‘ All's well that ends well.” Daylight next day shows us that we could not have chosen better had we known every inch of the bottom of the bay. We were in the best water, and Point Look-Ont, our immediate haven, was in full sight. We had only to go straight for it, that is as straight as the innumerable intervening islands would permit. Point Look- Out is the easterly extremity of Long Beach, connected with the principal hotels by a Iccal railroad which runs every hour to and fro over the sandy beach, The point is on the edge of an inlet which lately broke through, and already boasts of a hotel and a half dozen cottages. The hotel is admirably situated for families who prefer quiet to the noise of the great carayansaries, To gentlemen it offers the attractions of boating, tolerable shooting and fair fishing. There I left the party fora time, Mr. Green to interview boatmen, study the habits of fiddler-crabs, chase minnows through the ditches, and learn all about the hatching capabilities of Hempstead Bay, as the South Bay begins to be called in this neighborhood. The Commissioner to sit on the piazza of the hotel, watch the ocean commerce through his glass, and ex- patiate upon the future glories of all the sand beaches that lie between his favorite island and the broad Atlantic. These important matters accomplished and I rejoined them, and once more we sped away back by another route into the 206 broad waters, In the way and in ove of the narrow chan- nels we passed two yachts whose owners we knew; one of the latter shouted out something as we sailed by, which, as they appeared to ba fishing, we took to be— “We have just caught a sea bags of six pounds!” As this is yery large for a sea bass Seth Green shonted back at (he top of his voice: ‘+ Hold him up and let us look at him!” Our friénds got under way immediately, and taking a short cut headed us off, and we were all surprised when We learned that they had really said ‘‘ they had a sick man aboard they wished we would take home.” Mr. Green’s asswer must have seemed to them ironical if not heartless. It was an intricate channel, but one vessel whose owner knew the way was our pilot, and we caine safely and quickly through, As we emerged into the main bay through the narrow channel in the bulkhesd the Commissioner drew Mr. Green’s altention to the compass and a large white house looming up on the northern shore. ‘* You see,” he said, ‘*it bears exactly northeast os I told you, and my charts are perfectly accurate.” Then our friends informed us they were out of provisions and we invited them to sup aboard, and it was agreed to unite forces and go down to the easterly end of the bay to- gether to fish and shvot, sending one boat to leave the invalid and get fresh provisions. 4 ** We need some bread and ship-biscuit, and we are out of champagne,” said the Commissioner. “Whatl out of champagne” exclaimed the Superin- pendent; in alarm, ‘‘thenit is time to send ashore for sup- plies.” What a supper we had! Canned goods are a poor substi- tute for fresh proyisions, but we had fish and some birds which Se-h Green had shot the day before and eggs and home-made butter and ice and, still a couple of bottles of champagne. The Brunswick s upsare, by far, the best, and canned tomutoes ure really exc-llenn. Our man served such ce) ffee, ‘ hot—hot out of the pot,” potatoes likewise, and all with the flavor ot the tire in it, not tepid and ha)f-sodden with writing 10 be served, as is often the case in our city kitchens. ‘Ths cooking was intelligent, for did we not over- see it and evén without the splendid sauce of appetite? T contyid that Gur supper Was as good as any we should have fol anywhere ashore. The hishest science of French cookery can add nothing and produce nothing superivr io a plain broil or roast. Oue of our guests, the Doctor, taking deep interest in the slap-jacks whch constituted our dessert, for our meal com- b ned both dinner and supper, determined to take their time cf covking which he thought had much to do with their ex- cellence. He placed his watch on the table, ‘‘ the makings” of a slap-jack was poured into the pan, He waited, regard- ing the dialfuce eagerly a few miuules, the slap-jack was dope, and ready to be eaten. * Gracious,” sail the Ductor as he accepted the dainty and proceeded to devour it, ‘‘my watch is not going; 1 forgot to wind it up last night.” Moral, Always wind up your watch when you are off yachting. aud never time a slap-jack unless you know your time-pivce is going, It took us a long while to finish that meal, but when it was over, we parted company temporarily, one boat disappearing in the hazy darkness to the north, agreeing to rejoin us Jalen on at the +nipe ground, and we, following the other on our course eastwaid. It was « beautiful night and a delight- ful sail. ‘fhe moon had risen and was pouring a river of silver light over the leaden water, Agaiust its rays the sails of our friend’s yacht looked black; the wind was blowing fresh and we dashed along at headlong speed after those sails that, like a phantom vessel’s, fed as fast as we pursued. Huur after hour with a free wind and all we wanted of it we follawed our leader along the bay. It seemed as though every minute must bring us to the end that was looming dimly before us, but it was not till eleven o’clock that we mide ont a loné sand-hiil on the beach whieh was our land- mark fr the sniping-sround. Then we gladly furled gail, dropped anchor pnd went to sleep. Fishing and shooting do nol combine well. There was a net aboard for catching minnows, and after Seth Green and the Commi-sioner had arranged their blind and set out their decoys they went to fisning. The birds did not fy numer- ously, and our sportsiieh supposed they could keep on the watch and not lose any siots. Chey were convinced of their error when several fine flocks went by unobserved while they were deeply interested in catching ‘‘ white-bait” or study- inv the sex or nature of some newly captured killey-fish, ““When I was a boy,” remarked Seth. Green, gravely, after such an occurrence had happened and they had dropped their net and let the minnows e-cape, and rushed for their guns just in time to be tao late to use them, ‘‘When I was a boy aud out shooting, and my ammunition ran low, I would often divide my last charge of powder and shot into two, and—L never killed anything will either of them.” Tue *' white-bait” were only ‘‘spearing,” quite 2 common, but very pretty fish of ourvorthern waters. It is sensi-trans- parent, and certainly looks “good enough to eat,” and the D iclor assued_us if was delicious, but the Commissioner had eaten it betore, anid his souvenirs were not favorable. How- ever, we had tat cooked and the barred-killey, and the green-kil'ey, aud the many varieties which are known gen- erally aa ‘! mummies,” from the Indian word mmwnrmaelog, alimg the shores of Mattowax, the Long Island of the abo- Tigines, and Seth Green ate of them all. His plan with a fish is very simple; first to catch it, then to smell it, for he says every fish has its own peculiar and distingnishing smell, then to cook if, then to eat if. No matter what it may be, nor how repulsive it may look. He once tasted jelly-fish, but reported that it was bad; infact that red pepper was a ealve tor the taste it gave, and that when he had exhausted himself trying to remove the recollection with water he serubbed his mou!h out with sand. He tests the warmth of all water in which he fishes with his mouph, and cao tell toa degree of the thermometer what it is, aud he drinks « little to ascertain if it is salt or fresh, andif brackish exactly how brackish. Our whitebait were certainly very sandy; they were ton small und pellucid to need cleaning, but their stomachs were as full of aagud as if they lived on nothing else. Seth Green insisted |hat they were a very sweet fish, what there was of them, # P"oposition to which the Commissioner gave «a dis- gusted asset. ‘\ A yery sweet fish indeed,” he said, ‘‘all of them which is not bones or sand, and that isnot much.” 1 may -ay incidental y, tat wale there is a little real Wh tebuit, the yvwung of the herring, so'd in New York markets, what is usuilly passed off under the name, is a mix- ture of all sorlsof young or awall fish, amoog which the : FOREST AND STREAM. spearing holds a prominent placé, and that it is about as miserable a substitute for eat whitebait as cooked clams are for cooked oysters. Of course this fact was well known to our party, but the beauty of spearing was misleading some af them, as beauty has misled some of ns more or less dur- ing our lives. Seth Green had always been an admirer of a central-fire snap-action gun, and in vain had the Commiksioner wasted his eloquence in explaining and contending that no improve- ment had ever been in the action of the original Lefauchenx piu-fire breech-loader. Out of regard for his guest’s views he had had an old Parker gun, which he had discarded, re- yamped and refurbished, and delivered it and a lot of old cartridges into the handa of the Superintendent, who has the reputation of a first-class shot, and knows it. In the course of the shooting he had made a few misses, although indeed yery few, and during a lull he opened a number of his ¢ar- tridges to find out if they were loaded properly, and gave the result of his investigations tothe Commissioner at the dinner hour on the following day without reserye. As the entire party dined on the Au Kevoir for sociability, he bad quite an audience as he commenced : ‘‘When I first came to the seashore I was treated very hospitably, and the Commissioner was so good to me that he gaye mea flint-lock to shoot bay snipe with, while he used » breech-loader. I have never forgotten his kindness. This lime he has done better yet, he not only tends me an old gun that he has given up entirely—althongh he has a dozen others in his case—but he gives me all the old cartridges that have been loaded since he first tried to learn to shoot, I opened them and found some loaded with number two shot, others With number tens, some had two drachms of powderin them and others had five, and the bigger the shot the less the pow der. Why! They were of all sizes from an inch long to jhree, and as for powder, well, just look at that.” Hereupon he drew out of his pocket a cartridge cut open so that the powder was visible, which was seen to be caked into a solid mass of brown material more like road dust than good powder. “There, just look at it and tell me if anybody can be ex- pected to Ixll game with tha! ?” The Commissioner was taken aback, but while the com- pany were laughing he recovered hia composure, “Certainly,” he replied calmly, ‘‘Mr. Green 1g right. I always make it a point to gratify the wishes of my guests whenever lean, Mr. Green shoots with a central-fire snap- action-gun when he is at home. There is a central-tire snap-action gun. I had it put in order especially for him. Ip never would work for me, but [hoped it m'ght do better for him. Anyway it is his choice, And as for the cartridges, [ know better than to use them, but I don’t object to his shoot- ing away a!l the old ones which I was foolish enough in my youthful days to load. Besides,” the Commis-ioner added expansively in conclusion, ‘they furnish a good excuse for missing. Where would avy of us be without an excuse for our misses, aod as Mr. Green hus certainly needed an excuse he is lucky to have so good a one. It was really a most deli- cate attention on my part in furnishing bin with something upon which to place all blame,’ in spite, however, of this pleasing and gracious way of puiting it, the Superintendent was evidently discouraged, and either found the snipe toe scarce or his ammunition too poor, for after that he devoted himself almost wholly to ex- periments. ‘There were no more fish to capture, and he fell like Alexander out of business. He dug a hole in the sand a few yards from the bay and tasted the water that came up in it, pronouncing it not gvod, but six degrees colder than the bay water aud quite drinkable, *‘*' There,” he said, bringing some in acup t the Commissioner, who was patiently wait- ing in the blind for that ‘‘flight” to begin which he had ex- pected for so many years, ‘‘taste that; if a man had noth- ing better he could get along on that. Try some more of i!,” as the Commissioner made grimaces after taking a mouth- ful which he had promptly ejected, ‘‘ you did not vet a good taste. It is easy to spit if out if you don’t like it.” ‘No, thank you,” replied the Commissioner, ‘‘ ye been spitting ever since the first trial. I prefer iced croton.” Having exhausted the fluvial and pisca'ory resources of the spol, Seih Green explored the neighborhood, He went off amoug the sand-dunes, took a look at the ocean, pulled up flowers and plants, studied the coarse grasses, and finally re- turned with two large bushes which he planted like trees behind the Commissioner and himself to serve as a shade be- tween thém and the rays of old Sol, which at times came down rather fiercely. Fimally he settled down and an- nounced his conclusiuns as follows: “Tn bay snipe-shooting that fellow I met at Point Look- Out was about right. He said, *You must have the wind soulhwest, then you must have had a storm, and next the day must be cloudy, and last you must have luck to Kill bay- snipe.’ Jews go to fishing again.” Then the party separated, and the Au Revoir ouce more made her lovely journey along the bay. Fire Island was revisited and Sammis’s Hotel, the fashionable resort on the beach in i!ront of which the Au Revoir went hopelessly aground, and bathing even in the preseuce of all the guests on the piazza und the travelers by the Babylon steamboat which came by at the time, and who tovk deep interest in the proceeding, was in vain, and she had to stay there till the tide rose. Those on board were beginning to be worn out with their loug cruise and unaccustomed labor and went jo bed, haviug first carried an anchor out into deep water. In that part of the bay where they were, the tide runs with great violence and rapidity, and it is an easy thing for a boat to swing round, trip her anchor, and then be carried out to sea. ‘Ihe Commissioner doubtless was dreaming of such possibilities when he waked to find the yacht had a slow heavy voll just like that she would have in the swell of the ocean after it had broken 6n the bar, The horrors of an un- expected trip to sea at midnight, without prepara‘ion or a kuuwledye of the position of the boat, burst upon him and he darted from the cabin with the speed of half his half hundred years. Even as he went, however, the various chances and duties of the cuse flashed through his mind. Should he anchor with the spare anchor, would he have time to gut the sails up, could he tell where he was so a3 to keep in the channel and out of the breakers? If the yacht struck and filled it would be almost certain death, as the tide ruus over the bats ad the surf beats upon ih-m with a yiolence too grea, for even the most experc swimmer. In the day- time there would be «chance of escape or rescue, but at night there would be no one to see or to help, and the cast- aways would vot know in which direction to seek satiety. It takes but amvment of penl for a man’s brain to review o yast list of possibilities, but when the Commissioner reached the deck and found the yacht still lying at her anchor and the ‘silver moon” gazing placidly in the fullness of her ‘sects that if seems to be actually black. (Ocrosm: 13. 1881. splendor down upon the tranquil waters, he was more than relieved. The motion of the vessel had been caused by th swell from the breakers that at high tide comes in. over the bar and reaches some distance up into the channel way. AIL he had to do was to haul in part of the cable so that the yacht would swing clear of the shoal at low water, and once” more return to his comfortable though limited sleeping ac- commodations, and now the trip was nearly over. A visit to the eastern bay and an examination of the endless eel-pole which there take the place of gillnets completed the investigation into the advantages and disad- vantages of the Great South Bay as a breeding-place for sea fish, Nature had done much forit, but man had treated it — as he seems to insist on doing with all common property. Generation after generation had taken all they could get, re- gardless of the fujure or of keeping up the supply. Extray- agance and waste had produced the results that are sure to follow them in private or public matters, It was clear that if the waters of Long Island were lo be restocked with fish in satisfactory abundance, the work would be one of time and difficulty, and need a co-operation from the residents which it might not at present receive. It seems that in thisland of freedom it isLimpossible to save or restore any natural source of wealth, unless it can be converted into private property, or until it shall first be so utterly ruined as to be of no value to anyone. Our people have yet to learn that it is much easier to save a fishery from ruin by timely protection than it is to reslore it after it has been exhausted by abuse and neglect. On shore, the fresh water fisheries were found to be in not much better condition. Some ponds, like those of Mr. Loril- lard at Islip and the South Side Club, had been brought to a high standard of productiveness by artificial assistance. but most of the ponds and sireams had been poached and fished and neglected till the famous trout of this most fayired Island had aloiost disappeared or were huddled into small preserves, whence they are shipped to New York markets to be sold at a dollar a pound. In no partof the world do trout grow sorapidly. Nowhere is there » more abundant supply of food for them nor do they attain higher delicacy of flavor. The visitor cau scarcely travel a mile without crossing a beautiful pellucid brook fed by springs of the best tempera- ture for these dainty and exacting fish, and containing un- limited food and perfect spywning beds. No one who has not given a careful study to the eubject can realize the amount, of fish-tood these strrams and the ponds which hereand there have been built on them contain. ‘here are, in the first place, the countless minnows which run into them from the bay, and wil find their way « long distance from brackish water unless prevented by some obstruction, There is no better food for trout, aud a hatchery can be made to raise trout for market ata good profit where these can be obtained. is the salt aud fresh waler shrimp, and many trout on this Island haye the habits of the trout of Canada and migrate to and fro between the fresh and salt water. E The fresh water shrimp, although smaller than those of the bay and darker colored, are exceedingly abundant in all the ponds. ‘The ephemeral and other flies are numberless in cer- tain seasons, and fill the air like motes in the sun or snow- flakes in a storm, and it isfound that fish fed on fies prow faster and attain a higher flavor than any others. Many of these flies pass the grub state in the water encased in houses which they build of sticks or stones, or in holes, and are de- youred in myriads by the voracious trout. They and thou- sands of other water insects can be obtained abundantly im winter, when most kinds of food are scarce. Often, on dis- Lurbing an old log that bas lain a long while in the bottom of a pond, an inky looking current will flow from it, This, on examiuation, will be found to be composed of so many in- Of course, the first requisite to raising animals is to have food for them, and fish need feeding, although many persons act as if they doubted this, precisely as much as land animals. Hither the abundance of ford or something in the natural surroundings or conditions of the fish causes the trout of Long island to grow eusily twice as fast as (hose of the interior of the State. A fish raised at Caledonia, in the Stute hatchery, and well fed and cared for, that in fifteen months after birth, say by June or July of the year following, weighs one-quarter of a pound, has grown fast-and done well; wh+reas a trout in the preserves of Long Island willin the sane time have acquired weig t of half a pound and occasionally of three quarters In spite of all this the trout fishing of the ponds and streams of the entire island from Greenpvint to Moutauk, except where they have been artificially stocked, has so far depreci- ated and diminished as to be ecarcely worth following for pleasure or profit. ‘The day of its utter extinction is indeed so near at hand that many owners of what were once valua- ble trout preserves, are talking of introducing black bass, or have already done so. To these I wish, however, lo give a word of warning if if shall be in time to save their trout and perhaps those of their neighbors, for black bass are of a pre- davious and roying disposition, and will deyour all of the nobler fish that cross their path. I wish to say to them that there is a far finer and gamer fish which can be obtained from the Btate hatchery, a fish which may yel replenish our trimt streams without loss at any point, the mountain trout of Cali- fornia. These fish are very handsome, so much so as to be named scientifically the ‘‘rainbow trout; ” they take a fly as readily and with more of arush than their Hastern brethren; they fight harder when hooked, and are better on the table; they ean be hatched and raised more readily, will bear confine- ment with less loss, and will grow twice a8 fast. To a man who has « good trout brook I might not reconimend an expe- riment, but the owner of water suitable for trout should not degrade it to black bass when he can obtain that nobler game fish the California mountain trout. The examination was over, Scth Green with his usual in- defatigableness of search after improvements had made all ysnner of oricinal arrangements of fishing gear, had sug- gested new modes of catching clams and oystert, bad advised a Change in the size of the twine for nets, had tried all meth- ods of improving the speed of the Au Revoir, had advised the building of new and unheard of styles of boats, and had thrown out ideas which, if followed, would have occupied the attention of the inhabitants of Long Island for a geveration, but to the incredulity of the Commissioner he admitted, ashe was about taking bis departure, that: . ‘A fter all that the people in every locality have generally found out and practice the bést methods of doing what it is necessary for them to do.” Roszet B. Roosrverr, There — AQ~ Ee i em oe From Gawapa ro Texas—Fall River, Muss., Sept. 30.— We ure very much pleased with the returns from our adver- tisement of the gun cleaner in your paper, a8 We are Tr. Ge. ying responses from Canada to Texas.—Cuimax Mra, Co, " [Ooropex 13, 1881.1 A GLANCE AT YUCATAN. “VT is now nearly a year since I last wrote the Forman anp d SrREAM, then from the north coast of South America. Tf 1 recollect rightly it wes on or near the fourth of July. o be truly patriotic I should wait till the next Fourth before iting again. But I cannot, For months past I have felt elled to write you, even as I would an old friend, and a ure hour near the time of mail closing gives me the op- portunity, _ Perhups I am assuming foo much in inferring that the Teaders (f your paper may still take an interest in the travels of an old correspondent, but I will try to drop enough infor- qition ex rowle to make it worth their while to give a mo- “meni’s altention. “Leaving New York February 10, on board one of the fine vessels of the Alexandre Line, by the 20 we wrre off Pro reso, coast of Yucatan, hiving touched at Hayana on the way. My destin-tion was Mexico, but Mexico is a republic goodly size, aud includes in it, a8 a Sate, the great pesin- fula of Yucatan. Possessing ruins of old cilies of vast size ‘and great antiquity, a people sui generis, and interesting hirds, it did not take long for Yucalan to draw me thither, Ponsequentily, I left the steamer and a delightful company of feliow-voyagers, the certainty of a good table and pleasant eolnpationship, for the (to me) unexplored wilderness of Yu- eitan and the uncertainty of a favorable reception. For- nately for me, and to the credit of the portion of the human nily inhabiting this part of the world, I met with pleasant, people aud vood cheer from the first. Aud I wish to remark right liere that my four months in Mexico, up tv date, have en spent (in part)in a rough portion of the country, in nely Tides, in solitary walks and wild mouniam climbing, LT haye not experieuced a bad reception anywhere. ‘The salutary influence ot a revolver well displayed may have played a part in this, but I will give the people credit for better intentions towa'd travelers than they generally get. Yo return to Yucatan. The only port is that of Progreso, where ie steamers touch weekly in going to und from Mex- i¢v prop:r, or Vera Cruz. That.it is a hot place nobody will deny, not even the residenis; that, as its name indicates, it fi progressive place, everybody admits. is importance {8 upon the facs that all the henrquen—the Sisul hemp—cf the State is shipped here, mostly to the United States. ‘To readers of Forrst AND STREAM it may be more infer- esting as a grand wintirresort for waterfowlof many kinds— herons, ducks, coots, snipe, plover, elc. A great lagoon Biretches inside the coast line, like many of those of Florida; jul shallow and weil filled with mangroves; and here princi- pully is found the best shooting. By going up the coast one tnindreG miles, one may find thousands of famingces, spoon- ills, egrets and sea birds; but the whole cuuntry is mvre in- jéresling to a naturalist than toa sportsman. Twenty-five les inland is Merida, the capital of Yucatan, as it was for- erly that of the ancient kingdom of tle Mayas, the Indians Whabiting this peninsula. ‘To my great delight | found here, as United States Consul, # genileman interested in my pursuits—one who gave me a more cordial greeting than one generally receives from the Tepresentatives of his country abroad. Seeing from my let- ters that I was not intent upon wringing from the natives any cash tribute, and was only prowling about seeking what Tinight devour, in the shape of birds and ruins, the Consul invite’ me to make the consulate my headquarters while I yed. This I gladly did, not only because my stock of anish was not enough to go round aid the natives persist- Uy refused to understand me, but because my host was one of the most delightful of companions. Mr. Louis H. Aymé, of New York, who represents the United States in Ucatan, Seems a man peculiarly fitted for the position he decupies, as Consul in a Jand of antiquities; for he is in- feusely interested in their study, and has had much experi- ence in researches in other countries. He was a member of the Transit of Venus expedition, has heen all over the world ii various voyages, and has now brought all his accomplish- mMenis to this out-of-the-way corner of the world and settled himself down to the study of the ruins of Yucatan. Speak- ing and writing Spanish fluently, he does not encounter that ‘difticulty in his official duties that besets most consuls when hey are appointed to a foreign country. He has even in fonlemplation the translation into English of a dictionary of the Maya language—the ancient tongue of the inhabitants of Yucatan. From this it will appear that our government has got the “tight man in the right place for once, and if any stranger is anded in Yucatan, as I was, without knowing a person there, and speaking very little of the language, he will hearti- ‘ly indorse the above opinion as soon ag he strikes the con- Bulate. In the six weeks that I was there I saw a great deal of Yuca'an, though the necessity of being in constant com- thunication with Northern newspapers prevented me from ‘ndulying in long hunting trips. Among the most note- worthy of the many excursions into the interior was that to Uhe ruined city of Uxmal, situated sixty miles from Merida, ‘on the confines of the territory now abandoned to the hostile indians. Among these magnificent ruins (exceeding any- hing out of Mexico and Central America) we spent several days and nights, camping in the old ‘ Palace of the Gover- ior,” and hunting the dense, scrubby forest for birds. Dr. Le Plongeon, whom I had the great pleasure of meeting in Merida, the eminent archeologist who discovered the great tue uf Chace mal, ia now camped in those ruins, in éim- Pany with his falented wife. He has discovered, he is quite COntident, the key to the hieroglyphs on the walls of Ux Mal, Chichen liza and Mayapan, the three great ci ies of the ancient Mayas, and is following up his clue with all the ardor of other men in the pursuit of wealth; for his Acquisitions will constitute wealth to the world of grearer nount than the earnings of a lifvtime. The only vehicle éd in these excursions is a sedan, peculiar to Yucatan, in hich the traveler reclines on a mattress while the three Toules attached drag him over rocks and in and out of Tuts at a terrific rate. Another yery important trip was to Ake, where the Mins are colossal, and which should be seen by every Student of American antiquities, for they are peculiar in their grandeur and significstion. This can be done in two ‘Or three days. In fact, making Merida the center, one may Visit all the most interesting portions of Yucatan in exeur- 008, varying in length from two days to two weeks. Of rse, if one would hunt the extensive forests of fhe east o the fascinating islands of Cozumel and Las Majeres - Thust take more time. a6 of weeks’ stay, ndifferent fare is dished up, nothing ~ FOREST AND STREAM. and no information is given ; but the Consul hopes to induce some resident of Merida to open a hotel by another season, where the tonrist may be cared for, and to furnish facilities, in the way of guides and conveyances, to the many interest- ing points. If he can carry out this plan there will be afforded ihe winter traveler a new field for pleasure which may be en- ipyed without any discomfort. The steamers stopping at rogreso will make connection with the railroad—-now nearly com) leted, and to be finished this sammer—which will briny Merida within an hour's ride, and from that old city |he vari- ous jpurbeys should be made, Should any one contemplate visiting Yicaian this coming winter they should first write our Consul there for further information. The climate of Yucatan is yery hot, and travel over the level roads is mostly made at night, in the voda7s, and this was the way in which most of our irips were made. Unlike Mexico, Yucatan has no robbers nor murderers, all the people are honest, and life is perfecily safe, except in the country of the hostile Indians. the people are hospitable to sll strangers. There is not a ho'elin jhe peninsula outside the largest cities. You have only to drive into the first hacienda you come to, and you and your mules, or horses, and attendants, are provided for at once aundcheerfully. In one lopg trip of eighty miles that we mace into the interior for the purpose of huniing the magnificent ocellated turkey, we were hindered by the hospitality of the people to such a degree that our purpose was entirely defeat- ed, The first forty miles we accomplished by traveling a)l night, hut soon ss morning came the chiefs of the towns seized and feted us for three days and nights, feeding us. by day and avd giving balls in our honor by night. At last, despairing of avy game, if this were kept up, I broke away from the party and went off with a Yucatan alone, we two, into the logwood forests of the coast, where I found more birds but no less hospitality. Had I time} I conid relate more regarding Yucatan, but will reserve the rest for another letter. OBER, Elitural History. ARIZONA FOOD. Tuoson, Arizona, September 14. ENIGHTED people, who have not enjoyed the advan- tages of education or revelled in the delights of Ari- zona fare may imagine this a destitute country, where the “pilgrim” must bring 9n onion in a carpet bag, trusting to the hospitality of the desert for jerkey or pemmican. Fortunately the railroad, the telegraph and newspapers are dissipating this ignorance, acd spreading abroad a more cor- rect estimate of the desert land, which this year has been flooded with water. Rein, rain—‘'the rain it raineth every day.” - LARGE GAME. The Cinnamon bear is found in the mountains between the Rio Grande and the Colorado, and is neither so coarse as the grizzly nor so gross as the black bear. The deer flirts his tail on all the mountain slopes, and is fair game after the 15th of September. The bucks are al- ready being taken in, and on account of the abundant rains and the freshness of the grasses the meat is exceptionally sweet this year. The antelope may be found on all the mesas or table lands, feeding us daintily as a Jady, in droves of fifty or sixty, and an expert hunter, prepared with a red shirt and dried helmet of the antelope’s skin, may easily fake a dozen a day. A diminutive antelope is found here resembling the Per- sian gazelle. In early times the mustang was frequently killed for food, and the steaks and tid-bits over a camp fire were in- nitely superior to an old dray horse at a French restaurant. Peccaries were abundant formerly, and, saying the musk, were not bad in flavor. They are scarce now. The moun'ain goat is scarce and hard to catch, but some may yet be killed on desolate mountain peaks. Jackass rabbits are abundant, and during the winter very fat. The coyeys propagate as rapidly as elsewhere, and ure an easy prey. Silver grey foxes abound, and the Pima Indians enjoy a fox chase as much as the English gentry—they hunt both on horse and foot—merely for the sport, The *possum is found in the Gila and Salinas river bot- toms, and is cooked with sweet potatoes grown on the soil. The raccoon is also found in the river bottoms. BIRDS. The wild turkey abounds on the streams and the divides along the Gila River, and to the north of it feeding on the nuts and grass seeds which give it so fine a fiavor. Whether it 1s the aboriginal bird of America, or strayed from the Spanish Missions matters not much to the eater, but | am inclined to think from the strong flavor and the color of the feathers that it is the genuine wild bird. Its weight far exceeds the domestic turkey. The top-knot quail is a native of Arizona, and I venture to affirm that two good sportsmen ean fill s wagon in one day along the Gila River bottoms. As the agricu\ture of the country increases these birds ip crease in numbers, and at this season are yery fat from, be nalive seeds, the mesquite bean and the fields of prain-* settlements. The absence of celery prohibits tbe enjoyme;; ae me canyas-back duck, but the teal duck is not exe or und. part of the world for juice and flayer. Mallar Raniah . Doves are in season now, and Cap be e010 BBY bers. af beli ' ; ‘ame species. believe that were The Syrian dove—the sg gs omek AP yar whalftd oes sold ‘‘two for a farthing" in the cottonwoods of ‘ApHona. Fite Prem Ogre beat 2 third the size of the doy’ of the SJ edt mountains (Wniea_ Wild pigeons are abindant—o cahuas) is named forthem, .d—are killed on the Colorado Blue cranes—nine feet.sy turkeys. river, aud eaten as Colifnl in the swamps, and as large as Reed birds arecingland. bob-o-links in-vundant from Jannary till June. Curlews-ted lands and swamps are favorable to snipe, and Thesund mn the season, theackhirds (chenates) exceed all others in numbers and ocal powers. The trees are literally black with them in the spring, and jheir music is the joy of the morning. The chapparel cock (paisann) is a very delicious bird, but | Merida itself, once a seat of ancient civilizatio, “¢PaY & | bard to kill, its motions are so rapid. These birds are the most attractive cities in America, and swipresen| where natural Toes ot the rattlesnake, and build a corral of chollay There is one hotel thewanish is spoken, | (cactus) ground him, \ \ and irritate him until he lashes himself 207 to death against the thorns by which he is surrounded. Blue-jays, red-birds, wlippoorwills, rvbins, sparrows, hawks, crows, eagles and such are abundant. Last summer I dimesticated some humming birds in the Santa Catalina mountains, and fed them on the honey from the flower of the Maguey. FISH AND FROGS, : We cannot boast much of fish on account of the intermit- fent streams, but in tle Eastern Gila, the Verde and tributary waters speckled treut can be taken equal in favor to any country, on account of the purdy of the water and food. Carp are being introduced into the mili-ponds, Jukes and cienegas, so that we shall soon haye a supply of phospho- rescent food. Terrapin abound in the swamps, and no finer stew can be made on the Chesapeake than we have here in tivis ‘ancient and honorable Pueblo.” Frogs are found in abundance, and of exceptionally good size and flavor. Aviraca is the choice frog ranche of the country, and some Frenchmen and Chinese earn quite a good living by vathering them for the restaurants at a dollar a dozen—cookeu @ la bordelatse. REPTILE FOOD AND DOGS. Reptile food is abundinot, but is not relished much by Americans. The Iudians roast a rattlesnake, and the meat is ¢qual to chicken. The Gila mons’er (esewzion), so called by the Mexicans from ejecting a poisonous saliva, is the most horrible reptile in Arizona—'' Gila horrit lendeng.” Tie Papago Indians being searce of animal food make freat use of the lizards, which abound on the Western deserts, and, boiled or roasted, they are not bad food. The prairie dog may be classed as a rodent andis very fair food, living in towns of their own in strange companionabip with the owl and the rattlesnake. Ground squirrels are abundant. WILD VEGETABLE FOOD, Vegetable food is unique—the most curious production is the fruit of the Cereus giganteus, which is gathered by the Indians and the Mexicans. The tree grows from forty to sixly feet high and the fruit is gathered with poles, with a fork and a hook at the end, the juice is expressed fur molas- ses, and stored in earthenware jugs, the pulp is pressed for winter bread. The mesquite tree, an acaciay growing from latitude 80 deg. N. to the tropics and from Texas to California, produces an annual crop of beans, an average tree yiclding about ten barrels. They are gathered for horses and mules. The Indians pound them into bread, and I have known them distil ed into very fair whisky. The tree also exudes a valuable medicinal gum. The Paloverde produces a wild pea which is very tender and delicate. Cowate, the indigenous potato carried by Sir Walter Raleigh from the Orinoco to his estates in Ireland canes become so famous and fruiiful as the Irish potato) is found on the hill sides, and after severe boiling is palatable. The sweet potato grows in the sand deseris of the West and his been classified by Prof. Torrey a3 Arenabroniae sonorea (the sand food of Sonora). It is a pirasite, gathering sustenatice from a sponge-like fungus at the top. The Papago Indians gather and roast this vegetable, which has a very delicate favor from the purity of the sand and atmosphere. : FRUITS. As to domestic fruits, the Spanish missionaries introduced pears, peaches, apples, apricots, grapes, pomegranates art many delicious qualities; but the orchards were nearly all destroyed by the Indians. The Americans are now planting orchards in every fayor- able location, and if the Indians do not destroy th“ again, ‘we shall enjoy the fruits of the earth,” The Visnagre (a cactus) makes an excellent.p~8erve, equal to citron. » ; The roasted maguey has long been a fatite food with the Indians. The juice fermented is, y/gve; distilled, mescal ; refined, tekelu, ; It is a yery intoxicating beverage art 20% susceptible of adulteration. Old mescul is worth * ®gallon; makes an excellent hot punch. BEA HOOP As to sea food we shal! sog’ 2&Ve access fo the Gulf of California (the Mediterranean 2! the Pacitic), by railway, and oun desert fare: will bé pol pued by food for the braia. Prof, Zanthus reported # the Simithsonian Insti'ution, some ye:rs ago, righty dierent varieties of fish in the gulf. [have seen \urtles wat (Uld fill’ cart, and bave cut oysiers from the jungle ip theS'4ary of Navochists. The pearl oyster 24s been gathered there for more than ee Me beaded 0 soon be added to our bill of fare. The gbellit of the gulf is already goni! and abimdant ; Sata do? will be improved much by cultivation and ig Traneplan NUTS, ETO. py. Dus, walnuts, acorns, wild grapes, blackberries, : eet berries, manzanita apples, prickly pears aod tunis | J be found in their respec'ive localities, and all are used ag ae The manzanita and juniper fruits especially attract ruin The flowers of the Ocquiltillo are a great delicacy 1cx the antelope. The American aloe (maguey) grows abundantly in the mountains (Sylvestre), and is cultivated in the plains of Arizona and Mexico. This wonder/ul production was accu- rately described 2,000 years ago by the Chinese, when they visited this Continent. A translation of the book called “Pusang” can be had from Trubner & Co., London. ‘ OOOKERY. _ Cookery has improyeii vastly with the new population, but [doubt if a moré savory dish can be prepared by any of our French or Chines: immigrants than the ‘‘talama” of the Aborigines. This isthe head of a beef, deer or sheep cooke entire; in the ground, surrounded hy stones anil covered bya camp fire —taken out in the morning, stripped of the skin and carved, withthe tor brains dressing. It is a dish fora king, The Mexican dish of tomalea (hashed turkey, chicken, pix or beef), rolled in « corn husk, with red peppers and corn, Toasted to & turn and eaten hoi, is good, , A dinner giyen here last Sunday to General Williamson has proyoked this, and, I venture ta say, Bt. Delmonico himself would have been estonished at some of the viands. The wines were from France, CHartus D. Poston. [Although some of the statements of onr correspondentara quite opposed to generally accepted beliefs, we think better to publish his arficle as ib Gomes 1 : te aH ous withous any extended FOREST AND STREAM, [Ooroser 13, 1881 PROCERDINGS OF THE PHILADELPHIA ACADEMY. TE publications of thie scientific association are always interesting, and have a very high standing among scientific people both in this country and Nurope. In Part I, January to May, 1881, Dr. Leidy’s paper, on Rhizo- pods, us Food for Young Fishes, opens up a new source of foou supply for fishes during the early stages of their exist- ence, and should certainly prove of interest to fishoulturists as well as to naturalists The discovery that these minute organisas form the food of some of our interior fishes while they are young, is due to Mr. 8. A, Forbes, of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, a gentleman whose in- yeatigations into the food of our birds and fishes have been of great practical value. In A Note on Treeless Prairies, Mr. Thos, Meehan ascribes the lack of arbouse vegetation on the high, dry plains of the West to the annual fires kindled by the Indians for the purpose of burning off the grass and oehacking the progress ef the Jerests, which might he expected in time to extend themselves from various cenlres over any tract of country, however wide, That the fires may have much jo do with fhe treeless Charac- ter of the prairies we are quite- prepared to admit, but that they are or ever were starled by the Indians for the purpose of preventiny the spread of forests seems extremely unlikely. Phis is given the red man credit for far more intelligence and foresight than he deserves. Mr. Ratael Arango con- tributes to this part a short paper entitled, New Species of Terresivial Mollusca of Cuba, in which five species’ are noticed. Perhaps the most important contribution to the part before us is the Rey. H. CG. McCooks’ article on the Honey Ants of (he Garjlen of the Gods, which is illustrated with ten beautiful plates. Mr, McOooks’ studies on ants haye shown that he ig the first anthority on the subject in this country. taking the rank here that is held by Sir John Lubbock in Enelsnd. His paper referred to is of the highest interest. Mr, John A. Ryder hasan article on the Structure Affinities and Species of Scolopefdrella, a genus usually placed with the Myriapods, but about the systematic posi- tion of which there is some dispnte. A paper on The Vari- ations of ema pelia, by Mr. Henry Hemphill, discusses the diverse forms which this Pacifie coast limpet takes, according to the station if occupies. Other papers are Motilily in Plante, by Mr. Thos. Meehan; Observations on Planovbis, by Mr. R. W. C. Stearns, and Sexual Characters in Mriltcliama atropurpurea, Nutt, by Mr. Thos. Meehan. SS IS THE TURTLE FISH OR GAME? HIS question, which seems to be on the point of causing 4 lewishitive war in Virginia, having been refered to the Pot Timck Club, the very head and centre of gastronomic, ichthyolopic, 2Oolopic, and all other kinds of knowledge, will be answered co clearly that he who has ears, though they be long, may understand. That a turtle is game your poiuter or selter—and verily a legislutor even, ought to know a8 much as 1 dog—will tell you when be comes across one in the field, and stands him as finely and staunchly as if be \ were 4A scolugan or pendia that you were searching for, But there be turtles and turtles. Tke turtle that Ponto finds when he is ranging the stubbles or worming his way through the swamps, and upon which he makes a show of game Wiat thrills the neryes in your body, is but the box turtle, the Iand turtle, the despised gentle- Tan who erawls about carrying lis honse on his back and OD iat house often lying figures as to bis age, Then there is th snapping turtle, the terrible taurup, who is game to his bau: shell, who never says die though be be beheaded and disembohelled, who, when he has once got his grip ofanad- yersary Wi!.allow himself to be dismembered before he will let go. Ws)]k of the game qualities of the bull dog, but let him and thesnapper have a “turn up” together and see who will ki-yi iit, Then we have the sea turtle, the glo- rions monster Why jeeps iu mid-ocean in the amplitude of His thousand pouty of excellence. The London alderman alter parlakiog of thy his favorite Inxury, after enjoying the lovely calipash 214 the charming calipee, after’ Jnxu- rinting in the green {ati the yellow fal, would indeed be outraged to bave ® Gybt cast on the gameness of his pet. Ask our, © Turtle Club, whose mem- bers yearly suifeit in bi. honor, and each of whom shortens Jife and sniters much indigestion in the holy cause, what they WOU! say io such a question. And terrapia—ntter the sacred yume with lifted Hat ‘and bowed head—when the box furtly he enapping turtle, the g¢a turtle are claimed a3 game, 8 WLI thietp hing, their in- finite superior, 1heir lord and master Va 4, Kigh*® ‘Veirapin) whial recollections ¢ usler fround (hat Weare HatiAcinirtlie hearl of every man who has used his Ame Tn your jssue, on this subject, a Rockingham correspondent, el,” asserts that 4 person cannot shoot from his right Nilder with his left eye. LI always sheot with my left eye nd the eun af wy right shoulder, and two to one that I can shoofanybony in that manner. Often when out hunting ‘aim with my right, but cannot do it. I think that rraspondent mus: be mistaken, though I kuow not Fit may he with him. TI have seen only a few quail this won. Ducks are quite plentiful —Mrrwin. Rost wy Guy Barrets—Utiea, N. ¥.—2ditor Forest and m In your lust issue { noticed an article fronia cor- ponent on the matter of rust spots in gun barrels. Your marks wers to the point and true. If our friend will scak in kerosene oi], and thoroughly rub hig-barrels after ang the gun, and then use another reg dipped in equal sof tlie best sperm and kerosene oils, he will find no if, even laying his gun aside for one year.—J. B. Boston, Oct. 6.—Hditer Forest and Stream +» have often pecially after leaying my gun aside for a few days, and Men Jooking inside the barrels) wondered why the inside of figiin barrel couldn’: be plated, say with nickel, to keep away prust, as well as the outside. Haye you ever heard of its tried inside a gun barrel ?—H, J. T. {Phis would be impracticable because the shot would soon Woat away the plating, | manta Rorrep Grouss—Shadwell, Va., Oct. 8.—A id and myself having just returned from a dog-training pto Gath county, Va., lam happy to be able to report ed grouse plentiful there. We were shooting over setters had previously beer hunted on quail only, and after the day they both did very well; but [am of opinion that itwo guns a team of really good cockers would have orded us more fun, Single-handed I could get more shots fi a clever setter. We put up at a Dr. Smith’s, some tiles from Millboro Station, which can be reached inutly by the Chesapeake and Ohio line. J mention it’s hoarding house as there are yery few comfortable 68 in that neighborhood. The doctor is a very fine Sportsman, and a clever and pleasant companion. Any one iiying there can indulge in a choice collection of mineral Waters, ae enjoy cooler air than on this side of the Blue &.—1 BEX. Wisconsis Cutckzen SHoorina—Menomonie, Wis., Oct, 1 hé chicken season here has been extremely good for the éns. J donot think there has been a dry week since Sih of Angust, and September wes nearly a continuous form, consequen'ly but few birds were killed. They Hw too old and wary to come to bag. They have com- ed to flock; and very large flocks are now numerous. nol haye any medd'esome interference of our present law by ‘islators the shooting next season will be gilt-edge. While Al Was running on the road from Wabasha to Bumbrota, +, @ wolf was discoyered on the track abead of the ne. The throttle was opened, when his wolfish majesty s00n10un down and killed.—Mo. DIANA Game Nores—La Fayette, Ind., Oct. 4.—The W for quail is much better than we had hoped for from verity of lust winter; and I have heard that they are pleniy in parts where we had supposed none were to be Ti my excursions after chickens I have seen a great ny. In the western part of this State and eastern Iili- s, aloug the line of L. B. & W. R. R. We soon look for All flight of ducks and geese, Chickens are more num- is that for seyeral years past. A great many woodcock heen killed on the Kankakee River. The crop of wild iu the Kankakee marshes is nousnally abundant, #AME ABOUT ArkEN—Aiken, 8. C, October 6.—Aditor ext and Stream: We have very tine quail shooting in this Inily. Ji has always been a pleasure for me to place ers in possession of this flue sport, a8 can be testified Dumbers of good fellows from your own and other of the North. As this isa health resort in winter, it HAG asary 10 speak of accommodations. Should you or y ot your friends drop down this way, and know how the is done, will guarantee you the opportunity of making of these lively birds ‘fold their wings,” and should iinet know how to do it, will show you how it is done by “piny woods boy."—Juper. " IRS tEED Birns Gorna—Philadolphia, Oct. 10.—Reed birds Uail, after the cold spell of lust week, were visibly de- in numbers, especially the former. Only crippled iuks that cant get away can be now found on the es. Old weather prophets say when we do nut have a Blorm’’ in the fall we always bave an eatly winter, and odically blustering one, until the middle of January. fing weuther until the period when the vernal equinox , When we wili make up for missing the autumuual one, i bappened this fall.—Homo. * kIna Ton Ren Brro.—The editor of the Planters ! (pives this mathod of buking the reed bird: Cleanse Mehird snd split and place exch half of one in a bed scooped Dl half of a potato, then lay the segments of potatoes er, enfold in cloth or ereen corn husk, and place in buskes fo hake, You esm season as you wish bef wre or uMiy the baking, and when thus prepared, the delicacy ia amply one of those wonderful results of the culinary art that PiMdescribable luxuries, mory QuAtr—Springfield, Mass.—The rooms of the nd Gun Ulub, of Springfield, are models of elegance, ovided we haye a good hatching season next year and do, FOREST AND STREAM, the club having just changed their quarters to more comfort- able apartments than were formerly occupied by the associa- tion. I was quite sorry to hear that the Huropean quail im- ported by the club, and liberated a year or so since, have never heen seen or heard of. Unlike those let out by the sportsmen of Portland, Me., which are known to have bred, the birds of the Rod and Gun Club are not known to have even returned, let alone to bave hatched.—Homo. GaME TN THE Nortawsst.—Mr. Howard Clark, of Phila- delphia, not yet eighteen years old, writes as follows of a late trip he and two companions took to the Northwest: “T have been back from my trip about a week, and have had the best of luck. We got in three days 203 prairie chickens, and on & longer trip from headquarters twenty-one head of large game, eleven elk, seven black tail deer and three ante- lope. We were unfortunate in not getting any good heads, although I killed five elks myself.”—Homo. A serpent and an eagle were struggling with each other in the throes of a deadly conflict. The serpent had the adyant- age and was about to strangle the bird. A countryman saw them, and running up, loosened the coil of the serpent, and let the eagle go free. The serpent, irritated at fhe escape of his prey, let Hy his poison and injected it into the drinking horn of the countryman, The rustic, ignorant of his danger, was about to drink, when the eagle struck his hand with his wing, and seizing the drinking horn in his talons, carried it aloft This fable, which is more than 3,000 years old, teaches us that Alsop, although not an American journalist, was not destitute of ability as a liar.—[ Teras Siftings. An Anorent Powprsr Horx.—A. correspondent of the Sac- ramento Gee deseribes a powder horn ‘‘in the possession of Miss A. W. Bryan, made by her great uncle, Daniel Boone, a short time previous to his death. It is a large steer’s horn, well scraped, and capable of holding about five pounds of powder. Ithas »n antique look, and T was informed by Miss Bryan that the family had been offered one hundred and fifty dollars in 1876 to allow it to be placed on exhibition at the Centenuvial Fair, butt the offer was refused for fear of losing the relic.” Tuts paragraph has heen going the rounds of the press. It started with the San Diego, Ual., Union, and bids fair to be copied until the end of time: ‘‘ Van Dyke, of Fall Brook, lately came upon a wildcat and four kittens upon a large rock. He pulled trigger and the ball struck the nearést kit- ten in the neck, the splinters striking one im the ear, an- other in the breast, and the main portion passing on killing the mother cat. This was done with an ounces round rifle ball, with a gimlet hole bored in front, half-way through, so as to make it expand.” GoLpEN Proyer IN tHE West.—A correspondent wishes to know whether in former times the golden plover was not confined to the sea coast and if they had not been driven to migrate through the inferior in comparatively recent times by the great increase of shooting along our coast. To which we reply that this bird is—and no doubt always has been— dig ributed over the whole continent, a closely similar form being found also in Asia, CHioaao Norgs—Chicazo, Oct. 9.—We had three yery enld days last week, and they brought the ducks down in thousands. Mr. George Ayer, of this city, returned from Wisconsin last week. He reports Al shooting there. Wood- cock are plenty here, and quail are seen in the market again. Tf any of your readers want good deer and bear shooting let them go to Peshtigo or Marinette, Wisconsin.—Tn Boru. Frorrpa Companions WANTED.—A gentleman and his wife who have spent one winter on the Gulf Coast of Florida pro- pose returning there this season. They know where to go, and having been through one campaign are well-posted. They wish companions for the winter. Parties wishing to communicate with them in regard to the trip may address Nic Norwood, this office. InpianaA Game.—A Fairland correspondent writes us: Woodcock not yet—too dry in our covers for his fastidious taste. The past dry season, we think, has been very fayor- able to breeding of quail; some early birds are now almost grown. We are expecting fine sport when the time comes. Squirrels are reported more numerous than usual, but that kind of shooting does not interest me, nor indeed any kind of shooting in which the need of a brace of well-broken set- fers is not felt.—W. Cazznovia, N. Y., Oct. 8.—The Wendell Gold Badge was won by M. E. Card, at the club shoot, Friday, Oct. 7, by 10 straight at 27 yds. Thomas consoles himself by saying the badge still lingers in the trap maker’s union. Birds a little more plenty. Smith and Crittenden bagged eight woodcock and three grouse, Oct. 6.—HAMMERLESB. Stratrorp Rai Scorrs.—South Norwalk, Conn., Oct. 7.—The season just closed for rail shooting at Stratford, Conn., has been a good one, The following are my scores : 7, 10, 40, 61, 32, 19, 58, 84, 78, 48, 4, 99, 85, 32, 135, 65, 20, 17, 23, 21,17, Total, 865.—F.B. Cuartusrows, Mass., Oct, 9.—Went out yesterday for the first lime this season to look for birds, and found them yery searce; weather dry and warm, which may have some- thing to do with it; saw but one woodcock; don’t think they have’arrived here yet.—O. T. Newrort, R. 1., Oct.7.—This cold snap has brought along the birds quite plenty. Shooting on the marsh and big pond is very good. ‘Leal, broad-bills and other smali ducks plenty. Mr. La Farge shot two Florida galinules on the poud, and reports them as being very plenty.—X. Y. Z. 3 GAmE Brrps mv Town.—A bevy of quail recently rested for a while in a tree ou Main street, of Keyport, N. J., in front of Thomzs B. Hoff’s. Captain Maconkey informs the editor of the Weekly of that town, that s woodeock made its home in his gerden for several weeks, a few years ago. “Guyon" Carrup FoR—Escanaba, Mich., Sept. 21.—l think Iam not alone in the wish to hear from ‘‘Guyon’’ again and often.—A. F. Y. SS ee Adress ali communications to the Forest and Stream Pul- Lishany La. 211 Sea and River Sishing, ERSH iN SEASON IN OCTOBER. FRESH WATER. Black Bass, Micropterus sadimotdes | Yellow Percil, Percw uviatilix. and M, pallidus. A Striped Bass, Receus lineatus, Mascalonge, Hsoxz nobilior, White Bass, Roeetis chrusovs. Pickerel, Broz retaculatusa. Rock Bass, Pike or Plekerel, Hsox Incive. species). Pike-perch (wall-eyed plixe) | War-mouth, Chenobryitua gulosus, Stizotethium americanum, §. | Crappie, Pomoxrys nigromaculatus. griseum, etc. Bachelor, Pomoxys annularis, Chub, Semotilia corporatis, Ambloplites, (Two SALT WATER. Sea Bass, Centropristis atrarius. Weakfish or Squetague, Cynvacyon Striped Bass or Rockfish, Roceya | regalis lineatua, La Fayette or Spot, Liostomes obii- While Perch, Morone americana. TUNES, Bluefish or Taylor, Pomatonws| Channel Bass, Spot or Redfish, saltatriz. Scimnops ocellatus. Scup oF Porgie, Stenotomus argy-| Sheepshead, Archosargus prohato— rapes. cephalus, Pollock, Poltachius carbonarivs. | Kingfish or Barb, Menticirrus Ce or Blackfish, Tautoga|) nehulosus. enitia, Spanish Mackerel, Cybium macu- latwm — THE enthusiastic angler is never content with minor achievements. His constant expectation is that every new cast will afford him soma new conquest, and fhat the grand sport of to-day will bs excellad br the grander sport of to-morrow.—Gzrorce DAWSON. i TIM POND AND THE SHVEN PONDS. . N August 18 I left my home in the wooden nut- meg Stafe, on my fourth trip to Tim Pond. I snent the first night in Boston. ‘Ihe next morning 1 took the train which arrived in Farmington, Maine, about five o'clock the same day. I could have taken Clark’s stage for Kingfield the same evening, and arrived at Kennedy Smith’s furmhouse at about noon next day, but instead my friend Simon with his private team took m¢ and my cacker spaniel, ‘‘ Biz,” my gun and tsckle, and we starter on our way rejoicing, We leit Farmington Monday morning, the 22d. There had been heavy showers during the day and night of Sunday. The scenery was fine and ibe atmosphere very re- freshing to one who bad been cooped up in a hot dusty city for months. The ride of fiffeen miles to West New Portland was one of comfort snd pleasure. At this point we could elect to turn to the left and go via Kingfeld, soing up stream on the picturesque banks of the Carrybasset River, or deflect a little to the right and travel an excellenf road on the banks of the same river down siteam, the waters of which were swollen by the recent beayy rain fall. Wor nearly five miles we greatly enjoyed the leaping, rushing and wild foaming of these waters as we took the latter named route. Turning a little from the river banks and going sbouta mile further, we came to the pleasant village of North New Portland. And let me say right here, that if one takes the route from Boston via West Waterville and North Anson, he will come to this place alter a ride of eight miles by a stage owned and run by Viles & Ditson, who have an excellent reputation for good care and'urbanity toward their customers, The pas- sengers from N. Anson reach this village early in the even- ing, and the next morning are taken by the stage to Smith’s Farm, a delightful drive. We dined at the Dirigo House, and all that bas been said in praise of it and Fred. Viles, the proprietor, by your correspondent, ‘‘Simon” and I heartily indorse, and so no doubt would our horse and ‘‘Biz” if they could speak, for all had untiring and gentlemanly attention. Special consideration seems to be given to sportsmen visit- ing the ponds, lakes and mountains in search of trout, game and recreation. The house has fifteen rooms. A shower detained us here two hours after a real good dinner. During this enforced stay we visited a factory, the machinery of which was driven by water power, and saw what I was glad to see, viz., that the vast amount of low price or no price lumber is being utilized, and Jabor of honest men receives good remuneration. At this factory, from cheap wood are made an enormous variety and number of boxes, which find a ready market in the large cities. Among other things we mee interested in Plummer’s patent beehives and honey xes. ‘Yoe shower over, we started on. The road was muddy at first, hut I never weary of the wide view which has been de- scribed in your good paper that is well known “Down Hast” and by the ‘rest of mankind,” but the view from Lexington Plantation and ‘‘Horsebsck” is grand! It is called twenty miles from Viles’ Dirigo House to Parson’s Mount Bigelow House, at the foot of the southeast end of Mt. Bigelaw. It is a large house for a country hotel, and we found it a good one. lt wasnearly dark when we reached it. Soon we were glad to be seated in front of a blazing wond fire, for the night was wet and cold. Supper over, anon we retired to our rooms, and listening to the glad music of a near mountain stream, fell asleep to dream of the speckled charmers in Tim Pond, just beyond the mountains before us. Karly in the morning of the 23d we were astir. Anticipa- tion was keen. Wot much time was wasted in disposing of breakfast and preparing for the completion of our ride before entering into the forest path that leads to our destination. The air clear, cool and bracing, invigorating us as we rode along, with Mt. Bigelow towering on our left and Dead River flowing on our right. Does Switzerland have landscape more charming? A few miles on we came to the ‘‘ crossing,” but the ferryboat was on the ‘other side.’ So *! Simon ” used his stentorian lungs most lustily, for no “living, human being” conld be seen, Presently a buxom country lass responded to his call, and with truly manly vigor loosed the boat, came for our reception and in amazonian style landed us on the desired shore. At 104 o'clock, haying accom- plished our ride of seventeen miles, and having passed through Flagstaff, with a nice look at the residence of Miles Standish, an alleged descendant of the captain known to history, we found ourselves at the door of Smith’s farmhouse. After some preparation, a dinner, with fresh trout on the menu, provided by the forethonght of Edgar and his nimble wife, was devoured with avidity. A buckboard team was then placed at our command. Carefully we placed the irensures we had garnered during months of study and research, and watched during the many miles of travel, in the box. Just as all was in readiness, with my trusty breech- loader and ‘‘ Biz," I started ahead. The law covering ruffed grouse was not off, and the game was of a nondescript character for the most part. But no matter, al! were in the liveliest mood of expectation and exuberance. When we had proceeded a mile or sa Simon came, seated on his cushion, guiding ‘Rosinante” with great glea and gusto. 212 Just here the road was too much mixed with water, and I perched by the side of the Jehu, and so we wentinto this dense forest, beautiful in its solitude. Now I rode and Simon went abead with dog and gun, and here and there was an unlucky yellow-bammer, owl or hawk. Then fora time I would lead the van, when all too soon amid this strange delight we were in sight of the village of Six Cabins, one, the ‘ Massachu- setts," new this year. We were heartily greeted by abont ten old comrades, and there were some fifteen guests Strangers to us, but not strangers long. Conventionalities do not dwell in such a house. I tried my flies that evening with only moderate success. The 24th was clondy and the scarlet ibis was a favorite, so were other light colored phantoms—and we took all the enticing and enticed swimmers we desired, But as the weather became fair and hot our delusions would not lure the most solid denizen to the surface—it was but the ‘ ayer- age’ ones that left the cooler retreats to take our bright lures and gratify our greed, But when we dropped in the cool depths a more substantial morsel, even the wary and more weighty aristocrats yiclded to an unwilling rise. Horan hour each miorning and evening gentlemen and ladies enjoyed the sport, and helped to please our palates ai the table—a wood table of agreeable and nourishing food, with much variety, fora forest table—which gave satisfaction to men, women and children; yes, ladies and children graced and gladdened the cabins this year at Tim Pond. During the day they engaged in games, reading, writing, needlework, target shooting, hunting, visiting cascades, places of beauty and places of wonder and admiration, till the week was gone and Saturday night came. The Sabbath dawned in pro- found stillness, a stillness we never know in our cities or villages. What grandeur in the hush of the depths of the woods! What solemnity of a Sabbath day in the solitude of® unmeasured forests! ith Monday, the 29th of August, came a brisk stir in our little communiLy, a colony were to embark for a new terri- tory and new scenes. The promised realm is called ‘‘'The Seven Ponds.” + $< —___—_ ABORIGINAL FLY—-FISHING. ‘ San Franoisco, Cal., Oct. 1 Editor Forest and Stream: Yours of the 19th ult. duly received. I have just writing for the Californian, to be published probably next month, a description of the yarious ingenious metho adopted by the California Indians before their contact T white men, for the capture of fish and game, and I answer your question by making the following extract from it: **The Indians of Kern River made use of an artificial fly for the capture of trout, and probably used it for ages bef Europeans inyented it for the same purpose. The hook the ‘‘sproat” form, but without a barb, was made from the ehin bone of a deer. On the legs of the California deer, Can acus colimbianus, corresponding to the chestnuts or warts on a horse’s legs, are also warts but covered with stiff long hairs of a darker color than those on the other parts of the animal, These warts and the hairs growing on them hayve% strong and peculiar scent of the deer, which is not easily re. moved or washed away. A small bundle of these hairs 1 neatly fastened atone end around the shaft of the hook, the loose ends pointing to the eye of the hook, With a neatly made line of Indian hemp (Apocynuwm cannabinum) an willow rod and the fy hook, he combined sport and busine The fly was thrown on the water and kept as near the sur face as possible by continuous short jerks. very motion of the hook in the water caused the loose ends of the hairs fg ened to it to open and shut. At a short distance it wo resemble the motions of a caterpillar in the water, that h dropped from an alder and was struggling to reach the shore The Indians say that the trout can smell and are attracted by the scent of the deer hairs. This kind of fly is still used, but the hook is now made of telegraph or other iron wire.” I send you one of the warts with the black hairs upon [ have no doubt it will retain its peculiar deer scent fy years. B. B, Reppina. $$$ ++ __—_ CANOEING IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN. FROM THE MEAD OF OROKED LAKE TO INDIAN RIVER. T has been but one short week since I returned from] seven weeks’ trip in Northern Michigan, and if ever) did have a seyere case of Northern Michigan heretofore, now have an utterly hopeless relapse. My friend Frazer, who writes to you asking ‘‘if a fisher man can be a Christian,” was tempted to do so by the fishy stories which I told him of some bass fishing in Black Lake all of which I will relate at its proper place, and all of which I, 48 8 matter of course, am willing to affirm. [I can onl return the compliment to him by asking about what thé chances of a canoeist would be, who, on his maiden crui ‘paddles forty miles up a rapid current and against a hea wind in one day.” Much of my cruise this year was over water traversed Dj me many times before, but little of it, however, in a canoe ynd after my craft was safely launched at the head OF Crooked Lake and duly filled fore and aft with what to mil were necessities, [ hoist myself in and feel like a frisky young kitten, Atany rate, I doubt not but that I acted as such while my companions, Henry C, Lonnis and I. R. Woodrow from Columbus, and our old hero from Cheboygan, Mich, Capt. David Smith, seem as pert as schoolboys. We stat out with the understanding that we will stop at any point on our route that we may desire and as long as we wish, and Ié the distance traversed, or to traverse, be a secondary consid eration. Paddling down Crooked Lake for a couple of miles) I call a halt at one of the grandest, coldest springs Norther Michigan boasts, and while spending a short time here slight breeze springs up, taking advantage of which we how sail and start for Pickerel Lake, about a mile and « half dig tant, directly across Crooked Lake, ahd then through a nat row little stream, where the beautifully clear water and tit handsome large white pond-lilies, there in profusion of which we each pluck a good, large-sized bundls to ornament the forepart of our cockpit, togethe with the pure bracing air, compel us to slide dow in our canoes and hang our shoulders and elbows over tht coaming and give expression to a lazy aud half-emphatie but at the same time appreciative, exclamation of de light. Finally, paddling on through this delightfil little outlet, we enter the foot of Crooked Lake and with séll set and a good strong wind to push us, we in « short time tun the couple of miles we have fo make, and pull up at ou old camping ground, where we find springs enough and diiferent characters to suit the most fastidious. I gave thi place special mention in a letter of mine to Formst AND Srrmam of May 15,1879. We make camp, get up our tél some of my brother canoeists prefer their small canoe tenté I do not, but hive one of good comfortable size for fot persons and all tli traps—and then we live sociably im good, comfortably sized room, and while Capt. (David Smith volunteers to get us something warm, Petie (H, QC. Lounik hies himself out for ye gentle bass, in which he is soon fl lowed by your humble servant, while Woodrow girds up 0 loins, and ‘‘goes out to look for a deer,” all returning empl handed, but ready for something to eat, very prompt at summons from Capt. Wight is now upon us, and we stretch ourselves out upon our blankets with a glowing [ff in front of our tent which soon sends us off to dreaming. Up bright and early we all (with the exception of Woot row, who ‘goes out to look for a deer’’) adjust our rods, 4 start for fish for breakfast, there being not a fresh bit @ meat in the house. We fish on the right side and on the 1a side with the greatest of care and attention. ‘Try them wil frogs, minnows, worms and flies and all to no purpose, unl finally Petie succeeds in inveigling one poor fellow of ahow two pounds, when all beat a hasty retreat for breakfast, afl which camp is broken and a return Js made to Crooked Lak crossing which to the head of Crooked Kiver, we enter up® oue of the handsomest streams, I doubt not, in America 10 a cauoeist. he only drawback ig that length is onl about seven miles. The banks are lined to the water's ede wilh trees or high water reeds, dotted here and there wi the handsomest cardinal flowers; lovely and fragrant | white water lilies, and the water so clear that we can see ti fish of many varieties darting hither and thither aroused } the commotion cinsed by our little fleet. Many of them WE catch as we lazily float and easily paddle along. Paddli through this properly named Crooked stream we amus selves by oce.sionally shooting a duck or catching fish,. we reluctantly find ourselves ‘at the mouth of the river an r | OorosEr 13, 1881.] - FOREST AND STREAM. 213 entering Burt Lake. Here we hoist sail, and being favored | with a slight but favorable sailing breeze we make the cipht, miles to the head of Indian River, where we pull up at. the hotel, and prepare for a couple of days’ slay. He we find quile a camping party, and among them the old veteran, Senex” (Dr. Franklin), of Ant Arbor. Seems to me I have heard “Old Hickory,” tough bass wood, or some such cogno- men attached to him somewhere; at any rate he was thore, wrestling with a \umble.down old yacht, and ready to tell some everlasting big stories about the whopper of a biz bass that got away. This point, to my mind, is the niost cenjral and best place in Northern Michigan to make headquarters from which one can radiate. Atter being comfortably located at the hotel, Capt. Pete and I light a cigar, take 1 comfortable chair on the porch, hoist our feet at a comfortable angle, the perfect picture of contentment, while Woodrow ‘sroes out to look for a deer.” Fray N. Brung. To be Continued. —-—+ 3+ —- AMPHIGCIOUS FISHES, Manta, Pa,, October, 1881, Etlitar Forest and Stream: Isend the following list of fishes which inhabit both salt and fresh water, 4s an addition (o those given by the late Prof. Milner, Prof. G. Brown Goode and Mr. Fred Mather, in the paper read by the latter before the American Fisheul- tural Association and published in Forzsr anp Srrmam of July 14; Sea trout, or weakfish (Cynoscyon carolinensis). Channel buss, or redfish (Sciwnops ocellatus). Shark (species unknown). Tarpum (Megalons thrisscides). Cavalli (—— species ?} Mullet (Mugit albula). Drum (Pagonias chaomis). T have caught ali the above-mentioned fish in fresh water, on the west coast of Florida, except the tarpum, which I did not catch. I was once playing a sea trout with a light rod, when atarpum seized the fish inits mouth, and then the novel scene was introduced of playing a tarpum witha 9 oz, fly rod. As we were nearly matched in size, the ‘‘odds” were rather in favorof the tarpum. I expected, of course, to lose my leader, but before the line was all drawn from the reel, the trout man- aged to escape from the tarpum. Whien I reeled in the fish, I found its sides well marked by the bite of the tarpum. The tarpum and drum do not go into the fresh water often, except in sunimer, Josgru Wip.oox, =a BIG BROOK TROUT. Oswereo, N. Y. Sept. 1. Hditor Forest and Stream: In Foresv anp Sriram of September 29, ‘' Seven” records the capture by a New York city sportsman of a four-pound 8ix-oun¢e trout, measuring jwenty-one inches, in the Oswe- gatchie River Inlet to Oranberry Lake, St. Lawrence Co., N, Y., and adds that every one in the vicinity united in calling it the biggest trout caught there within the memory of the f oldest inhabitant.” Now the fish was a beauty and its captor hus just reason to be proud of his ‘‘take,” but the ‘‘ oldest inhabitant” if a Tesident of that region for the term of balf a dozen years only, must haye an abominable memory. J haye before me the life-size photograph of four brook-trout, caught by a party of gentlemen from this city in the inlet named above in May 1876. These trout weighed respectively five and three- quarter pounds, four and one-half pounds, three and one- half pounds and three pounds. In length, the fish spoken of by “Seven” overlaps the Jargest of this redoubtable four, as **Seven’s” trout measured twenty-one inches while the speckle king of 1876 was but twenty aud one-half inches in ength. These fish were taken during high water with bait and minnow-fishing, t H. Cazenovia, N. Y., Oct. 1—Hiitor Iorest and Stream: In the Oswegatchie River Inlet to Cranberry Lake, on the fif- teenth or sixteenth of June, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, I caught a brook-trout twenty-two and three- quarters of ar inch in length. Had no scales to weigh him, but Charley Marsh, the guide, said he would weigh five pounds, and from the length and weight of one caught by your correspondent I no Jonger doubt but that Charley was right, Wit Of. Cerurrepen. ——$——— A STUDY FROM LIFE, [Mee subject of these lines is usually found in the bar- room of a country hotel. Old and weather-beaten is he, with the grime of toil upon his wrinkled hands and his aged form bent with the weight of years. He is conscious, in a dim, undefined weg, that he has been hardly used; that in the battle with fate he has received some blows below the helt, which have effectually removed what little hope he may have had of winning the fight. And aow, from the summit of his eighty years, he looks back over the long and dusty way he has trod with weary, aching feet, and drearily wonders how he has sueceeded in climbing so high. Eyen now he can be seen at Martin’s Hotel, on the Saugerties road, in the taproom of that famous old hostelry, sitting in an arm- chair tilted back against the wall, his few scattered locks covered with the remnant of a straw hat; his Kentucky jean trousers supported by one suspender, and his feet thrust stockingless into a pair of cowhide shoes. He has sueceeded in finding, somewhere in the cayernous depths of his pocket, a bag which at some tine in the dim past contained tobacco, and his trembling fingers search for the morséls which haye collected in the corners, carefully placing them, when found, between his toothless jaw and the inside of hig leather-like cheek, wilh an expression of intense satisfaction. After patiently listening to the conversation of a couple of anglers, who have just returned from a fishiog trip to the Esopus, the fossil suddenly becomes instinct with life. ‘‘You fel- Jers can’t ketch no fish!” he vehemently remarks. ‘‘ Why not?” mildly inquired one of the party. ‘Kase ye don't know how,” and as he warmed to the subject and the blood eommenced to move in his mummy-like veins, he continued. patronizingly: ‘You dons see me usin’ any new-fangled bait; no, Sir-ee—none o” yerdobsils an’ sich on my line when Im arter bass: jis giv' me a grasshopper an’ I'll pull ‘em out faster’n ye kin take ‘em off’n the hook.” The speaker, thinking he detected an incredulous look on the face of one of his listeners, confimued his remarks by an appeal to — a friend: ‘*]’ll leave it to Sile Jones, over there, Say, Sile, ain’f it 80?” and Bilas solemnly affirmed it was true as Holy Writ. The ared Walton went on: ‘I seed a feller—sort 0’ style-ish chap—down t’ the bridge yisterday, and he didn’t havea fishin’ pole no thicker’n my finger, with a little clock onto it, and when he hooked a fish thar the darn fool stood turnin’ the handle o’ that little clock, and the fish runnin’ roun’ sy rown’, an’ th’ little fishin’ pole bendin,’ an’ [ swar— Now ain’t that the God’s truth, Sile?"” To which forcible in- terrogation Silas nodded vigorously—‘'if he didn’t monkey '' an? monkey,” continued the antediluyian, ‘‘fur purty nigh half an ‘our with that ere bags afore he got his flippers onto him. Now, that's what I calls cussed nonsense. None 0’ yer nonkeyin’ with a bass when he get a-holt o’ my grass- hopper; I yanks ’em out if I loses a leg,” and the bleared eyes of the ancienf turned with a longing gaze toward the bar, and thenjtoward his auditors, but seeing no invlications of an answer fo his mute appeal, he relapsed into semi-torpidity again, until the departure of the fishing party roused him long enough to say: ‘‘ I kinder think you fellers is jist like that darn fool I seen yisterday."—Aingston Ireeman. +e Lake SimxersnrAp—Fairland, Ind.—I inclose you a de- scription of the lower jaw of an animal or fish—or some- thing—the best informed jn our vicinity cannot tell what, which we would like you to throw some light on, if my deseriplion is at all sufiicient. The lower jaw was found by thé little boy of Dr. EH. N. Tull, of this place, under the honse, where if had doubtless been dragged by cats or dogs, some dvied remains of fiesh still adhering toit. The im- pression inclosed shows the number of teeth, except those lost, to be about one hundred and twenty on the lower jaw. Ii measures three inches across condyles ; width across teeth, two and one quarter inches; size of dental triangle, two and one-quarter by one and one-half inches. It may be a very comnicn specimen—too common to excite any interest in one who has made such things a study—but whiie we are quali- fied to identify anything that comes under the head of orni- thology by the help of Dr, Coue’s Key—thanks to the advice of your excellent journal—we do not have the books neces- sary to identity this specimen, which is evidently, from the number of teeth (two hundred and forty), if the upper jaw contains as many as the lower one, of the earth, and prepared to do a great deal of grinding. W. (‘The jaw is that of a fish, one of the scienide, and is"that of the Jake sheepshead, Haploidonotus grunniens. | Srurauon anp CavrAre.—It is claimed for Wilmington, Del., that it has the largest sturgeon fishing firm in the coun- try, where it employs between thirty and forty nets on the Delaware River, A schooner is kept busy in the ice trade, and a steamer accompanies the boats. While the men are fishing the steamer moves from boat to boat, taking on the sturgeons as fast as caught, dressing them on the boat and taking the cavyiare from them. The seines in which the fish are caught are about 200 fathoms long, are 32 meshes deep, and are made of 32-colton twine. The firm uses three tons of cotton twine a year. ‘The season commences about April 1, and should close about July 1, so as to give the fish a chance to spawn. As it is, the river is fished clear up to the freezing time. Speaking of caviare, mentioned above, it should be stated that it is the spawn of the fish, and isa fa- yorite sauce, particularly with the Germans. It consists sim- ply of the fish eges, properly cured, and epicures regard it very highly. Many hundred kegs are shipped to Germany each year. The firm, after much trouble, is able to put up the caviare very nicely, with a patent preparation. A New Terie Hoox.—We have heen shown a new de- vice for bailing a triple hook for bass and pike fishing. Two hooks are made on one steel wire und bent back to back, forming a ring for attachment to the line, in the usual man- ner, and the third one soldered between them. A needle to hold the bait has its point a trifle below the bend of the hooks and runs up through the ring and is soldered on the opposite side, its farther end projecting under the union of the hooks and bent info a clasp for the needle, after the mian- ner of the fastening of a brooch. The minnow or other bait is pierced by the needle and held in place by the clasp. Jt is made for Abbey & Imbrie, of 48 Maiden Lane, New York. Camp Cooxep Fise,—The editor of the Planter’s Journal says: ‘Our method of cooking fish in camp was to take out the entrails and then fill the cavity with seasoned dressing, the principal ingredient of which was roast or boiled heech- nut kernels or chestnuts. We then encased the fish in an inch of dough-like mud and placed it in the ashes to bake, When done the edges of the crust were broken and seryed as platters. ‘he scales and skin of the fish stick to the earth and the deliciously-flayored and perfecily-baked meat can be eaten from the improvised plates. This is a royal dish for use in Camp.” Harper’s Frrry.—A Baltimore correspondent wishes name of party at Harper’s Ferry, or at Point of Rocks, who can furnish live bait for bass fishing. Hishenlture. FISHCULTURAL NOTES. M R. CALVIN FLETCHER, the newly-appointed Figah Com- Wi ‘Inissioner of Indiana, has an appropriation of only $1,000 to pode food for two million people. His term expires September 20, 1883. The Richmond and Alleghany Railroad have decided to erect fifteen or more lishways over their dams on the James River, and have adopted the McDonald plan for all of them. Tt may then be possible {o haye shad and other fishes again at the headwyater of this river. ‘The New Jersey Commission are thinking of stocking the Passais with black bass. They may do so this fall if the fry can be obtamed, and the fish may do wellin a portion of the river which is not polluted by the drainage of Patterson and Newark, which contains much chemical matter in addition to ordinary Hewage. The United Stutes Fish Commission sent400,000 quinnat salmon eggs to Germany by Steamer “‘ Donau” on the Sth, and 100,000 to France by Steamer ‘* Ganuda” on the 12th. Of the former lot 350,000 were for President Von Behr, of the Deutsche Fischerei Verein and 50,000 for C. Bnsge, Geestemunde. Mr, A. Columbe, of Paris, received those for France. The eggs were sent by Mr. Livingston Stone from the U. &. Salmon Breeding Ranch on the MeGloud River, Californias, to Mr. Fred Mather, of Forms? AnD Stream who repacked them in refrigerating boxes, HOW DID THE FISH GET THERE ?—Crockett, Tex,, Out. 3. —I was somewhat disappointed at not hearing some explanation in regard to the way the fish came in my pond. Novw itis the sine thing over. ‘ha time that I drained my pond it was per- fectly dry for two or three weeks; then I stopped the flow and the water from the spring bes been steadily accumulating since. T have not received my carp as yet, bub to my surprise and chagrin I find that the pond is full of minnows from one-eighth to two inches long, Iam fully conyinced now that the eggs are either rained down or come from the spring water. I am convinced that one or the other is the case on account of the very small ones. F find that an exclusive carp pond cannot be had in tins part of the country.—R, CG. 8. FISH COMMISSION REPORTS.—Two weeks ago we published 4 list-of the reports of State Fish Commissions which were missing from our files which were being prepared for binding. Since then we have received the first report of the State of New York, for the year 1868, from Mr, Seth Green, to whom we tender thanks for the same, It is exceedingly difficult to obtain back numbers and we appreciate the kindness. “Westill lack the following: Massachu- setts—let, 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th. Penneylvania—l$70 and all before; algo 1872; 75,76, °77 and ‘78. New Jerssy—ist, 2d, 3d, 1878, and all since. We have veports of Virginia from 1875 to 1878, both inclusive, but none other, Auy person having spare copies which they wish to put where they will do the most good, Tay send them to this office where they ave needed tor frequent reference. FISH IN INDIANA—Lafayette, Oct, 10.—We have a chance now to stock our rivers with fish and keep ont the seinea, and itis a Step in the ight direction, There is a strong club being organ- ized here to protect our fishing interests and stop all nolawful fishing. Our Fish Commissioner is the right man in the right place, and has adeep interest in that he has undertaken, If from the laws we have now we cannot stop all unlawful fishing and re- stock our streams without haying them dragged with seines and dynamited, we might as well set all law aside and let people kill at their pleasure every fish that is to be fonnd.—J. M. Smrre. The Hennel, FIXTURES. BENCH SHOWS. October i0 to. 15. National Fair Assoclatlon Bench Show, Wash- ington, D,, H. H. Blackburn, Cor, Secretary. September 27, 98, 29 and 30, at London, Ont., London Dog Show. Entries ciosed September 12, Chas. Lincoln, Sunerintendent, Tecum- seb House, London, Ont. . December 14,15 and 16. at Lowell, Mass Lowell Dog Show. Entries close Wecember 6. Chas. A, Andrew, West Boxtord, Mass., Superin- tendent. FIELD TRIALS. October 25, 26, 27 and 28 at Masontown, Fayette Co., Pa., via hoat from Pittsburgh. Pennsylyania Field Trials. Wirst Anuual Derby. Entries viose at Pittsburgh, Pa., Oclober 15. I. R. Stayfon, ecretary. November 7, at Gilroy, Cal. Pleld Trials of the Gilroy Rod and Gun Club, Lntries close November 1. H. Leyersley, Seqrelary. November 25, Loulsiana State Field Trials. Entiies close November 1. Haward Odell, Secretary, New Orleans, La. December 5, at Grand Junction, Tenn., National American Kennel Club‘s Field Trials. Jos, H. Dew, Secretary, Columbie, Venn, —++—< OUR LONDON LETTER. Editor Forest and Stream: On reading your issue of September 8 Twas much strock with he very sensible letter on bull dogs, signed ‘‘ Hemlock’s Hero.” I've owned as many bull dogs as any man, and haye as many prizes for them, and I neyer hada really savage one. On the contrary, they were affectionate dogs—too much go, in fact—for a bull dog, unless teased, will to a certain extent fraternize with any body. Many accuse them of stupidity. Ideny that thay are at all wanting insagacity; on the contrary they can keep their end up, when it comes to. ‘cuteness, with most breeds. But think how irightfully the bull dog has been handicapped in the battle of life. Look at the class of men with whom he is generally assoviated, and a moment’s reflection will cause his direst enemy to confess that it is wonderful that the bull dog has anyinstinet left after po many generations of his ancestors have been treated and contined as his have been, Sportsmen shrink from breeding from wn- broken parents in the case of field dogs, because they say the progeny are less steady-*not that they have less brains in their heads. Apply this rule to bull dogr, and see what chance the creature has had of proying himself superior to any other breed in intellect or whatever von like to call the faculty which dumb animals possess for showing their intelligence. Another subject which interested me considerably was your showing up of a dog-dealing gentleman with 9 variety of names, I don’t know whether this is the same person who kindly referred an American gentleman to me ag one who ‘ would speak for hit." I was horrified to receive a call from the purchaser, who told me that, as he was in London, he had come to say he had not much opinion of the dogs I sent out to some dealer or other whose name I forget. Eyentually I satisfied my visitor that he had been hoaxed, and that I never sent s dog to the States in my life, nor did I intend doing so while connected with the press. In my ex- perience journalists worth their salt don’t deal in dogs, for it would be most unfair for them to sell a beast one day and criticise his merits on the next. Added to which, dog-dealing and quill- driving don’t mix af all. Since my last letter two fair dog shows—Hastbourne and Birken- head—havye taken place. The latter contained nothing very much outof the ordinary run of dogs among those present, but Mastbourne was the first exhibition which I haye yiaited where champions ure barred from competition. The object of the promoters of tlris claas of show is avowedly to gain entries which they would not be likely to receive if there was a probability of champions compet- ing.. The result, however, in my opinion, is not encouraging, for it is not pleasant'to seé a lot of third-rate dogs figuring as win- hers of prizes when one knows theiy owners have belter tackle at home, and would have brought it had it been worth their while to doso. Granted that such regulations please the owners of indif- ferent tykes who wish to figure ad possesxors of firet-prize winners, it is still worth while considering whether or not the breed of dogs is encouraged by first-rate specimens heing kept outol competition. The quality of the dogs was nothing very high, though the ex- hibition received the full support of the Kennel Club and hada good eee list into the bargain. Talking of the Kennel Cinb makes me think of tha excitement which [alluded to inaformer letter, and which is tho result of their attack: upon Darlington and other shows, who will not suffer the club to foist their rnles upon them, Matters haye not mended a bit since I last wrote, and there is to bea big show at Manches- ter next month, at which the Kennel Club files will ot be en- forced. Itmay be mentioned that the Wonorable Seoretury of the Manchester fixture is a leading member of the Kennel Club, and others equally high in position in the club sre judging, This all shows that they are not unanimous in their * Boycotting” pro- gramme, and the question ariges by whose authority was the ex pulsion of the Darlington and other recalcitrant shows decrec | / “Tis true ‘tis pity, pity "tis tis trne, but there has been a lot of | 1 feeling imported into the case; and one distinguished member. of the Club Committee punished me by not speaking to me at e recent show, and this because Tam credited, rightly or wrongly, with set- ting the ball of independence rolling in the columns of the Field. Tshould never have ellnded to this trivial incident had it uot gone far to show how very silly some persons cin be when thei! hohbies are attacked, and how unfitted folks become, when influenced hy Bee Taaiors to act as dictators to the canine ov any ofher world, Still the Darlington people, to use aracing term, have their toes 214 FOREST AND STREAM. [OocropEE 13, 1881. well in the ground and won't give way, and, as they ure well backed up all over the country, there is the making of a very prélty squabble ont of it, of which I haye to say that lookers-on will have the best of the fun. And now one word upon a very different subject—perhapsa one scarcely to bo allnded to in 9 gossipy letier, but still one of which we are all full wt the present moment. The news of your Presi- dent's death has jnst reached England, and I cen honestly and sincerely assure Americans that our grief and indignation is only aacond to their own. On all sides we see flags half-mast high, and there is not a person whom I have met who has not expressed, in term# which space alono prevents me from reproducing, their un- feigned sorrow al the calamity which has fallen upon your great nation, and the sympathy they feel toward the widow und the orphans who are léft behind. Very faithfully yours, London, England, Sept, 20. ‘Varo Siaiy. —- —~e- SOME 5SPRINGRIELD DOGS--Springfield, Mass., October 12. —Dilitor Forest and Siream : I um writing my weekly letter to you to-night in the midst of Formst ayn Srrram friends, and T Hud yout journal to be the hongehold god of the general sports- men of this beantiful Massachusetts city. Springfield, Maus., is & great town for pointers ; this [soon diseovered after my arrival, althongh [ lisye been shown # number of yery prominent setter puppies as yet too young to note. At the Haynes Hotel, Mr. 0. Hf, Goodman, the proprietor, haa Rattler, who is certainly one of the most perfect ppecimens of the large pointer I eyer saw. Rattler, yon now, is ont of Dr, Cor- coran's Bess, by Dilleyws Ranger; and favors hia sire Broatly in appearance, save that he ie not quite so mich ticked between the liver marking. Mr. Goodman had me look ut bis poiater bitch Zip, a very good one, and her litter of seven pups, now thrée or four months old. Yip ié also liver and white in color, althongh the daughter of Snapshot, and her pups favor the dum in shade, being very eyenly marked. Ina kennel near by that of Mr. Goodman's pointers, | saw his Jateimportation of fox terriers, Tyke and Patch, aud a litter of youngatera whelped since the arriyal of thadam. Tyky is by Gai? out of Mr. Bromby's Patch, w very powerful dog of good courage, having already de- monstrated his killing qualities by annihilating several cate since lunding on onr shores. Patch is by Viper out of Wass, and shown capita) points. Both these animals are bred from prize-winning atock ini Hogland, and Mr. Goodman may be well proud of thix new uddition to his kennel. This afternoon, under the patronege of Dr, Williams of this city, Iwas taken to the kenuels of several gentlemen of Spring- field, and bad a good opportunity of looking at their pointers. Mr, EK. 8. Bradford, who resides here, owns Ray, winner of the Aecond prize for pointers at the 1880 Westminster Bench Show, a very powerful dog, with # capifal head, and I am told a good field dog; Mr. M. L. 5. Bradford, 2 brother of the former gentleman, showed me his Pete. bred from the Aldrich stock of setters. I shonid judge from the motion of this animal that he waa a clipper in the field, Dr, Williams’ Jim out of Juno by his old Quaker, a Alouk of working pointers he haa known for years, I was much pleared with, and more #0 after I learned from others the strain could always be relied upon as ‘ stayers.” The doctor. yy-the-bye, hag 4 favorite honnd, Rory O’More, we propose trying to-morrow, aq a fox hunt has been arranged for the forenoon, in which several dogs will particxpate, and your correspondent expects to be musically entertained until dinner time.—Homo. FIELD TRIAL JUDGES.—2uditor Forest and Streajn: I ean- not allow the opportunity to pass without saying a word on the wikdom oF the E. F. 'T. Club's approval of my nomination by tho election of Jno. M. Kinney, Esq., of Staunton, Va., to fill the position of one of the judges at the autumn meeting of 1881. Judge Kinney’s qualtfieations are such that his social and profes- sional standing is a sufticient guarantee of the integrity of the honorable and impartial judgment the entries will receive at his hands, inore especially as he is free from any bias or influence in- duced trom breading or selling any special strain of huuting dogs, merely keeping them for his own pleasure afield. His long per- sonal practical knowledge and ability to educate and handle his dogs, coupled with a sonnd sporting reputation among the best sportsmen of his lorality, should give him a warm indorsement to the sportamen who aré about to trust their pets to his ability to faithfully and conscientiously discharge the duties of this trying position. I felt, as an active member and one of the Executive Committee, that breeders and owners of pointers who trusted their interests to the honor and justice of some member of onr club, who should act as the representative of these absentess, would be taithfully protected, determined me, in the absence of any sAsuming the burden, to constitute and appoint myself such, and plead their cause to the best of my ability. In assuming this veaponribility, my firet duty was to secure one representative among the jndges, a long-delayed compliment the pointer men aré justly entitled to, and in reason of the above did I urge the election of my nominees, a warm personal friend of mine. Hoping this will recnre bim a warm and generous greeting with the conf- dence of the pointer men and all other sportsmen assembled, I jeavea the future to develop the disinterestedness and sincerity of my actions for the welfare and success of the club and its con- Atituents.—WAsninaron A. Coster, A CAUTION TO DOG BUYERS—st. Lonis, Oct. 1.—2dilor Forest and Streant: Tn your issues of the 22d and 29th ult, I notice an advertisement of E, 4, Miley, of Lancaster. Pa., offering certiin dogs for sule. I am astonished at the brazen effrontery of this individual and his continued efforts to sell dogs nuder his yary plausible representations of the same, as ‘‘guaranteed to be ae Tepresented, or no gale.” One of these very dogs he offers for silo, Porte Crayon, was obtained from 2 friend of mine in « frand- went way. to which he will bear testimony. I hold that it ig a duty that you owe to the sportsmen of the country and your patrons fo oxpose this mau and thus prevent his further attempts to defraud the unwary, Ibonght two dogs of this man last sping —* guaranteed to be as represented or no sale." Neither of them sroved to be as represented by Miley. One was returned to him. Ho refused to refund the money paid for the dog, and to this day T have only received one-half the amount paid forthia dog. Now, T appealto youin behalf of «1 dozen gentlemen whom this man Miley has deceived (and whore names I haye), ad well as the whola sporting community of the conntry, to aid in preventing further similar efforts of thia “professionnl dog dealing jockey” to obtain the money of honest men by specious advertisements and mis- representations. I haya enyployed a lawyer to prosewute him for obtaing money under frandulent pretense.—Respectfully yours, A. I. Woonson, Capt. U. 8. Arniy. THE ROCKAWAY HOUNDS MEET Saturday, Oct. 1st, 11 a. ™., Half-Way House ; Wodnesday, Oct. 5th, 4:30 p. m., Lawrénce Point; Sainrday, Oct. 8th, 4:15 », m., Valley Stream; Monday, Oct, 10th, 4:30 Pp, , Pearsall’s Corner; Wednesday Oct. 19th, 4:45 Pr. w., Wye Creat; Monday Oct. 24, 4:15 pw, Baldwin'h ; Wedues- day, Oct, 26, 4:30 P. w., Woadshurgh ; Wednesday Noy. 2d, 4:15 vy, Mm Freeport ; Saturday, Nov, 5th, 4:00 e. or, Jamaica; Tuesday, Noy. 8th, 1:00 ». a1, Kenneli ; Saturday, Nov, 12th, 4:15 p.m, Rockyille Center. J. D. Cheaver, Master. Speciul hunt traing leave Long Island city at 3:30 ep, o., on Oct, 44. Nov. 2d and 12th. Rockaway hunt Steeple Chases Oct. 18th 4 Pp. mw, Special trains leaves I, I, CG, 2:30 2%. m. for races, The Meadow Brook Honnds will meet Oot. Ist, 3d, bth, 15th, 17th, 20th, 27th, 29th, 31st. apse 3d and 8th. Meadow Hrook hunt races, Saturday, Oct. 22d, FOXBOUNDS AT GRAND JUNOTION—Memphis, Oct. 7.— Hdijor Forest and Stream :— Rome gentlemen owning foxhounda, as Wellapn bird dogs, desira to have ® show with their homnds at Grand Junction, Tenn., during the meeting of the N. A, K, QO. next December. With a view of testing their hounds, some haye guarantéed 2 purse of $100; and asked me to name judges and conditions of the race, I have thought best, after consultation with thosa owning hounda, to divide the money into—First, of S50) ; sevond, of #35, and third, of $16, with $5 eytrance for each dop. We hayé engaged liva foxes that are to be led from horsdback. Should this prove unsuccessful, then it will be after a drag. Wednesday, December 7, has been fixed as the day of the race. Entries can be made up to Tuesday night, Further details will be sent you.—P. H, Bryson, Pres. Nat. Ken. Club. WITOCH,— New York, Ovt. 11,—Zditor Forest and Stream: On September 28 I had the misfortune to lose my cocker dog *‘Witch,”’ who died of poison. Witch was whelped June 16, 1874, and was by imported Romeo and Juliet, winner of first and special prizes at the New York show in 1877, and second at the fame in 1878. He was a grand field dog and a faithful companion, ‘‘Nell” was imported for the purpose of breeding to the aboye, and to take the place of the old dog I have written to England to obtain the finest dog possible,—Prep, H. Hor. LOST.—Mr. R. Tishman, of 81 Montrose ave, Brooklyn, lost his recently imported mastiff bitch, Sjie is nbout thirty-tsyo inches high, of a tawny or yellow color, with black mask. Her oars are nnevenly clipped. Any one knowing of hor whereabonts will con- fers fayor by notifying her owner, who will pay # fair reward for her recovery, In connection with this we would say that we freely offer the nas of out columas and onr personel efforts to assist m the recovery of yaluable dogs that are missing, NATIONAL FIELD TRIAL JUDGES--Memphis, October 7.— Ediior Foresiand Stream -—The following well-known gentlemen haye kindly consented to act as judges atthe N. A. K. C. Field Trials to be held at Grand Junction, Tenn., commencing Monday, December 5, Major J, M. Taylor, Lexington, Ky.: D.O Burgen- thal, of Indianapolis, Ind.; B. F. Wilson, of Pittsburgh, Pa, The experience and repntationthey hayeinsures all running doga a fair chance.—P, H. Bryson, President N. A, I, C. OOVERT.—Mr. M. §, Baker, Bucksport Me,, wishes us to correct a mistake made by Homo aa to the breeding of Covert in bis letter published Septeniber 27, describing Mr. Everett Smith's kennel, Goyert is a son of Mr. Baker's Nell instead of Gora II. The mis- take was of course nomtentional, and we make the correction with pleasure. SCOTCH STAGHOUNDS.—The attention of admirers of Scotch btaghoundas is called to the advertisement of the Rey. Greenville Hodsonin another columu, Mr, Hodson is one of the first an- thorities in England on this breed, and his stock is, we are told, the best in England, EASTERN FIELD TRIALS.—We haye received notice of the following additional entry for the Hastern Field Trials, Mr. Henry W. Livingston, New York city, entérs the lemon and white pointer dog Baronet (Rush—owner’s Rose) in the all-aged stakes. AN EXPENSIVE CANINE.—A story is told of on Iowa dog which has cost its owner $950 in damages for bites, and the man declares that mpecunious neighbors hang around on purpose to be bitten, knowing that he settles the claims promptly. ae KENNEL NOTES. Breeders wil owners of vows are invited, to send qermeranda of names claimed, bred, whelps, sales, ete., for insertion in this column We make no charye for the publication af such notes; but request in each ogsé the notice be made up in accordance with our form, that the name of bath owner and dog be written legibly, or printed, and that the strain to which the animal belongs be distinctly stated. a * NAMES CLAIMED. Ginger Snap—Claimed by the Mohawk Kennels, Chatham Ont., tor solid Iver pointer bitch puppy by champion Chips out of Reus (sen- sation-Onrgilis Rose. y Grouse—Claimed by Mr. Uhas. J, Armstrong, Milford, N. Y., for his liver and white tleked Llewellin setter dog puppy by champion Paris out of Mr. (). A. Lewis’ Fly. t Aelle—Claimed by Mr. Austin Parr, Newark, WN, d,, lor English setter bitch by Morris’ Pete out of Northrup’s Dell. Bess - Claimed by Mr. Austin Parr, Newark, N. J., for English setter bitch; pedigree unknown- Nickel, Cobalt, Custar, Plymouth and Majgie—Claimed by Mr. Geo. Pownall, Chrisilina, Pa., for three beagle due and tiyo bitch pups oub of Fanny by Old Sport, All black, white and tan. Noney Lee—Olaimed by Mr. C. M. Walrath, Albany, N. Y., tor red Trish setter bitch by Rory O’More out of Magenta, whelped Dec. 10, iss). Gag, Abe, Mentor, Mollie and Grannie—Olaimned by Mr. H. L, Gutkin for two builterrie: dog and three bitch pups, whelped Tuly"2, out of owner's Bess by Mr, G,. BH. Adams’ Sam. Countess Liewellin— Claimed by Mr. F. B. Farnsworth, Washington, D. C., for lemon Belton Liawellin setter biteh by Mr. Arnold Bur- ges’s Duuld out of Mr. J. H. Clark's Princess Draco (ob Roy-Livyy). WHELPS. Aimy Robsart—Mr, Geo, B. Brown's (Dedham, Mass.) Gordon setter biich Amy Robsart (Orgill’s Repp-Nellie Horton) whelped Sept. 7, ui Ge dogs und two bitches, by Mr. C. 'T. Balley’s Gordon setter om Zou—MY. 5. Forstcr’s (Boston, Mass.) English setter bitch Zoo (Drake- Dalsy) Whelped Sept. 29, four—three dogs und one biteh, by Claud (Coln-Jile); color, blick and white. The bitch pup and one dog sinve” dead. Yorontn Beau-Toronto Jef—On Oct. 5 Mr. J. EF. Kirk’s (Toronto, Canada) black imported eocker bitch Toronto Jet (Nigger-Belle) whelped séven dog and two bitch pups to owner's imported Toronto Bean (Katir-Squay). Hews—Mr. H. L. Lufkin’s (New York) bull terrier biteh Ress (Cass Rose) whelped July 2, five—two dogs and three bitches, by Mr. G. B. Adams’ Sam (Grip-Mlora). BRED. Raily-Music—M7, Colin Cameron's (Brickerville, Pa.) beagle dog Rally (sam-Dolly) to his imported Milsic, August ¥, 1881. § Rally-Equily—Mr, Colin Cameron's (Brickeryilleé, Pa) imported beagle dof Kally (fam-Dolly) to his imported bitch Equity, August 7, 1881. ” Rally-Bessie—Mr- Colin Cameron's (Briekerville, Pa.) beagle dog Rally (Sam-Dolly) to his bitch Bessie (Singer-Ning) Sepi, 10, issi. Rally-Rudy—My. Colm Cameron's (Brickeryilie, Pa.) beagle dog Rally (Sam-Dolly) vo his bitch Rudy (Lve Cloudy) Get. 4, 1481, Rocket-Farported Gipsey—My. Colla Gumerow’s (Brickerville, Pa,) net dog Koukel (Rally-Rory) to his imported bitch Gipsey, Oct, 4 a" ” Cremorne-Tom—Dr. Frank W. Shattuck s (Providence. R. 1.) Gordon setter bitch Cremorne to Mr. C. T, Bailey's (Dedham, Mass.) Gordon setter Tom, Sept. 16, 18st. ‘ Foa-Pete, Jr,—M), E. J. Whitehead’s (New York) champion black pointer bitch Fan to Mr, B, ©. Alden’; (Dedhiim, Mass.) black pointer Pete, Jr., August 28, 1831. Maida-Sensation—The Westminster Kenyel Club's liver and white ticked pointer biich Maida to Sensation, Oct. 3, 1S>l. Mr. i. D. Bartlet’s black, whiteand tan setter Leah IT, (Leah-Royal Duke) has been bred fo Mr. H. M. briges’ blak, white aud tan setter Gount Warwick (Warwitk-Belle). Mx. Hailey Harrison's Peeres- to Wr. A, H, Moore's Thunder. Mr, Batley Harristm’s Belle to bis Dick Layernek: Fanny-General Jaskson—My. B. G. Seebact’s (Peru, Tl.) skye terrier dog General Jackson to bis biteh Manny, Sept, 25, 1881. Gip-Porkanive Charley—My 6B, Campbell’s imp. Yorkshire terrier, winner ist at New York, 167, to Mr. &. @, Seébach’s Peru, Tl, toy Yorkshire lerrler Gp, Sept 25, 1851. Gussie-Laryy—Mr, W. H. Plerce’s (Peersiill, N, Y.) red Irish setter bitch Gussie to his Larry (Blcho-Rose) Sep. 4and 5, 188', Froat-Gladstone—Mr. W, -A; Stiothey’s (Lynchburg, Va ) lemon and white setter bitch Prost (Leicester-Dart) to Mr. P. H, Brysons Glad- stone, Och. T. SALES, Spet—Mr. Colin Cameron, Rrickerville, Pa,, has sold fo Mr. w. H. Gibbons, of Great Barrington, Mass,, the baavle dog Spot (Downey's. Brank-Fashion). Belle-—My, Balley Harrison, of Tisonburg, Ont, his sold 10 John EB, Long ve Datrall, the blue Belton biteh Belle(Pride of tle Boruer- Kinny), Shot—The Mohawk Kennels, Chatham, Ont., has sold to Mr. F. B. Tsou, Tisonbure, oni, the lemon 2nd white pointer dog Shoe (Bob- Neil), winner of 1st prize in }mall pointer cluss, London, 1881. Ginger Siig—Mr, i. B. Tison, Til-onbdurg, Ont, has sold to the Mo- hawk Kennels, Chatham, Ont., the solid liver pointer blich Ginger Snap (champlon Chips-Rena). Boxion—Mr. W N. Collender, Albany. N.Y , has sold to Mr. S. D, Woodruff, Si. Cathartes, Ont., the red Ins selterdog Boston (cham- pion Rory O'More-Queen Bess), (lana, Pa , to J.C. H. W Hughes,,,.....-i1) 1101—6 Cadmus.....-...+-.1100 1111—T Holcombe. . Dr oles.,,-. ] Dr Yetrington.....G011 1911-5—a0 Preeman,.....__ Leroy.. Newton D Toile: T Hally....s ea Outwater...-sse.2-l111 01117 C Townsend... Ws Cammon....,,.1001 1011—5 ii Von Leogerke...i111 111/—8 Mack—Mr. John McMullen, Painted Post, N. Y., has sold ta Mr, Chas. Kerick, of the same place, the cocker dog puppy Mack, by Bar- ney out of Fannie, Barney [T—Mv. John MeMullen, Painted Post, N. Y., has sold to Mx, Wells A, Allen, Baldwinsville, N. Y., the cocker dog puppy Barney IL, by Barney out of Fannie. Robert Ingersoll —Mr. Joh.) MeMullen, Painted Post, N. Y.. has solti to Mr. W. 8. Rugg, of Baldwinsville, N. ¥., the cocker dog puppy Robert Ingersoll, by Barney out of Fannie. Sam Tilden—Mr, Chas, Hall, Sandy Hook, Conn,, has sold to Mr, John McMullen, Painted Post, |he English setter dog Sam Tien. Bell—My. James Sloan, Corning, N. Y., has soid to Mr. Joh) MeMul- len, Painted Post, N. ¥., the cocker bitch Bell, by Mick out of Kate, Nip Red Trish setter dog by Mr. Bishop's Doctor out of Mr. Bishop's Biddy, by Mr. Geo Leach to Mr. Fred BH. Lewis, Tarrytown, N.Y. Topsy Beagle bitch in whelp to Victor, by Mr. Geo. Pownall, Chris- T. Oscar Green. Dan-Flura—Beagle dog and bitch whelped July, 1881, by Victor (im- ported Rattler-imported Bluebell) ouf of Beauty (2d Philadelphia, 1879) by Mr. Geo. Pownall, Christiana, Pa., to Mr, Dan Storrs, Leb- anon, N. H. Panny~Krolic—Beagie dog and bitch whelped July, 141, by Victor Gmported Kattler-imported Bluebell) out of Beauty (2d Philatelphia, 1s7$), by Mr. Geo. Pownall, Christiana, Pa, to Mr. Colin (meron, Briakeryille, Pa. PRESENTATIONS. NeU—Mr. John McMullen, Painted Post, N. V., has presented (o Mr. Charles Beemis, Jefferson, Texas, the liver cocker biteh puppy Nel, by Bill Walker out of Plora. Mentor—Mr. WW, L. Lufkin, New York, has presented to Mr G. W. Comstock, Buffalo, N, ¥., the bull terrier bitch Mentor, whelped July 2, out of owner's Bess by Mr. G. BH. Adams’ Sam. Gag—Mr. H. 1. Lutkin, New York, his presented to Mr Henry An- drus, New York, the dark brindle bull terrler dog Gag, whelped July 2, out of owner's Bess by Mr. G. A. Adams’ Sam. Countess Llewellin—Lemon Belton Liewellin setter bitch by Mr,*Ar- nold Burges’ Druid out of Mr. J. Hi. Clark’s Princess Draco, by Mr. J. N. Brunson, Sycamore, Tll., to Mr. F. B. Farnsworth, Washington, Hite and Crap Shooting. THE TRAP. ESSEX ys. JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS. ELL, the battle has been fought, and right valiant was th by test, and the crack club, or the‘ champlon club” of tite Stats of New Jersey, aS our joily cotemporary ex-Teld editor of another sporting paper of this city wis wont to designate the Essex Ulub, have been obliged to lower thelr standard And own up fairly outshot in two out of four contests—the first resulting mm a tle. The match on Wednesday, at the Essex Club was to be the final match between these clubs, and as went so was to go the champlonship. It was a splendid sifair, ana did credit to the Marksmanship of both clubs, A Marnificent lot of birds in a, high wind, rounds, on the Bloomfield road, that mateh The shooting was something: extixordinary under the circhinstances, The Essex boys were in high teather ihe night before the shoot, aud seemed to think they would have an nasy thing olit. Oneotthed.C.H boys dropped into Kays, the head- quarters of the Essexs, the night before and was chsffed 1: Bely ou the scorching bis club was to 1ecelve; $15 to $10 Was freely offered we are told, But this member happened not to be one of the timid kind, and the Essex boys were accommodated to a moderate degree on these terms. Asit turned out his money Was well invested The arrangements under the management of the Essex committee were in good taste, and were wellcariied oul. Pieniy of the best tor the Inner man and gentlemanly treatment, The Essexs, {f (hey cant Btoot as well a8 some clubs, do not forget to be seotlemen, and preay hilarity especially toward the last, prevailed, as Jake p— said “ Well, it we can’t beat them shooting we can out-holl+r them,” and they did. Our boys being modest, and at that time somear them too {ull of the good ihings so lavishly displiyed Yor ui terance, As usual, some of the best men of both cipbs failed to do as well as they and thelr trlends expected or then). Dr, Pinddell becu = moralized early In the action and sald he had a oe coudition that he must see at once. Some one said, soto vouw, that the Doctor coutd ate quail Ses at hee in erhaps, but when it came to plgeons with the J_O.H. he got exalt: Bennett too one of thelr most reliable shots, like a CarAtn Tete of the J. C. Paleut in a serious Md., preny well . at Long Branch, he must have forgotten hig specs. ¢. Warne, of the Midway Club, Matteawan, was the referee, an old izeon shot, a gentleman thoroughly posted on the ruies, his decis! ee prompt and just. He gaye universal s-tist: action, yaa little challenging, and none of the petty earplns so closely contested match. The tollowing is thé offielal score : L There was often seen in a, Fourth match between tle Essex aod Jersey City Helehts Gun Qlubs; 26 men each club, 25 yards vise. § birds perman: the firsi, birds from a designated trap, one barrel only; y Orsi our traps, both barrels : ' next low from 6 round RESEX. Brintoal_._.... 222411101414 —7 J Penze......2..,..4011 111-6 HHSCH ss ....... 1000 Lis Dr Pindell,..... 0910 11i1—5. + QUAL 1101—3—37 seeee L101 O0T1—6 eepte OLLI LI Second Squad. w1111 0111-7 Fiobart.---....,...0100 114% «1111 1011—T pf Som alee MLL lie #1111 1011—-T_ Sisko, -,,..... + --1110 10}1—§ 111 14—T- ~—szKitmkey....... eee DOL 1014 A -10L0 1111~6—84 -White...- 2 ...2,.0111 111 —e—ag ' Third Squad. JOVSEY ...-y,eeee- 1111 1011—7 SMMGN. ses 23... 0111 1ig91—7 JJ Totfey...::- +1001 11116 Wal... 1111 1010—9 Dr Burdett. . » 1104. 11117 Keller, eoreee TTI WAIT Dr Cun eee veel 10 117 Watt 2. 0 oe 7 Hendden...,....0111 1111—i—R4. Baldwin... .2.) 2.1011 oi{—s—a0 Fourth Squad. Collins. 2.1111 1ML0—t Beleher. 1M 1110-8 1111 1110—7 (010 0101—% hobertse 0101 10/0—4 Bor... .- 1101 111—t#—25 Gomery... Fitth Squad. MUNG. 6-6 eeesecee. HO WiI—s Betiele. - 2... 100 T1014 Wilitams, . --111L 11s Btewalt..... - ONL 1L11—7 Knlgnt.. 1) T0n—6 - 1111 n11—4% s+, AND a LT ++- een T110 U1I—6—s0 1110 1110-6 Q@ Smibh........ we A111 OLLI—T—BS Hayes,....... 2.2, +11 Viti—k—79 TOtAL...esest2ecnee ROSAS. EU He ty Qn TTS On dita trap apd handle match for $300. 60 birds each, has been arranged between a member of the J. C, Il, and an od pizeon shooter of Newark, to come off the 26th inst, on the grounds of fhe d. G. Marlon, N. J., when big shooling may be expected, SG. B. JACOBS A PR. ee SOME OLD TIME FIGEON SGORES, Mr. William King, who is now contributing to the Former Ann SrkeaAM some of hisicurlous shots during & period of forty yeas's’ sport with “the double,” has been in his day an expert pleeon shot. some years ago a correspondent called siti ition io Mr. King’s scores a8 Showing that fine exhibitions of ski ab the tvay were not all confined Lo the present day. Out correspondent: further contended that the twelve scores, which we republish below, constitute a better record than canbe shown by any other mao under the cundittous Stated. Our correspondent wrote (see Issue of Rop Anp Guy, Aprils, a es conta a it Postancatt Go has made the greatest shooting, or erores from the trap, a either single, or single and double birds combined, or in mmatenes ae double birds alone? Ido nol mean af exhibition shows, where any man may shoot at so many birds sprung trom 4 spring Lrap, 45 gen- erally these birds are what are termed + duifers.7 not ihe BWifi-fy- ing stock that ls furnished by each opposing party ina match, viz. A “Wind und handle for each other.” In all these matches each one bas thé best birds that can ba obtained. Now, © will eive two exhi- Dillon matches shot by the tavo most celebrated shots on record, viz, : Mr. Willlani King shot, 101867, af 24 pair of birds, sprung trom a trap together, about six feet thrown up, at which he fred onky one shot at The palr, uudertaking to Kill thiity—tive pigeons in twenty-five shots, shooting so quickly that Lhe birds, when thrown together, had no Ume to separatein flight, Mr. King killed 49 owt of the 50—25 pairs. This epee te Saw done myself. Another instance: Capt. Kogardns killed 100 Dirds in 100 shots, thrown out of a spring trap, af Chicaro, in isi. Well, both of this shcoting was more iike tossing up some- thing 4nd shooting at it, standing in the air momentarily, ere 1 de- Scends, Anolfher instance will be found in the Old Spirit, copied trom & Charleston, 8, C., paper of 1450, Mr, King’, then, shortly atter bis ss —— OoroneE 18, 1881.] FOREST AND STREAM. 215 arriyal in the United States. bet $100 thathe would break to pieces 95 bottles im 100 shote, with No. 6 stot, viz,, the hard, black, Sherry botiie, He shot tus al Mount Pleasant, Charleston; Mt and broke to pléces, fairly io the alr, 100 botWdes in succession, shooting 35 described, with gun !4-bore, 1 oz, shot oy 139 02,, Ttorzet whieh.” In support of Mr. King’s claim ™ having made the best score in twelve matches, the following records were adduced : i King y, Wells ~ Shot at Red Bank, Philadetphia, ish4.—King shot at 10 doubie birds, killed 20; Wells shot 4010 donble birds, ikiiied 20, In the shoot off at 1) double birds each kiled 19 birds, and the stakes Were drawn.—eported by Old Spirit. ®. King y, Cornell—Mateh for $50); shot at Germuntown, FPhilidel- pila, 1855.—King shot ac 15 double birds, killed 38; Cornell shot av 16 double birds, killed 2. Won by King. —Gid spirit. 8. King y. Corne—Match for £500, shot at Germantown, Philadel- phia, 1s55.—BKing shot at 15 double birds, tilled 27; Cornell shot at 16 double birds, killed 4s. Won by King.—Old Spirits, 4. ae) y. Cornel—Match for $h00; sliot at Long Island, Sept, 1855.—kK Ing shot at 100 sinrle birds, killed 915; Cornell shot at 100 single Dirds, kiiied 98%, Won by King.—Old Spirit. 6 King y, 6. Dungan—Match for $5,000 u sides shot, at Olnéinnatl, Ootober, 1555.—Kiog shot at 75 double birds, killed 129; Duncan shot at 7 double birds, killed 130. Won by Duncan.—Louisville Courier and Old Spirit. 4. King v, Tatham—Mateh for $1,000; shot at Bloomingdale Road, N. ¥_, September, 1857.—King and Tatham each shotat 25 double and MY pines birds; King killed 9, Tatham killed $7, Won by King.—Old spirit. 7, King y Shoanhon—Mateh for $1,000; shotat St. Louis, 1850,—King shot at 30 double birds, killed 55; Shannon shot at sv double birds, April, 1859,—2i) sub., $10 each ; Killed a5. Won by King.—Clipper. 8. Sweepstakes shop at St. Louis, Hirst, second and third prize; King shot lwo Chances ; won thé fist wild secoud prizes, killing d4 birds in suceession. H. Fulsou won third Fe ize, Killlug 43 birds oun of 44, Same sweep, next day, Kiug took first and second prize, killing 66 out of 68. Shannon took toird nae. King also killed 4) single birds in 40 shots, anu 35 double birds 0 46 double Shots.—Olipper. 9. King v. Duucan—Match for $2,000; shot at St. Louls, April, 1869, —King slot at 20 double birds (40 yards rise), kliled 21; Duncan shot at 4) uonble virds Game rise), Killed 20. Won by King, —Clipper. i), King vy, bupcan—Maton tor $10,000; shop wt Louisville, May 29, me 30 yards rise, 25 double blrds each, King killed 42, buncan 24. —Olipper. at) ae y. Duncan—Matech for $1,000 a side; shot at Loulsville, June, shiv; SU slnvie birds. Kiew killed all; Duncan, 24 out of 30,— Luutsviile Courter. 12. Great Invernational Maich; shot Octobor, 1859, at Newmarket, Hing; 60 slogle and 50 double birds; ¥o) sovereigns a slie, King Killed 42 OF the 50 single birds, and 387 of the 50 double birds; Freere killed 89 Of Lie 50 simele birds, and 67 of the 50 double bird§.—Bell'y cs RECAPITULATION, King y. Wells.—King kilied 40 double pirds, missed 0, Kithg y. Wells.—Kiny killed 19 dowole birds, missed 1. King v. CornelL—ikK lug killed ¥§ double bins, missed 2. Bing vy, Corne:l.—kKing Killed ¥7 double birds, missed 3. King v. ColmelL—King kuled 94 single birds, niissed 6, King vy. Dancan,—King killed 129 duuble duable birds, missed 21, King y. ‘Datham.——K ing killed 48 single birds, missed 4, King v. Tatlam.—King killed 49 double birds, missed 1, King y. shannon.—Klug killed 65 dvwble bipds, missed 5. Sweepstakes—King killed 44 single birds, missed 0. King killed 66 double birds, missed 2. King ¥. Dulicari—King killed 42 double birds, missed 8. King y. Dunsan—Kking killed 30 single birds, missed 0. King v. Freeve—King killed 42 single birds, missed 8: killed s7T doubie, missed 5, Mr. King killed 258 single birds, missed 16; 522 double birds, missed 66, kMNny 25s In 274 single rises, and 522 in vs9 double shots, oO CLAY PIGEONS AT BOSTON.—The clay pigeon trap was used at Wuluut Will last week for Lhe first time, There was a youd attend- ance Of shoolers, who expressed Lhemselves Much pleased with the Hew substitute for live pigeuns, the outy objection being the faulny condition Gf Lhe stand for the traps, tt belig placed too low. Inatches were shot, the first of w yards rise, and resulted as 16llows -: Two ch was at ten clay pixeons, 10 eS a ile eet oh at) =a) Le Os vip sO bare ite cies er eed x My Ty tens, O10 WD tea Yd 27 O07 22114 os 01010141 0 0-5 000022110 14 The second match was at20 bails, Holden trap, 18 yards rise, and whe result was: Ameés 19, Williams 19, Smith 19, Powers 16, Bartlett 15, Glenn 17, Parsons 16, Williamson 14, Carter 14, WELLINGTON, Oct. 7,—There was a large attendance at the Ray- mond Ulub grounds, Wellington, to-day, notwithstanding the many aliractions at the different ranges, The conditions were most tsvor- able, and replesentative crack shots from the Lynn, Central, Middle- Sex und olher clubs participated, The tirst event of the day was ab clay plyeons, 10 yards, 10 pigeons. The second event was’ 20 glass bulls trom a Holden trap, 18 yards’ rise, Sweep. shovling was also indtlyed th during the day. Only the best scores are given, many withdrawing 10 improve records. Fist Match—F A Johnson 9, J Clarke 8,0 F Langtry 8, F © Fuld- thy 7, D Kirkwood 7, E Woodbury 6, J M Merril 6, C Jones 6, J E Dill. bury 4, WO Rathbone 4, @ Kennedy 4, C M Maliham 3. Second Match—O F Langtry 19, H Way 15, J Clark 16, B Woodbury 15, ‘TH Pulding 12, C Jones 11, M K Gleason 9,C M Malliam 9 Phe Kayinond Sportsman's Club will hold a grand vlay pigeon tourhsiment during te latter part of this month, : LIBERTY, Va.—Practice shoot at clay pigeons, ford Hunting snd Fishing Club : gel na PLS Fenda ee ee) al Dr W Izard.....2:...77 HL W Moseley........ EG Batley...,. Oct. 7, of the Bed- eee ee 6010190911119141111111—18 =-11110191111010 (1101116 + += eT TTL01011 110117 1101-16 =e 11011101 1.0011011171—15 ce eeeeedaeeenp ere ALOMIIINILTINIG 018 en shot off: Dr'T M Bowyer........100111—-6 Wd Hubard....,.......410111—6 Ib was growing too dark to continue contest between Bowyer an Hubard for the fist place; match was postponed. = is A FINE SCORE.—New York, Sept. 19.—The Workiogmen’s Gun Club had another meeting at thelr grounds near Fort Lee. We hive proven by ie following score to Dave the coming BoOrardus in our ranks. Hdwin W. Dorsheimer Is but19 yeats old, and has done this Benson as fine shooting as any of Our crack shots. He livesin New York ulty, but 14 ap: lerk, und ha> not time to devote to the Sport in Which De equals some or our finest shots. This is the score he Inada wt Our clin srounds. He performed the teat with an ordinary muzzlé-loading gun of treuking 60 glass balls without a miss, sliooting alternately tom the right and left shoulders. This reat we thine proce of belng noticed by your valuable paper—Workingiren's GoN CLUB. WHITESTONE GUN CLUB—Whitestone, L. 1, Ovt. 10— The fourth rnonthly cohrest of the White-tone Gun Club at glass balls came off on October] with eight men at the trap, The first prize was the Ghamplonsh p prize medal, held by A. C. iimerding, to be con- tested for Lwice more this yaar and to go tu the member Wionihg 1p the greater numberof umes. ‘Nhe second prize, a leather Cartridge belt, to be slot Yor only once. Wen glass balls, 15 yards tise, Hateli's trap; Bogardus rules: CW Simonds. .......11011T110— 9 HB DeWitt Smith....voov1111— ¢ é OOO A LONI— 5 OLN 1000Ww— 8 » OOVOLOLOOU— 2 TORONTO GUN CLU&,—The annual pigeon shoot of the Toron Gun Club was held yesterday, Ournext issue will contain & Tepare Of The meeting. RANGE AND GALLERY. THE BEST LONG-RANGE RECORD.—When on Sept. 1a, 1880. Mr. Wm. Gerrish scored 224 In the possible aa5 at sou, Sol gna 1,000 yards, hia won the honor of holding the best on record His total was equaled and his' record beaten by hols when on Aug, 24 last Mn. W. a, bays on the same Walnut Bell, wit tollowed the score standing = SO0 VATS, .iu0d BB 65 56 66 6 5 5 BB 67d BORN Le ees6 LS GiB: 5 DR G6 mew bare p00 eee B66 65 665 5 BG 6 b—75~aRd The wind was steady and blowing two points on the gauges from nine o'clock, and with @ gray light everything s#eméd favorable to big scoring. A better 224 than this one it is impossible to make, and only a cléan scoré can now beatit. Our only regret is that the score Should not have beon made ln amatch insigad of in a Mere practico shoot, BOSTON, Oct. 7.—Walnut Hill had a rare old time to-day, and almost everything about the range was hit by the flying bullets, eyen including the buliseys. The Herald says that it was a big day tor newspaper men, and ared letter one in the history of modern journ- alism. ‘The 46 scribes who, for the noncve, exchanged pencils and paste-pots for rifles and cleaning rods, und faced the ivon butts at Walnut Hill in a friendly competition, hays come to fhe con- clusion that, even ifall did not succeed in capturing trophies, the pleasure and Success of the octasion was lar in excess of the most; sanguine expectations. It was the third annual shoot of fhe Press Riflé Club, and, In the matter of prizes offered, it was one of the most important competitive events ever Known among Massacbuseits rifle- men, amateur or professional, Artivies, aggregating in value upward of $500, were put tip as prizes, The Gay was, as regards weather, simply perfect, and, though a varlable wind blew diagonally across the range, it was a ght one, and did not greatly interfere with the shooting. The 11 o'clock train from Boston carried out the majority of the contestants, and the remainder followed au hour later, 56 that all the boys were on hand in good season, industriously at work sighting their pieces and getting in practice shots, There were six teams in the held, and there being but four targets an allotment of seven Men to each target was Mace, so thal no team should be kept Waiting. A 1:30 o'clock, sharp, the team match was called,and the spec- tators—ot whom, by the way, there was a foodly number—witldray 1 polnts overlooking the range, and the contest bertun. The scores given below tell theirown story. Every kindof? a gun was used, trom 4 finely balanced modern rifle with peep and globe sights and wind- age and elevation gauges, to the old-tashioned military rifles with open sights and lacking both beauty and symmetery. Some of these militery arms, however, in the hands of old memoers of the militta, did effective work, and baiteved the bullseye right royally, Though asmoking and appetizing lunch was temptingly displayed it was not unti] after the last shot}in the tearm match had been fred that the boys troubled themselves about attacking the viands, and even then there was no dallying at the tables, as everybody was anxious to get their guns “down fine” for the individual contest, which offered so many tempting prizes, In this contest the shooting was very cose. as the result below given will show, The best Of feeling preyaile throughout the entire day, and, though there were many dissapointed Tiflemen, everybody seemed philosophical and good nutured, while the lucky man whoserigbt to the big leather medal none can now dispute, carried home the news of his success to the Star office. The Advertiser Man, who ls now the owner of the other leather medal, says that it was the happiest moment of his life when he was assured of his success, An interesting and impressiye feature of the occasion was the firing of a round of blank cartridges, before 4 gun was aimed atthe targets, by about torty riflemen in line across the range in memory of their deceased fellow-crattsinan, Charies H. Vincent, who was a member of the original Globe team, and one of tne most popular and esteemed gentlemen of the press. : n Appended is the detalled result of the day’s shooting, 10 shots per man: Glohe Team, Herald Team, el th edilae ARIE e Oa “U a soe ae G A Morwan..,.--,---++.-- aT QB Danforth..... bie lhsiee oo DTV Parkere22ecelb aon 2 ah Thomas f Keenan........ 29—1T7 Transcript Team. Post Team, HS PISHGr. 2.) be ceeceesnee SO Bw: Scott...) 2.3). c.... 37 JD Whitcombe........... 82 J BR Mann (MIL), ....,.-.., 31 LM Hammond.. tee MET, BH Sterns.........-.. Jee slaty OO EE Edwards.............. 25 WH Hathaway......... 4 18 W V Alexander, ..._-.. gece tt—THt CPP TOWEL) 50 -c-scey ess + 18—136 , Advertiser Team, Star Team. DUS S000) errr eee: 8b H M Wyath,..... Reid fee ae MOIDMLE STAN Bate ot etna 6e 29 EO Skelton, aaa fe OS HP McNally.....-... eke cel J 5 Buckley_., cee BD - 13 58 J Simmons. cre aly’ AVETAge SCOPE........ 0.26. 25—126 CS Drew -:.. ....,2...... 11—121 Individual Match, Trounds, 1 polny to nillitary rites: fi EV TEC 2 ole sis adens) a (tuto ein 83 BE Sterns $........... Far PCE ap | SE BYTHE Wjocepesce pees 32 29 JG Smitht..s....... 2199 J PHvOSt*,..santee 2 28 EE Rolling t.....00.--..---. 00 25 JB Gomezit .-......5..- . 2 E TWARUOEISS ios ts sites nee +. 33 A GU Morgan t+........ teeeeveees BT OC EF EB Brownell + (Mil).- 27 Vo ff O Skelvon || ‘i 25 H hk 25 M I ad Merrigan?7,..., Parlier f........5 SUB ROQDNS we . 2% 87 Simmons ||... . 12 V H Sanger 4[:--... arp lin yO BACON FRO eel cecil 12 W HA Hathaway $.. veeeees 22 J D Whitcomb ** er Ul (Be. DUET PAPROP OG) Ae ee esses . 10 F TN Killikelly f..... Wd Innis +... THE BOSTON GALLERIES.—The October matches at the Magnolia PALSY, have opened far above the management’s expectations. The nducement offered to riflemen to practive Scores at reduced pices hus brolghtin many hovices and adepts forrifle and pistol shooting. Mr. R. ff, Schaefer has the lead in the all-comers’ rifle match, followed by Ames closely. J. H. Willlams has a long lead in the all-comers’ pistol match, Only the best scares shot during the week are given, as follows, together with the official programme for the month : All-Comers’ Rifle Maten. RIB BETAGIOL SSS -(< sersy- wee cielsieres elt ole eis ee SS one 40 45 49—144 J Ames, ...-2<25. erry vir ey eects Fe wonders teasas-dt = 46 47—136 Amateur Rifle Mateh. TENA ean) bat ATR Ae Ae ns Rae ARAL Se Aen Sree weg tel 42 45—1 28 All-Comers’ Piste! Match. dH Willams... e'Rermpe ee cee sMiPh Oar e Ole 7 80—220 TILER PE Ui Bacay amps whale abies ey Cree aie Sri ch TL 72 7h-¥1s Three matches will be in progress during the month af Octoler: No. 1 will be the all-comers‘rifie match, No, ¥ will be lhe antateur rifle match. No. 3 will be the all-comers’ pistol match, ia which is offered four cash prizes. ‘There is also au extra cash prize offered to any one making « clean score of ten consecutive bullseyes. Conditions in all matches: Any .¥% calibre rifle, 6-pound pull; po- sition, off-hand; rounds 10, a possible 50; five scores to win, or a pos- sible 250, Conditions in pistol match: Any .22 calibre pistol, regulation bar- rel; rounds 8, 4 possible 96; three scores to win, or a possible 253; rifle range, 100ft.; pistol range, Suft. The shooting during Lhe week af the Mammoth rifle gallery has been exceptionally good. Although no clean scores have been made, many members of GUt-Of-Lown clubs, as well a8 members of the sey- eral Boston newspaper rifle clubs, have ayulled themselves consider- ably of the gallery tor practice. Pistol shooting especially seemed to be more in favor than ever, GARDNER, Mass, Oct, 7.—Some of the local shots went out to Hackmatack range recently and made an unusually good record, Ellsworth Making the best score ever recorded atthe range, The conditions were 200 yards, off-hand, Inch ring and Creedmoor target, combined, The score tells he story: Ke Gy R @. Totals. G ¥F Ellgworth........... pases 2D 45 ou ptt] 191 97 Chester Hinds.......... ween) BO 48 99 86948 1sy oa SB Hildrith,- .-...........-. fo AT ae eae 112 SL GC GOodale........ 0... eee ™ 4h T 48 16t 90 Charles Mertt......,...:. +» 65. 42 ib) 43 143 85 Wm. Austm............ Tee oh » Aa 66 4g Iai SB CREEDMOOR, Oct, 5.—An interesting long range match was shot To-day ab Creedmoor by the Ainiteur Kifle Club. The scores made in \t go on record for the season medal. The distance was 1,00) yards, witb twenty shots per man, making The highest possible of 100 polats The shooting was excelient. The scores are: 8ST G Dudley, 96; N D Ward, 95; fH Holton, 98; Thomas Lamb, Jr., 98; J dabirshaw, 91; W W DeForest, 89; Homer Fisher, 85. The Irish-American Rife Club are making great preparations for thelr mee with the Scottish-American club, and much practice has been held #0200 and 500 yards. In pe praulice to-day, out of the possible if? the leading scores were: FF Millen, 88; 'T . Dolan 85; Captain J Kerr, 79. In his second score at 500 yards, using the regula- tion military rifle, Mr. Dolan scored 49 out of 50 polis. By adding this to his first score the record would be 95 outol & possible 100 points. This, if is claimed, has never been surpassed at Creedmoor under the Same conditions, BOSTON, Oct. §.—The meet at Walnut Al) to-day was slimly at- tended, The wind proved troubiesome, being puffy from west to southwest, The best records are appendud: Badge Matcli No. 5, AGT 4. ly dete oa fap4up55sh—4T OC A Orth.,.. ........ H Post....... .55a5s454—d5 EA Borel. 4 JB Fellows Sbipwbs—45 SF Bost f448454— 44 ¢ B Conant... Sobddds45d—5 WD Seo pasty — 4g FB Jones... AMAA —5 G Welllagton.. til §abdldd 4g BO Garter... dtodtond4t—at CL POS... 6... Alda — ay Gra tPonde.ey.52.- 659444154414 Silarpshooters’ Match, OFM TE WEIL ha pc. eles siecle 1210 11 12 Wl 1 dt it WW M10 J Merrill .... cell TL Wai Wt 10 11 42 1b 14—iu9 CW Larwence ..12 10 12 IO dt W 11 1 21 in—i05 AI, Bwt.....<.. eld 10 9 F TO 11 WW 1 dt 1tl—ids BE Goth, elo. sees de 7 12) 1Oe dt 12 10 19 an W—tto5 INR ME WG poe babs owl clelcle 121 #9 11 11 9 W 9 LW WW ive BC. Curler seco! ives sesy Ph, 12 Gt TL 20. di do) 8 “= =200 Handicap Match, h—48 W Gray.....-.......445354454—44 att J Nichols. ....,,-,..qdss4use 49 peee ee ANHSIEHSI4 4H OC Muster... ...., dddddioa85—i1 Db Be 44.55544545—45 BP © Cates... ...._-. , .b43635433—96 The fall meeting of the Massachusetts Rifle Association will take place atWalnub Hill, Oct. vi, 25 and 29. MEDFORD, Oct, 6.—To-day was a fine day Yor riflemen and some sixty gathered ai Bellyue range, the attraction being the opening (lay ol the tall meeting of the Medford Rifle AssoMlaction. In the team match there were three entries, the Medtords belong the winners, as the lolloWlng summary shows: Medford Team. AW Webb..-... e 4654454546 A C AAaMIS.........)¢4dbddoto4—4a F Hollis..-...... 54454445 H Kimball..,....... 445435444512 U H Russell... ..) Added 3-tdd—20 TOALsyec.zter-ts waass yas $85.4, 0:0 3.1 Sek beds. pees Feely, Wakefield Team, EF Richardson, ....5555554555—49 DH Walker......... 4444544454 49 W b Daniel.......... §944994555—47 KR Howard,...,..... 44564543449 8 B Dearborn, ...., .-4444584443—3T AVC Te ae OR BRC eR ASRS AP Oe ee 217 Massachuselts Team. GL Winship.....--. H55445445—15 Jb Fellows..,...... 444454555444 GF Elisworth..... 4414549554 44 H Gray...-....,.,,,.,4d45544day- 49 TN Brye....2...0-. 4: 444344354—09 TODAS neq 14 meet cRelaP Lsspranne se itbae s Mavastessets a AE en 214 Ta the 200 yards match there were an unusually larye number of éniries und some excellent scores were made, H F Richarason lead- ing with two clean scores, closely followed by H Khnball with one. We subjoin the leading scores: Ef Riehardson...,.... 5555555 —35 Re-entry. 1... 55555 HKimball,....-.. J B Wellows......-...., GL Winship,, AJ Greene,... AW Webb........ (445 —3t Sb Dearborn... 445 1b44— 33 G F Blisworth........,5405555—34 NW P ames... -...0455455—32 AG Adams -.......... 4 —a3s GC Arbhur.. . 655445439 ISNAET VCS, . sees 551455533 H Withington. 4555554—32 F Hollis........ eee 6465545—53 A Whitney. 4444555—31 OW Riissell...... weree DOD4O45—33 HE Whiltler 4544545—31 H Gray,.---... . 545554633 D H Walker,. , b445445—31 W dJacobs.............. 545553433 R Howard. -.. wee ee 45554431 D Ogilvie. .....;,.--.-.554H4—3) WB Dantel....... +1 -14,5345554—30 EAST BOSTON SCHUETZEN CORPS—Meeting at Bayside rink, Magss., Oct. 4. Scores at Massachusetts target: D Brelvogel_.. 00, ..¢¢ eee ase I 2 eo a tae ns HD Huggan. vit 1 9 49 9 10 11 10 8 1o—101 GBSyntax.... 520 eS ee 12 IE 1S) eet Oo oF J HL Max......... Bs SL SSP 85 00s 19) Faye Thomas H Vogel.. 1110 30 9 86 12 4 9 4T 2 oF 8 Sanbyrne....., ya. UL 2 YS de Set "so Eg GW Granger.. ES= ar 8) 8-8 20 8h WT oS). o—— ga HG Shanneck, SRR se Teele she oe Res! GR Waiters. i Pete iy Sr eee Edwin Fost Ot Gs LOY FO SS Bk Caoey WORCESTER, Mass., Oct. 7.—The Worcester Sportsmen's Club Shartouton thei annual hunt Tuesday, Oco. 1S, to be followed by a game supper the following evening. The sides are vuptained by E. 8. Knowles and A. B. i, Kinney. The las) of next week the Worcester Clty Guards, Co. A, 2d Regi- ment, W. V. M., have their annual iarget shoot for prizes, followed by their annual supper, aes RANGE, Thursday, Oct, 6,—Champion Marksman’s alch: 200 Yards. TL. 60) Yards. Tl, Ag. Col Howard, - t 4-20 465 5 & 4~R3—43 Maj 1 R Denim: 4—15 ¢t 4 4 5 4-91-39 P Gonneth. a 4 2 b—17T —26 Cola J Cla $95 2 5 0-15-34 Corp aM Pole... 3.0 8 6—18—3) RENSSELAERWYCK FALL MEETING, ALBANY, October 7. 6 a fourth fall meeting of the Third Division Rifle Association was commenced Wednesday morning, at Rensselaerwyelk. So tar the association has been fortunate in theirarrangementsy, aud the meetings haye proved successful, so far as attendance and financial results were concerned. In former years a considerable portion of the receipts came from the military men; this year military rifle practice is at a low ebb, aud Wednesday found but two qnilitary men on the ground. Notwithstanding the absence of the military, the enfties were more numerous than in former years, and the receipts were largely in exvess of any first day of the fall meeting. The directors went over in an early train and commenced the meeting at 9 o'clock with the directors’ match. The air was cool, but pleasant, and tbe wind did not in the least interfere, while the eky was overcast, and the light was that dull gray so earnestly de- sired by riflemen looking for agood score. Three matches were concluded, the prize winners and details of which were ap follows : Directors’ Match—20) Yards, Wm T Miles, net S....4445544—30 6 R Spelman, Jr, Bal §.4454245—29 Chas H Guus, Bal §,,,.d4la445—29 H batchelder, R M..... 44453383—27 Wim £ Fitch, BalS.-.... +445—29 Short-range Military Match—200 Yards. BRSpelman, Jr, 5 M...4456465—82 P Muldoon, § M....,... 444444498 CB Wendell, § M...,..6445454—81 Wain 'T Miles,8 M...... 433%555—28 Chas H Gaus,5 M......5564444—31 Win J Kelmick, S$ M....4481944—27 Wim £ Fitch, 8 M,...,..5544535—31 Theo Mosher,S M...... 444 45327 Jas TI Miles,S M........ 4455443) H Batchelder, R M.... Champion Military Match, 200 Yards. 500 Yards. H Batchelder, R M......¢..4444445—29 — Biddd54—31 Wm T Miles, 53 M- . ABhi5ad—39 44 25555—27 Chas H Gaus, § M.. . ADEE —30 9 4454555—39 2454 3—Pes BR Spelman, Jr, 5M -64hbid5—31 2323444—25 2844 3—Bh— 1 JI Miles, 5 M......-. --4564di4—3) = B43 —3) Subd} YSN) J Ht Wood, $ M.........-.-. ARG42b2—25 | HRGAI—29 0 B838939—79—T4 CH Wendell, RM....,...,o544444—30 9 B244ddd- 950 need] 674 Wm E Fiteh, 8 M.......... 4454533—30 Oahb222—19 205224 —20—69 Short-range Teal Match—West End Team. 200 Yards, 300 Yards, OH Gaus, Hal 5.,...-.... 644558 4-82 444544 4-99-61 T Mosher, BalS:.-.......£445445-30 344544 6—20—59 BE Spelman, Jy, BalS..4545435-30 4445 5 2 8—27—87 WJ Reinick, Bal 8.544484 5-99 53443 4 4—27—oe Rensselaerwyck Team. 4454-29 45445 4 5—31—60 4644-9 d445 4 4 425-57 4444-80 38443 5 4 8—20~ 56 ddde—tS 85484 4 ¢—-2T—55—2g 216 FOREST AND STREAM. 7 [OcropeR 13, 1881, Euwreks Team, H Batchelder, 5 M,...... 44 25459 4-00 td ts ob QB Wendell, 5 M sti¢d Ge44-25 4h ys5nds DP Wiicox, Babs, wade 4 Fd Uy 444 34 4 4-92-59 HW Bie, bal S.c.. da 34S 8t23 4pa44 8 4—-95—al—211 A large number of scores were shat in the continuous matches nf GOU und 600 yards. The best score at 200 yards was 48 out of the possible 60, several 47's sud 46's yydre also put up. The second day Lronght topother quite a number of small bore men from this vicinity, a well as representatives from ‘Troy, Aehwelticoke, MTodson and Catskill The military men were fev, and instend of the forty er fifty of former years who attended to compete in the Lhird Division tustceh, only a team of six inen from the Tenth Buttalion were on the ground, As soon as the targets were ready in the morning the marksmen commenced shooting in the continuous matches at 200 aud 500 yards, sll seeking to better their scores a point or fio, and the sbouting wus continued until the sun went down, At 10:30 4. 1. the Thivd Division match was valled. Only a single tenm out of the fonrtesn or fifteen organ- izations in the division responded, Tho Whitehall men, who haye carried off the honors toy the past three years, wer'o not represent- ed on ucconnt of the company taking part in the Yorktown Cen- tennial, but thore was no exénée for balf a dozen or more organ- izations im this vicinity being unrepresented. Troy, Cohoes, Schenectady, Mohwyk ond Saratoga Springs should not allow a team from the Tenth Separate Battalion to haye a walk over, The match was devoid of interest, but at the conclusion the team from the Tenth Separate Battalion had the highost uggregate seore and woo wiblt a faw points to spare. Vollowing us match came the match for the Rathbone prizes, open to members of the late Lenth Regiment and present Tenth Separate Battalion, There were tore antries in the match and Ereater interast manifested by tha competitors than in any match shot during the necting. Many of the competitors were not fa- miliar wilh the ;weapou used in tha match, and, considering the diliienities, they made « ereditable showing, The winners and totals were 28 follows: © Te Westlell... jj... 0.52. TE Batchelder 3B R Spelman, .- . .. 46 Charles H Guus W H Woodrut, seeeg 89 Wie Piteli......s...5. EY Denlson,....,,+------ aeay, 39 WB Cranell......,-¢:....--.. 46 At1:30 the short range match wae called, The prize winners and scores ware as follows: Short Range Match—200 Yards. Wm & Pitch, Bal §,...5555544—38 ‘Theo Mosher, Gal 8... .4554a45—32 Chas H Gaus, Bals..,.4ohdd5—3i James 1 Miles, Bal 8... 5545441—81 L Geiger, RO... . hi a54—30 The principal eyent of tha afternoon was the mid-range match, at G00 yards. ‘hero were twelye competitors, and the shooting was watched with evident satisfaction by a large number of spec- qatorg. Tho wonditiong were fayorable, end the veteran Geiger, of Hudson, carried off the honors aud frst place with a full score of fifteen snecessive bullseyes. The Winners and their scores were as below : WQolwereHAGy -<67,-;4p0 4 even: 6 Fi MMMNes,S C......... 4-4 J Miles, W G. ices. ess C oJ Olds, 63; M Marphy, fs; CE Wendell, i6; Theo Mosher, 64; P Tobin, 62; Ghus HW Gius, 60; J U, Wood, 54. Af the close of the finog the scores in the continuous matches were made up, the best two scores of fiye shots made during the two days to count. Capt, liteh, of Albany, and Dr, D. F, Wilcox, of Catalill, leading mm the 200 yards, and H. Batchelder, of Albany, and W. ‘f. Miles, of Albany, sharing the honors in the mid- range mateh, he following were the best scores « Continuous Mateh—20 Yards. tae 9 . WT Miles... Wm E Fitch, Gai S......- eatery 2B 55 5 6 3 5-49 ) F Wiltox, bal & sack ree 665 6 46 5 6 3 4-49 CH Gaus, lal §.. ob wit 5 0 FF 4 5 HP GS 5—41S W T Miles Hep 5- sal ee sue ole pres 5G 44 ¢£ 5 4 4 & fT df Miles, bal s..,. deus: wo FG4+h 56 6 5 4 8 54 BR spulman, dr, GB belt cade nerme ed ve i445 6 44 5 6416 W oJ Reinick, Bal S,....-.+-: -t 456 45 4 5 6 4+ 6-45 P Tobit, Hal 8. . web 44 + G 5 AB 4 5-4 WD aylor, Bal 4 ot 6 & 4 4 d fF £ 4 5-44 L Gelzer, RS wt hf 4 5 4 5 4 f+ 6 444 heodora Mosier, Bats 948 65 4 G6 4 5 4 4—14 W # Cranmell, RM, *1.- 4 At F 4 4 2 4 5 Gd M Murphy, Gal & at t4 4544 5 FD 443 CE Wendel, 2 M, f§ 546 24 44 5 4-43 J B Seijuyler, bar 5, ,- 34544 424 4d & 4 F Bdwards, Hep &,..e.-.:.66. sesvecceeel 4 8 4 6 4 + 6 d BSE “Allowance to military rides, One hundred and fitty entries wete made in the match. Mid-range Militury—io0 Yards. BL Babehelocr, HM... cee eee eee eB BF A M T Miles, 5 M,, HY Denison, hk M. BR Spelman, Jr, & M..:... Jolin KR heley, k M....-. ee Cc Wendell, RM... Wm EB Witeh, kK M. WE Crannell, i M. tit rit J Woods, SM. ...-- pbsdicsgenssedindee a Fifty entries were made in this match. During the two days about two thougand shots were fired on the range, aud not an accident occurred. ‘The fourth fall meeting of the askociation lug pussed into its history as a success in every particular. Te oe ~~ 4 3 8 ber 29 tO OS oe Pe to SO So Sr Oh ie Oe Oe so pes Or et = eb Sd Ol ge bo OE oT OF =) — Ls) Hachiing and Qanaving. THE MADGE RACES: WHORLST AND STREAM Is oftin aceused of prejudice in behalf of the cutter, Foy Laat reason we preterred to devote our space 1ast Week to ble opinions of Our collemporaries, 80 whit the superior qunlitws of (he cuthermight be put on record through other pens juan ourown. The sittulan nnaniinity, tue unbounded adv ration of ihe antire press im exto ling the speed ond weatberliiess of the Madge Gan no lonyer leave Hi slightest dotbo In ihe open to the Jovic of facts Goliderning ber admirable pertoi mance aod her superior adaptabilliy tu the purposes for which she is Intended over the sloops pitied agalost ber fora, « ornparlsor of the merits of the two types. We will .oW Sivé a conclsé account of the races, reserving a general Suramiue up of the lessous Cunght tora tuture article, ‘the Wave sod Schemer were tie slopps selécred by the Seawankaka ¥. C. Lo be Tiutched against the strane-r from abroad, 4 Fivaé Matsh. Supt. 7.—S-hemer: Length on water Ine, 7£t. gn, and W4k Sin. Dean, Madge: Length on water Moe, s8tt, Yin. and itt, an, besm, Schewer allows Madge Wm. The latter was sailed by hep regular skipper, Cap. Ditican, lils tye hands tran abroad, 4nd Neils Olsen, steward of the N. Y, ¥, Gy, with * Jimmy" Smith, of South Brooklyn, to Make wp the Complement. The sloop had voneentrated talent of the so-vailed “practical” sort on board, Which aecounts to a prea extent Tor be clumsy menuer in whieh Salls. wera handed or set throughout the day, ra smith lid churce, with tle salbmaker, Mr, dolin Sawyer, #5 Lis righ) hand man, ‘The sails of Schemer were new (lis suusoo aud schabuut as well as the average to be seen among our best crali. By colaparison with those of the Madge, however, aliey were sich wretched pudding-bags 28 to cale forth weneral com woens, pnd prow! enough that we wilh have to releqra ie art OL sail Making jo New York. Whe mausiln supped to Oriva, Valkyr and others thiy season is ittle or no beter than that displayed by Schemer, and, mopalatable ds 16 may be lor our pride, tt must be con- essed What in phe at of muting Wnt sails we are Qs Tar bejund our [English coustos to-day us chey were belind us in 1851. The “ pracy Heal” (alent controlling the destinies of Sohenier exhibited thelr euildilke and bland faith in Ugh? displacement by heaving ashore gome pig, suid to have been about two LobLs. by the end of the day they probably bevan wo talje a ecco deal less abou ** skin ug over the water’ Instead af golgy through it. Thercwas biych 1u35 aud bustle cong on aboard rhe sloop, walle Lie cutter lay at her moorings for il ine World a8 thoushnolhing was up. ‘Both yachts gob across The line well fogétlier. ‘he signal was given from the judges’ Sicamer Excelsior, Gapiain Brees, at l0sT, amd av lds0 the home boat went aNvay ob Lhe sturbopred tack, Wibd lightand Wnsben dy irom the soubh- ward und tid@ nedring Lhe end of the tiga. ‘The eubter Tollawed suit orly seconds later, but under ¢lub topsalls, The Foo beum an as- played a big square header, while the sloop had nothing more to slow than the Ineyirable jib header with a lit ot a jack yard at the clus. U, bas been the impression tiiah sytareheaders coud wot be made fo SIE on the wind—at least such has been the teiching of the ‘* practi- Gal’ school, and they are to blame tor the tact that the stranger came out with one-quarter or a third more duck in his lofty sail than his op- ponents. Madge, {twas expected, would cub a perfectly ridlculons Ugure alongside \he centreboard machine, and a win by half an hour or more Lor our side was predicted, Heavy odds conld have been ob- bined against ihe cuther, bnt there were uo cutter men to speak of before the start, One hitch had hardly been randé when tho specta- lors eyincad asturtling change cf heart, Wordsof ridicule and su- percilious sneers clined 10 Dlank astonishment, when the dis- covery wis made that 2 keel boat, with lead to drag aud headsail cut Up, Was looting shout as well as the li ht drait and holding afar better Wind. Whenthe cutter kent.on doing 1 so etfectuaily as to foteh the first mark with i lead, then thére was a suddenty conceived admila- tion tor the “ten,” Whleh. jibed Uly with the utterances of the same people a short hour ago, In the first fewshot boards through tie Narrows oul juto Gravesend, Bay, Schemer held her own wilh the Septchman by working down un eddy inshore, the steady visitor froin: eye about his business on one long stretch Loto the bay. Here the sloop iling off for another board, snd just weathered the cutter by & few lengths, then hove sbont and followed the stranger ih again. The trdze pick) dupa trifle, and the cubter was soon at her hest on the lons jam trom Gravesend down to Buoy No. 10, near the Spit. She doused her jlo tepsail and syueezed the wibd as sloops never did nor vould. Along Thay Came tor the mark, the cutter four Minutes the better for Schemer had to pinch igh to fete wilhout An- other tack. Made went around at 12:24:58, follgwed by the Hglit drach Ab 12:25:15, Ont to Buoy 43, off the Hook, theve tras no material change, showing that in smooth water and topsatl winds the deep keel was every bit as yood as her heamy sister, Of the bara bib a! a,jump was met, bul a mere trifle tor the cutter. She took in her big topsail and went at it, pegging away without loss of speed in & Manner inex- plicable to those nob versed inthe qualifies a deep draft boat of easy linés can posses+, When Schemer mehthe bubble the contrast was marked. she would hammer away with a thud at every séa, Hip the spray by the barrelfnl, only (0 tumble into the same hole (ywiee. The sta was Shopping herway. Madge, to be sure, was not dry, Her sharp nose would dig into it, lift few buckets, toss them into: the les gangway, aud let them roll out over the (uarter. She was easy On her spars and crew, while Schemer was terribly hard on bork. She was dry below at least, while her opponent had her Gockpit afioat and her cabin soaked. Both were wet, andas there 1s no dliference between “wet? and wetter,” ff matters little which took mas! aboard. From ths standpoint of the seaman Madge jas inaking much the better weather of it. The performance of the two could leave no doubt in any one’s Mind as to which would cone out besrit caugiton alee shore, Madge, of course, romped away trom tle ma- ching, tacked around the ightship in good shape, and eased away for {he run ib witha quartering wind at 1:41:18, th: sloop following at 1:46:55, The leader essayed a jlb header, carrying it well, while the sloop did nof dare gén her topmast on end, which haul been struck to meet the short sea on the bar comings out. Only atrer salely lnsidé again did Suhemer yanture ypon Making move sail She Was now on ber best polotot sailing, yen was shewily losing to the cutter. Sheets were got in a trifle down to Buoy 10, Madge easing around af 2.49:9 and Schemer at 214352. Spinnakers were, of couree, In order for the rest Of the course, Madveé selling hers smarthy, the sloop making a lubberly dispiay in comparison, Siuired away the cutter gained without using mnachinery to trite wp ler keel, and New across the ine, a beautiful Sight, it 3:53:05, winoing as fair'a race as ever was sulled, winning in the water and weather of the slaop anid scoring the first of a brilliant record desticed to modify the art or yacht building and sailing in América, and which will nol, be without influence even upon the mold of Luture ships for colimeruve, Schermer followed across at 4:13:06. Madge wins the cup, valued $1t 0, by bm. dis. actual time, and by 17m, 41s. lime allowance applied, That night the yachting community was \hunderstrick. Their eyes had been opened. | Second Miteh, Sept, 28.—Swagger had vanished. The cutter had taken the breath out of the truly loyal and the “ practical” school was dazed, Wien Wave appeared to light The Stranger, the second day, faces looked dublous, and, a8 the sequel proved, well they mnight, Much capitalis sought te be made for the Wave out of the fckie na- ture of the wind, it haying been claimed that but for Tayoring slants the day would have fone to thesloop, Ii those who have been beaten Can find any cousdlafion therein they are welcome to it. A Close analysis of the day’s raclng leaves, however, no hope of escape. When both yachts had the same wind the cutter fully held her owo on & reach and actually gulned In work to windward. The race was unsatisiactory. perhaps, but there Is not the slightest shadow of a reason tot claiming a greater show of speed forthe big sloop, Summed up {t amounted toThis: A Invorable start and a slunt off the land carried Wave down the Bank some ten minutes ahead, then left her. Both yachts boxed about in search of something, snd Inek was this time with the Madge, the backing of the breeze Jumping her out Lo windward and sendiog her around the first mark with bir lead, This was luck, pure and simple. Wave had her show firet, Madge next. Bubwemay také the race as fairly beginning at Buoy No. 10, doing away with |he fuking up to that mark, From there fair sailing began, and Wave had no more show of making her Wime off the little cutter than offiving. Running out to the ship, Madge readily held her ownunth the wind teil light anG Wave. bribging more Hlong with her, ron up on the cuvtersome 2% minuhes, On the beat home the cutter valned raplaly, showing marked superioriny in the windward work, but was unfortunately Caught in @ cali off the Hook by the strong ebb after having soaked oub & very good lead. Wave still held a good breeze outsides and worked np on thé culter to the extent of a gain of 49 Becands when Buoy No. 10 was rounded on the way home, Squared sway, both made for the finish fying before afresh southerly wind with a squall brewing in the western horizon. As the squ ill rose 1T deadened the wind, the leader loosing it first ald Wave running up rapidly In consequence, reducing the cutter's victory by several minutes. That Is the truth of the whole matter, Suke out the fuking downto Buoy No. 10, Madge being caught in a calm of the Hook, and Waye's carrying home a stronger wlod—one and all matters of luck—and therenvas nol a single minute's sae in which the cutter did not do with the Wave eve Worse than’she had with Schemer, Sheoutran and oul-wiored the sloup all over the course, and in a Tair day’s work could have made the finish ten mli- utes ahead of her competitor. If the old school can tind any consola- tion fn the fact that ‘*it’? Madge hadn’t had quite as much luck as the Wave the lofter might possibly have wou, no one will begrud¢e thom their satisfaction, To those viewing the race from an yupre- judiced point of view from the chair of the impartlal judge, and not as zvalous advocates bent upon carrying thelr slde through at all haz ards, the second day’s a eae a victory tor the honest entter as well earned and fraught with full as much meaning as the first. Of theracing wider the circumstances, litle need be said. Wave was in the best of condition, her owner, Dr. Barron, having spared nelther Gare nor expense In making as creditable a display as we know how on this side of the Atlantic. Hor all that, there was nocomparison between the sails of Wave and the forelener either in set, beauty or handiness. The Wave 1s 3sft. Sin, water-line, and 14it. 10jn. bbam,and was skippered by Michael Warren. The judges, Com. Robert Center and Louis P. Bayard, followed over {he course in the Bxcelsior, With working topsails, 4 start Was made by Waye under tull headway at 10:87:43 and Madie at 10;88:09, having been becalmed below {he tine. Wavetook a slant, Into which Madge did notreach for some time, and thereby spun out a lead the syndicate of excuse concoctors ty to palm off as a genuine galn which they clalmy as PAD the ertl- ter. ‘The wind feil and, as before noted, it was Madve’s turn now. She got around the mark at 1244;40, Wave tapking up trom to lee- Ward at 12:56:02. Spinnakers werd then carried to starboard and a slow run out wasmade, There was not even any sea on to bother the sloop, and if is now well known that a Sloop hates asem worse. than a hen does water. Hyerything was in favor ot the sloop—lylit winds, plenty of reaching and running and smooth water; yet she did nothing witli aj} phis on her side, Gradually the wind lightened on the leader and Wave ran yp, the lightship being tacked aroudd by the Gubler at 1:53:01, with the Wave av 2:04:52. Tb was now a ques- tI n of close Windedness, and the culter soaked away from the cen- Lerboard at once. Board for board they worked in toyether, bhe cyt tey pointing higher all the time, yet footing” justasfest. The wind wag freshening steadjly and Mad#e seemed to have the racé as gle pleased, until the well knows * calm spreak ” off Sandy Hook was reaoned. ‘Lhare she got nicked for a long spell, the Waye coming up the beach in pursult ke &stsamer, clipping whe cutters Tne lead dow to a loss of 49 geconds, when Byoy W was reached, The mest has already been told; Madge Kepe deopping the wind as she up- proached the Narrows, the sloon thereby yuining matertully. Buoy No, 10 was rounded by the cutter atd:dintl, and the sloop ap 4s0;4h. The finish was reached by Madre ab S:45;4, and Wave at 5:56:59, Madge, therefore, wins by tun. 4s, actial time. and 25m 498, with time applied. She wgaln Save ample proot of betng able to cope with the best of our Jizht dratts in their own weather. Third race, Sept. 29,— When that thing” wes still a batt ot ridioude among the men of the so-called “ practical’ stripe, Mr, Ed. Fox was untortunate enourh 10 be influenced by tle claptap current about the superiority of beam, cantreboard and sin Ble 8s, qud Le ventured amatch with his fine sloop Mistral lor $200 a de. The Scotchman pocketed the purge as readily as a spider nabs o fly. For all tha’ Mr. Fox is entitled to credit tor bringing his sloop to thé Tine ane affording an excellent oppertuilty for the cutter to prove how manch better ber form audtg are tor speed, aud how wretchedly delicieny, the sloop in 4 Seaway really is. The Mistral had heen put In the best of (im, and no exceplion was taken by aby one to her ¢anvas or gen- éral condition. Sheds uot rated as a very fast hoat in her lot, but ig neyert holes & falrrepresehtative of the average in our Heel. As such the contest was looked forward to with tough interest on all sitios, This day Madge got her weather for ouce, and burned a Slashing: breeze and a bit of lop outside to good account, Mistral was acknowl edved on wil sides tobe a more iUkely boatin rough water than the general run of Hatirons, and we have nob far to look for sutliclent reason. Bhels sift. Sin, water We, iif. Win, beam, and dit. din, deep. The Waye, although four feet longer, has tin inch less hold, and Schemer, two feer longer, only one inch more. When Mr. Gswald Jackson, N. ¥. ¥. G., origtally drew np the plans for the Mistral In 1879, lis objact was to Improve upon the seugoliy qualities of the usual sty1é of Sloop,and In spite ofthe builders’ objections insisted upon giving lls craft more depth than cust0m and prejudice would allow, That he was tltht Misiral’s manner of taking 4 sea has verined, but Mr. Jackson did not go far enough. Another six inches of depth, With Modifications accordingly, would have given the sloop a much better chance forthe pot. Ibis quite amusing to hear fair weather (ars ind yerdanh writers descant upon the terrific gale in which this Mateh was sailed. Some spray was oecasionally tossed aboard the judges’ pteamoer, and taken as somuch evidence of the feartul weather. Yet [twas (le merest play tor the cutier, for she never even rat in her bowspilt, an but ior a short time hawled dayn « single narrow Teel There was some sea outside, and a short chop on tle bar, just enough to wake sailing delighttul and put lifeinto the pacers. Yet Mistral turned ont to be such an abject talture that, as we haye al- Ways predicted of her class, sho had to literally ‘\turh tall and runny? Sh2 cowd not face tie moderate sea, and had scarcely begun the work to lhe outer inark im earnest beiore, in our genuine New York style, she began to dissolve. Head stays parted, jib split, and the eillint but poor tine was compelled to square wway fer shelter. Apart Wom the foalresult of the Gay, the attempt of the Mistral to buck 40 ordinary sea aud the falling of her gear and sails was such a tome thrust ab the worthlessness of a sloop us a crulger outside 2. mill pond, and the ilimsiness of the ontits supplied, that it cannot be forgollen, and most produce (he impression even upon the most stub- born Bourbons, that we ate far behind theage tn the building aud Tigging of yachts The race was nothing more than a picnic tor the Stranger. The match was a prlyate one, And Mr. Robert Center acted as jude aboard the tug Luckenbach. Madge, a8 1s her wont, came - up smiling on Lhe third round, 10 charge of Skipper Duncan, and Mis- tral, With John Prior, of (he yawyl Caprice, at the wheel, Capt. Prior put his charge through her work better than the other sloaps had beco tooled. ‘The race was under the rides of the New York Y. C., iid Mistral walyed the fifty odd seconds allowance in her favor. Course, from of Stapleton, Staten Island, around Soulhwest Split around Saudy Hook lightship, and home same way, tlolshingat Buoy Wo. 15,0n the West Bank. ‘The signal was given at10:+5. Wind fresh; wholesall breeze trom so'\theast, with signs of plenty in store; tide, balftiocd. Both yachts went of wlth lower sails and jib head- ers. At the very start, coming around thejudges’ steamer, the cutter madethe closest shave dod planted herself on Mistral’s weather, Phere Lie race beran and also ended. After thatit became merely a question whether the cliiter would score withone or two hours to her Gredit, and the Match devencrated mte an exhibition with only one performer, Mr, Fox was not to blame, neither was Skipper Prior, Ti wassimply that; the sloop conld neither point nor “ foot" with the cutter, and Jony before rough water was reached, our light draft was a. badly beaten boat. The cutter soaked ont and lefo he sloop without further ado. When the Narrows wasreached she was already a quarter of a milé the better, She when clowed up hertopsall and made play with her opponent, he short sea of the lower bay how began totell. Madge drove througiiit in slashing style, taking lots of Water on board wifhoul any han, Mistral began pounding, and soaked everything alolt and below with sliewers of spray and broken water. Of colir’se the cuther just romped away from the board, ‘The sloop vould nob carry sail with the ship, and was obliged lo Ue down 2 cringle. Madge, on the other hand, sent a tdn alott and bad her topmast snugly housed In a jiffy. Oneot theadyantages of the beamy boats has been supposed fo be in their carrying their sail tar better and golng along ** on thelr bottoms’—something presumed to be an @xtraordinary virtue. How completely popular opinions werein error, this day plainly brought home, for the cutter outearried, the sloop, and mo matter to what angle she heeled never lost in speed. After (ils exhibition the sell-styled * practical” schoo) will cease to prate about “salllig on her potter.” Madge Tetehed the buoy av 12:00:51, and, lobking a Woerouglbred in every respevr, stood on into {he Horseshoe, quickly tylog down a narrow reef tor the heavy work outside. Mistral found her clumsy jib more than she wanted, aud stowing if, rove off a forestay and holsted Staysall, a ylrbual uuknowlédgement in practice thit the sloop is wanting in diandiness. ‘he orihodox niethod would haye heen to veel, take © bonnet ont of the jib, or, worse yet, totollow the lubberly smacksmen and * bop? the Ung al we extreme end of the bowsprit. She went by the mark ab 1266. Long and short legs up ie beach took both into the mlose-ender. Gels were freely offered that Mistral would never round the lightship, but sloop men had no longer any heart, aud they went begging, As for rhe culler, all hands gaye vent to the now proverbial words, * Oh! she can go anywhere.” When outside, and the pitch ano. Loss began, the cutter logged two knots to the other’sone. she Was web, of Course—In fact, very wet—but allsmall craft driven into a sen are $0, and thoge on board the sloop were drenched 1o the skin full as tiuch asthe outter’s crew. The latter were on an easy ship, the former had fo thdulgé in contortlons to k¢ep trom being knocke about like balisin a gumne of tennis. Mistral was baling like a good one, aud but for the use of buckets and a tlnely run howe Might have fonndered betore she got oul to“ the ship,” This, we think, she could hardily have done. An ordinary crew would haye become exhausted with athleties long before. The Jump which the cubhler (oul with surprising ease was too much for the hard-bilged crart. The whip of hey mast parted the forestay, and she was obliged to cast loose her jibonce more. ‘The Fame Was up, and when the jib went into ribbons the light draft had a reasonable excuse, so up went her wheel, and away she scudded tor home, a rellet to herself and the spectators, who began to fear for the safety of Mistral’s crew had the plucky lot kept at l0much longer, Madge had, in the meantime, made snug qeabher of it, aud soaked clear away to windward, while the sloop was “ chopping off? tatyery sea. She again hoisted ber tore- sall as Soon 45 Gver Lue bar, much to the surprise of those who thought, she had more wind than she wanted. With a couple of short boards to the nortbeast Madge rounded tle lightship in perfect condition, and with Gasy sall ran ome with boom over the starboard quarter, ‘When Mistral turned tall she was aboul two willes dead to leeward, equal to nearly 4511, time to the sca. The cutter went by the Hook, homeward bound, atd47:30, around Buoy 10 near the Spit at 4:64, | and over the line af 4:59:59, Time over the course, 6h. 14t. $s., and nobarope yarn parted, ‘his ¢nds the most astonishing race ever sailed between Lue two types, and so completely vindicates those who liave sterdily uplield ile superior excellence of an Ulicapsizable ship to the fale weather machine that further discussion of what sloops canor might do is unecessary. That they are absolutely worthless jiu open water is settled, The big Misciiel would cut just the same Tigure with a+ forty” or sixty trom abroad. So would Hliderarde Pocahontas, Arrow, Panny, ald the whole tfibe of ight drafts and | beamy bubteriies. They are nob to be ranked as seagolug yachts, oats of their type never cun be other than what tley are, Machines for dawdllng in smooth water. Fourth Race, Sept. 30.—A second edition of the first and still ane , more for the ten-ton crack. ‘his wasihe third of the serles of club matches with the S, Y. UG. The day seeming Jight, Schemer was chosen in preference to Wave. ‘This tach speaks tor itself. It dem- ousivates that in splte of the slipshad excuses concocted to extenu- ate Wave's deleat, the epeiion prevailed in club oireles that Schemer would make a better fight. [bwasimmaterial On an average these tivo Sloopy make an even thing, and the cutter had given evidence enough thatshe could settle either, ‘The wist-acres had so far been cured of Ment dratt quackery Lhat though a light day, the ballast taken out the frst day was struek below again where il belonged, But in her regular tri Schemer sutled noWbetter, Talent bad been ab work on lier sails in the meantime, and though a trifle latter than before, they remained as a sample of Lhe poor stuff and Tt which hag so long heén upheld by the superbelal and the patriots as equal to Laptiorne’s exquisite Gosport make. Th was Once more the slooys day {n every seuse of Lhe word, No ‘*inistakes 7 were made, and. ag all our contemporaties but the barnaclss of the Spirit af the Timea have it, as fale and yt arace 18 ever was sailed.’ With every-— thing Mm her fayor, the sloop was again yanquished, and her reputa- tion for Welt weai ler speed knocked higher than a kette, (o keep com. pany with the yaunted wealherliness th “hanging on’ attributed 16 tye board. Ira smith again fooled phe sloop, the cutter with her Usual bands. Hot. were towed down to Wort Wadsworth tor the Barb over the regular Seawankaha course, The tlde was running slrong food and the wind yery fickle trom the south, Sehsmer at tempted a balloon jib of the wind, the sail not halt histed, hangin, in bights on the stay, This display of Gowanus Bay sallorizing nus nave caused a, smile to the cutters crew. It was distoyered that sli could not lay witiin a polut or two, snd the ballooner was stowed. Tho siznal was given At 11 A, M., and afler sanie tedious boxing about, to fetch up to the Jing against the flood, Suaemer strnok into a cats- ow Which lifted her over ab 11:20, The cutler had drifted below the (ue and could nol fet away until 10:30:34. The sloop carried the light air over to Wort Lafayette, there picked up 4 nice little breeze Which put her adarly scuppers to add away abe went an 4 east course Lor the Mark near the Spit, The cylter could Hol follow, bay zz 13, 1881] ved 10 hold what ittle she had and war out in short boards jie Staten Taland shore. Not uatll she breasted the stone id she feel the wind and settle down to work, reducing the lead op had gained by her lucky slant. This she did mosti effectu- ona tine, DUbLNA Incoming wind trom the southeast continued a) Strength, and reaching the leading yacht first, Schemer in out & lead—outfooting, the excuse brigade called it—and with a y short legs to the eastward, weathered Buoy No, 10 at 1;'4:56 yachts had shifted to jib headers on the work down. Mady Pile fewer flings to the east, found herself a mile Lo ewer he inark and did not round wl 1:33:36, That she was mating bot for {ha 1éader is Shown by a gal of lim. 645. down, allowing rlater start. If was a grand sight (0 note how this cutter - goes about in less tlove than tht sloop. It is really but pstant froin How to fill, In truth there is hardty auy ‘flow’ at He points right up in the wind's eye, keeps her way. a nip and id op and off she is on the other fack, shee\s hardened down at the 7 bhaul, and backslay set wp before the mainsail is full. The inelr ship through with clockWork action and without the lat apparent effort, The objection oncn ralsed against such erat (elt sails Could nok be readily handed or set has been dissipated fie smarbness displayed in rough water jostas ouch asin smicotb. passing the mark Madge doused her jiblopsail in 4 twinkling, followed off thie Hook by lowering ber hopsail, tue cutter ugonto hers with effect, onceagatn outearryin:; her beamy er, much to her advantage. There was ho sea on outsida, ne, revular swell impeding neither cratt, and the cutter FAlong With much less fuss than her riyal. Schemer got around rlitship at 2:39:45, Madge followed whi 24647, showing a slight Hii htrtayor, Ou the run bome the stranger kept @ stralglit fhe sloop fying about and yawing inthe bubble the rushing fried Up on the har. She steered so hard that her topsail was jn deck, and upon passing the Hook her balloon jibtopsall guve riog working sail forthe dash in to No, 10. The black can otf tie H 10¢ ie was passed by Suhemer at 3:37:50; Matige at 4:49:14, and bad around the Spit at 3:54 and 4:0:27 respectively. J?rom here jiruda dead before it home, with spinnakers and balloon rs A puzzle if must have heen to the ojd scliool ta see the cutter iy lead eight feet down outrun the sloop with her board triaed According Lo the ancient theories in vogue the sloop should have hé dcep fellow as though stuck in the mud. The cntter was a ‘fmarter with her spinnaker, and, concec ilng the difference to be Some such cause, tlie fact Pemnains that she ts about as good as sloop ab running. Both came bowling down to the finish, Madge hey Spinnaker run out clear to ler the wind earrom Into her fips Schemer with an immense ballooner pulling for jhe best on her gnaststay. The whistle tovted and Madge ran up astring of four pain token of her unbroker serles of victories in American waters, aking her number,” sald some of the Yokels who thought cutters idnotsall. Time—Schemer, 4:55:33; Madge, 5:01:01. The cutter he $100 cup by im. 7s. fat, and by 17m, ts, allowance applied Wfth Meteh, Oct. 1.—A private match was set down for Satuiday HOO Schemer, Mr. Alley, and the Scotch cutter for $75 a side. If, r hh because the American boat falled to show up, having, in tO vy style, begun the process of dissolution by uwisting her Wiles Lo wether seems to be beyond the capacity of New York cralt. WAS a liblie eulter in Stranye waters sailing hard-fought battles pyary diay, without as much as parting a rope yarn and in goodcon- ilo for a score more of the same kind. Ot the fleet pitted against for oné and all broke down, Wave had to go on the ways, Misbral Ha new sills and Schemeris minus Such a vital member as her , yet sailed her two races in the smoothest of water. There 1 ly bralns who dub the able, soundly-bullt cutter a “ macines,” nd our tawdry, dangerous, over-sparred shame are in thtir eye, Uily cruisers; but common sense will return in the long run yore more in accord with the truth will be rendered. Mi Ww, (ch, acting for Madye's owner, Mr. das. Coats, Jr., did nob feel dihorlzed £0 postpone the race, and, alter obtaining Com. W. W. v3 opinion in the matter, the cutter was ordeved over the b. Oriya, 20 tons, Vice.Com. Lee, went around with her lor com- ly, and in thé light wibds of the day conld, of course, barely hoid Own with the Wtile ten-tonner. Madge vol away in alight west- Wwind ab 11:2207, the Vice-Commodore following at 11:27:31. Buoy Was fetehéd on a reach, the ten at 1:09.08 and the big oné some oor minutes later. With the wind on starboard quarter Madge ran iy tvom her big sister, rounded the ship al 2:45:42, and then fined down for home. The stately Orlva hauled around the outer absii3. At this work the ble boat made good some or her ie, pasyed Lhe Scotchman, and rounded No. 10 In the lead at: i, ge at t43:37, Spinnakers were carried to port, the wind dying out. Madge dritted ahead and passed the line at 6:10:07, 6:10:28, Mr. Alley, of the Schemer, promptly sent his check | to the Madge, This Mr. Blatch returned next day, but Mr, declined to accept on the grounds that Madge’s sall-over was ly legitimate under the circumstances, So Madge scores her our waters. , Oct, 3, the Poloma sloop had been set up for a, victim, but, gto stukness in his family, Mr, Leland could not lef bis boat sail. he next three days Madge lay at her moorings waiting to make Merexhibition of the Wave. ‘There was a gale from the westward ay and Wednesday. During this time Wave could not be d from the ways, it is Claimed, though we could haye vot her At with halt adozen hands and atewrollers easy enough, Had peared we doubt not bub that she would have been badly sled, it She could have gone over the course at all. The third day ye Was anchored off the club house, Staten Island, but for some On Lhe race was declared off, Madge hove up Saturday last, hifor Newport wod the Kast, where she is to add to the laurels ywou. She will then lay tp for the winter. Su:h is the record [ thle phenomenal perfarinance ot only a“ second best” cutter trom 1. Herinfiuence will quickly he telt. Already we are promised Bore of new cutters for next season, and no matter whether we go the extreme of Madye or not, the day of thelight draft has gone uy we still continue to build sloops, they will at all events be Tp and therefore sater and abler than the trapsof theday. We Mpose to look into the question of the coming type” more thor- Mighlyin the future. In woe meantime—How are the mighty fallen] ee MRS. THOMPSON'S ARGUMENT. (From the New York 7anes.) ‘charming lady, Mrs. Pelez Thompson, who was for s0 many & you's the acknowledged leader of soctety in Shebascoseogee, had aWUIIAY Daethod by which she always elnerged trlamphantly trom holtest debate, snutuliing yictory from the yery jaws of defeat, she :ound herself entirely unable to answer the arguments of itigonist, she wae accustomed to accept them with a sudden- ‘Tha§ took away the breath of the by-standers, and to re- ie, That's just what! say." Of course, there could be no further 6, and Mis. ‘Thompson, assuming an alr of triumph, actually Phoiluced upon the Shebascoseogee mind the antares that she had helmed her oppoken. with unanswerable arguments... .. . to the advocates of American centreboard skimming dishes bconceded that the typical English cutter is a much better boat, eruises, They hive admitted that the cutter has plenty of i below, so than her owner can liye on board her with comfort; She is an excellent sea boat and that she cannot he capsized. Mthe ober hund they have tnsisted that the cutter is slow in com- in with ony centreboard boats, and thatinagmuch 9s the latter lénded tor racing and for an atiernoon’s sall in smooth water, Mack of accommodation 1s of no consequence, The whole ques- ween culters and skimming dishes has been virtually this: ‘Slow, Dut roomy, comfortable and sate boat preferable to a OW racing machine that will sail wonderfully fast In Ment 7 and, of course, men whose idea of yachting is to suil races ower Bay, 40d to make moonlight excursions up the Wudson Heclded in favor of the skimming dish. That the safe an ‘Cutter is slow in comparison with the centreboard boat has fie One overwhelming argument against it by wht BH Of Shallow-racing machines haye jnstitied their hardly ba satd tit the discussion in regard to Eng! ) cubters be6h alinost enifrely a (uesion of meade), for as hebween the Cupter rig and [he clumsy sloop re thers 4s absolutely no poor Ver for any difference of apinign that is nop hased wholly upon ulce, Ut the Seesehae los of the Madge have upset the old argument of a8 Con Gre aster than the fastest of I e's victory to the alleged superior cut of her sails, this involved the coniession that our sail-makers do not know siness, it was Tholight best to say no more about it, mag was that as. oes oe site the eee eip Own Weather. the wholpAmaylonn argunient apainss nal the onan That the ghenver speed Of the latter was We find cerjiain yachtsmen—who most assuredly aye not {he ot jhe defeated Soawanhake yachts—completely abandon ‘round and excliiming that they haye always disiike Ay machines. They tell us that the Miige Is, of course, very fast, RAG BLE is PLUG ior racing, aad Lhat confurt Ga hoard of her 1s thele, ead off, so if was Sald,the day before. More than one match © The ; FOREST AND STREAM, quite impossible; that thelr own beloved centreboard boats are built, fot cruising; that they are roomy and colntortable, and that they thempalves as tous yachtsmen, prefer (he sate, roomy and comfort able cruising skimming dish to uncomfortable racing Wachiues like the Madge. What the Mventuy Post said in good fatth from on inland and Germanic point of ylew tliese gentlemen now gravely repeat with every appesrance of @aroesiness. They Waul the public to believe that a yacht with room enon below the deck for w man to stand up- Tiglih is Tess roomy than a boat tie tleck of which is only Hiree or Tour leet trom the keelson; tbat a yacht which cau live in any sea and which ny savtall can capsize is a dangerous maachine tn compari- 50n with the cantreboard boars, oue or more of which gnuttormly cap- S146 whenever they sail aracein 2 good stil breese; that a yacht um Which a Tian can havea comfortable stateroom, and can cruise ali over the world if le 18 so disposed, is a racing machine, and that a shaliow sailboat built solely for speed and unfit to venture outside ot Long Island Sound 13 the true cruising yacht, !t is: as Li lroquols should unexpectedly be beaten by 4 cab horse, and the owner of the former sLOULd thereupon Assert That he always did hate those fast Gab horses, antl tat he preferred a good, sLeatly-going, Slow-paced havk like his own lroquols to any mere raclag animal a WHICH 18 THE MAOHINE? Q* the one hand, a boat which cannot capsize, a boat which 18 bnilb and Tastened ln Lhe most thorough manner wilh workmanship of the highest class, whichis supplied with an efficient viz under ready Gontrol, easy in her motions, Casy on het helm, which hasa clear deck for work, avcotamodares her crew and threo besides in hertlis in & Cabil Wilh standing height, a boat whieh has Shown lerseli fast and able in all weathers, which nelther shuts nor alters the amount of her ballast and which basa most complete and serviceable outiit Tn every respect. This is the cutter Madge, Ou the oer hand, 2 boat in which eternal Wieh-strung viellance ouly saves her crew from drowning ; a boat which is but and fastened In the most wretched manner with the materials and workmanship of a country Gobbla shop, hard in lier motions, hard on her heim, which 1s Supplied with an inefficient rig under contral in fair weather only, Which bas ber decks lumbered up with a hideous shin-barking bar, berthing only one hand ina keunel forwaril, has a low cabin with thé I9ngthi of accommodations imited to one-third the length of the yacht, @ boat which has shown hersel!’ worthless in a very moderate Sea, Which has to shift or alter the amount ot her ballast to retain speed In varying wealher and which has x» most slovenly, cheap aud Dashy and deficlent outilt in every respect. Such were the crack sloops trotted out agalnsh the stranger, Wiueh is the * machine ?” “? BAY OF QUINTE YACHT CLUB.—Tue annual regatta of this club was salled Sept. 30, As Atalanta was hot prepared to sail Norah with- drew, reducing the entries to Gracie (Mr. Roy), Eiama ot Kingston (Mr. Offord), and Katie Gray (Mr. Campbell}, tue latter comicg to the line fo make up the list. 1) was blowihg “reat cuns from south. west. Topmasts were suruck and storm jibs sel. Katie took the lead, but was slow in shaking out reefs to ihe slackening wind, and Gracie worked 10 the fore, and Emma went, into second.” The latter reduced the water belween her and Gracie steadily, and us the wind fell away Tan up a Dig balloon jibtopsail to her pole masthead, wileh lilted her away from the rest, who Could not ger topmiasts on end in time, Emma crossed a winner as under oyer @ 21 Mile course: Start. Finish, Act] time, Tons Tats AMERICAN SPO RTSMAN? JOURNAL. Rutered According to Act of Congress, In the year 1881, by the #orest and Stream Publishing Company, tn the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. ESSSSSS Terms, $4 a Year. 10) Cis. 2 Conyel Six Mo's, 83. ‘Three Mo's, $l. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1881. Vol. 17—No. 12, Nos, 39 and 40 Park Rww, New York, CONTENTS. EXpITORIAL :—- Change the Programme; The Migrations of Shore Birds; Field Ritie Practice ; Bye-Ways of the Northwest..... rE re Tur Sportsman Tourist — Atlantic Coast Shooting Grounds..,.-..-ecsseeere cree ners 225 Natura, History ;— Range aud Rotary Moyements of Limicole........-.. saves 225 Game Bae anp Gun :— Wild Tarkey Hunting ; The Decrease of Game Birds ; State “= Pigeon Tournaments; Way Down Vast; Illinois Ducking Grounds; The Hurtling Grouse; Kust Spots in Gun Bar- if Delgo ee Seen etes dpe re teewreeter = PO Red Geen dae ks 9 Sa anp River FisHine :— Bluefishing ; Canoeing in Northern Michigan ; Whitefish Take the Hook; Bass Fishmg m Bear Lake; A Fishing (lob Report; Poachers in Jail.....- rey Py eee en 232 FISHOULTURE :— How the Distilleries Destroy the Wish; The Berlin Exhibi- tion; Fisheries of the Great Lakes; Food of Young Wishés.....-..-- Bob eben ord saw esse in 2" Pe or 233 Tun KENNEL :— Dog Dealers; Fox Hunting at Springfield; Pennsylyania Trials ; Cockers and Treed Grouse...,,..,-. 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AMonG THE VALUARLE Booxs destroyed in a large fire in this city last week wasacopy of Audubon’s Ornithology, owned by Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, and valued at $1,200. Live Quart Wanrep.—Any one having live quail for gale, orin a position to secure a large lot of birds, will please communicate particulars to editor of this paper. Back From taz West.—Mr. John Dayidson, of Monroe, Michigan, has just returned from a shooting trip in the Red River Valley in Minnesota where he had grand sport among the sharp-tailed grouse, He had with him a number of his well-known Uogs among which were Abbess, Scottish Chief, Piince Charlie, Lauderdale and Champion Tramp. Tue Past WEEK was sigualized by a very interesting trial of speed at the grounds of the Gentleman's Driving As- sociation, of New York, between St. Julienand Trinket. In ‘the three heats trotted the horse won, but the speed shown by his competitor was such as to give the brightest promise, when we consider her youth, for her future on the track. The Gentleman's Driving Association numbers among its members many of our most respectable citizens, and its influ- ence on trotling cannot fail to be of the greatest benefit. With such names as are found among the subscribers to this Association, it will take the same place in trotting matters as does the American Jackey Club in running racing. CHANGE THE PROGRAMME. ig juror annual meetings of some of the State game protec- tive associations of this country are entirely taken up in the competitions to determine who can kill the greatest num- ber of pigeons. The conventions are pigeon-killing tourna- ments, ‘‘ State shoots.” Nothing more. The time has come for a change of programme, The in- terests of the associations, of the individual clubs which make up the associations, and of sportsmen in general, demand this. A change of programme will bring to the associations the support cf public opinion, which it is most desirable that they should have, but which they have estranged by the magnitude of their pigeon slaughters. It will bring back into the active work of the associations many of the old members who have withdrawn from the annual convention since it was turned into a tournament. It will add to the associations many sportsmen, not now members, who are in sympathy with the expressed aims for which the societies were formed, but not with the manner in which these purposes have been forgotten and are slighted. These men are ready, with their time, money, inflnence and personal effort, to join the associations whenever the latter by a coange of programme invite such accessions of strength. The change is due to the individual clubs which make up and support the State societies. These local clubs are each something more than pigeon-shooting clubs. Why should their true character not berecognized in the annual conven- tions ? This matter rests with the clubs; they can make the change if they see fit. Will they? ee a te ee THE MIGRATIONS OF SHORE BIRDS. Snore Brrps are a group which receive and deserve con- siderable notice at the hands of sportsmen. They are also extremely interesting to the ornithologist, by reason of their extended wanderings, the sHort period which they spend on their breeding grounds, and their varying course during the migration. The thoughtful and studious essay on the migra- tion of the Limicole, printed in our Natural History columns, will be regarded by all ornithologists as an extremely valua- ble contribution to the literature of the migration of birds. The questions here discussed are those which have puzzled students in every country, and the flood of light thrown on the subject by Mr. Hapgood will be welcomed by all. To the careful thought and extended investigations, of which the present paper is the outcome, has been added the expe- rience of a sportsman of many years standing. The com- bination is a happy one, and shooting and scientific men will highly appreciate the result, SS te - Ho! ror Fiorma!—Dr. Henshall informs us heijs making up a party for cruising and camping in Florida this winter. He is going with Mr. Frank Strobhar, who has a light-draft schooner, 84 feet long, and will yisit all the inlets and rivers on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of Florida, beginning at Titusville, at the head of Indian River, on the east coast, and ending at Cedar Keys, on the west coast. The trip will consume three or four months. Mr. Strobhar is an experi- enced sailor, hunter, etc., and his charges will be moderate— one bundred dollars per month. This includes everything. Dr. Henshall will be accompanied by his wife, and would like another gentleman and his wife to be of the party. Three or four more gentlemen are yet needed to make up the complement. Any one who wishes to go must apply imme- diately, with references if required, to Dr. J. A. Henshall, Cynthiana, Ky. The health of the party will be looked after by the Doctor withont charge. Steam Steprme Gear.—The New York Herald, with characteristic enterprise, struck a new course in daily jour- nalism, when it gave to the public something of practical yalue in the shape of a series of articles on steam steering fear, and capped the climax, last Wednesday, with a nun ber of plans and elevalions, which would have been a cred*t to ny engineering journal. ALL coMMUNICATIONS should beaddressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, and not to individuals con- nected with the paper. FIELD RIFLE PRACTICE, HE Boer war, so short and decisive in its effects on British arms, is living on in the influence it is exertine upon rifle practice over the Scotch and English ranges. It has been discovered that an army composed of men, where every one in the ranks may be ornamented with a marks- man’s badge fairly won, may be defeated simply because they do not know how to shoot, or rather do not know how to apply the rig'd class practice they have had at immovable targets over fixed and known distanccs to the rapid judgment and snap shooting of the skirmishers’ line. It is not enough that men be able to do this or that amount of hittin. under the conditions which usually hold on the riflerange. They must be able to determine distance and then guide tLeir aiming accordingly, otherwise, pitted agains: a foe capable of so judging and aiming, they are practically helpless. Experiments upon our own ranges and recent imitations of the Creedmoor ‘‘S8kirmishers’ Match” on the Scottish ranges, show that the men are wofully deficient in this double prac- tice. An average of one hit inten shots at the igure of a man at indeterminate distances between 600 and 800 yards, was shown at the recent practice of a crack Scottish corps. Bet- ter results have been recorded on American ranges, yet the general marksman, who may do very fairly at known distan- ces with a rifle properly sighted, is yet unable to cope with this more practical style of shooting. To neglect the old formal class practice, however, simply because a lack is seen in another direction, would be & grevious error. Such class drill is the first requisite in & course of marksmanship. The men must receive a certain amount of theoretical instruction, and then, with the element of distance fixed, learn to cope with the various details of accurate hitting. The men become thus familiar with their arms, but to make the drill of troops in rifle shooting begin and end with class practice, would be to make them little better than raw recruits in the face of an enemy, drilled in fixing of distance as well as shooting over it when fixed, To be sure it would appear that this judging-distance drill was more important in the case of regular troops, liable to be called into miscellaneous fleld work, than io the ranks of the militia, where the main duty will in all probability con- sist in close: point-blank work in streets, Yet the perrected rifleman is he who can make the utmost of his weapon. To do this he must have this elementury practice well looked after. To attempt general and miscellaneous snap shcoting before correct habits of holding and recording have been formed is worse than useless. Officers and men need con- stant and persistent instruction in this direction. It may not be the part of an officer to handle the rifle on service, but it ig his duty to superintend, to instruct, to guide, and direct his men to attain the best results, and to care for them and their work in every respect. The onus of theoretical and technical knowledge of arms and their use is placed on the officers. Special marksmen will always exist, b-cgnse of the special physical and mental conditions which make some men, in spite of themselves, shoot better than others, but there is no reason why the poorest member of a regiment, fit to serve, should. not be able to shoot his rifle respectahly, and this would point to the most earnest altention being paid to the old and recognized systems of drill on the range, while at the same time keeping an eye out to the necessity of the cultivation of a force of field riflemen whose quick eye, steady nerves and intuitive judgment, as to atmosphere and distance, wind and light, would render untenable any corner in which an enemy might be concealed, —— Mapaz.—The cutter has again given proof of her superior speed and excellence as a seahoat, this time pilted agsinsy theShadow, a craft acknowle’ged to be without a peer in America. The first race was nominally lost, but owing only to a fluke of the most palpable sort. When the sloop and cut- ter had an eyen wind the cutter went to the fore every lime, The second race was as fair a test as could possibly be wished,and the little cutter. sailing, against asloop one quarter as large again, added still another win to her splendid record by scoring by more than twelve minutes over a thirty mile triangular course, thus proving again the superiority of fine form, large displacement and the culter rig. Our reports of these races in the Hast will be found elsewhere, and are the most complete and reliable published. 224 we FOREST AND STREAM. oo - « ‘ ~ [OctopER 20, 1681. BY-WAYS OF THE NORTHWEST. AIXTH PAPER. HIE sail from New Westminster to Victoria is very beautiful, We hurry down the Fraser between the high walls of evergreens, with their background of gray mountains in the distances, and are soon upon the broad waters of the Gulf of Georgia. In whatever direction the eye is turned, it sees mountains backed by mountains. To the north are those of (he mainland, the nearest ones compara- tively low, while those beyond rise higher and higher, themost distant being crowned with snow ; to the west is a stretch of timbered country, leyel at first, and then becoming more broken, ending at last in a wall of granite, with Mount Baker, the prominent feature of the landscape, reaching its sharp cone towardheayen. To the south Jie the blue waters of the gulf, dancing and sparkling in the clear sunlight, with the myrial islands which dot its surface and give to the scene a wonderful variety, while beyond is the main shore of the Uniled States with its ranges of snow-clad mountains, above and beyond which one may sometimes catch a glimpse of majestic Rainier. The high ranges of Vancouver Island are visible to the eastward, and on these, too, are white patches which shine in the sun, We hurry along toward the island, noticing the distinct- ness with which the line is drawn between the muddy current of the Fraser and the clear waters of the Quif. Something similar one sées ab the meeting of the Missouri and the Mississippi, but it reminds one still more of the union of the Rhone and the Arve, where the waters of the one are blue and of the other muddy, as here. Two or three hours steaming bring us to the point whence we plunge in among the islands. ‘I'he chunnel is a difficult one, owing chiefly to the furious tides which are constantly rushing backward and forward through the narrow passages. At times the vessel stands quite still, and all the pulsations of her powerful en- gines, all the splashings of her great wheel seems to avail nothing against the rush of waters which swirl and eddy about her. Now she gains a little and moves very slowly on- ward, and then, caught by a favoring eddy, gives a bound like a frightened horse, and rushes forward only to be checked again by the almost resistless water. At certain points, two tides coming from different directions meet in the narrow passage and here the waters, piled up and foaming, boil and toss, as though mad with passion, they would overleap the rocky walls which confine them, Little chance would any vessel, however staunch, have in these whirlpools at certain stages of the tide, and indeed it is said that the last time the steamer Victoria—a vessel of two or three thousand tons burden—went through Plumper’s Pass, she was whirled around like a Lop, and finally came out of the passage stern foremost. The sail is a succession of surprises. You enter a passage a quarter of a mile wide and follow it through all its twistings and turnings, expecting as you make each change of direc- tion to see the open water before you, and each time being disappointed. At last you come to what appears to be the end of the channel—a veritable cv? desac; the steamer’s nose runs straight toward a vertical wall of rock, two hundred feet in height, and it seems ag if the next moment she must crash into it, when, suddenly she sheers to the right, passes around a rocky promontory into another, and hitherto unnoticed channel, and in a moment glides smoothly out into the open water, and toward another group of islands. As we twist and turn through the labyrinth, we pass many camps of Indians, and see their owners fishing in the eddies, their canoes anchored bebind low points of rock. They are taking the herriogs, considerable schools of which lie in the ec mparatively quiet water in such places. The tackle employed wo ld puzzle the average fly-fisher. A slender pole, from twelve to fifleen feet long, oval in cross section, being about one inch in diameter -from cide to side, and two inches from before backward, is studded along its edge, with a row of sharp nails about an inch long and two inches apart. The unarmed portion of the pole is held in the hands, and the Indian, sitting in his canoe, sweeps it vertically through the water, with exactly the same motion that he uses in paddling. The herrings areimpaled upon the points, and the stroke is continued until the lower extremity of the pole is clear of the water. The instrument is then brought in board, and a tap on the side of fhe canoe loosens the fishes, which drop to the bottom of the craft. Every sweep brings up from two fo half a dozen of the silyery fish, and as the Indian makes from twenty to thirty-five strokes a minute, it will be seen that, under ordinary circumstances, no yery long time elapses before he has a bushel or two of herrings. Tlic huolichans, a very delicious little fish, some- What smaller (han the herring, and only found during (he month of May in these waters, are taken by the same method, and in enormous quimtities. When fresh this fish is said to be supelalively delicate cating, and I can testify to its ex- cellence when sinoked or salted. Besides their value as a food product the hoolichans furnish a most excellent oil, and of late years a yery considerable trade las sprung up in this commodity, and factories for expressing it have been estab- lished at several points in the Proyinee. The only bar to the success of this new industry is ihe short duration of the run, which lusts only ten days or two weeks. The fish aré so fat that it is said that when dried they will, if lighted at one end, burn like a candle, and from this fact they are a often called candle fish, There is no doubt that, if pre- pared like sardines, the hoclichans would find a ready market, The run from New Westminster to Victoria occupies bit six or seven hours, and about.s o’clock I found myself once more at the Driard House. As I had reached here just tea Jate to catch the regular Alaska steamer, I was anxious to charter some small steam vessel on which to make the north trip. Several days were occupied in searching the wharves of the town and in telegraphing to other places to try and secure what was wanted, but all my efforts were unavailing. There were three or four small laimches which exactly suited me, but in eyery case I found that they had been en- gaged for the fishing on the Fraser. ‘The salmon commence to run about the 15th or 20th of July, and the run usually lasts a month or six weeks. Every four years, the fishermen say, there isa yery heayy run, the next year thereafter a good run, the nextit is poor and the fourth almost a total failure. This year the big run was expected, and all the canneties were making great preparations for the fishing. Every available boat and man had been engaged. The Indians, who ordinarily are paid a dollar a day, got this year two dollars, and even at this price could not be had in num- bers suflicient lo supply the demand. A steamer was not to be had for love or money, and it was evident that the hope of reaching Alaska must for the present be abandoned. The next best thing was to take a canoe and proceed by that slow means of conveyance as far north as the time at our disposal would adnit. Mr. H. had kindly given mea note to Mr. T., one of tle Government officials, and through the kind offices of this gentleman, who:ze long residence in the Province and thorough acquaintance with the inhabitants and their mode of life enabled him to understand precisely what was needed, our canoe trip was made a success. Through his influence (he Sergeant was given a month’s leaye of absence, and was allowed to go with us as interpreter, and, in one sense, manager of the expedition, and certainly no set of men ever fell more emphatically on their legs than did our little party when it was decided that the Sergeant should accompany us, He has liyed long in the Province, knows the Indians thoroughly, speaks Chinook and seyeral of the native dialects, is a man of untiring energy, always will ing to do his share and more than his share of the work, good natured under the most adverse circumstances, and with no small fimd of anecdote and humor—withsl a keen sportsman and a close observer of nature. He is one of the very best fellows with whom 1 haye ever been in the field, and by the time that our trip was ended, had so endeared himself to each one of us that to part with him was a real pain. By this time my two friends had reached Victoria from San Francisco, and our party was made up. Jor some little time after reaching Vancouver the Professor and the Admiral conld think and talk of nothing but the woes that they had endured on their passage from San Francisco to Portland. 1 do not exactly remember whether it was eleven or fifteen steamers that they had ‘‘sunk, burned and destroyed” by the very simple, but, as if appeared, effective, method of taking passage on them for Victoria, but the number was large. When at last they did succeed in safely passing the Golden Gate, their suiferings had only commenced. To judge from ihe graphic narrative of the Admira!, that nautical hero’s agonies during his voyage of four daysresembled nothing so much as the sufferings on board a slave ship in the middle passage, or an old-time emigrant vessel, when the terrible ships fever had laid its blighting hand upon the passengers. The curses which were showered upon the Geo. W. Elder by my ordinarily mild-mannered and temperate friends quite made my hair stand on end, By the Serge:nt’s advice we determined to take our canoe from Nanaimo, distant from Victoria about seventy miles. It was thought best, however, to procure all the necessaries for the trip at Victorif, and a day or two was employed in getting together mess kit, blankets and other essentials. We also decided fo take with us another white man, and engaged Arizona Charley, a Virginian, whose wanderings, after includ- ing almost the whole United States, had at last led him to Victoria. A most excellent man he proved himself, faithful, willing and good-humored. The Indians who were to con- stitute our crew, and on whom we fondly relied for the loco- motive force of the canoe, we expected to lire at Nanaimo. To one who has been accustomed only to the Indians of the Western plains and tle mountains, the aborigines of the northwest coast are a surprise. In the vicinity of the settle- ments a blanket Indian is never seen, all of them wearing white man’s clothing, including shoes and hats or caps. Very many of them work regularly, aud lay up money, and for certain kinds of labor they are admirably adapted. They make good deck hands, longshoremen and fishermen, and are largely employed in the Jumber mills and canneries. They are very strong, and are able to carry loads that a white man could by 20 means stageer under. They are almost brought up in canoes, and as all their journeys are performed in this manner, they are most expert bostmen. I have seen little children not more than three or four years old wielding a tiny paddle for hours at a time, and can well understand how it is that the adults can undergo so much work of this kind wilhout manifesting the slightest fatigue. Tn British Columbia an Indian is called a Siwash. This is a Chinook word which is evidently a corruption of the French sduvaye, amd the term Indian is rarely, if ever, employed, The Siwashes of the coast are essentially a race of fisher- | men. Their main dependence is the salmon, of which enor- mous numbers are caught, and not only eaten fresh, but also dried for winter consimiption. They do some hunting, and kill not a few deer and mountain goats, but they rely chiefly for food on the salt water fish. During the months of June and July, hefore the salmon lave begun to run up the rivers, they catch them in the sall water with the trolling spoon in considerable numbers, but itis not uutil the fish reach the fresh water that they are taken in suflicient abundance to make jt worth while to dry them for their winter provisions. — The natives do considerable trading with the whites, and oil is one of the main articles of trade. The dogfish, » small shark, abounds in these waters, and is taken with the hook and line in great quantities. The liver is the only part used, and the worthless careases of the fish are left to rot on the shore, and furnish food for the rayens and crows. Porpoise oil is alsoa staple article of trade. The Indians are very expert at basket weaving, and some of their work of this kind is wonderfully well done. I have seen baskets that were perfectly water-tight, and in which one could easily boil meat or fish. They also make mats, both of reeds and of the bark of the cedar, which are both uscful and ornamental. These are admirable to sleep on, and keep off the wet as well as a rubber blanket. From the bark of the cedar too they muke ropes and Jines which are strong and durable. ‘The dwell- ings of the Siwashes are utterly unlike those of the Indians of the interior. They are, in fact, houses made of boards split from the cedar, andthough not very tight, are sufficiently so to keep out the wa'er, and lo forma good protection against cold and snow. ‘They are williout floors, and the fire is built on the grunnd in the middle of the room, the smoke escaping through the crevices in the roof. In the villages of the Northern Indians one miy sce before each dwelling a long pole, set in the ground and most elaborately carved through its whole length. These poles, which are sometimes eighty feet in height, are, in fact, a sort of family tree, and the images carved upon them denote the ancestry of the owner of the house before which they stand. The carvings usually represent animals of one kind or another, somewhat grotesque to be sure, but still admirably cary.d. A bear will perhaps be the lowest figure on the pole, and on its head will be seated a man; above this figure a crow, then a fish, another man, a seal, a wolf, and so on, the figures being sometimes repeated, to the top of the pole. All thesa tribes are remarkable for their skill in carying. The prows of their canoes are often very highly ornamented, as are many of their utensils. They display_great ingenuity in fashioning curious masks and rattles for their medicine dances, and mauy of their carvings in a black slate which they make use of for this purpose are wonderfully well done. I was shown a model of a large house, which was certainly one of the most claborate and highly-finished pieces Of workmanship thai I have ever seen. Two large platters in the possession of a friend at Victoria were ex- quisitely ornamented in wito relievo, and were also inJaid with small pieces of caryed ivory, Any design which pleases them they will copy wilh the utmost fidelity, and bracelets hammered out froma silver dollar and ornamented wilh a spread eagle or some other design furnished by a white man are frequently seen. Scattered alony the coast are a very cOnsidcrable number of small tribes, some of them consisting of not more than half a dozen families. Fach of these tribes has a language of its own, and this language is often not uaderstood by any of its neighbors. The Chinook jargon is the e»mmon tongue by which the Indians of one tribe hold commnnica- tion with all other Indians and with the whites. This jar- gonis extremely limited as to ils vocabulary, and has abso- Iutely no grammar. There is no} passive yoice, no declen- sion of nouns, no inflection of verbs, Drawn from the Nng- lish, the French and a dozen Indian tongnes, it serves, how- ever, as a medium of communication between the whites and the aborigines. T have said that the Siwashes areadmirable canoemen, end must conclude this letter with a word or two about their yes- sels. They are of various sizes, varyitg in length from eight to eizhty feet, and each one is muds from a single piece of limber. The largest one of which I haye heard is at the Bella Bella village. It is eighty feet in length, and is sip, deep that a man standing upright in it cannof be seen by one standing on the ground by its side. The canoes are roughly shaped and then ho‘lowed out by tire. Then, by means of a piece of steel attached to a wooden handle, they chip the wood off in little flakes and reduce it to a proper thick- 'ness—about an inch or an inch and a half for a vessel thirty feet inlength. They haveno models and the eyeis their only guide in shaping the canoes, bul the lines are as unyary- ingly correet, and as gracefil as could he made by the most expert boat-builder. There arc two different types of canoes, the Chinook, which has a square stern and is approximately flat on the bottom, and the Northern, which is round- bottomed and has an overhanging stern. The former are the most steady in a seaway, aud somewhat the most roomy, but” on the other hand are much less fast than the Northern canoes, but both are perfectly safe. After being shaped, the gunwales of the canoe are slightly sprung apart, so 28 to give some flare to the sides, and are held thus in position by “narrow pieces of timber, stretching across and sewed to them with cedar withes. The canoes are always made from the ‘ cedar, the superb Zhuya gigantea of Nuttall, the wood of ~@ « ——_ Voroner 20, 1881.] FOREST AND STREAM. 225 wiieh is light, casily worked and remarkably durable. The tree very closely resenibles the common arborvitie, so generally used for hedges here in the Mast, bul in British Columbia it grows sometimes to a height of 300 feet, and often attains a diaiieler o! seven or eight feet, I measured one stump that was elcven feet through eight feet from the bround. As instinecing ils durability I may say that I saw (nie fallen log in tle woods which was ‘ straddled” by a Dovelas fir two and one-half feet in diameter, and which was, to all appearance, as sound as if it had not been lying there a year. The stump of the fir rested on the log, and its roots stretched down on either side four or five feet before they reached the ground. The cedar log was covered with moss, and had lost most of ifs limbs, but on scraping awrg the gieen drapery and sounding and cutting into it, I could not discern that if was in the slightest degree decayed. It can readily be imagined, therefore, that such a wood sup- plies the bist possivle material for canoes built in this way. Tt has only one objection, aud this is the caso with which it ean be split, ard gréat care has’ to be taken to keep the ves- sels frvan receiving any knocks or rough usage. Tley are never allowed toremain on ithe beach within reach of tlie wives, but are always hauled up far beyond high water mark. TI hsye known of » case where a canoe, uot drawn far cnough from the water, was found in the morning split from eid to end. It is a work of no small magnitude to re- pair 2 craft in that condition, and too much care cannot he exercised in guarding the yeasel from any rough usage, The candes might be made much stronger if the Siwashes would only put knees or Wraces of some kind in them, but this they never seem to do, although they are ofteu seen in canoes owned by white men. The paddles are made of a species of miaple, anil are usually about four feet long, with a cross piece for handle, and a blade about four inches wide, termin- ating in a sharp point. They are light and easily wielded, but sirong. The prows and sterns of the canoes are often carved and painted in red and white. Sometimes the larger canocs are rigged with one or more pairs of rowlocks on Gither side, and long oars of nalive manufacture are usted, which, it must be acknowledged, help the vessel through the walter much faster than the same number of paddles would. There is almost always 4 chock in the bottom, well forward, to which a mast steps, by a tenon, leading up through one of fhe braces. The canvas is a lug spritsail, and of course can only be uséd when the wind is fair, or at most on the beam. Camp om Bute Inlet. Yo, Che Sportsman Caurisgt. ATLANTIC COAST SHOOTING GROUNDS. Kirry Haws Bay, N. OC. 7- HAVE lived during the entire summer on the North Carolina coast, and have become very familiar with the country and people from Whale’s Head Light down 10 Cape Tatteras. J haye spent most of the time on the ocean beach, with the exception of an occasional visit up the country, along the various towns on the rivers emptying into the Albemarl¢, Pamlico and Currituck Sounds. The elements are continually reshaping the coast—immense white sand hills that lie against tbe horizon like banks of snow are continually moving southwest from the ocean to- ward the sounds. ‘Lhe Kill Deyil Hills, near Kitty Hawk, were until recently the highest of these, but, now the Oven Hil), near Nay’s Head, rears its white crest 100 feet above ihe ponds of fresh water that lie at its base. ‘These ponds are clear lakes of dark, pure wand limpid water, and lie be- taveen the sounds and the ocean. ‘There are some twenty of these between Kitty Hawk and Nag’s Head, some of them thirty to forty acres in extent, and full of black bass, chub and perch, some of the latter I have caught being twelve inches long and very sweet. The ponds are much fre- quented by visitors to Nag’s Head during the summer, the woods near them affording good shade and pleasant drives. They are continually surrounded by beach cattle and ponies {hat resort here for water. In dry times, and when flies and musquitoes are troublesome, they wade out until only their heads show above the water. The ponies are livély little fellows, and scamper over the hills and along the beach at low tide at a lively vate, and are much better adapted for beach drawing than heavy up- country horses. A good pair of ponies can’ be bought for about 125. They are essily kept and live to an old age Once a year they are coralled and branded, The balance of the time they rangeat will from Cape Heury to Cape Hat- teras. When away from the fresh pondsand they want water they dig wells with their tore fect near the sound and find good water eightecn inches below the surface, Wheo the chill blasts of winter are top severe, they go to the woods about Witty Wawk or find shelter guder the lea of the sand hills, Recently I visited Bodie's Island Light House to shoot beach birds and to fish for blue fish, which are found in great abundance about Oregon Inlet and in the sound in front ofthe light house. I went up ioto the lizht honse, after a toilsome climb up the 225 steps, and after an inspection of the apparatus at the top of the tower, I sat for two hours on tle iron piazza outside and enjoyed the extended view af- forded by my airy perch. [could see with a marine glass over twenty miles in every direction. In the east is the dark Liue sea, with its billows rolling grandly towards the white pebbly shore, with ail kinds of sail on their way north and BOuth; on the west Pamlico Sound and Grovtin Sounds, Roavoke Island, Duck Island, Off Island, and the cluster of smaller islands near the inlet; north and south stretched ~the narrow strip of sand between the sounds and sea, with herds of cattle, ponies and sheep grazing on the green places. Ourlew, brown backs, willet, sea chickens and gulls in count- Jess number's wheeled and dove below me, and the tide surzed and chafed the Oregon Inlet almost under my feet. This ig one of the best light houses on the coast. The lighting apparatus was mad¢in France. The tower is built of brick aod iron and seems capable of standing any storm without trembling, and yet so powerful is the wind at times that it sways and rocks in a manner trying to weak nerves, e : ee a In the winter millions of brant, swan, geese, duck and ofler fowl pass here in their flight to their feeding grounds, and many of them are killed by striking against the plass that protects the light, ast year it was found necessary to puta frame work ofivon in frout of the glass to keep it from being broken by the heavy geese striking it. Several bnsiels of fowl have betn gathered from the -platform some mornings that were killed during the night by flying against the frame that protects the light. Oregon Inlet is gradually opening wider and deeper, and there is now five and a half feet of water oa the inner bar and twelye to eighteen feet on the outer bar. Orvgon Inlet is a great place for sportsmen, and there is good sport for rodand gun all the year, Spanish mackerel, sea bass, trout, drum, mullet, shad, blue fish, ¢pots, croakers, diamond-back terrapin, sea turtle, chicken turtle, rock bass, all have their seasons, while the waters abound in oysters, clams sod erabs. In the fall and winter wild fowl frequent Whe islands near the inlet, and in the summer all kinds of beach birds are very abundant, Itis said that snipe do not breed as far soull: as tis, but [think it is a mistake, for I have seen large numbers cf young snipe on the marshes, and have found two nests that contained regular snipe eggs. Near New Inlet are the feeding grounds of the black and white brant. These fowl are destined to be very pop- ular when known among epicures. They are very large, nearly twice the size of a canvas back, and many consider them fully as delicate in flavor. They will be shipped in considerable quantity this winter no doubt, as they can be sent via the Elizabeth Oity & Norfolk Railroad so as to reach markets in Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York within twenty-four hours after they are killed. They ‘‘ place” from Dack Island to Hatteras; are yery plenty froating the Jesse Etheridge tract, and about New Inlet and about Douglass Island, Pea Island, Jurymen Island and other islands along the coast andim Pamlico Sound. There are also great num- bers of them about Gar Island, where there is a small club established called the Gar Island Club. This club, snd the Kilty Ulawk Bay Club, are the only clubs in Dare county, and own about all the best shooting’ grounds in the county. The latter club is a monster alfair, and they have bought every island, shoal and beach and woodland of any yalue for fowl, bird and deer shooting, not already owned by the Cur- rituck county clubs, from Whale’s Head down to Gar Is- land, except the property owned by the Nyes at Van Slyck’s landing. ‘They control some 300 miles of water front and probably over 200,000 acres of land and island. They have shooling fora very large number of sporlsmen ani their fish- ing rights ave also valuable. Very few persons who have not visited this country haye any idea of the extent of fresh water navigation within the boundaries of Hastern North Carolina. The sand ridge di- viding the sounds and the occan is from 100 yards to three miles wide. Thisislow, but mostly dry, and just above high water. It is firm and solid. The Ocean beach is the finest for bathing I haye ever seen—the slopeis long. shallow and even, floored witha fine soft sand that feels like velvet under the feet. 'Phe waves come up the gradual incline which makes the bottom reach the land with gradually diminished force, anid IT have during the past summer been out 200 yards from shore with delicate ladies, and the rollers came over them without viclence or danger. The Gulf Stream approaches the shore nearer along this coast than anywhere else and the water is warmer. ‘The sounds containa greater amount of fresh water than any other area on the Atlantic coast. All ihis water is continually Howing into the ocean, carrying - with it au immense amount of sand and dirt from the upper lands along the rivers, some of which head in the mountains of Tennessce and Virginia, hundreds of miles distant. ‘This sand or dirt is being constantly deposited within the outer reef, and replaces the sands carried on the sand ridge and blown into the fantastic shapes that characterize the sand dunes or hills. The only inlet between what is now Oregon Inlet and Cape Henry was Old Currituck Inlet, which was ¢losed in 1713, and New Currituck Inlet, south of it, was opened about 1749, and vessels drawing nine feet of water could pass through it. This inlet kept open for nearly 100 years and waa closed in 1630. It is said that old Commodore Vander- bilb used to come through this inlet in a trading schooner. His partner was a mau named Hatfield, and they made con- siderable money trading in fisb, melons, feathers, tar, tur- pentine and other products of North Carolina. Hatfield invested his savings in some islands, which are now rented from his heirs by some of the shooling clubs. Vanderbilt at Jast decided to settle permanently in New York city, and tried to induce Hatfield to sell out and go into the grocery business in New York, but Hatfield told the future many- millioned man that he was afraid of his kite ying propensi- lies and believed he would rather stay m Currituck. He fished, hunted and trucked it for the balance of his days and died in Currituck. All the world knows the history of the old Commeédore. There are no inlets in Currituck. At present the water is slightly brackish and is gradually filling up. Extensive shoals are being formed on which grow the grass on which the countless numbers of ducks, geese and swan that fre- quent these walters feed, Northern sportsmen began coming to thie county some time before the wur to shoot wild tow), In 1855 Elias Wade, Valentine Wicks and Stephen VTaper, of New York State, bought 1,700 acres of beach and marsh Jaud from Abram Gaum at a cost of $3,000, and organized the Curriluck Shootiog Club. This club has since bought some other property. About fhrec years ago they built a handsome club housé on the beach, costing, with furniture, some $12)- 000. The club is composed of abont sixteen members and the shaves are limited to twenty-one, some of the members ownlny saveral shares, In 1859 Peter Davis and John White organized the Palmer Shooting Cinb with twenty-five members, and leased the marshes Of Josephus Baum, south of the Currituek Club. The war came on and fowl shooting was suspended, Soon after the war the Monkey Island Club was organized by R. 'T. Wild, of Boston, and 0. B. Meserole, of New Yerk cily. This property was bought for an insignificant sum and would probably now sell for $50,000 under the hammer. Tn 1803 Arthur Emory, of New York, bought for 5,000 17,000 acres of land from Abram Baum and organized the Light House Club, so.called from its proximity to the Whale’s Head Light House, This club has twenty-one shares, and their property is also valuable. Yhe Crow Island Club was organized in 1864. They rent the ira of Mrs. Hatfield, for which they pay about $1,000 early. r Ragged Island Club, in Back Bay, iscompose mostly of New England men. Sslomon House, of Boston, is Presi- -dent. ‘They have first-class shooting. j The smallest club in these waters is the Little Island Club, in Back Bay. ‘This property was bought by Ben Wood from Major d. J. Burrus for $4 00 just before the war, and was sold by him to William R. Travers in 1875, for about $8,000, Old Abe Baum eulls this a ‘fone man club.” The owner is a rich and eccentric old gentleman, who liyes in New York city, and from what the natives tell me he must be quite a character, Tlis instruction to the men guarding his property is thal if any man is foundon his grounds with a breech- loader to shoot him on the spot, as he is down on any gun but the old-fashioned muzzle-loader. He has first-class shooting on his property for seyeral sportsmen, but his is the only gun ever fired on the property, and as his islands are isolated and surrounded by shoals, thick with wild celery, the old gentleman can bag his 100 pairs of canvas-backs or red-heads any day without trouble, Qld Abe Baum, native and te the manor born, as his forefathers have been for over two hundred years, says the reason Mr. Travers don’t organ- ize a club is '‘ Case he is an opinionated old cuss, and no one can’t naturally agree wilh him and he can’t naturally agree With no one.” Mr, Travers is said to be witty and sharp, and to havea slight impediment in his speech, which make his sayings more puogent. On one occasion he was passing through Norfolk on his way North, after a season of hard shooting among the canyas-backs; and his clothes were somewhat worn and sdiled, after seyeral weeks of beach usage, and he did not look to ignorant eyes the educated, refined gentle- man he really is. Ile was stopping at the Atlantic Hotel, It was some publie occasion and the dining room was crowded. He saw only one vacant seat, which was at the tight of amajestic Navy Admiral. The chair was lipped against the table to indicate that if was reserved, but Mr. Travers was hungry and did not standon ceremony. Walk- ing up to the vacant place he pulled hack the chair and wag about tosit down, when the head-waiter came to him ina flurry and, tapping him on the shoulder, said: ‘This seat is re- served, sir, for a gentleman.” Mr. Travers looked at the man and replied, ‘* W-w-well, sir, he has.c-c-come ;” andtook his seat, and quietly began Scanning the bill of fare. Once when beating down Currituck in a small schooner to take the Norfolk steamer, a northeast storm came up. There was only one man anda boy on board, and Mr. Travers was endeavoring to aid them shortening sail. While doing,so he became entangled in the rigging. He had taken off his shoes so.as lo be ready for swimming for his life. He began to call loudly for assistance, but the raging tempest, the ex- citement of the position and his unfortunate impediment, of speech made his words incoherent. The man at the helm at last got impatient and called out, ‘Sing it, Mr. Travers, sing it, sir,” The old gentleman at once sang to the tune of ‘“Drops of Brandy,” ‘‘ Ob! p-p-please let go the jib tackle; my b-b-big t-t-toe is caught in the block,” and was at once relieved from his embarrassing pusition. Join Bronaon.. Aatural History. RANGE AND ROTARY MOVEMENTS OF LIMICOL. T was in the month of April, 1868, that we made our ft debut as a duck shooter on a Western prairie. Born and bred almost within the sound of the breakers on ‘‘New Eng- land's rock-bound coast,” we had been taught to believe that the shore birds—Limienle—were, with few exceptions, con- fined to the seaboard, and when we saw large flocks of sey- eral species of these birds feeding on the prairies we could scarcely believe our eyes, nor would anything short of a dead specimen in hand satisfy us of our errors. A golden plover (Charadrius virginicus, Borcls.) was secured and found to be identical in every particular with the golden plover of the Atlantic coast; and, notwithstanding Prof. Baird had many years earlier declared their habitat to be ‘‘all of North Amer- ica, and visiting also other continents,” we could not some- how seem to realize the fact that they were so abundant at so reat a distance from the sea shore. Other species were also observed, notably sickle-billed curlew (Vumenius longirostrta, Wils.), Esquimaux curlew (Vuinendus borealis, Lath.), sum- mer yéllow-legs (7otanus flavipes, Vieill.), aad pectoral sand- pipers (Vringa jpectoralis, Say.), We endeavored to glean from intelligent gunners of that region some information re- lating to the habits, food, migrations, etc., of these birds, hut ourlaborsin this direction were vain and fulile. The fact was patent that no one cared to waste time or ammuni- tion on such ‘‘smail birds” as ployer or-curlew when deer, swan, geese, ducks and their congeners were abundant in every direction. Another yery serious obstacle in the way of our inquiries was encountered, viz., synonomy. We found it yery difficult to make ourselyes understood when undertak- ing to describe a particular species, so yery different are the local names of birds, ’ - Sportsmen, as a general rule, are quick, keen and intelli- gent, but not always literary people, and in the absence of scientific terms—some common platform upon which both parties could stand—our progress wus very slow and unsatis- factory. We cannot always account for the origin or intro- duction and retention of such a diversity of common names for our feathered friends, I: certainly is a great barrier to the acquisition of knowledge upon these topics. Names that are familiar as household words in one section are entirely unknown in another. It is about as perplexing as when two persons speaking different languages attempt to carry ona conversation. For instance, the first bird we have named above was not known in the West where we were located as a plover at all, but as a ‘prairie pigeon.” The turnstone in Massachusetts is commonly called ‘‘ chicken bird,” but else- where ‘‘ealico back.” A pectoral sandpiper in our section 18 +tiack snipe,” and in others ‘‘krieker,” ‘*grass snipe,” ele, One often hears in the West, or even on Long Island, the name “Dowiteher,” but that cognomen would not be recognized in Massachusetts as referrine to red-breasted snipe (Macror. humplus griseus, Leach), but if the bird was called ** brown back,” he wou'd be instantly acknowledged. A ‘“‘redbreast’” (Tringa canutus, Linn.) is variously known as “Tobin snipe,” “orayback” and “knot.” The marlin of the West is the mar- ble godwit (Limosa fedoa, Ord.) of the East, and so on ad tn- jinitum. ‘This unhappy state of affairs should no longer exist, We have monetary, railroad, religions and other con- ferences to harmonize conflicting interests or opinions, fix yalues and establish rules of action. Why not have a na- tional or universal conference to establish a uniform nomen- clature for our birds? Possibly the urbane individual who occupies {he editorial chair of Forrsr anp SrRgam and ex- 226 FOREST AND STREAM. — [Oocroser 20_ 1881. ercises a sort of autocratic influence over the sportsmen of this country would underlake to bring about this much needed reform. Whoever'shall accon plish this will receive the gra itude of thousands of sporismen, aid his name would go down to pusterity as a benefactor to the race, The past ten or fifteen yeurs has witnessed a vast improvement in our sporting literature and knowledge of birds. Tbe works of Saird, Brewer, Coues and the rest will ever stand as proud Monuments of their labors and successes, Much more is to he done. The field is still open. May we not hope the future will raise up laborers worthy to wear the mantle of their predecessurs and to carry lorward the work so nobly begun? e puzzled over this matter of the shore birds for many years, trying to discover some satisfactory theory that would account fur their muyements and idiosyncraries, Why should certain epecies divide, one part going up the valley of the M ssissippi and the other via the Atlantic coast, to their Northero breeding grounds? Why should some numerons species a! together follow the former and others the Jatter route? Again, why do some of them proceed by the one route snd return by the other? The inquiry seemed to lead to the conclusion that golden plover, Hsquimaux curlew, summer yellowlegs, and a few other species, did take the broad yailey of the ‘Father of Waters” for a highway northward in spring, but that the great mass of the adults did not return by the same road. A few of each species of young. or such as do not breed, may return by the route in- dicated. Then it was ascertained that the above-named species did not appear on the Atlantic coast in spring-time, but that all of them were abundant iu alitumn, bovh old and young. With the birds, as with ourselves, food supply is of the miost vital importanec. If we study the habits of these birds jn relation tu the r food we shall find, to some extent, that the s) ecies that travel up the Mississippi Valley are of the class that run about on the fields and prairies, and pick up such worms, grubs and insects as are found on the surface of tLe ground, while those that follow the seashore feed mosily on such marine worms and insect: as lie buried in the mist sand or mod, which must be obtained by plunging in the bill and wrenching the savory morsel from its hiding place. Butin order to study carefully the habits, food and peculiarilies of the shore birds we must be amoug them, or With them—miusi seek some locality whee they can easily be observed during the season of their migrations—and, if the reader ill yo with us early in April to the easterly shores of New England, tay.to Cape Cod, the mist prominent print on tle whole coast, and the one Where most of the migrants that follow the cvast line’ must show themselves, we will take our stand there and ‘see what we shell see’ of these birds as thry pass al ng. Of the swimming birds (Vatatorex) and the other orders we have at present nothing to do, norghall we speak of such waders (Gullatoves) as are not considered wor hy the attention of sportsmen. or, in other words, our remarks will refer only to such of the waders as visit the sea shore, and will add something to our supply of food, ‘The winter residents, the snow butitings, (Hmberee s nivalis, Lion, ) and the shore larks (Aliuda ulpestris, Foster), have barely bid adieu to the land of their sejuurn aud set out for their more northern homes, when the spring season is ushered in hy the soft plaintive note of the piping plover (Agialtis melodua, Cab.’ and the shrill tones of the ting-neck (Agialitu sem palmatics, Cab.). The former is a summer res dent, and rere ils your g within the doleful sound of the fog horn on Pulleck Rip. Possibly the latter may have bred here in Colonial times, but rarely, if at all, in later years. They do rot seem to be #8 gregarious in spring as most of the o her shore birds, nor is ejther species very numerous. They Jead an industrious life, running about upon the dry sand more than most of this order, and seem to fetd on sand fleas and such other insects a8 they find there. By the mid- dle of April, in a forward a ason, will be heard the pecu- liarly curved and ipspiriting tiple note of the winter yel- lowleg (ZVotanus melanoleucus, Viei').), and if wetake a siroll down over the low mursh:s, we shall be likely to gee a soli- tary individual or small flock feeding on the little minnows that are 80 numi rons along the ditches and marshy inlets at high tide, *ometinies they resort lo the cand flats, but do not seem to pick wp any food there; nvr is this their usual feeding ground. They breed pretty much all over the coun- (try, and are common in witter as far north 4s the Carolinas. Another early visitant is the red backed sandpiper or win- ter -nipe (7% ga alpina var. americana, Cass.). Not nu- merous ju spring, but quite goin fall. They are abundant at Lake Outario and fu ther west about the middle of May, and wil] be found all winter in Virvinia, at Currituck Sound aud points further s uth, where they are regarded as winter residents. They feed on whe flats and around the luke shores, much \he sate as do sandrlings and other members of the group. In the Hebrides they mix with the golden plover and ate called *' plover’s pages,” About the 10th of Muy the least sandpiper (Tinga pusilla, Wils.) comes gliding along trilling ite cheerful, glersome notes. There are two—possibly three—species or varieties of these grave!ul lit le creatures, commonly called ‘‘ peeps.” The above species is desig ated as a ‘marsh peep,” haa olive or yellow bill and feet, aud teeds around little pools on the -Mprshes, or ou mud patches. The other spicies, ‘sand peep” ( Tringa semipaliata, Wil.) is larger, l'ghter eolor and mire gregarious than his litle cousin of the inarshes; has black feet and bill, feeds on the sand flats and spits, though they s Metimes fo on 10 the marshes as dy» the others on to the sand Hats. They retire at high tide with the other shore birds to the high beaches for safety or rest, but return as soon as he lide ebbs etifliciently to allow them to feed. They are yery ir dustrions, running about, punching their bills into the sync in search of tood, devouring only the choicest spe- cimens of worms or minute mollusks, always in a hurry, and by the first of June seurcely any will be seen in this vicinity. The sanderling (Calidiis arenaria, Il) is another numer- ous 6p: cies, which arrives about the same time of the preced- ing. They are quite gregarions, feeding along the edgés of Uide-water much the same as the peeps, and exhibiting about the same nervaus energy in searching for food, By May 20th we shall begio to hear the dual whistling note of the red-breasted sandpiper (7inga canutus, Linn.), which is hailed with delight by such gunners ag enjoy slaughtering thet at this season of the year. Usually they are in large flocks hurrying along, stopping but a few days to feed and yest, Nor wil' many be seen alter the Ist or 5th of June. They baye a penchant for “ horsefout” egos, and display con- siderable ingenuity in discovering these delic ite morceau, as they lieburied inthes nd. When any partic ilarspot is suspect- ed, they conmence scratching 4/a hen, and poking out the eggs wih their bils. Turnstones seem as well to enjoy the rich Tepust, often joining in the search, and when found, a free fight ensues to see who shall possess the prize. Canutuas also feeds on the insects, fish-spawn and other glutinous sub- stances found at low tide attached to eel grags and other »quatic plavts. Itis presumed they go very far north to breed, as they wre abiindant all the way from the Great Lakes to Cape Breton and the Magdalen I-lands, or more to the eastward than most of the shore birds) The adult males begin to re- turn about the 26th of July, followed by the females, and still later by the young, who do not all retire before the fore- part of October. Strepsitas interpres, Ill., with as many aliases as a pick- pocket, is stil a very clever little fellow, but hardly belongs to any family. They arrive about the 15th of May, not in large flocks, but singly or in groups of three or four individ- uals, feeding along the edge of thetide, or dilligently turn- Ing over small stones or pebbles, exploring eyery nook and corner to find any tiny crab, flea or worm that may lie se- creted there. They are not particularly shy birds, and as they decoy well, are easily killed from blinds or stands, thongh their call note is ever so hard to imitate, arly in August they come straggling along back, feeding much as in apring, nor do they ever go on to the marshes or fields, except when driven by wind or tide. The blackbreasted plover—beetle-head (Squatardla helveti- ca, Cuy.) is the largest of the plover family. The date fixed for their arrival in some sportsmen’s calendar is May 16, though in a favorable season they appear a few days earlier. Their round, full note is the ‘‘sportsmens joy,” though wa have for years protested against the slaughter of these noble birds just as they are on the verge of the breeding season. Every true sportsman must feel in autumn at what a fearful cost he gets a few days’ shooting im spring. Every yearthe “bay birds" are getting scarcer and scarcer until it is even now almost impossible to make a respectable “bag.” One g-ts hardly enongh to call it sport. Legislative authority has been invoked, but very little wisdom has been exhibited by that august body in framing laws to protect these birds. Often has a blush mantled our cheeks, as we haye been re- minded of the stupidity of our Legislators in making it a crime to kill the least of the shore birds, a peep, while any pot-hunter may slaughter blackbreasts, redbreasts, chicken- birds, winter yellowlegs and Wilson's snipe to his heart’s content without fear of molestion, all through the spring mi- grations! At this season of the year all of the order are socially in- clined, 98 it is their wooing and pairing season, when they are often in large flocks, easilydecoyed, aud then the serried col- ulnns are cut down; vay, slaughtered by thousands, ruthlessly, by hands whose love of greed has conquered their better judgement. Itreqnires no prophet to come and tell us that if we destroy the birds in spring time just as they are about 'o lay their eggs they will not return with the r offspring in the fall. Beetle-teads do not go on to the fields or pastures, but keep down on the beach or sand flats, where they find an abundance of long, depressed worms with many legs upon which they feed. ‘They are, as their food would indicate, more of & shore than inland bird, though very likely a few may wander away as far West as Jowa. The plovers in common with the other shore birds belong to the class called pracoces, i. é., run about in search of food as soon as hatched and, therefore, require much less attention from their parents than do Alfpices, The paternal relative reposing great confi- dence in the energy and skill of his spouse to protect and nurse the callow brood, literally deserts his home and fami- ly, and wanders away back, the wretch, possibly to fall a victim to some breech-loader on Cape Cod at the very spot where in spring he was observed so attentive to his youthful bride on thir Northern tour. The willet or humility (Symphemia semipalmata, Wart.) arrives often paired, toward the end of May. Not abundant, Breeds in this latitude and even much further South, They fire scattered over the Western States down to the Gulf of Mexico and the West India Isiands, where many of them pass the winter. They go on to the marshes at hign tide, butfeed along the edge of the water on minnows, crabs and marine insects. More of an inland bird, freqnenting wet places on the prairies and around pond holes. Not regarded of much value for food. Occasionally we shall see marbled godwit (Linosa f doa, Ord.) stro|ling about on the sand or mud flats, plunging their long, stout bills in up to their eyes in search of emall worms that are teeming there in great variety. It is alleged that they devour small fish and fiddler crabs. They do not go on to upland fields, but at high tide retire With their congeners to the sand dunes. Abundant in the neighborhood of Oregon Inlet, and further West in summer, Quiet in their manners, not flying about as much as some of the other waders. Were formerly quite plentifulin New England, but for the last decade have buen scarce. The other godwit (Limesa Hudsonica, Swain.), better known here as “spot rump,” is very rare in spring; has much the same manner and habits as the preceding, but is more likely to be caught out in an easterly storm, and driven on to our coast with golden plover; then his stalwart relative, L. fedow, which would seem to indicate an Hastern or Atlantic route for their Sonthern migrations. The vernal season will scarcely bring us acquaintance with sickle-billed curlew (Vwmentus longirostris, Wils.,) though a straggler may ocessionally be seen. These birds hardly fo as far east as the Magdalen Islands or Labrador, come on {0 Our coast.in small flocks in the fall, and linger about the high beaches, dry marshes, and along the wind-rows of sea- weed which have been washed up by the tide, where they gormandize on black crickets and flies which they are very expert in capturing. They are said to roost at night on these heaps of ‘seaweed. They sometimes betake themselves to the sand flats where they accasionally indulge in a stray min- now, paliry crab, or juvenile insect. Well distributed over ihe continent, they are believed to breed as far south as Virginia. They are plenty all winter on Savannah River, and are (here called ‘fish ducks” by the natives, bul are not esteemed of value for table use. They feed there more on the marches, and retire to adjacent islands to roost. Being heayy, clumsy crentures, they sre, many of them, presumed eA pass the winter within the territorial limits of the United Atates, Toward (he end of May a few short-billed or jack curlew (Numenius Hudsonieus, Lath.,) may be seen, like their con- generic relative with the long decurved rostrum, running about on the high beach, picking up black crickets, pmall snails and crabs. Both species have been scarce for many years. Of the snipe family we have a beautiful representative in (Macrorhamphus grvseus, Leach), It is not numerous ia spring, but isuite so in summer, and easily bagged, They are not here generally called, red-b;easted snipe, but brown backs.” They stick their long bills into the mud or sand flats presumably to frighten out the insects and worms that lie burrowed there, ee that they may be easily [captured. Very likely their sense of smell is so acute that they are ab'a to sirike at once their prey, Their sojourn to their brecding- ground is very brief, scarcely more than six weeks. The adult males begin to return in considerable numbers about the 10th or 15th of July, and by the end of August, both youngand old have winged their way towa'd equatorial regions. There is another beautiful plump little bird (Zringa maculata, Vieill.) well-known on our cvast in summer and antumn under various cignomena, as “Jack snipe,” “krieker,”’ “grass bird,” etc., but they arerarely, if ever seen in the spring. The advancing columns occupy the broad valley of the Mississippi, especially that portion of it lying nearest to sunset. As this interesting species is not A spring visitant at Cape Cod it hardly comes within the scope of these notes, and yet we cannot refrain from a passing remark particularly as there seems to be a wide discrepancy of opinion in relation to it. The best observers with whom we have come in contact declare there are two distinct species or varieties, though none of the bioks recog- nize two. One is eyer smaller, more delicate, and produces a finer, softer, gentler note than the ocher, which is more ro- bust and utters a strong, shrill, trilling, whistling note. A casual observer would most likely pronounce them old and young, but there is such constunt divergence as to preclude the possibility of harmony in one species, ‘The habits of the two species are quite siniilar. Their usual place of abode is on the bare spots or amidst the short grass or mossy places on the marshes, where they seem to feed on flies, insects and mollusks, and become very fat, so much so that they are ofien called ‘'fat birds.” They rarely go on to the sand flats or pastures, nor do they seem to be as sensitive to cold aa.some of the shore birds, and although they begin to be seen as Garly as the 20th of July, they do not all bid farewell to these friendly feeding-grounds till into November. They are abundant in Chili and other parts of Sonth America. There are a few other species represented at this point, such as buff-breasted sandpiper (7inga rufescens, Cab), curlew sandpiper (Tringa subarguata, Temm.), Bonaparie’s sandpiper (Ziringa Bonapartii, Schleg.), stilt sandpiper (ferapulama himantopus, Baird), purple sandpiper (Z'ringa maritima, Brunn.), and possibly a few others, including two or three of the Phalaropes, but none of these are in such numbers as to be atiractive to sportsmen or receive any apecial noticé in this connection. It will also be observed we have made no mention of golden plover, Esquimaux cur- lew or summer yellowlegs (Tolenus flavipes, Bon.), simply because ibey are not cons ant yisitants to our shores in spring, thouzh the latter dogs appear here exceptionally. Mr. C., a very keen observer of the habits of birds, informs us that during a period of seventy-five years himself and futher had been in the field they bad seen only three simmer yellowlegs and but two golden plover in spring, Mr, B,, who has been for forty years a gunner on this coast, has seen but one golden plover at this season. But let us step over to the Mississippi Valley and take a seat beside our intelligent friend and naturalist, Dr. N., of Foit Dodge, Iowa, and listen to his disc urse. and we shall discover quite a different state of things. He will inform us that early in spring sickle-billed curlew and marbled god- wits arrive paired, breed in the neighborhood and disappear in July, or as early as tha young are fledved and can take care of themselves, and are seen no more till the following spring. Undoubtedly portions of hoth species go to much more northern breeding-grounds. The offspring of the pre- vious year arrive a little later than the adults, in flocks. and remain so a!l summer, as they do not propagate till the second year, The young return by the same road (hey came, ‘The cutlew feed on dry plain or prairie land, while the godwits betake themselves to the fens or boggy places, where | hey can tierce their log, stout bills into the soft mud for worms, after the manner of wondeock. Willet arrive singly or in small groups. Not abundant. Breed. Tie Hudsonian god- wits come along in Jarge flocks, sojourn for a brief period, and then push on further nor hb to breed. nor are they seen aguin till the next year. Kill-deer (Wgialiits viel ferus, Cass.), called here ‘‘dottere!,"" are abu: dant summer resi- dents—iu fact, they breed pre'ty generaliy over the ¢ nti- nent. The little sandpiper (77dngu mérvutilla, Vivill.) is also a& summer resident and breeds. The white-rumped sand- piper (7. Benapariit) is quite conmon, bri eds here as well as further north, abd returns with the two preceding. There are two of the dowitchera (VW. grisews, Leach, and’ Af, seol- epacews, Law.). Both appear in closely-compacted focks in Muy, tarry but short tine, when they are drawn to their northern aud mire secluded nesting places. The first-nam+d make tleir return trip mostly via the Atlantic cosst, while the last named return by the sae route they advanced. From the first te the tenth of May, just as !he young and tender grass begins to grow, one my see immense flocks of golden plover sweeping slong like an invadiny army, They are attracted to newly-burned prairie linds, which seem to furnish an abundance of I\ttle hard worms upon which they feed. They also frequent the newly-ploughed fields or those just sowed with wheat. They are less numerous now ltban they were forty yeara ago, when, as we are informed, the farmers in many p'aces believed they de- youred a great. part of the seed wheat, and poison us praing were scattered for the purpose of destroying them. As the birds do not belong to the gizzard tribe—Gallinsee—we coubt it the allegation can be sustained. They probably go to the freshly upturned fields in quest of larvie and grubs that are injurions to the wheat crop, and are really friends and co-workers with the farmer, a8 are most of the feathered tribes, rathir than his enemies. ‘They do nob, however, tarry many days, but proceed to their extreme bo- real breeding-grounds, nor do they, except a few youngsters —*' pale bellies’—returo by the valley route. Accompany- ing and mingling freely with the goiden plover are the Hs- quimauux curlew, or dough-birds, in great numbers, Their liabits are very similar to those of their co-migrants, but they do not get as fat. Still they ave slaughtered by thousands, barreled and shipped to Hastern markets. A tew only of the young return. f Upland plover (Actiturua bartramius, Bon.) come paired, breed and retire early. In New Hogland they rear their young on the grassy slopes of high hills, where (hey remain will the middle of July, when they retreat !o the river bottoms, inter- yvales, or dry galt marshes and plains, where they feed on prasshoppers and crickets (ill about the 15(h of Angus!, when they silently depart. Their line of march is not confined to the seaboard, and both old and young of this species travel incompany. Th y are ® very shy bird, as any one who has attemp ed tu hunt them will youch, taxing his utmost skill, aud even then will most likely defeat the object of his ambi- tion. One of the mosp successful sporlsmen apd best shots in this section, Mr. T., informs us—and we insert this bit of secrecy here as a dowcewr to our disappointed brethren who Scenes _on his wing, he (T ) drops close to the ground. _will permit, Ooronne 20, 1881.] have tried in vain to circumvent one of these wary creatures —that he hunts thm ‘*dowh wind,” and as soon as one rises The bird's ‘*bump” of curivsity ia developed about ¢qnal to a black duck’s, and not seeing any one there apparently imagines he has bren duped, or, as we say, * fooled”; and not being willing to be laughed at by his fellows, who are feeding un- disturbed over the fields, he approaches thespotfrom whence came his ‘‘scare,” and as he comes ' quiddling” along trilling his alarm note, when in the right place, the gun is seized and in a trice |he viclim falls nearly at the feet of the gunner. He instantly drops again and remains quiescent till the birds have recovered from their fright, when he pro- ceeds as before. On One occasion he discovered seventeen of these birds in a pasture of only a few aeres on a hill, and in less than two hours, in this way, retreating and working the ground over several times, he killed the entire seventeen! Winter yellowlegs appear in moderate quantities, Nest heré and further north, and return. Summer yellowlegs (Totanus flavipes, Bon.), also arrive early in considerable number, jut push on further North as soon as the season Their southerh journey is mostly by some other and more easterly tonic. ‘lhe red-backed sandpiper, 7. alpina, better known here as Dunlin,” is 4 regular visitant, though not in large numbers; breeds further north. The little solitary sandpiper, “tip up,” is common here as in most other partsof thecountry. Beetle-headed plover, red-breasted randpiper, canderlings and jack curlew, although occasional yisitants in this locality, are not as abundant as they are further east. Weare inclined to the opinion that most of these birds that pass down the valley of the Mississippi, being either immature or heavy flyers, as, for instance, s'ckle-billed eurlew anid the godwi's, spend the winter in the Gulf States, Mexico or Central America, Tt must be apparent fo the reader, from the foregoing, that ceriain species of shore birds pass up the Mississippi Valley in Spring, but do not return by that broad highway. It will moreover be seen that the species that do not return by that road are abundant on the Atlantic Coast in autumn. If these premises hold, the conclusion is inevitable, that they go very fur North to breed, swing over to the eastern shores, where they recuperate, and then proceed on their Southern journey. We propose, howey:r, to introduce some iesti- mony io support of |his hypothesis. There is, to the north- ward of the Great Lakes and to the eastward of the Rocky Mountain Range, a vast unexplor¢d territory within whose boundaries aré mountains, valleys, prairies avd marshes. Nestling away in the quiet bosom of the mountains or sleep- ing gently in the valleys are many lakes and ponds, soure:s of numerous rivers, possible highways for future commerce. Thither for cyuntless ass the feathered migrants have wan- dered in search of thar solitude, that entire immunity from dangerous contact with nisin, not accorded them in later years long our fronjiers. Here, too, must be found abund- ance of food auited to the wants of both old and young. Possibly this may haye something to do with their line of flight. Tfit should be found that this region produced food peculiar y adapted to their tastes they would very likely take the shirt) r route #7 Mississippi Valley to reach it rather than fravel away round the Atlintic Coast, Labrador, etc., and morcover it is well known that most of the shore bird3 re- sort to fresh water lakes and marshes to rear their young. That thy do populate this whole region reaching the Arc- tic shores in larye numbers is attested by the explorers who have visited that inhospitable country. For many yrars nat- uralists have recoghized ‘hese birds as belonging to Arctic fauna. In July, i771, near the mouth of Coppermine River Hearne writes: ‘‘In the pools saw swan and geese in a moult- ing state, and on the marshes some curlew and plovers.” Alex. F sher, in giving an account of Parry’s first yoyage, 1819-20, saw at Batlin's Bay, ‘Red phalarope and ring plo- ver," and at Winter Harbor, lat. 7447 lon. 110.43, “Shor a golden plover,” and July 16, he adds: ‘A. few plarmigan, plover, sanderlinus and snow buutings were all the land birds that were seen.” Apain, at the Melville Islands, June 12, “saw feaveral golden plover.” Sir J. Richardson while at Wolloston Land wrote as follows: ‘On the first of June, bees, Sandpipers, long-tailed ducks, caccawees, eiders and king ducks snd northern divers were seen.” Again, May 15, “The yellow warblers feed on the alpine arbutus as did likewi-e the golden ployer, whose stomachs also contained the juicy fruit of the Bmpetrin nigium. The Eskimo cur- lew at this time feed on large ants.” McClInre, while the “Investigator” was packed in the ice at Prince of Wales Straits, lat. 70 deg., after making several excursions reported the following: ‘The plover and phalaropes and buntings here rear their young untroubled by man around the margins of petiy lakis." Dr. Kane speaks of seeing snipe at Renssa- laer Bay, June 16, 1851, also.at Cornwallis Island, September 4, 1850. Dr. Hayes saw the same spécies at Port Foulke, Juve 8, 1861. Mr. C. B. Cory, author of the charming little volume entitled, ‘‘A Naturalist in the Magdalen Islands,” in- forma us he has the ees of the golden plover taksn at the Northern extremity of Hudsons Bay, and that they are com- mon there. The above references will, we think, be eufiicient to satisfy the average mind that the birds do reach very high latitudes iu considerable numbers, and that they breed there. The eneryaling duty of niditying, laying, incubating and render- ing unto the juvenile specimens such brief care and protec- tion as ihe mothers of presaces might be expected to bestow, seems to generate a desire for a journey to some fashionable watering place, éarler, around the lakes or marshes, now gives out, or their tastes change and they hanker after marine worms, or ihe berries wf the coast, and they set oul upon the journey to Battin’s Bay, Smith’s Sound, or Labrador. where they avain regale themselves in the fresh bracing air of that isolated re- gion. There are hundreds of miles, up and down the coast of Labrador, of low plain lands, which produce great quan- tities of berry-bearing shrubs. Some of thes berries are not uniike our blue berries, only larger, They sre called by the natives *‘vallou berries," and the birds that feed on them * alli birds,” probably acorruption of curlew. The: ber- ries are also called ‘‘rotien apples.” Upon these berries tbe Eequimaux curlew and dough-hirds feed. Dr. Coues, in his observations in Labrador, in 1860, says of these birds: “Their food consists almost entirely of the cawberry (im- petrum nigrum), Which grows on the hillsides in astonishing profusion. Jcis also called the * bear berry’ and ‘ curlew berry” It is a small berry of a deep purple colour, almost black, growing upon a procumbent-running kind of heath, the foliage of which has # peculiar moss-like appearance. This is their principal and fayorile food, and the whole intes- tines, the vent, the Jegs, the bil, throat, and even the plum- age, are more or less stained with the deep purple juice. ‘they are also yery fond of a species of small snail that ad- = Possibly the food they find g0 abundant, | FOREST AND STREAM. heres to the rocks in immense quantities, to procure which they feqnent the land-washes at low tide.” Tue birds as far south as Cape Cod, when sho!, stil have the anal and tibial feathers discolored by the excrements. We are informed by shipmasters and fishermen, who have often visited the coast of Labrador, that the birds come strivging along down over the mountains and hills on to the plains in myriads to feed on these berries. There are no towns away up on the coast, but a few scattered Esquimaux huts, where the hardy fisher- men go ashore to cure their fitch, and it is during these visits that the observations are made. The old birds, after resting awhile, move on to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Magdalen Islands, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, and thence south- ward, to give place to the young that mustsoon follow, Mr. Cory reports ‘‘young dough-birds are due here, Magdalen Islands, about 8th September; young golden plover come about 20h September, A friend at Newfoundland writes, ‘‘ Snipe, sanderlings and yellowlegs are plenty—the latter breed” Thinks the Hs- quimaux curlew breed at Labrador. They are so plenty the fishermen kill them and salt them up in barrels. They arrive at Labrador before they reach Newfoundland in millions, so that they darken the sky as they rise. Large flocks of sanderlings and grass-birds arrive late in the fall, He be- lieyes the birds go to Prince Edward's Island, and thence to South America. ; Another good authority remarks as follows: ‘At the Mag- dalen Islands millions of golden plover and dough-birds come every year, in August and September. They feed on ihe uplands, and go on to the high beach at night to roost. So plenty are they that on a dark night one with a lantern and stick may kill bushels of them.’ The same party re- ports seeing, in 1864, ss late as October, of the coast from Chediac to Dalhousie, immense numbers of these birds. Mr. E., an intelligent merchant of Boston, informs us he has visited Prince Edward's Island for nine consecutive years, and has failed but twice to get good shooting. They have a ‘‘flight” of birds there on an east wind just the same as ab Cape Cod. Is of the opinion that birds feeding in a certain field this year, unmolested, will return the next year to the same field. In one day he shot green plover, Esquimaux curlew and summer yellowlegs in a field where, as he alleges, they came to feed on herds-grass seed. Many of the birds reach the Bay of Fundy by crossing the narrow belt of land from Straits of Northumberland, Tf the birds strike boldly out to sea from Noya Scotia in a southerly direction, as it is yery clear they do, it would carry them to the Lesser Antilles, Now, it is settled beyond a peradyenture,that they do havea ‘‘ flight” there just the same as at Newfoundland and Cape Cod. From the Barbadoes, the most windward of the Windward Islands, we have the most positive assurance of a ‘‘flght.” One of the menior- able events recorded in the almanac of the island is ‘‘Sept. 12th, 1848, great flight of plovers.” The U. 8. Consul at that place wriles us in reference to this matter, October 29th, 1878; ‘‘ By all accounts the island was covered with them. They were killed in the streets with sticks.” The following from a reliable source is so clear and pertinent we venture to quote entire: “‘IThaye seen none of the birds myself only what we ca!l grassbirds, but by all accounts they come here the last of August and first of Bept-mber till October, a fev, but at no other time of the year. My idex is that they take a due south course from Newwfound- land and Nova Scotia, When they go back in the spring the trade winds are strong from N. E., and they are blawn more to the westward, and strike Georgia and the Carolinas and so make their way North to go over if sgain.” Fur- ther on he remarks: ‘“‘I have seen some black-breasted ployer and yellowlegs. They are very tired when they arrive here; so tired sometimes, they can’t stand up.” Again, he writes, as if to corroborate his previous sta'ement that they take a ‘‘‘bee-line’ for the West Indies, I was coming home (to Boston) from Europe one voyage and passed large flocks three hundred miles from land, going South, in September.” . Capt. * * * * informs our friend HE. that one aufumn he saw thousands of plover in the Gulf Stream neurly five hundred miles from land, skipping about and lighting in the water and on accumulated seaweed and other vegetable matter. He is qnile sure the birds go by this route to South America. Other shipmasters haye made similar statements. It must, however, be understood that when these people who are not naturalists speak of ‘ plover,” they are liable to refer to any of the marsh or shore birds. In order to make if more clear that most of the shore birds do visit the Barpadoes, we insert the fullowing extract from the History of the Island, kindly furnished us by Capt. P., the Consul at that place. ‘The nomber of ind: enous species (Uf birds) do not amount to fifteen. About forty species and varieties arrive toward the end of Auvust, and merely alight on their passage to some more distant land. - - + . If during this period a southevly wind and rain prevails, they alight, whereas fine weather tempts them to continue their progress. . . The greater part are then seen to fly very high, and to keep their course direct to the east. . . . . The black-breasted plover (C0. Virgini- eus) isthe mostnumerous. The male appears about the 25th of August, and the female (young?) which is called in Barbadves the ‘white-breast plover,’ after the flight of the males bas ceased, about the middle of September.” Here is a pariial list of the migrants thst come to the islands: ‘“Squatarola helvetica, Linn.; C. Virginicus, Borck.; @. semipilmatus, Kaup.; Strepsilas interpres, Linn.; Numie- nius hudsonicus, Lath. ; Numenius borealis, Gml.; Totanus Jlavipes, Gml.; YLotanus chloropygius, Vieill.; T'ringoties maciiarius, Gray; Tringa bartramia, Wils.; Tringa canu- tus, Linn.; T'ringw pectoralis, Say; Tringa pusilla, Wils. ; Macrorhamphus griseus, Leach; Gullinaga Witsoni, Bon.” - On departing trom ihe Windward Islands the birds take an easterly direction, which would, if persisted in, carry them to the coast of Africa—in fact it is a prevailing opinion among the inhabitants that the birds do go to that continent, nor do we presume the distance would be an insurmountable barrier. Other considerations oppose the conjecture. They would be likely there to meet allied European species and fraternize with them, and either be carried there or bring back those they met, and in course of time lose their iden- lity; lor is any such return flight ever witnessed. The reason of their taking an easterly course in setting out upon the long yoyage is, probably, to overcome drift of the ‘trade winds.” If they are torrach Guiana, or even pasa Cape Sr. Rogue, a distance of two thousand miles, with a quartering current of fifteen knots on setting out, they must slart up into the wind or they will impinge the continent far to the weatward of their objective point. Any one who has ever seen a skillful oarsman cross a rapid stream must have ob- served that he always heads his boat up stream in starting, ~- 227 or he would reach the opposite shore far below the place in- tended. But the birds, in their migrations, are not cireum- scribed in such uarrow limits as the Lesser Aoctill)s, Their Tange embraces nearly the whole of the West India islands. A letter frozn C. W. H., of Turk’s Island, is of such general interest that we niake from it avery Jiberslextract : “Quidén plover, sometimes in Jarse nuinbers, a few upland plover and curlew also arrive here from the North regularly about the end of August or Ist of September, and remain with us gen- erally from four to six weeks, although a few stragglers slop a little longer. If these latter happén to be golden plover, after a short fime they loge their yellow aud pretty-marked dark-mottled plumage, and don a gray snit of frajhers, liok- ing like quite a different bird from what they did when they first arrived here, and are then sometimes called ‘gray plo- yer.’ These birds go South from us, and they evid nily pursue some other route going North, as we never see them taking flight in that direction. I have often heard old sea cip'ains remark that they saw flocks wf these birds in the aulumn going South, but never in a single instance have they met them going Nurth at any time of year.” Mr. ©, B. Cory, in “ Birds of the Bahama Islands,” gives a similar list to that of the Barbadoes, but under somewhat different synonyms. He does not, however, recognize the podwits, curlew. Zringa birtramia. or Tringa cunuitus, as visitints of the Bahamas, nr are the former found in the Barbadoes catalogue, The godwits and sickle-billed curlaw are rather clumsy fiying birds, and it is possible ve y few resch these remote islands, but Tpingm bartramin (Wils.) T. canutus and Numenius borealis are among the migran!s whose “Tange” is the widest of all the shore birds, and we canons aceouut for their non-observyance on any other ground phan by supposing that at the time of lis arrival, late in Decem- ber, these birds had mostly departed Souh. He had to rely on the authority of Dr. Bryant, My. Moore and others, for information of these birds during their migrating season, September and Octoher, His winter observations lead him to believe that a few of several species each pass the winter on those lovely islands. He does not, however, seem to tind any of them abundant at that season, except the two least sandpipers, nor do they, to any exlent, rcmuin on the islands to breed in summer. Asa rule they all go North to breed, and they also go further South to pass the winter. A strar- eler may be cccasionally foutidin winter, even as far north as New England, but this is an exception ti the general rule. Their return trip in spring is very far to the westward of these islands, and of course would not be observed at that season. Mr. F. A. Ober, in his admirable work entitled ‘‘Camps in the Caribees,” enumerates seventeen species of these waders as *‘ birds of the Lesser Antilles,” all of which come from the United States. He does not seem to have met either of the godwi's, Tringa canutus, M. griseus, or Numenius borealis, Why he did nut meet with them is a marvel, especially the last named, which elsewhere travels in company with @. Virginicus, and is recognized by other au'horities as a visit- ant to adjacent islands. Possibly at the period of their piss- age he was in the mountains securing some rarer specimend of thar region. But mo-t of the Limicol do reach these islands, a part of them coming in a ‘'bee-line” from New- foundisnd, and a part coasting along down 10 the Carolinas, dropping off on the road as incl nation or strengih might dictate, and striking out southeast till they reach the Wind- ward Islands, where again they join the columns from the north. It would not be at vurance with the facts herein collated to suppose that the birds that set out upon the lonely journey from Newfoundland or Nova Seotia would pass to the exustward of the Bermudas while those that pursue the coast line, if caught out in a westerly gale, would be blown on to that group. A letter fron a relinble gentleman (W. W. D.) residing on one of the Bermudas, informs us ‘the ployer and curlew, before the country was so br ken up for agricultural purposes, were quite plenty ia large flocks about the marshes and valleys, but now they are quite scarce. Generally make their appearance about September and Octo- ber. They always show themselves after a strong we-terly gale.” He algo incloses Lieut. Dennison's list o£ one hun- dred and seventy-nine specirs of birds that Visit the islands. The list is very coniplete and covers about all the migritory waters that visit. the exst coast of North Anierica and West Indies, except winter yellowlegs, sickle-hilled curlew and great marbled gsdwits. We would like now to take the reader buck to Cape Cod; if he has not already had Cape Cod ad naweam, and see what effect an easterly storm has on the birds there. If for three or fur days during the flight period there happeus to be a stroug nvr heast wind, attended by considerable rainfall or fog, we are almost sure to get a “flight of birds, Possibly we could not better illusirate this than by the recital of in instunee that occurred nader our Own observation, On the 20th of Angust, 1853, we made a trip to Chatham, Cape Cod, for the pu po e of enjoy- ing several days’ plover shooting. The weather was tins, with s westerly wind, and birds very scarcu—in fuct, the ontlook for shooting was gloomy in the extreme. In a couple of days, however, the wind hauled to the eastward acd blew fresh, altended by a dense thick fog and considerable rain, Toward evening of the third of September the cleflected line of golden plover and Hsquimaux curlew struck the shore and were at once driven to the fields or pastures, A. few gun- ners happened to be there, and seventy-seven of the birds were bagged. All night long the birds could be heard ery- ing and calling to each other for help, There were some eight or ten guoners stopping at the same house, and of course there was s great deal of excitement and emfusion getting ready for the morrow's slaughter. Long before the golden light had tinged the easterh horizon the next morn- ing, breakfast was dispatched, lunch baskets packe!, ammu- nition snugly bestowed—there were ho breech-lvaders then— teams were at the door realy to take aud dsiribate ihe par ties in the various fields from one to four miles distant. Quite eatly the birds came rushing along in the wildest confusion, but paid very li't'e attention to the deeoys or call notes. Those tliat did alight seemed perlectly bewildered and stared about aS much ws fo s.y, “Where are we?” ‘What has happened?’ Flock after flock went rushing along, pelimell, as boat they conld ina gale of wind, till night, fortunately overlook the weary birds and their pursuers. The parties drove back tn the house one after the other, and spread out the contents of their ‘‘ bags” upon the floor—uwo bhunilred and eighty-one golden plover and Esqjnemaux curlew togelher with a few beelle-heads! It was 4 grand sivbt! OF course there was some pretty fall talking done on that memorable night. We would not youch for the truth of all the stories that were told. A slight deviation, a little—just a liitle—exagy eration upon such an occasion is pardonable, There was about a: little sleeping done in that house that night, as was ever done 228 \&; : — FOREST AND STREAM, [Ooronrr 20, 1881 ne ——— — — .... ———— in & house of its size, Well, teams had been ordered for the next day (Sept. 5th.,) with every prospect of favorable re- sults, when, lo! the wind had shifted to the northwest! Ip was a cool, crisp, bracing morning, and scarcely a bird to be seen anywhere. ‘This little narrative will show low de- pendent we are at this point upon an easterly storm for golden ployer and curlew-shooting. It so happens that for years there will not to be at the proper time a storm suilicient to throw the birds on to the land, and of course there will be no shooting during those years. In this in- stance, had the birds not been on the wing to the east- ward of Cape Cod, they would not have been blown on to the land by a wind from that quarter. A change during the night enabled them to escape ‘* westlin winds and slaughtering guns,” nor did they-wait for daylight or lunch. On departing they take a southeasterly course eyidently to get back on to their Jine of travel as soon as possible. A “* flight" of birds is liable to occur anywhere up and down the coast during the migrating season, when the wind and other conditions are favorable. Mr. 8., afterward, ‘“His Honor, the Mayor” of Portland, writes October, 1878: ‘“There was the most immense flight of golden plover and Esquiniaux curlew on a Sunday, the last of August, I ever knew on the coast, during a sudden storm, but a northwester following closely, they all disappeared.” The same stories are told at Currituck Sound and other points along the coast. If then the line of flight of these birds is due south from Newfoundland for a period of six weeks, and if during that {ime an easterly gale prevails the results will be as we have Btated. Several trustworthy fishermen who are excellent, sportsmen as well, and who haye often been cod-fishing off ‘George’s Banks, seventy miles east of Cape Cod, inform us they have frequently seen golden plover and dough birds there in Jarge flocks, always mixed up together, going south, and for weeks, when not too fogry, there was scarcely a moment when one or more flocks were not visible. Captain B. wrote us from Cienfuegos, June 23d.: ‘On the passage (from Boston) May 27th, forty miles southeast from Nantucket, I saw, distant from the ship, not over one hundred and twenty yards, eight plover swimming yery gracefully on the water. They took wing and shifted a few hundred yards further to the westward.” He gives a very interesting account of the natural accumulation of marine yegeiables in the eddies at sea, and thinks the birds stop to rest and feed on tiny crals and other marine animals, myriads of which make their homes in these bunches of seaweed. Apain we quote from a letter of September 11, 1879: ‘August 12, sixty-seven miles southeast of Nantucket, I saw quite a large number of migratory birds.”...,.. ‘“‘T saw no Jarge birds on the wing, but I passed several flocks of them sitting on the water, and either feeding or bathing, There were at least three kinds.” We have cited the above very reliable authorities to prove that if these birds get weary on the long voyage of over two thousand miles, from Newfoundland to the West Indies, they can safely stop anywher: to rest as they are graceful Swimmers. We shall now attempt, very briefly, to follow our beauti- ful little winged wayfarers on their voyage to South Amer- ‘The data on hand, however, are few and quite incom- plete, and we have had to patch them ont and fill up gaps We hardly know how to express to the reader, intelligently, the great difficulty of ob- taining from any point of interest in South America the most meagre information in relation to these birds. We have from several correspondentsin various localities the most pysi- ica. and interspaces as best we could. live assurance that they know nothing at all about the birds, nor can they obtain from those around them any items of interest upon the-subject. None of the hooks {hat have fall- en under our notice give any detailed account of the migra- From some books of travel, special papers read before certain societies, inci- dental remarks here and there, and from our own corres tory shore birds that visit the continent. pondents, we have been able to glean such information as to watrant the belief that these birds not only reach the conti- nent in immense numbers, but that they cross the equator and pass as far south as Patagonia or Terra del Fuego. This theory is, however, pretty conjectural and liable to great modification by further investigations. The evidence to sus- tain it is not as ample as that we had the satisfaction of pre- senting in support of the theory that the breeding-prounds of these birds embrace even polar regions, but by grouping and cementing the few scattered links we trust the chain is strong énough to sustain at least a portion of its own weight. We know, then, very well that these birds en masse do leave the West India Islands in September and October. Bui where do they go? Not northward, certainly, at this seagon of the year. We have, however, the most reliable testimony that they are very abundant in Guiana about the same time of their departure from the Antivles. Our friend Capt. B., who is an intelligent gentleman os well ag an enthusiastic sportsman, was at Demerara with his ship about the end of September, 1877. While lying there his friends invited him to participate in a plover shooting excursion. In fact, he had several days of the grandest sport in this line he has ever witnessed. Another voyage was made ihe next year to the same place, but he arrived six weeks later expecting to enjoy a repetition of the previous year’s sport. He ywent to his friend and asked him if he could get a few days’ shooting while his ship was taking in cargo. Mark the reply. “Why, Captain, you are too late! Wad you been here a month earlier you would have had splendid shooting, as there was an extraordinary ‘flight’ of birds, but now they are all gone!” Wurther inquiry satisfied him that in Sep- tember and October there is a ‘‘flight” at Guintia, just the same as there is at Labrador, Newfoundland, Cape Cod and the Barbadoes, A letter from the ornithologist of the Na- tional Museum at Rio de Janeiro, under date of July 9, 1879, throws some light upon the subject. ‘*Il found Charadrius pluvialis, Wils., on the island of Marajo in the month of De- cember in flocks of about twenty individuals. Later I found it in the month of May in Rio de Sul and in December, 1878, near Rio de Janeiro at Lopopember in a small flock of twelve individuals. This bird seems to me to be one of passage in these parts, because in Rio de Janeiro, for example, they are known as inigratory birds, appearing only in the wet season, and in other places they appear always in flocks of ten, twenty or thirty individuals.” As the plover are accom- panied in their departure from the West Indies by many other species, 80 we may infer that, notwithstanding they were not seen at Rio, still they were sbundant in the yicinity. We are informed ‘that during the migrating season these birds are pleity at the mouths of the Rio de la Pla'a and further south, and we are not quite clear that they do not breed there. They cerlainly have time enough. Brant are not on their breed- ing grounds over three months, avd nse berniela must require as much time fo propagate as Ziringa gusttla, A valued correspondent (Prof. B.) writes January 3, 1881, from Concepcion del Uruguay; ‘*All the Lémiewe, with the exception of Wanelius eayanensis and possibly Zi/iyncteaca semicollaris, are migratory toa greater or less extent at this place.” (The two exceptional species are peculiar to South America.) We must not forget that the seasons there are the reverse of ours—?. ¢., their autumn corresponds to our spring, their winter to our summer. All the /jmicolm in- troduced here haye large, strong wings and are capable of sustaining long-continued flights. In tracing these birds to the northeastern shores of South America we have left them in a hot place, not over six degrees north of the equator, Now, we do not suppose any of the shore birds—possessingz as (hey do the means whereby they can put distauce so rap- idly behind them—will tarry for any great length of time in the torrid zone. Their natures seem to lead them to tem- perate, north temptrate, or even frigid zones, They ninst pass at once from the chilling, repulsive blasts of our autumn across the equator to the attractive, wooing breezes of a Southern spring. ‘They are very sensitive to heat and cold, and it is not in the nature of things that they should remain four or five months sweltering under a tropicalsun. A few may linger, as seen at Rio, down into December, but most of them must have ‘'crossed the line” before the end of November. he fact that the people of the torrid zone are ignorant of the existence of these migrants is proof that they do not stay there during all the long Northern winter months. Those sven so late as December at Rio must have been the tail end of the autumn fight, nor would they be at all likely to abide as near the equator as the mouth of the La Plata, Jat. 35 deg., but would push on etill further south, even down to Cape Horn to regale themselves in the cooling breezes of that region. Very few if any of thesé birds north, breed as near the equator as 35 degs. Most of them seem to be more ambitious to reach the seyenticth parallel. May we not then safely conclude, in the absence of positive evidence, that their habits south of the equator would correspond with their traits north? Tt is not yery clearly established what route they take in passing from Guiana to Patagonia, Whether they follow the coast line and double Cape St. Rogue, or take a* shorter or more direct route across {he country, is not so fully determined. The weight of evidence is in favor of the direct route, Some of the main branches of the Amazon reach up very nearly to the head waters of the Paragnay, and lhese river yalleys would seem to offer natural highways for onr migrants. The birds seen at Con- cepcion would most naturally follow this ronte to that inland town. ‘fhen the mountain ranges are mostly parallel to this line and the birds seen at Rio de Janeiro may have flitted along down the valleys and water courses to that point. Some of the stronger winged, as Charadrius Virginicus, Numenius borealis and Totanus flavipes, may follow the coasl line, or they may divide as they do in going north in spring, on a qnestion of food, some taking the shore and some the inlaud route. Still there is a. serious obstacle in the way of their following the shore. The ‘trade winds,” which blow constantly from, E., would be likely to drift them imand, and this possibly may accouat for their appearance al Concepcion, The sameé influence would bear upon them on their return trip, Uiough it would not be ahead wind. But the birds do return the next antumn, say, March and April, and do arrive oa the northern shore of the Continent. From this point one would naturally expect them to return by the same route, Which undoubtedly they would do were there vo disturbing cause#, bub in crossing the Cariboean Sea they meet the norrhern “trade winds,” which blow at au average N.H. current vf fifteen knots from the ninth to the thirtieth deerees of north latitude. Of course at cither extreme there is yery little, if any, observable current, not enough to im- pelw the progress of the birds whichever way they inight Wish to steer. We have seen, however, by the letters from jhe Barbadoes and Turks Island, that they do not come there in spring. They are forced by the \ades down on to the eoust of Céntial America and Mexico, trom whence they beat their way up across the Gulf, some veachiny Oape Cod via the Allantie coast, and some timing up the valley of the Mississippi, soon reach Mort Dodge, where they will le heartily welcomed by our friend, ‘he Doctor, having com- pleted their circuit as hereinbefore narrated. W. Harcoon, IS THE TURTLE FISH OR GAME? Editor Forest and Stream : A irne Potluckisn is never appealed to in vain for at least an opinion; s§0, altiiougl not a member of the ‘ Turile Clan,” I eubroit the following considerations. This is an ex- cellent question for a lawyers’ debate for reasons that shall appear—in the Yorum of saience it cannot be answered. “Game” is not a scientific term forany group of animals; true, fishes may be game, and there are and may be many ani- mals which are veither game nor fish, Terrapin aré mot ‘‘ fish” in the scientific sceeptation of this term, as they dilfen froin the fishes in mode uf breuthing, in struciure of heart, generul formation, skeleton and otherwise. The respected Commissioners of Chesapeake and tribu- taries might claini jurisdiction over everything that moveth find liveth in the waters, and fairly avail themselves of the pobular acceptation of the term ‘‘ fish,” which makes it in- clude not only the “finny tribes” (even when they are game), hut testaceous fish (as the oyster) and crustuceous fish (as the lobster), and the whale fish, and shark fish, and perhaps the walrus pnd seal, the giant cattle fishes, the mermaid and freal sea serpent (if we are to suppose such monster fishes ob- tainable in the Chesapeake), and also the Medusian jelly- fishes—hbut not extending to a steamboat nor an iron-clad torpelo, nora diving bell. A. vegard to the general public interests would induce a candid judge to commit the terra- pin. (which have neither fur nor feathers and differ from the usual kind of game, while they have many and gluse relations with their piscine friends and enemies) to the culture and protection of the respected Commissioners of the noble bay in question and ils tributaries, The aboye question reminds me of a “story,” In asuit where Mr. Ambrose Clark and Mr. John Anthon were oppos- ing lawyers, Mr. Anthon’s client had a patent preparation for tanning leather, which was made of fish oil, Another party made much the same thing, only using whale’s oil in- stead, and he was sued as infringing on the first patent. The defence was that it was no infringement, as male oil was not Jish oil, since a whale is not a fish, Prof, Mitchell was called upon as-an expert,who, alter being greatly badpered by the lawyers, was finally appealed to by Mr. Anthon to defiue minutely a whale. He replied: ‘A whale is one of {hose flisagresabla animals which comes up Wefora » box snd spouts” The ynestion, asfaras I can Jearn, like Mat in the Virginia Legislature, has ‘‘not been decided to this duy.”* Ka-ror-vor-SraTtyasr. The above letter was written previous to the publication of our last issne, and was therefore prepared betore its anthor knew that the President of the Pot Luck Club had delivered the oracle from his tripod. After these Incid dissertations no man—gourmet or legislator—can plead ignorance of the furtle’s placein nature. like to tell, or even to think of. I do not believe that the fly can be charged, in this State at least, with the scarcity of which [ complain. Nor can I belieye that the snaring has much to do withit. Some five or six years azo « consider able number of birds were brought into cur markels which had been snared, perhaps fifty in all, and all in one season P since that time I have no reason to believe that any hirds have taken in this way in this vicinity. Lhave heard of no instances, nor haye I seen or heard of, a hedge, or the re- mains of one, for years. My walks over the grounds most likely to be haunted by snarers have been quite extensive, and J have »lso made inquiries of olhers, and can learn of no offences in this line. Some other reason must, in my opin- ion, be sought. Since 1 wrote last, inviting your correspondents to give us the average weight of their birds. woodcock and grouse, I have shot eight woodcock, the average weight of which was six and one fourth ounces, making the average weight of eighteen October birds five and cight- tenths ounces. J am surprised to find them so small and am desirous tn know if the lack of avoirdupnis is peculiar to this section. The grouse | have shot during this month average a fraction less than eighteen ounces, which is also a surprise fo me, for I thought they would have been heavier. Verve Monve. [We did not attempt, in our note appended to ‘Verde Mon'e’s" previous letter, to explain why the birds are scarce in his particular section. It would be impossible to do this without knowing more fully than we do the condi- tions which preyail there; and even if we were familiar with the ground, and had all the information possible to be ob- tained, it is very likely that we should be unable to give satisfactory reasons for the scarcity. Under the ecircum- stances we could only suggest possible causes, which we have known in other localities, to make barren covers once abounding in grouse. We are somewhat surprised that our correspondent should be ignorant of a parasite so abundant as the partridge fly, which infests both grouse and quail. That \his pes'\—Olfersia americana, Leach—is not a creature of the imagination, we can sorrowfully altest; we lave re- peatedly seen them, and can bear witness to their yery destruc- tive onslaughts upon the grouse. Their deadly worl: is ac- eomplished while the birds are too youn and weal to recover from the loss of blood which these Jeeches exact. We do not imagine that the fly, in ils mature state, works any serious harm, but the lary: or tick, as they are called, as'soon as they are produced, bury their heads in the neck of the grouse, and do not remove it until they are f{ull- grown, A grown bird can generally survive the drain upon its vitalily, although we have more than once brought to bag old birds that were reduced to mere skeletons by these pests. We cannot define the geugraphical limits of the partridze fly, but presume that if ‘* Verde Monte” will carefully ex- amine each bird as soon as killed, he will sooa be convinced of their existence. | Icannot, fail observing tue many anxious expressions of regref, and disappointment of sportsmen throushouh the 230 coun'ry on (he growing scarety of onr game birds, and at ibe same lime the many honest attempis to solve the why and wherefore of this dip'eticn, as well as the saying and increasing ihe present stock. I believe from these inquiries and predicti ns, the ri sult. of careful observations of sports- mers! experexces, (hal ¢omething will eventually produce a calutary and beneficial change. My experience hus taught me, conci rning this vexed question, toatiribute this growing Ecalcily to three causes, viz., spring ehooting, breech-loaders, and Jastiy, but not least, the emulation existing among mem- hers of the shooting fraternity for a public record of big bags. Of these three evils I derm spring shooting the most pernicions and destructive; secondly, I cannot too strongly deprecate this unsportsmanlike and reprehensible infatua- tion fir wholesale slaughter and destruction. mention the breech-loater is not becanse I am an advocate of ye ancient muyzle-loader, but from the belief that if the breech-loader is nof used with judgment, it becomes an ac- cessory in the gratification of producing this result of big = aia notoriety.—Wassiscron A. Cosrrr, Flatbush, Long Island. 2 {STATE PIGEON TOURNAMENTS. Nuw Yorr, Oct. 13, 1881. Edit-r Forest and Stream: Tam glad to see that you propose discussing thoroughly the question of pigeon shooting at the Stute meetings. i as you probably remember, have always been opposed to it for anuuibr of reasons, and give them now again: In ihe first place, I claim that the name, ‘ Society for the Protection of Game,’ used by the New York State Associa- tion, isa misnomer. hey neverhave given the “‘ Protection of Game” cilher time, attention or money. On the contrary, I claim that the action ofthe Stata Association has made them a laughing stock among real workers in the protection of game, and has injured them in the eyes of the public. While, I presume, there is no objection to the ehooling of a friendly match at pigeons or wilh the rifle, or a contest in fly-casling, it shou!d be a side matter, and should take place after the business part of the meeting ; but I cannot see why pigeon shooting should receive prizes valued at thousands of dol'ars, while rifle shooting, fly-casting, ete., receive prizes of lardly any value at all. Better offer prizes to those who have protected game the best, and rewatds for the conyic- tion of poachirs. I do not know how much money was spent Jast year, but I guarantee it was more than ever was spent on the protection of game since the Association has ex- isted, W. Ho.zegrron, WILKES-BARRE, Pa., October, 1881. Hditer Forest. and Stream z I have read yinir editorial carefully, and fully concur with the views expressed by you. There can be but one opinion as to effect. of pigeon tourna- ments, in connection with the meetings of Stale associations. “No man can ¢erve two masters” was written many years ago, atid time continues to prove the truth of the adage. Pennsylvania has not, and never has had, one of these tournaments, and i hope she never will. Since the organiza- tion of one State association, our meetings have been solely devoted to the interests of a game protective society. Tt 16 true that we have had once or twice little social events, the day alter mur meetings, but nothing in the way of tour- namenis, 80 called, That there is anything morally wrong in pigeon shooting I am not competent to say or judge; that it ig a means of enabling thos, who have but litile time for field practice, to keep in wood shooting form is no doubt the truth; but when Stale associations haye become so demoralized tliat the dele- gates are pigeon shooters, and nothing else, when the ab- jets for which the associations were organized are so far furgotten that the shooting beeomes the all-absorbing topic and the chief end of the meeting, as you truly say, ‘‘it is time for a change of prozramme.” The fact of the mater is that the people look with distrust on “ sportsmen" at the best, and we must deport ourselyes in such @ way as to gain the regard and respect of the com- munily, or our usefulness is gone. If, therefore, we become bands of bird slayers, instead of bird savers, we engender distrust and cust opprohrium upon our cause, destroy our usefulness und invite violations of the laws we get passed— instead of niaking the vame of ‘'sportsmen” an honorable lille, we only join ourselyes to the band who ‘make their living by their wits.” B. F. Dozrranoz. (From the Fcrest anu Stream, Oct. 18.) Thisis a snkjrct whicl hascome into decided prominence during the past sear. We have, however, purposely deferred ils consideration in these columns, because the question is one which should be discussed fairly and impartially on its merits, and not solely in its relation to any single particular oceasion or society. The State pigeon shooting tournaments of 1881 are past; those of 1882 are yet a long way off. Thi, then, is a fit time to consider the question which has engsgcd the serious altention of many sportsmen throughout the country. ILis this: Is the wholesale trap-shooting of Pigechs 4 proper employment to consume the time at the yar us State conventions of sportsmen ? To answer this candidly, it is necessary to look the facts equarely in the face. Briefly stated, they are as follows; _i. State associations are formed for the purpose—so their sitles, constitutions and professions declars—of advancing the interests of sportsmanship and for securing the better protection of fish and game. 2. Annual conventions are held by each association, to which delegates are sent from the several clubs composing it. 3. These delegates are those who are most expert as trap shooters. 4. Professional trappers are hired to trap tens of thousands of pig: ons on their nesting grounds. These birds are packed in crates and conyeyed to the places designated for the con- venlions. 5. The only business accomplished at the conventions is the shooting of these pigeons, dividing the prizes and arrang- ing for the next shoot. _ 6, Many influential sportsmen who have a warm interest in Matters peraining to {he advancement of sport, wilhhold their suppor! and presence from the State trap shooting tour- paments. The number of prominent men thus holding aloof ig yearly increasing. 7. Nor only de these conventions accomplish absolutely nothing in the vight direction, but more and worse than this, they have a positively bad influence in their effect upon public opinion. Instead of fostering by their transac- tions a popular appreciation of the dignity of field sports, and # public sympathy with the spirit and objects of And why I FOREST AND STREAM. just game laws, they bring the term ‘‘pame proteclion” into ridicule and contempt. The only time the public hears anything of these socielies is when its ears are saluted by the fusillade of their guns at the pigeon traps. The outside world neyer dreams of the existence of these State associa- tions for the protection of game, except when they pose be- fore it as exterminators of wild pigeons. The influences of these conventions upon those who participate in them is also questionable. In one State atleast the annual tournament is tending more and more every year to a money-making affair. One of the State tournaments of 1881 was. to all discoverable intents and purposes, a grand money-making scheme on the part of the clubs under whose direct management it was held. The speculation failed, because the public could not be induced to pay gate money to witness the immense and business-like slaughter of pigeons. The convention was bar- ren alike of dividends for the stockholders in the scheme and of any single good result which should legitimately have fol- lowed a game sociely’s convention, These are the facts; but in regard to them very diverse views are held. Jt is argued, on the one hand, that the pigeon is not a game bird; that there is no snflicient rea- son why it should not be utilized for trap shooting; that it is no more cruel to killone pigeon than one quail, nor twen- ty thousand pigeons at the trap than twenty birds in the field; that when the number of congregated shooters is taken into consideration the average number of pigcons per man is not excessive; that no other form of amusement can be substituted for the-trap shooting of live birds and; that age some such attraction the conventions would not be neld. On the other hand, there isa growing conviction among an anually increasing number of sportsmen that this year- ly slaughter of thousands of birds is essentially cruel, un- manly and unworthy of the societies which practice it; that the average shooting afforded by these birds, which have been cooped up and starved for so long a period before they are finally put into |he trap, and thrown weak, dazed and helpless into the air to the spot where the gun was pointed before the trap was sprung, requires no special skill; that trap shooting is largely trick shooting; that the motives of those participating in the State shoots are mercenary; that in their eagerness to secure prizes the pigeon shooters are nothing more nor less than ‘‘mug hunters ;” that if pigeons are not game birds, game associations certainly have no busi- ness to trap and shoot them by wholesale ; that pigeon shoot- ing is an infatuation with which these game societies are so filled that they wholly fail to do their legitimate work ; and that, if pigeon shooting were abolished from the annual conventions, the State associations would receive large ac- cessions of influentiul supporters, and would then accomplish the ends for which they sre professedly organized but which have not been gained. Another objection to these Jarge pigeon shooting tourma- ments is one wholly apart from any sentiment, and is rec- ognized by both parties; that is, the growing scarci'y of the birds, ihe consequent difficulty of procuring a sufticient sup- ply andthe increased expense. During the past year this objection has presented itself with more force than ever he- fore, and bas in some instancés practically put a stop to pro- pored tournaments. This question of shooting pigeons or not shooting pigeons is one which demands the candid and deliberate consideration of those who have at heart the perpetuity and usefulness of our State sportsmen’s associations. The question is not wheiher pigeon shooting is in itself cruel; it has nothing to do with ordinary pigeon shooting as a form of amusement for individuals and clubs. The point at issue is simply whether by dispensing with these vast annual trap slaughters of birds the associations of sportsmen in various States cannot accomplish better results, more successfully further the common interests of their clubs, attain 3 greater prestige and wield a more potent, in- fluence. We invite an expression of views. ge WAY DOWN EAST. Editor Forest and Stream: In looking over some back numbers of the Forrst anp Srresm, I saw an article from an old friend whom I have known from my boyhood, a most perfect sportsman and without exception, the finest field shot I ever saw. When I soy this, and it should come to his ears, I think I can hear hin say, as I haye heard him reply oftentimes to some person who was declaring that his dog was the best in the world, etc., *‘Have you seen them all?” I plead 1 have not seen all ihe shots, but [ have seen a great many in the West and in the Bast; and I know what Iam talking about. When I saw the article I thought that your 1eaders down on this rocked-ribbed coast, who feel that they are particularly favored if they can, by hunting hard all day, get three or four brace of woodceck ur grouse, would be pleased to hear of some of the bags made a few years ago; and knowing that my friend used to keep an accurate record of his shooting, the idea came into my head that I would ask you to use your persuasive influence and get him to allow you to print them; and if possible to spin a* yarn or two of old Nell or Belle, of trips and shooting at Shelby, A-hley, Woodville and other places. I can jog his memory when it fails him, which I doubt ever will when shooting talk is going on. I am happy to say I graduated in the class of youngsters that he initiated into the art of shooting. I think I hear him say, ‘ Pretty low in the class, wonder he got through at all;” howeyer, I haye followed up his instruction of ‘‘Shoot away, they are in a darned sight more danger than you" pretty well, when there has been anything to shoot at. Down this way the cover is so thick that we have to, as a friend ex- presses it, ‘‘ Shoot at the nuise seven-tenths of the time.” The person I reftr to is James Chubb, of Cleveland, O. I hope you may induce him to give your readers what I am sure will be a pleasure to them, achance to see what shooling used to be in Ohio; and now that we are all scattered and some dead, try and get him to tell us where that spot was where he got'seventy-three woodcock in one day, for if I ever get back to Cleveland I want to iry it. Our shooting does not promise to be very great this fall in my néighborhood at least. The spring late, wet summer and to-day, October 5, snow falling (twelve miles from here this morning it was two inches deep) so woodcock I am alraid will make but & hurried stop on their flight to sunny skies. Yet it may come off warm; if Vennor has predicted cold Iam sure it will. Grouse are not plenty, and the cover is thicker than I ever saw it hefore. we have right royal sport, after woodcock have gone, shooting them over beagles. Ooot and seaducks are yery plenty, but no one ealing them, this way at least, and there is not much Hares are plenty, and. (Oorossr 20, 1881 usein shonting them. I am told that in the northern and castern part of the S ate deer are quite plenty. Moose ara rarely seen. J see by your last an art'cle stating a moose was killed at Kng Lake, Sep’. 15. Come, Mr. Stanley, teach this Dr, Porter a lesson, that those who come down here every year and pot our game ont of season may profit by it, Theremarks made in Portland, as sta'ed by Homo, ‘that four dollars to a warden would take you to a moose” ig undoubtedly the case with some. I have heard of one near Enfield, who acts as guide, proposing to furnish canoe, dogs, ete., fora pirly intending to hunt deer. I can only say to these gentry itis profitable for a while, but are you not killing the bird «‘that laid the golden egg?” pome other time I may tell you of a poaching scrape or joke on one of gur fishing sportsmen, Wan. © Way Down Hast,” Qet. 6. ——__-—_oe—s_—_|__—_—_ ILLINOIS DUCKING GROUNDS. . CmicnicoTrHE, Peoria Co,, Iil., October, 1881. Editor Forest and Stream: If further proof of the usefulness of your paper were necessary the following may illustrate what advantage sporta- ment take of its columns. Some time ago “J. W. B.” stuted in Forrst Anp StemaAm that he wished to be put ib communi- cation with a practical duckerin the West. Lreplied through your columns, offering to give him the desired information, but to my astonishment thirty-seven lettera from all parts of the country, North, south, Hast and West, found their way to Box KX, Lreplied to several of these, but as my time was limited, and as market shooters | please don’t print this ‘‘ pot- hunters”) are not usually sufficiently wealthy to secure the services of a private secretary, I resolved to ask your aid in letting your readers know what our country is like. Chillicothe ig situated on the west bank of the Illinois River, and has about 1.000 inhattants, good, bad and indit- ferent; and has probably more professional hunters among its population than any town of its size in the West, Of game we have almost all varieties—prairie chickens (not very plentiful), quail (any amount), woo tcock, jack snipe, plover, ruffed grouse (supply limited), wild turkeys (do); and of water fowl], any quantity and of all kinds, from Canada geese to green-wioged teal. We have, however, no professional guides. One corres- pondent claimed that Ladve tised myself as such. If I did J was not aware of it, and am sorry to say thit if such were the case Fors AND SrreaM received no consideration for the ad.” Thereis no one whose business it is to hire out boats and decoys, Still, our hunters are always willing to show any one around and kelp them to what spor: is to be had; though, often very ungratefully, these amateurs will write them up ss pot-hunters, men to lizy to work, next thing 16 vagrants, ete.—see ** Dydimus” in a late issue of Forusr axp Surtam, By the way, I feel sorry for ‘ Dydimus.” Hoe pitches into the clubs, first, who buy lauds for their own ex- clusive right, and when be gets worsted im his communistic¢ arguments, he turns his lieavy artillery on the unfortunate market shooters, from whom there is less danger of retalia- tion Oh, fie, ‘*Dydimus!” If you will only come * out West ” and follow us day after day, we will show you that laziness ig no component part of & We-tern morket-shao ers make-up, and we will trv to give you such sport as will put you in a better humor with ywreelf andthe world in general, The weather here has so lar been unfavora'le for ducking— too warm. The mallards baye not put in an appearanee though there sre thousands of blue-wings and some juck snipe. As to the number of ducks » gun can Will inaday, of course much depends on the individusl behind the gun, but we consider from forty fo fifty a fair day, and bags of 100 to 125 are not at all rare octurtences. Our best bog last fall was 215, and then we had ny wild rice. This year we have a magnificent crop, and the prospects for big bags are good. Twenty-five miles up the river from us there is 2 chain of lakes, will a hotel on the bank of one (Senachwine) tor ihe acc mmodation of hunters. The sucronading country is a prand one for wild fowl shoo'ing, |hongh onaceount of being advertised it is somewhat’ overstocked with shooters, The hotel is kept by one ‘ Grubis,” who keeps hoals and decoys for hire, His charees are $125 per day for board and use of boat—decoys and pusier extra, In conclusion, the whele of the Tlinois River Vailey, in the season, is one vast feeding gr vind for wild fowl, aud one can hardly miss getting good sport at any point he may strike it. Ihave hunte! if from one end to the other and know whereof I write. Luox. — oo THE HURTLING GROUSE. MoDonarn'’s Corner, Queen’s County, } New Brunswick, Cansda, Oct. 11. i SEND you a few same notes from this far-off corner of ‘*Kanuckia.” Duck +hooling bas been betier here thiz season than at any lime during the past five years, and some very heavy bags have been made—moastly ‘* blacks” and teal—it being rather early for ‘‘dippers.” Snipe and wood- cock are scurce, bul during the mon'h of September cudew were very plentiful. As we had two inches of snow Jast evening, sportsmen expect soon to hear the musical “honk ™ of the wild goose. During no season in pS past fifteen years have ruffed grouse (“birch partridge,” we call them here.) been so scarce as now, the fact being probably due to the long continued rains during the hatching season. A correspondent, writing to your paper in 1830, says he would call a man an artish who could kill one grouse out of six fired at while on the wing. I would be willing to grant that title to any One who could make one successful flying- shot in twenty at our grouse. Bret Hatte says: ‘To keep your plow iu the furrow when the cattle begin to ‘rare? ain’t no sure thing,” bat had he made the first line—‘** To “draw a bead? ona partridge when once he gets in the air.” the simile would havé been far more forcible. JT have hunted srouse ever since I could rai3+a gun—probably about sixteen seasons. During that tine I have hunted with men who Were nearly certain death to any duck, ssipe, pigeon or cock, which attempted to get up within gunshot, bub when they tried a flying grouse there was always foo much ‘rapid transit” about his way of locomotion for them. I do not say that (he feat cannot be performed, but I would pive five dollars to see it done, and twice that to do it myself, for it has been my ohe great ambition us a hunting feat, and 1 have” always failed. We have one consoling fact in Conhection with the scarcily of grouse this year—the roar of the pot-hunter’s brass- banded musket resoundeth not in the land, fgr he is too con- foundedly shiftless to buy boats in which to shoot wares fowh [ky ® / i ' | | OPOBEE 20, 1881.] FOREST AND STREAM. 231 RUST SPOTS IN GUN BARRELS. CorumeEts, O.—Aditer Forest and Stram: There has been of Jate consid+rab!e correspondence in your: columrs in regard to gun rust measles and such. I haye noihing to offer by way of recommendation for its extermination, as ihe inside of my gun barrels is band- solely freckled. What I want to know is this; Whatwill be the effect on the inside of « pairof gun barrels if they are not cleaned ont at all after shooling,but put away until the residuum in the barrels turns to a dust or powder, as it will; then wipe out if youchoose before using again? I have been informed by an old Californian that this was the way to take cae of jhe inside of a pair of gun barrels. I have tried it and find it an exceedingly convenient way, to say the least, and ‘60 far am not able fo discover that it hns in the sligbtest degree been ihe means of more elaborately freck- ling the in-ide of my shooters. I would he pleased to hear from some one, if any, who has tried this plan on a new gun. —F RANE N, Beene. Cryrrau Mitt, Mich.—Eaitor Forest, and Stream: 1 see thal some of your correspondents go to lots of trouble to take care of their guns, Now I am the owner of a fine breech-Joader, and have never used a drop of water to clean it with yet, and will challenge any one to produce a cleaner or brighter pair of barrels than mine are, inside. In the first place I always clean my gun as soon after I return from shooting as possivle, and use a good quality of sewing machine oil to clean out the burned powder and any particles of lead that may be in the barrels; and when they look bright Ichange the rags for others well saturated with blue oint- ment or ''auguintum” (almost every hunter knows what that is); and push that through the barrels once or twice, and then put the gun ina dry place until I want to use it again. I find il always clean, without a particle of rust or dark spots on il in any place. Though I find lots of differ- en¢sin powder, in the amount of Jabor required to clean out @ gun. Tosacoo Riva. Quincy, Ky.—mter Purest and Stream: 1 always use eomimon coal oil to remove all residuum, avd afterward ihor- ouguly polish inside of barrels with an old flannel rag, using a hickory wiping stick, as I think jointed wiping sticks are injurious, the metal jomts coming in, contact with the deli- cate works Of the breech. Water is an unmitigated nuisance in a gun barrel, as it is nearly impossible to get it out again, therefore I never pnt itin. Coal oilis a good pre- ventive of rust, and isa good article to remove any dint, therefore | use it and my gun always looks like a new silver dollar.—D, ee A. Hasry Concruston—Gisey House, N. Y¥., Oct. 15,— Biiter Purest and Stream: Lhave been fooled by noticing an auvertivement in your paper with regard to ducks and other game in Su livan County. I bave just returned from Eldred, where [ spent three d.ysin pureuif of game, and which I did not find, for the very good 1eason that there wasnone. All I got ufler my tine was one woodcock and a meadow lark, which were all the birds I saw worth losing a charge for. I had a brace of good dogs, and a good guide, who told me to never again go toavy place onthestrength of such advertise- ments. They are ouly catch-pennies, so | think I will most undoubtedly take my guide’s advice. Ib would be well if you notify your subscribers not to he fonled as 1 was.—Sorp. ' [We condole with our correspondent on the harsh fate that ‘overtook him in Sullivan County, but we beg leave to differ wilh liim mo:t decidedly when he affirms that the note re- ferred 1) was a “éatel-penny,” for we have the best of rea- son for believing the author of that note perfectiy sincere and correct in his statement of facts, That our Gilsey House irieai found no ducks in Sullivan County is—with all due respect to himself and his guide—no evidence that Sullivan County may not, after all, bea good place to go for the birds. Others have found them there, and others still will find more there. Let not our friend set all men down a3 liars because on three certain days in October, 1881, he found no ducks in Sullivan County, New York.) é Raxourgy Norss—Hrngeley, Me., Oct. 10.—The reputa- tion of the Rangeley Lakes for large trout has been main- ¢aimed the past seaton, Several have been taken of six and seven, and one of eight p.unds. The early fishing was ail jhat could be desired, but for some reason midsummer yielded the poorest results ever known by the oldest habiiues. ‘this refers to the big lakes. At ennebazo and Seven Ponds the+pert has been all that could 06 desired. Several loons hive bien shot during the season, but their number is not sunsibly diminished, Jt is somewhere stated that a luon consumes its wéight of Heh dsily. Ip view of such destruc- lion in trout waters, would it not be desivable to offer a lib- eral bounty for their breaks? Guides are now renovating old camps and building new ones, and sacking in their supplies preparatory for tile winter hunt. Sign of deer and cariboo are fairly plenty, and the writer has lately seen fresh tracks of two moose. A yearling moose was shot in Littl Kenne- bigo Jast summer by a party irom Boston. ‘That exploit, and the shooting of geveral deer, it is alleged, is the basis of a racy sketch in the Phillips Phonograph. The mention of Phillips reminds me to say that genial ‘*Sam” Farmer, mine host of the Borden House, is still to the fore asia favorite with Visiting sportsmen.—WARFIeLD. Daren SLavenrer mm tue AprronpAcKs.—A person has only tu visit ihe Adirondacks at this season of the year to be eonvinced of the glaring defect of the present game Jaw for the protection of deer. Hundreds, and I might truthfully gay, (housands gre being killed by driving them into the water wilh hounds. I-would not dény the sportsman who visits the woods in October of needed venison for the camp. But deer are so easily killed in this way, that this clause in the Jaw is sulijeet) to great abuse. Hundreds are killed and wasted, and also by pot-hunters whe atlempt to fet them to market, but being heated ly the chase, it isin an unmarket- able condition when it awives there during warm weather, Ti, is nof uncommon for parties to kill five or six deer a day. T have known a single party to throw away as many as twelve deer. Four times as many deer are killed in this way as by every olher method, including crusting which is a kin to killing them when rendired lielpless by being driven into the waler. Itisnot deplorable that a law should stand upon our statute books that.is so rapidly despoiling the Adirondacks of its most uoble game.—Mussrr. S-Live Quarts Wanten.—Any one having live quail for sale, or in a pusition to secure a large lot of birds, will please communicate particulars to editor of this paper. CALIFORNTA.—Goleta, Santa Barbara Co., Sept. 30.—Zditor Forest and Stream: There was a large hatch of quatl here this season, and as the law 1s out punners are quite numerous after the little beauties. They are the finest birds we have here, and therefore they are sought after by many. We also have plenty of deer, back in the mountains, where civilize- tion has not driven them away. If we get any venison we have to #0 out camping, which is pleasant here at most times of the year. Myself and a friend took a week’s hunt just after the deer Jaw had expired, and succeeded in killing three four. pointers and two spike bucks. We returned home after having enjoyed six days of excellent sport among the antelopes.—M. M. B. Squrrren Sroorers are advised to have their grip-sacks ready and to read the daily papers. About once a week ap- pear items like the following: ‘' Union City, September 23, 1881.—Squirrels are crossing the Mississippi River south of Hickman fifiy miles, in fabulous numbers. They are caught by the dozens by men in skiffs. They enter and pass through corn fields, destroying as they go. They are bearing up the conntry and hundreds are seen crossing: east, over the Tennessee River, below Point Mason. ‘They are from the inferior of Arkansas.” ‘‘A merchant of White County, Ark., says that immense numbers of squirrels are overrunning the uplands of that State, and, in the absence of corn and nuts, are opening cotton bolls, eating the seed and scattering the cotton on the ground and among the trees, Great quantities of cotton were being wasted in this way.” A Moosg oN tHe TRACK.—An exchange says that a full frown moose of immense size was stjanding on the track of the E, GN. A. Railway, between Forest and Baton, Me., one day last week, when # freight train came along, With its great body and heayy wide-spreading antlers, the animal presented an imposing sight. The engineer, carried away by the spirit of the chase, obeyed a sudden impulse and threw the throttle of the locomotive open in an endeavor to tun into the huge animal. It is probably fortunate for the train that he was unsuccessful. This moose is supposed to be the last survivor of his race in Washington county. Curosc¢o Game Norzs—Chicago, Oct. 15.—Weather cold here at present, thermometer 58. Mallards coming south in thousands; ditto snipe. Every one who owns a gun is out on the marshes. Pigeons are plenty, I shot, twenty-two just north of the city yesterday morning before breakfast. Mr. R. A. Tortle, the taxidermist, has some fine specimens of game birds in his rooms, mounted and in dead game cases. Geo. Camel, Sheridan’s celebrated scout, was in the city last week, he.predicts fine shooting in the ‘‘Il’ar West ” this season.—TEn Bork. Suinngcook Bay—Good Ground, L. 1—Ducks are now coming into the bay by thousands; there are already three or four large bodies sitting in the bay on the feeding-grounds, and more coming night and day. We expect to have the law repealed which prevents our shooting but three days per week on Tuesday 25th, so that we can shool every day after the 25th of October. With plenty of feed and great numbers of ducks already here, we look for a good season.— WILLIAM N. Lane. Grexzor, N. Y., Oct..10.—This has been a grand day for sport at Long Pond shooting ducks. There have been more ducks killed here to-day than I eyer knew so early in October. Several men shot from fifteen to twenty apiece. I was there myself aud had good sport. Snipe have been quite plenty. A friend of mine killed ten the other day. Woodcock shooting not yery good yet.—A. H. R. A Ferrer Rewarp.—Ten dollars reward will be paid for the evidence which shall convict amy person or persons, in Lowell, Mass , of the use of ferrets conlrary to the provis- ions of law protecting wild game. Any one haying such evidence may communicate with City Marshal, of Lowell. TrapPep Quait In Virersta.—AHditor Horest and Stream : In your issue of October 13 ‘‘ Frank” wants to know where {0 Come in Virginia to get quail. It is against the law to trap quail in this State at any time.—W. O. W. Kenruory, Quincy, Oct. 16.—There is an abundance of game in this locality. 1 flushed a flock of twenty quails yesterday. Ducksare coming in. Squirrels are excessively plenty, and are doing considerable damage to the corn crop on the hills. D. Vioxssure, Miss., Oct. 12,—On last Saturday afternoon [ bagged eleyen squirrels, after 3 o’clock, p. m.—MARooNER. New Orreans, Oct. 12.—Qnuail are very plentiful within thirty miles of New Orleans. Teal, duck and venison in market.—8. To our list of ‘‘ Catalogues Received,” issue of September 29, should be added that of Messrs. Jno. P. Lovell & Sons, Boston, Mass. Decoy Swans are wanted by a correspondent. Warnine To CorresPponpENts—Hditor Forest and Stream: Please warn your correspondents that I and many others of your readers always stop on an article the minute we come to the words ‘‘speckled beauties.” We don’t want to read any further.—Yours, CAPTATN. Bonp’s Szorrovat Boar.—W. E. Bond, of Cleveland, Ohio, has’ made some very acceptable improvements in his boats since they were first brought out. From a common flat bottom skiff with stift sides he has developed his idea into very handgone, well-constructed boats possessing light weight, speed, carrying capacity, beauty and durability, which are certain to retain for them their deserved popu- larity. The Bond boats are divided into three classes, ranging from 14ft. up to 163ft. They bave moderately nar- row bottoms of well-seasoned, kiln-dried wood saturated with an oil cement, making them impervious to rot of any kind. The sides are of galvanized iron with just the right amount of dead rise on the bottom, and an easy turn to the bilge, in fact approximating to the usnal sporting boat in form without the use of many ribs. The boats are taken apart amidships, where bulkheads and connections are fitted for that purpose, and one end is stowed into the other for transportation. They have an excellent reputation among sportsmen, and are met with in all parts of the world. Sea and River Sishing. FISH IN SEASON IN OCTOBER, FRESH WATER. Black Bass, Micropierus salmoides | Yellow Perch, Perca fluviatilis, and M. pallidus. ‘ Striped Bass, Races lineatua. Mascalonge, Hsox noltiior. White Bass, Roccusa cariysopa, Pickerel, Hox reticulatus. Rock Bass, foreazh team. Priaes, 50, 30 and 2 per cr nt, of entrance fees. ; i One thousand-yard match, open to all comers, Jilfle and position, any; rounds, 10; one score to count; entry fee, fl; re-entries per- mitted; exact ilies to be settled by next cest completed scores. All competitions ave subject to the rules of the M. R. A. FITGCHBURY, Mass, Oct, 15.—The two militla companies in this city, Pitehbury Fusiliers, Co. B., and the Washington Guards, Co. D., in the 6th Regiment, had their target shoots and field days this week. The Fustiter’s picnic occured on Wednesday, when they went to Lake Wauchocum, many ladies and friends accompaning them. The en- tire day was one of pleasure, The target shovt occurred in the fore- noon, The distance was 200 yards, off-hand, 6 rounds each. The best score wasi5. The prizes were awarded to Capt. George E Good- rich, Private L. S. Stone and Private W. K. Smith, with a leather medal to Private L, Hi, Collyer, The best slogle shot was made by Priyate George H. Davis, who struck the bullseye, ‘che Guards! field day was yesterday, When they marched to Pound Hillior thet annual target shoot. The conditions were: distance 2) yards, off-hand, 5 shots, with a possible score of 25. The prizes competed for and those who won them are as follows: Private Daniel G'Rouke, best single shot, awarded the company medal; First- Liéut, Thomas H. Shea, cash prize of $6, score 17; Sergt. J. B. Congh- lin, poorest shot, lexther medal; Private Bernard Hepnesey, poorest shot at short range, a toy pistol. At the close of the shooting for prizes there was & dri, the company shooting by rank and by file. JERSEY SCHUETZEN COKPS, Jersey City.—At the annual meet- ing of the aboye-named corps, hela last Wednesday, the following ineumbers were elected for the ensuing year: A. B Hardekopr, Cap- tuln (third term); A Appel, Cor. Sec. (third term); G Hirschberg, Fin. }sec; Fred Hansen. Treas. (thitd term); F H W Schlester; Speaker; H Heye Verwaltor; Th. Fitz, First Shooting Master; d Dehmke, Second Shooting Master; Dr J Helter, Physidlan. From fhe reports trom (he Secretary and Treasurer we are able to give the fol- jowlng figures: The corps Lumber at present time 124 active and 26 honored members, The receipts aug the year were $1,201.27, 235 The disbursement was $1,100, Dues due by the members to the corps reach the amount of $612. During the pat year the corps Lost three members by death. A committee was appolnte’ to mike preparations during the winter season fora ball, he headquarters of the corps for the ensuing year will bé in Hoboken, ag a general Tule changes eyery year, oncé in Hoboken and once lu Jersey Clty. GARDNER, Mass., October 13.—The members of the Gardner Rife Club were out in force at the last shoot at Mackmetack Range. The conditions were 200 yards, off-hand, inch ring and Creedmoor tarvets combined. The score tells the story as follows: R. c, Ree. Totals G ¥F Hllsworth............-.-. 98 7 92 40 165 8693 FE Nichols..... . §9 46. 93 47 is? 93 Chester Hinds 46 ST 46 Lit) 859 A Mathews .. 44 7 47 166 9] SB Hildreth.... 7 45 82 46 159 «491 FH Knowlton.... ........0005 jo 44 85 AT 156 87 CO Merritt, ...- ee ste eee OO 42 79 45 154 0 H C Enowtton 79 46 69 43 148 89 S H Gregory..... +7 43 7 4% 16 0 «85 GC Goodale... . 59 41 82 AT 141 $8 HS Pierce........ Na | oe TL 44 137 -BG Wi Austinn..; ..--0.62....02, 76 6-46 60 dt 14609) CHICOPEHR FALLS, Mass., Oct. 15.—The Maynard Rifle Club to- day made the follawing scores, using the Massachusetts targeb at 200 yards, off-hand and seven shots to score, in a record match: 11—T5 12—Ta 8—72 10—T1 9—71 11—71 12-71 $—70 11—69 11—69 9—68 MAGNOLIA RIFLE GALLERY.—All-comers’ rifle match. In this Mr. E. F, Richardson has made three clean scores, receiylog the extra ¢ash prize for each score: EF Richardson............--se.ewesereer G Brown 60 50—2L 45 49—236 OLE ye. as 46 46 47 47—982 RF Schaefer ee ee 44 45 AT Amateur rifle mateh ; GW Yeaton... 46 47847 47 47—234 W HiBarniamiy....icccs.ehe. Pte +43 43 43 43 d4—216 All-comers'pistol match, shooting par excellence > J Ames.,.-...0....-79 80 Si—b40 J H Willlams.......77 79 80—236 DAYTON vs. CINCINNATI.—The Cincinnati team of tan shopte!s in off-hand work visited Dayton on Oct.3 and hada match with the home team for a purse of $luv, An unpromising day met the visitors, There was trouble over 4 centre shot sent by one of the visiting team upon a tool target beside the regular one. This lost his team the Match, the score standing, Duyton 600, Olncinnati 597; possible 750. ZETTLER RIFLE CLUB.—New York, Oct. 11,—Shooting for a silyer cup, Creedmoor target, 10 slots per man, possible 50: M. B, Hngel 50, C. Judson 48, M, Dorler 48, C. G. Zettler 43, 4. Zettier 48, J. Levy 47, A. Spa er 47, D. Miller 46, J. O’Neil 46, W. Klein 46, H. Holges 46, J. ober 44. — THE TRAP: WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB.—Annual reception at the club grounds, Babylon, L. L., Oct. 13. About Arty gentlemen were on the ground when the shooting began for the ** Anybody’s Cup,” open to all members of the Southside sportsman’s Club, the Narragansett, the Maryland, Philadelphia, kiverton, New York, Long Brauch, Or- ange, Staten Island, Rockaway Huot, Mesdow Brook and the West- minster Kennel clubs. The first prize was a silveb cup, the second prize a silver flask, the third prize ten per cent. of the entrance fees + 10 birds each, 30 yards rise, 8 misses and out; tles, miss and go oun. Mwenty-six entries. Entrance fee $10. About tyo o'clock, ann belore the first shoot was over, rain began to fall, which continued durlog the remainder of the afternoon and, although it made things very unpleasant, did not stop the shooling untilic wastime to leave the grounds to take the afternoon train tor New York, ‘The following is the score ; Mr Coleman....... ee. 111111101—10 “Mr Sprague....... 1111171011— 9 Mr Thompson. ..,...,.1111111111—10 Mv McAllister... ._. 11111110'0— 8 Mr Worden...........J111111111—10 Mr Gilbert......... T111111100—10 Mr Jones, ,..s.ee-:,;--1111101111— 9 Mr De Luse........ 1101101110— 7 Mr Lane 6, Mr Curtis 5, Mr Donner 5, Mr Roberts 5, Mr Howell 5, My Wagstlait 5, Mr Morehead 4, Mr Davis4, Mr Sands 4, Mr Clifford 3, Mr Arnold 2, Dr Kenny 2, Mr Boughton 2, Mr Appieton 2, Mr Thompson, dv 1, Mt Gray 1, Mr Gambrill 0, Mr Martio 0. Ties on 10: Coleman 4, ''hompson 3, Worden 0. The 8 cond match was for first prize a silver cup, second prize 10 per cent, of entrance, ut six singles, handicap rise, and three pairs at 25 yards. whlch had twenty-five entries. This was in progress when darkness setin, The match was completed on the following day. Mr. B. B, Jones, of the Narraganseft Gun Club, won the shoot, with @& score of slx singles and fiveout of the thrée doubles, ‘ihe Seatettn prize was won by Mr. Sprague, of the liverton Glub of Phila- e a. r The grand shoot of the meeting was for the Club Cup, value $300 ; teams of four; each man to shoot at twenty birds; entrance fer, $25. The clubs were the Riverton Club, the Westminster Kennel Club, the Narragansett Club, the New York Guo Club, the Staten Island Club and the et be Club. The cup was won by the Riverton Club, after B1x hours and flye minutes shooting, by two birds, they making a score of 66; the Westminster Club second, with a score of 64; |he Nar- ragansett Club and the New York Club, with a score of 63 tawh: the Staten Island Club 56, and the Orange Olub 43. The birds were good, heing furnished by Mr. Gilbert, of Philadelphia, and they were .e- trieved each day by the pointer bitch aud setter dog owned by the keeper of the New York Club grounds at Bergen Point, The follow- ing are the scores: The Riverton Club. Sprague........ eee eee ee ALIDOTIIITITIIIII111—19 Arnold...,. sVNTTILILIL 010111 111—1T McAulster, be - 211111 111191610100)1—16 WATAMNS. 5402 56. eve ee ey tend cartes Daa dans 10111 1011110100 19011—14—86 Westinioster Kennel Club. CoOlEMAD, ».....02655 ee eee wet asaces puedes. 11110110111711011141—18 Rennod..... - LOLTOL L101 10 10011171—16 Waegstail.... says tbteee .11111100111111111010—16 TOY OTT ROTI ithe fol al ob offal eletpin fale’ e im npesfajess beefy mad 10101 1111111000111 1)—14—04. The New York Olub. Nicholson............ Fores heres re eetindte 1141191111711111000111-17 BAMDOY a: 815 -Sie hi te sAdouanbe wade -OL12011 41111 1111111—1T Colonél Armstrong +e LTD 11111017 1001 0111 —15 PHOS) eyes sess 2 fears +e» 1001011011 10111011 01—14 48 The Narragansett Club. SATS. 46244 pe ceesscdeae swans cece set es JIIIIIIINIMIINIONIII—18 Dayis....-..0.- Peles eke tates ie OLIOIT UTA 1111101 1— 15 HSE Jones...,,, 4 0112001110111 11111 1—15 GLIVIngstony ere sedate Vepeacks 1211114110200110101—14—#3 Staten Island Club. SSOUENURT i. Pepaleleteie ale sie Wctem steht ete «» 1219117000191 101710—16 Gilbert. . PA er SR ny Pes i: ., UD111 1119120011 10110—16 Roberts....... 8 PC Hy 4" Le oes 010110110111 L1011—14 Se ee a setae wees + DLOUOOLIL0101 L001 (1—11—5T Orange Club, Gray.. beetcgep eat ecco pees LLTOMALITOLIIIOIN—15 Wilme O11 L1O007 110100111 —-14 Morton,, MOLULITALNL) 1H —14 G Thomas 21007101001110111 11. GU —12—55 WASHINGTON GUN CLUB.—The Washington Gun Club held their Tegular monthiy shoot at thelr grounds, Ridgewood Park, Lony Tena, a T4w days ago, under the New York State Association miles. Mr. R. M. Hopps carried off the diamond badge; and Mr. A. Alten- brand the amateur badge. The following 1s the score: Theo Obrig......--.-..--21 yards......-.- erfoasep ol Ded “HO Oy 1—4 Thomas Kellett... BT ce ohe fl. ty Vet he 18 John Diercking... 25 a2idtigqadiit William Denyse .. 28 ee L WEL i P McGill ..... we 28 .t T1210 218 Joe Moller..... esse od 21 o00@0t21t1i1t3 George Van Sise Pree t 1102i1id1t216 KM Hopps...... oa e2h eee he Le pln eee — Frank Morgan . Por’) | 0 1110 0 14 H Hedemam ..-.-.......-28 eh Diels hd =o Wm Earmpfmutler,...,..21 ee Pe rg ha By Dr MOtcalt. oi... sc. samen iva themees se kee Pert cet WT John byans Laos aatouwy Fes BN Watts. 2 ta bf 7 Henry Altont 102210 5 Jobn Colter... . vats Oe Ta a 2 2 1—t Sloot off of ta Tol Piercy, 2... 20 aes 10 =a RM opps... 11fiii131101—10 Wr Kaniyitiin tlie T1100 — 15 Dt Meteall 1ititadd4 —T BN Watts....,<./. 11T7TLOLTIVO —#8 A Altenbhrand ..........-- wi 1 047211 1-6 HP Kashu,..... ais0. 00 et th Meo La B Muench 2... ...,.: 0 0 0 1 Oo d= ALGONQUIN GUN CLUG.—Regular semi-nionthly contest, Oct 14. Matelv at pliss balls: Jos Hind, 41 yds, GJ Saue Yds... JH HIM, 27 yds, Jolin Males, 2. ya JW Boesenecker, 335 John Covhran, | Robert Awl, 21 4 daa Diusrith, 2t yi das Beldou, 18 yils... De GA Witson, 19 yds das. Montoomery, 21 ya Dr Griswald, 2i yas, Wm B Liwine, Total_ 157; ave PHONO 16 LITT LoL 16 Tid L001 1111.00—16 ~ AOL001T LT 1110 (01101 tt (120100 OLA LOTT 10 OOBOTOL LON 10017101—11. AMPLOW VTTOL001 101101 Lt 2 PILOT LL 19 ~- TAAOL LO1ON0DTNT1 TL — 18 OUT ddd AT AOI T1110 L216 ‘ ooo e201717001111011010110—18 eee ee TUTTE L101 11011 E1—16 a teee eee Mattel of pigcous: Male, WI and Dunseith, 27 yards ; ofher 21 yards No. 1) glue: ashes T1M111111—9 11 11t0ti—9 J Borsenecker... .... 11 OLOLOL—7 7 Hatma......-. 2224 VO0LE IS WU s§ WB obundie......... 100011118 --W1H1N—F J Cachran.. oy ee MOUTON GANTON SHOOTING GLUG—Canton, Mo., Oct. 11.—Yesterday the members of Lhe Canton Shooting Club were favored with a call trom Mr, (Oils, (he coulal represantative of the Livowsaky Clay Pigeon Co,, Of Cincinnadl, OF. who gave it ex htbilonor thelr traps and birds, whith wis very satisfattory to all present, ‘the day was very windy, bul nobwlilskinidiog the bids were thrown in any direction fom the trap trom forLy to Ly yards, very much veserobling the fight orabird, Mid glioot was enjoyed by oll und deemad preferable to The store al. 78 birds, Condit and Howe choas- daa Mon(somury .. elas? ball shooting, Toe dS, Witla: 00109 11411111—10 » MUOUOOTLI TENT — 6 ~ TWOLOTIOH— § «ee MITTAL IT—11 ~LUL 10 BLOW UC ws det ss bar 1111001010111— 8 eo LP LLOLT A 1d A vee LOLOL 11111 —-1b - TOTTI LLOU1L— 5 .. 110111 0011— 8 --, ALNOLIIO1IO— 8 Hnyvtanad,. Shitnks Patierson.. Ed Stirow,, -. MeWhorter,.- Lite) 1) Ea 5 Och. 7s, at thirty pleeons, thirty RALHIGHI. NW. G.—Matel shot yurds rise, wis shot by Caplgip A. H. Bogartdus and Mr John 'T. Phiten, of the Roleleh Gun Clik, ab the State Pair Grounds. he mateh was won by Capbaln Bogurdas, who killed 2s birds, Mr. Pullen killing #6, The tam of hhe Kaleigh Gun Cink, five In number, beat the Asheville Gan Clib ib a Laaech ab 150 ginss balls, breaking 140 10 thelr opponents’ 117. CAZENOVIA GUN GEUB—Cazenovia, N. ¥., Oct. 14—Nineteenth suoot tor Wendell gold badge, presented tu the chib by ture Wendell; Las, Cardrotary trap, Card's rites; winner handicsoed three yards every tine Le wlus Dade, p10 380 yards; Mes shor off from the dis- hance Gach slioaler ovcnpied during the shool; former winners of badges debarted shoptiuy for Dade. Badge wou by Dr, B. 0, Bass at 21 yards, —HAMMERLES WELLINGTON, Mass.—Lhe annual tournament of the Raymond Club will lake place Noy. 4, At the regnlar met on Friday last, with a. slim attendance, clay pigeons were fired at, 10 yards rise, oulot a possible 20, hie svores slocd: Whiherel! 1s, Kirkwood 16, Brigham 14, Dwight 12, Manson 8, Kentiedy §, Koberts 6. A MATCH WANTED, —Four gentlemen, members of the Wurling- ham Gun Club, of London, bnelind, ne now.on 2 visit fo this country. They are wnixtlots Lo ity tueir Skill at the trap against a quartelte of Americhn amateur Ibis probable that a match wil be arranged within a. lew days. Aachting and Canoeing. MUST Wk BUILD MADGEHS? N™ ab wll, Nor dias Porgsr ayn Srrean ever maintathed we show, Werejoiee al tie Vietary of this extreme sample of Lhe Gutter, hechuse Ui lifis the cobwebs fromm our biilders’ eyes; because 1b shows thal depth, displacement, low weights and a handy rig are in no wish incomyutibls with speed. Tl shows that by diminishing pacessive und vseless Helin aid adding to depth there is a chance of improving guy yachts so Uiat Lhey may nob lose in speed what they can fain i comford, sately, room and chiusing efficiency. Those who have follawed us in this eli know full well tliat we have dts eonntehaneed “oxtravavanzas’ of the sort known as “ planks on edve? quite as snuch a5 we haye the home carlaatures of the trylog- pan order. Where is 2 happy Meno between the ovo which, we be- eve, willin Hime be brave, to subh perfection and balance in quali- {fos Mubit shall combine whabis worth polaining of ie two extremes and Al the Some Wine possess none of the objections justly raised against either ol the styles prevailing to-day. To this enil we fave been Continually working in Forges AND SUREAM, Th was neesssary frst, to convince the public at large, that the Dat- ivons should be beiten by WSst sich ap extravyaranza as Madge. This hiuving been aceomplished, we tity vow steer Lhe new course With (he harizan clear, Such Tis been, is und alwys will be the fatth and the aimao PORES! AND SYREAM, We have been fount right on the speed and sca-goloy qualities of The eitter, We hellevye we are right in the matter or this * coming type." —r oo! MADGAH IN THE BAST. FAVING Inide an exhibition of the light dratis.in Now York, the ] Midge people had uafurnlly become & wile overconfiden, tn the Ship they were couchiis,. We have all lobe pointed out that astern yachts, @speclally Whe alimosh matehless hand) work of lhe Hereshotts, were In mary respects Tal ahead of ie rattle traps of New York, In thelr lal GAlVUS, uAlaly Supplicd by MeManus®& Son, of Boston— wo, by bhe way’, earned thelr trade abroyd—Kastern wrath had one Ad yaniaee aver inemrOpolitan boats, in their depth aud displacemdney yel another, antiin (heir smart Cotathtan crews stilla third. Jno these respects Ley were about, equal to the foreigner, and 2 close con- {est Delwéen Madge aud Lie representative Shadow was looked for Wilkcerhiunty. The Shadows probably the finest example of jhe Amerivau sloop extaal. She wis brouwht to the line in the most per- feet condinion atl was filly wive to the keenness ot tlie races In store tor her. Siu had the advange of #2 thoroughly tramederew of qnick- Witted Amiitcurs Who had successfully worked her across the finish in tho luda erent oumber ol tines. Whey were nop the slaw lot of paguia “piitel rimen who work only with their fists and BiapiSe amy prercised! the Uraln ss ‘theoly" not worth their attention, They proved (hemselves worthy of oot high estimaAce, for, barring ihe falliwe to Drea stops ou fle Aplonaker ph the stars, Whey put their charge through i exemplary inanner. Shadow 18 a very desp centre Doard, bene 33.7! Mh. on waterling, 14.04 7b. Deum aud 6 oh, deep, and 6.38 fh. dati. Th her gréat daptit dod densiderable displacement she nearly equaled (he cicrer, and, 86 Tar os tue power derty dd trom bhese iyo excelent pecutlartth e0ocernerl, her possession of the same robbed tie raves soinewhweot tle distinatlye Lest of types, fat bot 76m and tiglb displavement as against depvh and weight. If allour sloops Were a5 foo as Shalow, FORKST AND SYREAM would have lad much less tosay aboot the Cutler, and tb was muinky with a view ta encourage wichts more Aiier biadow!s style that we have beon dvty- ine aloay willl the pen lo the besh of our ability, thoush, as 1s well SHOW" known, We preter more length, less pea, aud wy trillemore FOREST AND STREAM. (lapth oven than shown th the modern Eastern sloop. Il was note- workhy thal Shadow was hof any too good in even a Witle sea, and We believe her modeler, Mr. Ierreshol, if requested 10 desten 4, boat partinilarty goat in rough water would follow out the mocilisations we hive been counsiling. With ese the Shadow would have beer a bette® boat lor all-round work than sheis, That onr trends in the Rast tink so as well is shows by their anxiety for an off-shore wind, fcoling confident hat the home s'oop would make a better display i not bowhered by a jump, Sill, thoush cyeryihlug was in her favor, Shadow never once ontsalled the cutter, and but tor the praident to the latter would have been a beaten boat last Mriday.: In the Dust or five conseciiive vietorles the cubler men had become varetess m their SUpulations.- In the tirst place, Lhe tourse of fen miles to leeward and Dactk was too shore tor any chance of overhauling should the sloop take the lead, and in the next if was a mistake to sall on yen Lernis with &@ bodt one quarler as large again us phe cuter, yen with sien alindtcap against ber Madge would lave won but for the aveldent to her spreader, and ranning ont of the wind after breaking teks wilh her opponent 4s & last desperate effort to hunt toriuek. The Aecident fot the cutlens Grew, suppleniented By some creen Newpart hands, into a mess with her canvas. I) took a lone lite bo shift spin- naker, and a jib Header for i club, as things had to be handied de- eliedly wingerly test the Lopmast should go over fhe sidé altogether, Of course with a lame leg the cutter could not point us is her wont, or Tather the sloop pointed just as high, which she could hot lave done had Madge not beeu so badly winged at the mosb critical ihoment, when the turn Up home had just begun. Midge also gonin a bungie faking in her splnniker tov the round of the lower mark, aud was foreed to run a hundred yaids or more dead tou leeward before things wore cleared, tuereby vivinw Lhe sloop Lhaf inuch clear to windward without an effort, Whenever the two yachts hand things alike the cutter overhaied aud weathered the stoop io an attdsi#enble why whith Raa a win tor tie slrang@ér should ¢yen terms ever be fad. The potwent to Shadow legitimately eriough, but the race, if wnything, served to mark the cutteras a ttle the better of the tave, and in & series of races we believe Madge would be able to nore Lian cope with Sliadow On Even trims, let alone moklog Ler time off bhe big sloop, to which she is property entitled. he yictory, halt way affair thigh if was, very naturally provoked a howl of deleht among the backers of the hofua boat, and wild vagarlés of what the Sloop Could do with the ttle Scotchman-were fndulved In by the more supethicial observers the night atter therace, ‘help entinusiasm may beiorpiven, Ib was Lue pent up sense of five days lost to our side finding vent in the fortunate fluke for {he slvop, and 45 certain to be short-lived os li was ungrotinded. The culter men hud (hei fingers burned a little, and they have leartied that we can build better boats than those they met in New York waters. ‘They wlll know better next tithe Wish lo slottider such odds asa quarter additional touns se, nod Lo sill such a short course, giving no room to recover what tay have ben lost by aceident or fluke. As the Eastern boat is aboul three-roarters up to Lhe standard of FoRES® anb Arkwam, lacking only acoupie of feet more lengsth with a corresponding reduction o¢ bean And double headsallin place of ihe single jib, we can view her perlormince with something like salistacilon, knowing that she is nota flativon sham, but has at all eyents honest displucement, some- Uluing like respectable sails,and a crew of liye men after our own hivart. The East, ani the Herreshoils especially, have our congratu- lations, lgasmiuchas they haye been able to help along the cause of deep boats by Making a respectable showlng with the ew ter. Hirst Lace. Oet, 14,—Washington seers prophesied bad weather, but infortunately if camwie nob. Reefs turned in were shaken out pe- fore the start, and the little ork Werreshotf launch fouhd uo trouble in going over the course with the ravers. Excursion steamers, the cullers Vindex and Mesper, as well as the schooners Norseman and Social went ourto see the match, which had set all Newport agog. Both the racers had been hauled out and had their bottoms cleaned. The eriiicisms of the nafilyésas they gazed in mute astonishment atthe narrow Madge who vould not understand her atall, and their remarks, on that ere thing” were bighly amusing, if not overbright and pro- found, They were cautious, though, in venturing to condemn the entier, since her performance in New York had reached even into the ublermosh recesses of every boat, house on fhe water front. Had Madge not givén ts a taste of whatshe could do in a Seaway, New- porvs *talent” would have sworn she could not live In more Chan a zephyr, aud much owllsh wisdom would haye been expended Inshow- ing beforehand ihat depth and big body meant resistance, and that boals coulda neyer be mide to go on thelr side. Madge’s record spared us this Old ding-dong nonsense, and so expectancy van high when the flyers gob the signal for their youre from Lhe judges, Messrs, Henry B. Jackson, Geo. A. Goddard and Francis W. Lawrence, all of (lie Mastern Y.C. A talr estimate o7 the sizes of the two contestants may be obtained by multiplying their three main dimensions, We find shadowto be 43.T1X14.01x5 = 2366, and Madge 38.sx7.76x6.5 — 1954, showlng the sloop to be the larger boat by more than 25 per cent, bir adds In a working wind strang enough to bring out the value of this excess, The Shadow hud her regular crew of Corinthians aboard; the cuiter, on the other liand, drew upon Newport for assistance, and shipped Albro as pllof aud Mr. Govyerneur Kortright, formerly owner of the Wierd, N.Y. ¥. C., a8 an extta Thand, nelther of them having the least experience In cutter sailing, and barély able to vel the lead of Madge’s gear. This proved bad for the little ship, already loaded with such odds against her. The outer mark bad been moored about three miles tothe northward and westward of Block Islind buoy. Wind strengthening trom north-northeast; Sea smooth until well clear of the land, where a Inoderate roll Was found. Starh was made Troin Whe Brenton’s Reet Lightship, the sloop crossing at 11:11:20, the culteriollowing 49 seconds later, Shadow had a club topsall alort, and Madge only a jib heuder, Both gob out spinnakers to port, tha sloop being slow In breaklog stops, lar ballooner, having’ been hoisted mude up, The ciilter at once showed how she could ron by drawing upon the sloop, then passing her and lolding ber lead clear down to fhe mark. In fact, as she 1s best to windward, a repetition of her Nw York victories seemed im slore, when accident and bad luck changed the result of the day. Both jlbed over when the mark was pleked up and shilted spinikers, al whith the well-triined Shadow men were much the smarter, it Weing full five minutes belore the stranver gol ihe benellt of herGanyas. SUllshe held her lead, Sla- dow snugged things lor the round th ample time, but canny Duncan, torgetiing wll about his green hands, heludan iil the last moment, and then his crew went back on lim and #ob into an awkward mess, Te had to run dowtt below the mark more than a hundred yards to gut things clear, Shadow in the ro¢antime inaking a close round and otf jor the beat home, Worse yet, the cutter carried away her spreader, and could no longer pinch in her best style for fear her topmast would fo altogether. Byentually she attempted to shit tor a eld, put green hands and an unsupported spar made slow work of lt. The sail was 4 bag, andl no one dared to sweat up for tear ot a general ernsh, and so, tor tie tlrst time in American waters, the tne little cutter was taken ata disadvantage. Shadow sailed as higu asit was deemed advisable to keep the Mudge, and with the gain made at the turn, had an axcellent show for the day. Long and short leys brought ther tinder the land again, the cutter, in splle of her mistor- tunes, oulfooline fo such an extent thal the backers of Shadow were agraln quaking in their boots. What sea there was the stoop did nob tuke kindly LO af all, Madge making up something on this account, Finally, whendhey wot inshore, Shadow with & moderate lead and {he beat wind, skipper Ditmcan ran out of It, amd as a dernier resort, put the clipper about in search of tuck. This she failed to ind, and the sloop, picking ip agood breeze, dashed oub 2 long lead, when 10 hécame evident tlh that her competitor had lost all her chances by the Wing away, and the Hustern crack went across the tinish with lots ot water’ to Spare and bagged the sbakes by 22 minutes and 42 seconds. Jieads were Jost in the excitement which followed ashore, bi among Lhe more reasonable FoKesT AND StreAM dound many who viewed the yletory as nothing more than a combinglion of aceltents And slants in tavor of the sloop, for when tue bots, were Salling under i}ke conditions on or off thea wind, the cutter put the business fo her crealt every time, Start. Buoy. Finish. 1 %0|Ce aT Shadow, 12.6 tons......- wat ieelie tb e20 8 Madwe 40 tOS..cccccleeeetL 12 09 12 IT BL 8 06 de shudowy, Dr. Bryant, Kaslern Y, C,, therefore wins by 221m, 42s, Seodnd Race. Ort, 1e—Ves, “hoop us, (61s almost foo much! lor the cutter has met a Son withont o peer dn Ameriva, a Sloop in the Tost pertect raciny condition, taoled hy aovew as smart and live a5 aver tuok yacht vyer a course, and that same sloop, {n a6 falrarace bs was ever Sailed, has suecumbed {o the fie form, big displacement nid Gosport wings of the trily ‘inyinelble Madge. ? ‘Vully six for the Culler and bub one for ihe sloop—that solltary reliol Lo monotony, nothing more Than & win on a most palenbtuke at hal, Has! type ever had folake such a stiing of Undeniuble deteats hetore? yen pe grand old Ainerlea wever reached such 4 record among the ancient pot-bellied Wubs she met.in Kuropean waters. Well may the advoedtes Of progress in yachibullding im America be proud of Lhe signal sup- port helr views favoring & modideation of preyalling: nobions and practice are nov reoelying through the instrumentally of the clipping Jittie * lou? from Seotlin shores. Let t) be understood ihal our report of We firsb race will Shadow was Written Jefore the match of Saturday had been stajted. Read it in Ghis Heht add has oot FOREST AND SUREAM Won sthtL Tuither Jaurels in (ts proznostications iorthe second day? While“ popular opinion, intoxicated with ihe ephemeral sudcess of the sloop Friday last, was “nowling? wilh delight upon no better grounds pial A my fhiged claim tor victory on the part of the sloup, gained by nothing eise thai Al andemiable uke most glirug in tts elect, bhis journal, with a Tew: men of insight and moderation, SaW 10 the Hrs) race Vd bIgUS OL Sle horas | [OaronrEe 20, 1881. perior sailing on the part of (he cutter, and definitely foretold victor for 7 be foreluner shod even terns ba melon wie sceunmd day. Ane victory tis cote, Poor souls, thast worthy fellows with more pas HWiOtIsm Thanh biwins, how they spilled {heir money into the cule tion's pockels|! They Geserye thelr losses richly, ‘They put inte One side Of the scales an wecidental score for the sluop; into ther other, all (he grand record of Madgi and the proven truths enungl ied 1o these Coliinins, Then they thought their side the eavieste andinyesled accoriimeiy, So nowy let them suffer and sober up lo fiefs Ui they Gn. ‘To thinking men who care more for prinei ples thai for Nags, Muadve had given in lier first race with Shadow all tle évie dence One could desire that sue is both faster and more Weatherly thaweven he very best Sloop of her class ever turned onbin America. [his Tieedless Lo expatlala pon ihe capaciiy of Lue MWerresholts og modelers oy builders. They live long stood at the head af their pro- fessinn, Thea Shatow was bulit by them to Sail under the conditions in yozue when her mowds were gob oul, wud hori of neaviy Gtoy victories in astern wat ‘imost wdloterrhpled by der, stands: aS testimony of Mow well they sueveeded. That the Seotolt euler should haye made spart with the cluushells of New Yorle was bad enough, Dit Th was te bh been expected. ‘Chat she should have — sonndly Deulen the tyondertul Sbavow," our best trump, our verita- hie right bower in ease if cwine 10 (he worst, even cutter men Hardly datedto hope. Yet Madeé hist Sathvday surpassed hersel?, and now stimds niove Invinolble tito ever. She lias overcome the very best m America, yeh Were sre culters on the Clyde which will give Madge: Three auL TOU MULLS OVEN A cotrse tive times oub of every six. Was GVer a ase More thoroughly proven? Now “the boys! ail begin to discover the reason, Yousee the eucter has ten tons down below and shadow birtsix, No wonder the stra Carrivs Off tha palin. ‘Then again, you see, Madve is not “stoppe: iy" her beam and, you sue, her sails are Uotter and under wetter control, and she has: low holst, you sea, and of course a blewer topsall when she Wants it, So itis e to tell, you ses, why our Gracks Lave to strike their colors to this astoulshing wel-up trom phroad, Of course we 800.” FOREST AND S9REAM sayy? this all slong. And itis because Ameligans have sterdily mitntalned—no to a very récent date—ihat cutters were all wrong and sivops all right (for tie yery reason thats ‘| the latter differed in having owe benim LO Carry gall and fess dew Maight Lo drive through), that Shadow aud ber sisters have been builo as they are wilh plenty of canyas and little displacement. We have steadily sought Lo inarvgse the gall area and diminish dead weight on tis side of the Atlas, because we have deciied the problem to be how to combine the greatest driving power with the least amount of | Wolglit, and wo have been voady to neglect almost, cablrely the Liem, of form. Cutter men aud all others posted in rewlly modern nayal (Ledipn, however, saw thelr way clear in thé oppo-ite direction, They have attempteh to combine the gieatest weight with the least resist. ance A bridl bebWweed tho typas represents tls issue exactly, and | The CTiiter, so ltr as the trials have fone, has come out ahead by a yory long plece. Ibis, therefore, perrec ty TMOsTHal as Well as rut ile to polhtto the excess Of ballast in the cutter; for, upon the American. moderation di this very respect all our clalins lo supertority have rested. Now that upon tietual test, ton tons elebt feet down in a boat of Tie lori: has been shown more (in #2 mateh for our best Graft with six tens high wp ia a shifnpy tot, 1b 1s supremely ridlen— lava to “ £6 Hack” on ourseives In poluting to the dliferences men. timmedLas unfalr to our side of Lhe fight. Wie amount of displacement in boats of equal cubic size is A polut of model, ana rests wholly wih the designer ai bulider., iy dieitberate choite we Haye Dulin a Shae dow in the search for speed, By deliberate choice the British yachts man has builta Madge. Ti Madge 15 the faster of the twollis because | her model—that 18, lhe appornonment of welehts to buoyaney—hey — bilances, her (rath and me bring apoul,a greater success Tor the piur= pose tutended than the prineiples we have been pursuing. ~ Po pol (0 Lhese differences us & S0_ution of ourdefeats is virtuallyan acknowl. Cdgimentol (he superiority of (he ideas fundameiulal in the caiter. anu a cold bath tor all ue baseless ‘“poulice! wwe lave so long been iniuleing ourselves with in Amurica, ibis equally os Logical to polnt to the greater dryness or énutsipg ((unticutlons—real or only assuTatvd—in such bodls as have optene sibly been butt with a view to the highest attuinable speed. Madge might sail fathoms under water all over the course; she mleht con tintwily dash won ob her beam-envs and have nob oven enough ace comniodations below tora dwart, and he sloop might be the + difesr ? craft imaginable, with stawvage tor Neah and his whole tribe or Gale, yet When in both types the hivhost speed has been aimed at, our un- qualified indorstment, in Lhab respech at least, mush eo tothe ship which minages to wil. ‘The test between Madge and our stoops néyer Was intended for otbor than test of speed, ‘To fall back upon secondary ovireelevant pecullarities of the sloop as an offset to her Jack: of speed Is rimp.y To beg We yucsilon, and has not the sehtest hearing upoa the issiie. Any one who devs the sipposed greater “dryness” uti crvlelig eliltieney of the sloop ta meet his wants bet. ler than the supposed *wetucss” sud coutined quarters of the cutter is at Miberty to build as Walikes, (0 mike his yacht broader than she is long, as Mitas a mitt, aud tomAkeher spans as lolty asa steeple, and 2 sail plain ay Clamsy es cin be dev When, however, he “aims lov such a Machine greater spetd thin for the cutter, wie match must be mae npouw OS issue alone, and he must, sceord- ing Lo very @ementary logis, abide by the resulls and ackuowledge his deleal without whiningly pointing to qualities Io his poe which nO One Has SOULE oF eared periiaps Lo seek lo the modeling of an op- ponent. [iforts tO belittle tue Cutters yictories by any such slipshod process are suréin Lae long 1un TO meen with Lue same rebuttal as an attempt by Lhe owner of & drath horse lo claim better “ume for his animal than 1oquols, Foxhwll and Bend Or because le happens to beable to hault huavi id. Tie quicker, therofore, we learn to éknowledge Madge's great speed, Cspevially in open water, the soaner will we able .o fiveh ler With some new type which shall be able to cope with the cutter and save ns the loss of our much cherished hut sumewhat beclouded pre-eminence at speed. Crawling back into our Ssiieil, suddenly content lo rank capable of building erulsing yachts bniy—and such doubt iat ons, (00'—will serve no laudable end. The fachilas becu demonstrated hat tor speed we plve our yachts too little weight ob bwllast, loo TAU! Welght OF lull, too much bay nwey, rely LOO Neh Upon bow aud Coo ltl’ upon keel for weather- 3, and thal of Wie url of citilng Hat canvas we bave yelevery much to learn, Now let us remedy oir shortcomings and cease tryin 10 beat the devil about the bush in sickly excuses for the collapse Fr he sldop as the fastest raciuy Grati whitch can. be produced, FORES?D AND SuRWAS gOS turvher than this, and claims that by i modification 1h type” bout may be badt which shall have the speed of the cutter and iar mord justitiable demands to the ermser’s consid. eration than he Gipsizuble, oyiaigged Wehtdratts of the day, aud {he moditied bout Will be neler is Web nor as tender fis the extreme Style of cntter represented by the Madge and her sisters. "Phat 1 he Tew experimental approximations 10 our ideas hayenut been especiuliy success!il In no Wise weakens Our expectutions of yachts of falr Onuubh heam convbined wlth usetul depth and a displacement which, FALE business. Upon tis low typewe will have more lo say this winter. Gongernlog (he racing last Saturday, the condilions wera partect, All open courae tres Trom eddlus, a steady, soll working breoze offer ing welbher slants nor puffs, just enough sea to pub the yachts on their mete, nO AdeldeMts, nO Merrors,? aid both competitors close aboard Im tle same wind and water allover the course, No fairer test Gould have been had, Under such circumstances we looked for a Complcte reversal of we arcldéntal results of the day previons, and the Cuiter dld nob disappolat her iriends, Whe vatives of Newport and that halt of the yaohting public whose Nead Is throw out of balance by Well Meabt hut tiisplaced ‘“patriolgin’ were heavy backers ol the sloop, u The glamour ol Ghe score for our site againsh a whole siping tor the eULber wes Wore Lhwh they could curry, and averbourd went them funds, leaving Lheir Pockets as Wglibas weir gidlily heads. The howl OL the night berare Was turied into crestfalicn mourning, and the temporary ttiire-up for the stoop broughk about a disheartening reac. ting When tlie Guu or the second ace Jef6 the cuter where she was helure—iovinelble by anythiog of ber slz0 In a& Tale sieht with no hivors. The Shadow was the hivger boat of the two, lor which the um. and 48, allowed the cutlor hy Waste Y.C_ rites was bul meagre compinsalign, Asste did tot éven nced this, Wo teiiains a matter of Hibs Layport and my be dismissed lo Save disoussion. While “popu- lar opinion’ Tayored the sloop, we thustdo Dr Bryant the jastic: to State thal, buving) ada taste of Madge the first day, he had ttle hope of coping successiniy with her in the ou-shore Wind with sea, TolAg in. One yiehtsmin af ail éyenta—and 4 fot capable one— Whose heal was Jevel ob fhe ralaulve performance of th+ tyo types in acniGking breeze an rough water, Ile apd nls crew deserve wall of ail, hey salled their baat foy whal she was worth, ald fhe Scotch mian wrested te vietary Only upon the qualltt s of his boat, The cutter Lad repaired damages during the night, aud cate up for the seventh round “all a-fadnt, ho” Conrse di miles, jib shapes start from Byenjon’s Reet Liwhtship; lirst lug of ten mites, 8 by E. halt K.; sicoud lee, aisn van miles, W, by N. + third jez, tan inli’s home, Nik, by. Shadow went ont to Lhe ina Will Slivlereels 11 yround. Madge, belng later In getting teady, was bowed ov with sligle ree? in mulnsall, whole headsil and worl og topsail, evidently not Jiiehbened py the Tatouucded reporis of a high gale outside. 1b was blowlog a Trash working breeze Iria about B5,E, thondt, and mxcellent sporh wis promised, For the second time, at lasi the Ghitér had a mild taste of * her weather” since her qdventin AmenéGa, What sie Gai (io ini regular stil one, clases revfed ail round, cle lus not yed Isplayad, but In yhat kind of weather sloops would probably never as much as show Up, and i wou! dhe bug i) Sialk Over,” oF more truly a Wwilk under? Lor the iitle ship, cy = — Ooronzn 20, 1881.] would go cléar through the seas, pit she would gcare jush 98 easily | PS Lita eepliye, dnd how to seoreis the lesson she has come to teach | Ts, The Judeen wore aboard wlile and but byoor bares obieryachys ven- tured th poke bheie hose ontsidG tor a while tosed whab wis @olig on, | ‘rhe Uible Lerreshot! latineh Doli, dull. lol, was there, Tawever, and screwed wich Tm seas whlel would Haye sWwaniped and douplect Up ine 100i, Sky lasts, Promises and sueb }iht weather birds, in spite OF allthe Slevin Miey could carey, Shadaw gob away ab W290, and Madge in her Wake st dite Down fo the first mark itwas nearly decid an énd, and Whe yuehts had no sooner gol tuirly away than the culier—-hit broken spreader was replaccd—looked higher than the Sloop Cou'd -quees, god kepl tool at So Lively @ rate (hat mM vhree eards shel had pifinbed herselt on LuGleaders weather in good tashton i 11NG example of what a keel con do wlth the board ab thot kind Of Hustitss, wits mebuke to theald school which has been singing the praises 0) the wentre tn asingomparable for “hangin on," Thal Wie Sea Was Hobie? greabis shown by tie tacy iat the river ‘Bleamer Duy Star, with her wil 2WArds, tound oO Wouble ih giving The spectators crowding ler deeks o tine view of the ruce all day. Madge polnted so liigh thatshe tetehed (hemarkwith a short hich less Than the sloop and tacked apoun J with & lead at (h, 5m0., baying ocenpied 1h, dsm. 11s. 7h peating out the distiiee of Len nesi Shidow followtd snit at i2hib. At wits Lie the cutter wus carrying Whole jitadsail ul aoworking topsiil, while the sloop hadall she wanted with itvec! inthe jib and no Weht duds aloft. Again the eubleronigarried the beamy sloop and faye native pec theories about the yolue of “standiig wp 16 her sail’ a black eye. You ean force a boat like Madge by earbyliy Go, ob tey that ganic on the-sloop and see how quick she will bury inspcad of specdiay up. One more tus. tra'ion of the viptues of Usrraw form. Th wis a clase baulto the Western mark, south of Poh Judith, ail hore Madge jus roinped away tron bhedow, rounding ab 2425. On Lois reuch the sloop shook owe the reel in tier jab dnd ses Lopsail lor good, after Uying Ib Tor a shoriwihile, at lh. ism., as she wis no longer averpressed with Bheets A ill Pasy. Khe maAwe the peGON Maar Al gun, lacking aroun to géh her boon toport. Ob this short Len miles toe cutter Aad rim dwity ol (he sloop Sm, 475., and, you lunow, Suuiiers can't, Siull?? At 242 Made ran oul spinniker to pork, Shudew ly starboard dim. later, TO fetel tle line the eubber hacbo jibe, her spinnaker boom had alveady Wied on her, So down Came ihe bavooner aid over Wenl fhe tialnsall The aay was practically won, and there was no T1358 In miakioy nieve sail, thoi fie sloop Lune on to her spinnaker Tit, longer and wainen a Tew seconds thepeby. When Madige easayed Tat sail to porhcnce more i was lowered azain suddenly, upon the principle of leniing Well enemzh ALoue. She crossed an easy winner Ab asd- i, shadow af 4:16:16. Thus the little tartar trom forelin Sores gobbles Le purse by (uz. Ss. “ar? and by lum. 78, with allow- jowauce appiled. Starh. Wirst Mark. Second Mark, Wink Keil, 10 L08-..2...-..-.-- shed 1205200 2h Maduw, 12.5 js RBH Gs 2:40:55 An instructive talie, indeed. A clear cain of 2m, 448, on a beat ten miles to wiidward. A (lear goin of 5. 455. ob a ten nille yeach aud Nearly an even thie sqnived away, the sloop with her board triced UD), showing wore sill, and the cutter not driven tor the bess. There Was 2 denth-ike pall over Newport that night, and "the Torwsr AND SYREAM Ian* steered for big quarters, ahuchkling, “Cut- tus bat sall—some one come hoop me!" Phird Neo, Get. 17.—Muadge again. This sort of (hing is getting. {iresoine. I) Was Wave lash Motiday who was compelle(t to strike Lo We cilter, Madge might hive taken a sailoyer jn New York when Wave failed to aj pear ct asii was claimed, she could not be got olf the . We vould Dave got the sloop afloat fn one hour if required, bul Gowanus Bay taent, rieghnioroence, had ho hankerine fora maleh in lalla gale. Ib was a wise thing tueretor to liave the wuler blowh out 10 interfere with launching, and the cutter might In Justice ta hersel! have Wisisled apou salllog atone. at with a generosity which doss her sporting owuer eredit, she declined to Vall herself ol the opportunity. The mate was put off to be satied hwulers. ‘oO The courage and zeal of Dr, Barron we owe this fact. We had his yacht put mh the very best of trim in every re- spect, and sailed wer _ luudved and flhy miler Dhesake ar sebbling the issue b: tween (lie two tlyers, Madge, in ouwreyes, had Deeome a Ville reckless 1) Lakipg on & Lhitty-ile race Wii one of the fastest D Atier!Ga withour exacting Ler just due in (ue way of time a@llowalice. OlP sloops are not quibe so bad that a cupter Gan expect 10 beat everything that hippens “along rewariless ol lonnage, and we (rust the Close shave of Monday last will bring the foreiu ship back to. the fond sense iiblerly displayed in her management. Tha she was ible lost more Than even With asloop one-third lai ger than herself 1b & good Working breez= slams Lhe om Ler a. fiyer ot remark- able speed, and bears us Oltin The opinion that we have nothing of hersize in America which, bar Nukes, bis the host of a show against. the ten-Lonner It vives good celor 10 ofr premonition that a visit from Vandtiala next season will make imcernational silverware scarce iu tis Country. When Wwe think (hab ihe latest “tens” in Great Britain Gan make thelr fhree and four minutes off Madge every time Almost (6 & cerLivity, the distance we Luve been lefu astern in the produclion of | nels k yachts Will appedr in even stronger relic! than the record of eight ouh of nine the Scotchman bus just younded ip uailer ourvery Loses. Tf In addition we bear in inind (hat phe springer ls doing allbhis in * our waters” and that in his ALLA Olive Wu AMC ital sloop would prove such an abject failure as fo DECOM w SuUb)Uot OF Pleasanoyy Alone ths Wwarerfront, our respect for Lue capacity of Bri deslirpeis increases ten-fold, Towrine Sthemer, Waye, Wishral or Shidiyw asa wame of piteh und toss with Verve, Neptune, or even Madge in the siappish chap and hard blows Of (be (rish Seu.or British Ohannel, and Loe vomparison would then be even tn conditions Wilt the Grass devision OF hard facts strongly Hvatist The ype we heveso wtotgtully adored and over-estimated Tor specd Wilt io better Lonndatlon for our preferences than popular bones, Racing with Males is prethy mouch the same story every time. She pets wway 4 (ible later tian the sloop hunts ler, goes 16 the fore, stays 10 LHe fore and leis at tlie finish, This ts all wuere is to say of le hiatel with the Wave, Course, jlb-shape, 30 miles, Bimeé ison Saturday last, Starr fram Bren on Keer lishtship, thea 10 miles &. by Bay K., next leg 10 miles W. by N., aud then another 10 Tailes howe. Wiol s.18 , lresh workioe Dreege, moderate voll dram dhe southward vith a youhe cross sea from the esstward, not enouzh fo make tlie Gubter bijuk of Housing bowsprit or upper spars, and thereror of very Ube accountirom hier point of yisw. The Wive, ol course, made bad weather of it as well a8 sundry mMenibbra of the press on the judges’ steamer, who acveph ihe rolling of a LLtle tug, TAMAraly Ac} hed that way pou whe. slightest pravo- cation, as evidence of a howling gale, To them the earyyjug oy tup— galls and other little technical yndications of modeate weatherall Mean nobhine, AWA takin’ Lieir stomachs 23 true barometers, the race wis Salled in a fearful sta. As a matter of fuct the sea was no orth recording. Tt was again the stoop's weather, and in spite of “Anvage She Was eaten most squarely. Bul for Madge losing the Wind as she appranchedtiy shore and Wave ‘covering her,” therejy closing the gap, te Line ab Lhe Anish would haye been a much tatrur exhibition of Hie speed of narrow Mm and displacement opposed to Mebt weiglil and tioby fort. On LF W0TO the first mark and im Tie reach tothe segond the cubier just toyed with her big rival, ag Phe UujpAs Al Those points will Ulustrate, Liciitenant Nazro, an old favy tp.end of Ours, aod Capt. Fowler, of Newport's pilot fleet, acted HS Judges aboard a jue gecpred tor {he octasion, As Wave arrive only la the radraing, Ma OLS Wwiiuloe 1O Gtjay the. pace wt Dak day. When the sloop insisted upon siillng there and then, the vith mi ter, with her usual promptness, made sail, Both went away wit) Waring topsuils, Wie sloop ah 1i4aG and the onbler at 14527, Tf wis aiong log and api Litoh or iw to thé firsomark. Altholgh TV'S SUIS Welle Ly 95 YOON shape as canvastver sat on ao Amerj- Gan Grate, Lhe dey cutter ogpogiyted her wihouyl troyhle and weaph, wred on the Tin in wholesome style. Wie tond herself byrylng, lowered (opsall ab 12:17, Madge doing Iikewite Lim. later, as they Gif, more Of the Bea breezh. At 1 Apap boyd (ack, andnow lh greal superiorly of bhe keel in hanging: 0 Wecays ayyarent, for Lhe Cutter, though stariing Im. aes. astern, ad weathered on Le yup, so Uh She crossed the latter's bow on tha tack she had slarted. The light qeail had eyiitently heen tteloy- hes olf! ty WHabSsta, thre was as lh Loox Her fish rotyard of tip 5 The sloop hove akoul an the eam, Will a single Ding fo wiudward Madge made the buoy. aya took Livo boards to arcomplsh ag much. Af 1:05:12 Madg BasGiLhwhy Ler boon an got out spinnaker to port, the sloop follow. 4ne Sujli WC 1;10:5h, @ pila Of thore than 5m. for the little Scotch lassie, Wave was i Jl0l> slower ]q tovking-sail for therun, but hep size was mich in her fay oy and sue erwyisd up on the cutter a trilp, WMige took in splinaker at 2:29, preparatory lor a turn of the nest Mik, WHI sue bed ar iund av 224.26. Comins up toa course QB. a N, 19 (eae ye finish. Wave followed at 2:19, cetling the bag o. her spinnaker overeat tn toklae i in. With the roll and win bout abeam, sia told tts story ag jie jouder, Ateadily Steal ea he i ot fhe Strength of the bree. ab she neared Lhe shore, cow sisber tg glose on her materially un i) wear (he finds the mare be ane Dosteyei ing. Waye could never have passed ihe cutter, for ag it cama to wtrlal of yee, ie lalter wonld baye made sport of The sloop. Wave's crey Krew this, and she jas satisied fo drive Over the finish a yery Wood second ‘On the hitne Olipper's quarter Mydee yt 2:31), Wave Ot 3:31:25, Phe ontter wins ‘fal’ by’ S wito, § eis fit. beam wind 617i deep. Waye ls By.a¢t, on waler ine, 7.8 ASft. Water ling, Ltt, beam and 42oP. deep, If we take Madge 45 WU tons to Stare with, Wave will suuge about 134g tons. Allowln jnje for phirby: reat this difference according to the Y, Red. Oe FOREST AND STREAM. acale, and Madge beats Wave by 6m, 385. Thus ends the last of this Year's Taces, and the oubller will now be laid up at Newport to scoop The Wash ih almtlar style when sie comes off dein next spring, And willl tits 18 branght to 4 @lose 4 performance unequaled inthe anngis ot international racing and a exhibiilon of powers trauglit Wilh great con-equonees 10 Lhe model, bullust and vig of ihe ture. Hillas) lias tairly met beamin the lattes own strouphold, and bal- lush nis carried ihe day, Could any of our sloops cross to the obher Bldé of the poud and score in sudh brillant style? —<— THE TRIAL RACES. POUR ble sloops went down the bay last Thursday for a brush, Two Fol wresked alott and Misalilel won from what remained. he day Tas borne us out In two respects. We prefer Misenier to the rest a3 the sloop to match against the Canadian Atalanta, because we deem her fastestin oralnary wealherand because she is well built snd soundly rigged, iherefore les? likely to play the trick both Grace and (he new Candidate for honors did with so little to provoke disaster, In (hie jight winds of (he day Mischief was rather faster tiinthe Rear Commodore’s Hildegarde, and we all know whe latter 18 2 gocr of no Mean pretensions, Meoabably neither Gracie nor Vors- hontus Gould haye scored, even barrio uccidents, for wiere was not enongh fol the :eedtul to bring out their qhaulttes Pocahoutas, “ Dave Kirby!s latest handiwork, is stillso ew 1hat much must be allowed in herfayor, Itis difficulias yet to place her. We stould say that in ight winds she will prove a good one on a torn, bub whl “ile respect fo ler builder, we want none of her ia a bréeze. er re pies is top light; déid-eyea too small; her year leads badly and of ber ton Wolk the less said ihe better, fer jib sheets wie brought aft through tiny brass eyes screwed into the rall avd simply tnviling & breeze 10 th thet clear away. Wer jib can never be made to sit lat, fuid as for rimmers, the good Infilan Lass’owas Innocent of any such newlangled dodses, Pethaps icy aie “too Kuelish? tor purely sn Alierican wrathand rather Vian *{oady? to British seamanship the riggers Liat be prefer to let her take her @luunces ab Jumping the Mast Oo Of her should she once fet a tossing in a@ Snappish sort of Sea. We lear that Poe \liontas carries 42 tons of lead, ‘Vo this we Would ot Ghject it sie lad tlie lorm to canry it with ease, bul she tivity has. Sheds abont the sjzé ol a British “ dtfy”? and her ballast 1s within a fey tons of what the usual sort of entter lugs and in ex- Gess of What one of the more nicderale style requires. The great Gost of ballastin the curtor compared to ol Owh really first-class boats is becoming beautitilly less évery year and soon may disappear illogether, as our builders begin to appreciate the pdvantuges of welght for light airs quite as much as Tor driving through @ kick-up, Kat thouvh ihe new sloop has been out quile a time for experiment, Jet ts nol cuvilat her shortcomings a8 yet. Sheis iv good hands, ‘money no object,” und ib remains to be seen what can be got oun ob her when lu periecttim. In (le meantime, gel runners over the masthead; make them stout at that, she will feed them some day Sawittlly bad.” Wilh two erippies so carly mn the rice itle rematus to be told of the rest. The mateu was over the usual clay course of the N, ¥. Y. C., and the four rivals were sent away, one after the other, with quite as much inanition as usually pccompanies the sloy- enly institution of § ten minutes grace’ in which to wakeup. Gracie held tn to her cutter rig, a most sensib'é thing, forin all the races she has sailed her most signal suecess has been won with the double jibs. ,.We have seen her outpoint Mischiel und gain percepibiy by this on mor’ than one occasion, while rot even the mosh stolid of Lhe ol Sehcol could discover any slacknoess In her“ tooling.” She sails every bib as wellfand better with double head sail, and on this score alone she Witgive Pocabontas, with her pudding-bag jib, asound thrashing in along urn to Windward Wilh w cracking breeze, Pocahontas, be- ing intended a8 a represeitat've, must, we suppose, in deterende to fhe unprogressive school, forever sail with her jibstay in a bight and Tausihead over the bows, unless future experience compels her to “toady’ to the malign Influences trom abroad which dictate Nat hendsall and runners just as much as a flat mainsail. To sail this sloop In ler present vig against an English cutter would be a most liughable attempt indeed, aid we sre yery far from belleving that her owners are under the thumb of any narrow-minded dogmas to such an extent, The wind was paltry trom southwest and the tide nearly flood. Hildegarde led off at 11:52:55, Pocahontas next at 1:5aidd, the ble Gracie af 10:68:40, and the tron Mischief at 1:55:08. Ly the wiy, here is a hint to vhe compilers of the club bool of the N. Y. Y. C. Gracie has figured qnite long enongh as 60 ft. on load line. ‘The additional 12 ft, should be added next year to keep news- papers and the public from drawing wrony conclusions, Soon atter the start & smart Haw came across the lilis of Staven Island, heeled Gracie down to Ler wales, and with a. dty sounding report her top- Mast Went abou half way up like an old varrot. Not to be outdone fhe ney sloop suddenty followed suit, and then a general hubbub rose as Lhe crews undertook tO clear qway. he club of Gracie’s vopsall took & shot at the malnsail in falling and went through, though the spit was a small oe. This sloop was quite smart in Snugying things aloft and rigging a jury stick to which a working lopsail Was set. Pocahontas tried nothing of the sorb; such a dis- play Of seamanship was perhaps too * foreign,” or else her outht or spars and gear comprised nothing that could be turned to ac oun. Mischiér had slipped by in pursuit of Lhe Rear Commodore. Toth lay inte Gravesend, tacked, and stood for the spli ona fair conrse. Tha fron sloop overhauled the leader and rounded the buoy at 12:37:45, With Mildeparde only ten seconds later. Pocahontas had shown thut Jn Hght wiids si6 13 no slouch, her #2 tons a! the solid stutl helping her along a. a great rate, tor she eased away at ihe mark ab 12:88735, and Gracie tollowed at 12:64:46. Balloon jibs were hoomed out In the feet, and at the game ol running, under the eivcumstances, Uilde- garde fave prout of speed, for she oulran Misenléf airifie. Once out- sitts the Toul, with tne wind nearly abeain, howeyer, Mischlef closed the gap, and ther skipper Clock played one of his old time pranks on his neighbor Both wanted tle weather gauge. Both luifed, then Mischief hard up with her steering apparatus, and away she shot through Milde’s lee, ran Lo the fore, rounded the lghtship in the lead, aod trinmed Wat, homeward bound, A good working breeze had Ssprmng up, and on a beam wind Gracie soon disposed of her new sister, gaining dn. 418, from the Wook out to the ligutship, 11s only fale to way that Kilby’s boat hid a stifi-working board and may have heen ia trouble on Lhat avconnt, oblierwise Potahontas 13 not as good with 4 beam wind as in turning Up, at least is far aya single vace can detetiiine. Besides, she was more of a cripple alore lan her riyal, Which amounted to considsrable in the light weather, Mildegard after rounding went to the southward, and Mischief rollowed suit on the well-knowy prigciple of “sticking to a beaten boat.” Aiur a While she fot enough or if, and, coufident of weathering 54 can, si leit Hilde to her own devices, aboni slip and spin out her send all the way in, scooping the sweepstakes of $200 and adding to her well- @arned Jaurels, Wiliat selection the New York Yaehs Olub will make fo meet the stranger from Belleville we know not, but it they choose Mt. busk’s tron sloop they wlll not be farout of the way. Wor that Inatter the chojee is easy chouzh: Hildevarde will do, so will Gracie if there ls enough wind, but that is a very serious* lt.” Unless the Canadian Is much overrated she has an excellent chance apainst our big one should the weather be moderate only, As for ocahontas, she 18 so néw that theré is Mi h risk in bringing her to the line. Stil, she too, we {bink, could dispose of Canadas bes, but nol with the same certainty. We think the lwo sniailer ones can accomplish a DAN The Hpish Gf this first of (he series of trial rices was Bs Under: Share Tinish. Blapged ime. Cor'd time. Name, mo 8 WM & Mo & TW a fy Mischiet.......0...2,,10 65 08 4 22 38 6 27 Yb 5 22 gt) Tidldegivd’,.......,.10 62 85 4 28 bl of 85 66 6 88 Of GPClG. woe yee lll GA 40 4 45 40 66 BH UD Oo. oO Pocahonias......:...40 63 #3 4 ho 01 G 1h BB O fd 50 Mischief 15 G1 Te waterline, 1 10 4n. beam, and 7 ft. 0 In, deep. Tiderarde 1s Ho fl, Gin, On Water lhe, 19 kt. 2 In, beam, and 6 Ct. deep, Gravis 18 74 Ir on water line as near is known, 21 th, Gin. beam, and Tit, deep. Pocahontas js 65 it, on water ue, 31 th. pean, And 7 th. 10 in. deep. Accordisg to New York Yarmyt Club qubie Mheasiremeant, Gracie allows Pocahonyas 383,, Mjgchler 4m.565, and Wilderarde T1598 ae ——— A CONFESSION; Fyete We have itatlast. Rays 10 pateemoed contenpora'y, trying fa make oyt that atl the Madge's yletorles wert so many wins for ta sloop: “ lo fairness, however, tha Madge should allow time to boll bj? Wayeand the Suhemer, as her excess of lenybh and depih We Hore thon an eyutealet for thelr excess of bean.” The thalles wre our own. “In fairness’ tue Madge ought to do Hothing of the kind, She oysht not toallow time to larger hoals at all. pug We af@ pleaded to find our contemporary admiltiog that Teneth aid depth are “more than equivalent” to excessive bean, Th other words, by its oivn confession, the cutter model js superior to The Weht dratt, wide machine! Just what Fores anp Simean has heto pre ching for three years pasi! Better late than never, and so our cont nporary—without knowing it—ihvows up the sponge and Tallis Inf) our wike, as we Ienely io wonld, Its confession is good. Likewise is adinission, ‘That in this we (our contemporary) were mistaken, for Madge 1s undeniably Tagt.” ‘his is also yory food. The diersnoe between thts journal and its esteemed confemporuries is that they are finding outatter the dact what We have steadily buen preaching betore, Aud that makes atl the difference tu the world, ' 237 “THE CORINTHIAN YACHTSMAN.” ( K Wits on Yachting. By 'tyrrel % Biddle. C, Wilsou, publisher, J 156 Minories, London. Price $1.5). Under tin above ttle Mr Riddle, Slready fivorably known as tin wurboron similar subjects through his excellent iittle work “ Model Yacht Buliding,” las pro- duced a bonic which will be welcomed by ll tiierested in yacht owi- ing aud sailing. The pouleis addressed 10 bezinnars, but ti contains Uhé experiences of an old han and nay be studied with profit tye by those supposing themselves proficient. he volume openg with history of the sport from its infaney, and in ifs Myst Gnapter veverts Lo the great similarily between the sharp and handsome entrance of the old Arab dhow and the bows oat the schooner America, something which has probably not evcaped those who have visited the radiasy af the N YY. G., wherean East Indlanfishormin, & close resemblance to the dhow, teachés a simmllar conclusion, The progress made In late years is touched upon, then the building and puyloe oF yachts, filtiny out, reeving off fear, bending sails, ere. ‘Chough rauch of this applies to the debiils of the cutter, these chapters would give jur own sallors& long iftin the art they wish to aeqnire. This edsy enough to forget allerward what you may haye no use for in the practice of our own waters. Especially commendable Is the chapter On Nayigaiion, one most interesting feature of the sport may on Luts s1d6 Of fhe Atlantic still preter Lo exchange for yarns in (he ganeway or cards down below. Ilandilog ot yaéhts in races will prove Of particular interest since the Madye lias demonstrated that even our **professionals” are but infants in the art compared to Britlsh Tavs. Taking care of yachts, crnisiny and arent many usetu) hinis and devices combined make up a book tor which there is room aboard évery yachtln the country. is neatly got ip, litistratad, finden, cheap, and thoroughly practical lo reallby and nut merely in name, We commend it most hichly to our readers. LASTHRN YACHT CLUL—A sweepstakes, open to culiers and Sloop, was sailed Get, T, over a iwenty-mile course. Tirses, $10) Lo the Hrst and $60 to second. Result as under: Satine teet. Ach, Time. Pil. IN. iH. Me. Ss. Cor. Time It a. = AGM Vi, SLOOP sss.0.4 eugene prsney Lh, 2 4 36 09 4°16 09 Vindex, cuther . 6 6 4 06 05 4°03 2p Ariadne, stoop. . - 0 0 4 UR UT 3 58 69 Actlye, cuther.. o ot 8 d 28° 526 4 07 10 Hinterprize, cuitier........:. ates ei is 4 # il 05 4 OL 40 THE GLEAM,—Whien the high-flown accounts of the palling of this Rhode island tat-boat in Wuclish waters appeared th the Providence Journal we pronouncved them fishy.” Now comes the London Yuchting Gazette aud says thatthe Gleam took good care to sail only Wilh bouts one-halt ber size and declined to sall on alr Lerms with her smiuller sisters, nuder which circumsianees the Gleam would hive been beaten. The Guzette adds that yachtsmen about the Solent would nol have such @ dangerous, oversparred concern on any “e- count. The sensation” she clafms to have areated exisis, wherefore, only in the brain of the individual who ts “stung our Bastern friends with tales trom fairy land. ONE EFFECT. —A new schooner had just been Jaid down with a board. After the Matige races orders came to alter fo o Keel. PHOTOS,—To a great many inquiries tor photograplis of Madgewe answer that none are to be had In Americh, AS several wretched caticatures of the cutler have appeared in contemporaries, we pro- pose to give a correct ldea of the Madge, as Foon as space Gan be spared, by a sketch of our own. answers ta Correspondents, "NO NOTICH TAKEN OF ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS, Correspondents who sign their inquiries only with thelr initials will wn derstand why thetr questions are not answered by reading the native at the heal af this column, OLD SupscRisgr, Boston.—l. No. 2 Look over back numbers. Corntn, Philadelphia.—Please send us your address. H. W. M., Rush, Pa,—Use Persian insect powder once in three or four days until you get rid of them. M. M. C., Geneya, N. ¥.—The firm have been prosecuted by the postal authorities on the charge of haying oblalued money under talse pretences, W. L.N., Riply, 0.—What will rid my dog of fleas? Give nie some- thing besides the advertised remedies; [ have trled quassia wood, but without effect. Ans. Try plenty ol green walnut or lickory leaves in his bedding. W. N. B., Ottawa, Ont.—We mentioned the ** Saxon* gun last week, Do not invest in it. We have time and again warned the public That these marvelous bargains offered by speculators in the average sullibillty of the American people are not to be snapped at as a trout foes tor a ily. Tl. ©. M,, Ralway.—iIn making round fisling rods are the several Joints all tapered by hand, or ave they run (through a machine which fives them the proper taper? Ans. Whe cheaper rods are turned Mm lathes, but fhe best hand workmen taper a rod with rasp and sand paper, burning ib with one hand and using the rasp with the other, T. ©., Wading River. N. ¥.—L send you spealmens of woodpeckers Which se spoiling my grapes. They petlorane each herry whieh they than dry up. Do you know whether others haye suffered in ike Tannner? Tinclose with (oem a very small specimen of their work. Ans. The specimens sent are the yellow bellied woodpecker (Sphy Fapieus varius), sometimes called the sap-hucker, They doa yreat deal of injury to fruits and to umber, for they feed to a eonsllerable @xtent On triit and on the sofl inner bar's ot trees. J, M. J., New York —i, My pointer doe, six years old, has been sing ilarly afiiieted forthe past two or three years. At times he whl Scratch his ears, shake lils bead, and runt astrin great pala. Will you kindly inform me whit (he trouble is and prescrbe lor same? 2, Will wild rice grow In the frésh-Wwater ponds ol Georgla? Ty sa, where should it be planted? Ans, 1. He probably bas canker in [ee ear. Take equal parts of laudanum and bromo-cilorallum dallated with six times thelr welht of water and pour a Ittle tite each car daily, holding them still and kneading the bast of the eur for a min- ute or two, 2. We have no Account of a trial being made, but pre- Bumeé that it wou'd grow there. Now is the lime to plant, BPORTING LITERATORE, Brooxuyy, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1851, Bdilor Forest and Stream + A. project is on foot to erect a monument 'ar/-an—arf—Uiat is the pedestal is to have an inscription (but, in very small letters) commemorative of {he gemna and worth of * lraulce Morester.” This is to be surmounted by wtife-size stutno of * Will Wildyood,"” whose claim to the honor we think that all ‘true sportsiien” will acknowledge in a substantial way by handsome subseriptions to the fund, Now let the trade dollars yollii! Remember that the 8126 Of the statue depends altogether upon the magimfnude of tha fnnd, and we want to have a big one. Will tho Foursy ayp Seream kindly give the scheme a lift? ADOLHSUTN'. (Weadmire Mr. ** Wildwood’s" books exceedingly, and think bis noyel, Lhe Reman Traitor,” equal to anything “Vorester” himself wrote, Of * Will Wildwood’s ” pootical works we understand that Edgar A, Poe once warily remarked that ‘* bis (‘* Wildweod’s”) elius was Thora conspicuous through his poetry than through his prose writings.” We will gladly vive our pupport to the project of perpetuating the fame of this writer in perpetnal freshness. The ides of making the * Forester’ ‘arf of the monnmment a ped- éstal upon which the ** Wildwood” ‘ary may bo elevated is partic- ularly happy. ] Rinuwonp; Va., Oot. 10, 1681, Editor Forest and Slrearn + Thanks for your salutary remarks tothe queer “cranks” who are passing before a sinwll oircla as the accepted '* mediums” of the epirit of ‘* Frank Forester.” J know Herhort, admired what was admirable in his life, aud loved him as a ftriend, I wii dik- usted wilh the sickly sentinicntality which seeturto prempl this Wisconsin writer to put himself forward as a profersioual admirer of ‘Our Drank,” Onp Frigir, 238 FORESY AND STREAM. (QorosER 20, 1881, — Roysise-Water Nores.—We readily con- sent that the Muses had their birth and rear- ing in the neigaborhood of certain springs and streams. ‘l'his was a wise provision for their subsequent musical education, since it wus intended, no doubt, that they should gather the rudiments from such congenial sources. The Greeks left us no account (as they well might have done) of the technical drill pursued by the nine sisters. However, we muy suppose that they wrote off their scores from the fluent dictation of their favorite cascades and streams, and that they scanned, or ‘‘sang,” all such exercises by the laws of liquid quantity and accent. Per- haps at the same time, the better to measure the feet and mark the cesural pauses, they danced, as they sang, over the rippled sur- face of the stveam. Nor did the Muses alone love springs and running water, but it would seem that the philharmonic societies of their descendants have had their haunts in like localities; or Was it mere chance that Homer should have lived by the river Meles (hence Melezigenes), or that Plato should have had his retirement “ where Dissus rolls His whispering stream” ? Pickerel, Nos. 6, 3, each 75 Cts. Maskalonge, Nos. 8, 7, each $1. Black Bass, Nos. 4}, 4, 3,2, each 65 Cts, BRAIN AND NERVE FOOD. VITALIZED PHOSPHITES. 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Write for circular to UPTHEGROVE & MoLELLAN, VALPARAISO, IND, TAXIDERMIST » 199 WILLIAM ST aX Near FRANKFORT, N. Y. Particular Pains S$ taken in mountin pet birds and ani- mals. LARGE STOCK OF GROUPS, BinpDs, DEERHEADS, AND Gags CASES. VINCENT BISSIC, Practical Gunsmith 9 CHAMBERS 8T., NEW YORE. New and Second-Hand Guns, Pistols, ete., con- stantly on hand. Repairing of every description done in the best manner and warranted. Guns bored to shoot close and hard. Pistol grips fitted to stocks. Pin fires altered to central fire, SHELLS LOADED TO ORDER. Water! Water! Water! Dwellings, Factories or Towns supplied with water by Pipe Wells or Deep Kock Wells. Dug wells that have gone dry made to produce. MaNHATTAN ARTESIAN WELL CO., 24) Broadway. JOR CHARTER—A first-class gunning outfit, complete, for charter by day, week or season. Apply to MATHEW REYNOLDS, Havre de Grace, d. Octi3,4t for Sale. Oct2016 JIOR SALE, a Shattuck 10-bore, 9 lbs,, single B.L. made 10 order; has fine Damascus barrels, checked fore end (not On trade gun); all the work- ing parts have been finely finished and plated, viz, triggers, cock springs, guard and pin. Makes fine target. Also 20 shells and loader, ce $25, Never been used only autarget. Address J. F. RONAN, Box 34, Roxbury Station, Boston, Mass. Septz2,tf OR SALE—W. & C. Scott & Son Breech-Loading Hammerless Gun (Same quality as Bogardus uses) , fine Damascus steel barrels, 30 Inch long, 10 bore, takes 27g 1n. shell, § 14-16ths lbs. welght; pistol grip, pat. fore-end, horn butt plate, patent crystal indicator, pat. block safety, top automatic bolt, top lever, double bolt, extension rib, extra fine shooter, close and hard; fine engraving; sold jor no fault; will send CO. D,; privilege of trial; gun cost $225; ee now, $160, with sole leather case holding 75 shells, and Barclay loader, recapper and decapper, and 60 brass shells. rice of gun without aupleniehis, $150, L. A, DAVENPORT, Davenport, N. Y. Octi3,2t Ko SALE, the following rifies will be sold ata low figure: Sharps Long Range, Sharps Mid- Range, Sharps Military, Sharps Hunting, Stevens Pocket Rifle. Address Box 5153, Boston, Mass. _ Octi3,1m0 {hits SALE, Pair of Coach Horses, dark brown color, tll 16 hands high, five and six years old; perfectly matched and unusually stylish. Price, $1,2.0. Address for further particulars,i JAMES ae a R 8 sperUcay, Warren County, New Jersey. Ot, 2u- ownmake. BENJ. D, WELCH, 333 Grand St,, Wee SALE, a salmon and striped bass rod; my N.Y. Oct20,1t Skunk, Red Fox, Raccoon, &c. Bought for cash at highest priees. Send for circu- lar with full particulars. E. U. BOUGHTON, 5 Howard St. Exact Size Orders received from persons residing in cities in which the dealers keep a full line of our goods will ——— of No. 7. not be filled at any price. ABBEY & IMBRIE, 48 Maiden Lane, New York. ‘AGVHL SHL OL LNOOOSIC 1TVHsaII "OSMIUMAIOAW VJeS 104 OF MAKING MANY BOOKS THERE IS NO END, Eccl. j2:12. ESTABLISHED 1836. NEAT AND ELEGANT BOOK BINDING FROM THE Plainest to the Most Elaborate Styles, SPECIMENS ON EXHIBITION, If you want good work, at low figures, and save Agent’s Commission come direct to JAMES FE. WALKER, 14 Dey St. (a ee A FILE OF N. ¥Y. HERALD, 1847, AND TIBEB, TO DATE, AND ODD NUMBERS, FOR SALE, T 4 E cc ij ie AND ITS DEVELOPMENT, BY W. W. GREENER. “Modern Breech-Loaders,? ‘ Choke-Bore Guns,’ Ete. One Vol., Extra Feap., 4to, 680 Pages, S00 Illustrations, Cloth,Gilt. PRICE, $7.50. - “The fullest description of flre-arms and matters pertaining to their use and manufacture which is accessible to the general sportsman.”— Col. Wingate, in the Critic. “Will be found interesting and valuzble to the sportsman.”— Country Gentleman. i ‘« The book Is well worth a most eareful perusal, and we commend it to all interested in ‘sporting uns or rifles.”"—Vhe Spirit of the Times. SENT, PREPAID, ON RECEIPT OF PRICE, CASSELL, PETTER, GALPIN & CO., 739 and 741 Broadway, New York. ORDERS NOW PROMPTLY FILLED. CREATLY IMPROVED. CAPACITY of Factory GREATLY ENLARGED. NOT OVER 1 PER CENT, OF BREAK- AGE AT THE TKAP GUARANTEED, THREE ANNUAL PRIZES TO CLUBS: Ist, $1003 2d $2455 3d,«ne trap and1,000 pigeoms. For particulars, rliles, score cards, eL¢., address the manu- Tacturers. SEND FOR CIRCULARIOF THE - NG CLAY PICEQy LIGOWSKY - CLAY PIGEON “COMPANY” - N®233 VINE ST CINCINNATI,.O. —* +“ [Extract from ForEsT AND STREAM, July 7, 1881, p. 448,] * * * This filght so nearly resembles the actual motions of birds thai the Clay Pigeons afford excellent practice for wing shoo cS We commend all sportsmen to test its merits.” * ‘< CIGARETTES That stand unrivalled for PURITY. Warranted Free from Drugs or Medication, CLUBS DESIRING EXHIBITION OF SAME PLEASE NOTIFY COMPANY. FRAGRANT i NEW VANITY ee VANITY FAIR. . FAIR. Each having Distinguishing Merits. HARMLESS, REFRESHING AND CAPTIVATING, 8 FIRST PRIZE MEDALS. Wi. S. KIMBALL & CO., Peerless Tobacco Works, Rochester ‘N. ¥, DUNN & WILBUR, Commission Merchants, BUTTER, EGGS, Etc. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO POULTRY AND CAME. We send sales and check for netamountimmediately after sale. Stencils and Price Current furnished free on application. Your correspondence and shipment solicited. 344 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK, FRANK BLYDENBURCH, TCUCKS, BONDS AND SECURITIES, MINING STOCKS. [66 Pine St., New York. | Vy ass: one or two gentlemen of means to unlte with mein buying the finest sea-side — resort and hunting grounds In Virginia. A fortune | init, Full references given and required. Address CHASSEUR, Care FoRsST AND STERAM, Oct6,3b Oororrr 20, 1881,] The Rennel, FLEAS! FLEAS! WORMS! WORMS! Steadman's Flea Powder for Dogs A BANE TO FLEAS—A BOON TO DUGS. 1 eee POWDER is guaranteed to kill fleas on dogs or any other animals, or money returned. ” Kis putup im patent boxes with sliding pepper- Boe tp which greatly fayilitates its use, Simple and efficacious. Price 50 cents by mail, Postpaid. Areca Nut for Worms in Dogs. A CERTAIN REMEDY, Putmup in boxes containing ten powders, with full directions for use. “ a Price 50 cents per box by mail. Both the above are recommended by Rop anp Gun and FOREST axD STREAM, Conroy, Bisset & Malleson, 65 Fulton street, N.Y. : HENRY C. SQUIRES, 1 Cortlandt street, N. Y. WRIGHT & DITSON, 580 Washington street, Boston, Mass, Oil Paintings of Dogs, MADE FROM PHOTOGRAPHS, The undersigned is prepared to paint at short _ wotice Oll Paintings of dogs from Photographs. Prices low. Addrcss WRs, T. 0. ROBHK!SON, Se Refers to Editor Forgesr anp Srream; Dr. W. A. Strother, Lynchburg, Va.; 1), C. Sanborn, Dowling, Mich.; P. H. Bryson, Mem- phis, Tenn, : Oct?Z0,16 RIVERSIDE GOCKER SPANIEL KENNEL, Claremont, N. H., Box 33. Champion Bragg and Champion Feather, Gracie (Snip ex-Yulette) stock for sale, Pups ready for delivery. Septz2,tt Imperial Kennels. We will take afew setters and pointers to thor- oughly field break. Reference given; satisfaction anteed. Broken dogs for sale. HH, CLAY LOVER & C, GROVER, Toms River, N. J. Octé,4t Fo SALE, Brant, by Leicester out of Sanborn’s Nellie, two years nine months old, color black and white ticked, well broken. Roxey’s Boy, by Dash Iif. out of Roxey (Nellie-Leiceeter), two years apd two months old, broken, black and white. pups by Dashing Tim, ex. Llewelins Leda, by Dash If. out of Armida (Pocahontas-Leicester), very ae ten weeks old. Any parties wanting good culars address IL YEARSLEY, JR., P. O. Box 4, Coatesville, Pa. Octéit, OR SALE—A dark liver and white pointer dog puppy whelped Feb. 1, 188’, by Dr. Strachan’s ee (Old George-Peg), sire of Steel’s Flake, out of arker’s champion Princess (Ranger-Fan). The pup yy is offered for sale on account of the owner aying no convenient place for keeping him. Ad- Gress LOCUST, P. 0, Box 2,963, New York city. Septs, ttf EAL SCOTCH STAGHOUNDS—The Reverend Grenville Hodson, Hiidgewater, England, has Several valuable deerhuunds from his famous:bitch Heather and other winners for disposal. Admirers 4ithis noble breed should communicate with whe above, if they are desirous of obtaining deerhotinds, old or young, from the recognized leading English kennel oct, tt g 1 0) will buy a pure Trish dog pup, 4 mos. old, having one cross of El-o and two of Plunket. $20 will buy a native setter bitch, 10 mos, old, of a very popular strain, Address H. J. ROB- BINS, Wetherstield, Conn, Septis, tr OR SALE, setter pups outof Belle of Nashyilie (property ot J. Louis Valentine, Hsq.), by that world famous king of the*feld, Champion Joe, Jr, Arare chanwe, only a féw choce ones to offer, and Bold under guarantee. Just right now for tall shooting. Poloters and setters forsale. Address NASHVILLE KENNEL CLUS, Nashville, Tenn, Sept22,tr ULEOUT COCKER SPANIEL KENNELS.—For Cockers of all ages and colors, dogs, bitches and pupples, address with stamp, ROBT WALKER, ¥Frankiin, Del. co., N. Y. July 2bit OR SALE, a finely bred Gordon setter bitch, 6 months old, broken to stop on her tood; by Lock ex. Kit. ] F. JOINS, P.O. Box 677, Haverbil, Mass. Octs if EMASKETT KENNEL, N. H. VAUGHAN, pro- pricior, Middleboro, Mass. Sporting dogs broken and handled, also a number of broken dogs for sale. Dogs and puppies boarded eT area terms. P. 0. Box 815. bay tt ORY O'MORE KENNEL.—Thoroughbred red Trish setter puppies for sale, by champion Rory O'’More out of Norah O’More, Magenta and Pearl Full pedigrees. Address W. N. UALLEN- DER, Albany, N. Y. Augiiit OR SALE, a number of well bred and well broken pointers and Fetters, also dogs boarded Bnd broken, Satisfaction guaranteed, Adoress B. RICHMOND, Lakeville, Mass. Sepre2, tt A Lea ee For very superior pointer pups, by Chatiplon Sensation out of Livingston's Kose (2d New York, 1880, and dam of Baronet), or for Btud services of Baronet, address, with stamp, HENRY W. LIVINGSTON, Box 33, Greenport, Sul- folk County, New York, Sept2u,tr T. BERNARD PUPS FOR SALE.—For pedigrees and other particulars, address, with stamp, P. 0. Box 94, Lancaster, Mass, Sept22,6f "“G1OR RED I2!SH SETTERS and Cocker Spaniels y: ofthe most fashionable blood address CHAS, DENISON, Hartford, ct Septis,w KHORHSL AND sit KRHAM, The most natural toned and easiest blowing Duck Caller in fhe world. Sent post paid to any address on recelpt of one dollar, 239 ALLEN’S NICKEL-PLATED DUCK CALLER. = ————— SSS — ALLEN’S DECOY DUCK FRAME {s simply a device for holding a dead duck in a natural position in the water, on ice orland,asadecoy. Sent to any address, C. 0. D., or on receipt of price, $4 per dozen, No, 1 for mallards, elc., No. 2 for widgeon, etc., No. 3 for teal. For sale by the trade everywhere, or by F. A. ALLEN, Monmouth, is. “9 J. & W. TOLLEY’S NEW HAMMERLESS GUN, “THE PERFECTION.” With Safety Bolt across the “STANDARD” BRAND, - “NATIONAL? * CHALLENGE” “ PARAGON ” do. - = do. do. frém the manufactory. $126, 143. 167. also automatically locked and unlocked. vs 10 40 \ 10-BORES EXTRA, - - ont of the Hammers, working either automatically or independently, as desired; the triggers are THRMS:—A Draft ini fail ‘with the order, ONLY ADDRESS PIONEER WOoORES, Birmingham, Eng. FOR THE ABOVE SUMS THE GUNS DESCRIBED CAN BE PLACED ON CARS IN NEW YORK, ALL PAID, IN S WEEKS FROM ORDER REAOHING US, A comparison of these prices with those charged in the Gun Stores for really fine English Guns, of first-rate quality, will result in your ordering direc$ TOLLEY guns have engraved on the rib, “J, & W. TOLLEY, Makers, St. Mary’s Sq., Birmingham.” It has come to our knowledge that common guns are being sold in the States bearing our name, As we make only fine guns, genuind 5 : & AGENTS FOR OARD'S NEW DOUBLE REVOLVING TRAF. Sioward’s Stall Head Shells—Quality guoranterd. Priczlower tham any other. Liste Or W. &. SCHAEFER, The Daly Gun, HAS FINER BARRELS, THE FITTING I5 SUPERIOR Toany other Gun COSTING TWICE THE MONEY. Shootings Unaurpassed. furnished on application. ms SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, Or TMOG. GULCH Ey 61 Elm st., Boston, lié Girard ave, Peitis, THE COLT Ghe Bennel, CLUB GUN. It should be remembered that while we are the chief distributors of the regular Colt Guns, wo are sole agents in New York for the Coli Club Guns. The complete supremacy of these guns In pigeon and lass ball trap shooting is so well known that no word of commendation is nevessary. Loader, terms. Phe Fennel, OR SALE, a handsome Irish red setter dog, ® F years old, well broke and a good retriever from Alsoa good Foxhound, Qyearsold. Price $15. CHAS. F. KENT, Montl- land and water. Price $35. cello, N. Y. Outz0,1¢ AOR SALE CHEAP, & young and finely bred Irish getter doz; is yard broken, a good reulevyer, flelad work. Sold for . ENGLISH, Elizabeth, and in fine form to Degin ee AddressN. C. J N. J. OR SALE, Gordon setter dog, whelped 4th of EF July, 1850, out of Maude by champion Grouse. Price $100, SAMUEL G, DIXON, 715 Walnut St., Philadelphia. OR SALE, thoroughbred English Greyhound KF bitch, or will exchange fora One bred Pointer, Address E. F, GOODING, Elgin, Tl. | Bees few eight weeks old puppies for sale: from imported stock. Apply at once, W. J. PERCIVAL, Palo, Mich. IVE FOXES WANTED,—Address Box 178) Montclair, N. J. Oct20,16 Octz0,20 Ovtls,20 Oct20,2t Oct20,26 G REYHOUND PUPS FOR SALE, three dogs and *F wo bitch pups, outof my imported English greyhound bitch Juno by my imporied Leo, Pups Whelped Aug. 12. Are mivuse-colored and fine, healthy animals. H. W. HUNTINGTON, Williams- burgh, L. f Oct6,3t ] Beet st young dogs partially broken; just | vitht toput on game; of Rush, Snupshot and Sensation strains; yery handsome and promising Also one brace of puppies. Address EDMUND ORGILL, 1096 Dean street, brooklyn, Octls,1t ORTRAITS of Eastern Field Trial Winners, printed on fine tinted paper, will be sent post- paid for 25 cents each, or the five for 9. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 39 and 41 Park Row, Nay: Dec30,tt Fe SALE, fine red Irish Setter dog, 219 years old. brokén on quail, Address A. G. SPENCER, West Brook, Conn, Octi3,26 Fe SALE, two good English mastiff puns, male and female, 10 months old; weight 105 lps. @ach; are docile and fond of children. Address R. J. McNALLY, Stonington, Conn. Octé,3t Every genuine Colt Club Gun has the rubber heel plate, with the words, THE CLUB GUN around 2 circle, within which appears the rampant Colt beautifully embossed. We are also agents forthe celebrated guns of Enos James & Co., Birmingham, and Forehand & Wadsworth’s Great Single Breech- Besides these we offer a 2mall Job Lot of Webley Guns and some cholce Parker Guns on special Address H. & D. FOLSOM, 30 Warren Street, New York. P.O, BOX 4,309. ‘ Gre Zeruel, Cameron Kennel. Beagle Hounds bred for bench and feld purposes, RALLY (Sam-Dvlly) ; stud fee, $25. RUCKET (Rally-Rosy) ; stud fee, $10. COLIN CAMERON, Brickerville, Pa, ORDON KENNEL, Locust Valley, Long Island. We bave on sale young dogs and pitches of the purest strains, combining the blood ot Toledo Kennel Club, now Willard’s, Grouse, Munn’s Duke, Gold=mith Kennel’s Rupert, Stoddari’s Duke, etc. Mr. Mileolm’s Malcolm, Col *Joo’s Reine, Mr. Wil- jard’s Dream IL. Were all bred at these kennels, Address GORDON KENNEL CLUB, Breyoort P. O., Brooklyn, New York. Octl3,tf OR SALE, red Trish setter doz Victor, warranted F first-class, both in breeding and the fleld. Also my Gordon bitches Mist and Zephyr Address or ly to A. W. PEARSALL, Huntington, 1. 1. ee we oe ° Gcti3,2t p OBUNT PUPPIES FOR SALE—Also @ tew toxhounds, Imported stock. Address ESSEX COUNTY HUNT, Montclair, N J. OGL6,36 —See Kinnel Advertisements next page. 240 a Ghe Fennel. Dr. Gordon Stables, R. N. ELTWYFORD, BERKS, ENGLAND, BE ee Author of the “PRACTICAL KENNEL GUIDE,” &C. @xports champion and other pedigree dogs of any breed. Send for “PLAIN HINTS TO WOULD-BE BUYERS.” Price 16 cents, post free. Gives addresses of prin- 6ipal English breeders, PEDIGREE PRINTING AND COMPILING, CHEAPER THAN CAN BE DONE BY ANY OTHER HOUSE IN AMERICA, Which does first-class work and guarantees satis- faction. Aiso, VON CULIN PATENT SPIKE COLLAR AND BOOK. By mall, for $3. E. & C. VON CULIN. P. O. Box 22, Delaware City, Del. OR SALF, Liewellin Setter Lady Flgin; whelped 1878; color, B. and W, ‘lan; is 4 beanty; has no équal in this section on game: was broken on prairie chickens, grouse and quai!; is very fast, great en- durance, staunch, best of nse, food, kind disposi- tion. Refer Chicago Field, April 1%, 1879, for de- scription of herinfieldon pame She is by Car- lowitz and Queen Bess. Fora hunter and breeder there are few like her offeied for sale. Price, $150. Some of her stock 1 year old, sire Zanibar, he by Champion Gladstone. price $50. Native limon and white Setter Bitch, 2 years old, bunted on quail and snipe, isstaunch, coud nose, price £25; 1 Gor- dion Setter Dog Jim.,1S months old, color B. and Tan, staunch on game, price $20; Gordon Setler Bitch, sister to Jim, 15 months, will make a good one, price $26 (from noied dogs). Address H. B. VONDERSMITH, Lancaster, Pa. Oct, 20-16 OR SALE.—A very handsome brace of orange and white English settlers, 17 months o'd; eyenly marked; partly broken; haye been hunted on quail and woodcock; full pedigree. They come from the best strains of pre winning dogs in the country, Owner’s Yeason for selling them is no time to work them. Will sell very reasonable If taken at once. They are Just right Sor thls fall's shooting. Tor further particulars address ‘THOS. M. SMITH, 96 Montgomery street, Jersey City. Oct20,2t OR SALE—Two handsome setter bitches, one white and orange, by champiou Leicester (Moore's) ex Mill’s Belle, 15 months old; the other, Orange, by the native setter Prince out of Victoria (Warwick-Belle), 1S months old; trained. Price, $35 each, Address DR. W. HUBBELL, Concord Depot, Campbell county, Va. Lamokin Stock Farm, Oct. 14, 1881. Oct20,2b VERY FINE NEWFOUNDLAND DOG, black and white; ge, 3 years; docs some tricks, and is a good ducking dogand watch dog, and fond of children; price, $35. Also a very fine setter bitch, very staunch in the field; price, $20. Ad- dress W. J. MORTON, Portsmouth, Va, Oct20,1b == URE FIELD TRIAL SETTEES FOR SALE. Leah by Roybel out of Livy IJ., born 1875; very handsome. blue Belton; Kate and Clara, blue and lemon Helton, 18 months old. by Roscoe out of Ar- mida, sister to Yearsiey’s Conntess. Just right for trainer. For full pedigree and particulars address F. A. DIFFENDERFFER, 15 Shippen st.,, Lancas- ter, Pa. Oct. 20-1 ——— ANTEN—To exchange apointer dog eleven months old; Sensation stock; yard broken; just right to take the field; (he 4s the finest young pointer I ever ssw and issure to make a prize winner) for a youny red Winchester Chesapeake Bay dog. DUCKS, Poughtreepsie, N. Y. Oct20-1t. : OR SALF, heantifol cocker hiteh pup, liver and white, 2 months old; very healthy; out of Lou (ad, N. ¥.,’81) by Guess (2d pup, N. ¥., 780.) «1. SEWELL, Tarrytown, N, Y. Oct. 20-15 Sportsmen # Goods THE “BOSTON Shooting Suit.” 18 USED BY THE Best Sportsmen , Send for clrewlar G. W. SIMMONS & SON, BOSTON, MASS, _ JOHN C. BELL, | Taxidermist & Naturalist, No. 3559 HROADWAY. UP-STATRS, - NEW YORK. Birds and quad:upeds prepared in a yery superior manner. lige assortment ot Casts, Glass Shades, Mounted Birds, Bird Skins aud Ariiiietal Eyes tor sale or +xchanue, Pet Birds, etc. pre- pared at the shartist police, The lighest price paid for Bids, ird kis, ete, ASTWAKD HO! or, Adventures at Rang Lakes, 4 capital story of sport and adventure in the wilds of Mains, lnteresting alike to old auc Penne. djas roveived Lhe hivhest lorumendstion, the metropoitat press Hancsomely bound M cloth, aa contHins 276 paves, Linstrations, Sent by Intl, postpaid, of receipe OF price, p1.60, CHARLES A. J, FAKHKAR, Jamaica Pigin, Mass, FOREST AND STREAM. Sportsman's Goods, THE SNEIDER. Pat. 1865 Reis. 1830 Pat, 1850 Soe TME ORIGINAL American Hammerless GUNS WITH HAMMVERS ON OUR GRIP AND BOLT; AND DOUBLE GRIP ACTIONS. SIZES FRO 4 TO 20. Muzzle-Loaders Altered to Breech-Loaders. Pin-Fire Guns Aliered to Central-Fire. Stecks Bent to Any Crook. GUNS BORED TO SHOOT CLOSE. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. Clark & Sneider, 214 W. PRATT STREET, BALTIMORE, MD. TATHAM S Printed Number of Pellets to the oz, on Hach Hage | Hotels and Routes for Sportsmen ASSOCIATED SOUTHERN RAILWAYS, Richmond & Danville Atlantic Coast Bay Line. Line. Line, The Direct and Popular Routes to'the YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL, October 13 to 21, inclusive, AND TO THE Atlanta Cotton Exposition, Trap Shot! Soft or Chilled. NUMBERS 7, 8, 9 AND 1¢ ; No. of pellets fo oz, 335 472 68S 1056 Soft. Pipes L3 As 345. 495 «716 1130 Chilled, FATHAM & BRO’S. 83 BEKEMAN ST., NEW YORE. Hotels and Zontes for Sportsuten. Fishing Season at Rangeley Lakes Again Open. EXCURSION TICKETS VIA Beeston AMD MARNE RAILROAD. Boston to Andover and refturn.. South Arm (itichurdso revurn ‘© Middle Dam and return +. 18.00 “ Upper Dam + : -+ 14,00 * Upton ac ete 11.00 Mountain View House of Ranglet Outlet and refurn (Indtan Rock), Vi ParMdngton .........-...06- + 18.75 “ IndlanKock and retimmviaAndoyer 15,25 “ Rangeley Lake and revurn........ a 12.50 © Phillips MG ree SAR nth) “ Judian Rock and return, (yla. An- dover, return via Farmington)... 15.25 (via Andover) Beis Stream and TOLWUE oo Se ev eee oe = £58. -= 16.25 ‘© Moosehead Lake and return (M Kimeo Housey. 1. 222. Sa 6.00 « Forks of the Kennebecandretwmn. 18,00 Dead River and retiirp.,..--...-.2. $,00 ‘ Grand Malls, N. B., and retum.... 18,00 *% St. Andrews, N. b., amibremrn.... 15.00 Also tourists’ tickets fo all Sporting and Plea, ure Resorts ln Maine and tie Provinces, Tickets an eee in a on nel pate Ticket offices and at 980 WASHINGTON STIEEHD ‘ DEPOT, HAYMARKET sq, f BOSTON. Send for list of excursions. D. J, FLANDERS. Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agent. SPORTSMEN ! IT am enabled to offer good accommodations to all those seeking health, recreation aod pleasure. Good gunning in the iinmediste nelgnborhood for Bmall game, and deer hunting within half a day’s drive. Fine scenery, chinge of foliage, &6. Bass fishibge on the Deluware. Address E. D. HUFF- MAN, Box45, Marsbali’s Creek, Monrde Uo,, Pa. AKG UHL 1.—A gents wanted for Lite of Presi- dent Gurield. A com-plete, taitlifu\ history trom eradié to grave, by the eminent biographer, Col Conwell, Books al) ready tor d-livery. Anele- { gantly Uinsuated volume Kudorsed edition, Lib. eral terns Agenis take \ ders tor fiom 20 fo 40 copies dally, Ontsells soy other bovk ten to one, Agents never nade money so fast. The book sells itself, Expetlence uot urcessary. Failure un- known, Al) make immense profits. Private teriss tree. GEORGE STINSON & CU., Portland. Maine, N OOSEHBAD LAKE andthe North Maine Wil- deruess Tilustraved. Whe only Gompleles and comprebeusive yulde bovk To Norlkern Matue unod the head Waters of Wie Kennebec, Penooscot, su Jono’. and Aruostonk rivers, and the ume roe ines and ponds Connected WILD Them, 25) pages. SO Wustrations ald large Diqp, ‘Linted paper, ll. luminated vovers. five, by Mall, posi=puid, 40 penis OBAKLES A, J. PAK AH, Jamaica Plain, B58, October 5 to December 31, AND ALSO TO Florida, the South, and Southwest. TIME TABLE IN EFFECT OCTOBER 1, 1881, Richmond and Danville Line- Train 50. Leayes New York 4-3) 4m. Phila- delphia *7-05am. Baltimore *#45am. Arrives Richmond *2-55pm. Danville *1-53 pm. Charlotte 12-53 nt, Atlantu*ll-25am, There makes same connections aS No. 48 below. Pullman cars Rich- mond to Atlanta, and Atlanta to New Orleans. Train 42. Leaves New York t8-39 am, Phila- delphia 711-45 am. Baltimore 13-10 pm, Richmond *10-10 pm. Danville *7-26m,. There connects with No 42 below. Pullman Cars from Richmond to Danville. his train connects daily, except Sunday, Srom Baltimore at +00 pm for YORKTOWN direct via York River Line, thence via West Point to Rich- mond and connecting there with Trains 50 and 48. Train 42. Leaves New York té-40 pm. Phila- deiphia t5-45 pm, Baltimore 8-50 pm. Arrives at Lynchburg *4-39m. Danville*Tam. Charlotte "1-00pm. Atlanta *12-00 n't, Macon *%-30 am, Montgomery *1-55 am. New Orleans "10-02 pm, 54 hours from New York. Pullman Cars New York to Washington, Wa-hington to Charlotte and Au- gusta, Arrives at Columbia *6-00p m, and Augusta 10-l6 pm, Sayannah *3-15 pm, Jacksonville “5-15 am, Train 48. Leaves New York *10-00 pm. Phila- delphia 15am. Baltlmorei-d5am, Arrives at Richmond *11-30am. Lynchburg *2-25 pm. Dan- Ville "5-35 pm. Charlotte “12-30 nt Atlanta "12-20 n’n. Macon “6-55 pm, Montgomery *8 00 pm. Mobile "4-50 a m. New Orleans *10-02 am. Pullman Cars New York to Atlanta via Richmond and Atlanta to New Orleans, Atlantic Coast Line, Train 40. Leaves New York “4-30 am. Phfla- delphia *7-05 am. Baltimore *9-45 am. Arrives at Richmond *2-55 pm, Wiimington *11-25 p m. Charleston *S-00 am Savannah “12-80 n’n, Jack- sonville +3-40 pm. Pullman Sleepers Milford, Va. to Charleston. F Traim 48. Leaves New York *10-00pm. W. Philadelphia *i-15 am, Baltimore*445am. Arrives at Richmund "11-30am, Wilmington *945 pm, Charleston *8-00 am. Savannah *12-30n’n, Jack- sonville tS40 pm, Columbia “6-00am. Augusta 950am. Macon*645pm. Sayannah *3-45 p m. Jacksonville via Augusta *8-15am. Pullman Sleep- ing Cars New York to Charleston. Bay Line. Leaves New York {8-40pm,. Philadelphia t5-45 m. Baltimore ts-45 pm. Arrives at Portsmouth g-0am. Weldontl-5) pm. Ralelgh ti-85 pm, Wilmington *9-5 pm. Charleston *8-0am Sa- yannah *12-20 mn, Jacksonville t20 pm. Colum- bia *6-00 am. Augusha 0am. Savannah *3-45 pm. Jacksonville via Augusta *s-l5am Pul man Sleeping Cars Weldon to Charlesmn Connects at Old Point, Va., T-00 a. m. daily, aoaee Sunday, with Steam Ferry Lines for YORKTOWN. *Dally, t+ Dally, Sundays excepted. For reservation of berths, sections, and for tiekets, time tables, and for all information, apply at 306 Washington street, Boston. 220 Broadway, New York. 885 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. Corner of Calyert and West Baltimore streets, Baltimore. 611 Pennsylyimia avenue, Washington, and leading Ticket Offices East. A. POPE, Gen’l Passenger Agent. “THE FISHING LINE.” TAKE THE Crand Rapids & Indiana R. R. THE ONLY ROUTE TO THE Trout, Gruyling & Black Bass Fisheries, AND THE FAMOUS SUMMER, HEALTH AND GAME RE- SORTS AND LAKES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. The waters of the ' Grand Traverse Region and the Michigan North Woods are unsurpassed, If equaled, in the abundance and great variety of fish contained. BROOK TROUT abotind in the streams, and the famous AMERICAN GRAYLING 1s found only in these waters. ; The TROUT season begins May 1 and ends Sept 1. The GRAYLING Season opens June 1 and énds Nov. 1. BLACK BASS, rik, PICKEREL and MUSCA- LONGE, also abound In large numbers in the many lakes and lakelets of {his territory, The Sports- man can readily send trophies of his gkill to his friends or“ Glub” at home, a8 lee for packing fish can be had at nearly all points, TAKE YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU. Tho scenery of the North Woods and Lakes is yery peautiful. The airis pure, dry and bracing. The climate is pecullarly beneticial to those suffering with Hay Feyer and Asthma Affections. The hotel accommodations are excellent, and will be larzely increased in time for the sea-on of 1651 by new buildings and additions. During {he season ROUND TRIP EXOURSION TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT LOW RATES, and aUtractive (train facilities offered to Tourists and Sportsmen, ree and Fishing Tackle Carried Free at Dogs, Guns owner's Tsk. Tt is our aim to make sportsmen feel “at home” on this route. For tourists’ Guide a handsomely llusti’ated book of 160 pugessenttree. Time Cards, Foiders and turther formation, address _A, B. LEBT, Gen'l Pass7 Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. ——— eee! (AMP LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS. Second + edition now reidy. ‘This slory describes the Irtp of & party of Roston rentlemen tO the kighiind- sou-Kangeley lakes. (tlreatsarvampltte,” indoors Wd Gun, is amyaaing, Msirucblye and folernstlog ; 244 paves, .4 Jtuatrations. Price 25 Gents iby init pustpald, 20 cents, URARLES = Wi, PARRAKR, Jamaica Pluin, Mass. : See ——® (OoronER 20, 1881. —— Hotels and Resorts for Sportsmen. TO SPORTSMEN: The Pennsylvania R. R. Co. Respectfully inyite attention to the SUPERIOR FACILITIES afforded by their lines for reaching most of the TROUTING PARKS and RACE COURSES in the Middle States. ‘'hese lines being CONTINUOUS FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, ayold the di. culties and dangers of reshipment, while the excel- lent cars which run over the smooth steel tracks enable STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED without failure or Injury. THE LINES OF Pennslvania Railroad Comp’y also reach the best localities for Gunning and Fishing In Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company in all the principal cities to KANH, RENOVA, BED- FORD, CRESSON, KAESTON, MINNEQUA, and Other well-known centres tor Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting and Still Hunting. Also to TUCKERTON, BHACH HAVEN, CAPE MAY. SQUAN, and points onthe NEW JERSEY coast renowned for SAL WATER SPORT AFYER FIM AND FEATHER. L. B, FARMER, Gen’ Aass, Agent FRANK THOMSON, Gen’! Manager, Chesapeake & Ohio R’y. THE ROUTE of the SPORTSMAN and ANGLER TO THE BEST HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA, Comprising those of Central and Piedmont Vir- ” ginia Biue Ridge Mountains, Vailey of vee Alleghany Mountains, Greenbrier and New Kivel Kanawha Valley, and including in their vartetles game and fish, deer, bear, wild turkeys, wild duck, ouse, quall, Snipe, woodcock, mountain trout, ass, pike, plckerel, etc. Guns, fishing tackle and one dog for each sports- man carried free. The Route of the Tourist, through the most beautiful and picturesque scenery of the Virginia Mountaias to the White Sulphur Springs and other famous summer resorts. The C. & O. R’y is reached by rail at Huntingdon, W. Ya., from the West, Northwest and Southwest; at Charlottesville, Va., trom the North and Bass, and at Richmond, Va., from the South, The completion of the Peninsular Extension in the summer of 1881 affords THE ONLY ALL RAIL ROUTE TO THE “YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL,” and establishes a continuous rail ne, via Rich- mond, Va., and Huntington, W- Va., between the mouth of Gnesapeake Bay and the Paciue Ocean, Hi. W, FULLER, G. B. &. T. A., Richmond, Va. OLD DOMINION LINE. HE S''EAMERS of this Line reach some of the ie finest waterfowl atd upland shooting sections in the country. Connecting uirect foc Chincoteague, Cobb’s island and points on the Peniusulsa, Clty Point, James River, Currituck, Florida ar the mountainous country of Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfols steamers sail Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- urday. Lewes, Dell, Monday and Thursday Full information given at office, 197 Greenwite street, New York, Bromfield House, Boston, EURUPHAN PLAN. MESSENGER, Proprietor. Wild Fow! Shooting.. SPRINGVILLE HOUSE OR SPORTSMEN’S RE- TREAT, SHINNECOOEK BAY, L. L ¥ A PRACTICAL GUNNER AND AN OLD bayman. Has always on hand the best of bosts, batteries, ete,, with the largest rig of trained wild geese decoys on (he coast. The best ground in the vicinity of New York for bey snipe shook ofall varieties, Special »thentlon given by Limse to his pnesis, andsatistactionzuaranteed. Address WM. N. LANE. Good Ground, L, 1. eters by per= mission to J. B. Shepherd, si Broadway, and Wow Dutcher, 320 Broadway, N. Y. Tim Pond «x: Seven Ponds. TROUT FISHING AND HUNTING. Parties wishing to visit the Seven Ponds, via Eustis and Tim Pond, can have buck-board teams, guides, boats, camps, with board, in readiness, by writing In advance to KENNEDY SMITH, Eustis, Maine. AND THE ] ICHAKDSUN AND RANGELEY LAKES Ie . LUSTHATED, a thorouzh and compieté wii book Fo The Hanpeley Lake Repwn, henne~ Ougo, (UPSUpPiiG, Parmachneee and « GnNecueNy Lakes and the head waters of the Gounecticut, Mags ailoWay, Audrobeukin ahd Dead rivers, inl. sited wovers, [luted paper, 42 papres, 60 UST tOng- AU & Large moep. Maude TmOstLyY Thor wOCurHle SUT yeys, Price, post-paid by mill, ol Cents, © AJ. FAKRAK, Jamaica Pla, Mass —— ~ [OcronEr 27, 1881.1 FOREST AND STREAM. NONE ARE O58 SSS INN STAMPED. Packed in Cases of 112 pounds cach. SEND FOR CIRCULAR. Mliscellaneoug MANWN’S Sixty varieties manufactured, sultable for Troll- for all kinds of fish that will take an artificial bait, and adapted for any lake or river in the United States. Our Perfect Reyolying Spoon is undoubtedly the pest general spoon for taking fish eyer offered to the public. Three sizes made—No. 20 for bass, plke, pickerel, or any fish under five pounds weight; No. 21 for fish, and the best spoon ever made for salmon trout; No. 22 excellent for dee water fis f Beware of imitations. None genuine except JO H. MANN’S name stamped on every spoon. Sold wholesale and retall by the principal sealers in Fishing Tackle, JOHN H. MANN & CO., SYRAOUSEH, N. Y. nl SPORTMEN’S DEPOT. (ESTABLISHED 15836), First Premium at World's Fair at New York, and Centennial Exhibition. JOHN KRIDER, W. HE. Cor Second and Walnut $ts:, Philadelphia, GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Hooks, Flies, Leaders, Snoods, Atta Bait, Fly Hooks, ‘te. Poy s#-Salmon, Bass and Trout. Files, Made to Order. Also “ Krider’s” Celebrated Center Enamel Split and Glued Bamboo Rods. c Birds' Eggs and Birds’ Skins in Great Varieties. ‘Vaxidermy in all its branches. Spratt’s Patent Dog Biscuit. Repairing of all kinds: TO ANCLERS: JOHN ENRIGHT & SONS, Fishing Rod & Tackle Makers (nstle Connell, near Limerick, Ireland. Reels and Lines to match balance of rods. No ts. Allantormation respecting fisheries on the ts) on in this locality, as also Catalogues of our : eart rods aud gener! assortment of tackle, to be had on “pplication. NOR= IVIOLLER'S WECIAN medicinal yirtues and purity. _ @ London, European and New m York physicians pronounce it the i] purest and best. Sold by Druggists. MAK n Hog! ete traveling in this country, says anil Cattle Powders sold Take hens lay like Sheridan's Condition ‘ders. Oneteaspooniul toone pint food. Sold everywhere, orsen! ‘or eight letter stamps. I. 8. J SON & OO., by mail Soston ‘Miass,, formerly Bangor Me, IARRAR’S POCKET MAP of Moosehead Lake and the North Maine Wilderness, a valuable com- anion for the sportsman. hunter and lumberman, tely corrected and revised, and now acknowl: edged to be the only correct map of this yast rogton Neatly bound in cloth covers. FARE Ton by mail. 50 cents. CHARLES A. J. F. amaica Plain, Mass. - WILD RICE SEED $2 per bushel, and no custom duties “ Fibrine” Cakes are used at the Dogs’ Home, London; Jardin d’Acclimatatio: Bie an noe award for D minster Kennel Club, New York, Gold Medal; irish Kennel Club, Silver Biscuits at the Paris Exhibition, 1878 ; mn, ei BEWARE OF WORTHLESS IMITATIONS. Please see that Every Cake is Stamped ‘SPRATT'S PATENT” and a WHOLESALE ACENTS, FRANCIS O. de LUZE & CO., (S& Seuth Willlam Street, NEW YORK. Sportsmen's Goods. Fishing Pants. HODGMAN & CO,, 425 BROADWAY AND 27 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK, ARE OFFERING THE LARGEST STOCK OF Ruseer Fisuinc Ourrits, COMPRISING FISHING PANTS, FISHING BOOTS, BLANKETS, Light, Black, White or Tan Color Coats, AND COMPLETE RUBBER SPORTING OUTFITS. ESTABLISHED 1838.) Send forCatalogue. Philadelphia Fishing Tackle WANTED. HOUSE. A. B. SHIPLEY & SON, Manufacturers of Fine Fishing Tackle of Every Description. 503 COMMERCE ST., PHILA. Shipley’s Looped and Plain Mist Color Leaders. Shipley's Improved Adjustable Floats. Reversed Wing, Trout, Bass and Salmon Flies in stock, and also tled to pattern, A full assortment of common and finest Rods, Lines, Reels, ete. Our Bethabara Fly and Bait Rods and Split Bam-~- boo Fly Rods received the first premiums at the eantennial: Franklin Institute and Penna. State Fal A specialty of the celebrated Bethabara Wood for Fish Rods and Archery Bows. Stronger than aplit bamboo and as tough and elastic as steel. Rod mountings of all descriptions on hand and to order. Price list of wood and rod mountings free. Our St-page new Illustrated Catalogue of Fishing Tackle sent, post-paid, on receipt of ten centsin stamps, KRUG & CO’S CHAMPAGNES! STANDARD AND DRY. The Sportsman's Wine ! A. ROCHEREAU & CO., SOLE AGENTS, 6 South Willliam St., New York, 16 aud 18 St.jLouis St., New Orleans. ,GO0D’S OL TANNED MOCCASINS. The best thing in the market alii - in a variety of styles, and = warranted the genuine ar- ticle. Send for price list MARTIN 8S. HUTCH- INGS, P. 0. Box 365, Dover, N. H. (Successor to Frank Good). BRApForRD & ANTHONY, Boston KNAPP & VAN NOSTRAND, POULTRY “> GAME, Nos. 259 and 290 WASHINGTON MARKET, NEW YORE, Consignments of all kinds of game solicited. WE CHARGE NO COMMISSION. We accept consignments. Allow market price day of arrival, and send checks eyery Tuesday for all invoices of preylous week. ARRAR’S POCKET MAP OF THE RICHARD- SON-RANGELEY LAKES REGION, Including all the lakes, ponds and rivers of that famous coun- try, 48 well a5 the head waters of the Connecticut River, Connecticut and Parmachenee Lakes, etc; loth bound. Price, post-pala by mail, 6) cents topay. VALENTINE BROS., Janesville, Wis. #4! CHARLES A. J. FARRAR, Jamaica WOODEN DECOYS. 25 CANADA GEESE. {00 BLACK BRANT, {OO CANVAS BACK, 100 RED HEAD. Stating whether new or second-hand, with al particulars and lowest cash price Address E. E. P., care this office. Oct20, 26 Three Westley Richards PATENT HAMMERLESS GUNS, ——__$—. ONE HIGHEST GRADE, 12-bore, 3-in. bend. *& SECOND LU 1zbore, 27gin. * - 7 A 10-bore, 27¢ in. Pistol Stock, Choke-Bore, with all newest im- provements, and warranted the finest shooting guns that can be made. Wor sale very low. FRANCIS TOMES, BROADWAY. THE NEW AMERICAN Breech-Loading Shot Gun. SIMPLE AND DURABLE 738 738 Rebounding Lock. Choke-Bore Barrels = For close, hard shooting excels all others. Extra heavy gunsifor ducks a specialty, Send stamp for circular. C. 8. SHATTUCK, Manufacturer, Hat- field, Mass, BIRDS’ EYES. Birds’ Skins, Taxidermists’ & Naturalists’ Supplies. Send for New Price List. Reduced Rates. W.J. KNOWLTON’S Natural History Store, 168 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. Birds and animals preserved by superior French and American workmen. DEMUTH BROS., Manufacturers ot Artificial Hyes for Taxidermists and Manuf’cturers. Also, all kinds of Glass Work done to order. Catalogue Free of Charge by Mall, 89 WALEER ST.. NEW YORK. Ra HO! or, Adventures at Rangeley Lakes. A capital story of sport and adventure n the wilds of Maine. Interesting alike fo old ana oung. Has received the highest commendations om the metropolitan press. Han.somely pound in cloth, ana contains 37b pages, lilustrationa Jeant vy mall, aid, on receipt of price, $1.60, CHAHLES A. ys raeRak. Jamaica Plain, Mase, pay SPHRATT’S PATENT MEAT “FIBRINE” DOG CAKES. “SPRATWS PATENT” sre Purvyeyors by Appointment to all the principal Shows and Kennels in the United Kingdom and abroad. The Patent Paris, ste. They haye been awarded over 30 Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals ; Se Special Medal; Grand Gold Medal, Hanover Dog Show, 1579; West- + OC, NONE ARE BTAMPSB. To be had in smaller gquantitics of Grocers and the Spcrting Goods Trade Generally. @ublication3, Any of the Following Books Sent on Receipt of Price by Forestand Stream Pub. Co. Adirondacks, Camp Life in, Murrays...........41 Adirondacks, Camps and Tramps in, Northrup. 1 Adirondacks, Guide to Wallace’s, eth edition... 2 Adirondack, Wilderness, In the, Warner's. Amateur Trapper—paper, 50¢.; bas. American Angler's Book, Norris American Bird Fancier,.... American Wild Fowl Shoot Angling, a Book on, Francis Archer, Modern....--.-..... Archery, Witchery of, Mai Around the World in the Yacht Sunbeam. Art of Swimming Athletic Sports fo’ Athletic 8 , Stonehenge. -. Balley’s Birds of the United States. Baird’s Birds of North America..... . Bechstein’s Chamber and Cage Birds. < Boat Salling, Practical. 7 Books for Sportsmen: Angling, 50c.; Shooting, 50c.; Common Objects of the Seashore, 50c.: Cage and Singing. Birds, 50c.; Dogs, T6c.; Birds’ Eggs an ests, 50c.. Fresh and Sali Water Aquarium, 50c.; Native Song Birds... Breech Loader, Modern, Greener £ aS SSSRSSSSaaSRs szsess athens Gasse! Dog Breaking by Holabird.... Fly Fishing in Maine Lakes............ Frank Forester’s Field Sports ....... Frank Forester’s Fish and Fishing Frank Forester’s Fishing with Hook & Line.pa, Frank Forester’s Manual tor Young Sportsmen. Frank Forester’s Sporting Scenes and Charac- ters8; SV0., 2 VOIS. 5.0555 -o0 see cece boledeeees, Gun, Rod and Saddle.........-..... Hallock’s Sportsmen’s Gazetteer. Hand Book for Riflemen......... Hints to Riflemen, Cleyeland.. How to Hunt and Trap, Batty’s. ; Hunter and Trapper, Tnrasher.............s.0: Hunting and Hunters of al! Nations, Frost.,... Life of a Sportsmen, Nimrod...........ec i = Subscriptions. Subscriptions may begin at any time. The subscription price is #4 per year ; $2 for six months, Remittances should be sent by regis- tered letter, money order, or draft payable to the Forest and Stream Publishing Company. The paper may be obtained of newsdealers throughout the United States and Canadas ; and is on sale in Europe by The American Exchange, 449 Strand, W. C., London, Eng.; and by Bm. Terquem, 16 Boulevard, St.Martin, Paris, France. Advertisements. Inside pages, nonpareil type, 25 cents per line. Special rates for three, six and twelve months. Reading notices 50 cents per line— eight words to the line, and twelve lines to one inch. Advertisements should be sent in by the Saturday of each week previous to the issue in which they are to be Inserted. Address; Forest and Stream Publishing Co., Nos. 39 and¥0 Park Row, New York City. FOREST AND STREAM. Thursday, October 27. Tu: UNPREOEDENTEZD DEMAND For ForEst AND STREAM during the past two weeks has taken us by surprise, and we sincerely regret that we were able to supply neither our friends who called for them at the office, nor the orders from news dealers. Notwithstanding the fact that an unusually large edition was printed last week, we have been since Monday without any copies. This state of things shall not occur again, as we have made arrangements to still further increase the edition printed, so that there shall be enough to go round. © FAstERn Fizrp Trrats.—The gentlemen having charge of the interests of the Eastern Field Trials will leave no stone unturned to secure a successfulmecting. Although there are a large number of native birds on the island, five hundred quail from Indian Territory have been secured and will be turned down as soon as received. ‘he first consignment has already been turned loose, and more are expected in a few days. The heart-breaking briar thickets are heing ‘‘grid- ironed” with wide paths through their length and breadth, and will not give a tithe of the trouble caused last year. Everything now looks promising for a capital meeting, and, judging by the quality of the dogs entered and the well-known probity of the judges, we predict that the winners will have no easy thing, and that their laurels will be well worth the winning, TO NEW YORK GAME PROTECTORS. ENTLEMEN: There are eight of you, and as your ap- pointments seem to have been made without the slightest regard to your geographical distribution, it is unfor- tunate that not one resides south of Columbia County. Of course you Can trayel, and as you are all appointed for the State at largethis would be no obstacle if your allowances were liberal enongh to permit of constant motion. Forsst anp Sreeam has steadily claimed that one of your number should be resident in New York city to watch the markets, and another on Long Island, the home of the poacher. This not being the case we now call your attention to the following facts: Quail are systematically snared on Long Island from Oct. 20 to 30 in order to have a good number on hand for sale at the beginning of the season, Nov. 1. We would suggest that two or three of your number should at- tend to this matter, and if you will call at this office we will give you a list of the most prominent points for observation. The professional fishermen oa the Hudson continually vio- late the law prohibiting the capture of striped bass less than half a pound weigat. This is the case especially between Yonkers and Peekskill. It is done openly every day at this season of the year when the small fish arenumerous. It is sincerely to be hoped that you will take some action in this matter. aE at Ty Franxriy, Essex County, N. J., a man named Wolf shot and fatally wounded a young girl of seventeen with a supposed unloaded shot-gun, which he pointed at her in joke. It is said that the murderer has not been arrested but ‘deeply deplores his rash act.” It can scarcely be doubted that this young idiot, as well as all the other fools belonging to his class, know that a gun, whether loaded or unloaded, should never be pointed at any one or any thing, that it is not intended to shoot. The proper place for all such people is behind the gratings of a lunatic asylum. The sad part of the matter is (hat people who perpetrate such crimes are often not discovered to be unfit to have their liberty until they have accomplished the killing or maiming of some of their unfortunate friends. The man who has committed this act, while probably not guilty of murder, has, by the law of New Jersey, certainly committed man- slaughter, and should be tried and punished for that crime. We have preached the necessity of the most scrupulous care in the handling of firearms for, lo, these many years, and the more we have to do with them the more afraid of them in careless hands do webecome. We have had in our time some rather narrow escapes from others, and nothing is more annoying to us than to see any one who neglects the care which we believe to be necessary in handling a gun. It is not, however, to sportsmen that accidents most often hap- pen. They have, most of them, learned how to use the arms that furnish them with so much pleasure. It should be made a felony to point any firearm at a human being, and, to our notion, the hanging of the first half-dozen individuals found guilty of the act would have a marvelously salutary effect. Wecommend this subject to such of our readers as occupy chairs in the legislative bodies in the yarious States of the Union. Tue InrerNATIONAL RirLz Maron Company.—During the past week a somewhat curious corporation has been brought into existence in this city. It is styled, the ‘‘ International Rifle Match Company, Limited.” According to the certifi- cate of incorporation on file in the office of the Supreme Court, it is organized under the act of February 17, 1848, ‘*+o authorize the formation of corporations for manufactur- ing mining, mechanical or chemical purposes.” Under which of these seyeral heads the new concern is to take place it would be difficult to say, unless it be that it is intended to ‘manufacture’ bullseyes. One clause of the articles of incorporation declares, ‘‘The object and nature of the busi- ness for which said company is to be formed is the holding of Grand International Rifle Matches between the British, Scotch and Irish rifle teams and the best American marks- men, and the place thereof and the locality of its business are to beat the County of New York.” To carry out these laud- able purposes a capital of $30,000 is named in shares of $100 each and three trustees are to manage the business of the company for twenty years. The incorporators named are Jobn H. Brown, Richard A. Saalfield, George W. De Lano and Orlean H. Dodworth. The last named gentleman does not figure in the Directory, so we cannot give his business. The first name appears ten times over, so fhere is too much liberty of choice given. Mr. Saalfield is a music publisher, and Mr. De Lanoisalawyer. We know nothing about the concern and care less. If international matches worthy of any respect and notice are to be fought in the future, it will be after the Britishers get over their dread of things American in a competitive way, and then by spontaneous, voluntary action, and not by the efforts of any set of rifle match dry-nurses. Froriwa GAME Resorts.—We have in hand an excellent article on Florida game resorts from the pen of ‘* Al Fresco.” This will be printed next week; those who are contem- plating a trip to Florida this winter should not fail to see it. Ss IS SWEEPSTAKE SHOOTING GAM- BLING ? Gorge is defined to be ‘‘ the act of playing a game for a stake.” A game I understand to be any game, sport, race or contest. By the early common law gaming was not illegal. As early as the reign of Henry VIII. statutes made certain forms of gaming illegal, and the courts refused to enforce contracts ‘‘ contrary to public policy or good morals.” Lord Mansfield, in 1778, refused to enforce a wager made as to the sex of the Chevalier D’Hon. The Court of Kings Bench, in 1790, sustained an action on a wager as to whether or not & wagon had been purchased. Thus there were lawful wagers and unlawful wagers; they were both wagers, how- ever. To-day we look upon gambling as unlawful, therefore it'is fair and natural not to call that transaction gambling which the courts will recognize as a legal contract. Gambling may be defined to be illegal wagering or gaming. Would the courts to. day decide that the winner of a sweepstake is en- titled to recover the stake from the stakeholder? If they would decide in the negative, then to shoot for a sweepstake is to gamble. The English statute ongaming, 8 and 9 Vict., declares all contracts, by way of wagering or gaming, to be void, except ‘subscriptions, contributions, or agreements to subscribe or contribute for or toward any plate, prize or sum of money to be awarded to the winner of any lawful game, spori, pastime or exercise.” In 1848 a case came up under this statute, in which it was decided that a foot-race was a lawful game, sport, etc., and if two men agree to run a foot-race, and each of them deposits £10 with a third person, the whole £20 to be paid over to the winner, that the agreement on which the money was deposited was legal, and that the £20 belonged to the winner. On the understanding that competitive shooting is a lawful game, sport, etc., under the clause of exceptions in this statute, to shoot for-a sweepstake would be legal, and there- fore it would not be gambling. Under the Maine statute en- titled ‘‘An act to prevent gaming for money or property,” it was decided, in 1841, that money bet by the respective owners of two horses, and deposited in the hands of a stake- holder, and paid by the stakeholder to the winner, could be recovered by the loser. Under this statule, to shoot for a sweepstake would be illegal, and therefore it would be gam- bling. The New York statute on this subject declares to be yoid ‘call wagers, bets or stakes made to depend upon any race or upon any gaming by lot or chance, or upon any lot, chance, casualty or unknown or contingent event whatever.” Under this statute again, to shoot for a sweepstake would be to gamble, The New York statute expresses, more or less accurately, the law as to gaming in many, if not in most of, the States, Whether or not certain acts will constitute gambling is not a question of opinion or of abstract moral reasoning, but it is a question of law, and it depends upon the law of each State whether or not, in that State, to shoot for a sweepstake is to gamble. W. B, 244 The Sportsman GConrist. PLOVER. Charadrius murmoranus. No* is the Autumn's royal prime, When woods are ting’d with Autumn's briish, When hickory groves are bright with gold ~ And maples wear a blood-red flush ; The poplars bear a yellow crown, The oaks thelr robes of russet. brown ; The dogwoods their dull purple screen, Mix’d with the alder’s sable green, And where the sparkling rivulet twines The greenery of the witlow shines. The silyer tret-jwork of (he trost Gleams In the early morning light; Balny 4nd brisk the air is tost Over salf marsh and upland height; Now, shrilly sounds the plovers’ cry As circling down the breeze they fiy. Where the salt meadows wide and far Sweep seaward to the sandy bar; Where pebbled Inlet of the Bay Ts riotous with the billows play ;— There thick the black-breasf plovers soar, Where minnte shell-fish line the shore; There greedily their banquets share, There Lover o’er the fowler’s snare. But where thy rolling downs outspread, O, wild Montank! thelr grassy plain; And where the Shinneck hills o‘erlcok The vast expanses of the main; There, where the insect swarms abound, The golden ployer-floeks are found. Oft have I stood, ere dawning day Flash'd on the ocean rim ifs tame, With ready gun and throbbing pulse To watch the great Hocks as they came, First u mere speck across the sky, A cloudy shadow, drifting near, But soon a musical, soft cry ! And soon a Hiyriad wings appear! They hover down the dusky atr, Like rushing winds they whirl and swoop, Now sweeping low, now circling high, Then earthward to thelr banquet stoop. O, broLler sportsman ! has the earth Such thrilling charm to match with this— A nioment with such rapture fill'd, An hour of such tmbounded bliss? Shelter Island, Oct, 3. T8A4A0 MCLELLAN, +e MINNESOTA FIN AND FEATHER. Hdito» Forest and Stream: Your columns are searched so frequently for reliable infor- mation about game of different sorts and the localities of its greatest abundance, and you are constantly in receipt of so Imany inquiries by letter and otherwise on these subjects, that a plain account of a recent hurried trip to Minnesota for relaxation and sport may be useful to some of your in- {juisitive readers. It may at least interest those city office men who, like myself, need and generally manage to obtain a few days’ vacation every season for recuperation, and whose tastes and habits incline them to devote as much of their leisure time as possible to fishing or hunting, or both. The great northwest was an unknown land to me, and I longed for a sniff of its pure and bracing air, ‘‘as the hart panteth after the water brooks,” and therefore made my ob- jective point Sauk Centre, Stearns Co., Minnesoia, 117 miles beyond St. Paul, on the St. P., Min. & Man. lt. R., and 1,485 miles from New York over my route, through Sala- manca, Mansfield, Chicago, Milwaukee, Bt. Paul and 8t. Cloud. Leaving the city, say Monday evening, one is due at that place Thursday noon, it no connection is missed I left Wew York the evening of Sept. 19, and got back the morn- ing of Oct. 5, stopping at Chicago going and returning, so that my time for sport was very limited. Mark also that my visit proved to be a little too late for ‘‘ chickens” and a little too early for ducks, as there had been no frost nor very cold weather in that region, till, the results of my angling for part of a day, and hunting for a day anda half, indicate the kind and abundance of game and methods of pursuit. The town of about 2,000 inhabitants is prettily locate! on the lower endof Sauk Lake, ten miles lon®, from which, the day after my arrival, I took three pickerel and eight Oswego bass that weighed thirty-five pounds—the largest of the lat- ter kicking the beam at six and three-quarter pounds. The forenoon was half-spent in preparations, and my boat was housed before5 p. m. There is no doubt whatever in my rind that a skilled fisherman, with flies, trolling tackle and live bait, might, between sun and sun, capture from 75 to 100 lbs of pickerel, bass and pike. But it must be a Wal- ionian day, and here is the guide: “ When the wind Is in the North, doz ot go forth ; When the witd 1s in the Hast, the fishes bitethe least; When the wind isin the South, it blows the bait in the fishes’? mouth; When the wind is in the West, the fishes bite the best_” Apropos to this subject, let me acquaint your patrons with an unexampled succéss in fishculture achieved by the Bishy Club (Brown Tract, North Woods), which put 20,00 trout fry from Georgian Bay into one of its lakes in the spring of last year, and whose members caught some of the youngsters last August weighing a plump pound apiece! My shooting at Sauk Centre was done in company with Geo. M. Bishop, a merchant and sportsman, to whom [ was indebted for many friendly attentions. We sallied out one morning for Westport Pass, famous for its morning and evening flights of ducks, with the livery rig of N. W. Rice, who accompanied us with his pointer bitch Gipsy, to range the wheat stubbles slong our route. Both men thought my visit rather late for ‘‘ chickens,” and seemed apprehensive that the ducks had not yet begun to “pass.” This wet- blanket sort of talk must have dispirited B. and myself, and made us less hilarious than Rice expected, on a morning that would have justified us in singing— “A southerly wind and a cloudy sky = Prociein it a hunting morning.” At any rate he decided to shake us up, and almost in sight of town, going down a little bank toward a big mud hole, advoitly managed to upset the wagon, But if was a FOREST AND STREAM. slow and essy performance, giving mc ample time as T sidled ‘‘down and ont.” to deposit. my gun on a dry and safe spot, and to arrange my corpus as a cushion for B., who made the spread and weight of his appreciation of my con- siderateness felt, without liesitation. Probably the reason for my forgetting 10 tell Mrs. B. of my tender care for her hushand’s person, was the fact that the man, after such painstaking to save his bones, actually complained of a wrench or two, which, in my opinion, would have been un- noticed had not his gun barrels plunged about two feet, muzzle first, into the water and mud, and this would put any man, not a saint, out of joint. Rice could not disclaim the purpose of the spill without discrediting his reputation as a driver. One of the nags was badly scared by the buffalo robes soaring out of the wagon as it went over, and paid his master off later, . About five miles out we turned off the road into a wheat stubble and in a trice raised a covey of “chickens.” We had equally good luck in nearly every similar field we tra- versed, and ought to have made double the score we did. My gun spent some time and much powder in getting used to the novel game, and Gipsy was baulked and confused by B.'s old pointer, Dau, who, although a matchlegs duck re- triever, is an infernal nuisance in the field. His master twice tied him toa wheel, but his bound toward the first bird that dropped to shot would snap any rope we had, and Rice would not let us substitute a chain, for fear he would take the wheel off. The birds did not get up wildly, but flew to great distances, and we had no time to follow them. Rice got out of his wagon once to find a covey he had marked down, and when Gipsy winded it, B. and I jumped out and walked up, as R. said his team would stand. Very soon atter we began to fire. A considerable clatter at the Tear turned our attention just in time fo see the tail-board of our wagon disappearing at top speed over the brow of a ridge. R. and B. hastened out of sight in hol pursuit, while Dan, who would leave his master sooner than a fallen bird, busied himself bringing the slain to hand, with a look at me, plainly meaning, ‘‘néyer mind those silly brutes, we will stay and pick up the birds.” My surprise was great to see the men presently riding back over the ridve as if nothing had happened, wagon and contents, horses, harness, every- thing in statu que. B. had flanked the horses, and forced them into a ‘‘ wire grass slew,’ where they shuck fast. The purpose for which these ‘‘slews” (some fastidious people would call them sloughs) were scattered about the prairies for the first time dawned upon mytoind. ‘They sre a wise provision of nature in lien of hitching posts, for the benefit of hunters whose horses will not stand fire. We arrived without further incident at Westport Pass in time for the evening shooting, but as my companions feared, the ducks were not flying. The long, narrow sparcely wooded ridge, between a lake on the south and an open marsh extending to an immense wild rice field to the north, is the finest yantage ground imaginable for the sport. Thou- sands of mallards in smal! flocks were constantly rising from the rice, circling around and dropping downagain. € got a few shots that evening, slept at a farm-bouse near by, and tried our luck again in the early morning, but bagged eight only. Dan’s performances compensated me for the disap- pointment. He saf on his havuches watching cut in the air and sighting the game as soon as we did, and if ashot took effect the old tiger's rush would carry Lim into close quarters whether the duck fell on water or land. Mr. Bishop’s business requiring him to be at home at noon next day, we could not course the fields much on our return, We saw agood manuy geese in flight, and one flock heading toward us, we got out of the wagon to give them a passing salute. The old ones filed off, but three young ones kept straight on overhead, and we brought two of them to the ground. Our score was twenty-one pinnated grouse, four sharp-tailed grouse, fwo geese, three mallards, four broad- bills, one wood-drake and one jack rabbit, My sporting experience was very brief, but demonstrated the game of this section afield and afloat to be plentiful, and its capture not at all difficult or eyen fatiguing, If ong is on “chickens” alone intent he should be there before September 1. For ducks, geese and crane October 1 is early enough. The resident sportsmen said ruffed grouse were abundant, and laughed at me for thinking rail worth shooting. In con- clusion let me assure your legion of readers that any one proficient with rod and gun who could spend both months at Sauk Cantre for headquarters would have fine sport ‘‘to the top of his bent” in a clear, pure and enlivening atmosphere. New York, Oct. 19, 1881. H. H. THompson. a WHO WANTS TO GO? . Ney Yor, Oct,.11, 1881. Hditor Forest and Stream : Ihave half a notion to go South and get rid of the cold weather, slush, snow, sleet and snufies this winter; and the recollections of » pleasant phase of camp life about Tampa Bay, Florida, some years aro, comes to me suggestively. To go alone would be unsocial, dull and not to be thought of. ‘'o get together just the right kind of fellows is not easy to do, where harmony is such an essential element, I want but three others; and with a view to perpetuate the pleasant Te- collections, we would write a book, and such a one as every sportsman would read—amusing, sketchy and illustrated. An artist would be indispensable—one with a dash of humor in his pencil. Then two others with some knowledge of yachting and camp life, and, above all, no cranky, notional chap, 00 eccentricities—a polite term for rudeness and self- ishness. A party of four, with a determination to make such a trip pleasant, harmonious and profitable to health, and eco- nomical, could have a lovely time. The writer being an old camper, 4 yachtsman, and familiar with this sort of life, would give the necessary lime and attention tothe outfit, aided by the suggestions of the other members of the party. The first thing to be considered is the proper kind of a boat for the purpose, and to get such a one it would be neces- sary to build not an expensive, but s cheap, roomy, light- draft centreboard craft, something of the sharpie order—say, thirty-five feet long, good freeboard, to give depih; a light- built cabin, with accommodations for four; a galley to come under cabin deck forward, lockers for storage, a roomy cock- pit, schooner or yaw! rigged. The boat equipped, with awnings, etc., would cost, Say...... eee 3000 Provisions tor four mouths, . at 200 One colored gentleman (picked lip there)........ 60 Freight on board and incidentals...... 140 A-tent and camp equipage,.........6 20 MOLBL. =p. xgwebg f= 2 bad=sPaatosstmn choos) hkl deteeh assem sev RIgCUl GOPEGIP BAIS OL NONG.D.. ccesep eacemsnese,cveusacepedeeuectauses: 00 BALAIICE isa cers ph oavhs se eravbepona cbassucrestpesieadespos up 3500 [Gororne 27, 1881 The smount for provisions may séem small, Wut it must be borne in mind that the table can be bountifully supplied with — fish and game, the $200 representing principally groceries, and salt and canned meats. Such « boat as we would build would be so admirably adapted to the waters-and so eflicient for almost any purpose that she would sell probably much néarer cost than the — figures named. This boat, by the way, would be safe and staunch for outside runs from port to port in any ordinary weather, would be comfortable, dry and safe, The cabin deck would afford storage room for tent and pole; the lock- ers around the cockpit for camp cooking traps. Such a boat can be built and rigged for about $400. The $200 would be for galley and cabin outfit. Her light draft would permit of her being beached in front of the camp, and when afloat would afford a cosey home. The undersigned haying had a weakness all his life for boats, and having built half a hun- dred of all sizes and types, flatters himself he knows what to build to fill this bil to the letter. Has camped out, fished and hunted in Florida, and knows the requirements to make such an expedition a success. The thing he don’t know how to do is to ger along pleasantly with a selfish, disagreeable, lazy ‘‘crank,” who will neither fish nor cut bait: and itis considerable of a lottery to draw four prizez—z. ¢., fonr fel- lows who can get along pleasantly and smoothly together, and every man to his allotted share of the worlc; for such an enterprise means hearty, healthy and vigorous occupation with plenty of time, however, when in camp, to enjoy the dolee far niente and sense of perfect rest far away from poli- tics, telegrams, margins and bills duable and payable. Just imagine the sense of utter freedom and abandon, release from chokers, coats buttoned to the chin, narrow shoes, tight trousers and expense of @ box at the theatre and suppers afterward at Delmonico’s. No man can stay in New York at any such limited expense; to say nothing of getting rid of snow, ice, chills and slush of 3 winter in the city. Now, who says wig-wag to this ‘‘feeler” thrown out fo see what will come of it, and whether four congenial fellows cannot be found to carry out the idea. The writer willlodge his creden- tials with the editors of the Poresv snp Brream. Smpap, aD IN OURRITUCK AND DARE. 8 the season for fowling draws near the natives, wha lave been during the summer engaged in trucking and fishing, begin to prepare for fowling. Boats are put jn order ; stool ducks are overhauled and repainted: an extra feed of corn is now and then given to the decoy geese so as to have them “hearty ;” guns are oiled and repaired, and engagements made with managers of the shooting clubs, as ‘‘waiters’ on the club spertsmen; and water dogs, that have had to shift for themselves all summer and have had a hard time fishting ticks and fleas, begin to receive some attention. The fayorite water dog here is the Chesapeake dog, as they are strong, intellisent and faithful, and are unsurpassed re- trievers. They are just the color of wild grass in shooting season. Wonderful stories are told of their sazacity. Some years ago Mr. Godme, of New York city, a veteran sports- man, Col. Wilson Hollowell, of Pasquotank county in this State, and a Mr. Cadwell, of Currituck, were shooting canvas backs on Morgan Island in Currituck Sound. Mr. Bodine went into a blind at the south end of the island, and as he was troubled with a tinge of rheumatism when exposed, Cad- we'll loaned him his Chesapeake bitch to bring in his birds. Col. Hollowell and Cadwell went to the north end of the island, about half a mile distant, and all three were soon hard at if and had good sport. It was very cold and the ice © was very thick near the shore, and at Jast the bitch ‘“Bonny" began to hang back when Mr. Bodine killed a bird, and it was only by speaking crossly to her that she would go into the water, After a while the dog disappeared after every shot, but soon came back bringing a canvas-back, and seyeral times brought in two and laid them at the sporisman’sfeet. | He continued firing all day, and when the sun went down launched his skiff and started to take in the other sportsmen, He picked up quite a number of ducks that Bonny had failed to bring in, and on cdunting found he had about two dozen more ducks than he was entitled to, judging from his count and the amount of ammunition he had fired away. He was puzzled to account for the overplus, but thought perhaps chance shots haf killed more than he had calculated upon. He soon reached the stands of Hollowell and Cadwell, und they got their traps together to embark in the skiff. Bat when they looked for their ame they discovered that their thirty odd canvas-backs had dwindled down to abont a dozen. Cadwell had waded out in long boots on the shoal and picked up the fowl as they were shot and had thrown them on: the bank among therushes. He began to swear, and abuse the unknown thief who had $tolen his game. But when Mr. Bodine related his experience, and they called Bonny to ac- count her sheepish and deprecating manner satisied them who was the real thief. She had run across theisland alter every shot that Mr. Bodine fired, and stolen a duck from the pile of the other sportsmen to avoid going into the cold, icy water. A descendant of this same bitch, by the same name, is fa- mous a8 a retriever, and has been known to bribg in three dead ducks at a time and to dive in deep water after crip- pled ducks and bring ont two atatime. She will count the ducks as they fall, and will not rest satisfied until she brings them in when sent out. She recently had her first litter of pups, which sold readily for ten dollars each to the native gunners, Wreck, another celebrated bitch of Albemarle and Chesapeake stock mixed, has been known to swim one hun- dred yards out into the ocean during stormy weather and bring in a crippled beach bird. Both these dogs have been secured by the Kitty Hawk Club for breeding purposes. These dogs would be a good breed to attach tothe Life Saving Stations, as they can easily be trained to bring in a line. I have seen them go out in the shoals and drive in the beach cattle and ponies when wanted by their owners. I presume this is the only country in the world where people use a boat and water dog to drive up their slock. Some of the cattle go out two miles from shore and dive their heads under the water after the duck grass, which is very nutritious. Fish feed on it, and the native gunners tell me that the grass, which has almost disappeared near the shore during the late long dry weather, will growup again as soon as the mullet season is Over and it is too cold for cattle and ponies to feed on it. P The season is Very backward, on account of the dry, hot weather, and very fewducks haye made their appearance. But a few days of cold weather will bring them in their usual numbers, no doubt. The coming season promises to bea good one, I think. Very few native gunners will shoot this season fora living. Many of them haye gone into the new life saving stations, and the Kitty Hawk Club has en. Ooroser Yi, 1881, FOREST AND STREAM. 245 _ gaged about thirty of them as ‘‘ waiters” or boatmen, while the shcoting poidts are all bought, wp by clubs. A few will shoot fram butterics, hut it is cold, hard work to lie on your back in a battery all day outin the open sound; and very few men are cimug enough to stand many seasons of this kind of shootitg. The Elizabeth City and Norfolk Railrond and Edenton Extension of the same bave also drawn many of the Cumituckers and Darites to work on the road, as wages have been ligh and the contractors bave paid reatly cash, which is anime i ili the history Of railroad construc- tion in North Carolina. It is the only road ever built in the State that has not begun by asking State, county or town aid before comimenciag work. I yecently went over the line of the road from near Curri- tuck Court, House to Edenton, carrying dog, gun and fishing- tackle, and found good sport and the study of the ways and manners of the people interesting. I was always welcome to every house, and my contributions of game and fish were al- wavs received with thanks and considered a full equivalent for a nieal or lodging; and it was seldom I could preyail up- on any of them to take any money. The houses are gener- ally as Comfortable as the houses of country people of the Same nicans al the North. As the climate is so much milder of course they do not need such tight houses as the Northern farmers ; and the open log stubles would shock # fastidious Northern farmer's eye. But, perhaps, the people and stock are as healttiy ss they are North, Chills and fever is the prevailing disease, but iit is of a mild form, and those who nseroin or juniper water are free from malarial troubles. The people are prosperous also; and I doubtif debt is as general among them as among.the same class North. Wand is yery cheap and labor is good, while close proximity to the northern tnarkets will soon make all this Dastern country prosperous. Every few miles the railroad crosses some dark stréam heading up into the juniper or Cypress swamps, and T never failed to catch a basket full of good, sweet fish, mostly chub, perch or pickerel : while the woods are full of quail (or pariridge as they call them here) woodcocl, sora, squirrels, rabbits, foxes and other small game. ‘Thecultivation of up- land rice is becoming a very profitable industry, and the efiect will be to increase the numbers of birds enormously and make the hunter welcome among the farmers. At the head of the streams in the swamps, deer, bears and wildcats abound. The bends on the railroad caught two young bears about one mile from the town of Edenton recently; and inany deer have been shot by the men at work in the woods. Idid not admire the towns, The houses are mostly old, dilapidated and weather-worn. And the idlers of the country— the young sawhones, half fledged lawyers, small merchants, jonkeepers, scions of old families run to seed, and the crowd usually found gathered about the post office or barroom of _ the couthern villaze—are a class of humans I do not admire. The tayerns are churacterized by dirt, fleas, bugs, greasy food, bad coffee, saucy darkey help and high prices. I ad- vise all sportsmen traveling through this country to ayoid the _ towns aod stop with the farmers. The barroms in the towns are fearful dens, Black and white drink at the same bar and from the same dirty green-glass tumblers. Ice is an unknown luxury, except in one or two of the larger towns; and there they etiploy the same dirty, floury bartenders, as in the smaller towns. During my journey through the country the question of prohibition or anti-prohibition was agitating the minds of the people; and the giant minds of the village politicans were hard at work on the question. The election came off while Iwas in Pasquotank connty, and the State went against prohibition by sn overwhelming majority of about 100,000. The darkeys went against it to a man. They were told that it was an entering wedge to taking away the'r Kberties, and that the Democratic Governor and other leaders of \hat party were in favor of the law. That was enoush far them. Tn fact, it isan established principle with the average. darkey to vote ‘‘Jess todder way from old Marsa, and den T knows ise kerect.” On the morning of the ) day ot the election on the prohibition question L overheard a —_ _—— ‘conversation between a big darkeynamed Jim and one of the scions of the old chivalry. The scion was anxious to have some garden track planted, and was trying to hire Jim to do it, but no inducements he could hold ont would induce Jim ‘to work on election day. He offered to double his wages. No, no, He re-enforced his offer by promising a plug of tobacco. No go. He strengthened it by a profier of a good dinner, and-a drink at night. Allto no purpose. At last the darkey impatiently said; '‘ Boss, dis is lection day, and T can’t miss bein’ heah, nohow, Why, boss, I would leab a *coon up a tree to go to “lection.” Phe scion knew that set- fled it; and weut cif sadly to plant his own truck. J hear there are a goodly number of Democratic darkeys in the South, but have not yet found any. They are Republi- can fo & Man, and the darkey who has the courage to vote ‘the straight Democratic ticket ata regular election must have ‘considerable back-bone, I beard a good story illustrating the feeling among them toward what they call a “traitor.” In one of the villages they have two darkey churches, a Method- Ist and # Baptist, and there had been a strong contést among them as to which church should have the strongest member- ship. They had taken about all the colored people within a radius of several miles, and in their rivalry had not been very particular as to the character of some of the new members. At Jast one Jack Skinner, a desperate hard case, proclaimed his intention of joining the Baptist Church. He had violated all the Commandments several times, but some of the leaders ' of the church decided that they could pray off all his sins, and concluded fo Jet him in on his promise to acknowledge all his numerous transgressions. It took several nights to draw them all out, and a heap of hard praying to wash them | off. Some of his confessions caused some scandal, involving ore or less tle character of some of the '‘sistering” of the ock, But the elders were bound to have bis whole record. At last lic said he had ''"fessed” all his sins but one, and he feared that was an unpardonable sin that they would never forgive. The elders told him it must come out, and assured hini that they would pray it off. He was yery reluctant, | and after laboring over him several hours, the old boss elder | got impatient and gaye Jack a cuff beside the head, and said: * See heah, yer, we can’t fool wid you all night. Out wid it! ont wid it!” At last poor Jack faltered ont that in the ite election he had voted the Democratic ticket. This was too much, They could pray off all his sins but that. As Soon as he made his confession there was a general yell of ex- €cration and a rush for him from all quarters, and Jack had to make # break for the woods to saye his carcass, and has never beeu seen in that part of the country since. It is umusing in traveling along thé line of the railroad to hear the boasting and bragging of the people in the towns and villages, There sre many Raymond Sellers, who see lions where a practical man could see only bankruptcy. town pulsin a claim for future greatness, Currituck -~ = a ' ) aS Court House, which is about six miles from the road, is to have a branch road to that point, and expects to cut off from Elizabeth City all her lower Sound trade, Here the sports- men will come to reach the fowling region, and the excur- sionists from Norfolk will come to breathe the pure air and bathe in the Sound, Stock and truck will all come trough here, The suggestion that it is about a mile to deep water from shore is mef by the prediction that Senator Matt Ran- som will get an approprialion through the next Congress 1o have «a ship ditch dug out to the main channel. ‘It wouldn’t cost over half a million dollars." At Camden Court House they point with pride to their big oak, under which a whole Sanday-school picnic can find shelter; to the beautiful Pasquotank, whose dark waters are full of fish ; to the rich swamp land, which only needs State aid to become a perfect Egypt. And then Matt Ransom will get a little appropriation Of s quarter of a miliion to dig the river a little deeper from Elizabeth City up so the old Dominion steamers can come here, and, presto, change! There you have your metropolis. At Elizabeth City they call your attention to the splendid harbor, magnificent wharves, big stores, new process cotton factory, the ship-yard, steam mills, lower Sound trade, to the lines of steamers to Newbern, Washington, Roanoke River, and other points; to the fact that it is the terminus of the old Dismal Canal, which only needs the help of Sena- tor Matt Ransom to secure an appropriation of about a million to be a ship canal; and where is the rival town that has any show with their city ? Ten miles furfher on you teach Hertford, where they claim they are nearer to the Alligator, Scuppernong River and the big fisheries on the lower Albemarle Sound, and Durant’s Neck, the garden spot of eastern North Carolina. Here are forests of virgin timber near at hand. They point with pride to the new academy and float-bridge that proves the engineering talent of its people, They also need a small ap- propriation of a few hundred thousand to clear some danger- ous obstructions out of the Perquimans River, but Matt Ransom will fix that at the next session of Congress. Woodville, further on, puts in its claim to future greatness, as it is high and dry and has a rich country back of it. At Edenton, which is to be the grand terminus of the railroad, they Jaugh to scorn the claims of the other towns. Here all the trade of eastern North Carolina is to centre. Steamboats are to run to the Scuppernong, Roanoke, Cashir, Chowan, and Alligator rivers. They, too, haye an academy and & harbor, which only needs the use of a bridge about half the time to keep channel open to deep water in the sound. But Senator Ransom has promised to fix that mat- ter. All these towns, however, need ‘' Northern capital and energy to develop their immense resources.” The experience and judgment will be furnished on the spot. I wuderstand that the railroad boom has struck the people on the other side of the Sound, and I shall make a tramp among them when the weather gets a little cooler. In the meantime I shall remain on the coast, making my headquarters here in Kitty Hawk, which has the advantages of post office, telegraph, store, gooil fishing, shooting and a bracing air that is free from malaria. 1 wieh to thank some one for the ‘‘ Fourth Annual Book of the Michigan Sports- men’s Association,” which I find very interesting. Joun Bronson. — a aS A. TRIP TO HATHAN BOG. WN September 6 we left Sherbrooke, in the Province of Quebec, by the International train for Lake Megantic, on our annual hunting and fishing excursion. At Cookshire we met our genial friend, Charles Pennoyer, Esq., and Albert W. Pope, brother of the Minister of Agriculture, who accompanied us to the lake, where we were Soon enjoy- ing one of Jerry Ham’s comfortable suppers. The distance from Sherbrooke to Megantic is seventy miles, over a first- class road, but, as one train does the greater part of the freight as well as passenger traffic, the trip occupies nearly five hours. Here we met Majors Ramage and McMinn, (the latter of the late Confederate service, ) both jolly, whele- souled companions, and last, but not least, Captain John B. McDonald, known to every frequenter of the lake as ‘*' John Boston,” to distinguish him from the numerous John Me- Donalds, with whom that part of Compton county abounds. John deserves more than a passing notice. He is the pioneer of Lake Megantic. On our first trip there, some twenty years ago, he was the only white man we met, and the only occupant of the lake shore, except old Pamee, an Indian, whose hut was near the head of the lake. Pamee has long since departed to the happy hunting grounds, but we recol- lect when the profusion of moose relics in the vicinity of his hut gave evidence of his prowess in the chase. On the occasion referred to, John Boston, then Mayor of three townships, (the united townships of Hampden, Whit- ton and Marston,) was our guide, counsellor and general factotum, and proprietor of the only '* dug out” sround the lake. He paddled his own canoe, when he could, but when the current of the Chandiere failed to run smoothly, had an utter disregard for pole and paddle and, with rope over his shoulder, took the towpath up the middle of the river. At such times he didn't wear kilts, they would have been super- fluous, but you’d haye been kilt with laughter to have seen John take frequent involuntary headers over the granite boulders. The boulder they got the bolder he got, and we finally had the satisfaction of looking out on the broad ex- pause of Lake Megantic. Time had dealt gently with John Boston. He appears hale and hearty as when we first knew him, when the flavor of the flatstone on which we cooked our trout only seemed to increase his appetite. May he long continue so. When he has crossed the *'one more river” many on this side will mourn his departure. Many of the old settlers in this part of the country bear the same name, and there are various ways of distinguishing them. Once. when holding an election at Winslow, fifteen miles distant from the lake, it became necessary to swear in one Angus McLeod as special constable, and as there were several of the same name on the voters’ list, we asked him how we should distinguish him from the others. ‘*Put me down Angus McLeod, P. 8.,” said he. ‘P. §., what's that for?” ‘*Piper’s son,” said Angus, and the signature of ‘‘Angus McLeod, P. §.," appeared in the election returns. These old cettlers are natives of the Hebrides Islands, and the Gaelic language is generally spoken. Some of them are totally ignorant of any other. The site of the present village of Agnes used to be our regular camping grounds for several yeafs, and we venture to say there is scarcely a rod of it upon which our campfires have not. been lighted, or a portion of our inypadimenta placed. It lies at the outlet of the lake, upon both sides of jhe Chandiere River, and is the present terminus of the In. a ternational Railway, soon to be extended to Moosehead Lake, Me., and by connection with the Bangor and Piscataquis and other railways, froma direct line between the Atlantic and Western Canada, and will cfféct a saving in distance of some three hundred miles as compared with existing roads. It contains the larze steam saw mills of tle Berlin Mills Co., of Maine, who ship a large quantity of lumber by rail. It also contains four hotels and seyeral stores. The Prince of Wales Hotel, by Major McAulay, is very pleasantly situated upon the lake shore, and is liberally patronized by tracsient guests. The Criterion, by Mr. Morrison, is also pleasantly situated upon the opposite side of theriver, 'he trout fish- ing is good here in September, when the fish go into the river to spawn, and no prettier fish swims than one of these fresh Tun trout, wilh ils bright crimson sides. The fishing last September was very good, and many catches of ten to thirty pounds toa rod were made ih an hour or two from the vicin- ity of the railway bridge. In the swift water they afford excellent sport, bring large and gamey, usually mmnning from one to three pounds, As the little steamboat was not on hand we waited a day, when she came along, and we were soon en vvwte for the head of the lake, distant twelve miles. Both sides of the lake are now settled, and though rough and stony near the shore the Jand is very good a little way back. The scenery is very fine, especially the background formed by Megantic Moun- tain near the head of Victoria Bay, and the view of the bound- ary-line monntains looking toward the head of the lake from the residences of Majors McNinn and Ramage, The trolling for lake trout or *‘unge” is good in June and October, and the favorite trolling ground is off Sandy Point rather more than half way up the lake. Three or four years ago at. this point, in company with Capt. Thomas, of Wimbledon fame, we took, by trolling, over 300 pounds of dressed lunge in two days, lying by from ten o’clock until tree. The largest we caught weighed fourteen pounds. On the west shore near the head of the lake is the steam, saw and grist mill, of J. E. Myers, the first mill erected at the Jake. Mr, Myersis a French-Canadian with a New ingland experience, and a me- chanical genius. Nearly everything connected with his en- gine and machinery he can make and repair, and is never stuck in providing anything that any ordinary mechanic can turn out in wood or metal. He is a Justice of the Peace, and has a sufficient knowledge of medicine to preyent Lim from poisoning himself or friends with any of the drugs or chemi- cals of which he keeps a liberal supply, and dispensés when required. His mill is used principally to supply local de- mand. Within a mile or two aud back from the lake is the village of Piopolis formed by Papal Zouaves. Across to the head of the Jake, and we drop anchor at the Pamee car- ry. A few rods above here, a Mr. Flint, of Toronto, is erecting a large and very substantial steam mill. He owns a tract of land between Megantic and Spider lakes. His lum- her supply will be principally from Spider. In connec- tion wilh his mill Messrs. McLeigh and Wright, spool and bobbin manufacturers, of Beebe Plain, will also run a mill] for the manufacture of white birch, « large supply of which as well as poplar exists at Spider. The Messrs. Leonard, of Winslow, are cutting a quantity of poplar for shipment to the States. White birch sells for twenty-five to forty cents per cord, standing, Mr, Flint has built and just launched a steamboat with fifteen horse power engine for the use of his mill, but which will make regular trips tbrongh the lakes. A team here carried our traps acrossthe Pamee portage to Spider Lake, a distance of one mile, for twenty-five cents per _ load, cheap at double the amount. Here we meet our guide, 5. D. Ball, better Known as. ‘tDew,” and, after a two-mile Tow, are snugly installed in onr,own shanty, beautifully situ- ated upon a point commanding g view of every part of the lake, Before us lie the boundary-line mountains, and from one part; of the lake we can distinctly trace the boundary line over three seperate mountain peaks, looking like a swath mowed through theforests. Spider Lake (Indian name Maccannamack) is from four to five miles in lensth, with deep bays or indentations, radia- ting like the legs of a spider. It aboundsin bass and a species of white fish, thelatter of which sometimes run two pounds weight, also cusk, chub and trout. ~The trout are found in the inlet or upper Spider River in asmall stream on the north- east side of the Jake, and in June in the lower river between Spider and Rush lakes. The general course of the lake is east and west or attight angles with Megantic. Between the two lakes as the stream runs lies Rush Lake, but as this course is some two or three miles longer it is seldom followed, a portage of three-quarters of a mile being necessary toreach Spider. There are now four or five settlers round Spider Lake so that to get-large game it is necessary to go three or four miles up the river, but as some party had anticipated us in this we concluded to remain at our shanty, and spend a few days in fishing and partridge shooting. The view is lovely. The clond shadows are chasing each over the bound- ary mountains. The setting sun bathesin sunshine Big Me- gantic Mountain, and the twilight comes on so gradually that the transition from light to darkness is scarcely percept- ible. The loons are calling each other on the lake, and re- gretiully we retire to rest, forif the loons know anythin” we shall have wind to-morrow, and we want to do some trolling before the lake gets rough. After several days’ fishing and shooting with fair success, we: concluded to go through to Hathan bow, in Maine, and Ball spent a couple of days in blazing a line and hauling througha small boat capable of carrying two, but sa tottlish that a quid of tobacco couldn't be shifted from one jaw to the other with- out danger of a capsize. On the 19th we started from the upper river, and after a six-hours’ tramp over the mountains reached the bog, distant four or five miles, about 3 e.m. Our party consisted of four and, owing to the difficult nature of the route, were unable to carry anything bul provisions, light cotton tent, oné blanket and firearms. Large game was plentiful, and it was necessary to keep very quiet, The tracks of deer and moose were abundant. Every rod of ground in the vicinity of the bo and its inlet was tracked like a cattle pasture, and numbers of freshly-cut paths through the moss led to the water on all sides, We con- cluded to camp on the ‘*burnt land,” some two miles lower down, where we could pick up camp wood without being obliged to use an axe. While two of us took the range the other two, with the traps, took the boat through the bog and down the outlet. In doing so we were obliged to baul the boat over two strongly-constructed beaver dams, the upper one of which floods the bor to a depth of five feet, making a sheet of water abont a quarter of a mile across, which was covered with lily-pads. These pads had heen eaten by the moose through the whole extent of the bog. The lower dam, constructed some distance below the other, is very sul. stantially built at a poimt where it has the support of two large granite houlders, and is evidently to prevent the tota 246 FOREST AND STREAM. [Ooronze 27 188}. escape of water in the event of ithe upper dam being unable to withstand the pressure. Koh these dums are covered with a dense growth: f grass and bushes. Ball said the upper one ws an old one when he fist saw it, some fifteen years avo. Under each of these we caug t some fine trout. Our tent was pitched a little back from the river and about two and a half miles above the uppermost of the chain of pondain Maine. Here five consi crable py ds, aud several minor ones, may be struck wit- in a circuniference of a mile, namely: Arno d, Crosby. M wseborn, Horseshoe and Hathan Boy, Alla ound with trout, wh le Aroold and Crosby eon- tain lunges The waters of al u ite and form the principal tributary of the chain }f ponds. In rear: f our canip arands the Hinest vrani e ledge we have ever seen. Near the edge fissures extend to a depth of twenty to thirty feet, with sinooth perpendicular sides. God help the fisher—or any other man—who shonl) fail into one of th se fi-snres, Un- aided, his chances of escaye would be small, and he would be provided with a sarcopbagus not made with hands. At night two of us rigged up a jack-light and went back to the bog The night was warm aud pertectly still, The toot of the owl and the alarim signal “f ihe beaver were the on y sounds. We hai never heard the beyver before, and when the alarm was given +o close tha! the water alniost splashed over us, it caused a shiver in the buck and our hand took a tighter grasp of the rifle. It is given by slapping the tail puddle-like on the water, and the suund is similar to that of & Lwenty-pound stine stone throwninto deep water. On our return we heard a large mouse walking through th» marsh el se by, occasionally stopping !o feed orrreyinoitre. It kept just within the edg-of the timber, and allhough we remained per- fectly mo!ionless,and were for (en minutes vithinone hugdred feet, we failed to get a sight of it. We tried for two nights more to get a shot at it, but wilhout success. On nearly eyery stream moose tracks were seen in which the water was still muddy. Several deer were also keen, One a very large buck, with antlers seven or eight pronged. One of our party was within xhooting distance, and rvised the sight of his rifle to three hundred yards. Afterward he managed to get some bushes betwien them and got within sixty yards, when he fired, forgetting to lower the sight. He then fired a svcond shot, the buck in each case merely looking round at the erack wf the rifle. A third shot must have touched his, ear, for, giving his head a savage siiake, be started for the timber. The same day this pariy had a bead drawn om an- other buck, standing in a tamurack grove, and lost his shot be wailing for him to come out into the open, which he didn’t. Trout in the vicinity of our camp were abundant. On the last evening Ball took out over thirty in a few minu'es with the fly, without moving the position of his boat. Our sup- ply of bread and pork being exhausted, we took our back track on the 22d, making the distance from the head of the Hathan Bog to the Spider in four hours, and reaching the Chandiere at ten o'clock the same night, fevling that we had exercise enough for one day, and next morning at 9:30 were back in Sherbrook». We shot some beautiful speci- mens of the Canada grouse on our return trip. To any one Wishing to make this trip we would recommend our guide, 8. D. Ball, whose post office address is Agnes Lake, Megan- tic, P,Q. He charges two dollars per day. He has a per- fect knowledge of the country. and can always lay one on good hunting and fishing. The trout on all these ponds take the fly well, and there is plenty of large game, the open season for which, in this Province, is frum September 1 to Februgry 1, It is now close season for trout and lunge. D. THontas, ———— > ee THE “TARRAPIN” BEFORE THE HOUSE. Yurxriown, Va, Oct. 17, Editor Forest Stream : 1 see that the Put Lu k Club has spoken, and decided that the turils is both tish 4nd vabie—a most wonderful decision, and never equalled saye in A8.0p’s fables. When the birds of jhe air wid the Dewsts of the field declared war upon one another, ve bat, nol wishing tu tak- sides with eith r, passed himself : ff alternately fur a uw quse anda bird, but being Caught wos tried for his life. After hearing all the tes i- mony Mr, Chiel Justi ¢ Owl, previdiog, gave it+s his opinien that the but was both benst and fowl, aud o dered his re- lease—a dee si n iat so pleased the bat tbat be took boa d with the ow! in a bullow tres and their descendants d sell to_ ether in peace and amity to this day. While on this sulject Lsend yous speech delivered in the Virginia Legi-larure by one of the members ta support of the theory that the terrapio is game, and I leave it. to the gporlsmen Which is rigut—the Presid:nt of the Pot Luck Ciub of the Virginian. By the way, we ‘ever cal them turtles down here, bur tarraping, dust here | may adv that Colonel Bumgardner, of Staunton, offers a buitle of his cele rated woisky, warranted swee ard sirony, to the wan that will wake the best rhyme to “tarrapin”—the ediorof the Forks? aND TRAM (vu be the unipire. Bul the speech! the speech! as the Roman populace cried to Mark Authury and Mareus Lrotus. Linclose it. Here it is: Mr. Speaker? A bill, having for its object the marking and specifying the elose s ason for catching aid killiny turtiesaud terrapins, has just been introduced by the gentleman from Rockbridge who asks that it be referred to ‘he Committeeupon Game, of which T have the honor to be-chairman. To this disposition of heb: 1 whe gentleman irom Gloucester county demurs on the ground tha’ turtles or terrapins ure fis and not vane and, theiefore, aliwuld be sent to the Committee on Pi-b and Oysters. On Chesapeake Bay and its ributaries, says the ho vorable gentleman, turtles aid terrapins are frequently captured Many miles out al sea in nets or with artificial hook and line, as all other members of the finny tribe are, and, there- fore, they are fish and wothing else but fish, Bir, Lhaye the profoundest respect fr the gentleman’s opinion, As a lawyer he has achieved not only a State, but a National reputation; jut eyen I, opposing # pin’s point againal the shield of Pelides, take issue wilh him, Sir, fam no lawyer, I dowt even understand enough of law to krep out of its meshes, but I will answer his sophistries with 4 few plain, wnconvertible facis; and, as the old saw hath it, facig are 8 ubboru |hings, Is the turilé a fis)? Topine not. Down in the lowlands of the Potowue River, where L came from, the darkeys have dogs trained to hunt terrapi s whea they come up on dry laud to depusit their eyes, and when they find them the ca- nines bark like they were treeing a squirrel, or had holed a ‘possum. Now I ask the House did \hey cyer hear of a fish being hunted with dogs F Who does not know that a turtle has four lees, those legs feet, and those feet are armed with claws like a cat’s, a panther’s or a lion's? Has the gentleman from Gloucester ever scen a fish with talons? I trow not! Tt is well known that a turtle can be kept in a cellar for we ks, and even months, withut water. Can a fish live wi'hout water? Why, sir, it has grown into a proverb that ibcann it. And yet the gentl-man s4.s the turtle is a fish! Do we not know ‘hat we may cut off a turile’s head and he won't dié until the sun goes down. Suppose, now, some modern Joshia should pint his sword—which is as potent as Tthurial’s apear—at the sun, and c mmard it to stand still in the heavens; why, Mr. Speaker the turtle could live a thous- and years sith hig head off. And yct the gentleman says the turtle ia a fish ! 8-0p telis in his fables of a race hetween the tortoise and the hare; and we are left to believe that it took place on dry land, the #uthor nowhere intimating that it was a swimming mateh, Did the gentleman from Gloucester ever hear of a fish running a quarter stretch and coming out winner of a silver cup? I read but a short time ago, Mr. Speaker, of a man who had 8 lion, which he offered to. bet could whip any living thing. The challenve was accepted and the money put up. A snapping turtle was praduced, which conquered the lordly king of beas's in the first round. Can the gen'leman from Gloucester bring any fish from York River to do the same? Again, the turtle has a tail. Now, what Nature intended him to do with tha) caudal appendage I cannot divine. He does not use it lik» our Darwinian ancestors, the monkeys, who swing thems: lves from the trees by their tails; nor like a cow or mule, asa brush in fly time; nor yet as our house- hold pet the dog, who wiys & welcome to us with his; nor, finally, does he use it to swim with, And, sir. if the gentle- man from Gloucester ever saw a fish that dido’t use his tail to swim with, then he has discovered a new and most won- derful variety. Mr Speaker, I will not take up the valuable time of the House by a further discussion of this v.xed question, I will have only one more shot at the gentleman—to prove to him that the turtle is the oldest inhabitant of the earth. Last summer J was away up in the mountains in Giles County, some two hundred miles from the ocean. One day, saunter- ing leisurely up the motntain road, I picked up a land tor- toise or turtle, and examined him. I saw some quaint and curious characters engraved on the horny shell on his back. Through lapse of time the letters were nearly illegible, but hy dint of persevering efforts I deciphered the inscription, and read ; Adam—Paradise— Year One. Mr, Speaker, lL have done. If I have not convinced every member on this floor except this gentleman from Gloucester that the turtle is not a fish, then I appeal to the wisdom of this house to tell me what in the name of common sense it ig. CHASSEUR. Aatural History. FORMER ABUNDANCH OF THE WILD PIGEON. WN connection with the discussion as to the desirability of continuing the practice, sanctioned by custom, of shoot- ing great numbers of pigeons at the annual State sportamen’s conventions, a few extracts from the writings of the older ornithologists will be of interest. The time has passed when any such vast bodies of migrating birds as were obseryed by Wilson and Audubon can be seen. In the Hastern States the P ssenger Pigem is now not a very common biid, and in many sections its nest is regarded as a rare and desirable find by the vologist, Fifty years ago, on the other hand, it was not so. Pigeons were abundant in almost all sections of the country. If they were scarce in any place one year, they were likely (o be plenty the next. Cooper in his ‘' Leather- stocki g Tules” giy san account o! their abur dance in New York slate, which we may assume not to have heen exagger- ante |, since 1b 18 confirmed by the statements of older wrters andof the fathe s of American Ornithol gy—men. whom, when they wrot of what they saw, we cannot but helieve. We pive a few cilat ons from the wrilings of early authors whicu bear upon the former abu;d nee of this species in the East. In Force’s Historical Tracts we find a p ragraph re- printed from the dbsel vulions of Guy. Thomas Du ley, who wrote as early as 1631. He says:— Vpon the 8 ot March from after it was faire dey light, until about 8 of the clock in the forencone, there flew over all the tounss in our planta- cons 8 e many fiucks of doues, each flock c mteyning many thongands and some soe many that they obscured tre lighte, ‘hat it passeth credit, if but the truth should bee written, and jhe thi g was the more strange, because I scarce remember to bave seen tenne doues since I came into the country. They were all turiles a1 appeared by diverse of them wee kili¢d flying, somewhat bigger than those of Eur pe, and ubey flew fromm the north east to the south wes ; but what it portends I know not. Thomas Mrrton, an Englishman, speaks, in 1632 of “©Millions (f Turtledoves one the greene boughes: which sale pecking, of the full ripe pleasant grapes that were sup- ported by the lusty trees, whose fruitfulleloade did cause the arms to beid. * * Over one hundred years later Richard Hazen, a surveyor, deseribes 4 breeding plice of pigeons, which he saw west of the Connec icut River, near the line between Massachuse' ts and Vermont in the fo lowing language: ‘* For three miles logether the pigeons nests wee so thick, that five hundred might have been told upon the byech trees at one time; and could they haye ben cou ted on the hemlocke, us well, I duubt not + ut five thoug od at one turn around.” Wilson tays ;—I bad left the public road to visit the r- mains of the breeding place [betore mentioned] near Shelby- ville, and was traversing the woods with my gun, on my way to Frankfort, when ab ut one o'clock the pigeons, which I lid observed flying the greater part of the morning north- erly, began to return in such immense numhers as I never before had witnessed. Coming to an opening by the side of a creek called the Berson, where I had a more uninterrupted view, I was astonished at their sppearance. They were flying with grea! steadiness and rapidity, at a height above rnshot, in several strata deep and, and soclose together that | could shot have reached thei, one discharge could nor have failed of bringing down several individuals. From right to left. as far as the eye could jeach, te breadth of this vust piocession extended; seeming everywhere equilly crowded, Curious to determine how long this appearance would con- tinue, [ took out my watch to note jhe time, and sat down to observe them, 1 sat for more than an hour, but instead of a diminution of this prodigious procession, it seemed rather to increase both in numbers and rapidity ; and, anxious to reach Frankfort before night, I rose and went on, About four o'clock in the afternoon I crossed the Kentucky River, at the town of Frankfort, at which time the liv‘ng torrent above my head seemed as numerous and extensive as ever, Lonz alter this I ohseryed them, in large bodies thut con- tinued to pass for six or eight minutes, and these again were followed by other detached bodies, all moving in the same sou'heast direction till after six in the morning. The great breadih of front which this mighty mulitude preserved would seem to intimate a corresponding breadih of their breed'ng place, which by several gentlemen who had lately Ree through part of it was slated to me at several miles. t was said to be in Green c unty, and that the young began to fiy in Mirch. On the seventeenth of April, forty-nine miles beyond Danville, and not far from Green River, I crossed this same breeding place, where the nests for more than three miles spotted every tree; the leayes not being yet out 1 had a fair prospect of them, and was really astonished at tharrnumboras oe PF OK rt oF Feo ete Fh Oe * » * T have taken from the crop of a single Wild Pigeon a good handful of the kernels of beech nuts, inter- mixed with acorns and chestnuts. To form a rough estimate of the daily consumption of one of these immense flocks, let us first attempt to calculate the numbersof that above men- tioned as seen passing between Frankfort and jhe Indiana Territory. If we suppose this column to have been one mile in breadth (and J believe it to have been much more), and that it moved ut the rate of one nile in a minute, four hours, the time it continued passing, would have made its whole length two hundred and forty miles. Again, supposing that each square yard of this moving ‘body comprehended three pigeons; the square yards in the whole space multiplied by three, would give two thousand two hundred and thirty millions two hundred and seventy-two thousand pigeons! An almost inconceivable multitude, and yet probably far below the artual amount Compuling each of these to consume half a pint of mast daily, the whole quantity at thisrate would exceed seventeen millions four hundred and twenty-four thousand bushels per day ! Nuttall’s statements do not differ materially in general tone from those of Wilson and Audubon, He says: ‘''To talk of hundreds of millions of individuals of the same species habitually asshciated in feeding, roostingand breeding, without any regard to climate or season as an operating canse in these gregarious movements, would at first appear to be wholly incredible,” Further on he describes a roost in these terms: As the sun begins to decline they depart in a body for the general roost, which is often hundreds of miles dis- tant, and is generally chosen in the tallest and thickest, forests almost divested of underwood. Nothing can exceed the waste and desolation of these noc’urnal resorts; the yegeta- tion becomes buried by their excrements to the depth of +eyv- eral inches. The tall trees, for thousands of acres, are com- pletely killed and the ground strewed with many branches torn down by the clustering weight of the birds which have rested upon them. The whole region for several years pre- sents a continued scene of devastation, as if swept by the re- sistless blast of a whirlwind. Audubon’s account of the yast multitudes of these birds is not dissimilar from those already quoted. He says: The multitudes of Wild Pigeons in our woods are astonishing. Indeed, after having viewed them so often and under so many circumstances, | even now feel inclined to panse and assure myself that what Iam going to relate is fact. Yet Lhave seen it all, and that too in the company of persons who like myself were struck with amazement. In the autumn of 1818, I left my house at Henderson, on the banks of the Ohio, on my way to Louisville. In passing over the Barrens a few miles beyond Hardensburgh [ ob- seryed the pigeons flying from north-east to south-west in greater numbers than I thought I had ever seen them before, and feeling an inclination to count the flocks that might pass within the reach of my eye in one hour, [ dismounted, seated myself on an eminence, and began to mark with my pencil, making a dot for every flock that passed. In a short time finding the task which I had undertaken impracticable, as the birds p wured in ih countless multitudes, | ros+, and counting the dots then put down, found that 163 had been made in twenty-one minutes. I traveled on and still met more the farther I proceeded. The air was literally filled with Pigeons; the light of noon-day was obscured as by an echpse; the dung fell in spots, not unlike melting flakes of snow; the continued buzz of wings had a tendency to Jull my senses to repose. : While waiting for dinner at Young’s in, at the confluence of Salt River with the Ohio, L saw, at my leisure, immense legions still goiig by, with a front reaching far beyond the O.io«n the west and the beech-wood forest directly on the enst of me, Not a single bird aligh’ed, for not « nut or acorn wis that year to be seen in the neighborhood. Th-y ¢ nsequently flew so high, that different jrials to reach with a cupital rifle proved ineffectual; nor did the repor's di-turb them in the least. I cannot describe to you the-extreme beauty of their aerial evolutions, when a Hawk chanced to press upon the rear of a flock. Ar once, like a torrent, and with a noise like thunder, they rushed into a compact mass, pressing upon each other toward the centre. In these almost aolid masses, they darted forward in undulatiny and angular lines, descended and swept close over the earth with incon- ceivable velocity, mounted perpendiculirly so as to resemble 4 vast column, and, when high, were seen wheeling and twisting within thrir continued lines, which then resewbled the coils of a gigantic serpent. B fore sunset I reached Louisville, distant from Hardens- burzh fifty-five miles The Pigeons were still passing in uhidiminished numbers, and continued to do so for three days in succession. The people were allin arms. The banks of the Ohio were crowdei with men and boys, incessantly shooting at the pilurims, which then flew Jower as they passed the river. Multitudes were this destroyed. For a week or more, the population fed on no other flesh than that of Pigeons, and talked of nothing but Pigeons. The atmos- phere, during this time, was strongly impregnated with the peculiar odor which emanates from the species. * * * * It may not, perhaps, be out of place to a!tempt an estimate of the number of Pigeons coniained iu one of those mighty flocks, and of the quantity of food consumed by its mem- bers. The inquiry will tend to show the astonishing bounty of the great Author of Nature in providing for the wants of his creatures. Let us take a column of one miléin breadth, which is far below the average size, and suppose it passing over uS without interruption for three hours, at the rate mentioned above of one mila in the minute. This will give us a parallelogram of 180 miles by 1, covering 180 square miles. Allowing two pigeons to the square yard, we have one billion, one hundred and fifteen millions, one hundred OorosBeE 27,{1881.] FOREST AND STREAM. 247 and thirty six thousand pigeons in one flock. As every pigeon daily censumes fully tialf a pint of food, the quantity, necessary for supplying this yist multitu’e must be eight millions seyen hundred and twelve bushels per day. * * * * Person unacquainted with these birds might naturally conclude that such dreadful hayoeck would soon put an end to the species. But I have satisfied myself, by long observa- tion, that nothing but the gradual diminution of our forests can accomplish their decrease, as they not unfrequently _ quadruple their numbers yearly, and always at least double it. (te FLIGHT OF BIRDS, A SUBSCRIBER writes us from Belle Virnon, Pa, ask- ing (1) what is the fastest recorded flight of a pigeon ? 4 What. is the fastest flight of any bird—a wuck especially ? & How far in front of a pigeon, 21 \arderise, bird flying across, wonld it he necessary to hold to drop the bird ? The rates of flight of the different species of wild birds have not, so far as we know, been measured, and it is diffi- cult for us to see how this could be done. Various estimates baye been made by different authors, but it must be remem- bered that these are merely estimates, and not messurements of speed. Speaking of the passenger pigeon ( Hotapistes mi- grotoria), Aucubon says: ‘t Their great power of flight en- ables them to survey and pass over an astonishing extent of country in a yery short time. This is proved by facts well known in America. Thus, pigeons have been killed in the neighborhood of New York with their crops full of rice which they must have collected in the fields of Grorgia and Carolina, these districts being the nearest in which they could possibly have procured a supply of that kind of food. As their power of digestion is so great that they will decom- pose food entirely in twelve hours, they must in this case have traveled between three and four hundred miles in six hours, which shows their speed to be, at an average, abour one mile in a minute. A velocity sich as this would enable one of these birds, were it so inclined, to visit the European continent in less than three days.” Writing of the common wild swan (Cygnus americanius), he says: *‘ When traveling toa distance they proceed at a freat height, with a steady and well sustained flight, though by no means so rapid as that of the trumpeter swan, this dif- ference probably arising from the greater weight and alar extent of the latter.” A litile farther on he quotes Dr. Sharp less, of Philadelphia, as saying of the same species: ‘'The Swan, when migraling. wilh a moderate wind in his favor, and mounted high in the air, certainly travels at the rate of one hundred miles or morean hour. I have often timer the flight of the goose, and found one mile a minute a common rapidity, and when the two birds, in a change of feeding ground, have been flying near each other, which I have often ae the swan invariably passed with nearly double the ve- ocily.” of the black duck he says that he believes that it flies at a tate of seventy miles an hour, and of the golden eye (Clan- guia islandica) that he believes it ‘‘ can easily traverse the space of ninety miles in an hour.” Many additional citations might be made, but they would scarcely serve to determine the question. To the last question of our correspondent we can only re- ply in general terms. The varying circumstances of flight and weather demand that a man in such cases must use his judgment according to the conditions under which each bird flies. One, two, or even three feet will sometimes not be too much to allow while in other cases the bird can be killed by holding at its head. We cannot do better than refer ourcor- respondent to Prof. A. Mayer’s exhaus'ive discussion of this subject. in an article printed in Forsstanp Srenam, Vil. 15, p. 247, Oct. 28, 1880. The flight of one of our domestic birds has probably been moré accurately timed than that of any wild speeies, since the records of the distances covered by homing or carrier pigeons are usually kept with care. Recently twenty- one pigeons were loosed by the Brooklyn Club, in Cresson, Pa , at 9:58 a. w., and of these the first to return, owned by J. Laubenberger, of South Brooklyn, reached its home at 5:29 P.M, The distance is 241 5-16 miles and the average speed of the bird was, therefore, at the rate of 941 yards per minute, or a mile in a little less than two minutes. Another bird owned by Mr. C. Pasfield reached Williamsburgh, a distance of 243 miles at 5:40 o’clock, having traveled about ten yards per minute slower than the first. Of course in these rates while they give the average speed for this long distance, no allowance is made for stoppages and they are thus only general and not at all a measure of the time occu- pied in traversing a single mile. During # race trom Cresson, which was flown last June, the best time was 330 minutes for 243 miles, or at the aver- age rate of 1,296 yards per minute. ee ee COPPERHEADS IN NEW ENGLAND; Loovust Grove, N. Y. Hditor Forest and Stream: In a note under a letter with the above caption, by ‘‘ New England Boy,” in Forkst AND StRuAM for October 13, 1881, (pp- 208) you ask for ‘* further information and details” con- cerniny the occurrence of the copperhead snake (Ancistrodon contort77z) in New England. Isupposed that it was gener- ally known that this species is as common as the rattlesnake in certain mountainous parts of New England, notably about Mount Tom in Massachusetts. I have myself killed both species on this trap ridge. Mr. Street, who keeps the house on Mount Monaduuck, has for many years exhibited both species alive in glass-covered cages. He captures them when they first come out in spring, at a place called, ‘Snake's Den,” on the south side of Mount Tom. During the spring of 1874, I accompanied Mr. Street on his annual expedition after these pets. On the 27th of May he cavght nine snakes, of which number five were copperhvads and four rattlesnakes. On the following day we caught but a single copperhead at the same place, ‘'Snake’s Den.”’ They are taken while coiled upon, or among the loose rocks, basking in the sun, with a pair of long-handled wooden tongs.—C, Hart Mzr- RiaM, M.D. = . Brmerport, Conn., Oct. 17. Hditer Forest and Stream: I write in confirmation of the communication of ‘‘ New England Boy” in issue of Oct. 18 in regard to ‘‘ chunkheads” (copperhead snake). I have often seen and killed, or brouzht them home alive with the aid of a crotched stick and a piece of string, in the locality he mentioned. My boyhood was passed at the foot of West Rock, and while berrying or hunt- ing we always kept a sharp lookout for ‘‘chunkheads.” It Was not yery uncommon then—twen'y-five years ago—for some one to be bitten by them. Ihave kn own !wo persons who were so unlucky, both boys with whom I was acquainted. Whenever that happened, one of the Sperrys, of Sperry Farms, was sent for. He bad a recipe, said to have teen ob- tained from the Indians, which was a sure cure, provided the patient was not unable to swallow. I never knew of any one dying from a bite. ‘The recipe was in my possession for some time, and I can probably obtain it for you if you want it. It was also used for cattle and horses, but I think not with equal success, for I have known of their dying from bites. Ithink the species is being fast exterminated, as of late years I haye heard nothing of them.—Ngw Eneranp Boy No. 2. NorrHampron, Mass., Oct, 14. Editor Forest and Stream: We not infrequently find copperheads on the western side of Mt. Tom, near a marshy piece of ground. In the fall one ig almost sure to find them under the cornstalksa. On the lop of the range is a basin which is usually full of water, and they are reported to be fonnd there, I haye looked for them carefully, bul never haye succeeded in finding them. Cyn send you a nice specimen if you would desire.—G. W. Crrr- TENDEN. [We should be very glad to receive a specimen. | New York, Oct, 13. Editor Forest and Stream ; The chunkhead (Anezstrodon contortria) is not at all un. common in many parts of Connecticut and I believe that I have collected specimens of this species in Rhode Isiand. I baven’t my notes at haud for reference.—M. 3 REPORT OF THE SOCIETE D'ACCLIMATATION, W* have received, through the courtesy of M. Raveret Wattel, Secretary of the 8 ciety, this mteresting publication, from which we make the extrac’s viven below : ‘The observations made by M. Le Pante, on the youne California salmon, placed, for the sake of experiment, in the lakes of the forest of Vincennes, have demonstrated to you all the hardiness of this species and its wonderful powers of supporting high temperatures. A salmon which can live without injury in water at a temperature of 25 de.res (O.), and which, besiries, develops with great rapidity, is certainly a species very desirable for us to xcquire. ‘On the otter hand. certain facts have been hrought be- fore you which prove that this species can liye and reproduce i's kind in fresh water without ever visiting the sea, and this fact indicates that its successful acclima‘ation would be easy. ‘The very general depopulation of our water courses im poses up’n us the necessity of laboring for their replenish- ment with fish by employing, so far as is in our power species of rapid growth. This consideration gives an espe- cial importance to the acclimatation here of the American tront (Salmo fontinalis), which deyelopes much more rapidly than our indigenous trout. However, we may consider thig species u8 already acquired by us, sincé Baron Habn. in his fiishcultural establishment at Courances, has been able to accomplish its reproduction. **The necessity of replenishing our covers, a need which is becoming more snd more pressing, obliged us, a few years since, to consider the introduction of species of forrign vame better able to protect themselves than those which we now possess and which are manifestly disappearing. Among the partridges, the perching species have attracted particular attention, Besides the fact that these species are less likely to be taken in the traps and snares which p ‘achers make use of, their habits entirely forbid their nesting in a cleared country. These species need woods, thickets or hedgerows, Therefore, with them we need no longer fear the Jamentable wholesale destruction of eggs which so iften take place in the case of the French partridge at the time of the mowing of the artificial meadows. It is the duty of our society to try, one after another, the different foreign species until it shall have supplied to our country a partridge which shall be sufficiently able to resist the above-mentinned causes of dis- iruction. The Chinese Quakiki partridge (Bambusicola thoraciea) seems completely to fill this want. ——> +e =-_____ Tre Nurratt. Borteroy —The first article in the October number of the Bulletin, from the pen of Mr. H. W. Hen- thaw, treats of Some of the Canses Affecting the Decrease of Birds, a subject in which all sportsmen and lovers of nature take a deep interest. Aside from the depredations of those animals, which may be termed the natural enemies of birds, Mr. Henshaw regards meteoroloyical disturbances as the most destructive forces to which our migratory apecies are exposed, He does not think it probable that disease, as compared with other canses, plays any very considerable part in the destruction of birds, although, as he says, the eyi- dence on this pointisalmost wholly negative, litre ornothing being known sbout the diseases of this class in the feral state. Attention is drawn to the destruction of birds by telegraph wires, Dr. Shufeldt, U, 8. A., contributes to the present number an interesting osteological paper Of the Ossicle of the Anti- brachium as found in some of the North American Hawks, and Dr. J. C. Merrill some Oological Notes from Montana. Mr. Robert Ridgway’s paper, On a Tropical American Hawk to be added to the North American Fauna, will recall to our readers his first announcement of the capture of Buteo brachyurus—then provisionally called B. fuliginosus—in the columns of Forzst np Brream in April of the present year. The question of the relationship of the two forms (@rachyurus au LTR does not appear yet to be quite satisfactorily settled. Tn a paper on Podiveps occidentalis und P. Clarkii, by Mr. Henshaw, we are furnished with a comparison of the two forms and a discussion of their relationship. Mr. Brewster's studies of two species of Helminthophaga, r cently described, have brought out the extrem: ly interesting fact that they are hybrids, and open a wide fleld for conjecture and speculation. H. * leucobronchialis,"” Mr. Brewster concludes, is probably the result of the union of the male of AH. pinus with the fe- male of H. chrysoptera and H. '‘ lawrence,” of the male efry- foptera with the female pinus. Moreover, certain epecimens wuld seem to indicate that the hybrids interbreed with either pinus or chrysoptera. The concluding paper in this number is an important one by Dr. C. Hart Merriam. It isa Preliminary List of Birds ascertuined 10 occur in the Adirondack Region, Northeastern New York, and mentions 177 species. Reevnt Literature contains reviews of several old and new works, and General Notes are full and interesting. Tue Smirusoxnran Casts.—The International Fishery Ex- hibition at Berlin last year demonstrated the fact that in the line of casts of large objecis, Mr. Palmer, Modeler of the National Museum, had no superior. He is now engaged at Provincetown, Mass., in taking the largest one yet. It is that of a yearling whale, about thirty feet long. It will be made of papier maché, which combines lighthess with toughness, and supersedes plaster for large objects, The cast is of only half of the whale. The other side is to remain open to show the skeleton, which will be in-erted. Yeitow Lees in Sourn Amertoa—New York, Oct. 16. —Hattor Forest and Siream: In Mr. Roosevell’s first paper, speaking of ** bay snipe,” he says they winter * “way down South,’ nobody knows exactly where or how far.” | can en- lighten him. A few years ago I spent part of the winter on the southern coast of the Carribean Sea—at Santa Marta and Sienega—and there I found our yellow- Jegged friends in the greatest abundance. The country between the mountains and the sea is flat, with many shallow ponds, and these ponds are fairly alive with waders of all kinds. They seem very tame there as they are not molesti'd. Onone occasion I was tempted—at Sienega— to shoot into a lot that were wading, about thirty yards off, and my negro hoy went and gathered eighteen yellow-lega. They were next to the largest variety and in splendid condi- tion, but it resulted, as I feared, in useless slaughter, for they refused to cook theni forme. The pigeon tribe, from the sinall+st dove (=maller than a robin) to a bird larger than our domestic pigeon, are so numerous that I could have killed hundreds in a day; but If und it was nseless to shoot them, as the natives sre utterly stupid, and will eat nothing in the way of meat bu’ bref and fish,—H., [In view of Mr. Hapgood’s recent article on this subject, the exact date at which our correspondent ubseryed these birds would be of in'erest ] BuoE Rait—North Woods, Oct. 8.—I tread in one of the late numbers of ‘our paper" an article on the rail, and failed to find a description of a bird that I killed Jast year on the St. Lawrence River, called there the * blue rail.” Svid bird was as large a9 a clapper-rail or salt walér margb-hen, only much heavier, plump, like a gronse, ¢ Jor slaty blue on back aud wings, and blue-white underneath, legs and head very lik+ sora rail. This bird was in reeds, und acted just like all other rail.—Gao. L. AprLeton, [We presume from your descrip ion that the bird was a Plorida gallinule (Gallinula galeata) } Vis Menioatrix Nai ur#—Sherbrooke, Canada, Oct. 10, 1881,—I send you with this a foot, or apnlogy for af ot, of a ruffed grous+ shot to-day. The individual eyilently left one of his limba ina trap at some lime, and thus has the Fs Midicatr » Nature Veen set forih. The bird was in first- rate condition. Four of us were ouf and had a very pleva- ant day. I won’t say how many birds were killed, for fear of making our American cousins jrglous, but we had an averaye bag.—CANADa. ; ; {The foot has been sharply cut off below the tarsal joint, and the end of the bone is 4s smooth x8 if it had been sawed off, The wound is not an old one, but is partially healed. Gane Bag and Gun. *_* For tahle of game seasons see list issue. Vermoxst Dezr Law —The Vermont law prohibits deer shooting in that State at all s asons until 1885. — RUST SPOTS IN GUN BARRELS. Saint Josepx, Mich., Oct. 17, Editar Forest and Stream : Thismatter of gun freckles (or rust, as it is called,) is what IT have long been studying about, I am glad the matter is discuesed in the Forxust anp Stream. None of the explana- tions are satisfactory to me, although I cannot explain the cause of them. One thing is certain, some poor quality of barrels in the hands of careless cleaners keep bright, while good barrels (laminated steel, fine,) in the most careful hands at cleaning become freckled in spite of every precaution. I do not believe they are caused by rust as genctrally under- stood. I have had experience with two guns, laminated barrels. The first gun soon began to show spots a few inches from the breech in one barrel. I worked to clean it and took every possible care and precaution to keep the gun clean and prevent more. But still they came, and kept coming and extended three-fourths of the length of the barrels. I be- came sick of the gun snd concluded to get a newgun. I ordered one from Birmingham, England; fpecified every particular; in thirteen montlis it came, a» perfect little gem. I was perfectly delighted with it. It was used daily and cleaned as soon 48 I entered the house, with all the care of a jewel. In ashort time it showed a spot or two, and soon a few more. I worked to keep it clean, but still they came and went on two-thirds the length of the barrels, like a dose of sulphate of scda, They seem to stop at a point about three-fourths the length of the burrels, Now, what I want to say, and to say emphatically, is that they were not caused by common rust. I know my gun was dried, and entirely clean. It could not be made cleaner. I know how to use and clean a gun as well as any living man. I pride myself on my gun. The world can’t make me believe the spots come from the want of proper cleaning and common rust, Now, what causes them? Is it in the manner of manufacture of the barrels? Is it the chemical action of the powder, lead or percussion in the caps? Who will explain? I know what I am writing when I say common rust did not cause the spots in my guns. I now lack a few weeks of being seventy-one years old, can clean a guo and shoot some, Here are a few scores; The past week I was out for blue and green-winged teal. I made eighteen successive sholg at sinvle birds and killed fif- teen, On the last day of snipe-shooting, |»st spring, I made sixteen shots al snipe and killed fifteen, and that will do for me without glasses. You can judgeif I can clean a gun so it wont rust. Who will explain my diffieuty of gun freckles. They annoy me dreadfully, and still my puns shot well. One weighs seven and a balf pounds, the other reven pounds and eleven ounces. 1 wish they were lighter and inside brighter. Lurxon. - * . 248 #3 is shew. TS) Tb ey FOREST AND STREAM, Brooklyn.—Hditer Forest and Steam + T notice in the last issue of Forgsr AND Stream that some friend of Frank N. Beebe recommends him to leave the residuum from a dis- charge in the barrels of his gun until next using them, as a preventive against measles or rust. Thad a friend, who in an evil hour recommended me to do the same, and as a con. sequence the breech and recoil block of my new ' Colt” are badly rusted and J have tried in yain to remove il. Last July I paid Lake Hopatcong, N. J., a visit in the hope of bagging a brace or two of woodcock and very carelessly left my clean- ing rod, rags and oil home, or I would not have been so anx- ious to take my friend’s advice. The powderI used (Haz- ard’s F. G.) seemed to leave a black pasty substance behind, which I was rather afraid of at the time, but concluded tu risk it. Lthink the fulminate in the caps has more effect on the barrels than anything else, for the following reason. I was overhauling my gun and rifles, a few days since, to make sure they were not getting speckled, when a friend who had dropped in while I was at it accidentally discharged an empty shell which he was filfing in the gun. After remoy- ing the shell I carefully wiped it witha dry rag, oiled it and put itinits case. Something prompted me a few days after to look at that chamber. Shade of Moses! what had got into it? About fourinches of the barrel was black, and it took an unlimited amount of wire brush and elbow-grease to get it clean again. My experience is that constant atten- tion is the best preventive against rusf. If I had a ‘‘Saxon” gun I might not think so,—G. B, H. AtranTAa, Ga. Oct. 17. Editor Forest and Stream : Thaye noticed in several recent numbers a discussion on the subject. of rust in gun barrels and the best means of pre- venting the same, When I was a boy, my father, on a visit to Charleston, bought me a fine silver-mounted, muazle-loading (of course) rifle. God gaye me a good nerve and eye, and 1 became a fine shot, probably the best in my county. Bot I was heed- less and careless, as boys are apt to be. The young men and boys with whom I hunted often complained that their rifles rusted in spite of wiping andl oiling. I was in the habit of leaving mine, when returning from a hunt or shoot, without wiping or oiling, and with the powder-burn in it. My gun was always-bright and clean when wiped ont for use, and never showed ved rust at all, and is free from it to-day, though in use thirty years; and never had a drop of oil in it all the time, I was in the infantry of Lee’s army during the war, and, haying lost everything, had to work hard; and hardly fired a gun for a dozen years after the war ended. In fact, I lost my taste for guns and bullets. But latterly, having gone on the bench and leading a very sedentary life, the doctors ad- vised me strongly to open ait exercise. I bought a 12-bore breach-loader, and I have, I think, the finest setter in the State; and soon the old passion for the field returned, and is with me stronger than ever. But with years I fear I have not much improved in habits of care for iny gun; and for the past four seasons I have always left the inside of my barrels, after a hunt, with fhe powder-burn undisturbed ; and, in fact, /efé them so all sum- mer, and it is Jiterally true that when wiped out my gun is now as bright as a mirrow. I am of the opinion tha the debris from powder-burn forms a coating which, mo r than any other known substance, will preserve a bright iron or steel surface from rust; and I give you the statement with leave to publish it over my Own name, unless your own better knowledge shows you that I am mistaken. GrorGcze HILiyEr. Hditor Forest and Stream: An old gun repairer and excel- lent hunter once said: “I never clean my gun when I put it away after the hunting season is over. It will keep in better order by letting the powder dry in the barrels than in any other way.” I have practiced his method for years, and never had occasion to regret it. The difficulty is largely that of putting the gun away in a damp or wet condilion. IE put sway dry and kept ina warm and dry place, I think there will be no rust found upon wiping out when the hunting season again arrives. Hyerything depends upon haying the the gun dry, and kept not only dry but warm, during the rest- ing season. It is well that we cannot look into our old muzzle-loaders as we do info our breech-loaders ; so many old scars would appear we would he frightened at the small- pox appearance of our old fayorites that kept the spots and dirt out of our sight. JI haye found the best castor oil the best oil for » gun—for every part except the locks. It has a body that does not disappear readily, and will keep the barrels frum rusting when in the rain longer and better than any I ever used.—* Monroe, N. C.—Hiitor Morest and Stream: ‘Spots in pun barrels” has brought out quite a number of receipts for its preyention. Ihave had no trouble in that line. I clean my gun thoroughly, and then swab the inside of the barrel with lard oil, using a wire lrush for the purpose. I find after shooting two or three days that the gun is very little fouled, and no dry powder cake is about it, and with a wire brush and rag I can clean it bright asa dollar in five min- ntes. Try it—be conyinced,—Conr. Bosron, Oct. 16.—Hditor Forest and Stream: After many years’ experience with gun barrels I haye come to the con- clusion that the -secret of the trouble isin the polishing of the barrels on the lathe. No matter how finely and care- fully thisis done it always leaves an immiense nutmber of small rings on the inside; and in these rings the minute par- ticles of the residuum adhere, and there the rust trouble he- gins. Let any of your readers who have trouble with their guns look into the barrels carefully and they will see these rings. I send you a piece of gun barrel split open to show this, The remedy for this is the draw polishing, but gun- makers do not care to do this, because it is a hard and long operation, fh. H. Kurerrrour. New Berrats, Conn,—Hditor Morest and Stream: “For a protection against rust nothing simpler or belfer adapted to general use has bee discovered than the compound of lard and resin recommended by Prof. Olmstead, of Yale Collexe (author of ‘Olmstead's Natural Philosophy’), and used by him for the preseryation of scientific apparatus. Takeany quantity of good lard, and to every half pound or so add of common resin an amount about equal to half the size of an ege, or less—a little more or lras is Of no consermence. Melt them slowly together, stirring as they cool. Apply this with a cloth or otherwise—just enous. to give a thin coating to the metal surface to be protected. Tt can be wiped off nearly clean from. surfaces where it wil) be undesirable, as in the case of knives and forks, etc, The resin prevents rancidily, and the mixture obviates the ready access of air and moist- ure. A fresh application may be needed when the coating is washed olf by the Iriction of beating storms or otherwise. There was talk of patenting this recipe at one time, but Prof. Olmstead decided to publish it for the general good.” [take the aboye from my serap book, but have forgotten where I first found it. on a tine gun and other highly-polished surfaces of steel and iron. Itisas sure a preventive of rust as Prof. Olmstead claims. A thin film is produced which is a complete protec- {ion against moisture. For cleaning I think the compound is improved by adding crude pretroleum that has been well filtered. But to prevent rust the first essential, as some of your correspondents have said, is to thoroughly clean and dry the surface to be protected. If oxidation has begun, no matter how slight, a coat of linseed oil, baked on in a kiln, or best japan even, will not stop its action—it will continue its work and throw off the coating.—J. W. T Amesbury, Mass.—Hditer Forest and Stream: Three years ago this winter I bought me a Parker gun, Damascus barrels, and a nicer polish I never saw inside of gun barrels. In shifting from muzzle-loader to breech-loader I followed the advice of friends who owned breech-loading guns, and used coarser powder, which some of our club boys were using. In less than three months my barrels were spotted badly in spite of the best of care; gun never remained over night without thorough cleaning. I carried a pocket cleaner, and after each discharge in the brush would draw it through the barrel. It was of no use. With the most thorough cleaning at night the barrels continued to rust or spot until they were so bad I had them rebored in about six months after first using gun. After reboring I shifted to finer grain powder of same grade, determined, if possible, to now retain the fine polish. It was the same old story, thespots began to ap- pear, and at the end of six months more the gun was as bad ag ever, using extra care inthe meantime. Once more I had barrels bored out, feeling most diguslied with breech-loading gun in general, as the best part of the guns in our club spotted the same way, and it was the universal opinion of the club that it could not be helped. I continued to use the same powder which, by the way, was food, strong, clean “burning powder, moist, and would not cake in muzzle, and was used by most of our boys. After another six months or thereabouts I had barrels again bored for the third time. I had made up my mind to rebore as long as barrels would stand it, aud then get another pair of barrels. At this time IT came to the conclusion that the powder was the great cause of the spots, and calling to mind the length of time I used my muzzle-loading gun without spotting, I immediately pro- cured some of the old powder, which always gave best of sat- isfaction. At the same time I was called to the fact that one of our boys who had continued to use the old powder after using breech-loading sun for year or more did not show the least speck in his barrels. I have continued to use this pow- der up to the present time in my breech-loading gun, and the barrels are in as good condition to-day as when they were last bored. Jn cleaning my gun all I am obliged to do is to just push through cotton flannel rag, and then another rag with sperm oil. Ican clean the gun in this way after firing five or fifty shots, and without hot or cold water, inside of five minutes. In trnth I have not used a drop of waterin my fun for over six months, and the same polish is there without spot or blemish. Our club are mostly using this powder with best results, and some of them do not clean their gun for over a week after using, and still no spots ap- pear. I can assure you there is great satisfaction in looking through a smooth pair of gun barrels. I do not care a tinker for any powder manufacturer in this country, All I have written is for the benefit of sportsmen who see their guns rot- ting every day. Shift on your powder, for I will wager my gun against a box of caps that certain grades of powder spot your guns. I take great pride in showing my gun barrel to the boys every chance I get, for they haye not spotted for most a year now, and I tell you no elbow grease or eternal vigilance is required to keep barrels in prime condition. I will say nothing in regard to powder which I claim has spotted the barrels in our club so badly, fora great many sportsmen are using it, and like its shooting qualities very much, but I would say fo those who complain of the spots— Change your powder, for the powder is what is spotting your gun so badly. The powder I am using is Oriental Western Sporting F, G.—@G, F, G. 2 THE HURTLING GROUSE, _ Penysyrvanta, October 22. Editor Forest and Stream + While reading your interesting issue of the 20th inst. my attention was called to au article, furnished by “L. J. ¥.,” entitled ‘* The Hurtling Grouse.” Among other things, he says, he ‘‘ would be willing to grant that title (of artist) to any one who could make one successful flying shot in twenty at our grouse.” T reside in a portion of this State where the hawks, owls and hard winters do not give quail much chance to multiply ; woodcocks are scarce, and there are no lakes or streams of sufficient size to attract geese or ducks in numbers to justify hunting them, and so ruffed grouse, whose hardy nature en- ables them to cope with all the enemies named above, are about all the game we have to amuse us during these delight- ful autumn days. Now, I believe, (Lam open to conviction if wrons) that our grouse fly as swiftly and through as dense covert a8 do the Canada birds of the same species, yet I assure |! L. J. FP.” that were he in this vicinity he would lose that five dollars eyery day he desired to see the operation performed of knocking a grouse over once in six shots; and the number of sportsmen in this and in the adjoining coun- ties, who would bear the title ‘‘artist,” if the test were only such ag ‘'L. J. PF.” would make it, would be amazing. [ know \hat persons who shoot and fish some are pronounced hy the heartless world prevaricators, to draw it mildly, yet I further assert, and can be borne out in the assertion, that I have seen three consecutive shots at grouse kill three grouse, these being at single birds, and have known the same gentle- man to kill, in my presence, eight grouse, single birds, in twelve consecutive shots, in the timber Ido not presume that the last named gentleman is a better shot on other game than ''L. J. F.,” but, as I before stated, this noble bird is about the only game bird that he has prac- ficed on, and this may account for his success in this par- ticular branch of game shooting. oro. —— — Specimen copies of the Forest and Stream will be sent free to any addaess upon application, I haye used the compound for years WORCESTER SPORTSMEN'S CLUB. JN THE FIELD AND AT THE TABLE, Worcester, Mass., Oct, 18. Editor Forest and Stream: The annual hunt of the Worcester Sportsmen’s Clb, for the game supper to be given by the losing side at the Bay State House, took place to-day. Theschedule of game and count it wasdecided should be as follows: Hulfed grouse, 25; woodcock, 20; quail, 20; English snipe, 20; wild duck, 50; wild goose, 100; hawk, 50; owl, 50; fox, 3800; ‘coon, 100; rabbit, 15; gray syuirrel, 16; mink, 100; weasel, 50; wild pigeon, 20. “The captains of the two sides were Mr. A. B, FP. yee and H. 8. Knowles, and the result of the Lunt was as ollows : £, &. KNOWLES" SIDE. BK, 8. Knowles, 7 woodcock, 1 ruffed grouse..-..,...... 165 N. W. Wager, 7 quail, 6 woodcock......... Daly G. F. Rugg, 3 quail.. : 60 J, A, Cngs, 1 quail ......... 20 C. A. Allen, 2 gray squirrel. 30 J. M. Drennan, 2 dueks..... Loo D, E>, Gulag, DAG, ee oy es calaterole vlele kik fd tenia 100 O.W. L. Tett, 2 ducks afreseta de etn 100 WN. 8. Perry, 1 fox, 1 rnfivd groust.......--., -----+- 1y B25 P, A. Benoit, 1 rabbit, 1 rived grouse, 1 woodeouk..... G0 M, D, Gilman, 1 rnifed grogse, 1 quail, Lrabbit....... 60 P. Honghton,* 1rutied grouse, 1 quail, 7 woodeoek,-.-. 300 1, Holman, 1 ruifed grouse, 1 quail, 4woodcock,2 squirrel 155-1715 * The details of this score cannot be correct. A, B. I’, KENNEY S SIDE. N. 8. Johnson, 3 rnifed grouse, 1 gray squirrel,:....,.. Hi) W. N. Cole, 1 gray squirrel, 1 woodcock..............6. 3a §. Olark, J rabbit, 1 woodootk... - 1, se. ye 0 +e 0-1 ee 35 E. T, Smith, 1 rabbit, 1 woodeock, 2ruffed grouse, 1 gray en [ituits| lar a fr reioey -Atotore geen ents one f= hari C. EB. Darling, i rabbit, 6 woodcock, 1 ruffed grouse, 2 gray squirrels,........... ho BCH Oe eet oe 1400 R. B. Claflin, 1 woodcock.....,..---. Surin cheer erp se 30 ©. E, Mann, 1 rutfed grouse, 1 rnbbit,.......-... ..- re 40 GET AT OGY, Be AL ete a asta yiale ke eptene fede bgle\eeai cunts » 40— 550 Tt will be seen that Mr. A. B. F. Kenny's name is notin the list of those of his side and has no score, This can be explained from the fact that Capt. Kemmy went for foxes alone. His dog started the fox andranit, but the gun missed fire, or the man behind the gun missed—one or \he ofher— hence a blank score. Judging from the woodcocl killed, their condifion, ete., the flight must be just beginning to come in, Homo. Your correspondent having been au invited guest of the Club can vouch for the following account of the supper, taken from the Spy of the following day: The aunnal supper of the Worcester Sportsmen’s Club was held at the Bay State House last evening, and, including the guests, just forty sat down to the table, The members of the Club assembled early in the eveving in the parlors, and an hour was passed in recounting the many incidents of the hunt of the day, cach telling of some fine shots made, or of the number of birds started that they failed to pet. The ouests of the evening were Mayor Kelley, Ion. C. B. Pratt, Hon. T. J. Hastings, John D. Washburn, Hsq., Gen. A. B. R. Sprague, Col. J, A. 'Litus and Henry Woodward, Hsq. Ai 8:30 the party proceeded in couples to the south dining room, where the tables were spread. Landlord Shepard had prepared the game brought in by the sportsmen in a nianner to tempt the epicure, and presented the following menn : Oysters on Hali-Shell. Soup—Mock Turtle. Roast Partridge, Larded. Broiled Woodcock on Tons. Frolled Quail with Jelly, ' Stewed Squirrel, ada Maltre d'Hotel Fricassee of Rabbit, Chicken Salad. Vegetables, Ice Créam, Charlotte Russe. Assorted Cale, Fruit, Nuts and Raisins. Coffee. Ex-Mayor Pratt presided, and after the removal of ihe cloth called for order, and said he was lappy to be on the winning side, as he knew he should be, and then introduced as the first speaker Mayor Kelley, who said he was present for the first time al the annual supper of the sportsmen of Worcester. He was surprised, as well as happily gratified to see so many of the representative business men interested in the exciling sport of the field and cover. He regretted | not being an expert in the use of the gun, but hoped before the next shoot that he might be, Col. John D. Washburn was introduced as one who knew all ‘about it.” He ssid he came to make a speech, but in the shape. of the counsel for the fox, for whom he wanted 150 points granted on three different points; one on mornl grounds, one in relation ta civilization and good government, -and the other iu reference to the boot business, and he pro- ceeded to illustrate cach point in a humerous manner that kept the company in continual laughter, and «ll conceded the requested 450 points. The next speaker was introduced as one who had been in jail for oyer four years—Sheriff A. B. RK. Sprazve—ywho said, although not a sportsman, he did have something to do wilh ‘birds.” He related his early and brief experience in shont- ing, as a boy, at which he made no distinctive mark. The president of the evening then said the elub intended to petition the next legislature that they night he exempt fron, taxation, and therefore they had invited to be present with ~ thei one who had made taxation a study, and lie then intro- duced Senator 'T’. J, Hastings, who said he knew sometining of the value of the sport, and said the Btate would always keep open the rights of the forest and laud and their treas- ures. The sport of hunting was a manly abd healthy out-of door exercise, and he was glad to see so many nilerested in it. Ool. J. A, Titus was introduced, and said he looker upon the sportsmen of the cily as a represciilative class of men. He considered it a duty that man owed fo himself and family to preserve vigorous health, and that conld be obtained by the. healthful recreation of hunting for game. He spoke of the need of revision in some of the acis of the legislature in re- gard to hunting and fishing, and to the trespass act. The Jatter he said was not right whe honest and gentlemen sports- men went out to hunt, for the malicious work done was not by them, but by bad boys. Mr. Henry Woodward was the next oue called upon, but evaded & speech i) & eat manner. Rey. J. A. Cass was introiuced, anél said ii gave him great pleasure to belong to so honorable a class of men as the Wor- cester Club, and to be able to bave attended the hunt and the supper. The sport in this city was elevated to so high a, position that it was an honor to belong to the club and fo [Oororne 27, 1881. ————————————— \ -Qoroven 27, 1881.] juin in their sports, which was productive of good health and pliysical development, and was a pleasant relaxation from business. . Capt. E.'S. Knowles, the Jeader of the winning side, spokein # sympathetic nanner of hisopponent, Capt. A. B. F. Kinney, and the tirue honesty with which he owned up to missing his fox while only four rods away, and closed by ecngratulating iis side-on their victory, Remarks were also made by Capt. B. F. Kinney, Samuel Porter and Chas. H. Bowker, and the excrcises closed with the singing of Auld Lang Syne. pe THE DECREASE OF GAME BIRDS. HaAnirax, N, 8., Octoter16. . Baditor Forest and Stream: Tf **Monte Verde'’s" letter had come from Nova Scotia I might, perhaps, offer some excuse for the scarcity of par- iridzes this season, and asitis my excuse may be of some noment concerning Vermont. Tn this Provinee, and I think within a radius of several hundreds of miles hence, the summer (?) just past has been one of the most wretched on record, and as the partridges of course depend upon the warm dry weather for breeding and rearing their young, the poor blue-nose matenfamilias must have had a most serious time of it, during the months ‘of June, July and August last, for we had anything or every- thing }jul summer weather—fog and rain being largely sub- stituted for the sunshine yainly looked for from week to week, That partridges are scarce in Nova Scotia this ‘auiumn is not the opinion of one or afew, but of every one whom Ihave met. Since this season began I have spent several days on some excellent spots of partridge ground Without seeing, inuch less bagging, a bird. 1 wus told yesterday by an Indian, who had been some weeks in the wouds after moose, that he never saw fewer partridges, and never knew them to be so scarce generally. Talso have it from a gentleman in the country that he went over fifteen miles of the ‘‘very best” partridge coun- try without seeing a covey; he got a few birds, but ihey were all single ones over from last year. Another good eyidence of their scarcity is that the Halifax market people aré askin fifty cents per pair, which is just double the or- inary price. Some inay be at a loss to account for the absence of game this year, but anybody who noted the disastrous summer weather us I did cannot be surprised at so many complaints of flat bags. JOSEPHUS. Editoy Forest and Stream : A. few days ago, prompted by the beautiful weather and #harp frosts, I took a trip up the New Jersey and Northern New York Railroad, hoping to find a few woodcock. The foliage had just hegan to turn, the air was clear and still and Altogether it was.as perfect an October day as a sportsman ‘could wish for. I hunted through some splendid cover, dry wamps, with here and there a nice spring surrounded with food boring ground and side hills covered with alders and scrub oaks, where cock Jove to lie and rest after their long Wight from the North. I found only one solitary bird and otf a siogle grouse, It was really sad to go through miles of such beautiful cover and not find birds. **T( is almost useless,” as an old sportsman said to me this morning, ‘‘for one to keep a dog and gun nowadays.” The Headly breech-loader and more deadly pot-hunter have about €xterminated game birds in this part of the country. Every day, in and out of season, every inch of coyer is gone over d over again by men and boys, determined to kill every- ing they see; and it seems impossible to prevent it. The rmers are too busy or indifferent, and justly fear to inform inst poachers. The sportsmen who are really in earnest, are mostly engaged in the city, and are not out during the close season. The societies for the protection of game are too apt to devote their time to pigeon matches, although there are some honorable exceptions, and it is only here and there that steps are takea to enforce the laws. It seems to me that, with the exception of those tracts of Jand owned or preserved by clubs, the quail, grouse and woodcock are doomed throughout this section, and like the Appear. Yet with the unbounded coyer we haye, there ould be plenty of gamefor all. All it requires is, that this mgeless and selfish shooting and trapping in and out of season should he stopped: fhen sportsmen would be en- couraged in turning out birds and restocking our desolate woods and fields, At present this is useless, for the game is killed before it has a chance to breed. I think we all begin to see the necessity of stopping spring And summer shooting, for even the once numberless quanti- ties of wild fowl and bay birds show a terrible falling off. The laws should be so that no man should have an excuse p out on the uplands before Oct. 1 or after January 1, and the Eastern States should combine on an opening day. I ust confess that I really donot know where to go within a asonable distance of New York for a day’s upland shoot- ing. Five years azo I could name a dozen.—HoLsrRron, Editor Forestand Stream: Tn a trip for wild pigeonsin New York State we got twen- fy-eizlit within three miles of home. Found them as usual their old game of picking up wheat on newly-sown grain elds. Not yery many. And we left nine-tenths of them to ise some more another year. We were salisfied and gave fem a rest. Continue your fight agaiust the miserable trap Shooting. Why wouldn't it be better to discontinue all spring shooting anywhere? Might as well kill off the heng in the ing a8 to be always harassing game in its breeding-seas on just before—naimre’s lime for everything in the game neato multiply and replenish September to March is long hough season for shooting in our climate, and then put up iefun. Am giad fo see your steady opposition to cheap wins, iyery nigger in the land» will have a breech-loader s00n unleess (hu flood of cheap trash is stopped. | Nores on Gsue anp 8Hoormva—Chester County, Pas— Gditor Forest and Stream : The growing scarcity of our game lers and notoriety for big bags, although they have in a at measure been the cause of fhe scarcity. But I think it ‘due to the increase of sportsmen. Thirty years ago you ould count sportsmen in Chester county by tens; now you fan count (hem by the hundreds. ‘Thirty years ago-you could find only here and there one that could stop a bird on the ; now there areany number of them. Then it wasa thing for s farmer fo shoot on the wing ; now it isa non thing, Do not understand me to say that they are a ce plentiful pinnated grouse and wild turkey, bound to dis- rds is, in my Opinion, not all due to spring shooting, breech- |- FOREST AND STREAM, all expert shooters, but they kill on au average. say ten birds, Ten old birds ought, and will, in the followmg spring, bring forth at least forty or fifty young birds; thus you will see what becomes of the birds. Of course I can speak for Ohes- ter county only ; it may be different in other places. I do not euvy the farmer the sport, for no one has a better right to it, Game this year is very scurce, though the severe winter killed more than was shot ; but our winters, as a gen- eral thing, are move mild than last winter was. Farmers and farmers’ boys are shooting birds now. The law is off—of course they are at liberiy to shoot them—hbuf no true sports- man will shoot them this warm weather thaf we are having now, so they have if all to themselves. There is, as faras I can see, noremedy, I*armers will shoot birds as long as there is any; 80 will sportsmen. And let me say here, in answer to Mr. Beebe, that the farmers here take the same plan that the old Californian does, except they wash their guns at the be- ginnivg of the shooting season with pure water, wipe dry with rags, ram home a little powder (ihey all have muzzle- loaders), put on a cap and bang away; then their gun is ready for use, and, ag faras I can tell, their guns never get spotted. Ruffed grouse are scarce here, but in the ‘ forest” in Berks County they are plenty; but, as ‘‘ Wad” in your last number puts it, you have to shoot at the noise seven- tenths of the (ime, the forest is covered with thick scrub oak, the leaves dying and remaining on the trees until spring. Quail, as I have said before, are scarce. Woodcock have not yet arrived.—Swap Sao. [This isa subject of deep interest to sportsmen in every part of the country. ‘The causes of the decrease of different kinds of game are many. We invite all persons havyiug facts bear- ing on the question fo give them to us. | —— PLAN OF A SINK-BOAT. Tae WHEATLANDS, Oct, 1. Hiditor Forest and Stream: It will afford me pleasure to give your correspondent, the dimensions for a sink-boat, but I hardly understand what he means by asking for dimensions of sink-boat ‘‘suitable for man weighing 175 pounds,” as the weight of man using il has not anything to do with size of sink. The dimensions, materials, etc., to be used in construct- ing a sink-boat are as follows: The box in platform should be made of } inch best white nine; or still better, white cedar, if to be had. ‘Tha ends of box should be of white oak, 13 inches thick. The box should be 5 feet 10 inches Jong, in the clear (this will accommodate any man not over G feet in height, as both his knees and neck are bent in lying in the position to shoot) 19 inches deep in clear and 22 inches wide, sides straight’ perpendicularly, hut sprung to- gether at ends to 14 inches at head and foot, Now, in re- gards to the depth of ends the simplest way is to make the box the same depth all over, but itis by no means the best q: : Ube View a 3S feet efter 2, BSS Pe 2 la ns way. My own box is only 6 inches deep at head, The foot; should be of jull depth, viz, l@inches. The reason I cut away the head of box is that the shooter, in lying down, has to have his eyes above the level of the box in order to watch the flight of the fowl, so that very litle depth is required at the heail. The lox should be put together in the very best manner, as on its being perfectly tight depends the comfort of the shooter. Now makea+ inch drain board to be in bottom of box, and the sin! is completed so far as the box is concerned. Around the box is built the ‘ platform,” as follows : Have two oalc carlings cut out 6 feet long, 1+ inches thick and 24 inches wide in the middle, tapering olf to about 14 inches at ends with 1 inch spring or 1+ at most. Now bolt these se- curely to ends of box, 1 jnch below the top. You are now ready to put on the platform or deck, ‘his chould be of { inch white pine or cefar, 6 feet wide and 10 feet long, the seams of deck to bs well fitted together and especially made tight where it fits round the box, which will project above the deck } inch. On each end of deck nail on a batten of + inch strip, 5 inches wide, on nnder side of deck, At the head of platform is the head wing, which should he made of three 3+-inch pine or cedar boards, ésch 12 inches wide, snd fastened together by strong’ iron straps, with lioges gt each board, and also where the wing joins the x 249 platform. These hinges should,be so arranged as to give the board composing the wing free play to swing down at right angle with platform and to fold hack on top of same, tack loosely so as not to interfere with swing of wing, strips of hervy drill or duck (of color as nearly resembling as possible the water that boat is to be used in) over each crack between wing board and between inner wing buard and platform, This completes the head wing. Sid@ wings to be of 4 inch pine or cedar boards, two on each side, each board 8 or 10 inches wide and connected together and wiih platform by three heavy sole-leather hinges in such a manner as give free play with platform with the strips of drill dr duck nailed over the joints as in head wing. T neglected to state that in addition to the battens nailed under platform there should be one on each side of box amidships on under side of platform which should be- braced to box by an iron ell. The ends of all these battens should project beyond the sides of the platform about an inch, so that the side wings will haye something to rest on, as the leather hinges must be long enough to let them fold oyer {he foot wing when the boat is folded up. The foot wing should be made like the side wings, extending across the fool, of box, or a single board 14 to 16 inches wide can he used at foot. Connecting the wings at each of the four corners are triangular pieces of lead colored duck, or heavy drill, tacked to the wings and haying a stout cord sewed to their outer edges, on which cord I use small corks to keep the ecorner- pieces on top of the water as much as possible. Now for the leads. These consist of two rows of sheet lead from four to five inches wide, the inner row to be tacked round the edge of box along the inner edge of the lead in such a manner that the outer edge can be bent up to keep the sea out. The outer row of lead is nailed round the plat- form half way between the box and the edge of the platform allround. Paint box, platform and wings as near the color of the water in which the boxisto be used as possible. The sink is to be moored by two anchors, one at head and one at foot. For head anchor two holes should be bored at head carling, about 15 inches from each end, and a rope knotted through these holes making a ‘‘bridle” about i0 feet long. The anchor rope should be made fast to the ‘* bight,” of this bridle. ‘This lets the head of box ride free in agea. For stern anchor bore a hole in the platform near the edge at foot and let the anchor rope pass through this. This enables the shooter to trip his stern anchor (which should be alight one) in case of a sudden shift of wind so that the box will swing head in. This is the arrangement of my own box, though differing somewhat from those in use af Havre-de-Grace. ‘There they use a light frame for side and foot wings, with drill or tick- ings stretched over them. These platforms are generally larger also, the usual dimensions there being 12x7 feet, but after a trial of both I have found the board wings to be better than the canvas or drill, and I find the 6x10 platform quite large enough, and | use my box in much ‘‘ wilder” water than they have at the head of the bay. I inclose a set of drawings which may help to explain my letter. I shall be always happy to assist you or your readers in all matter3 that relate to shooting or yachting, as lam devoted to both. I haye but one word foryou, dear Forest AND Stream—Don’t fo crazy over Madge. In the above sink about 200 pounds of weight in addition to the man will have to be used. We accomplish this by having iron decoys cast, each weighing from 25 to 30 pounds. These are set in the platform with wooden decoys of about one-third the usual thickness. The bodies should not be more than 2 inches high and flat on the bottom. Use also light wooden decoys on wings, with a ‘‘stool” of about 200. Sinz Boat a a eee! DOGBERRY IN THE FIELD, Memrins, Tenn,, Oct. 18, 1831, Editor Forest and Stream ; T inclose you a “‘ trew tale” on our Arkansas Prairie Club, and I was one of the ‘* wictims.” Gurpo. Dr. Mitchell, Mr. Arthur Wheatly, Judge Sam P. Walker, R. D, Jordan and Mr, Daye Poston, with some dozen others not necessary to mention in this chronicle, were of a party of huntsmen returning from the prairies in Arkansas on Sunday last. Being ahead of their companions . they concluded while waiting for them to while away the time. in shooting ata mark. Along came a justice of tle peace and a con- stable, and with many apologies for the necessity of per- forming a painful duty proceeded to take in the whole party for violation of the Sunday laws. These gentlemen pro- tested that they did not Know it was wrong, and they had never read the laws of Arkansas; but it was no go, the justice telling them that ignorance of the law would excuse noman. They then proposed to goto trial then and there, and if the justice concluded they had violated the law, after proof and argument, they would go to jail without any fur- ther trouble to him, The accommodating justice agreed to this, saying there was no statute in Arkansas against holding court on Sunday. The guilty defendants retired for consul- tation and elected Judge Walker for their lawyer, and unan- imously agreed on Mr. Dave Poston for their witness. The attorney first argued that’ they were citizens of Tennessee and not subject to the laws of Arkansas, but the justice cut that off short by saying that it was too thin, as all persona were bound by the criminal laws of the Stale they were in. The attorney then argued that under the Constitution ot the United States all acts of the Legislature were entitled to the same faith and credit in all the States asin the one making the law, and that corporations chartered in ‘Tennesse might do business in Atkansas, The justice said this was so, but he did not see what that had to do with the case. The at- torney then told the court that he proposed to prove by a witness that Dr. Mitchell and the witness himself belonged to the German Rifle Club, andthe other defendants to the American Rifle Club; that these {wo clubs were corporationg, chartered under the laws of the State of Tennessee, and that there sole businesa was shooting at amark; that the charter and laws of Tennessee allowed them to shoot at a mark on Sunday as well ss any other day, and it was the constant practice to doit. The Attorney-General conceded that if the defendants had been hunting or shooting in the air, or at each other, they would have been guilty, but on the principle al- ready conceded by the court they could not be convicted if they proved these facts, and he could prove both the law and the facts by the witness for the defendants. After the case was Over the court remarked that on the law and the facts as proved he must say thai there had been no violation of the statute, a3 such a case was a clear exception to the statute, and ia obedience to the Constitution of the United States he must release the defendants, but that the eoustable, ag prosecutor, must pay the costs. Dr. Mitchell then per- 250 formed a yery neat surgical operation on a jug, showing the abdominal viscera through a spectrum of ice to the justice and the constable, and the delighted defendants were per mitted to depart. . ' Ke HE CANNOT CIRCUMVENT THE DUCKS. Carson, Ney, . 14, Editor Forest and Stream : NST EI SS About four miles from here is Washoe Lake, a body of water some three miles long by one and a half miles wide, During the fall and spring months this lake is a favorite place for ducks and geese, but owing to the open nature of the lake and its surroundings the game is difficult of approach and itis seldom that a large bag can be made. There are one or two feeding places near the main water, but they also are too open, and I never visit them but that I come away disgusted at my poor luck. I haye been there when there were thousands of ducks sitting on the water and skimming over if away out of reach, and have returned home some- times wi! hont a bird. Now I want your assistance and the assistance also of our brother sportsmen in this matter. How can I out-general those aggravating birds? Will a sneak-boat helpme? I never saw one of these modern contriyances—merely the cuts of then that haye appeared in your valuable paper. Won't you please give me the information I somuch desire? And can you give me the plans of a snéak-box, providing that would erable me to approach the birds on a body of water such as I describe? I have tried decoys along the borders of the lake, while I lay concealed in a good, natural blind, but even then I have met with indifferent success. I am en- raged at the ducks and geese that frequent that lake, for when I'm about its shores they sit out four or five hundred yards, and seem to take delight in quacking and honking at me, and if I can succeed in contriving some plan by which I can get my No, 10 within reach of them I'll make them think that the enn is a strong shocter, Will you assist me? And if you ever visit this land of silver, sage brush and dirty Indians we'll go for a shoot. SryAD. ae OCTOBER DEER STALKING. BOUT the second week in October stalking may be said A to come to an end, so far, at least, as the stags are con- cerned, for hind-shooting follows in due course, Singling Gut a good ‘‘yeld’ hind from her companions at some dis- tance is one of the most delicate points in forestry, Nor after the stalker has come to a decision is she very easy of approach. Hinds are proverbially watchful and suspicious; they are generally told off as sentinels where deer are herd- ing together, and the yeld hinds are the most wary and dis- trustful of all. Yet hind shooting is comparatively little in fayor, though it tasks skill and experience to the utmost, while the superior quality of the venison is a consideration not to be ignored. We do not say it is the difficulty of the sport that discourages the sportsman, nor do we believe it. But the enthusiast whois prepared for hardships, exertions and disappointments, naturally sets his affections on the trophy that is the symbol of an anxious but successful day. In examining the deer through the glass his eye turns first to the horns, Itisa blissful moment for him, and hig heart beats faster than before when the magnificent stag, hit clean behind the shoulder, lurches forward in his hounding gallop to drop heavily ‘tin his tracks"—when he admires the stately head he has made his own, with the branching antlers, brow, brae and trae. This year many fair stags have fallen, and it has been a successful season in most forests, for the weather has been in favor of the rifles. It may he toilsome work stalking over steep hills and deep valleys, in brilliant sunshine or the close, thundery atmosphere that is evea more trying. But nothing is more dishearlening than the driving wet that envelops the ground in rolling vapors, with occasional gusts of wind trom all points of the compass that baffle the best concerted straiegy. In such a@ season it 18 mainly a question of en- durance, and a man goes about the indispensable crawling in more buoyant spirits when the heather is dry and the streams are shrunken than he does when he may be sowing the seeds of future rheumatic attacks in the saturated peat bogs and among torrents in miniature. Yet, however succeseful a season may be, veierans will shake their heads and sigh over it. Deer-stalking, they will tell you, has degenerated, and the deer are not what they used to be. In one sense, we can hardly doubt that the latter assertion is true. Such grand hesds as may still be seen decorating the porches and the walls of highland lodges are becoming excessively scarce, and the race of stage that used to carry them is well-nich extinct. For this there are obvious reasons. The modern breech-loading Express rifle is a vast improvement on the ordinary weapons our fathers were in the habit of handling. By killing nearly point-blank at something like a distance of 150 yards, it spares the eager stalker the most difficult part of the stalk. Moreover, by the fatal facility it offers for re- loading a stalker whose soul is set upon butchery can dis- charge shot afler shot at random into the rapidly vanishing herd. Then, thanks to Wimbledon and the ‘ running deer targets,” with similar opportunities ot practice, good skill with the rifle is become avery common accomplishment, while the very precautions that have been taken for fostering the deer have been far from tending to assure the survival of the hand-omest. Fifty or even thirty years ago it was a very usual practice to combine the sheep-walk with the deer forest. ‘The shifting about of the shepherds and their dogs kept the restless deer continually on the alert; and there were stags, like the ‘“‘mickle hart of Benmore,” immortalized by St. John in his ‘* Wild Sports of the Highlands,” which were well known over a wide range of country as hay- jng had the best of their games of hide and seek with their pursuers, But now, when’ sporting rents have been steadily rising, it has been found more remuneratiye to clear the forests of the sheep, and @ fortiori of those cottagers, with their families, who used to vegetate in hovels in the seques- tered valleys. The most efficient sentinels of the deer haye been killed down simultaneously. Hawks and ground ver- min have been spared that they may destroy the grouse, which might spring up with their cry of alarm at the niost critical moment of the stalk. The consequence is that the deer have become more domesticated and more stationary in their habits, and far more approachable. Wherever a tempt- ing head may show itself, it is marked by the forester in charge of the ground, and the chances are that before the end of the season it hangs dangling in the limpness of death across the withers of a shooting pony. : Thus Scotch deer can no longer attain the patriarchal age embodied in the well-known Celtic proverb which had its origin in the days of the bow and arrows. hand, although the area over which they roam may have been diminishing, there can be little doubt that they have greatly increased in numbers. year or two ago to have a census taken of the tenants of the forest of Glenquoich, and though the figures can only be an approximation to the truth, we may assume that they ar3 roughly trustworthy. Judging by the rent, which is given at £1,800, Glenquoich is far from being a first-class forest. We believe that the more famous forest of Atholl has been leased for considerably more than three times the money. Yet in Glenquoich, according to the estimates of the foresters, there were, at the time of the census, from 800 to 900 stags, which should mean something like double that number of hinds. careful calculations, but many people would be surprised by it, and would not have supposed that the extent of forest measured by the rental could give satisfactory feeding for so great a number of deer. Any systematic attempt at counling heads, except when 9 tract of country has been driven, is al- together a new idea, and therefore it is impos:ible to form an opinion by comparison. deer-stalking, which was published in 1888, he estimated the deer in Atholl at between 5,000 and 6,000; and he gives the extent of the forest as forty milesin length, while it was éizhteen miles wide at the broadest part; it contained 135,- 000 acres, of which 51,000 were given over specially to deer ; and if comprises some of the finest grazing in Scotland. If Mr. Bass’s returns are even approximately correct, they go far toward confirming another suggestion of the reasons why the deer deteriorate in size. overstocked, as, perhaps, they are over preserved, animal accustomed to a quiet life no longer cares or dares to wander. ‘cording to the changes of wind and weather, and, with the overcrowding and consequent scarcity of pasturage, must fall away in weight and condition. but, after all, it is the more satisfactory side to err on. Under any conditions, legitimate deer-stalking can neyer be ; FOREST AND STREAM. On the other It occurred to Mr. Bass a The return was doubtless founded on When Scrope wrote his work on Many of the forests must be An He frequents the familiar straths and corries, ac- The multiplication of the deer may be carried to excess, anything but the most exciting of sports. The grouse may be killed down and the ground kept undisturbed, but the deer will always be the most wary of animals, not even ex- cepting the wild goose. He sees or smells possible danger in anything or everything. If the weather 1s rough, it is difli. cult to get within shooting distance, because the wind brings the scent of his enemies to him from afar, and even the forester who is best acquainted with the ground finds it hard to calculate on the treacherous air currents. It is often more difficnit to appreach the deer when the weather is fine and calm, because then their instincts have directed them tosome exposed slope, where there is neither heather bank nor moss trench to give cover to the stalker, When, too, science and strategy have done all that can be done; when each act in the sensational drama has been con- scientiously played out; when you have taken the bearings of the group of deer by landmarks impresssed on your mem- ory previous to fetching a compuss upon them of some miles more or Jess; when you haye crawled down the bed of the burn and wormed yourself tarough the peat moss; when yard by yard, almost inch by inch, you have slipped yourself forward over the slope of the heather brae; when at length you have dragged yourself under sbelter of the knoll from which you contemplate making the final adyance—then, when your hopes are at the highest, they are often cruelly dashed. A duck rises from the weed-covered ‘‘moss pot;” a mountain hare hops out of its seat; acurlew whistles or a lapwing shrieks; perbapsit igsome tiny moor bird that pipes its feeble treble of warning. It is all over with you for that stalk, and you knowit. The deer prick their ears and sniff the air, edging away in the opposite direction. The sportsman willlet them go regretfully, though some men mmy shoot wildly in sheer pique, with the probability of missing and the possibility of wounding. Butif there are odds against kill- ing in a difficult stalk, the gratification of success is propor- tionate when, after having had time to recover the wind and ateady the throbbing in the tremnlous pulses, the well-bal- anced weapon is brought calmly to bear, and the bullet is plac-d mercifully in the vitals of the yictim. Deer-stalking is the most sensationul of all sports, salmon fishing and fox hunting not excepted, and the only drawback to it is that the amateurs is always under tutelage. Were it for no! hing else but judgiog the currents of air, he must avail himself of the local knowledge of the professional. ‘*Watching the passes” is pleasant, too, though it may be condemned as almost bor- dering on “‘pot-hunting,” since unsuspecting animals are shot from an ambush. After all, nothing but practice can make perfect in if, and there is something romantic as well as ex- citing in thestart from the lodge in the darkness before dawn, in fording streams and scrambling up steeps by the light of the lanterns borne by the gillies; in ensconsing yourself amoung the rocks on the mountain ridge, and listening to the footfall of the deér on the shingle, or watching for them as their forms emerge from the mists. Driving deer, as a mile, is open to great objection. On State occasions, and by way of ceremonial parade, when the proprietor of the forest is entertaining some personage, it may he all very well; and, moreover, there are historical associations and precedents in its favor. The venerable Spottiswoode tells us how in that same forest of Atholl to which we have already alluded, the earl of the name in 1568 formed a circle or tinchel of 2,000 of his clansmen, and passed as many of his deer un- der review before the beautiful and unfortunate Queen Mary. But the modern drive is almost invariably abused by men whoshoot indifferently, and are more of butchera than stalkers. We have heard on excellent authority of batteries of Express rifles held in reserve forthe hands of the gentlemen, who discharge their contents into the terrified herd that is crowd- ing past within easy shooting distance, while a cordon of armed gillies has been told off to put the most severely crippled animals out of their misery. How many escape to pine away or make a painful recovery is one of the secrets of the forest that prudent retainers will keep dark. Driving is far more unsportsmanlike than the Jateau, and one objection to the excessive preserving of deer is the excuse it gives for thinning them in unsportsnanlike fashion. Bow Brtrs. Hdinburgh, Scotland, Oct. 1, 1881. ae Srirm Laxe—Spirit Lake, Iowa, Oct. 15.—Ducks and eese coming in plenty now, This season bids fair for splen- tia shooting for the balance of the season. Geese nest here, as do a great many kind of ducks, At this time of year most of the shooting is on the wing, and royal sport it is, too, till every slough and Jake is frozen. Fishing fairly good this fall—pike (wall eye) and pickerel mostly, If any one wants rare sport this is the place for it.—A. A. Mosuex, \ \ JALD. FOWL shooting has been tolerably goodin Baue. party of four amateur sportsmen bagged sixty-nine head 4) ducks, besides numerous yellowlegs, plover, : loons, ete. phant have had fitted up, for the accommodation of spor men, a gunning scow, which has been aptly named Ark, the cabin of which is large and comfortable; and { well ventilated staterooms, haying two double berths jp each, afford ample room for a party of six or eight; wh excellent clam chowder, oysters, ducks and sea food enon ally, make up the bill of fare. meadow, opposite Manahawkin, yery convenient to the feeding ground of the numerous wild fowl which frequent the bay. A row of ten or filteen minutes in the early mon. ing, after a 4 o'clock breakfast, will bring you to a good gunning point, and after the decoys are placed in positio the fun commences. r mending the same to my brother sportsmen who want a fey days shooting near home, Oliphant, Manahawkin, New Jergey, will receive a reply wit desired information on the subject. : snap there will be plenty of wild fowl in the bay. duckingon Lake Erie, and this is what he has to say abou from Sundusky to the southeastern boundary of Michy are thousinds of acres of marsh lands, the principal prod tion of which is ducks and musik rats. been leased by sporting menr presented by wealthy memb from Chicago, Cleyeland, Toledo and other Western ci each club annually controlling 3,000 to 4,000 acres. club paid $3,000 for 9 desirable building spot and their @ house was built at a cost of $4,000. It requires considerabh surplus cash to reniain in good standing in any of \hese tor institutions, and ats low estimate it is considered that @ duck killed is brought to bag at a cost of over fifteen do! to each member, wild rice, on which they are yociferous feeders, and whit) the clubs sow in liberal quantities ¢ach season. season is opencd at the different club houses by a grand b on which the occasicn is enlivened by the presence of lad munber of patrolmen, whose business it is to warn all truders from trespassing on their grounds, estates extend alone the marshes manage to put ib) seventy-five acres of farming fields and 500 acres of m iting sportsmen during the spring duck und snipe shoo’ winter and spring months he traps and otherwise cab he finds a ready market for. gether with leayes nd sprouts of the wild lily. Wheu marsh is frozen over and the ice is strong enough to bey - fall. [Ocrozrr 27, 1881 BARNEGAT DUCK SHOOTING. pat Bay during the latter part of the past week, A brant, snipe, Captain Dell Crammer, of Manahawkin, and Mr, F, Ojj. The Ark is anchcred to the Haying enjoyed good sport last week I feel like reeo A letter addressed to Captain Dell Crammer, or Frank The feed is plentiful this season, and after the next colq J. E. M, L $< +g LAKE ERIE DUCKING GROUNDS. Mr. T. 1. Kern, of the Bradford, Pa,, ra, has heey Along the southern coast of Lake Brie, extending y Much of this land The ducks are attracted to the spot Usual Good music is always in attendance, and asumptu us suppe is ome of the many attractions. Exch club empl Farmers wh profitable use, The farmer under whose hospitable roof Bradford party were furnished quarters owns six lands. Fron the latter he derives a revenue by keepin and the fall duclcand quail season, by furnishing the shoottr with board and boats, and giving them permission tos over his grounds for « Jiberal compensation. During 1,500 to 2,000 miskrais on his marshes, the hides of w The marshes are dotte every direction with muskra!, houses, and in their cnt tion these animals exhibit, much of the ingenuity I beaver, to which they are allied. Their houses are comicalli shape and are visible some three or four feet above the w4 They are made of sta moss, weeds and wild rice stalks weight of a man, the hunter provides himself with a sp and, accompanied by an otler hound, visits the m lodges. If the latter are inhabi'ed the dog points thems #3 setter or pointer does a bird. The hunter then spprai and thrusts his spear through the thin, soft wall until sharp blade pierces the rat, and he is torn from his i and soon deprived of his hide. This manner of secu game is not lookid upon wilh favor, and the ordinar, of catching them with 4 steel trap is considered more mate. About the 10th of September the blue and green-w teal fly into the marshes in large flocks, and furnish lent sport for the experienced duck hunter. They @ most gregarious of the duck family and are usually foul large flocks. The wood duck, with its beantiful plumage, is also foul early in the season. Both of these, as well as the mallad breed here. ‘The wood duck usually builds its nest in Holoy irees, The mallard nestsin some lonely swamp, or in 4 cluded marshy spot. The nest of the teal is seldom 1 Little ducklings soon after beimg hatched display much ¢ ning in hiding among the weeds or diving along the banks and remaining under the water, allowing thei hills to protrude only sufficiently to breathe. The pimiit it is said, do not breed this side of the Arctic regions: The best open water ducks are the red head, the aay back and the blue bill. The marsh ducks are the mula widgeon, bald head, whistle head, plug head, teal 9 apoonbill. The canyas-back feeds on wild celery 0 and séldom stops along these marshes. One of our pp however, was fortunate enough to knock one down. ——— A Noynn Provosition—Monroe, N. C., Oct. 7.— been quail shooting twice this month, on the afterno the 5th and 6th. I found the birds very abundant; 1 about five covies, two of them full grown, the others two-thirds grown. My old dog, cix years old, came work in fine style, and worked as well as when he q My young dog, one and one-half years, waa rough and seemed to have forgotten what he learn year, a8 he was perfectly broken then. I have a ti which I intend to keep an accurate record of the nuy shots I make during the open season on quail, and th ber of birds bagged, and would suggest that oth men do the same, and when the season is over we our records to the Fors anv S1ream for publication, may Make a comparison and sce what the avérage will we can then tell what percent, of the shots ought to acrackshot, I have no idea that there iy a single sub but would send a true report—just as well as if 6 do s0,— Cou. OoroBEE 27, 1881.] FOREST AND STREAM. 251 NEBRASKA 48 A Huntina Counrry—Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 21.—Lact Monday, Messrs. Webster, Tomson, Hallett and I Went out by the morning train to a small lake, or really a marsh, near Ashland, a small town twenty-seven miles from here, on the B. & M. R. R., and in a seven hours’ shoot bagged 120 ducks and eight snipe. The lake was so full of weeds and rushes thata doz could not work, and we lost at least balf as many ducks as we got. There were thousands of '*mud hens,” and these fying about continually bothered the party no little, especially when the sun went down, and made if difficult to distinguish them from ducks, The purty waded ont into the water, and took stands hy the muskrat mounds that reared their heads above the water all over the lake. ‘The day was cloudy and cold, clearing off half an hour by sunset, ani! giving usa glorious weslern horizon for closing the day’s entertainment. All the ducks, but about ten, were of the larger species. I am beginning to think pe a better hunting ground than Mississippi. Surityan County GamE—New York, Oct. 2!.—Aditer Forest and Stream: 1 notice in your issue of the 20-h that a party has been svld in going to Sullivan county for ducks and other game, wherein you disagree with him, I know all about it, having visited Eldred twice. The first time was from an advertisement in your p.per. I remained for a week or more, and did not even see a woodcock, or any- thing else, and got disgusted and came home. ‘rid it again, thinking perhaps luck was against me. This time I remained two weeks and saw but one woodcock and a few partridge, and a friend, myself anda guide, with an excel- lent dog, bagged in two weeks’ time but seven birds, and bought all I could, which was six, making thirteen in all. The fact of the matter is thereis no game up there.—S. P. GviILLY£RMO, Qamvina Our av Yorrtown —One of the most attractive points around the exhibition grounds to visitors is the en- campmeut hotel keptby L, Y. Jenness. It embraces fifty tents, accommodating from two to thirty persons each, all floored with planks at a sufficient elevation, and nicely fur- nished and cry, located on a hill several hundred yards north- west of the Exposition and accessible from the main entrance by Marietta avenue and the Western and Atlantic Ruilroad. The cuisine is of the best, and there is 4 first-class dining- room attendance from New York. The encampnient was brought here from Warwick Woodlands, Greenwood Lake, Orange County, New York, a popular Hastern summer re- sort, built up by the Greenwood Lake Impioyement Com- pany, of which William O. McD. well, a Gotham banker, is President. In addition to the tents there are closed cum- fortuble frame rooms fur {hose who prefer them. The en- canipinent is handsomely arranged, with broad avenues, and elevated plank walks. Jt is inclosed by a high fence, with only one entrance (through the office), and is thoroughly guarded day and night. The novelty uf this enterprise is at- tracting cousiderable attention, and it is extremely popular, The rates aré the same as those of the Atlanta hotels, which have been reduced sitce the exposition openid, and it is specially to be commended for large parties or families. — HBzehaunye. Tae “Saxon” Gun AGAin—New York, October 24.— Editor Forest and Stream: My attention has been called to an article in a recent issue of your valuable periodical, headed ‘*Guns Given Away,” in which it was siated: “Tt must be a very green chap who invests in the ‘Saxon.’ ” Relying upon your good sense of justice, and in the hope that you will pive the “Saxon” a hearing, I beg to state that during the last month I have sent many hundreds of uns out ef this office in reply to mail orders, and have sold a great many across the counter. Out of this vumber of guns I have had but eight guns returned, as my books will show, und have received many testimonials as to its merils. I do not pretend that a $5.50 yun is equal to a $40 gun, but I do pretend, and am willing to prove, that the '‘Saxun” breech-loader is a good, strong, reliable weapon, shoots well and gives great satisfaction.—Wx, Harpine, President Sax- on Importing Co. [We wish to do Mr. Harding no injustice, and should haye contented ourselves with the simple refusal of the advertise- ment of the “Saxon” fun which was offered tous, had we not been compelled by the wording of that adveriisement in other papers to define our opinion of the gun in question. The ad- vertisement falsely states that ‘the sporting papers generally join in praising the Saxon breach-loading shot-gun as one of the most reliable sporting guns in the world.” The “‘sportiag papers” have not ‘generally joined in prai:iug” the gun ; and, because of the assertion that they did, the Forgsr AND Srrxam took cure to put itself on record as noé praising it. The ‘‘Saxon” gun is one style of a large class of fire- arms which are, from time to time, worked off upon the public by means of specious and glowing advertisements, These guns, sold under many names, are all substantially the same thing, being old muskets which are converted intu clumsy shot-guns, ‘hey aré the same guns that ure sold to the Southern negroes and at country cross-road stores for $5 or $4, or less, The adverlisements are all alike. We said that the person must be ‘‘green” who isinduced by the adver- tisement of the “Saxon” Lo invest in the gun. We will explain why we ssid so. The advertisement asserts that the ‘Saxon ” is ‘‘a $15 breech-loading shot-gun for $5,5v." This is not true; the grade of singit-barrel breech-loading shot guns sold by reputable dealers is far superior to the “Saxon,” which is, therefore, in no respect ‘ta $15 gun for $5.60." The advertisement asserts—Our rmgular price is $15; in selling samples of the ‘Saxon’ at $8.50 each we are making an enormous sacrifice.” As a mat- ter of fact the same k’nd of gun is furnished by New York parties to country storekeepers for $2.75 wholesale, and retailed by them at $4 or $5. That is all there is to the “enormous sucrifice.” The advertisement says ‘every part of it made of the yery best material.” The fact is that it is made of very common material. The advertisement says that *‘the improyed patent breech makes it far sup-rior to * * * * any other breech-loading shot-gun in the world.” On the contrary, the action is an old one and has long been superseded by improvements. Etc. | Cuioaco Notss—Chicago, Oct. 22—The shootiug has been very bad here since I last wrote you on account of the warm westher. I was down on the Calumet Jast Monday shooting. I bagged nineteen jack-snipe, seven kill-deer, six blue-wing teal, one wood-duck and eight mallards. Snipe are plenty, but ducks of all kinds are scarce. There is good shooting on Kankakee River. A party of twelve Chicago sportsmen left for there this morning, to be gone two weeks. / ae . Water. jand rivers snd marshes this season, which is an unusual thing here, as they are generally only to be found on the large lakes.—Tan Born. failure, save possibly yet come off,—U, 8. Rabbits are yery numerous here this fall, and I anticipate some good rabbit shooting this winter. We have bad ten steady days of rain this month, and everything is under A great many surf ducks have been killed on the in- Notes From AkkaNsaS—Van Buren, Ark., Oct, i9.—The celebrated poet and Jawyer, Gen. Albert Pike, with Richard Thornton and others left this place Monday for a two weeks’ hunt in the Choctaw Nation, I. T. The General says that this will be his last Arkansas hunt, but his many friends pro- test, and predict that he will come again. The weather has been extremely warm till within the last few days; there is now yuite a change, and we hope for couler still, The first mallard of the season was killed to-day by our Sheriff, Wm, Houck. Some small bags of teal have been made, but shoot- ing as yet has been poor. With the approaching cool weather we expect to bave royal sport. We baye quite a number of splendid lakes within easy access of town, boats, etc., and are fully prepared to give the ducks a warm reception on their arrival.—Drex. Norzs From tux Maron To Yorkrown— Yorktown, Va., Oct. 19.—Found plenty of birds on the way down from Washington, but having been delayed by the death of the President had not sufficient time to shoot much where the laws permitted. Expect tohave a pleasant march back, and to havea well provided mess, It is claimed that wild iur- keys are unusually thick along the river near Hanuyer town, below Hanover C. H. Expect to be able to report as to facts at a future date. ‘'Circus” here almost a miserable ne military and naval, which bas not Frorips Game—Pensacola; Fla., Oct. 19.—Hditur Forest and Stream: I notice in your ‘‘ Anawe:s to Corresponde: ts” that you state that ‘*in no part of Florida cana man make a living with his gun.” It is a misiake; your informant was wrong. Hvidence: Last week the Sheriff of this county and two other hunters took a trip to an old camp ground thirty- two miles distant from the city by way of the railroad. They remained there two days, and the amount of game killed was viz., three deer, six turkeys and two hundred and forly-nine squirrels. Plenty of doves and partridges around the city. Weather still very warm.—Nio. Drex Bounps mm Marxe.—It is reported that two or three gentlemen belongirg in Bangor, toyether with a party from Boston, beaded by a guide who lives in Veazie, Me., a day or two since went out to Lead Mountain, near Union River, that State, to hunt for deer. The party had with them 4 pack of valuable dogs. A State law forbids the hunting of deer with dogs, and its violation so incensed the natives in in the vicinity of the mountain that they all turned out and shot every one in the pack. One of the dogs, owned bya Boston gentleman, was valued at $150. Coxneotiour Notrs—Winsted, Conn., October 21, 1881, —Game in this section has been quite scarce this season, With the exception of woodecck, which have been as pleniy as usual. I can report several fine strings, On Monday Messrs. Skinner, Bevins and Skinner bagged thirty-eight wondcock, and Tuesday Mesers Skinner, Bevins, Skinner and Kirk bagged thirty more. Wednesday, Messrs. Camp and Beskerlee b:gged thirteen woodcock and two grouse. The above are the finest strings I have ever heard of being taken in this season.—C.irron. CoLtuMmBiA County, N. Y., Oct. 22.—I have spent the past week Lere in Columbia county as the guest of ('. W- Bost- wick and G. Hills, of Hudson, N. Y., aud Dr. Jones, of East Chatham, N. Y., three as thorough sportsmen as ever pulled a trigger, and I must say nothing was spared that would add to the pleasure and comfort of myself and dogs. We have enjoyed some excellent woodcock shooting during the pust week, especially on the 19th and 20th—the flight birds stop- ping here in goodly numbers.—W. H. Prurok. Iyprana—North Vernon, Oct. 17.—Fall fishing is not first- class. Several varieties of bass are the game fish. The ex- traordinary drought of the past summer was almost extermi- nation to the finny tribe. Hundreds of yards of the creek beds were entirely dry. Here and there was a deep hole left wih water enough to preserve a few fish. In shallow places hogs would overturn the stones where 4 stray fish might have found refuge, and gobbied it up. It was discouraging. We hope the fish may come up from the larger streams.—N. Nores From InprAna—North Vernon, Ind, Oct. 17.— The open season for quail and pheasants in this State is from the 15th of October to the 20th of December, and for wild turkeys from 1st of November to 1st of February. For the killing of a quail, pheasant or turkey eut of seagon the pen- ally is $2. Quail are not as numerous this year as in some other years. Turkeys and pheasants are always scarce.—N.§ Bono's Rowse Gzar.—We have in our office some sam- ples of Bond’s new rowing gear, which will be found to meet the wants of many. As a rule, canoes and sporting boats are 1co narrow to pull from the gunwale, aud some ur- rangement is required for rowing which cun be got rid of when notin use. To this end W. B. Bond, Cleveland, Obio, has devised a very neat arrangement, combining several ad- vantages sure to be appreciated. The rowlock is supported ina light and neat iron outrigger. The legs of the latter are supplied with adjustable hooks, by means of which the outriggers are attached to suitable castings screwed to the | gunwale inside, and their height regulated by a thumbscrew to suit each individual and the depth to which the buat may be sunk. ‘They can be quickly unshipped or turned inboard to drop down to the boat’s side out of the way. The row- lock itself has a swinging brass band of semicircular section pivoted within the arms of the rowlock, so that raising the oar to feather is accomplished by this band swinging about its pivots. thereby obviating all noise in pulling, a fact which the hunter will not fail to value. This arrangement facilitates the art of rowing very mucli and serves as a rest from which to “‘scull’” without tiring the wrist. The work- manship of these outriggers is the very best, for they com- bine strength with light weight and sightliness. The shoul- ders of the rowlock are accurately fitted to those of the socket, and the latter, being two and one-balf inches deep, prevents all rattling generally accompanying the swiag of theoar. The gear ranges from eight inches to twelve inches in Jength and in price from $3.50 to $4, and can be had direct from the manufacturer, WW. E. Bond, Cleveland, O. « Bea and River Sishing. FISH IN SEASON IN OCTOBER. FRESH WATER. Black Bass, Micropterua salmoides | Yellow Perch, Perca /luviatilts, and M. pallidus. Striped Bass, Rocctts linsatis, Mascalonge, Erot nobilior, White Bass, Roceus earysopa. Pickerél, Koz reticnlatus. Rock Bass, Ambloplites, (Two Pike or Pickerel, Brox luctus, species). Pike-perch (wall-eyed pike) | War-mouth, Chenobrytiusgutoaus. Stizotethium americuntiem, 8. | Crappie, Pomoxys nigromaculatiua grisewm, ete. Bachelor, Pomoxys annularia, Chub, Semottlia corporalia, SALT WATER. Sea Bass, Centroprtatia atrariua, Weakish. or Squetague, Oynoscyon Striped Bass or Rockflsh, Roccus| _ regalis ; lineatus, La Fayette or Spot, Lioutomua obli- While Perch, Morone americana, quuos, Bluefish or Taylor, Pématemus| Channel Bass, Spot or Redfish, saliatriz. Sciceenops ocellatus, Scup or Porgie, Stenotomus argy- | Sheepshead, Archosargua prebate— rope, cephalus, Pollock, Poliachius carbonariua. Kingfish or Barb, Menticirrua Tautog or Blackfish, Vatutoga nebulosus, onitis. Spanish Mackerel, Cybium macu- Latium --+-?o--- There are 50mé kinds of fish, comely in appearance, bold biters, and rather successful tormenters of fine tackle, which are styled ‘* game fish’ and angled for as such, but which by no méans deserve the name and reputation. Such customers may possibly ‘pass in a crowd,” as the shabby ger teel frequently do among tlie masses of hu- man society. But the superior qualities and altributes of the true game fish are readily detected. Define me a gentleman and I wili de- fine you a * game” fisn; * which the same” is known by the company he keeps, and recoenized by his dress and address, features, habits, intelligence, haunts, food and manner of eating. The frué game fish, of which the trout and salraon are {frequent- ly types, Inhabit the fairest reglons of nature's beautiful domain. They dink only trom tie purest fountains, and subsist up- on the choicest food their pellucid streams supply. Not to say that all fish that inhabit clear und sparkling waters are game fish =: for there are many such, of symmetrical form and delicate flavor, that take neither bait nor fly. But itis self evident that no fish which In- habit foulor sluggisl waters can be ‘game fish.” Itis impossible irom the yery circumstance of their surroundings and associations. They may fash with tinsel and tawdry uttire; they may strike with the brute force of a blacksmith, or exhiblt the dexterity of a prize- fighter, tut their low breeding and vulgar quality cannot be mistaken, Thelr hauits, their yery food and manner of eating, betray their grossness.— CHARLES HALLOCK, _— ot A °'H RTY-THREE POLND MASCALONGE. oy Be) captain, which way?” ‘his was the query I put to a good-looking young man of about thirty on the 7th ins',, us I was descending the bank of Lake Brie, in our fine city of Hrie, with oars over my shi ulders, trolling line and gaff hovuk in hand ready for a short row and troll. The person addressed was geuteely dressed, un entire stranger to me aud I to him. He had a good rod and line, a bucket full of live minnows and crabs, and replied: To breakwater and thence to South Channel pier for ASE. Seeing my oars, trolling line and gaff, he lookid as if he would greatly prefer riding to walking, the disiance to his fishing point being three anda half miles by Jand anud-only two miles by water. Linformed him that I was going out for a troll, and if he was willing to go as slow as [ desired be was welcome to ride and L would land him at his destina- tior. He embraced my offer and in five minutes more we were rowing in one of the finest bays any wliere to be found. The west wind was too bigh forgond trolling, and our course being east there was but litle rowing recessary; only a little Puiding of the boat. 1 took the oars for a mile, trolling all the time with the line in my teeth, in which manner I have landed many a fine mascalonge, pike, black-bass and wall- eye. lua few minutes we were at ‘‘the channe),” The stranger, Mr. R., took the oars and my line waa traosferred from mouth to hands. Irequested him to keep close to the clannel and to row very slowly, asthe wind was carrying ns fast enough, Then, with my good, Hnely-feathered, kidney-shaped, Buel Nc. 2 spoon, brightly silvered outside and as brightly red iuside, with nioely toa hundred feet of small linen line out, Liried my best to induce a bite, but doublful of success owing to rouzh water. Mr. R, had rowed but two or three minutes when I had a must decided and unmistakable strike, a bite like the pounce of a iow up a rabbit, and the instant it tock tLe look the fish showed its mxjestic form by a jeap of four feet in the air. Thunder!” exclaimed R., dropping the vars, ‘'Tbat's a big one; you'll never get him with that line.” Attending to my line, | replied: ‘‘ Yes, 17s a large one; keep the boat steady—perfectly so, and whenever [ bring it to side of boat haul in oar from that side.” Then I bad that indeserib- able delight of the troller, Like a tiger hooked to the end ofasmall cord. had a mascalonge and a yood one, fast to my small line, leaping, shaking, dartiog, diving, struggling desperutely and like a hero to gut losse Ha! ‘twas fine. He fought well, splendidly, took short splurges und long ones, while I kept the line taught all the time, Ooly giving just slack enough not to strain the line too wuch, not know- ing how well the fish washouked. It tock tweaty minutes tu get it within tweaty-five feet of the boat, where if stopped fora moment, being two feet under the waler, and where k., tremulous with excitement, hed a good view of if, and where I, satisfied before, was fully convinved uf ite being a really large fish. I gayeit no rest; woiked it to side of the boat dnd struck it with gaff, but, owing to rough water and pitching of the bout, the galf, instead of taking it under the vills us { designed, bit the side of its head and glanced off. It turned quickly, made a splurge or dive of thirly feet, and during the next ten minutes it plunged and fought most gamely, going backwards and forwards, right and left, up and down, leaping out of the water twice, diving three times nader the boat andas often brought back until finally, and I should say thirty minutes from taking the hook, I brought it to the side of the boat, gaifed and litteditin. It mace most vigorous leaps to get out, but [ held on with the gall uotil 1 passed the wire end of my strong fish rope through its chops, tied it to aribin the boat and thus bad it secure. R. particularly requested that it be kept at my end of the boat, and in fact its ponderous jaws, with tbeir ore and a half inch teeth, looked sharky. The three hooks were well fast near the junction of the jaws. It measured four feet 252 FOREST AND STREAM. ——————— ee a [OoropER 27, 1881, and one inch in length, and tipped the scales at thirty-three jpounds, and was as handsome a specimen as I ever saw- Mr. R. greatly excited, pleased and somewhat alarmed at ‘the fine open countenance of my captive, was landed on his pier, and then trolling an hour longer, captured a four pound pike, which looked like a chub alongside his fellow captive. Thad » healthy, bracing pull home of two and a half miles against wind and water. Ithink you will agree with me that Thad spovt fit for a peasant or a king, A, Brie, Penw,, Oot, 2th. ; i Ae A DAY ON BALSAM LAKE. Mditor Forest and Stream: Sickness in my family running through the whole sunimer np to this autumn not only broke upmy trip to New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming, but it has kept me from my usual summer haunts. Only three times in the long and to me dreary summer, have I dropped line in 8rrgam, while almost all the Formst I have seen was on my own domain. One trip to the Beayerkill was made bright by an invita- lion from a member of the famed Willewemoc Club to cast a line in Balsam Lake. Hoping tomeet your gifted, but too seldom, correspondent, G. W. Van Siclen, the president of the club, I accepted, and had but one regret. I was a day too lute to meet the genial Van, who stands in the yan as a fisherman, game protector and gentlemaoly leader of a noble coterie whose great delight is found in true and manly sport. Over the roughest road that I ever traveled I drove my buck-board tothe margin of the lonely lake, followed by an ox-sled with two boats for Captain King and myself. ft was near noon before we were afloat, and as the lake- keeper said, not a very good day for trout. But there were trout there, millions of them, as one could see on every side In the crystal walter, and after testing about half a book of flies to find what they wanted I settled on a new fly as yet un- named, It was very like the Beaverkill fly that Jimmy Mur- dock used to tie. The moment I cast that a ten-inch trout of about a half pound weight took it, and with very little play [liad him in the floating creel alongside the boat. Cap- tain King, well acquainted with the lake, was already suc- cessfully engaged about eighty rods away, as I could see by frequent rain-bow gleams as he drew the speckled beauties in. An hour passed, and about forty of these gamy gentlemen were in the creel], when a stout from shore told us that lunch had arrived from the club-house. An appetite had been shaken up to yoracity over that infernul road, and the way cold ham, broiled chicken and the concomitants vanished would haye frighted Dr. Tanner to death or at the least put him in a conniption fit. Lunch over we returned to the lake, and for an hour more plied the rod faithfully. The result was eighty-five trout, al- most all the same size as No. 1, to my rod and about as many more to that of Capt. King, all we wanted, and we stopped weary of slaughter. The lake, which is the extreme head of the Beaverkill, is alovely gem of crystal sect in a frame of evergreens, beeches, maples, birch and poplar, so far from the usual haunts of men that it is little fished, and has astock that would last centuries with proper care. There is one great safe-puard : the road in will never be travelled for pleasure. I have a team of thoroughbreds perfectly broken, and I never drove them over such a road before; the Lord willing never will again! Through swamps hub deep, over roots, fallen logs, rocks as large as small house stuck up edgeways, length- ways, crossways and every other way, making turns so short that we had to lift the latter end of the wagon around to pass, sud even unhook traces to get between huge forest trecs. Buf we got there! And all day I wondered, ‘Will 1 ever get my team out again in safety?” I did, Providence and Gare assisting, The club has a8 fine a fishing preserve as there is in this State. Long may they live to enjoy it. Ang now lest G. W.V.5. gets into my hair about the road I will promise if duly elected to join the club next season and fish there, en- facing if 1 can a deliven passage over that road. Yours, sadly but truly, Nep Bowring. Hagles Nest, Oct, 16, —+4+—= CANOEING IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN, T.—TRIP TO BLAOK LAKE. i te first thing necessary is to provision up, which we do by invading the groceries and bakery. Woodrow thinks we ought to haye bread enough certain; the loaves are pretty big, but wae order a dozen and avhalf. Petie thinks if we have plenty of potatoes and onions we ought to be satisfied; so we order a good family supply of potatoes and onions; while Captain chinks in with a remark that hog and molasses are absoluely necessary, a due allowance of which are added, while I fill in by procuring everything else 1 ean see or think that will add to the comforts of our larder. Our jnena at this point must be as complete as circum- stances will permit. We finally conclude that we have amply allowed for each one’s fancy and direct that all the provender he sent to the hotel by 8 o'clock next morning, after which we make arrangements for our wagons to take the Heet twenty-two miles to our destination, a point about midway on the lake, on the eastern shore. Oaptain’s boat is the first to be loaded, in which we ‘find ample room for the majority of our ‘‘stupendous collec- tion; and after everything is in order the menagerie moves, led by the elephants brought from South America’s sunny clime at the great éxpense of two ships, under the care and guidance of the genial Mr. Littlefield, of Cheboygan, who handles the reins, while Petie, Woodrow, Captain and myself are the humble lit jubilant representatives of the elephantine family. Following in our wake comes the balance of the procession, ' Leaving Cheboygan we haye a good road southeast to Duncati City, a distance of about two miles, when we go {hrongh the property of Mr. Thompson Smith, the owner of the immense saw mill at this point, being the second largest mill in jhe State of Michigan, then take advantage of a plank road built by Mv. Smith for six miles through the woods for the purpose of hauling logs one winter a few years ago when the Hzlt snows proved ineffectual for such purposes. After leaving this road we have a very good Michigan road the balanee of the distance. In many places on this drive the underbrush and young trees had grown go close to the wagon tut that a complete arch was formed but a short distance above our heads, and the branches were continually brushing avaingt us. At one point wehnd about two miles of just such # road without a break, About fifteen miles ont we pass he- fwween a couple of deep, dark looking litile lakes, called Twin Lakes. A. ridge rises between them of not to exceed fifty yards in width, but quite high, and 1 learnfrom Captain that the level of the water on the one to our left as we are going is about twenty-five feet higher than the other, They areeaidto full of pickerel, and quite large ones, but they tempt us not. Woodrow keeps in advance of the train considerable of the time on the loskout for a deer, while Petie, Captain and I hold close to the seat on our spring wagon. It pleases and gratifies me exceeding much to relate that just here or here- abouts, Woodrow sees a deer looking right at him in the mid- dle of the road, and, as he says, his first thought was, ‘'Gosh! how thin!” and afterward concluded to fire, but ye deer heedeth itnot. When within about a mile of Black Lake the waters of the lake can be seen fo the right, and in a short time we are brought up standing and 4 general tumbling out is effected without any special requests, and by supper time the tent is up, a tip-top balsam bongh bed mavle, and camp is considered in readiness. This lake can be reached by a drive of about twelve miles, landing you from four to five miles from the lake at the head of the rapids in Black River, from which point a beautiful trip can be had to the lake: and when the river is free of logs a delightful run can ie made down the rapids into Che- boygan River and then to Cheboygan, Unfortunately for us the river was full of logs clear up to the lake, compelling us to take an entirely different route from Cheboygan and a much longer wagon ride to deliver us at our destination. The lake is about three to four miles wide and ten miles long, very déep, with the exception of a quite wide stretch of shoal water extending entirely around it, in some places reaching out into the lake for half a mile, The shores are heavily lined with trees around the entire body of water, and at the south end, which is the head of the lake, quite limestone ledge rises into prominence, while on the east side, where we are located, the land rises into quite a respectable series of hills, There are a number of tine large springs around this lake, the outlet of one being within a few feet of our tent. The lime during the cvening is put in by getting gins and fishing tackle jn order and a crusade against a lot of small frogs, which are sately stored in our minnow bas- ket, In the morning a fishing expedition is formed of all, with the exception of Woodrow, who ‘* goes out to look for a deer.” Paddling out to where the water deepens we ex- plore for a short tinie, and upon discovering a few light, wavy weeds several feet under the surface, a halt is called, and Petie gets his frog to soak first, and before Captain and I have ours fairly in the water has something on his line, trying to pull him out of the boat, and before he can show up what is ‘‘trifing with his affections’ Captain and I each have a similar complaint. Rip ran ont of the water and down for the bottom—water quite deep outssde of the weeds where we are fishing—and, after a tussle, we cach have a bass safely landed, ‘The next thing in order is a little blow- ing from each one, aud then a comparison, which must be done immediately, Result: Petie, four pounds; Captain, four pounds two ounces; I, four pounds eight ounces. Out #0 our lines again, with «a similar result in a few moments; size of fish about the same. ‘The next haul, a ‘“‘single- hander,” is by Petie, who demands judgment, and, as all hostilities must cease until settled, we hang his fish upon the seales, and five pounds even is called. Ilarmony being re- stored, we hustle the fish around for about an hour longer, when we call quits and go back to our camping ground and immediately make our showing. Petie comes in with largest bags, fiye pounds, smallest four pounds, and one pick- ére] seven and one-half pounds; Captain comes to the front with largest bass four and one-half pounds, smallest three and three-quarter pounds; while I am betwixt and between— largest four and one-half pounds, smallest four pounds. Laying them along in a row on the beach, we come to the unanimous conclusion that it is the finest lot of bass we ever saw. How many there were I regret to say I failed to note, but there were at least a dozen, with only one fish less than four pounds, and all, as the balance we catch in this lake prove to be, the small-mouthed black bass and very dark-colored. Not having the conscience to fish any longer, at present at any rate, where they were so plentiful, we take proper care of our fish, amuse ourselves by a little target practice, get dinner ready, when Woodrow turns up in time to come in for his proportion, immediately after which he ‘‘goes out to look for a deer,” while Petie, Captain and 1 prepare for a tour of investiga- tion to the head of {he lake. Following the shore we come to the large limestone ledge so conspicuous from all parts of the lake. The shore here is composed of broken and water- washed pieces of limestone, and very large specimens of the star coral, with pieces of the latter weighing at least from eight to ten pounds cach, A drizzling rain sets in, with prospects of a very unpleasant afternoon ; we paddle back to our camping place, snug up things a little, and in a short time have going, in a right cheerful manner, the camper’s delight—a roaring fire. By night Woodrow turns up, a little foot sore and weary, but nary venison. The nest mourning, visions of big fish now having taken possession of our earnest deer hunter, he decides to go with us. The wind is blowing quite strong, and we have consid- erable difficulty in finding the exact location of our former achievements, where we tind the fishing as good as the day previous, and we take many fine specimens. Petie this day leads, landingafiveand one-half pound bass, the largest caught by our party. Two gentlemen trom Tennessee, visiting this place after we left, brought back to Cheboygan two that weighed six pounds each, Returning to our camping ground a pen is built to keep our fish unti) we are ready to return to Cheboygan. We fish awhile again in the afternoon while Woodrow is again out ‘looking for s deer,” and the fish seem to he just aS anxious to climb up our lines and bite off the end of our rods as heretofore. Timust now windup my line. As a suminary I regret to say that our persistent would-be deer slayer fails to get in his deadly work, but be has had the satisfaction of knowing that he has served faithfully and well, if not successfully. What was remarkable as to our fishing at this point is the fact that but three bass were caught, weighing less than four pounds, while the average was about four and one-half pounds. How many fish a person could catch here in one fay, under favorable circumstances, their powers of endur- aoce alone could answer; we did not try. As for just the tight place to goto for black bass fishing (this excels all I have ever experienced), should any of my brother-anglers have found » superior place, I would, for curiosily’s sake, jike to hear of it, Understand, the small-nouthed black bass average to entire cateh four and one-half pounds, not in- cluding the only pickerel catight, it weighing seven and one- half pounds. At noon the next day the teams meet us by appointment, and we weturn to Cheboygan. Here our party breaks up, having been together between two and three weeks. Woodrow leaves for Indian River, there fo remain a couple of days, then to return home. Petie packs his grip-sack, and silently steals away on his return to the bosom of lis family. Cap- tain lives here, while I, having my family in this locelity, expect to remain a month longer. We have had » jovial, jolly good time together. May it often be repeated, and I can only wish my brother-canceists and sportsmen as pleasant 4 Cruise as the one just finished has been for us, Trank N. Brees. —— 1 THE QUERY—“* ARE THEY OF ANY Ush?’ HY art thou cast down, © Fishing Hditor? Why art thou discouraged? “Thivkest thon if is possible for such sweetness, such rich emanations culled from the pens of gifted fishermen to drop, to droop, to die unseen, to waste their fragrance on the desert air? Asthey have stirred thine own soul, and refreshed thee when weary snd toil-worn by the way! so also these words have spurred many an angler and incited him to carefully examine his valuable lot of fish- ing tackle, and to prepare them for anolher séagon's work. The angleris an enthusiast, and is often regardivss of the expense he incurs so long as it conduces to his sport, and is happy im the possession of such fine tackle. The most pleas= ant moments in a fishing trip are those when tho simple- minded country folk gather around us as we rig up the fine split bamboo trout rod we possess, and see them opel their eyes, until one of them laughingly says: *‘What are you 2o- ing to catch with that thing, Mister?” Bnt my string of sees is generally a convincer that the thing is an elegant trout rod. AS the Forrsr anp Stream comes in on Saturdays my first thoughts are for the yachting columns. These are hasti- ly glanced through to see what discussion is going on, Whether cutter, centreboard or sharpie, simply becanse I am a water dog and always loved it. Then the ‘Sea and River Fishing” comes next for these reasons: First, Because a competent angler is at the head of it, and what he writes or sanctions is excellent and worth reading. Second, it is the best part of the paper, at least is the opinion of one angler. Now, for one incident of « recent fishing trip.- We were angling in nrapid forest stream, very shallow, but cold as ice, indeed a dashing stream, hence we were buit fishing at the time. Just below a corduroy bridge we struck a quiet picce of water—a, sand wash —over it hung a dense growth of cedar trees. In this washlay a very handsome trout, rising at everthing that floated down stream. We wanted him; our creel was empty, Quickly changing our hooks we put on a new fly and madethe cast; Herose, hut would not take it. We changed toa Grizzly King, then to a Professor with the same resulta, rising each time. We had some Yellow Mays in our book. To put one on was the work of a mo- ment, Then casting carefully up stream about two feet the instant that fly struck water he dashed for it, a slight turn of the wrist and we securely hooked him and brought him in, This makes enthusiasts of fishermen and lovers of Won- EST AND STREAM. Norman, ie REMINISCENCES OF AN OLD FOGY. NUMBER TWO. N looking over the old log-book of a smail cratt that Thad built I find the following: 1863, Augusi 24, caught a five-pound sheepshead on-a, very fie line and small hook, baited with a small piece of flying-fish. Tis, I believe, 19 the only instance of asheepskead being caught with fish for bait. 1868, August 5, caught a flounder that measured two feet four inches in length and weighed eight pounds, This is the largest one that I ever saw. 1865, July 27, caught o shark which measnred nine feét in Jengih. In its jaws, em- bedded in the flesh, were seventeen stings and pieces of stings of the sting ray. Sharks are yery fond of sting rays, and I often used parts of them for hait for the sharks, had frequently cut stings and pieces of slings ont of the flesh about the jaws of sharks, and I noticed parlicularly that there were no signs of inflamationin (he flesh. Now, the ray sting is terribly poisonous to hnman flesh. Tbe Jargest sheepshead that I ever saw weighed fifteen pounds, but one was caught in Great ex Harbor Bay that weighed sixteen and one-quarter pounds. The largesh weal fish that I ever saw was caught in a seine al, the sand spit, near Beesley’a Point, New Jersey, and I saw it weighed, and it turned the scale at fifteen and three-quarter pounds, but Thomas Grace, at Cape May Court Aonse, caught one, with his hook and line, that weighed twenty-three pounds. This is the largest one that I ever heard of. Ihave cauzht apreat many fish, and shot many shore birds, duck and geese, be tween Long Beach and Herreford Inlet, New Jersey, but I believe that the shooting has got to be poor, and it wad poor when I frequented there to what the old residents told me that it had been in their recollection. Cc. Rh, M. Johnsontown, Va., Oct. 17, 1881. + ANGLING LITHRATURE. O land can compare with England in the yariety and Y richness of its angling literature. It contains works which, like Izaak Walton's, are read by people who have not the slightest interest in fishing, but which are patt of the reneral literature of the time, and whioh faithfully reflect the manners of the age in which they were written. So ex- tensive is this field that there are several books which are de- voted to the history of this literature. Mr. Daubert lns just published one,* a limited nupiber of which have been sent to Messrs, Scribner & Co., of New York, The book is a. 16mo, of 87 pages, with index, and, us the author states, is intended to present a clear view of the most prominent English angling literature. Some spaceis devoted to descriptions of fishing by Gréels and Latin authors, *hecayze the works of the two great classical peoples of the past are common to all countries.” A shori aceount of a few books on other subjects interesting to fishermen, as well as 0 notice of some biographical catalogues of books on fish and fishing, are also given. We learn that there have been six catalocues of books on fishing which deserve notice. ‘The first, called ‘A Catalogue of Books on Anpling,” was prepared by Sir Wenry Wilis in 1812, and a reprint, withont acknowledgntent, is to be found in Daniel’s ** Rural Sports," 1812, Next came Pickering’s *Anging Literature in | Englond) | and | deserptions ot fishing by | | the Ancients: | with | u notice of some books on obher | plscatarial anbjects, | By | Osmund Lauibert |“ Nor itd he forgen Mls donate pleasure bf Angling, | which leswould usually call * 1S Litae nob ial | Spent.’ —Wulton’s fa of ioutton, | Loudon» | Sampaon Low, Mars ton, Searle & Rivington, | Crowo Buildings, Fleet street. | 185), —— ‘Bibliotheca Piscatoria,” 1835, Then Bethune’s list in the American edition of ‘*The Complete Angler,” 1847. After this came ‘A Bibliographical Catalogue of Books on ngling,” by Russell Smith, 1844, Then the greatest and best, hy Thomas Westwood, 1861. This was followed by the ‘ Bibliotheea Ichthyologia’” of D. Milder Bosgoed, in 1374. Mr. Westwood, by the way, is revising his great work, and we expect to gee it before long. Mr. Danbert has given an interesting little book, although far from, attempting to give even the tilles of all the works On angling. He givessome quaint extracts from old books find some poetical extracts. ——— 4 AMPHI@MGIOUS FISHES. ' Menta, Delaware Co., Pa., Oct. 23. Biitor Purest and Stream: : In addifion to the list of fishes which I lately sent to you, which live in both fresh and salt water, I will add the long- nose gar, Lepidosteus osseus. This fish is very abundant in the fresh water streams on the west coast of Florida. When hecalmed in the shoal water of the Gulf of Mexico I saw Many gar fish, which [feel confident were of this specics. They did not seem to entertain any fear of the porpoises which were seen to swim near them. Alligators, however, ‘fre not 80 fastidious as the porpoises, as I once saw one of the former which had a large fishin its stomach. This spe- cies of gar is very relentive of life. I once made a drawing of one of them, which had been out of water eighteen hours, ind even then it snapped its jaws several times. The smell from {liem is very disagreeable and sickening. ‘There are also two other species of gar fish in Florida, the short-nose ar, DJ. platystumus, and the spoonbill, or alligator gar, hitholems spatuld, though these species are more rare, Josmrit WILcox. <= —__—_______ a PROPOSED ABROGATION OF THE FISHERY TREATY. MEETING was recently held in Gloucester, Mass., for ix. the purpose of confering with the lon. Eben F. Stone, Member of Congress from that State, upon the fishery inter- ests. The meeting was composed of fishermen, owners of fishing vessels. and business men. Mr, Fitz J, Babson, Col- Jector of the Port, presided, and among those present were ; A. H, Clark and Capt. Stephen J. Martin, of the U. 8. Fish Cominission; Gol, 10. H. Haskell, J. ©, Proctor, Esq,, B, 1. Corliss, Esq., Col. Dayid W. Low, Capt. Chas. Dagle; ITenry ‘Cozs, Collector Huse, of Newburyport; Messrs. W, A. Wil- tox, of the Boston Fish Bureau, and others interested. _ Mr, Babson stated that the object of the meeting was to give Mr. Btone an opporiunity of learning the views of the people who are mainly interested in fishing, and tio devise means to abrogate the treaty with Great Britain, which so far from a benefit is an injury to American fishery interests. He referred to the treatment the fishermen had received from those of the Provinces, and proved by statistics that the American fisheries for cod and halibut are pursued on the ocean banks, entirely outside of any national jurisdiction. Yor the nine months of the present year, there had heen caught on these banks, 19,688,300 pounds of codfish, and 2,972,900 pounds of halibut, 99,998 barrels of mackerel had been caught by our fleet, and with fhe exception of 43 bar- rels caught in the Bay of St. Lawrence, had all been taken in American waters, proving that the mackerel fishery is and has been worthless to the American fishermen on the British oast and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. - This, he claimed, was also true of the herring, squid, cape- in or other bait fisheries, as these fish cannot be taken by American fishermen, and are consequently bought by them like any other commercial commodity, the same as if no {reaty existed. The monstrous valuation by the Halifax Commission of the British inshore fisheries, together with an equal amount remitted as duties by the United States to ‘British fishermen, is a record of almost criminal blundering, Which no nation can afford to perpetuate. He concluded by offering the following memorial, which was received with favor, a8 expressing the sentiment of the meeting. To tle Honorable Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assemled: This memorial respectfully represents that by act 88 of the treaty of Washington, the articles of ‘said treaty relating to the fisheries, shall remain in force ten years from the date at which they may come in operation, and for a further period of two years after either of the two ‘parties shall have given notice of its desire to terminate the sanic. Now, therefore, we, the fishermen of the United , States, knowing and believing that the results of the said treaty have not only been detrimental to the interests of the United States, but unjust and monstrous in the valuation by the Halifax Commission of the British shore fisheries, and which the experience of the past ten years has shown to be Valueless to American fishermen, do hereby pray your honorable body to cause notice to be given, at the earliest ‘practical moment, of the desire of the United States to ter- “minate the operation of the fishery articles of said treaty, “atid all other treaty provisions relating to the fisheries on the shores of Canada and Newfoundland, for the following asons, to the end that the British and American fishermen tay each in their own waters enjoy the right to take fish un- ‘molested, and equal commercial rights in the waters of either ‘country. Colonel Stone then responded. He was pleased to meet ‘#uch a large representation of the business men of the city, including, as it did, some of the wnen who were masters of the fishine-vessels. He had no idea of the immense collateral industries in connection with the Gloucester fisheries, which dhe had witnessed in lis drives around the city, and in the talls he had made in company with Collector Babson during the day. It was almost a revelation, as his idea of the fish- “eries wus that of the old-fashioned methods, where there had heen no attempt at canning, or skinning and boning, which Was carried on so success!ully in Gloucester, and formed “Such important industries. The abrogation of the Washing- ton Treaty and again putting on a duty on foreign fish, did Tot seem so easy fo hini as it did to Captain Babson, as there Were other interests in the country opposed to this. We “must meet a serious oppposition from those who wish to get fish as cheaply ag they can. He thonght the question could he put in the shape of Protection to American Tndustry, aod it could not be denied with any kind of grace. If protec- lion be rizht in principle, it would be grossly unjust: to ne- lect Gloucester. There igs a similar fish industry on the Takes, where they are met by Canadian interference, 1nd by (be co-operation of these interests, we may gain Western Yoles with which to carry our point. He hoped also that the FOREST AND STREAM. manufacturing interests extending so rapidly in ihe South, where heretofore they had no foothold, will ere Jong find it necessary to ask protection. If he found difficulties, he also found encouragement, and should, if he bad opportunity, do everything in his power for the renewal of the old duties. Mr. B. H. Corliss reviewed the fishing business, its strug- ele, ils decline in other places, the great sacrifices of life and property in its prosecution and the enterprise and courage exhibited by our people in carrying it on against so many obstacles. He spoke of the concessions which had been made to Great Brita, the neglect of onr Guyernment to send an armed vessel into provincial waters to protect the fishermen and look after their rights when unjustly assailed. In his opinion, we had now arrived at that point when we want the treaty abrogated, as the privilezes we had from it were not worth a dollar. Mr. W. A. Wilcox assured the meeting of his sympathy and heartily indorsed the remarks which had been made. These were his own personal views. He had visited the various fishing ports and the industry was well deserving of protection. oston did not agree with these views: but he considered anything different a short-sighted policy- Mr. A, H, Clark had visited all the fishing ports in the United States, obtaining statistics in the interest of the Fish Commission, There was a yas! amount of information which would prove astonishing to the people, The statistics of Gloucester clearly proved the great disadvantages under which she has labored with this treaty in operation, Prof. Baird was of the opinion that it showld be abrogated at the expiration of the time, Other remarks were made by Col. David W. Low, John J. Pew, Esq., who were in sympathy with the meeting and indorsed the remarks made. A committee of fiye, comprising Fitz J. Babson, B, H. Corliss, David W. Low, John J. Pew and James G. Tarr, were chosen to prepare a memorial, to be circulated for sig- natures in the various fishing towns and be presented to Con- 8S. a That the fishery treaty should be abrogated there can be no duubt for both the American and Canadian fishermen de- mandit. To place the question fairly we give the Canadian view, as expressed in the Toronto Glebe, of the 14th. It says: ‘' The award of the Halifax Fishery Arbitrators was that the United States should pay Canada and Newfoundland $5,500,000 for ihe right to. fish in British North American waters for twelve years. The Washington treaty provided that the clauses giving fishery tights to the Americans and to the Canadians the right of sending fish and fish products into the States free of duty, should have force for ten full years, after the end of which period either party conld, by giving two year’s notice of a wish to end the agreement, bring it to a conclusion. Four months have elapsed since the Canadian Government could haye caused the Washington Government to be notified, yet no action has been taken. The matter should at once be attended to. At the rating of the Halifax Commission, the value of the concessions received by the States exceeded the valué of the concessions made by them by the sum of $458,533 each year. Consequently, Canada has lost over $152,000 by the four month’s delay of the Ottawa authorities. But that would be a very low estimate of the actualloss. The Halifax award was yery much in favor of the States, and a revaluation would, of course, give Canada increased compensation, even if the privileres claimed and exercised by the American fishermen were not in excess of those which the arbitraturs reckoned on, But the fact is that the Washington Goyernment in the Fortune Bay affair put an interpretation on the treaty that gives the American fishermen privileges for which the award was not intended fo pay Canada. ‘That interpretation was more or less distinctly recognized as correct by the Gladstone Government, consequently a revaluation would give the Dominion a largely increased annual rental for the fisheries, Though justice requires the earliest possible exclusion of the American fishermen from the enjoyments of rights for which their Government has not paid, there would be in this coun- try some good-natured reluctance to take action if the Glou- cester fishermen had not presumed to “bluff” the Do- minion. Fondly imagining that they will be allowed to poach in British waters, they have beeninstructed by the no- torious Babson to request the Washington Government to give the required two years’ notice. They hope to take fish where they please, and at the same time to exclude Cana- dian fish from the States by probibitory duties. Not a mo- ment should be lost in taking them at their word, It may be doubted whether Canada should again agree to let the Americans enjoy admission to the fisheries for a sum to be fixed by arbitration. Perhaps the best course would be to rigidly keep the groundsfor our own people till our neigh- hors agree to pay a fair money price named by the Canadian Government or to enter into some other arrangement satis- factory to this country. Were that course taken the reim- position of American duties on Canadian fish or fish products would not injure Canadian fishermen in the least, while they would be freed from competion, and thus enabled to extend their operations very greatly. But whatever course may ul- timately be followed it is absurd that the Americans should be allowed to go on catching fish for which they have not paid. It is not now possible to prevent them exefcising that privilege for four months in 1888, but notice should be im- mediately given that they will be allowed to take advantage of Canada no longer. a __—_—_ Man-Hatmse SrarKs.—The Pensacola, Fla, (razetle of Oct, 18 tells how Anthony McDonald, a sailor, belonging to the English ship ‘‘Forest Rights,’ was drowned on Sun- day, while bathing near the Central Wharf. The mate of a vessel lyinguear went to higresche as soon as it was known that he wasin peril, but beforereaching the spot the unfortu- nate youth had sunk outof sight. The body was dragged for but not recovered until the next morning, when it was found to be horribly mutilated by sharks. Deceased was aged 18, aged 18, a native of Liverpool, and this was his first voyage. 'He seems to have been a great favorite with his shipmates. The body was left moored to a ship lying at the wharf, awaiting the arrival of a coroner, whe decided upon his ar- rival that an inquest was unnecessary. Weare told that yes- jerday an immense shark—estimated to be more than fifteen feet in length—arose to the surface, and seizing the body in- stantly carried it Under the wharf. Partics standing near took hold of the rope, and after a tug with the monéter de- prived him of his prey. This subsequent attack of the man- eater is conclusive proof that the unfortunate young nan met an awiul death in the jaws of a shark. His lead and one arm and one leg were Zone, while a large gash was visible in his left side. This is the second death of the kind that; has come to our knowledge within the year. The other was that 253 of a mate of 2 small vessel who was knocked overboard he- tween here and Mobile a few months ago, and who wasseized hy one of these large fish, and curried below in the presence of his shipmates, Barr Hoors with Gur Loop—Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 17. Thnve always had more or less trouble by the snarling and entangling of my snelled hooks used in bait fishing for bass. Last spring I conceived an idea that, so far ua T am con- cerned, after a, thorough trial, bas proved a success, and has’ heen adopted by several of our local anglers that aye seen the change. The ‘conceived iden” is as follows: I had the veteran angler Charles F. Oryis, of Manchester, Vt,, tie for me two dozen sprout hooks with simply a loop of gut on the end, also a few nine-inch siiells with loop at each end. The hooks are carried in an old fly book that I haye converted into numerous pockets that hold two hooks each. The snells are carried in a single pockethook of proper length. The advantages of this plan [ claim to be as follows: Weare in the habit of breaking more hooks than snells, and in this éyent the snells are cast away, while in my plan a new hook is Only Lo be mounted, the snell being saved. Second, the snells cost more than the hook in the old plan, while a dozen o£ my style snells will outlast three or four times as many hooks, thus being a great deal cheaper. I inclose one of the hooks to convey my idea better. I think this plan original with Wituis D, Maz. ‘Trovr Frozen is a Brook or Ivn.—At the oftice of the Virginia City and Gold Hill Water Company, recently, was on exhibition a block of ice in which were frozen several trout. The ice was frozen by the company’s ice machine on the Divide. The trout were almost as plainly visible as though they had been suspended in air. They were in natu- ral attitudes, and appeared to have congealed without know- Ing that anything unusual was happening to them. As all their spots sud colors were distinctly visible, and they stood Immovable with tails and fins expanded, they would haye formed a splendid study for an artist. Jndeced, we think that here is a hint that painters of such subjects should nof neglect. Bets were made that they would thaw out ‘‘alive and kicking,” and the block of ice was accordingly placed in a tank and allowed to melt, but at Inst accounts the trout were lying on the bottom apparently quite dead. Artificial freezing was evidently too quick and sharp for them.— }’/r- gina City (New.) Bnterprise. ANGLING FoR ATLIGATORS.—It is said that the unusual drought in Florida has had the effect of drying up Sibley Lake to such an extent as to leave only a few slush spots here and there, and in these alligators sought refuge in Jarge numbers, digging huge burrows into the ground. This has furnished great sport to the settlers in the neighborhood, who have gone in crowds to these spots, and fished with fine success for the enormous reptiles. The manner of catching them has been to thrust long rods with hooks at the end into one of the cavernous burrows and stir up the occupants. One of the alligators would snap at the rod, , jerk would fasten the hook into the soft part of the lower jaw, and it would then be easy to draw the animal out and kill it with hatchets. It isnot every year that such fishing can be enjoyed, even in Plorida. Hisheulture. THE MAYIISH OF GERMANY, pats member of the family, Chipea, is a fishin size aud general . appearance like the shad of America, It does not, however, ascend the rivers in such great schools ag does our own Alosa sapidissima, and attempts have been made to enltryateit. In a recent number of the Fiseherei Zeitung, of Stettin, we find an ar- ticle on it, of which we offer the following translation : In a letter from Herr Max yon dem Borne to a paper in MWolland he says that for the past six years German fishculturists have tried to ctiltiyate the mayfish (Maifisch or die ‘ Alse.” Clupen alosa,) but the operations haye not been as successful as those with the shad in America. In the latter case the fisheultmrist on the East Coxst of America can tule ripe fish in the broad mouths of rivers and in the estuaries [at the head wuters alse, Envror Forest AND Struam.| In vain we seek such placed in tho Rhine between Coblentz and Heidelberg. Herr yon dem Borne agks if ripe mayfish are canght in Holland, at the months of rivers, with ezgs mature enough for transportation. Ue says also that in Aierica the ripe fish are chiefly caught in the first half of the night, this being the time when they seek the eddies for spawning. ‘We find the same here,” says Mr. Vishmaster Mueller, of Tschish- dorf, who has had some expericnuce in the eulture of maytish in the upper waters of the Rhine. Will it be easier then to take the nearly ripe fish at the mouth of the riyer and preserve them nntil fully ripe than to try to take them in the upper port.on of the river? ‘The fish certainly ascend when near spawning and tha nesrer to the spmyning places they are taken the riper they must be. Perhaps they may also try to manipulate the spawning fish cn the Weser with more suceess. However, the men in Holland answers Mr, yon dem Borne’s ques- tion by saying that ripe mayfish were caught in Holland at the mouths of rivers in June and July. Certain it is that the artifioul culimre of mayfish has not yet been 1 success, — ee es KISHOULTURAL NOTES, pees §. A. FORBES and party, from tha State Laboratory of Natural History of Illinois, haye done much sutisfactory work with dredge and beam-trawl in Lake Michigan wud the small- ey lakes of Northern Illinois and Sonthern Wisconsin, They have obtaimed w large collection of the smaller life upon which the fishes feed and which has a direct Dearing upon the existence of young fishes éspecially. They will soon complete thuir season's Jabot on Lake Michigan. The Fishery Commission of thre State of Michigan has outgrown the little hatchery at Pokagonu and moved to Paris, Metosta Co., whore it can conduct operations on a larger senle. At Pavis there isa fine brook, ynining at low water 184 cubic inches, with a temperature of dB deg. at the spring from which1b starts, and only two degrees higher in the stream in the hottest days. Bigh- tein months ago Mr, Poriman, the Superintendent, planted 1,000 brook trout fry in it, and since work bas begun there he has taken 173 of them st the lower dam which wer from eight to bleven inchés in length. The new hatchery is 60 by 20 feet, and is nearly completed. : Aghipment of live turbot and soles for the U, 4, Fishery Com- iiasion is expected ou the Cunard stunmer Purthin abontthe time of our Foing to press, ‘They are sent by Mr, C, L. Jackson, a #eutleman well iinown in Eugland for hig interest iu fishealture, in charge of Mr, A. W, Armistead, brother of Mr. Armistead of the wall-known trout ponds at Meswick, Our net issue will con- tain fhe resnlt of the shipment. _ We learn trom Mr, Juimex Geddex,who bag spout much tine in the Adirondacks this past season, thut Mr. A. Tt, Puller has established a hatohery for trowt and is stocking some lakes in Mranklin Go,, 254 N. ¥., at his own expense. Mr. Fuller has a hotel near Meacham Luke, and others besides his guests reap where he sows. Mr. Fuller's enterprise deserves a hearty recognition. Herr yoo Bebr, President of the Deutyche Fischerei Verein, telegraj ha Professor Baird that the egga of Culifornia salmon, shipped on the 8th inst. by Mr. Mather, arrived in good condition, — - — HOW DID THE FISH GET THERE? . Wasuixaton, D. C., Oct. 16. ry 00s correspondent ut Crockett, Texas, ia still unable to ac- éount for the appearance of small fishes in his pond, which for weeeksx has been dry, My explanation may not be satis- factory ; he cal tell if it fills the bill. Sone years ago I went fishing for several seasons among some heuntiful lakes in Northern Indiana, and more than once L waa much bothered in getting minnows for bait. One full, as I ‘alighted at the railroad atation near one of the lakes, a gentleman came up to welcome me, and stated that he had lote of bait, and went on to say that he had canght a tubful of minnows in » pond near his house which had been dry the entire summer before, Like 'R, ©. 8.," he didn’t know how to account for it, but I en- deavored to pee and the explanation was acoapted as entirely satisfactory, eavy winter and spring rains left the pond full of water, and the water remained throughout the season, although the season before it was dry and the bottom baked hard by the hot sun. Ducks and snipes and many other birds came from the waters where fish were plenty and alighted in the pond, leaying small quantities of the spawn of fishes that happened to adhere to their bodies, I don’t belieye in the ‘raining down” theory in accounting for the appearance of frogs, toxda and fishes in un- neual placer, J, O, B. 2+ EGGS OF OALIFORNIA SALMON, yeas following is the list of shipments of the eggs of the quin- nat salmon, by Mr. en Btone, in charge. f the De- partment of the Pacific Coast, U. 8. Fish Commission : Georgia, 100,000....,....-.:.... .-.. J. Huske, Walhalla, 8. C, Matgiind; 600,000... .T. B. Ferguso, Druid Hill, Baltimore. Minnesota, 200 000.. . R. O. Sweeny, St. Panl, Minn, Webraska, 500,000... .-R, R. Livingston, Omaha, Neb. Nevada, 50,000............ begs hee H. G. Parker, Carson City. New Hampshir , 50,000_.......-. A. H. Powers, Plymouth, N. H. Pentesylyania, 100,000 ....... Liseneemeses Seth Weeke, Corry, Pa, South Carolina, 200,000.......-...... CG. J. Huske, Walballa, 4 GC. West Virginia, 100,000,....-..--..... C. D. White, Roniney, W,. V. Canada, 500,000.....-.....-..-00--e- 8. Wilmot, New Castle, Ont. Percy O, Ohl, Plainfield, N. J...... A a tr rterct eat Be 50,000 Curtis Johuston, 8t. Petersburg, Pa........-.....-....+-.- A, Colombe, 17 Rue Chatesu d'un, Paris... F. Busse, Geostemunde, Germany.........- Von Bohr, Griefawald, Germany,...,....--- AONE AN EET CL Stave atsealofe mins vinlebescteia[om be chelh lel crea lols Sel etaete ce te CARE FRED MATHER, NEWARK. Nety Sonth Wales, 50,000.....N 8. Wales Acclimutization Society. California, 2,000,000........... To be hatched and returned to the MoClc.ud River, Cal. California, 600,000..... Lenni Fish Propagating Co., Sonoma, Cal, California, 200,000,..-..-..-..B. B. Redding, 8an Francisco, Cal. — +o GERMAN FISHCULTURAL BOOK. WE have receiyetl a small pamphlet called, ‘'A Short Guide to Trouteulture,"* by Hredrick Benk. A faw general directions are given and then follow the impregna- tion of eggs and their handling ; breeding xpparatus, with their prices; hatching in the open stream; care of eggs and the planting of young fish, The work is an elementary ong afd con- tains uo new theories or experiment. “Kurzer Leltfaden | tur | Kunstliche Forellenzucht. |—| von { Friederich Benk, | 1. Vorstand des unterfrankisclien Kreishscherel Vereing, | Ehrénmitglied des bayerischen Fischerel Verelns | —| 2. Aviiiage, | — Wurzburg. | Druck der Thelin’schen Druckere, (Sturtz.) | 1881, | Nacbéruck verboten. | 16 mo, pp, 31. Ghe dennel. FIXTURES. BENCH SHOWS. December 14,15 and 16, at Lowell, Mass Lowell Dog Show. Entries close December 6. Ohas. A. Andrew, West Boxford, Mass., Superin- tendeut. FIELD TRIALS, Octoder 45, 4, 27 and 28 at Masontown, Fayette Co,, Pa., via boat from Pittsourgh. Pennsylvania Field Trials, First Annual Derby. EHotries viose at Pittsburgh, Pa., Ocrober 15, 1. KR. Stayton, -ecretary. Noyeniwer 7, at Gilroy, Cal Hleld Trials of the Gilroy Rod and Gun Club Hiiries close November). §. Leyersley, Secretary. November 45, Louisiana State Field Trials. Entries close November 1. Hitwiird Udell, Secretary, New Orleans, La. November —, Thanksgiving Day. Hastern Field Trials Club; third anunal meeting at Hobin’s Island, Peconic Bay. Long Island Entries closed Ovt. 1. Jacob Pentz, Secretary, P. O, Box 274, New York tity. Decemoer 5, at Grand Junction, Tenn., National American Kennel _Qlub’s Field Trials. Jos, H. Dew, Secretary, Columbia, Tenn. ~e FIELD TRIALS AND BENCH SUOWs, 7 | HAT the standard of excellence for the pointer and setter hag been greatly elevated within the past few years no one who is a close obséryer will deny. It in aldo patent that there ure hundreds of dogs seattered throughout the country wliose beauti- ful forms and capital performances afield show conclusively that the spirit of generous rivalry and emulation born of our Bench Shows and Field Trials has wrought the wonderful improvement, But « few short years ago many trué pporlamen could be found who honestly belieyed that Bench Shows wera a delusion, and Field Trials agnare, and that they were but an artful means of adyertising animala which could ot be gold on their merits. AJL this is now changed, and with the exception of an occasional croaker whose disease is chronic or the wail of the disappointed, wa hear but words of c_mmendation for these twin institutions that hand in hand haye perseveringly labored fsr—and in so large a Ineasure xcromplished—the perfection oi form aud excellence in the field of the companions of our sport. That still greaier improvements and a still higher excellence will he attained in the near future wedo not doubt, and to achieve this most desirable result let us all with willing hands do whatever lies in our power to promote the good cause. We are well assured that the coming trials on Robin's Island and at Grand Junction will be—bothin ths uumber present und the quality of the aui- mals seen—far superior to anything that the world has eyer seon, and we exrnestly advise all who can do #0 to. uttend one or both of the meetings, and witness the proof of the /ast improvement that they haye acconiplished, not only in the beauty of form and Held quality of our pets, but themanner in which fhey are taught to do their work; forin nothing pertaining to Field Trials has the improvement been more manifest than in the training displayed FOREST AND STREAM. by the animals run. This in itself—were nothing eles gained— should stamp the iriald as a success, for nothing is more condn- ciye to the sportsman’s pleasure than to witi ess the pleasing per- formances of a well-trained, easily controlled animal, sa he cheer- fully and artistically performs his pleasurable task, Many able writers, some of them true sportsmen, have found a great deal of fault with the roles that govern the trials, claiming that owing to their imperfections great injustice is often done. We will not dis- cuss this matter here, but would exrnestly entrent all who feel that a change for the better could be made to attend the meetings, and lend their influence to the speedy reform of ko vital an element, of success. —ig-— SAGACITY OF THE COLLEY. I fa! those countries where close folding prevails and abeep are continually penned, there is little opportunity for the high training of the colley, In other districts the case is different, and Hogg, the Ettrick shepherd, has well said: ‘ Without the shep- herd's dog the mountainous land of England aud Scotland would not be worth pixpence, It would require more hands to manage a flock of sheep, gather them from the hill4, force them into houses and fields, and driya them to market, than the protits of the whole are capable of maintaining.” Ag the ‘ back is suited to the burden,” so the power of overcoming difficulties is deyeloped by circumstances, Shepherds in the close:fulding districts trate their dogs to the performance of afew simple duties, and that is all. The shepherds on the Cumberland hills, on the contrary, have been compelled by necessity to train their dogs with much more elaborate care, and wondertul animals they haye made of them— 7 eae ae are tier shaggy backs suited to the burdens laid upon am. in the course of walks with Cumberland shepherds I haya seen what the services are which the doga are called upon to render, Judgiug from results, there are few better dog breakers than John Scott, shepherd at Lamplush Hall, the Carlisle firrt-prize pastoral farm, occupied by Mr. William Leathes, Herdwicks are kept on this furm to the number of more than 500 ewes, Our task was I say ‘tour task," though the dogs did all the work—to collect the sheep and canse them to move before ua to the very tops of the fells, for the sake of feediny all the land and changing the pas- turage of the flock, The shepherd worked his dogs, two to the right baud, ons to the left, working them frequently by signa only, and sometimes by a fay words spoken to a distant auditory, when the dogs were perhaps nearly half s mile distant, but still in full yiew, bringing up the sheep from some neighboring fell-side. itis the habit of the herdwicks to spread themuelyes far and wide over the ground that is open tothem. The 600 ewes were strewn like white stones in the distance, over a thousand acres of land. “Get out, now !" cried the shepherd to one of hia clever helps, making a vignal toward the sheep at the sametime, and off went the dog at fullawpeed. The Herdwicks dishke being driven hard. If they are pushed, they will bolt in all direotiona. Tho dogs know this, and thay keep their distance, never running straight at the sheep, but keeping well outside of them, and some distance inthéresr, The shepherd makes another signal. His dog isin a hollow, from which he cannot survey the fell-side far ahead. Ho watches his master, therefore, aud expecta to be informed whether he is required to beat the ground further or not. The signal comes, aud off he bounds, but not quite in the right dircetion ; he is runnivg too much ina atruight line. “Get out, now!" comes shrill to his attentiye ears, and further out he gota; or if ha is not quite sure as to the import of the message. Lé stops and looks round for the signal, The youngest dog, only a twelve-month old, waa the best in tha field—a wonderful dog for his years. He was told to get ont" and scour a conicu] hill that lay a little off onr course, so aa to fetch any sheep that might be feeding there ont of our sight, He went off at full speed, ruoniug to the right against the sun so as to bring the sheep round to the left, and through a gate ahead of us, into the “‘onttield” beyond. He remamed out of sight several muuntes, and then there were pigne of his approach. Some crows took flight ut the edge of the “He is not far off now,” said the shepherd, andin a momeit after the sheep appeared, and then the dog. His nume is ** Sweep,” 80 called frum his blaok color. The shepherd called the young dog, and gave him a bit of bisonit, which he took most carefully from his master's hand. He accepted & caress, but did not court furtner notice, being rather a sad young dog, caring less for the joys of life than his duties. In the performance of these he is most deyoted. I fear he is wearing himself out, as willing workers will sometimes, Too much fell- ruuning shortens the lives of {hese iuyaluable dogs ; they are old at five or six years, and rarely live beyond eight or nine. The sheep dog possesses much the same form and character in every country. The muzzle is sharp, the eara short and erect, the budy coyered with shaggy hair, particularly about the neck. These are the characteristics of Sweep. His long tail, too, like that of bis kind, is slightly turned upward, and isas bushy as that of fox, He has none of those pretty tan-colored markings which add to the beanty of some breeds of collios—the spotted cheeka, and the rings round the eyes, He is all black, with rather course hair, and a tall, spare figure. I have often seen handsomer colligs, but never better, There was a young sheep dog of his sort that, accompanied his master with some mountain sheep from West- moreland to London, and in repeating the journey the following year he was found to porsess such a knowledge of the road as enabled him to turn the sheap, when they attempted to run down tlie lanes and by-roada which had giyen so much trouble the year afore. An occasional ced eet of Cumberland sheepdogs is that of finding sheep buried in the snow. John Scott has possessed dogs which, by their peculiar instinct, have been the means of reé- cuing hundreds of buried sheep. The snowdrift sometimes covers the sheep beyond reach of the shepherd's snow poles ; still, the dog detects their whereabouts. A dog has never been known to aoquire the valuable gift which renders him a sheep finder, except when young. Mr Dickinson giyésa case in bis ‘' Farming of Cum- berland,”* where abont 400 sheep were released, under the detect- ing nose of a young dog—almost a puppy—who acquired the art upon the spot, while the older dogs stood listlessly by, leaving the honor of pointing ont thesheep entirely tohim, In the Martinmas snowfall of 1807, being the heayiest of the present century, » flock of 400 herdwicks was buried, which Mr. Dickingon himself assisted in recovering. ‘hey hud been turned upon the sommon ‘out- field’ late in the evening, and overtaken by the sudden snowstorm far from the sheltered portions of their run, Darkness camé on, and, the sow falling heavily, the flock was tuken atu disadvantuge, and ulmost all of them were covered up beneath walls or in hollows where they had endeavored to find shelter. After a night of tem- pest day broke, and the family the flock belonged to censed their forebi.dings and came out to find their sheep. Not one could be found, All hands were set to work to probe the drifts with poles, with slight success, till the young dog joined in the proceedings. Deasisting from his gambols, he took a serious interest in what was going on, amelling the ends of the probing poles and snifting at fhe holes madein the snow. He was yery properly left alone, so that his attention might not be diverted, and the final result of hie sake puzzling ap to the object of the operations was that the ght broke suddenly upon him, and he commenced s#oratching eagerly in the snow. He had all at once become a sheep finder: and while the older dogs stood imdolently by, this young anitial continued to point ont the spots beneath which the sheep were buried, barking and howling with delight at every relense of the endangered Herd- wicks, The sheep lay generally in clisters, five or six together, and at eich fresh discuvery of « buried heap of thim the dog would seratoh? esgerly in the endeavor to get ut them; but he soun found the fruitlessness of suct efforty, and, after brief ex- perience, he was content with merely indiculing to the searchers the nzighborhood of the buried sheep, leaving them to dig them out. Atthe end of the first day's labor, closed from the sheer ticular spot, oné-third part of the distance home, Muncaster Castle, is usually covered twice a day by the tide, and if they had only possessed a grain of sense, were somatimes sure prised and confounded by the tide. The dog’s services were thet Tequired for the rescue, and thus he learned to avoid the expendi- ~ ture of time and trouble by clearing the marsh of his own accord at the rising of the tide. Mr. Walker, of Gull, near Egremont, possessed a dog and a bull, the last-named creature being s0 un: ruly that be could not be yentured out to water without the strict guardianship of the dog In the absence of the colley the bull was neyér taken ont; and such waa the dog’s complete ascendancy, and 80 thoroughly was he aware of it, that he allowed no wandering on the road. The bull was constrained to travel in a straight line, no! swervil would plunge his nose in the water, an stone near the trough, not more than a yard from the bull's head, The latter had to satisfy his thirst at a single draught, for te radgionk he lifted hia head home he must go, whether be had don or 10 goes well so long aa the grotnd is easy for driving, bnt at the first opportunity some of the sheep, on one side or the other, will br away. The dog endeayors to head them, and immediately others steal away in other directions, till the flock entirely breaks looss aud disperses. Let a cleyer dog come on the scene, and tha presence of the master spintt is s00n discoyered ; the sheep are — Rpecdily subdued and brought to order. yanish in his presence. charge, know by instinct immediately that they must euccumb, ba they ever s0 numttrour and the ground ever xo rugged, dogs. The landlady of an mn told me that she found a sheepdog in het — larder eating a leg of mutton, She drove him ont with « certain amount of demonstration, not to be wondered at; but the shesal herd was so offended that he meyer again entered her house, Cumbrian shepherds haye sometimes refused large offers for yalu- able dops.—London Fieid. actions and send the same to me. after that. I want all the eyidence that can be had to bring against him at the trial, Noy. 12, 2881. in the manufacture of shoes, etc. Rutherford's request, and to furnish him all possible assistance giving the young man bis dues. ] Editor Forest and Stream ; I notice in your paper of the 13th inst. full dealings from beginning to end, In the fall of 18801 re- in regard to a bitch called Belle. (OovronER 27, 1881 a exhaustion of the persons engaged, two hundred sheep had he extricated alive. On the following day, with the sid of the young dog, others were extricated—some living, many dead. At length. all were extrionted, but the last sheep did not come to light until” New Year's Day. Ithad remained since Noyember 18 in a hollow beneath a furze bush, or whin, a8 the plant is called in Cumber=_ land, supporting life on the scanty herbage of this shrub, The losses in Cumberland on the ocoasion of that dreadful storm were terrible, though they were yery much mitigated in the case” of jhoxe farmera who possessed a dog endowed with the pift of “marking,” he same sheep tinder showed his intelligence in marking time as well as sheep. His master went constantly to ~ the parish church, which was abowt a mile distant, and as con-— atantly the dog, taking note of Sanday, met his master at a pi Another Cumberland sheepdog acquired the power of rescuing his master's sheep from the rising tide, Hestholm Marsh, neat the stupid sheep depastnred on it, with higher ground to retire to in the least, At the drinking pas the thirsty anim the dog would sit ona Herdwicks show much cunning in baffling an ill-trained dog. All All difficulties in driving The wildest sheep, placed under hig It is not surprising that the shepherds of Cumberland yalue theiy ‘He who strikes my dog strikes me," said one of them. | ————————E ATTENTION! FOWLER'S VICTIMS. Editor Forest and Stream : Noticing numerous articles in the Forrest ayp Stream in rel tion to the celebrated Connecticut dog dealer, Fowler, alias Chas ter, alius Gleason, etc., etc., I report as one of tha delnded, Pri to his trip South, I bargained and paid him for a No. 1 pointer, and recieved a bulldog, and an inferior ons at that. he had returned and commenced business at the old stand of Fowler & Co., I proceeded to the land of wooden nutmegs, had” the young man arrested, examined and bouhd over to appear at the next term of the Supreme Court. Hearing that Now, I wish that you would, through the columns of your aper, inform the sporting fraternity of this, aud urge all who ave been swindled by this knaye to make affidayat of their trans I will attend to the young man By alittle effort the fellow can be put to some use by the State WALTER RUTHERFORD, No, 201 Madison ave., Albany, N.Y. [We urge all victima of Fowler's rascality to teapond to Mr. —- THE MILEY-WOODSON TROUBLE—Mancaster, Pa , Oct, 1 a letter about me, written by A. E. Woodson. I will give you our ceived a letter from Mr, A. E, Woodson, Fort Laramie, Wy. Ter,, Iwrote to him and gave hii full particulars and price. His answer came he would t { would send her on trial, and at the time giving me reference and saying that I should not be alarmed about him ga to his re= sponpibility, as his position in tha army should prove him to be a gentleman. I wrote to him, refusing to send the dog on hi terms, but offered to send the dog C, O. D., provided he deposit the amount of express chargéa with the xpress agent. Ting hi refused to do, and our oe ee ended, In tha spring of 1881 I received a letter from him in regard to a dog I had adve tised for #50, I wrote to him about the dog. The following day I received a letter from him about my bitch Gipsy Queen. J an-_ awored that and the following day Lagain received a letter front — him about Robin Hood, I answered that in a few days. T re-| ctived a telegraph dispatch from him telling me to ship on Royal, the first dog written about, a8 ha wanted him for a friend, and to be particular to khip him at ouce, and that he had already sent me the money by mail. I preferred to see the money frst Alterward T received a dispatch from him offering me $160 for Gipsy Queen: and Robin Hood, Gipsy I had adyertised at 2125 and Robin at - 850. Gipsy I would nof have sold to any one for one cent less, e thé was in whelp. HHoweyer, I made up my mind to let him have them, putting Gipsy in at her price and billing Robin Hood in ab $25. 1 telegiaphed back that he could have them; he telegraphed that he hud sent the money to my banker, I waited on it, an finally it came, #150, but as yet no monéy for the tirst dog, Noyal ei I ut once had a large, light crate made, and shipped both Gipsy and Robin to him, directed them, 4 he requested me to do, to - friend in Cheyenne, Wy. Ter. When the dogs left here they wer in good condition ; and I also nent along about thirty pounds of prepared food. I now waa waiting for the money for Royal, Finally, fifteen days after the di-patch, his letter reached me, and contained an order on & New York banking house to pay $50 to my order thirty days after date. I was not satistied with this,” and at once sent the check back. Tn afew days I received u letter from him stating that the does had arrived at Cheyenne in a hor= rible condition, nearly starved to death, and tied together with a string, and that Robin had his front leg nearly ont off by this atin T at once wrote to him to ship both dogy back at once, and would pay one-half expenses to get them back. He wrote be would keep them until they got over their journey, and he could tell better, but did not think Robin will suif him as his front le; 4 was alittle crooked. He then wrote, saying he was pleased with ~ Gipsy Queen, aud that he would keep her, as he could do well with” her puppies, but Robin Hood he would send back, and he demanded ~ #50 of me, vhich I refused to give, but told him to ship both of them back, und I would give him the $151) back and pay one-half expenses, or I would end him the $25, which is all he paid me for | Robiu, howsyer, Robin cams back, and I paid one-half expensed | tor the express charges. I then received a letter from him, stating I should not send any money until I heard further. No hearing from Woodson for some time, I wroteto him, telling him to draw one at once and on sight for the amonut Towed him: Some duys aftur I received notice from my banker of , draft bein there to the amount of $42,60, I refused it, and drew oue ap myself for $25, and sent it to him, I never received a letter te him whether he received it or not, Bome few weeks ugo I reoeiy ‘ . ~ ‘OorToBER 27, 1881.] “§ notice from an alderman of Lanonster of a claim he had against mé, owed to one nanied Woodson. I called on’ the Squire, gaye im the particulars, and refused the bill. That was the last I herd of that until I saw a notice warning +portamen about me, Jo the article be also states that I porebased a dov, Porte Crayon, from a friend of his by « fraudulent way, tnd he can proye it, “His friend can't showanything fraudulent in the way 1 bongut the - dog, as [paid him his prise in money for the dog, and have his ow for the ssime. In regard to his sneing me, I will be happy - to mest his lawyer. As Woodson stated to me that he had plenty of money and time, Iwill mutch Robin. Hood for #100 and the dog ag dust the best do: | 6 has, the money to be deposited in your hands, and the match to come off hilt way between here ‘and Wyoming Territory, the match to be run m December, the game to be quail, Z. Miey. i THE LOWELL SHOW.—Boston, Oct. 21,—Eiitor Forest and Alrea: I reveiyed premium list for Lowell show, and find that “they do not recognize dachshunds,” “greyhounds,” “ bulldogs,” " King Charles spuniela”’ or ‘Yorkshire terriers,’ but baye class for the ‘kpite * and ‘‘cosuh.” It is rather bad for some of us in Boston who have imported dogs and are trying to introduce them, Bhould we put them in the miscellaneous clase, how can they pos- sibly be judged?—Jonnx P. Barnanp Jn. {We have received several communications similar to the above. We can give uo satizfactory reason why these classes were omitted, but wonld advise owners of fine animals to enter them for exn- bition and ugitute the subject by appealing to the managers, who will, uudoubtedly, reclily the mistake at the next phuw.] PEDIGRERS WANTED.—We would thank our readers if they _ will kindly forward to us pedigrees of their doge, to be placed on file for reference. Do not think that because your animals are ell known we undoubtedly haye their pedigree, for such is not always the ¢ase, aud eyen if we should haye them we often would like a duplicate to send to our correspondents. Our library con- tains all of the wuthorities upon this subject, but as most of them are, 14 Many instances, notoriously incorrect, we make this appeal in order that we may not be guilty of disseminating erroneous flatemoents regarding the b eeding of any animal, thos adding to the deplorable confusion that now exists in the minds of many not thoroughly informed upon the subject. PENNSYLVANIA FIELD TRIALS.—We are greatly pleased to be able to knnounce that the Pennsylvania State Field Trials As- povialion will run their trials at Grand Junction, Tenn., imme- diately ufter those of the National Association. This action stamps the aseociation as a live and energetic body, and we pre- dict for it a brilliant future, and trust that the meeting will prove all that they could wish. We réfer our readers to the advertise- ment in this number for full particulars aé to stakes to be run and closing of entries. Pirrspore, Pa., Oct. 22 —Hditer Forest and Stream: At the meeting of the Association to-day the proposed amendments offered the 12th inst. were adopted. Also, a resolution to run the trials at Grand Junction, Venn. The incloded programme was the work of the Executive Committee at the meeting immediately following mésting of assooiation.—J. R. SvaytTon, Secretary. THE NEWARK FIRE DOG.—Last summer we told of the tricks of Sport, the dog belonging to the Fire Truck No. 1, of Newark, N. J. Sportwas run oyer on Friday night on the way to ® fire, and was so seriously injured that he had to haye ono of his legs amputated. Before the limb was cut off Sport pluckily tried to limp to the scene of the fire, but wae picked up by a fireman and taken back to the truck house, a KENNEL NOTES. ae * Breeders and owners of doga are invited to send mentoranda of hames claimed, bred, whelpa, aales, etc., for insertion im this column We make no charge for the publication of such notes; but request in each pane the notice be made up in accordance with our form, that the name of both owner and dog be written legibly, or printed, and that the strain to which the animal belongs be distinctly stated, NAMES OLAIMED, FKerslam—Claimed by Mr. d. Reynal, New York, for red and white setter dog by Mr. Fratk Cozzen’s Humph out of same owner’s Collean, Hazel, Gladys and Ouida—Claimed by Mr. Geo. Schofield, Toronto Ont., for solid liver cocker pupples whelped Sept 20, by importe Baron out of owner's Haldee (Ned IT.-Dalay). Tipperary and Meg Merriles—Claimed by Dr, G. C. McClean, Spring- field, Mass., for red Irish setler dog and bitch whelped Aus. 12, 1850, by Elcho out of Peg Woflngton. Fanchet—Ciaimed by W, G. Root, McIntyre, Pa., for Gordon setter bitch puppy by iusporied Sam out of Dr. Downey’s Dream, Mack—Claimed by Mr. J. C. Fender, McIntyre, Pa., tor Goidon Rebter dog puppy by iniported Sam out ef Dr. Downey's Dream. Gurnor—Claimed by Wr. Wm. Tallman, Providence, R. 1., for black find blue selter dog whelped Sept. 24, 1bs1, by Mr. Bloodgood’s Spar- Tan out of Owner's Jennie, Ned Hicho—Claimed by Mr. FP. A, Lovejoy, Gray, Me., for red Trish selter dog whelped Aug. 21, 1879, by E.cho out of imported Stella. NAMES CHANGED, Dan to Heetor—Mr, Dan Storrs, Lebanon, N. ., wishes to change the name of lis beagle dog Dan (Katiler-Bluebell) to Hector, 4 WHELPS. i Grace—Mr. Luke White's (Bridgeport, Conn.) liver and white polnter biich Grace whelped Oct. 6, seven—six dogs and ome bitch, by sensa- tion. Haidee—Mr. Geo, Schofield’s (Toronto, Ont.) cockr bitch Haidee aca pe tatsy) whelped Sept. 20, seven—one doy and six bitches, by mp ried Baron. Gertie he Westminster Kennel Club's pointer bitch Gertie (Cal- pestle) whelped Oct. 19, ten—six d gs and four bitches, by their Sensation. Jennie—Wim. Txllman’s (Providence, R. I.) black and white setter bitch Jennie (Lathrop’s Dick-Harrington’s Gyp) Whelped Sept, 28, cleyen—nine dogs and two bitches, by Mr. Kloodgood’s Spartan (Powell’s Sport-Scranton’s Dorcas). BRED, Lady-Branch—My. G, L. Bright's (New Orleans) red Irish setter pitGh Lady to Mr. BE. Odell’s Branch (Plunket-stella) Sept. 15. Pet-Snoozer—Mr. E. F. Merciiliotvs (New York) pug bitch Pel has been bred to Mr. John Harper's imported Snoozer, SALES. — Dawi—Engush setter bitch (Gladstone-Cllp) by Mr, L. H, Smith, Strathroy, Out., to Mr Bailey Ha) rison, Tilsonburg, Ont. Shot—Poluter dug puppy (Dilley s Ranger-Lilly) by Mr, David Cratte to Mr. H.8 Wikins, Wabasha. _ Lady Ranger—Vointer bilch (Dilley’s Ranger-Fleet) by Mr David Cratte, Wabasha, to Mr. J. B, Bhing, Alma, Wis. Fan and four Whelps—Ked Irish setter bitch Fan and four whelps by Joel. By wr. W G,. oot to Mr, Thos, Blyth, McIntyre, Pa Fanchet—Gordon setter biteh puppy (imported Sam-Dr. Downey’s Dream), By Mr. Thos, Blyth to Mr. W. G. Root, McIntyre, Pa, Gillexpie’s Mawi—Black and white pointer bitch by King Charlie ative-champion Fao) out of Queen Vic (King Charhe-Lady). By ; r. ns M. Gillespie, Columbus, Q., to Mr, Edward Odell, New Or- earns, La. Gillespies Magnolin—Black and white pointer bitch by King Charles Native-champion Fan) out of Queen Vis (King Charlle-Lady). by r. EB, M. Gilfesple, Columbus, 0., to Mr. G. C, Street, Gretha, La. Ned Hicho—Ked Jrish seter dog Ber Meare By Mr, Chis, Den- nison, Hartford, Conn., to Mr. ¥. H. Lovejoy. Gray, Me. Mr, G seaman, Port Washington, L. 1, has sold ared Irish setter oe erat by the late James R, Tilley to Mr. E. FP. Mercilliott, New ror Grace—Mr, BH, F, Marciliiot!, New York, has met witha sud mlsfor- tune Ip losing lis orauge and white setter bitch Grace, She won Jst at the show bere iu i817, and was a yaluoble animal She was by Morford’s Don out of owners Pet, and as misfortune never comes Bingiy, 1d Pet has prematurely thrown her litter by Will, and they areal) dead, wine of toem, elht dogs and one bitch, Dean—Mr. F. H. Wetman, East Orange, N. J., has lost his orange and white setter dog Dean (Jersey Duke-Daisy) entered Tor the Hast- ero Field Trials D.rby. 4 IMPORTATION, Dr. Al, Watts, Boston, Mass., has recently imported trom Halifax, Hagland, for Mr, W. H. Lee, the Mastiff bitch Lioness sheiai2 months FOREST AND STREAM. Old, stands $11h, at the shoulder, and welghs 140 pounds, Color, light fiwn, with biack muzzle, PRESENTATIONS, Sam Dream Whelp—Mr. Thos. Biyth, McIntyre, Pa.. has presented a RAGE setter dog puppy (Sam-Drealn) to Mr, J. C, Fender, of same place. - : DEATHS. Tilley—Mr. Granyille Hills, Hudson, N. ¥., has had the misfortune to lose by 2 stray shot from a hunter's gun his valuable and well- known setter biteh Tilley, who was highly prized both for her field qualities and as a companion. Buckelew-Busy Whetpsa—Mr. W, A. Costar, Flatbush, L.1., has lost this entire litter, the last one dying the 17th. . a a a KENNEL MANAGEMENT, 189 READER, Baltimore,—i have a terrier dog which is continually scratchiny and has scratched & bare spot on his back aboye the tall, Will you Eindly inform me what you think the matte: with him and what to do for him, and oblige? Ans, Your dog probably has mange and should e treated accordingly. See answer .lo W. B. G. fn our issue of March 10. 190 W. J. P,, Palo, Mich.—I have a beagle dog one year old that has 4 largé wart on ihe inside of his mouth grown fast to his lip and one on the outside of his Mp. The one on the Inside has a spongy up- pearance and the one on the outside is small, roid, smooth and ard. What cin I dotoremove them? Would'!{ be advisable to cnt the one out of his mouth? I also have a litier of beagle puppies eight weeks old that haye worms. I haye seen twoor three yound worms, one about tour inches long. Ihave -een two worms come trom one pup and do not know whether they all have worms or not here is one in the lot that has a tape worm, ay I have found in their stools several Res five or six inches long, Do not know which pup it ts from. What is the best remeoy 10 use jor each kind of worm and is ith advisable to dose every pup without knowihg whether they hive worms «rnot? They are all lively and healthy and show no sigos of being sick. Oneof my dogs with mange has hatred out and the other one 1s About well, Dut has not srown new halryet. Guess I will get them ihrough allright. Haye just mixed up a new supply of your olnimeni. Ans. The warts wll undoubtedly disappearus your dog gets older. An at tales ot caustic ovcasionally will no doubt re- move them, but if this is used great care must be taken not to 1ouch the adjacentsurface, See answerto W, G. EH. last week for ireat- ment for worms. Hy pursuing the course revommended we think the pups will not need dosing, except perhaps the one with tape worm, Hind It will be time enough to attend to Lim when a little older, 191 J. H. P., Portland, Mé.—T have a bitch with puppies just old enough to wesh. Will you kindly inform me what method TD shall pursue to dry up her teats and put them back, as faras possib/e, to thelr n'rmalcondition? Ans. Bathe freely with warm vinegar; camphorated oil is also good, 192 V. B., Raleigh, N. C.—Is not a dog two years old too young to be bred toabitech? What age is most preferable? Ans. It all de pends upon the development of the animal; he 15 oid enough if well grown and healthy, especially if the bitch is mature, Hifle and Gyap Sheating. RANGE AND GALLERY. A SHLF-REGISTERING TARGET. A® exchange has the following description of a device to dispense with the use of markers on rifie ranges, Somethl ig of the sort should have been long since invented, though 1 will be found a diffi- cult matter lo sécure sufficient delicacy to mark fine distinctions in the value of shots, and at the same time haye a contrivance strong enough to stand a heavy fusilade of hard-hitting bullets. Our ex- change says: There has lately been invented by an ingenious Englishman a de- vice whose introduction on the range at Creedmoor and adoption by marksmen throughout the country generally will probably be found of Veal servict: ln rife practice, ‘| he invention consists ot a self-regis- tering target, operating somewhat after the plan of the electrical im- dicator now used in hotels and other pliblic buuldings. The rings of the target in the new deyice are made of separate pleces of metal, which, With the bullseye itselt, are fastened or hung on a cros,bar placed behind the target disk, These rings swing backward and for- Ward upon the slightest pressure, and each is fur her provided with a protruding button or nipple at the back. behind Lhe di-k is also con- structed a plank having holes into which the buttons of the riugs tit, aud which are provided with a series of sensitive needles conneciin by an electric current, with a signal box, corresponding to the orde. nary annunciator. to test its merits.” nn SS Best six-section Trout Fly Rods, Same, without Full Metal Reel Plate, Best six-section Black Bass Minnow Rods, Same, without Full Metal Reel Plate, Best six-section Grilse Rods, ce FRANK BLYDENBURCH, STOCKS, BONDS AND SECURITIES, MINING STOCKS. - Dwellings, Factories or Towns supplied with water by Pipe Wells or Deep Rock Wells. Dug wells that have gone dry made to produce, MANHATTAN ARTESIAN WELL CoO., HARLES WHITE'S Joke Book, containing a full expose of all the most laughable jokes, witt!- cisms, ete., as told comedian Charles White, 25 cents. G, L. HOPE, Springboro, Crawford Co., Pa. GREATLY IMPROVED. (Extract from ForEsr AND STRWAM, July 7, 1881, p, 448.] * This flight so nearly resembles the actual motions of birds that the Clay Pigeons afford excellent practice for wing shooting. we commend all sportsmen * ' the improvement of all these wondrous gifts. “provements. But nature is at her best here in New Hampshire. All that the Great Architect of the universe could do most gra- ciously to render our State attractive to the dwellers in every land He certainly has done. For scenes of simple beauty and variegated loveliness, alternating with the wildest sublimity, New Hampshire mpy well compare with the most celebrated resorts of Europe; hence we believe ‘the time is not very remoje,’ says Prof. Sanborn, ‘when the tide of Huropean trayel, like ‘‘the course of empire,” westward shall take its way, and the valleys and pinnacles of our familiar mountains will echo with strange tongues, and become populous with visitors from the old world.’ In my judgment, however, this time will neyer come until the people of New Hampshire shall have resolved to do their best for the development and First, God must work, and then man, and the true sanitarium of Amer- ica willbe this bit of nature cullivated and transfigured until it shall form a fitting part of that nobler Eden of the coming time. Do you inquire, then, how this transfiguration shall ever be brought about? The process is simple, and very practica- ble. Remembering that ‘the physical basis of life’ must be the first thing thought of, build railroadsandturnpikes around the lonely mountains, and hotels and boarding-bouses in a)l the places where they are required ; cover the denuded hills with forests; plavt shade-trees in the villages and by the road- side, and lay out parks and pleasure grounds in all the cities and larger towns; fill the woods with game, the rivers and lakes and brooks with fish, and the fields and gardens with beautiful shrubs and flowers. Let the Government of the State assist in this great work of upbuilding, and the people of the State be urged to invest of their labor and their sur- | plus earnings in private and public village and town im- Let the churches be repaired, the schools en- larged and multiplied, and all our people taught that their pecuniary as well as their other interests, are inyolyed in these and such like changes, and the thing is done. But, do you ask again, is it certain that New Hampshire can regain her lost prosperity in this way ?—can increase her population and wealth, and improve the quality of her citi- zenship by efforts of this sort? Yes; for it has been done in the Republic of Switzerland, for example, in Burope. Switzerland, some years ago, found herself in much the same condition that New Hampshire was a generation since. She was losing wealth and losing population, and her ruin seemed inevitable at no very distant day. So the leaders of her dif- ferent cantons came together in council and discussed the situation, The result was, they resolved unanimously that the Government of Switzerland should be requested to enter into partnership with the Alps, and that it should henceforth try to make them the foundation of the national prosperity. The Republic of Switzerland listened to this request. The government built roads and bridges and laid out many im- provements. The people put up guest-houses, adorned their villages, and made the whole country as agreeable to strangers as they possibly could, and to-day there is no part of Europe making more rapid advances than this little com- monwealth among the mountains. Wili it pay, then, to deyelop in like fashion the natural resources of New Hampshire? Why, gentlemen, it is pay- - . Salmon Rods (according to length) ing already, and in dollars and cents, as no other business among us is paying. During the first quarter of this century the number of visitors to the White Mountains averaged about twelve each year. In 1860, Starr King tells us that ‘not less than 5,000 persons make the ascent of Mount Wash- ington every summer by the bridle paths.’ It was estimated at the Summit House last summer thaf about 12,000 persons visited Mount Washington during the season, some 10,000 of whom went up by the railroad, and this is the way the stream ‘of travel, now running toward our State, is rapidly swelling from year to year. More than $4,000,000, it is thought, were brought into New Hampshire by the people who came here last season, a very much larger sum than was ever real- ized before. If, then, it be remembered that the profits of this traffic remain for the most part with us, and that by ita home market is created for all our farmand garden products, we shall not be surprised to learn that the pumber of aban- doned homesteads is beginning to be diminished, and that our farmers’ sons and daughters are less inclined to emigrate than formerly. And then, besides all this, there are men of New Hampshire birth who have made their fortunes in other parts of the worid, that are now returning in constantly in- creasing numbers to their childhood homes that they may live in them the remainder of their days, and these men are ready to spend their wealth most generously in beautifying and adorning these homes, around which their earliest affec- tions are clustered. The change for the better, therefore, in allthose parts of our State which haye been reached and watered by this Nile of travel, is quite marked already, and there is no reason to suppose that its limits have been attain- ed as yet. Doubtless this stream of travel will increase continually, and the benefits also which flow from it will in- crease as the years roll on. But it is time to say a word or two concerning the part which the members of this league should take in this effort to make New Hampshire a summer sanitarium, It is not too much to affirm, perhaps, that if there were no game in our woods and no fish in our streams, then the visitors we are the most desirous of securing, because they would help us the most in this effort at upbuilding, would not be so ready to come into our State. The fact is, that hunting and fishing are peculiarly the sports of gentlemen, for the conditions of their pursuit are uniformly fresh air, fine scenery, the exer- cise of skill and energy in mind and body, and loving com- munion with the works of nature. ‘None are so able,’ says Col. Theo. Lyman, ‘to cope with great affairs, as those who on fitting occasion can take dog and gun and tramp all day long throuzh the autumn covers, or wade a trout-brook of a June moiming. Such are the English gentry who make laws in Parliament; such was Daniel Webs er, and such would have been Horace Greeley, if he had not made the fatal mistake of ‘(waiting forty years to go fishing.’” Thespecial duty, then, of the members of this league is to do what they can to make these noble and delightful sports both universal and profit- able in New Hampshire; to create a popular opinion, if pos- sible, that shall be favorable to their pursuit; and also to secure the active and hearty co-operation with them of all our people in the endeavor to stock our fields and woods and lakes and rivers and brooks with the objects of the sports- man’s delight. Extract from FOREST AND STREAM: ‘‘Wlessrs. Abbey & Imbrie ask $40 for their best Trout Rods, and have no difficulty in getting their price.”’ Ho : $40 Hes oe Rib ew a4cof 8 » i) . 38 eeaag BS 2p Bo ig? Beh ce Su Gs 2 . 458 4peoU oe SF EW Ml is >. & = ; 40 cee Fe 84 Sparen. 60 Baus Sp Oo Bug F i . 6Bto75 BBR s CIGARETTES Warranted Free from Drugs or Medication, HOLABIRD Shooting Suits. That stand unrivalled for PURE. FRAGRANT Write for circular to VANITY UPTHEGROVE & MoLELLAN, FAIR. NEW Fa es VANITY FAIR. VALPARAISO. IND. Each 68 Pine 8t.. New York. Water! Water! 240 Broadway, by the celebrated Ethiopian . TEUD- OF BREAK- Ist, $1003 both brain and body the elemen pUuipluu Lb bbredp ies prescribed 300,000 packages. For sale by Dervousness. It promotes digestion and strengthens a falling druggists or mail, $1, having Distinguishing Merits. HARMLESS, REFRESHING AND CAPTIVATING. 8 FIRST PRIZE MEDALS. WL S. KIMBALL & CO., Peerless Tobacco Works, Rochester ‘N. ¥. DUNN & WILBUR, Commission Merchants, Sy BUTTER, ECCS, Etc. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO POULTRY AND CAME. We send sales and check for netamountimmediately after sale, Stencils and Price Current furnished free on application. Your correspondence and shipment solicited. 344 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK, BRAIN AND NERVE FOOD. VITALIZED PHOSPHITES. Composed of the pth rs ett Salih A principles of the ox brainand wheatgerm. It restorea te that have been carried off by disease, worry, overwork, excesses OF menor, It prevents debility and com Uie Olah, g1VES FOUN Sleep, Wu pecuperales afler exvesses. Fhysiclans haye F. CROSBY, 663 and 666 Sixth Avenue, N. ¥y 7 OcronEr 27, 1881,] - KHUKHSL AND BPLAWAM, £09 ‘ Che Hennel, > Second Annual Field Trials OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATH FIELD TRIALS ASSOCIATION, AT GRAND JUNCTION, TENNESSER, COMMENCING DECEMBER THE 10TH, 1881, Or on the conclusion of the National Trials. FOR SETTERS AND POINTERS—OPEN TO THE WORLD. ALL-AGED STAKF. Open to all Setters and Pointers; first. prize, one of Westley Richards & Co’s highest quality double hammerless guns, to be built to the order of the er, if desired, $415; second, one of Parker Brothers’ double guns, $225; third, cash $50. 410 forfeit, $10 additional for star ers. DERRY STAKF. Open to Setter and Pointer Puppies whelped on or after January 1, 1880 : first prize, silver set, $100; second, double barrel breech-loading shot-cun, $75; third, cash $25. +5 forfeit, $5 additional for starters, MEMBERS’ sSTAKF. Open only to members of the Association, and each ertry to be handled by the owner. First prize, & piece of plate, $100; second, silver cup, presented by Messrs. Caldwell # Co., Philadelphia, $50, En- trance $ 0, to be paid at 1ime of nomination, A special prize of 350, or a silver cup of equal value; at the option of [he winner, 1s offered for the best red Irish setler vompeting in the trials, All entries close 9 o’clock A. uM. Dec, 5, 18S1, J. PALMER O'NEILL, Pres’t. IL R. STAYTON, Secretary, 67 Fourth ayenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. Address aiter Dec. 1, Grand Junction, Tenn, FLEAS! FLEAS! WORMS! WORMS! Steadman's Flea Powder for Dogs A BANE TO FLEAS—A BOON TO DOGS. pas POWDER is guaranteed to kill fleas on dogs or any other animals or money returned. Itis putup in patent boxes with sliding pepper- box top, which greatly failitates its use. Simple and efficacious. Price 50 cents by mail, Postpaid. Areca Nut for Worms in Dogs. A CERTAIN REMEDY. Put up in boxes containing ten powders, with full directions for use, Price 50 cents per box by mail. Both the above are recommended by Rop ann Gun and FOREST AND STREAM, Conroy, Bisset & Malleson, 65 Fulton street, N. Y. HENRY C. SQUIRES, 1 Cortlandt street, N. Y. WRIGHT & DITSON, 580 Washington street, Boston, Mass. RIVERSIDE GOCKER SPANIEL KENNEL, Claremont, N. H., Box 33. Ghampion Bragg and Champion Feather, Gracie (Snip ex-Yulette) stock for sale. Pups ready for delivery. Sept22,tt Imperial Kennels. We will take a few setters and pointers to thor- oughly field break. Reference given; satisfaction nteed. Broken dogs for sale. H. CLAY gLOVER &C. GROVER, Toms River, N. J. Octé,4t Cameron Kennel. Beagle Hounds bred for bench and field purposes. RALLY (Sam-Dally) ; stud fee, $25. ROCKRET (Rally-Rosy); stud fee, $10. COLIN CAMERON, Brickeryille, Pa. j ARLE ee, young dogs partially broken; just Tight to put on game; of Rush, Snapshot and Sensation strains; very handsome and promising. Also one brace of puppies. Address EDMUND ORGILL, 1096 Dean street, Brooklyn. Octis,tt ORTRAITS of Eastern Field Trial Winners, printed on fine tinted paper, will be sent post- d for 25 cents each, or the five for $1. FOREST STREAM PUB. CO., 39 and 41 Park Row, N.Y. Dec30,tt mR SALE, Gordon setter dog, whelped 4th of July, 1880, out of Maude by champion Grouse. Price $100. SAMUEL G, DIXON, 715 Walnut St., Philadelphia. Oct20,2t he SALE, a beautiful litter of pointer puppiess lemon and white in color, and evenly marked, out of Bess (King Phillip ex-Ada, she Sleaford and Pride) by Fowler (Sigoal and Brunet Both sire and darn of this litter are first-class field dogs. The pups are 4 months old, well grown and healthy, and are pointing chickens about the yard now. Address A. R. HEY WARD, Rock Hill, 8. C. ’ Sept29,tt URE FIELD TRIAL SETTERS FOR SALE. Leah by Roybel out of Livy IL, born 187s; very handsome, blue Belton; Kate and Clara, blue and lemon Belton, 18 months old, by Roscoe out of Ar- Mnida, sister to Yearsiey’s Countess. Just right for trainer. Fortfull pedigree and par(ieulars address F. A. DIFFENDERTFER, 15 Shippen st,,, Lancas- ter, Pa. 3 OGt. 27-3t J hake aes AND RANGELEY LAKES TI- LUSTRATED, a thorough and complete de book to the Rangeley Lake Region, Kenne- , Cupsuptic, Parmachnées and Connecticut Lakes and the head waters of the Connecticut, Mag- alloway, Ani and Dead rivers; ilunmin- ated covers, tinted paper, 899 pages, 60 illustrations vEaee Prize, post-paid by mail 60 cents: CHARLEG st-paid by m mn ig Ad, FARRAR, Jamaica Plain, Mass, ALLEN’S NICKEL-PLATED DUCK CALLER- “ent post pald to any address on rereint of one dollar, The most natural toned and easlest blowing Duck Caller in the world. eS 1 £26 pul SCF ALLEN’S DECOY DUCK FRAME fs simply a device for holding a dead duck in a natural position in the water, on ice orland, asadecoy. Sent to any address, 0. ©. D., or on receipt of prise, #4 per dozen, Wo. i fo! mallards, etc., No. 2 ior widgeon, etc.. No.3 for teal. For sale by the trade everywhere, or by EF. A. ALLEN, Monmouth, MARLIN REPEATING RIFLE. Manufactured by Marlin Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., makers of the celebrated BALLARD RIELE. Without question the best Magazine Rifle ever produced. 40 cal., 60 grains of powder and 280 grains of lead. .45 cal, 70 grains of powder and 405 grains of lead (Government cartridge). Send for descriptive Ust to SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, P, 0. BOX 3,170. 84 and 86 CHAMBERS STREET NEW YORK. ENOS JAMES & CO”S HARD-HITTING GUNS, This cut exactly represents JAMES & CO.'S GREAT GUN, called the “TRAP” Every Triumph or Trap Gun is choke-bored and targeted. We now offer a full line of ENOS JAMES & CO’ Superb Breech-Loaders. What is the use of paying am absurd price for a gun made by some old maker when you can get a JAMES’ GUN as good or better for half the money? Or what is the use of buying a gun bearing either a fictitiousname or no name at all, when you can get one of HNOS JAMES & Cco.’s guns with their name and guaranty for the same price? We are sole agents at New Yorkéfor the Colt Club Gun, We offer a small JOB LOT of the famous Webley Guns of all sorts at about half price, Also a few choice Parker guns of latest style’at Special rates. Address H. & D. FOLSOM, P. O. Box 4,309, 30 WARREN ST., NEW YORE The &ennel, ORDON KENNEL, Locust Valley, Long Island, We have on sale young dogs and bitches of the purest strains, combining the blood of Toledo Kennel Club, now Willard’s, Grouse, Munn’s Duke, | Address GORDON KENNEL CLUB, Breyoort P, O., Brooklyn, New York. Octi3,tt Price $25, Oct2T1t hie SALE, fine white and orange native English setter pup, 7 mos, old, of first-class field stock of good pedigree; has been hunted one day, pointed his first bird (woodeock) alive and dead. Price $16. A bargain. Address W. H. PIERCE, Peek- Skill, N. ¥. Oct27,1b Ko SALE; English setter dog Dash; liver colored cost $85 to import; pricé $25. Also Fleld Spaniel Ned, out of imported Daisy by Mallard (first prize winner at Baltimore and Philadelphia). Price $20. Also setter pup Doctor; brown and white; weak in forelegs. Price $5, Address FRANK L. CLARK, 43 Montgomery st., Jersey Cliy, N. Jd. Oct27,4t AM GOING SOUTH FOR THE WINTER, and Oct27,2t ENCH-LEGGED BEAGLES FOR SALE.—Two male ed. Price $25, tor the pair. H. & W., 109 Madison ayenue, New York City, Oci27,1b Poe SALE, 2 highly bred pointer bitches; broke ; yery handsome; full pedigree; business com- pis metosell. Price$25 each. Address C, ©. R., { Souderton, Pa. Oct27,1t ROKEN DOGS FOR SALE.—Ten broken or partia\ly broken setters and polnters at reason- vices ; will be shown in the field. Address H. Y GLOVER & C. GLOVER, Imperial Kennels, Tomis River, N. J. Oct27,2t OR SALE, fine foxhound pups of extra good stock, ready to ship. Address CHAS. W. NUTTING, 101 High si., Bostob, Mass. Oct2T,1t EAGLES.—A few elght weeks old puppies for sale; from imported stock. Apply at once, W. J. PERCIVAL, Palo, Mich. Oct20,26 IVE FOXES WANTED.—Address Box 178 Montclair, N. J. Oct20,2t —See Kinnel Advertisements next page. ANDITS DEVELOPMENT, WITH NOTES ON SHOOTING. BY W. W. GREENER. AUTHOR OF “Modern Breech-Loaders,” *‘ Choke-Bore Guns,” Ete. One Vol., Extra Fceap., 4to, 680 Pages, 500 Illustrations, Cloth,Gilt, PRICE, $7.50. ‘The fullest description of fire-arms and matters pertaining to their use and manufacture” which Is accessible to the general Sportsman.”— Col, Wingate, in the Critic. ‘ Will be found interesting and valuable to the sportsman.”—Country Gentleman. “The book is well worth a most careful perusal, and we commend 1 to all interested in’ sporting uns or rifies.’—The Spirit of the Times, SENT, PREPAID, ON RECEIPT OF PRICE, CASSELL, PETTER, CALPIN & CoO., 739 and 741 Broadway, New York. OF MAKING MANY BOOKS THERE JIS NO END, Eocl. 12; 12. ESTABLISHED 1836. NEAT AND BLEGANT . BOOK BINDING FROM THE Plainest to the Most Elaborate Styles, SPECIMENS ON EXHIBITION. If you want good work, at low figures, and save Agent’s Commission come direct to JAMES E, WALKER, 124 Dey St: <> -____—_ A FILE OF N. Y. HERALD, 1847, AND TIMEB, TO DATE, AND ODD NUMBERS, FOR SALE. FLIRTATION CAMP; lal Lt i hn RE EMERY OR Rifle, Rod and Cun in Califernia, BY ‘THE YDORE 8. VAN DYKE, For sale at this offiee. Price $1.50 260 FOREST AND STREAM, ih (Oorosur 27, 1881. Che Kennel. Dr. Gordon Stables, R.N. TWYFORD, BERKS, ENGLAND, Author of the “PRACTICAL KENNEL GUIDE,” &C. exports champion and other pedigres dogs of any breed. Send for “PLATN HINTS TO WOULD-BE BUYERS,” Price 10 cents, post free, “Gives ad@messes of prin- cipal English breeders. PEDIGREE PRINTING AND COMPILING, CHEAPER THAN CAN RE DONE BY ANY OTHER HOUSE IN AMERICA, Which does first-class work and giarantees satis- faction, Also. VON CULIN PATENT SPIKE COLLAR AND BOOK. By mail, for $3. E.& Cc. VON CULIN. P. 0. Box 22, Delaware City, Del. 22, OR SALE,—A yery handsonis brace of orange and white English setters, 17 months od; evenly marked; partly broken; have been hunted on quall and woodecock; full pedigree. They come from the best slrains of prize winning dogs in the country, Owner's reason for selling them is no time to work them. Will sell very reasonable if taken at once, They are just right lor this fall's shooting. For further particulars address THOS, M, SMITH, 96 Montgomery street, Jersey Clty. Oct20,2t OR SALE—Two handsome seller bitches, one white and orange, by champlou Leicester (Moore's) ¢= Mill's Belle, 15 months old; the other, Orange, by the native setter Prince out of Victoria (Warwick-Belle), 18 months old; trained. Price. $25 each. Address DR. W. HUBBELL, Concord Depot, Campbell county, Va. Lamokin Stock Farm, Oct. 14, 1851. Oct20,26 OR SALE, Brant, by Leicester out of Sanborn’s Nellie, two years nine months old, color black and white ticked, well broken. RKoxey’s Boy, by Dash III. out of Roxey (Nellie-Leiceeter), two years and two months old, broken, black and white, Four pups by Dashing Tim, ex. Liewelins Leda, by Dash If. out of Armida (Pocahontas-Leicester), very fine, ten weeks old. Any partles wanting good stock can be accommodated. For prices and full particulars address I, YHARSLEY, JR., P, O. Box 14, Coatesville, Pa. Octédt, ¢ | () Will buy a pure Irish dog pup, 4 mos, ol haying one cross of Hicho and two o Plunket. £20 will buy a native setter bitch, 10 mos. old, of a very popular strain, Address W. J. ROB- BINS, Wethersfield, Conn, Septis,tit ——————E———— —————— EE — OR SALE, setter pups out of Belie of Nashville {property of J. Louis Valentine, Esq.), by that world famous king of the field, Champion Joe, Jr. A rare chance, only a few choice ones to offer, and sold under guarantee, Just right now for fall Bhooting. Pointers and setters forsale, Address NASHVILLE KENNEL CLUB, sear sae ; Sept2z2,t ULEOUT COCKER SPANIEL KENNELS.—for Cockers of all ages and colors, dogs, bitches and puppies. address with stamp, ROBT WALKER, Franklin, Del. Co,, N. Y. July 21-1f OR SALE, A finely bred Gordon setter bitch, 6 months old, broken to stop on her food; by Lock ex. Kit, I F. JOHNS, P.O. Box 677, Haverhill, Mass. Ochét lene sacs KENNEL, N, H. VAUGHAN, pro- prietor, Middleboro, Mass. Sportiag dogs broken and handled, also a number of broken dogs forsale. Dogs and puppies boarded on reasonable terms, F. 0. Box 336. _Septz2, tt ORY ©’MORE KENNEL.—Thoroughbred red Trish setter puppies for sale, by champion Rory O’More oul of Noah O'More, Magenta and Pearl. Full pedigrees. Address W. N. GCALLEN- DER, Albany, N. Y. Augii,tt OR SALE, 8 number of well bred and well broken pointers and setters, also dogs boarded ; Address H. and broken, satisfaction guaranteed. Sepl22,te B. RICHMOND, Lakeville, Mass. pera: For very superior pointer pups, by Chaipion Sensation out of Livingston’s Rose (2d New York, 180, and dam of Baronet), or for stud services of Baronet, address, with stamp, HENRY W. LIVINGSTON, Box 33, Greenport, Sul- folk County, New York. Sept22, if T. BERNARD PUPS FOR SAL&.—For pedigrees and other particulars, address, with stamp, P. O. Box 94, Lancaster, Mass, Sept22, 6t OR RED TRISH SETTERS and Cocker Spaniels ofthe most fashionable blood address OHAS. DENISON, Hartford, Ct Septis,tt eS ? J. & W. TOLLEY, PATENTEES of the aR ON ) HAMMER— 33 G 5 GUN. PATENTHES of the **GIANT-GRIP" Mekers of high-class pane only to the individual orders of gentlemen who cannotcontent themselves Sportsmen ¢ Goode | | g pn a Sportsman's Goods, THE SNEIDER. Pat. 1865 Reis. 18390 Pat. 1880 THE ORIGINAL American Hammerless GUNS WITH HAMMERS ON OUR GRIP AND BOLT; AND DOUBLE GRIP ACTIONS, SIZES FROM 4 TO 20, Muzzle-Loaders Altered to Breech-Loaders. Pin-Fire Guns Altered to Central-Fire, Stocks Bent to Any Crook. GUNS BORED TO SHOOT CLOSE, Send for Illustrated Catalogue. Clerk & Sneider, 214 W. PRATT STREET, BALTIMORE, MD. TATHAM S Number of Pellets to the oz, on Hach Bag. Trap Shot! Soft or Chilled. NUMBERS 7, 8, 9 AND 10 No. of pellets to 0z., 888 472 683 1056 Soft, IP ve wD ab 345 495 71h 1130 Chilled. TATHAMS BRO’S, 82 BEEKMAN ST., NEW YORK. Printed THE CLIMAX PATENT GUN CLEANER IS THE MOST PRACTICAL ULBANER AND OILER FOR BREECH-LOADING ARMS EVER INVENTED, - Tt operates on an entirely new principle, and 1t is astonishing how quiek and well it will clean and oli a gun. Each Cleaner is packed |n a neat box with full directions for use, and will be sent to any address, postaze pald, on recelpt of $1.5). Minstrated Circular sent free on ap- plication. In ordering give calibre of gun, All orders and inquiries to be addressed CLIMAX M’F’G CO., Fall River, Wass. y asteni the barrels can z , B1S Andres . JOHN P. LOVELL’ & SONS, Gun Defers, Boston, Mass. aq Send stamp for Illustrated Catalogue, ABEFIUBLM.—Agents wanted for Life of Presi- dent Garfield. A com-plete, faithful history from cradle to grave, by the eminent blographer, Col. Conwell. Books allready for delivery. Anele- anthy tihistrated volume. Endorsed edition. Llb- eral terms. Agents take orders for from 20 to 50 copies dally. utsells any Other book ten to one. Agents never made money so fast. The book sells itseli. Hxperiente not necessary. Failure un- known. GAME, Nos. 289 and 29 WASHINGTON MARKET, NEW YORE. Consignments of all kinds of game solicited. WE CHARGE NO COMMISSION. We accept consignments, Ailow market price fay of arrival, and send checks every Tuesday for all invoices of preyious Week. —— nae THOS. FEF, O°CONNEL, LRAUITCAL GUN ENGKAVER, 9 Chambers st., New York, PINE WORE A SPECIALTY, Established 1869. THE CLIMAX PATENT GUN CLEANER Is THE MOST PRACTICAL CLEANER AND OILER FOR BREECH-LOADING ARMS EVER INVENTED, It operates on an entirely new principle, and it is astonishing how quick and well tt will clean and oil a gun. Each Cleaner is packed in a neat box with full directions for use, and will be sent to any address, postage paid, on receipt of $1.50, illustrated Circular sent free on ap= plication. In ordering give calibre of gun. All orders and inquiries to be addressed CLIMAX M’EF’G CO., Fall River, Mass. Three Westley Richards PATENT HAMMERLESS GUNS. ONE HIGHEST GRADE, 12-bore, 3-In. bend. *& SECOND 2 12-bore, 2% in. * +“ st ae 10-bore, 2% in. * Pistol Stock, Choke-Bore, with all newest Im- provements, and warranted the finest shooting guns that can be made, For sale very low, FRANCIS TOMES, BROADWAY. THE NEW AMERICAN Breech-Loading Shot Gun. SIMPLE AND DURASLE 738 738 Rebounding Lock. Choke-Bore Barrels For close, hard shooting @*sels all others. 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OUR NEW MODEL TAREE BARREL Gon, $75 to $250 ’ Se z ‘ «es THE AMER ICAN SPORTSMAN?’S JOURNAL. ~ Entered According to Act of Congress, In the year 1881, by the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, tn the Offics of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Terms, $4 a Vear. 10 Cts a Copy. Six Mio’s, 32. Three Mo's, $1. } NEW YORK, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, I881. Vel. 17—No. 14, Nos. 39 and 40 Park Row, New York. CONTENTS. EDITORIAL :— John Allen Banks ; The Only Honest Course; Pistol Shoot- ing ; The Atalanta ; Importation of Foreign Birds ; Eng- lish Fly-Casting Tournament; Match Conditions; Bye- Ways of the Northwest........... or SP perttcteeet, 263 Correspondence ; Paul Morphy, the Chess Player_......-.. THE Sportsman Tourist :— A Transformation Scene on Barnegat Bay; Florida Game Resorts ; Roughing It in Rubber.................:. ven. 266 Naturan History :— New England Bird Life; The Tame Massachusetts Part- ridge; Skull of Big-Horn Embedded in Trunk of Pine Tres ; The Song of the Mocking Bird........... ose e ; Game Bac anp Gun :— The North Shore of Long Island ; Decrease of Game Birds; Adirondack Deer Slaughter; State Pigeon Tournaments ; What Does It All Amount To? Is He «a Lunatic? Deer in Vermont; Pot Metal Guns; Farmers and Sportsmen ; Wild Turkey Calls; Dakota Game............-... renee 268 §u4 AND River Fisarna :— Trolling on Take Superior ; A Model Whale Boat; A Cruise on Indian River ; Rowing in a Circle; The International Fishery Treaty; That Mackerel Bout; Bass in the Potomac 272 INSHOULTURE :— Epochs in the History of Fishculture ; Turbot and Soles for American Waters; Carp Culture in Tennessee ; Fisheul- tural Notes...... 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Banks, Business Man- ager of this journal, died at his residence in Brooklyn, last Saturday morning, October 29, aged thirty-one years. Dur- ing his long connection with the Forzst AND STREAM, as its cashier, he made very many friends, who will here for the first time learn the sad tidings of his death. Words are cold to express in any fitting manner our own grief at the loss of one who had become so endeared to us by the kindly intercourse of business and social life. His faithful discharge of duty, and his high character and strict integrity commanded the respect of all men with whom he came in contact; while his quiet, unassuming dis- position, and gentle and courteous bearing won the esteem and love of those who knew him more intimately. If the possession of such a character by those who are mourned canin aught temper the grief of bereaved friends, surely this comfort is left to those who are to-day sorrowing for the death of John Allen Banks. The memory of our friend will hold a warm place in our hearts, THE ONLY HONEST COURSE, MONG the letters, which we print to-day on the sub- ject of State pigeon tournaments, is one from a member of the New York State Association for the Protec- tion of Fish and Game. Its writer, who has taken an active part in recent conventions of the association, and whose views we invited because we believed them to be representa- tive, says that he does not consider game protection ‘ a matter of so much consequence that annual conventions are necessary to its success.” He admits that nine-tenths of the members of the association attend the meetings for the trap- shooting ; and he thinks that ‘the cause of game protection does not receive much assistance from the annual meetings.” That is frank, free, honest. It undoubtedly correctly rep- resents the views of very many of the scciety members; and the writer puts his feelings in a manly, open-way, in strong contrast with some of the letters we have published in the past from other members of the association, holding the same opinions, but lacking the courage to express them. The letter signed HB. R. may be taken as representing the true feeling of the great majority of the members of the New York State Association for the Protection of Fish and Game. They attend the conventions for pigeon shooting only, and do not think the subject of game protection to be of such importance that they need bother their heads about it. The other letters on this subject show how those who really are engaged in game protective efforts regard such societies. From the letter of E. R., and from other letters of like tenor, sent to us by other members of the association, but ‘‘not for publication,” we are reluctantly compelled to believe that the cause of game protection will, in the future, have little or no attention from the society in question. This being the case, one thing is certainly in order. A society which is ostensibly organized for one thing, and does something else, should be honest enough to have its true purpose appear in its name. This much at least is due to those who are in fact doing the work it ignores. A civil service reform club, which should spend all its energies in wire-pulling for pub- lic offices for its members, would not only at once lose the confidence of the public, but would work incalculable injnry to the cause of civil service reform. A game protective club, which does nothing but annually shoot thousands of pigeons, not only destroys public confidence in the sincerity of its pretensions, but works great harm to the cause of game protection in general. Simple justice to the great body of sportsmen throughout this country imperatively de- mands that pigeon shooting societies call themselves pigeon shooting societies; and that the title of game protective society be confined to game protective societies. This is surely the only manly, honest and just thing. SE PISTOL SHOOTING. HE practice of pistol shooting has received a wonderful impulse of late, and now the works where the finer grade of these firearms are turned ont are crowded with arders. Accurate shooting with a pistol may be indulged in almost anywhere. A range of 50 feet is readily gained and a sheet of ordinary iron boiler plate, or even a backing of plank- ing forms an admirable bulkhead into which to fire and on which to nail up the target. These may be the cheap paper diagrams or the sport may be varied by using any small object for a point of aim, and we know of no better use for a ‘* ten- spot” than to set it up as a target to pick out the spots in 10 consecutive shots. The sport may be indulged in by old and young and by either sex. Ladies are often the best hit- ters, and while they make poor holders, as a general rule, they exccl in a knack of catching the sight and pulling the trigger at the same instant, and in this way a very nervous person will often do very fine scoring. The pastime is a comparatively cheap one, for the .22 cal. cartridges are now made go accurate and are so uniform in action that they may be relied upon by the most fastidious marksman. There is no sport so well calculated to develop a number of excellent qualities. The least relapse into dissi- pation at once works its effect in irregular shooting, and the shooter in the best physical condition, other things being equal, must win. It is an excellent test of the eyesight and accustoms one to a quick fixing of the attention on a distant object. There must be a perfect control of the muscles and that ready relation between the eye, hand and brain which will be found serviceable in a thousand ways. Those who have once taken up pistol shooting, and gained a clear idea of how to uo it, rarely abandon the pastime. They become enthusiasts, and the sport is to them a hobby. They love to look upon the handsome little weapon as the Synonym of exactness. They learn to know that, when allowed to do it, the pistol will work with the accuracy of a mathematical instrument, and this begets a love forit. We have stories of old hunters swearing by their long-toms, and old duellists and those accustomed to the use of the smaller arm become equally confident of its powers and precision. In speaking of pistol shooting we do not wish to be under- stood as regarding those pesky little fomenters of lock-jaw, cheap-made ‘‘revolyers.” These little instruments of death and devilment are whacked out at a single blow under the trip-hammer, and their only specialty, in which they are un- excelled, is the amount of noise they will kick up. A pistol to shoot with accuracy must be made with special reference to that point, and the ordinary cheap revolver is made with the single idea of getting up the showiest looking device for the least money. They are not weapons of offense or de- fense In any way, but merely dangerous devices, a constant menace to every body in their vicinity, and if in any way they could be stamped out of existence it would be a great boon. Fine work, or in fact work of any kind worth the pursuit, cannot. be done with these instruments, and they are never seen in the resorts of the pistol-shooting experts. In future articles we shall give instructions in pistol shooting, describe the weapons used, quote past doings in scores and records, and try to measure the extent of this very popular - pastime. sa Ae THE ATALANTA. HERE is considerable difference between a good boat: and a very good boat. The former represents an average production, the latter an exceptional. The Atalanta is a good boat, but in our judgment nothing more. Lt would be most agreeable to receive a stranger with open arms, and exclama- tions of surprise and admiration, but a regard for reputation as a good judge of yachts compels us to place the Atalanta only in the class of good boats of which fair performance may be expected, and which would certainly astonish us with an exhibition of extraordinary speed. The Canadians have shown a most commendable spirit of enterprise in send- a sloop from Belleville to race boats of a particular type which have been brought to greater perfection in New York than anywhere else in the world. They have contended bravely with many difficulties in so doing, but facts must be looked squarely in the face. These are that the Atalanta is more or less a chance production, the first large sloop ever put in frame by Cuthbert, but the third of anything like her tonnage. She has been built, rigged and fitted hastily. She is still incomplete, has had no fair opportunity of obtaining best trim. her sails are unstretched, gear all stiff and new, and the crew unacquainted with each other and the course they have to sail, On our side we have the pick of a large fleet, slowly brought near perfection by numerous op- portunities for comparison, and the consequent modilications in successive attempts at modeling or alteration. Our sloops are in the best of condition, their crews haye shaken down to their billets, skippers are well posted, sails comparatively flat, gear in good working order and the choice of represent- ative beat not to be decided until the morning of the first race. Hyven assuming the model of Atalanta to be as perfect as the best we can produce, she bas taken upon herself such heavy odds in other respects, that her opportunities for vic- tory seem to be of a most doubtful kind. Atalanta is, however, to our mind nof the equal in model of either Gracie or Mischief, and we must confess we deem our friends doomed to serious disappointment, for the chances of her taking the America Cup are practically hopeless, bar acci- dent and fluke. If in spite of these predictions, the Cana- dian should prove able to ‘‘squander” our best, we will frankly acknowledge that we have more to learn about a yacht than hitherto believed, and we shall be chary in the future about an expression based, as this’ one of necessity is, upon a8 Casual inspection of form and fittings. 264 FOREST AND STREAM, : IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN BIRDS, U.S, 8. Swavara, Shanghai, May 28. My) Lear Caplain =: An idea strikes mo, by which, perhaps, we can render consid- erable service fo the sportsmen at home and also add to our own resources for amusement when on shore duty. Consul-General Denny, here at Shanghai, is yery much interested in the importation into America of game birds, and has already, at his own expense, sent over nearly a hundred brace of the Asiatic pheasant, which haye been turned adrift in Oregon (his own State) and California. He is yery anxious to continue this good-work on a larger scale, bul lacks the means to do it properly. T believe thers are some twenty odd varieties of the pheasant in China. and most of fhem can be readily procured here in Shanghai, Of course the prices vary, the cheapest being the common ring- necked yariety, costing perhaps one dollar per pair. Another beautiful game bird is the so-called Chefoo partridge, red-legged and red-billed, with black and white stripes on the sides. I haye killed the same thing, minus the stripes, in Asia Minor, There is also the sand grouse, several yarieties of snipe and woodcoel, such as we neyer see at home, and, perhaps, of less importance, large numbers of the waterfow! species. I think, though, the mandarin duck, which you doubtless remember, would be a yalu- able aeqnisition, if only for his beautiful plumage. Mr. Denny says he can haye birds shipped as far as San Fran- cisco free of charge, at lenst he has suceveded in doing so to this time, the captains of trans-Pacific steamers being amiable and pub- lic-gpirited ; but I doubt if this will hold good for much future work. He also says a good-natured gentleman in San Francisco, connected with the U. §. Fish Commission, will undertake to haye them forwarded East free of charge by the Pacific railways. There remains then to be paid for the birds themselves, their tood and the cages for their long journey, What I propose is, that the sporting community in general be in- formed of these facts through the Forrsr anp S1ream, and some plan be deyised by which Gonsul-General Donny’s gratnitonsly- offered services may be utilized. I may assure you here that he is a thorough sportsman himself and is only actuated by a desire to increase our home production of sport. The lonrsy AyD Srream is probably read in every gun club im the country, and I believe a subscription started under its auspices for such a purpose would haye a great success. Certainly all true sportsmen would respond, for wa have yery few varieties of game birds in Ameriva, comparatively speaking. The Japanese game birds are also within Mr. Denny’s reach, now that there is such constant intercourse with Nagasaki, and we might add to my list the green and copper pheasant, which, I belieye, are only found there, and the so-styled giant woodeock. OF the latter I killed a specimen last fall near Tokio which weighed, undressed, 121¢ ounces, I hayealso on board a stuffed copper cock, which I killed near Kobe in February last, the two tail feathers of which measure thirty-six inches. I assure you that these birds, in rieing, give one an emotion such as our little quai or ruffed grouse utterly fail to produce, and it is merely a matter of association to secure for all time sport such as the fraternity wot: not of in America, The argument that these birds will not stand our climate is ab- surd, They are found inJapan from the Straits of Laferouse to Kagoshima and in Chma from Tartary to Canton. Very truly yours, W. W. Poierr, The above letter, addressed to Capt. L. A. Beardslee, was by him handed to us for publication. We in America have never taken any decided stepstoward the acclimatation of animals foreign to our continent, al- though a few spasmodic efforts have been made in the right direction, and one or two societies have been organized. Most of the attempts that haye been made have resulted in nothing permanent. In fact, have almost fallen stillborn, and this mainly because they have been the efforts merely of individuals. The attempt to naturalize here the quail of Europe has been one of the most important steps that has been taken, if we except the introduction of Pacific Coast fishes into the waters flowing into the Atlantic. Neither of these altempts have so far proved successful. The quail bred beyond question, but whether they found in America some enenry to which they were unaccustomed, and which proved too powerful for them, or failed to discover here some food which was essential to their well Neing, or were unabl- to withstand the climatic conditions so diffrent from those of Europe—whateyer the cause they do not seem to have flourished, and are heard from far less frequently than should be the case if they were doing well. As for the California salmon, of which so many willionshave been introduced into our astern waters, they have so far as is now known wholly failed to reappear. They are hardy, can snpporta high de- gree of temperature, are easily reared up to the time when they are turned out, but still of all those placed in streams connecling with salt water not one has been ec iptured, This is not an encouraging prospect, but there is a brighter side to the picture. Thus the California and eastern quail transferred from the widely separated homes to Sult Lake Oity and ils vicinity, both seem to haye done well and to be increasing in numbers. The Hnglish sparrow, introduced here and protected, has multiplied beyond the wildest hopes of its strongest friends and, in fact, has become an unmiti- gated nilisance. But with this sole exception, of all the Wuropean species freed on this side of the water scarcely any- thing is known, if we except the few specimens that have heen brought into the taxidermists for identification. Sky- larks, starlings, blackbirds and finches have all disappeared. A number of Asiatic birds have from time to time been im- ported to California, and are said to have done well, but un- fortunately we lack any very definate information with re- gard to them. That many species of the Chinese and Japanese pheasants and partridges would do well on the Pavific coast seems extremely probable, There is such a variety of climate there, that a locality suited to the wants of each species could without difficulty be found. One that loves desert wastes can be turned out near the sea coast to wander over the brown plains and the sand dunes; a forest inhabiting bird can be taken to the lower slopes of the mountains where the manzanita, the chapparal and the pine timber grow; another, accustomed to the cold and snows of the North, can have its liberty given it high up on the Sierras, where the climate most nearly resembles that of its native home. The habits of each species that is imported must be investigated so that an intelligent discretion may be exer- cised in liberating the birds. If this is nof done, the labor and money spent to forward the project will be wasted. A fact well worthy of consideration in connection with the subject of importing such birds as are above referred to, is the immunity which tree-inhabiling game has from many predacious animals. Those birds which habitually pass the night on the ground are exposed fo a multitude of perils from which those which roost in trees are exempted. Other things being equal, therefore, it would seem desirable to procure species which are perchers. As to the probable cost of importing and successfully aceli- matizing the different species of Japanese rame, but little can be said at present. It is essential, however, that the species on which it shall be thought best to experiment should be brought over in numbers sufficient to insure, with reasonable care, the survival of a number of individuals for at least a year, so that they may have time to breed and to rear their young. The importation of fen or twenty pairs would only serve to furnish a free lunch to the foxes, wildcats, hawks and owls of the districts where the birds were turned out, and it is scarcely worth while to spend money and time for that pur- pose. To make such importations as would be necessary to insure success, to give the birds proper care and food for a few weeks after their arrival, to protect them as far as may be necessary from the rayages of winged, quadrupedal and bipedal enemies will cost some money; probably nol less than one or two thousand dollars. With such an amount in hand we believe that the enterprise might be undertaken with fair prospects of success. We should be glad to see the ex- periment tried and fo assist, so far as in our power, to carry it out. Can any of our readers tell us more about the birds spoken of in Lieut. Folger’s letter ? ———— ENGLISH FPLY-CASTING TOURNAMENT JE firsi contest of this kind ever held in England was advertised to come off on Oct. 22, weather permitting. It has been gotten up by Mr. Marston, editor of the Fishing Gazette, in aid of the funds of the Anglers’ Benevolent Asso- ciation. The grounds sre Mr. Warner’s Welsh Harp Fishery, Hendon, on the Midland Railway. The charge for admission to the grounds will be sixpence. The judges are J. P. Wheeldon, of Bell's Life, and Alfred Jardine. The Fishing Gazette of Oct. 15 says that the final arrangement of the com- petitions is not yet definitely settled, but the following may be considered a general outline of the programine: A prize for the longest cast with a double-handed fly rod. A prize for the longest cast with a single-handed fly rod, A prize for the longest cast from the reel, in the Notting- ham style. A prize for the longest cast with the line coiled at the feet, in the Thames style. A prize for the longest cast with the forked stick, as prac- ticed by the Welsh Harp, Elstree, and other bank anglers. A prize for the longest cast with unweighted line baited with paste or cheese. Other competitions will doubtless be arranged. The judges will consider style of delivery of the flies or bait, and accuracy, as well as distance, and for this purpose the following scale of 100 points will be adopted : Distance across the Wind.........c.cssesessereeneeeeaeees 20 Distance with the wintl.....0....::..csseensserroees Teta 20 Style of delivery of fles and bait... 50 ACCULACY .....4.200 Aas Oa baie. Hecteb oi Seer 3 Competitors will be allowed {0 use thelr own rods, reels and lines, and, as some allowance will have io be made for length of rod, whe America: scale per foot will probably be adopted. The entrance fee tor competitors will be fixed according to the value of the prize to be cast for, but will not excecd half-s-crown (about sixty cents), Competi- tors will stand on a tarpaulin, a fixed time being allowed in which to make the casts. A number of valuable prizes are offered, Mr. Marston, of the Fishing Gazette, and 8. Allcock & Co., of Redditch, heading the list with valuable rods. We hope that this first contest will be such a success that it will be repeated, for on this side of the water we recognize it as one of the most beautiful arts and a school for the youthful angler, who can there see the experts from all parts of the country and com- pare their styles, We will keep our eye out for the reports of this mecting. ps “Giiprs.”—In going into the country [or a day’s sport with rod or gun, use common sense in employing a guide—if one is needed. Do not pick up the average grocery store loafer and station hanger-on, These gentry are often most eager to serye, but in ninecases out of ten, as ‘‘gnides” they are frauds. Give them a wide berth. Rust w Guy Barrecs.—A number of communications on this subject are postponed until our next issue, [Novremerr 8, 1881 MATCH CONDITIONS. Hye week we are called upon to act, as arbitor in disputes over matches. The same knots are again and again unraveled, and yet riflemen and trap-shooters, yachtsmen and dog-owners go on drawing up slovenly con ditions and preparing the way for future entanglements. It would seem that all the possibilities of confusion haye by this time been discovered and mapped out, and all the loop— holes of misunderstanding detected, but such is not the fact. | The American cup in yachting circles has been lost in a con- tinual fog of interpretations, and the ‘*Palma” among the shooting men has been enveloped in a smoky atmosphere of explanations and amendments. There is 2 loose use of lan- guage and a desire to sacrifice perspicuity and exactness for the sake of brevity. Donors of prizes say one thing and. mean another, and with a prize dangling within reach a competitor is apt to make rash claims and insist on wry readings of the plainest language. Young clubs would do well to take the hints for their match conditions from the work of older organizations, or else fix upon some impartial Brutus to deal out decisions, if not justice, after the act. Oneof the most perplexing things to the ordinary contest- ant is ‘‘class-shooting,” as understood among those who par- ticipate in trap and target work. It seems somewhat of a paradox that a competitor who has done good work in a match should go prizeless, while another, who scored a lower record, secures a reward. Yet the loser in a ‘‘shoot-off” has a chance of winning, and if he miss that opportunity it» surely does not give him any claim of precedence over another possible prize winner who took no part in the ‘tie. shooting.” —+———_—_ —__ FARMERS AND SporTsmMuN.—The interests of farmers and decent sportsmen are identical. It is for the benefit of both that lawless ruffians, armed with impudence and shot-guns, should be suppressed. Scores of shooters, who in fhe cities and towns where theylive are law-abiding because of their fear of the police, go ouf every seaion, and between seasons, trespassing on the farmer:’ lands, breaking down his fences, peppering his live stack with shot, shooting his pigeons and poultry, and conducting themselves generally in a manner that ought to land them in the State prison. This pestilential horde is yearly increasing. The respectable portion of sa- ciety may well ask if there is any remedy for this evil, and what that remedy is? Wuar Quai Arg Worta.—The value of these birds in the markets is often very slight, being from ten tu twenty- five cents; their value while alive to the farmeris much greater. It has been claimed by a practical farmer that every quail raised on his land, from the time it is hatched until the winter following, is worth at least one dollar. In other words he believes that the insects which the bird destroys in this time would, if not interfered with, destroy crops to the value of a dollar. We believe that this is an under esti- mate of the direct benefit derived from the birds, and, of course, if the progeny of the inseels destroyed were taken into account, the value of the quail’s services would be en- hanced many fold. Let farmers protect the quail. Liye Quart For Stooxise Porposgs.—We are informed by Messrs. Ryall and Ledbetter, of Shelbyville, Tenn., that they can supply live quail for #2 per dozen. Mr. W. W- McDowell, of Memphis, Tenz., also writes that he can per- haps secure some birds. We have ordered anumber of quail for the Walla Walla, Washington 'lerritory, sportsmen, who will attempt to introduce Bob White to that country. We advise those desiring birds to speak quick. As will be learned from a correspondent’s note elsewhere, quail may be lawfully trapped in some parts of Virginia. js2.4J Orvyx Vireinranus 1y IpAwo.—Seyeral years ago the Virginia quail was introduced near Boice City, Idaho, and since that time the birds have multiplied so rapidly that the coveys now ire as large and as numerous as are often seen in the East. The success of this effort has induced the sports- men of this region to consider the project of introducing the pinnated grouse, and itis probable that if the birds can be obtained the experiment will be tried with fair prospects of success. A Micnicas Deer Husv.—Messrs. D. N. Fitzhugh, of Bay City; H. B. Roney, of Hast Saginaw, and other members of the Michigan Sportsmen’s Association, are now in the woods on a deer hunt, These affairs are always Of the most thoroughly enjoyable character ihe participants aiming to make them social reunions. Onur acknowledgments are due for a kind invitation to participate in the present camp hunt. The stern call of duty bids us stay in this noisy, crowded, smoke-begrimed, mud-paved, brick-walled, dyizzle-drenched metropolis. Tue ‘ Crvgrty” or Pigzon Suootise.—Weintended to be very explicit in our statement that, in voicing the sentiments of the great majority of sportsmen respecting the wholesale pigeon tournaments of State societies, we were not discussing the question of cruelty or non-cruelty of pigeon shooting in it- self. The point at issue is whether societies calling themselves game protective havearight by their actions to injure the very cause they profess to serve, _ tremity it may be nearly as thick 1s 2 man’s wrist. seems alive. NOVEMBER 3, 1881. BYE-WAYS OF THE NORTHWEST. SEVENTH PAPER. E left Victoria early one bright friday morning for Nanaimo. Our passengers might have been termed 8 mixed lot, and the bum of conversation that rose from the decks was emphatically polyglot. English, Irish, Scotch, French and Americans gathered on the upper deck, and Si- washes and Chinamen, with a négro or two on the lower. Steaming by the island, yellow with ripened grass, and dotted with clumps of evergreens and patches of bare, gray rock, we startle from their feeding grounds many a flock of the pigeon guillemots, which with much noise and splashing take wing, or if they haye delayed too long, and find the steamer too close upon them seek safety beneath the water's surface, whence they do not emerge until we are far beyond them. Here and there, as we move swiftly along, the placid waters are disturbed by the smooth, shining head of a seal, which gazes curiously at the advancing boat, and then vanishes to be seen no more. Everywhere in the water we sce floating the stalks of the giant kelp of the North Pacific, the Nereocystis lutkeana. This curious plant grows everywhere along this coast, among the islands and in the inlets. Its roots are atlached to any small stone or even to the sand at the bottom, and the length of the stalk may be thirty or forty feet. At its base the stem is yery slender, often scarcely as thick as a quill, but it in- creases by a very gradual taper, until near its superior ex- At the termination of the stem, or stalk, is a globular swelling which varies in size, but is sometimes as large as a billiard ball. From a point on this enlargement opposite its attach- ment to lhe stem, a dozen or twenty loug, ribbon-like leaves are sent forth, each being from one to six inches wide, from four to six feet long and fluted or ruffled along its edge for the whole length. The plant is brown ia color through- out, and from the fact that it constantly responds to the mo- tion of the water, has an uncanny, weird look, and almost I could never see one of these round heads with its long cheveluie of waving leaves without thinking of a drowned woman, floating face downward in the current, her long hair streaming out before her, and rising and falling with the waves. To another of our party the spherical swelling and the drifting leaves always suggested the octo- pus floating near the surface, with all his tentacles drifting ahead of him with the tide. The strength and toughness of this plant is something remarkable. I have seen a large ca- noe held at anchor by a single stalk of the kelp. It is neces- sary that the strain should be applied gradually, since a sud- den pull is likely either to free the stone to which the roots “are attached from its holding at the bottom, or to forcibly tear them from the object to which they are fastened. The Cape Flattery Indians select the most slender stems of the kelp, and make from them fishing lines on which they catch 200-pound halibut. Some of these lines are in the Smithso- nian Institution at Washington. This plant freqnently grows in thick beds, and the stems moving constantly in the current become after a time inextricably twisted and tangled, so that it is sometimes very difficult to force a canoe through or over them. Not infrequently they become wound about the screw of a propeller, so that it becomes impossible for it to move. The beds of the kelp form resting places for many birds of - different species, and it is not unusual to sce gulls and gand- pipers standing on them. Further south, off the coast of Southern California, I have often seen the great blue heron, the snowy. egref and other large birds resting, or walking about feeding on the beds of the kelp, There are two other species of seaweed which are valued by the natives of this coasi, being utilized by them asfood. Both grow between high and low water mark, and are bright green in color, but they differ markedly inthe size of the leaf. One of these sea- weeds is eaten while fresh, and the other is dried, pressed in- to bricks and used during the winter as an ingredient of soups and stews. On occasions of great feasts a few years back it was part of the duties of the young squaws to chew the dried seaweed until the particles were fine enough to be added to the differeut articles to constitute the dish, and which were already boiling in the pot. The same mode of preparation still prevailsin the villages at a distance from the settlements. Near Victoria, however, the Siwashes have been educated up to the point of cutting up the dried vege- table with a pair of scissors, a tobacco cutter or a knife, For hours we wound in and out among the islands, stop- ping occasionally at little settlements on the larger ones, and now and then slowing up to take on board a passenger, brought off from some little house which stood upon one of the green hillsides, half hidden among the trees. Some of these islands make excellent sheep ranges, and settlers who have gone into this business are said to haye done very well at it. Deer, we were told, were abundant on almost, all the Jarger island which are not too thickly settled. At Gabriola Island we stopped for a few moments to make a last effort to ecure a steam launch which was owned by a settler there, but, owing to the fact that she had not been inspected within ‘the year, it was impossible to make any arrangement with é owner, and we therefore returned to the steamer which ‘waited for us in mid-channel. Reaching Nanaimo ahout 4 Pelock in the afternoon, we hired a large canoe and two Thdians, and made arrangements to start at once. Supplies were purchased; an hour or twa devoted to an inspection of coal mines, which supply fuel for the whole of British FOREST AND STREAM. 265 Columbia, and send, as well a considerable quantity to San Francisco end points on Puget Sound; the Indians were ordered to be on band at daylight next morning, and then our preparations were completed. Por the benefit of those who may contemplate a similar trip, it may be worth while to give some idea of what our outfit consisted of ; it being born in mind that our party numbered seven individuals, and was provisioned for a thirty days’ cruise. four reyolyers. Our kitchen utensils were one axe, with spare helve, one hatchet, a file, two butcher knives, three camp kettles, of different sizes so as to ‘‘ nest,” made of block tin with riveted handles, coffee-pot, tea pot, bake-oven, bread pan, broiler, plates, cups, knives, forks, spoons, a small breaker, or keg, in which to varry fresh water. All our mess kit except the breaker packed very conveniently in a box of moderate size, which was coyered so as to be pro- tected from the water. The cover was provided with leather hinges. For provisions we took bacon, Hour (two sacks), coffee (ground in 1 Ib, tins), sugar (in a box), baking powder in small tins, beans, canned tomatoes, peas, peaches and jek lies, pepper and salt, bottle of vinegar, pickles, a box of hard bread and a sack of potatoes. A box similar to the one mentioned above held all our eatables that were liable to in- jury by water, and was always covered with areed mat. Besides the articles mentioned we had a fly 12 feet square mude of light drilling, some mosquito netting, 100 feet of rope, some fine copper wire, saddlers’ silk aw! and wax, a quantity of plug tobacco, candles and, of course, ammunition, flies, trolling spoons, lines, a rod, soap, matches, and the nimerous small articles that so often prove useful in camp, yet do not take up much room. Tach of the party was pro- vided with a suit of oil skins, which are better than rubber because lighter, not so apt to tear, and permitting some little circulation of air. By four o’clock the next morning we were astir, and an hour and a half later, the canoe stowed and all hands on board, we pushed off from Nanaims and were soon gliding oyer the waters of Departure Bay. The morning was not especially propitious for a start. The wind blew from the south-east in gusts, and the sun rose in a loose bank of clouds which, aS the day advanced, became more and more threaten- ing. Soon it began to rain, but as the wind was fair or nearly so, we spread mats and rubber blankets over the guns and hlankets, and hoisting sail, moved along at a very good rate of speed. The islands, so numerous further to the southward, had disappeared, and to windward of us the open watersof the Gulf stretched away for twenty or thirty miles, with nothing to break the force of the breeze. To the north- east Texada loomed up, showing its high peak above the fog, and as we advanced other smaller islands, Denman and Hornby, became visible. The wind, which up to noon con- tinually increased, kicked up quite a sea, and we shipped considerable water, for the canoe was heavily loaded and sat rather low, but all propositions to reduce sail were necatived. About two o'clock the wind fell and soon alter the sky cleared, and for the rest of the day we worked at the paddles under a broiling sun. ‘The canoe, steered by Jimmy, the youngest of our Indians, followed pretty closely the sinuosi- ties of the shore, ang our progress was not a% rapid as it would have been had we cut across the bays and inlets by which Vancouver Island is indented. The Siwashes like to keep close to land, partly, L presume, in order to avoid the force of the tides, and also to be near a harbor in case of the sudden coming up of a storm. Gales often arise on this piece of water without giving any warning, and a sea rises almost as soon as the wind begins to blow. During the afternoon I noticed a great many surf and velvet ducks (Pelionetta perspicillata and Melanetia velvetina) and undoubtedly both these species breed in this neighbor- hood. The common seal was also extremely abundant here, and we saw mavy fishing along the shore. About srx o'clock we reached the mouth of the Qualicum River and made camp, having traveled about thirty-five miles in a direct line from Nanaimo. This spot was evidently quite a fayorite landing-place for the Siwashes, and some had been there within a few days, as their recent fires, lately cut tent poles and fresh tracks clearly showed. Some little distance back from the beach was an Indian house, in which were stored four canoes. After dinner the Sergeant and I, with Hamset, the owner of the canoe, paddled quietly up the river for a mile or two, and then, coming to a riffle which we could not pass, left the craft and went on through the timber. We saw no game whatever, and just before dark returned to camp. On fhe way down the Sergeant suc- ceeded in killing a female merganser (V. merganser), a small flock of mallards were seen and half a dozen young hooded merganser (Lophodytes eucullaius.) Six o'clock next morning saw the canoe push off, and emerge from the mouth of the Qualicum. The day was bright and pleasant, with light winds which were at times fair and at others contrary. We worked pretty steadily through the day, and made about thirly miles by 4 o'clock, when we camped at Comox Spit two or three miles from the town. _ There is good water here, and a wide mud flat inside the spit, from which at low water excellent clams and mussels can be gathered. Just before reaching camp we ran through one of the largest rafts of ducks that I have ever seen. There must have been tens of thousands of individuals in it and when they rose from the water the whistling of their wings and the pattering of their Our arms were two rifles, two shot guus and gale in the rigging of a ship as she goes about, than anything I could think of. Liltle auks (Alle nigricans) pigeon guillemots (Uria columba) and glancou-winged gulls (Larus glaucescens)—were abundant. The little auks are al- most invariably seen in pairs, and rarely attempt to escape the approaching boat by flying. As it draws near them, they call to cach other with plaintive whistling notes, and swim about with a curious air of indecision as if they were really perplexed as to what they had better do. Suddenly, how- ever, an idea strikes one of them and it turns away, there is a white flash on the water and the bird has disappeared, to be followed in a few seconds by its companion. The following day we made the usual early start, camping at night in Oyster Bay at the mouth of a considerable river, which, however, is not down on the British Admiralty chart by which we were sailing. We named it Bird River. At the mouth of this stream the salmon were jumping in great numbers, most of them, howeyer, being small ones not more than a footinlength. The Professor and I tried very faithfully to catch some but without success. Deer are plenty at this point, I concluded from the signs that I Saw; but although I traveled through the timber for two or three hours Iwas unable to sce any game or any tracks less than two or three days old. The Sergeant with his shot gun killed afew ducks. Just north of the mouth of the river are some extensive meadows, half a mile wide, which separate the forest from the beach. hese meadows are intersected by tidewater sloughs, such as in Virginia would be called thoroughfares, there being narrow break in the beach near the western end of the meadow. On these open places the deer feed, and I found there numerous beds only a few days old. In the timber if is almost impossible to do any still hunting, for the undergrowth is very thick, and noiseless progress is almostimpossible. The next day we were obliged to cross a channel four or five miles wide in order to get under the lee of Valdes Island. Both wind sand tide were against us and the pull was a hard one. There were long periods when it did not seem as if we made a foot of progress. This is about the point, as laid down in the charts, where the opposing tides, one flowing from the north and the other from the south, meet, and we crossed some tide rips, which were very violent. The water was broken up into short chopping seas, and whirlpools of considerable size and depth were encountered at short intervals. The Indians, however, understood the eccentricities of the current, and although the work was hard and slow we at last drew out of the current aud turned north, following the shore. About noon we stopped at a village of the Cape Mudge In- dians where we purchased some dried salmon. Tere, for the first time since I had been in the Province, I saw Indians clothed like Indians—that is, in a breech clout and blanket. Near the rancherie is an extensive burial place. The bodies of the dead areusually placed in small board houses, from eight to ten feet square, although those of the poor are sometimes deposited in an old canoe, which is then covered over with boards. In front or at the side of these houses stand a num- ber of small poles, ten or twelve feet high, to indicate the number of potlatches, or great feasts, that the dead man has given to his friends, each pole standing fora potlatch. Stouter and longer poles bore small images of canoes earved out of thin boards, and these show how many canves the deceased has given away during his life. Near many of the tombs stood large crosses from eight to ten feet high, covered with white cloth. The Indians of this coast are most of them sup- posed to be Christianized, although it is exceedingly doubtful if the teachings of the good missionaries exercise any very ‘potent influence over the daily walk and conyersation of the average Biwash. Before several of the more pretentious tombs were to be seen somewhat elaborately carved images, and near many of them were large canoes, placed there, of course, for ihe convenience of the departed, that he may travel with comfort oyer the placid waters of the Spirit land where the salmon and the hoolichans abound, and where the deer are always standing on the rocks waiting tobeshot. In front of several of the houses in the village stood poles from forty to sixty feet high and curiously carved. One new one, not yet erected, bore on its extremity a sort of dragon's head. The cus}om of giving potlaiches deserves a word or two of explunation. The highest ambition of these Indians is to accumulate property in order that they may give it away. Wealth, in fact, seems to be the standard of rank among them. The man who gives away most is the biggest tyfze, or chief, and receives, as well, a material reward, for at subsequent potlatches, given by others, he receives a gift proportionate to the amount of his own potlatch. ‘Therefore when an Indian has accumulated a lol of money, he is very likely to go off and buy a great quantity of crackers, tea, sugar, molasses, flour, calico and blankets, and then to invite all his friends, up and down the coast, toa potiateh. The feast consists of boiled deer meat and salmon, with the edibles already mentioned, and hoo- Jichan oil. Every guest has all the crackers he can eat ; there is perhaps a small canoe full of molasses, ‘To each one is given so many yards of calico; part of the blankets are distributed among the important visitors, and the remainder are scrambled for by the young bucks. The ceremonies may last for a week, and when they are over the Indians go their several ways leaving the giver of the feast a poor man. When, however, the next potlatch takes place he recovers a portion of his wealth, and after a few more he is better off than ever—until he gives another one. Sometimes canoes are given away at feet upon the water reminded me move of the sound of a | these feasts, at other times guns or ammuuition, and the 266 FOREST AND STREAM, [Noyzmsrr 8, 1881. grester the gt't, th» more due the giver when the recipients themselves pive potlatches. The woid potlatch signifies # pitt, or to give; thus, Pullutch = itisa gift; Wika potlateh mika = I give it to you. The shors of Valdes Island, at ifs southern end, slope gently up from the water and are grassy or dotted with groves of Douzins fir (Pseudstsuga Dougla st, Orriere), but soon after passiny this vi laze they become much more bold and rise s\\arply from the water in cliffs fifty or sixty feet in height. Th {he crannies an! crevices of the rocks the pigeon guillemot were breeding in con-iderable numbers, and it was a pretty sight to beholu them, darting in and out among the cliffs, sometimes clinging swallow-like with fluttering wings and wid+ spread tail to some Jittle projection of the rock, or again flying without a piuse int») the little boles which seemed much too small to receive them, They were con- tinually passing to and fro from the feeding grounds to their nests. Those returning to the wa'er would fly horizon'ally out fifly or sixty yards from the shore, and would then drop ver ieally into the waves with a great splash and at once he- gin busily fishing again. Great numbers of Bonaparte gulls were seep on and over the water and a few Kittiwakes. Eagles and ravens wire busy along the shore, so that the bird life here though not rich in species was extremely go in inlividuals, Passing on we ran Seymour Narrows—a narrow channel through which the tide boils at from 8 to 10 knots an hour, making eddies, whirlpools and tiderips, through which it was hard to see how a small boat could live. Of course the tide was with us; hid it been otherwise we should have been obliged 10 land and wait its turning. We went through witliout any trouble, and it was quite an exciting pull—the men all bare-hesded and working with all their might a! the paddles, each one pulling every pound that he was good for. It was essential, of course, that we should keep steeraye-way on the canoe, for if she once got caught in one of the whirl- pools and began to twist around the consequences might be alarining if not disastrous. An occasional *‘ Mamook” from Hameet, the bowman, kept us up to our work, and we darted hy the shore at what seemed to me railroad speed. On the other side of the Narrows we met opposing currents against which we pulled for I think half un hour without, so far as I could see, muking the sligh'est progress, but at last we Overcame them snl eamped about two miles beyond the Narrows in a little bight which we called Fatigue Bay. Alter dinner tle Admiral and I climbed a thousand feet or 80. up on to the hillside and enjoyed the lovely view which lay before us up and down the channel. Berries were abundant here, and we saw sume fresh bearirails. I noticed, among the trees, Audu ons and the b'ack-throated green warbler and the L uisiana tanager. Jinffed grouse were hea d drumming, and tie next morning one was brought into camp by Hamset, anil pr ved, as might have been ex. pected, a lyp cal Bonasa umbellus sabine’, On our return to camp we foun! that the Sergeant and the Professor had been fishing and had secured some * rock cd,” Sebastemus, curious red or black fish with great staring eyes, which are only caught at great depibs—100 fathoms, it is said —feeding on the bot- tom. Whin Lrougit to the surface by the hovk the air bladder expands and is f rced up into the throat and mouth of the fish, which is then unable to sink, andif taken from the hook and thrown back into the water struggles about and can easily be rec -p'ured. Yo. Camp on Jervis Inlet. PAUL MORPHY, THE CHESS PLAYER. Nuw Osreans, La., Oct. 15. WE series ofplays, that haye taken place in this city lat- terly, between the experis of the Ileal club and eminent plavers of alhr places, indicate a vast and increas. ing interest, as we'l us improvement in this classical and elegant game. Some of tne performances will forever re- main on record ag specimens of singular skill and remark- able intelligence of modem day players. There haye not been any of the phenonienal fatures that marked the play anu characierist cs of the old-time prodigies, like Morphy et alg, but ekill, study snd acuten: ss of intellect and the culti- yalion of memery are more used in Making the combination of plays that are marvelous exaniples of that ma'hematiced, expiriuess and clear-headed th nkiog, which stands forth as the most prominent features of present time chess playing. This is in each direct com*rast to the former mthod, by which merely intuitive performers became nowd for their performances, that the mater is worthy of record. Tn this conneciion it is apropos Lo mention the condition and pecu iavitirs of Paul Morpby, in whose name and cajeer the world Gf cheés p ayers will alwavs take a lively and in- te:se interest. During the dvys of the tournament, Morphy occasionally passed under the gallery of the club, or on the opposite side :f the sirert, staring up toward the open win- dows, the while talking rapidly to him elf—somet:meés in a quarrelsome way, and anon as if demonstrating some rare problem in his mind, but usually smil ng and then walking rapidly away, shaking his head as if dusirous of evading temptation. ; His habits are comparatively methodical, and his presence has become duily one of the most familiar objects on Canal atreet. Me is small in stature, has a large head « notable face, wilh swarthy, bilious comp exion, heavy jaws, soft, brown, restless eyes, that never look at anything mor than a moment. His frail body is nervously supported by \he thinnest, attenuated legs that you could find in an hour's travel, and as he wears the tightest of panta, their shape and ethereal proportions are psinfu ly apparent, notwithstanding their almost invisilile materialism, He walks in a sli ewy aud re-tless, ta aii a-like way, that shows wonderful vital- ity and mueh muscular atvenuth, A f w years ago he dress d with exq isite taste and skill, wearine the nubbiest of coa's and hats, the most fasbionable trousers and bunts, and always was inseparalile from his little walking stick, that was eternally kept in motion. Now he is comparatively shabby, often appears unshuved, and is rapidly taking on those impressive signs of »ge and quiescence of mental work, which m»kes a nonentity of a person. He continues his erratic perambulations daily on the streets, and seenis constantly defining a law or chess problem, the details vf which a e never uttered to any one but himself. His whole mentality a) d life are enwrapped in the idea that he is the grea'est lawyer on earth, aud has io charge the most im- portant legal case that ever demanded the finest t.lent of the age to solve. So he goes about defining t) himself an imaginary court and jury, and the various problems and pOints of the case. His eccentricities have become familiar to every one that knows him, and hnce his foibles are not noticed by them. But those who do know him, or those who do not, dare not say a word to him on the subject of chess. The mere pr position to him to play sets him wild with transports of anger. He, however, retains the most wonder- ful memory of great events and plays in the past, and, if referred to for opinion or authority, seems to take pride and pleasure in recounting the incidents and features of any famous game that he or others have played. There \s no doubt his mind is wrecked, and it is merely a matter of time to develop the utter annihilation of his in- tellect; yet we believe that itis not irretrievable, and that if he could, by any means, be biought to take interest in chess, and kept from becoming exciled on the subject, only using it a3 a restorative means of relieving and resting his brain, he might be returned to a comparatively us ful life in some sphere of action among the world’s busy workers in the hive of human industries. With his brain, ru-ting in all of its channels and cells, and dormant in its once best develiped features, we cannot expect him to ever be anything else than a flighty, wrecked angel, hovering on the confines of earth, and in that mysterious sphere of partial insanity, a condition which is neither life nor death Dr. J. HE. Naazz, Editor Planter’s Journal. The Sportsman Ganvrist. A TRANSFORMATION SCENE ON BARVEGAT BAY, EARS ago—I was going to say in its infancy, but the Forks? anp StReAM never had any babyhood; one duy it appeared and the nex! it “as a grown-up newspuper. At any rate, in its early days I used to enlighten, or rather try \o do so, its readers upon the subject of wild-fow! shoot- ing in Barnegat Bay, having for # quarter of a century made semi-anoul pilgrimages to that locality in search «of ducks, gvese and snipe. indeed, a part of my school days having been passed under the tutelage of ** Frank Forre-ter” of fia- grant memory, I hid bee me so thoroughly imbued ( heoreti- cally, I meau) with |he loye of sport from hearing bim in- terpolate lis lectures upon tne classics with his experiences in the field, tha! as soun as I emerged from his scholastic training L became an enthusiast, if not an adept, in all that pertained to sportsmanship, as Mr. Herbert in his Field Sports (then, as now, an accepied authority) devoted much space to wili-fowl shooting in Barnegat Biy, L naturally selected that lucality, to use an Irishism, as my hunting ground. By way of di:ression, let me here state that T have felt greatly agrieved to nolice among receiut sporting writers a dispo.ition 10 cast obloguy upon the memory of ‘ Frank Forester,” anid rather to parade his shortcomings than to do justice to his wonderful talents aud to the elecitie effect which his writings have had in inspring young mea to seek recreation rather in tie field and by the river and the brook- side than in the drawilg-room or the club, And here let me xpsert, a3] have often betoreassert¢ dl, that as a classical scholar orasa cultured and accomplished gentleman, Henry William Herbert bad few equals and no superiors; while as a sports- man or a sporting writer his reputation is too well esrablishe | for any “knight of the quill” to atlagk him suceessfully or with impunuily. Mais 7-venous, we started out to tell of the changes in Bar- negat Bay made during the past few years, so here goes, and we promise that our garrulougness shall not again ‘**shunt” ug off the track. In the good old days there were but four or five houses on Squan Beach from Point Pleasant to the Inlet, a distance of thirty miles—‘‘Jukey Herbert's,” ‘* John Maxon’s,” (subs quently kept by his son-in-law, Bill Chadwick) ‘* Ort- lay’s,” Band's” and ‘*Granv=,” and their occupants sub- sisted chiefly upon the products of se né and gun or an occa. sibnal ‘‘ wr. ck,” supple nented by the money left by sports- men who came down in the spring, autumn and summer to shoot ducks, geesu and snipe. Of eduction these people had nove; the name of the Deity they simply profaned with ut ultachiog any significance to it; and as to the affairs of the outer world, they were as profouldly ignorant a5 if they were Apache Indians. Still they were manly, honest and truthfal, and full of courage and hos, italily, as many a shipwrecked crew could testify. The sh oti: g in early diys was simply superb—sixty miles of shoal water, with endless acres of feeding ground, har- bored millions of geese, brant, ducks an! su’pe, aud thirty fowl to a ‘point " was a gunner’s fair averace (ay's shooting in fall or spring; and the snipe shooling was unsurpassed, Of course the number of sportsmen was small, for in those days it took as long to reach John Maxon’s from New York xa it would now take to go to Charleston, 8 C. Three hours on a steamboat to Key Port, and a day and a half’s drive via Freehold—thie sand hub deep—ita Jersey wagon to Point Pleasant, and thence down the beach seven miles, with may- hap 8 mor’-wester whistling about your ears, or, still worse, a south-easterly gale eating out your very vital. As years wore on, however, the bay became more accessible by means of the Jersey 8 uthern, an old ratfle trap railway, wh ch brought ns from New York, via Sandy Hook to Manchecter, and thence ten miles by stave to Tom's Riy-r, doing the whole thing in sbout six hours. From the River we had to sal seven miles fo reach Maxon’s; but im spile of treir \edi- ousness, these jouimeys were always a source of gr at pleas- ure, and are among my pleasant reminiscences. Sportsmen ars always socially inclined; indeed, ‘*b»nhommie” is a part and parcel of their stock in trad, and the ‘*masonry ” of their craft would render it impossible for two or three to be thrown together for any time without being mutually at- (racted; consequently, as we slowly crept over those dreary pine and rand wastes, or heat about the stormy wuters of the bay, we ripidly fraternized, and «orlds of sportain n’s lore were unfolded, and many a song and story beguiled and shortened our journeyings, We venerally so managed to reach our gunning house in the evening, so 48 to be ready for the early morning shooting, and our weleome by gunners and +por'smen, women, childien and dogs was as buisterous as it was hearty. Again, a8 we write, we are, in imagination, in (he little old bar-ruom, surrounded by friends of by-gone days, sitting round the o'd galley stove—a prize from a forgo'ten wreck. There sit Thorn and Hackett, and Stuart and Goy. Gill Davis, and Cornell and Post, and J m Clark and Lillie, and Kovsevelt and the re-t, while in the ouercircle are their gunners—(Charley Stout, Joho Gaunt, P.te Suphen, John Harbor and Jimmy Loveland, scarce discernible throuvh the tobacco smoke; the firrce gale roaring wi‘hont, and the heavy surf tumbling with déafening ro r up the beach—the picture is as well defined as if painted on yonder wainscot- ling as they sit inspecting guns, clad like Norwegian pirates, exch and all armed wih glowing pipe and flanked with smoking glass, while nestling at their feet, or lvvinely wedzed hetween their knees, are their faithful canine friend3, Yan Dyk or Ruvens would have reveled in the lights and shades thrown upon the scene hy the uncertain glare of the old hin- nacle lamp or the fitful flame from the fire, as it roared up the great chimney, Years pass by. Most of the old party have gone to the happy bunting ground, while the writer, s'ricken down, can only take down his old fowling pieces, and while seeing that they are in condi'1n, dream of the oli days, while his hoary cld setter as if in sympathy walks over to him, and, thrusting his nose into his hands, gives a responsive groan, and then stretches himself on his mat before the fire in christian resig- nation, New sportsmen succeed the old, and increased facilities bring more gunners and less sport, and now the desire once more to look upon the old grouud grows too strong to be re- sisted. Although the ‘treed is bent” it isnot broken, and Rip Van Winkle sets forthto visit the scene of by-gone sport, nor was the real Rip Van Winkle more astonish d than was I on beh lding the word: rful changes that a few years had made. The Central Railroad, of New Jersey, carried me to Point Pleasant in lessthan twe nours. There | found large and spa- cious hotels and at the hdd of the bay a large group of cot- tages intersected by streets and avenues. These houses are exceedingly picturesque, and situated on what was, when I last visited it, the most godforsaken sand barren I ever waded through. Between the hay and ocean is a sand spit, thirty miles lng and not a thousand yards wide, yelept Squan B ach, and this ‘‘Spit” isnow trayersed by the Penn- sylvania Railroad down ts a point ten miles south of Point Pleasant, and thence it crosses the bay and goes away across eouniry to Philadelphia, bringing it within less than two hours of two great cities. The engineer of the road courteously inviled me to ride with him on an open car, and pointed out the marvellons changes pr sent and contemplated. Next the ‘‘Bayhead Co ,” the Directors of the Jersey Central. hive purchased a tract of several miles, including Jakey Herbert's well-known hostely, and ordershave gone forth io build it up. Next we whi+k by ‘Bill Chad wick’s,” so clise, indeed, that we could have shaken hands almost with the ‘‘zude wife,” as she stood over the kitchen-fire, and all slong the sea front we see sprinkled a succession of pretty cotlages. Now we eome to ‘Lavalette,” a setulement of seaside cottages and of incipient hotels, and thence to *‘Ortley’s,” conspicnons for its growth of trees aud for its ‘‘Dry Hal’ on which millions of fow! feed, recently also purchased for development, and thence to “Bailey & Archer's” tract, these are the architects of Atlan- tic City’s fame, and they now sek here new worlds (of sand) to conquer. Next we see an army of men with teams and scoops levelling # tract recently aeqnired by tne Pennsylya- nia Railroad, asa site for excursivn houses, ete., for, strange ts say, this is the nearest ocean beach to Philadelphia by many miles, and bere comes Seaside Park, where the railway crosses the bay and lakes, the maintand ty Piiladelpoia, Ou inquiri:g the cause of the unparalleled aclivity we'are informed that as a seuside resort it is looked upon as un- equaled, hayi g the ocean along its front, andl 4 great bay from three to five miles wide in the rear, consequently every bre zé must be 2s a breeze, uo sweltering west winds such as Long Brach is cursed with, and being niidway between the two great cities it is expected they will both avail of it. But although on land all is changed, we find the great bay just as we left it, the shoal waters precluding the possibility of ils ever being navigated by anything larger than a sailboat, it is just as deserted-and just as full of game. Clouds of geese and ducks rise and obscure the sua almost from the dry flat. Responsive to our whistle as we whirl by “‘Oriley’s,” and from mead sw and shoal, we hear the shrill whistle of the big “yellow! gs,” and we sigh to thiok that, as far as we go, they may quack, bawk and whictle to all + ternity. Asking ld Jimmy Loveland whit effect all these changes, railwa\s and improvements are suing to have on the shooting, the old fellow pipes ont, *' Why, Capen, be that you? Why I'd a knowed you amonga thousand! I’jl take apple, Capen, Talluss ick to that. Do you mind ‘bat la-t lime we sh t on Nor’ we-t pint, me and you and Bill Hoffman? when we shot diown tourteen canvas backs with lwo guos, and as many tore on the s cond round; and how Billy Hoffman. he Jay thar a snorin’ and never woke up till afver it was all over? Well now, Capen, abst the shootin’, my opinion 18 that these here doin's won't make no differe: ce—th# towl will set a litle further off shore, perhsps, bur if it com s onto blow from the southa d and wes‘ard they’! stool fast enough. and with sixty miles (f feeding ground the Pennsylvania Rail- roatl haint got ingines enough to frighjen them awyy, in fact there’s more fowl on the dry flat this minit than I ever see atore. No, | won't take no more ‘apple,’ Capen, Tve got \o steer the Blatchford up the bay, and it Is eyerlastin' ly a blowin’ from the norwest” SENEX. ee Crntran Inpiana Game Norgs—Cloverdale, Ind,, Oct, 20. —Our outlook for ganie was perhaps never better, It was thought by many that the unusual severity of last winter had slmost exterminated eur quail, but happily such is not the case. Being favored by outstanding giain during the winter anda remarkably long and dry summer, we nave now at the commencement of the open season plenty of full. fledzed avd strong flying birds, which promise to give right royal sport to lovers of dog and gun. Indeed, I believe quail to be more plentiful than for years past, aud h\p2 to be able ere long to give you ancounts of bow the fields were fought and won. Squirrels are very numerous, a e@ easily found and brought to bag. But such shooting does not savor of sport with larg+ bevies of quail in adjoining fleliis, The rabbit “crop” gives promise of an ubusually fine one, avd will furnish an unto d amount of fun for the irresistible small boy with his nondescript dog and single-barreled muz zle-loader.—La BELLE. : Novemarr 8, 1881.) - FLORIDA GAME RESORTS. Fiditsr Forest and Stream: The time js rapidly approiching when sportsmen, inyalids and touri+ts will flee from ‘' blizzards” and seek the genial’ climate of Florid. During the past summer the facilities for reaching Florida have been improved, In the past, travelers leaving Savan- nab were forced to travel via Live Oak, and from Lake City to Jacksonville over one of the rougznest roads in the United Btates. With the enterprise so characteris ic of the 8. F. & W. Railway, tliat company has constructed anew line of road from Way Oross to Jucksonyille, It is laid with heavy steel rails, and the road bed bridges and tresles are in excelleat condition. The company have placed the ruad from Way Cross to Savanoshin superivur running order, The cars and engines aré new, and the former are supplied with air brakes, patent buffers and coup’ers and are luxuriously fur- nished and supplied with every convenience and comfort. Time, af present, betweeu this city and Sayannah, seyen hours and a half but as soon as winter travel commences the running time will be reduced to six hots !rom savannah and ten from Charleston ; time from New York to Jackson- ville, about forty hours. ‘The other day the passenger agent informed me that they would exert themselves to accommo- date sportsmen, and would transpo-t and caref r sporting dogs from Charleston and Savaonah for one-fourth of pas- senger rate. Between this city and the St. Mary’s River the Way Cross road has been constructed through # sparsely set- tled section, and quail are very plentiful. Sportsmen can depart from this city after breakfast, and by leaving the train from fifteen to forty miles from this point they can en- joy a day’s sh ot'ng and reach this city by the evening train jn time for supper. J have no official authority for stating that special rates will be made for such trips, but feel as- sured that satisfactory arrangements will be made to accom- m date sportsmen. The Tran-it Railroad Company have constructed a direct road from Firnandins to this city, and the trip from city to city only occupies oné hour and a hilf over an excellent. road. It crosses Nassau River near Nassiu Sound, On this river, sound and tributary streams excellent duck shooting will be found, Heretofore the region througn which the road passes was inaccessible and in the neighborhood of the Nas- sau River deer and turkeys visitin resp ctaile numbers. A nuuiber of my frienils who reside near or have fished in the streums emptying in the sound h ve assured me that sea trout are caught in great quantities during January and Feb- Tuary, and the fly-fisher cau indulge in capturing these spot- ted beauties. Sportsmen can Jeave this city »t 8:20 4. M., enjoy a day’s shooting or fishing, and return at 8 P. M. Tne Florida Southern Railway have compleed a road leading from Palatka to Gainesville, and as a consequence have Opened up a region studded with beautiful lakes, From the brst imformation I can obtain [am warranted in stating that these lakes are stocked with bass and pickerel, and during the winter months they are visited by coun-less numbers of ducks. Several years since, in one of my letters, I referred toa sportsman’s paradise existing in the Kissimmee and Oche- chobee region. Ina late issue of the Forast AND SteEAm [ no icé that a party of sportsmen had acted on my suggestion and descerded the Kissimmee to Uchechobee, down the Caleysahatchee to the Gulf und along the coast and thr-ugh the islandsto Ky West. Hitherto but few persons have yentured beyond Enterprise on the St. John’s K ver, and to nexrly all the country beyond has been 4 sealrd book; but at las! the gates .f this extensive region are about to be un- Jocked. The South Florida Railway will have a line of road completed from Sandfor! to Lake lehopekaliga by the mid- die of November. A town has been laid off on the shore of the lake and naméd Kissi:amee, At this point a hotel is in course of construction, and will be ready to receive guests by Dec. 15. Atthe southern end of Like Kissimmee is an iskind named Brahma; on this another ho'el will be erected aud opeved on Jan, 1 for the special accommodation of sportsmen. This region ‘tis suid to be a veritable parad’se for hunters, and the adj ining country teems with deer, bears, wild turkey anil ducks, with a few wolves and an oc- cafional panther by way of variety. Of course |\he waters abound wilh fish, while the inevitable alligator is as yet too unsophisticated to know how to dodge a rifle ball.” Two steamboats are in course of construction and will be completed by the*time the hotels are opened, and will ply on the river between Tebopekaliga and Ochechobee. The Kissimmee River and its lakes and tributary streams are stocked with biss, and during the winter months, ducks frequent it in great numbers. J referred to Lake Istokpoga eighteen miles north of Lake Och chvbee. It is ten mules lony and seven miles wide. The country around the lake is uninhabiled and has not been visited by sportsmen, A few weeks since Linterviewed one of the pioneers of this section ,J. Lummerlin, Esq., who has visited this locality on a number of occasions in search of cattle. He assured me that the region abounds with deers, bears, turkeys and an occasional panther. Owing the presence of vast quantities of prickly pears (Opuntia vulgaris) the Indians let this section ‘‘severely alone,” and #8 & consequence, game is plentiful and easily ap- proached. The thorns of the prickly pear cripple horses by iercing the fetlock joints, and cow-hunters avoid this region. f parties visit the section referred to, they should be pro- vided with leather leggings or hoots. Sportsmen could transport a boat to Sandford, by rail to Lake Tohopekaliga, and there secure a tow behind a stenmer to Istokpoga Creek. Owing to the fact that the Kissimmee River is bordered by marshes a sail can be utilized. From the Kissimm e Itiver the boat could be rowed np the Istokpoga Creek to the lake. We predict for early visitors to this lake superior fishing and exellent deer and turkey shooting. My friend Col. H. was engaged by the Surveyor-General to survey some un-uryeyed lands to the east of the Kissim- mee aud north of Ochechobee; and I requested him to keep a daily record of game noticed. I may remark that the noise produced by a wagon will sturile deer and cause them to dis- appear before they are noticed, and when surveyors are run- ning their lines hey have but little opportunity to look for game, But I will vive you the figures furnished by C 4. H. ‘Left Titusville on Indian River on March 2, 1831 for Fort Capron. 2d and 3d March saw no deer; 4th, saw no deer up tn noon; afternoon saw 7 deer. Distance 50 miles south of Titusville; 5th, in travelling distance of 20 miles saw 50 deer; 6th, sa v 30 deer; 7th, saw 18 der and arrived at Fort Capron; 91h, 10 miles west of Fort Capron, saw 4 deer. Encampedon10 mile ridge. At 430 p, m, saw Indian (John Billy). sent him to kill a deer for cainp and he soon returned with two; 10th, in Township 84 8 TR. 88 H, saw 3 deer; jith, saw 8 deer and 1 turkey. John Billy (Indian) killed FOREST AND STREAM. 267 4 deer near camp; 18th, ssw 5 deer; 141h saw 4deer; 15h, saw 1 deer and 2 Wirkeys; 16.h, saw 10 deer; 17th, moved camp to Ten Mile Creek. Caught a number of large black bass. A party of six Indians in one week al this puinr killed over 100 deer, and caught over 1,000 Ibs, of bass, One In- dian with grains (spear) caught in 2 hours 140 black bass; and k lled nine deér same day; 20th, saw 4 deer, 1 turkey, 1 wolf; 22d, saw 6 deer, 6 turkeys; 23d, saw 9 deer; 24th, saw 5 deer; 20th, saw 4 deer; 26th, saw 6 deer; 27th, saw 4 deer; 28h, saw 8 deer; 29th saw 3 deer, killed two with rifle; 80:h, saw 8 deer and 4 turkeys (near Ochechube:2) ; dist, saw 12 deer. April Ist, 3 deer; 24, 9 deer; 3d, 7 deerand 3 turkeys; 4th, 3 deer; 5th, 18 deer; 6th, 17 deer; 7h, 9 deer and 3 turkeys; 8th, 19 deer and Lturkey ; 9th, 6 deer and 1 turkey; 10th, 1 deer; 11:h, 1 deer; 121h, 4 deerand 3 turkeys; 18vb, 6 deer and 1 turkey; 14th, 4deer; 15th, 1 turkey; 16th, 1 deer and 1 turkey; 17th, 1 turkey. Caught large quantity of black bass in Taylor’s Creek. Hooked two. alligators ; hooks and lines ton small to land thm. April 18th, 4 deer; 10th, 5 deerand 1 turkey; May 2d, 3 deer; 3d, 15 deer. No further record kept of game. During the \ime the party were out they traveled over 600 miles, and saw but one rattlesnake, and this was a small ground rattler with two ratiles. To illns'rate the qnanti y of deer in the section adjoining the lower Kissemmee and Oche- chobee [need but state that the Indians kill them for their hides, and with the proceeds supply themselves with com- fortable clothing and the necessuries of life. Asan evidence of how easily deer are ay proached, the Indians use a cheap Tifle with a bore of 90. The rifles I saw in use by them would cist at wholesule about seven dollars, and were of in- ferior quality, lf sportsmen are provided with a light and transportable boat they can ascend Fish Exting Creek from Lake Ochecho- bee to New Fort Centre. At this point the old m litary road leading 10 Fort Thompson will be noticed, and if this is fol- lowed for ten miles some settlers will be found fromi whom a tam can be obtained to transport a boat and dunnage to Fort Thompson on the Oalnosahatchin River. By drseend- ing this streym Punta Rassa will be reached. At this point the Wanderers can take passave on one of Miller and Hender- son's steamers to Cedar Keys or work the coast to the nor\h in their boats. At. Fresoo. Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 17. Ce “ROUGHING IT IN RUBBER.” « Yanxton, Dakota, Oct, 24. Editor Forest and Stream: Capt. Paul Boyton, of world-wide fame, reached this city Friday morning ahout 10 oclock, *t padding hs own canoe,” all the way from Glenv‘ive on the Yellowstone River some two thousand miles above this place. He left here at 1 clock this Pp. M., a large concourse of people being as- sembled on the river bank to tee him off. He took the water like a duck, p«ddled out a short distance with ‘* Buby Mine,” a littl> tin boat about thirty inches long, towing after him, threw himself into an upright position in the water, took frm ‘Baby Mine” a large detonating rocket, fired it with the cigar he was smoking ag a vood bye, and was off, cheered by the loud hurrahs of the p-aple. The Csptain had many narrow escapes from death during his voyage down the Yell wstone and Missouri Rivers from whirlpools, suck holes, snags and last but no’ least from the rifles of hunters, trappers, ranch men and Indians, Tn one instance an Indian came down upon the bank and covered him with his rifle. The Captain rapidly hauled ‘* Baby Mine” between himself and the redskin, shouted and blew his trumpet, but the fellow never dropped his gun until the ‘ aptsin whirled upright into the war‘er, when with a loud yell he scampered off as though the devil was after him. Another time « trapper d'ewa bea! upon him, bit upon the Captain’s hallooing t» him, ‘‘tumbled to the racket” an! wished him ‘‘ bon voyage” We had to be continually upon the watch for fear some frllow would puncture his suit if not his boty with a bullet, but happily he e caped ill dangers and resc!ed here as b) fore stand, Friday thoroughly tired, in the midst of a rain storm. He has abont one thousand miles stil! }o navigate before her aches St. Louis, his h me port. We most heartily wish him success, for he made many friends while here by his gentlemanly manners and de- portment, and we shall look anxiously for his projected book, ‘' Roughing it in Rubber,” in which he will detail his many trips in bis suit adown the many rivers of the world, in all voyaging some twenty thousand miles, Capt. Boytn is accompanied by Mr. James Creelman, of the New York Herald. Mr. Creelman bas one of the cinyas boats made by Osgood & Co., of Battle Creek, Mich., L be- lieve, which he has rowed from Bismarck to this place. I am not interested in said firm, but im the interests of sports- men generally, I can say that a doatthat cin stand the treach- erous currents and snags of the Missouri River must be just what the fraternity of duck hunters have long wished for, a light, strong, safe portable boat. Tt 18 easy enough to speak of the enterprise of the Herald, but what shall I say of the pinck of Mr. Ureelman in making such a yoyave; ‘he’s got sind,” as our frontiersmen say, and plenty of it, for he can’t swim. E. Wzsr. GAME 16 THRE PROPERTY OF THE STaTu—Baltimore, Oct 29 —Aditor Forest and Stream: A friend and myself have recently had a dispute as to the legal right of one to kill birds on his own land, even though the Jaw forbid. ‘Thus, the law of this State is that it shall be unlawful to shoor, kill or have in your possession a partridge or partridges be- tween December 25 and Nouyvember 1. Now, my friend says that this is done to protect & man’s birds from outsiders, and that at any time the man wished he would be at liberty to kill (on his own place) as many birds as he chose. I would be obliged to youif you would not only give me your own opinion on the subject. but also, if possible, refer me to some recorded case, either in this country or in Bngland, which is spplicable to the subject. My own opinion Is that they are fere nature, and the Legislature has a rght to for- bid him or any one else to kill them within certain months. [The common law relating to game, both in England and America, is based upon \he principle that the wild game is the property of the State, and not of the individuuls upon whose land it may be. The simple existence of the law is sufficient evidence for you to cite, If the partridges belong to the individual landowner, then the State has no right to say when they shall or shall not be killed. ] Alatural History. NEW ENGLAND BIRD LIFE. a [ses present work is one which will prove very useful to collectors and students of ornihology, and will be convenient asa reference book to all who are interested in birds, Notwithstanding the fact that the hirds of New England have been more carefully studied than those of any other seciion of our coun!ry, no satisfactory hanu-book has, up to the present time, beén publish d. This, of course, bas not been due to any Jack of men well qualified to compile such a yolume, for indeed there are many by whom th s work might have been undertaken with every prospect of having it done in such 3 way that it would be a real help to the stu- dent. The different ‘ists’ which haye from time to time ap peared have, many of them, been most valuable contributions to our knowledge of the birds of New England, and have re- flected credit on their c»mpiters, Some of them, indeed, have been mod Js of their kind, but they were only what they protessed to be, that is lists, and as such could never occupy the place of a complete history such as was needed. Samuel's Birds of New Englandis utterly without yalue as an aid to study, but in New England Bird Life we have a work which bears the stampof Dr. Coues’ authority, and which is brought up to date, The preface of the work in hand states very clearly i's pur- pose, and we cannot do better than quote from it as follows: “Tt ig the object of the present volume to go carefully over the whole ground, and lo presentin concise and convenient form an epi'ome of the bird life of New Hngland. The claims wf each species t» be considered a member of the New England Faunaare critically examined, and not one is admitted upon insufficient evidence + f its occurrence within this ara; the des go being to give a th: rougly reliable list of the birds, with ao account of thé Jeading factsin the life-hist wy of each | species. The plan of the work includes brief descriptions of the birds thems-lves, enabling one to ideytify any specimen he may have in hand; the local d stribution, migration and relative abundance of every species; tozether with as much general informalinn respecting their habits as can cou yveanient- ty be brought within the compass of a hand-bouok of New England Ornithology.” It casrot be :aid that any portion of the pian here laid down has been neglec'ed. The descrip- ions are so simple and clear that even beginners can com- prehend them, while the lists of references to previous rec- «rds give the work a valueeven to the most advanced stu- dents, A very valuable fea:ure of the work is its Introduc- tion, which includes General Defiuitions (of a bird and its parts) Preparation of Specimens for Study, The Subject if Fatal Areas and the Literature of New B igiand Urnit jology. The volume before us is Part I., and carries us through Osein's. Pari II., to complete the werk, is promised ‘as ~00n a4 practicable,” which remark, we must say, has not a yery encouraging sound. The basis of the work is the manuscript of Mr. W. A. Stearns, and Dr. Coues appears ouly as its *‘ edito*,” but the volume bears on almost every pige the impress "f the edi- tor’s hand, and indeed Dr. Cones expressly states that he bas freely altered, emended and rewritten, anil that he holds himeelf responsible for the arcuracy of the work and for the views expressed in it. Mr. Stearns is. we believe, a careful ob-eryi r and an enthusiastic student of ornithol wy, und whatever he has accunulated in his years of collecting in Massachus tts is to be found in these pases. On th+ whole, it may be said tnat the work is conceived ard carried out in a very clear and hanpy style, and is, 5) fur as it goe+, eminently satisfactory. Of course it is open t) criticism in some respects, an | one of the most nm ticeable of these is, under the circuins'ances, the harsiness wilh which the late Dr. Brewer is attacked. It should b+ remem- bered, however, that the piragraphs to whici exception might be taken were probably written before the death of the gentleman against whom they were directed Now England collectors atid ornithol gists will pro »ably decline to accept some of the statements, wih regard to the breeding of certain species, which are given in the work, but on the whole we may accept it as a valuable con'ribution to the literature of the subject, and offer to the author and editor thanks for a useful boolx, ———_—_>—-9+ = THE TAME MASSACHUSETTS PARTRIDGE. OakuaM, Mass., Oct. 26. T was about one year ago that an aricle appeared in the Forest AND STREAM about atame partridge. The place where the bird was claimed to be was at Colebrook Sp ings which are] cated here. The story last year appeared to be well youched for, and many were convinced that the part- ridge could he tamed. The bird has reappeared in the same locality this year, and it has become tamer than last. It proves to be a male bird It has been watched parts of three open seasons, between Au- gust and January. It was in D cember, 1879, that it was first noticed. At that time it was noticed to be about and to like company, but no familinriies. Later on Mr. Parker, of Parker Mills, in a measure secured its confidence, and could callit to him, It would light on his shoulder and eat from his hand. If he made an effort to handle it it would promptly fly away. Things went onin thie way, the bird becoming more and more intimate, until he was the pet of the sammer boarders at the Springs, Armong them wass deaf mute who attr ioted the bird by c!apping two pieces of bread together. The in- timacy increased between them until one day the miite sne- ceeded in catching him, aud plucked out some of its fea*hers probably as a souvenier of the pet. This undue famllarity the partridge resented, and it was feared at one time that he would desert the locality, but it returned after a month's absence. After a while it again became intitrate with tho Gun, Rod and Saddie......... Wade Hand Book for Riflemen..............0: Hints to Riflemen, Cleveland......... Sow to Hunt and Trap, baity'’s A Hunter ana Trapper, Tnrasher.............. vas Hunting and Hunters of all Nat-Jns, Frost..... 1 Lite of a Sportsmen, Nimirod..........-... as Manton’s Taxidermy Without a Teacher, . Minot’s Land and Game Birds J have just read your article on pistol shooting in yestel- day’s issue, in which you express your conviction that to hit a tele- graph pole at a distance of fitty-flve yarde is almost an Impossibility. Although T have a great reluctance In going into print, and especl- ally cI any appearance ot boasting, yet l feel oweit to you to un- déesive you on this score. Lam quite sure from actual experiments 1hat it can be done from four 10 five times in six shots, and prohably Oftener, The first time I ever tried long range pistol shooting was In 1864 with a Colt’s nayy pistol. 1 split one end ofa stick about four fest high and placing a large chip In the cleft 6nd stuck iy up fora target, and, retiring 100 yards, fired six shots, ‘he irsc shot cut the Blick about one Toot under the chip and three others struck the chip. On that oucasion I was Alone, butin 1877, in the presence of two gen- Ulemen now living, I fired repentedly with a Colt’s pistol, cal. .33, central fire, at an iron target three feat in diameter, from 100 yards distance, atid I am sure none of the bullets missed the target and 4 large majority of them were elther bulls-eyes or within a fow inches, Did I not feel confident of being able to duplicate this at any time, Tslould not haye sent you this communication, QUARTUS. 376 FOREST AND STREAM. RAYMOND SPORTSMAN'S CLUB—Dec. 3.—This organization held its regular meet tor clay pigeon sweepstake shooting On theliregroinds ul Wellington to-day. ‘The attendance was good, some twenty-four facing the traps. The day was somewhat windy, but the Ugit was good, the atmosphere not too chilly, aud the weather on jhe whole was decléédly favorable for the sport. ‘The conditions called tor |DEcemuER 8, 188 constlpation or Inflamtmation of the bowels. Keep the p ‘0 nf and feed soft lood and vegetables. 4 owelait A. D., North Middletown, Kjy,—Whatis the best work on dish y fishing? Ans. We do not think that any American wort on THE ATLANTA TOURNAMENT.—The Gate City Guard oftivers are working with @ will at the preparations tor the tournament, The meeuing will open on Dec. 13 and continue for five days. The ranges will be trom 200 (0 1,000 yards, and all matches will be shot under the rules of the Natlonal Rifle Assoclation. The Atlanta Con- stitution, speaking of the tournament, says: **The range, which js one possessing all the requisites that are demanded for long distance rifie contests, is located near Goodwin's, on the Richmond and Dan- ville railroad, ten miles trom the city. A large listot prizes will be awarded to successful millrary and other teams and Individuals. ‘There will be oné general match, admitting all kinds of rifles, which bring our country Irlendsinta the ring. Messrs. H. Jaceard’s Jewelry Oo,, Of St. Louis, has offered a handsome and yaluable trophy to be contested for. The Howe Scale Co, haye also offered a liberal prize. Megars. E. Remington & Sons, of New York, offer a prize of $500 in Gash and their nest Creedmoor rifle. Messrs. TiTany € Co., jewelers, of New York, will send @ handsome trophy valued at $5.0. The Whitney Arms Co. have setit tive of thelr best sporting and magazine gins, valued at $250, lor prizes. Many of the exhibitors it the expo- sition have already contributed, and !t is probable that nearly all the exhibitors will offer prizes to be contested for by the large number of American riflemen who will assemble here next month. Persons wishing to contribute prizes for this tournament are requested to communicate at once with Mr, John 8. Holliday, secretary Gate City Guard. Striking a bullseye on a target nearly three-quarters of a miln off Will be a revelation Lo the people in this part of tlie country, and the approaching contest will awaken & wide-spread interest. NEWPORT, R. I.—Turkey shoof at Paradise Range. Cold weather and heayy wind. Seven turkeys were shot at. The heads simply were exposed ata distance of 100 yards, the shooting was off-hand The win- ners were Wm. 8. Bryer, J. Neilson Howard, Philip Peckham, J. H. Wetherell, Win, B. Knight, Wi, 8. Bryer, aud Dr, McClellan. The five prizes for general shooting were a French clock, a $5 gold plece offered by Dr, McClellan), a Floberl rifle, 4 jointed fishing rod, and a pearl hindied revolyer. ‘The conditions were two scores of five shots each at the Massachusetts target, 40 yards, off hand. ‘The fol lowing were the winning scores, taklng the piizes in the order named: Geo. H. Burnham, 62, 58-104; Wm, B. Knight, 61, 62—102 , Win, 8. Bryer, 49, 43-97; 0.8. Plummer, 44, 45-03; Dr. McClellan 4S, 45—92.. W. H, Farrow then shot at glass balls und broke 22 out at 25. Dr. McClellan gaye an exhibition of fancy shooting, shooting po- tatoes held in a bruve man’s hand, and then pipes and cigars trom his month, The assocl. tion yoted hearty thanks to Mr. W. M. Far- row for his enterprise in getting up the shoot. BOSTON, Dec, 3.—A goodly number of riflemen assembled to-day at Walnut Hill to participate in the regular matches now on the programme, ‘he weath-r was sdmirably adapted to rifle shooting, the day being cloudy and the light steady and ¢lear. The wind, not strong in ils velocity, blew steadily trom the north during most of the day, shitting slightly to the eastward in theatterneou, In the handicap match entries were numerous and some good work was done, Mr.L. L. Hubbard leading the list with an excellent 48, and Mr. A C Adams following with a 45 almost as good. Worthy of special ment on also are Messrs. 0 O Foster, F J Rabbeth and J N Frye, who come next, Gach witha record old, In the sharpshooters’ match the marksmen were bothered during a portion of the time by clouds of smoke blowing across tle range, which at times almost obscured the targets from ylew. Notwithstanding this fact some éxcellent scores were made, 8ome of the records running up to 100 and more. Mr. L. L. Hubbard gainéd first honors in this match also, with a score of 110, Mr. FL J. Rabbeth tcok second place with 108 to his credit, and Messrs. J. N. Frye and G. Warren followed, each with a score of 107, The detalls of both matches are appended : Handicap Match. PGi sss. «654465555548 HH Whillier...,...,.,5444445545—44 Bo ani ze §664055455 zee. 4455544 544—44 CO Fosters... E Burleigh...,..... 445444451543 FJ Rabbeth,....... John Borden,,...... 441545434445 wN Frye.__,.-....-.5b55n5i441—46 BC Brench......... iL d445—42 HS Harvis,.......,d¢d05b544-—A5 11 10 12 11 12—110 11 12 11 it 10—108 10 12 10 11) 10—107 9 12 11 12 1W—107 10 11 it 12 11—106 10 11 1 12 10—104 11 WwW 8 10 S—100 GALLERY MATCHBS.—At the Magnolia Rifle and Pistol Gallery, Boston, the following ave the prize winners 1u the November rifle atches : me Amateur Rifle Match. Mr. W. H. Norcross wins first prize, a Ballard rifle, with the score as tollows : WM Norcross..49 49 49 49 49-245 GU Later......4S 48 49 49 49048 Geo Walters...48 48 48 49 50-243 8 Foge......... 47 47 47 48 48—237 All Conier’s Rifle Match. BF Richardson4s 48 48 40 49242 HK Hind........, 48 48 48 48 45—240 W M Norcross..48 43 45 49 49242 R, Schaefer....47 47 48 45 48—235 All Comer’s Pistol Match. Fd Rabbeth.,.....66 §9 90—265 J Ames.............84 8&5 Sh—255 dH Willlams...... $6 ST Ss—21 Amateur Pistol Match. W M Noreross,..... 81 S4 84—249 B Hind...........,,76 FT 80—283 MAMMOTH GALLERY.—Bosion, Mass., Dec. 2.—The attendance at the Mummoth Gallery has greatly increased during the past week. Some very large scores have been made, Many are entering iheir names for the prize shooting for Lhe month of December. No clean cores have yet been made this yeek. ER, Mas3,, Dec, 2.—At the last shoot of the Rifle Club at te Hapuathek Range, less than a dozen tried their hind with the rifie. The conditions were two rotinds of ten shots each, Creedmoor and Inch ring targets combined, distance 209 yards, off hand. Tne score Will tell the story: R. Cc. R, £ pols. LISWOYPEH. vee ceesscetersse ne sy 44 90 9—SD a Arathows igseee ee ey. 83 at BS 45 166—88 Jd Ee Newhon.......-<-. sass see BD 46 7a 42 164—s8 44 14 45 153849 46 TL 43 153—S9 46 62 at 143 —00 41 $4 45 141—86 43 69 42 141—85 47 53 41 138—38 LL RIVER, Dec, 2, 1851.—The Fall River (Mass.) Gun Club held a praetles sioot this alternoon, but, it not being the regular shooting day, but few members were present. The following 1s the score: First Match—10 balls. 9 J M Wood,...-..... “EW Buffinton.... AB) tess tere setae = -8 J Burden, Jr....... Second M es Was : FRUGIL pep cide el tel seseuepeeeed Vallentine,........ AaB A959 5786 aed fete severe WO0d 200... er iapeabeccees ars BOrdeny 52),455505.5 Pe re ey ee ee Tles on 4, en twee gine ale ole soles 0 1—1 Berden......... seceeaeeeeee CO " cage OELOT) Doge A td eo utd ond tcs: Lis Pena g, & ‘Borders }iyi4 is Be rE ig we Valentina yk a ee cds = os Peery: Tles on 4, Bufinton ........+.. Oo 1 1 1a Wood ....0....eeeeecs.. Withdrew Valentine ....-. Hy uo 11 0% Fourth M Aiea balls. r ale aye ata 3 FALL sale cew ten smat wens sone eeeneene Manta cite ETA TES TT etree Minas occu me Wee Wood ..2,-..-.3- 6 Se Shalls. e PVAIGDDING <. fostsegia elects aleafeh s/s ‘ A iGttot tito tee cos isos Bifinton ,.... Saisie) RW OUtL Pa statdiots spleens Weeden maleic br 0 BOVIS tebid bass. dermis prune Ties on 4, BOTA apy osc tislekiaiies.s eters Q—0 Hallic,:eee.s-ee-1 1 1 1 (-4 Buitinton,..,.,--..1 1 1 1 1-5 The Fall River Gua Club would like to shoot a friendly match with 4, team of six or elght from any club In the State,--T. 8. Hy TROY RIFLE CLUB.—Troy, Pa. Noy. 28. Regular weekly match at Oreedmoor target, 40 rods, off hand: AC Panning..,.....44¢54324453—8T J H Baldwin... HJ Hul..... f4ddht4s4—4A0 MeCallum.. GA Greégory....... 438242454435 8 T White Match shot Nov 80: a eereeeeee ss A5558d4d L2) HALL... eee ey eee - Ad ddd Wiese: pecegaeee cBddSERd3—34 MuCallum.,.........4b408d48494—84 Fanning. .......-- ~ fb45504444—198 GEOL ,..., 2-4-5. ABA ASBH—3S Williams. .....+..+--8604353633—39 ~ 43434 14333—35 6559253845 —06 ADA A0842—30 twenty birds, ten yards rise, and In all between sil and 900 birds were Shot at, both traps being képt in opération during the afternoon. Messrs. O. F, Winthrop atid H. Ray divided the honors, each scoring eighteen birds out of the twenty fired at. Mr. D, Kirkwood took Lhird place with seventeen birds, aid Messrs, W. 2. Witherell and E. W. Fottler were tied, each with sixteen birds to hls credit, The complete record of the day is as follows: U, Fy Winthrop, 18; Hl. Ray, 18; D, Kirkwood, 17; W. B. Witherell, 16; EB, W. Fottler, 10; 1. A, Thomas, 14; J. W. Farrington, i4; FA, JOHNSON, 14; S. 8. Smith, 14; W. K. Purrington, 14; ©, B, Gove, 14; 1. Gur(is, 13; H.C. Gove, 13; J.8, Sawyer, 12; A, KB, Robinson, 12; §.G, Brown, 11; J. Franels, 11; H. Donovan, 10; R. ©. Butisticld, 10; TH. Kobson, 9; HB. Meleham, 8, ZBUTLER, RIFLE CLUB—207 Bowélry, New York,—Thirtcenth competition for the silver cup match; ten shots per man; possible 50; Creedmoor target; fallery distance: C. Judson 49, M. B. Engel 45, P. G. Penning 4%, M, Dorler 45, J. Dutel 48, @, Schurmann 47, A. Hoges 46, J. Levy 46, D. Miller 45, W. Klein 45, A. Lober 44. NEWARK, N. J.—The rifle tournament of the associated clubs be- gan Monday evening, Dec. 5, ab the Frelinghuysen range, No, 159 Market street. The Prelmghuysens lead off. Ly the new arrange- ment each lub shoots aloné, and at the énd of the tournaments tle total scores are compared. —_—_—_++9-=. _____ THE TRAP, MARLEORO?! VS. MIDDLESEX.—Dec. 2% Club mutch at glass balls between the Middlesex Sportsman's Club, of Cambridge, Mass, and the Marlboro’ Sportsman's Club, of this place. Teams of elevei men under the tollowlng conditions: Hightegn yards rise, 10 balls {rom Card rotary tarp, reinforced spring, 5 balls trom 3 Bogardus iraps seb 5 yards apart and throwing to a common centre, The math waa shobat Watertown, Mass., on the rrounds of the Middlesex Club: Middlesex Team. Rotary Trap. Three Traps. Wm 4H Martin....... seosesd LEDILID TDW 1111 115 FA Johnson... peece belo UT AW Tat To es Tats RF Schaefer, , iS ripe Maka bei Slab st Ig Ira Taylor... -LIL1TO10111—8 01111-42 A P Jol... LL10L111110—-7 1110 0-19 W HT Harrison -L1121101711—9 141711—4 CF Morse,.,., LOoLO0L1T11—~6 1111 0—W 1H Lamprey VILT0L1L10—7 1411 1-49 Geo Lane,. 1tiiol101—8 11741 4—15 HC Gove. Lidditl1i—w iiriicis HW Law. ALTLI1T1041—10 1111 1-15—146 Marlboro’ Team, Rotary Trap, Three Traps. WH Eager..y...,---. 205 eeeelDL1411217—10 16121214 FB Gleason.. Soqu D e a) —16 DI TOWES, cclese eo, ieee oe LO1A11T111—-8 1111 Ff A Marshall, TTTLL1t11— 1111014 P L voliins... LT170721111—9 01401 1-18 AD Johoason.,.-;-<,-....-.. 111) 112111—16 101774—4 TH EMELOW.E dele ctewelerle st Weeteieretas VLiLiL1191 lw Tu y1 1-14 OB Brush..... sovsecesesesordl UL OD bt ied tid f2ne W_H Lelghton, J ALTEVILT11710—-0 1111444 ‘i J Beanary... TTD11111121—-10 12 114—-%5 HS Fay... T111112112-0 1471 145-152 ALGONQUIN GUN CLUB.—Regular seml-montliy contest ut Gls balls, Dec. 1, 18s1 : J Damseith, 27 yardg....,-.121111111411014111411 1-19 J Hanna, 87 yards,...... -LITSOLTOLLIL1VLL10O1bOT1 OY Dr Griswold, 24 yards......2111001010111110014 1—14 Dr Wilson, 18 yards....,.... LOZTTLICGLTITO110111101 1-45 J Male, 21 yards......... .0170121111111110010) 01-4 J Corcoran, 18 yards,.:..;-..0107110010010101611 0-0 7H Hii, 2) yurds......... sLLALI TOOT IO1 P11 tig oe J Montgomery, 2l yards.....212271121311111411110101 047 W Casebeer, 15 yards....... 0161010111111010110 6-i3 EJ Sauer, 2 yards........00170111T 0011010111011 In_a match at-pigeons Male, Wilson, Damselih, Hil, Ferrall, Landie, Keller, Griswold and Auld killed their ten birds stralght, 21 yarus rise. The rest of thé embers made a yery fair average; skx out of ten birds. Number of members shooting—yp, Answers to Gorresponilents. NO NOTICE TAKEN OF ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS, Boston CORRESFONDENT,—See answerin another eolumn to your inquiry about relative velocities of sound and rife ball, A. CG. 8., Worthington, Mass.—We send you copy of our Pamphlet on the so-called Dittmar sporting powder. Read it carefully, A. N.J.—We would not recommend the amputation unless the tail is decidedly too long, but if properly performed it will notin ure him, T. H. D., Sioux City, Towa.—Where van I obtain a pure blood- hound bitch or 4 New Ulm hound? Ans, Write to Dr. Al Watts, Beaton, Mass, A. C. L., Madison, Ind.—Please state who tt was that used to adver- tise wild rice for sale, and “oblige, yours yery respectfully, Anz. Valentine Bros., Janesville, Wis.; Chas, Gilchrist, Port Hopi, Ont, Guass BALLS.—Please answer the following: A, B, U, D and & en- gaged In a sweepstake match at 5 balls each, 3 prizes, class shooting. A breaks 5, 4, Cand D breaks 4 each and E misses them all. Whois entitled to3d prize? Ans. B. G. W. A., Oneonta.—I haye a setter dog 16 months old. fe will fetch a glove ora piece of peuet but when TI am out shooting with him and kill a bird he will it, but will not fetch ip, What will 1 do with him? Ans. See articles on training in our kennel columns in current numbers. G. W. B., Houston, Texas.—* The Roman Traitor 1s a novel writ. teo by William Henry Herbert (frank Forester) and published by . B. Peterson & Bros, who also publish Herbert's other works; The mistake of giving the credit ot Herbert's works to that other distinguished American author, * Will Wildwood," was, oder the olrcumstances, natural, H, J. K., Elizabeth.—My dog, an English setter, is about 7 years old, For quite a while he has been troubled with a cough and and a desire to vomit after he takes any éxercise. Alter cou hing a while hetries to votalt, but never raises anything ;heis wellevery other way and keepsin good condition. His cough sounds ike the cough of a dog with distemper, but he shows no signs of that disease. Ans. Examine throat forinfiammation or some obstruction, or the trouble may be worms, Je A S., TR. Tivoll, N. Y.—1. Will you please tell me the difference between the Thames style of Hy-fishing and the Nottingham and Cuttyhunk style? 2% CanIgeta good double barreled breech-load- ing shot-gun for $45? Ans. 1. None of the styles mentioned are used in fiy casting, but all are balt casts. ‘The “Thames style” is a cast with the line coiled in the hand, oron the ground at the feet The ‘* Nottingham” and the * Cuttyhunk” styles are thesame; the former ig the English and the latter the American name for casting with a stiff rod from the reel. ‘Che bait: is reeled close to the tip ofa seven or elgbt foot rod and is cash by a strong effort with both hands from & free running reel, which must be watched that it does not overrun. See reports of Coney Island,and English tournaments. 2, Yes, SETTER 8, New York.—I have a sctter puppy, elght months old, wlio Was ulfiisted with mange. Aweekorso ago l used Mange Care on him seemingly with good results. About two or three weeks ago I first noticed that he shovk his héad quite frequently, He also Bcratohes considerably in the region of the ears. 1 tailed to see any signs of mange, therefore made up my mind that it was internal, yet could see neither pimple nor sore there, I have washed out the ears with lukewarm water four or tive times. Aiter drying-I poured Ina little olive oll This seemed to relieve hlm some, yet he siiil shakes. 1. Are these symptoms that of Internal canker, or simply of an in- flammuation? % His discharge is not yery soft or watery, but it has a bloody appearance. The smaller the discharge the bioodler it Is. It often has the appearance of rose gum-drops, Nose cold and ee Appetite good. Ihave given him some sulphur last week, yet this did not seem to make things any better or worse. Ans. 1, It is in- ternal canker, ‘Iry the following: Take equal parts of laudanum and bromo-chloralum diluted with six times their welght of water und pour 4 little into each ear datly, holding them still and Knead- ing the base of the ear for 8 minute or two, 2, This may result from Sublects has ¢qualled *'Vhe American Angier's Book," by Tha Norris, The lash edition was published in 1865, and if, 1s nei hot entirely, oli of print. It was published by a firm th Phila now out of business, and the plates md odd yolumes were bo by Porter & Coates, of thatnéchy, The pics was tlvé dollars, 1, large octavo ol 701 pages with numerous en: ravings and chapta jodnnd tly making. Norris was one of tle lew older angling wr who had some knowledge of loli yolopy, therefore hu knew wh: related forms of cértaln lishes were ani thelr feorraphical dish tion, Sialso @ practical rod and fly maker as well ag @ fin angler. He had a tiuduf humor wileh makes his book Yeadal those but slightly interesied in fishicg. TWallock’s * Sportsning Gazetter” contains 17314 mo, pages on bhe fishes of North Ametip with directions tor their capture, besides #5 pages of tly-Making mf fishing, efc., and omeh yaluable matteron vatoplig out. he” tag Is What its name implies and Includes ile birds anid MAMMaAls py sued For sport, gut and camp lore, cic. The price 1g three do and Can be had at tiils office, Henshall's Book of the Black {5 0n a Special subject and the best thiny of its kind; price lars, at this office. “The Game fish of the United States,’ Dy Kilbourne and G@, Brown Goode is the most beautitul thing @ kit. Large folio lithographs in water colors; published by Qh Scribner's Sons, New York, price fifty dollars. See reylew iL our op ums of Noy. 24. : I <2. The man who can see sermons in Tunning brooks ig apt to go and look for them on Sundays when troy biting.— Auchunge. Under the will of the late Lord Leconfield, the pre Eono Answrrs.—Short-sigh(ed Swell (to Gameleeper, wij has been told off {0 see that, he ‘‘makea a bag”): * Anoély hit, Wiggins! By the way—rom thing—always seem hear a shot somewhere behind me just after I fire!” Wie gins (stolidly): °* Yes, sir, ‘zactly 20, sir. Wuonoerfle plan for echoes this ‘ere, sir!"—Puneh, Bachting and Canoeing. Tr We niust not seek in ameasurement rules to tax ohat tines spout the reaultor finished boot, but what gives apeed before the Ehapi dlements of the boat have been determined upon, anit thats the ane bulk given the builder to handle, thereby loving hin a free. chugs in respect as to dimensims, location of butk and one and all the yelat boat, ballast, sutls, resistdner, weatherliness, éle,, ete. Only in they ynodel left entirely unfettered, Only tn this way is an cobsotutely ie wonpurison of results possible, : Be Uhe chitrges we make against measuring by length are these: : First—Tt fosturs recognition of oe type only, doting with prejuik against all Forms of & nwderate order. Second.—In mnatehing boats uf diferent farms, sich ws eutler and Mim or in general, large and amall boats on a piven length, it 40 severe Wogically hanidtedps the siualler bout es to qrrautically prohitit he ning, creating thereby a false standart: us extellence, (onl Siurthevin sound deductions from yacht raciny, reniering the instructive fen, the sport nugatory, eA yacht US ft. waterline, with 6 ft. overland, 18 made to anit My, mean length rule atdlft. Lf the size of the yache be taken as ten ton will have to sal wt mo length implying w jietitious size of thirteen thirdtons, Thatta to suy, an overhaig uf about held a ton ds as: though equal to an increase in bulk in the boly of the Vout senen ti great! Assuming the value of overhany in von tributing to power | speed to be one half that af an equecl amownt continually im play tf Uh body of the boat and the mean length rule is foun to vale sizein the af cuerhany, fourteen tines tod large. It ascribes te one ton of open the value of fourteen tons of bout proper! It scems time that w pale void of sound deduetion in the firat place, anal missing the rmark by like oa af fowrlean to one should be laughed out of exiatence, 4 t3~ Taxes ay upon displacement ave Wlogteal in detuetion, era hune free choisein the selection of isplncement and yachts ‘a upon ther qherits in this respect da wellas im all vthare a per tai form aad its attendant apportionment. Stig dtoyical.to denucnl in venue For Shurt comings tr displacement fully aa much ws to ask for allt ances for (lifferenues i Tings, length, dragl, dbote-water body, or Ths most beneficial wmount of displacement is a question of design 7 much ts length andis therefore not a legitimate basis for comparive —e+—+—_- LENGTH MEASUREMENT NOY SOUND, T H equity of length rules rests upon the assumption tha boats of equal length haye inherently aqual Capacity torihe opment of speed inder allelroumstances, In conformity with ¥ they fail to discern any difference in the unequal powers of & \ It. long, 6 1b. wide and 8 ft. deep and a sloop of the same length 16 ft. wide and Gf, deep. ‘wosuch boats are made an even for thelr aceldental or Lrreleyant correspondence tnfone partleulir mension, without auy regard fo the relations of tha remalning. This 1s an assumed equity, he soondness of which 1s so flatly ut dicted in every-day experience {hat we do not transgress propr In characterizing length Mules as fallacies, and in demanding repeal In view of their clumsy UufitMess ‘or the just mateling productions OF builders starting with different ioltial opportunites asin the case cited by way of illustration, - or. MEASUREMENT REDUCED TO HARD PAN, rpas legitimate purpose of time allowance is not to walgit holnts of f Hnlshed hoxt found contibuting to her apeed, Dil neutralize sttperlor opportunities for their display enjoyed boat over another at the outset, 10 order that a true estimate relative speeds may be obtained, uncolored by an Initial ad haying no connection with model—that is, with form or plano This primary advantage is the bullc juclosed by tlie outside of the boat, considered a5 a quantity only, without reference disposition In the structure or its assignment in affording sta and other (juallties either by weights, Volumes, areas or linen d slons. The yarying disposition and use made of the bulk are math model and planning, the comparative merits of which constitu problem to he solved by yachtracing, and sre not legitimates for taxation, since @ tax Imposed upon any features of design & removes the possibility of an unvwelghted competition tn that re the length, the beam, the depth, the displacement, draft, B and ifs location, sail area, character oriines, freeboard, overhang 6te., are one and ull questiois seftlud by the bullder’s choice, all thelr magnitude and-physival Influence are by him derived ini yery first place from the use of bulk, which Is the ultimate store Uno Which he draws for their orizin. _ All such points must bé held absolutely exempt trom tax wi regard to \helr effect or effictency—hecause of them each partlil model is made ap as a whole, But the eleinentary opportunity affording indulgence im sia poluts 1s always the bulk employed In thelr fashioning, Differences tn whe amount of bulk impressed constitute tie ll quulities In the initial opportunities of seyeral bullders, and are! Lnat reason the only legitimate and lopical diferancés upon wil lime must be granted for an Unblassed comparison of the world! the polnis aelected In the modela we wish.to test by racing, — —— _ — Drormner 8, 1881 ] FOREST AND STREAM. 377 The reader, ansious fo possess a clear, succinct appreciation of this subject, 1s requested to read the toregolne slowly wd with care, for Gath sentence and every word is welghted with a meaning to be Tally grasped in all its bearmes for a complete understanding of What Wwe dré advancing us the only admissible foundation Jor all equitable schemes of measuremen|—a comparison by bulk or a short- ont rule suflictently approximate In Its gauging of DLE to be aceept- ed as a substinite. oh HOW TO RACE MADGH FAIRLY, LBditer Korest and Stream : 1 hive been reading your paper regularly on account of the interest T take In yeehting, and have taken a great interest in the yacht Madge matter, As you favor tlie Madge’s performance greatly, and on aecount of er tonuave being less (lian her competitors she is Allowed to be doing wonders lu your way of seeing it, and as you are, 6 doubt, expressing your honest views without fear or tayor, I crust you will elye mine o like chance in your paper, AT least &i0CHs O£ lie Madgze's tonnage is below her water line, while fully 5-10tlis of her competitors’ (onnage Is above their water Tine, and In The Shadow’s case fully &1ths above her water line, aod sheistaxed for the full amount. Then tuking in consideration the length of the Maige, Which 1s about ten feetlonyer (han the Shadow’s, Tuam surprised to see our yachrsinen handivapping themselves, anu being beaten more by the shrewdness of the canny Scot then tn any other way and having 1b advertised as a natloual defeat when, in rewity, we Dave beeu duped, Thavye a yacht which T propose to sail against thée/Madge anotier season If she visits our waters, cut 1 want Tlie tonpage Of my craft and the Madge figured only on what |s below the water line or on the aciual water ime leper, wilh one-fourth the bhai added and ogethird the after overhang added. Ef that cannot be accepted, Messrs. Hutchins & Prior, boat builders of long standing At Clty Polit, oer to build a cratt for F460, agreeing that she shall beat the Madge in bwo races oufof three or consider it no sale or their Gratf, and wil blod themselves to that agreement provided the pur- chaser will xeTee Wo buy her if she accomplishes her purpose, a UB. {t 1s tue that the Madge displaces more water than the sloops she heat, and she also carries more ballast. If time allowance were granted on displacement, Instead of allowlng the sloops, the latter could more reasonably be asked to pay to the Madge, as it is much more dificult and much more creditable to driyealarge body through the water with the same area of sail than a small body. In this light the performance of tha Mudge appears even more brilliant than in any other, But busing allowances or drawing inferences upon dis— placement is 1ogical, and Cannot be entertained for this plain reason, ‘he displacement of a boat, whether large or simul, is allovether op- tional with the modeler—is, in fact, one of the elements of the boat springing from his own free choice. It the designer of the Madge has selected large displacement put Into A fine, oasy Shape fo drive, while our builders have preferred small displacement aud a form of great Sall sarrylng power, each class has toliowed its own bent and adopt- od what was deemed most advantageous to speed. Five ininntes before the firat race with the Madge in our waters all sylnpathizing with the American side helt hat the outter bad no chince wih our boats for the vey reason pial shea displaced so much. Ti now, after tuial, her large displacement 15 aited ws the cause of her wiontug, itisan acknowledgment that large displacement ts supe- rior tO the Hehter welght of our own boats; in other words, tliat the Madge won upon a preferable choles in the make-up of her model— for displageient is quite as much a point of model as fine lines or auyihing else. To place a tax upon her excess of displacement is to tax a particular feature of her design, thereby penailzing the designer of Madge for having made a more successtul selection than those who shaped our sloops—the choice of displacement being equally free to all converned—a proceeding wileh woulll certainly be without a trace ofeqully, We have deliberately chosen Weht ballast; the for- elgner bas equally deliberately préeterred heavy welgbt. A trial is brought ADOUL, and, manifestly, tle loser has no righic to squeal on acvouat of differences whith were ot his own making. Hefore the firat victory of Madge had pone ioto history nota builder ia América bul who would have preferred livht displacement, for speed: and eyen to this day the majority still sdhere to the fallacy that vo be fast a boat must *Ssall uyer the water,” because “the further you go down the more resistance you tnd.” Certainly adherents of such a creed ought not only not [6 demand time frum the Madge but, in conso- nance with their theories ought to concede hera rew hours overa forty mile course. Our Gompirison of the cutter and her opponents was rightfully based wpou the bulls ot the whole body of the boats, as such a meas- urement takes no togoizance of either welghls or balances, all of whieh constitute model. Under bulk measurement these remain untaxed, anfi are lett entirely t6 the preoilection of each Individual, so that comparative races between thelr productions may be settled by the merits and demerits of the proportions and Torm chosen, the welghis putinto ber ind the balances of volumes and areas giyun the boat. Lo tax displacement 1s tixlug a merit or demerit, To tax elther ja wilhoutl equity and, therefore, not permissible. Comparisons fu this journal are Invariably founded opon measurement by bulk, beacause only on such 2 basis can strictly impartial and logical deduc- tions be Inabituted. We trust we haye made tt plain to our correspondent why poloting to the greater displacement of the Mudge as a solution of her greater xpeed and splendid seqg-golng qualities is oothtog else tha an in- dorsement ob her design in this respect, and that ler yictorlés can jose nothing of hel’ Importor Drillianey on the score of excess In thisregard. On the contrary, eyen higher praise Is her due for belng “ble tO beat our boats with no larger sails or bulk of body, while vartying much greater weirht. Ho will find the +c.tchmiin much too canny to fall a victim to such an absurdity as Salllng On mean length, and matching on displace: mentis too illogical & propusilion ta obtain his ear. he builder of our correspondent’s yacht hus fixed her displacement the best he knew how, and allowances for the same aro totally out of order, The yacht must meet the Madge on her merits and cannot demand indul- nee for shortcemings in displacement any more than in “ lines” or nareaorsail If‘ Linb? wishes to win a race simply upon @ techni- cullty or s0mne Measurement jugelery his proposition is plausible enough. But, like ourselves, we believe that he desires to get at the bottom facts and an honest estimate of his boat's model pitted against the Madre. In that case, tis quite as much a legitimate matter tor solution whether his under water and above water bodies have been as well-proportioned as those of the cutter, and he can see that, in nis demand tor measuring under water body only, he is at one swoop forastalling a verdict wpon one of Lhe most vital questions in yacht modeling, Ayath, he will readily seé the wonderful unselfish- ness of his proposition to bring to the mateh a great, bly, powerful sail carrying body ahove water sgainst the smaller volume or the cuiter, while, at the same time, insisting upon being pald for differ- gnces In the remaining portions of the yacht. ‘The Scoichman will be found too level-headed todall into such a trap, and small blame to hin, Flually, had our correspandent glyen a few moments’ thought to our article on the “* Principles of Measurement,’ reproduced tor the third time last week, he could have discovered a full answer to all the adyances ha males, and bait he read with proper eara the pars graphs printed at the head of these columns tor several weeks he would have refratned trom coming to the front with oft refuted super- ficialities anent diiTerences in length. 9 AMERICAN GANOR ASSOCIATION, HE following is 2 copy of the constlintion and by-laws submitted to the Exegubive Committee of the American Canoe Association for their approval by thé sub-committee appointed at the last Qongress. After recelving thelr approval a copy will be sent to each member of the A, G. A, fur a tinal vole. Members desiring 1o make any sliggestions may send them as sovn as possille {oO the Chairman of the slib-committee, G. L. Morse, 140 Nassau atreet, N. Y. As some important alferations and additions have been made a few words of explanation may not be out of place, As to Articles Tl, and IIL ob the constitution, lt bas been found so dificult to define a canoe, and s0 many have desired to Jom the association, whose boats are not stvicily canoes, thatit has been thought desirable to so extend the linith aS to take in all who are@ anlmoted by (hat love ot outdoor iite and adventure that Marks the Canoelso, Without regard to the exact models of thelr craft. At the same time in must be understood that, 70 map will be culled on te race his Ganoe against a boat, or that Lhe original idea of encouraging what is génerally known as *' Canoeing,” will bein the least lost sightof Tn drawing up the classification in Rule, (Sailing Rerulations) the attempt has been made to separate Lhe canoes now io use Into several distinct and well-marked Classes, fll boats in Gach class or sub-class to ba capable Of raciig with ¢ach oLher with colerable fairness, and In xing diinensions to limit only the size, and in no way Model. As the main object of the races 1s to encourage cruising boats, And As mosh Canoes entering have first trulsed to the lute, the rule is intended to discountenancs deep-ixed keols, outriggers for hangloy ballast on, and all contrivances that impair the eruising qualities. Those who desire to bulld outside of the rile for nuy Yeason are wt Iberty iG do So, Dut must pay the penalty iB not betpg allowed to race, AS an Instance, among five or Bis Canoes enterei lastseason, all of one model and size Inch, was one with a, plates of Iron some six tuehes deep, bolted to the keel, giving a great ndvaninge in windward work, bnt as no one was coMpeleot LO say Whath Allowanco she should give, the majority of four or five were really handicapped instead of The one, At preset Our CANOES Vary £O greatly Coat tuere will be many that are without the rule, but as tair an allowance as possible will be made to them W allow them to compete, while tf all néw canoes built will conform, a8 thy easily may, to lhe rule, by 1883 we muy hope to have each Giuss well’ filled with boats of nearly Whe sanie size, but. of a variety of models and rigs, We may hope In the fature to see new elasses added in tha way of larger craft, for all of which races will be ar- TROged 45 5000 as Chough Of a Kind ave present lo wake an interest ing contest. e OONSTITUTION Of THE AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. Bei 1.—This association will be called ihe American Canoe As- atlon, Art. ¥.—Its object Is to unite ail omateur sailors who eruise in Smntll crate tor purpy ses of pleasure, hualth or exploration; by weans Of meetings tor busine-s, bivouac, padding, sailing aud racing; and by keeploy logs of voyages, revoras of walerways, and routes, de Liulls, druwligs and dimensions of Doats, and collections of maps, charts and books. Art. j.—A boat to be entered on the books of this ass clatlon, and to confer a yote on her o\wner, shall no) exceed two tons twtal dis- plucement, aud may be propelledin any manner, provided she is capable of belong handled efhciently by one i0; bot to enter the Traces of this association se Must conform to the rules laid down in the Sailing Regulations, ATL. 4.—Any persoh may become a member of Liits assoclation who hus been elected by 4 majority vote o| the Hxecutlve Committos, Art. 6,—Hovorary members may be Blected by a Uhanimous vote of the Executive Colimittee. Art. é,—Uhe officers of this association shall be a Commodore, Yice-Comrmaodore, Rear Commodore, wilh a Secretary and a 'Treas- urer. ‘hey shall be elected by valiot at the anuudl Congress and shall hold offive untllihe udjournoment of the Congress ab which their successvrs are elected. Art. 7. —The officers of this association and three active members elected at large shali constinute the Executive Commlittes of the as- sociation. ‘Tney shall have the general government of the sssocia- ion and the power to elect members. Arb, §.—1t shall bethe duty of Lhe Commodore to take command of the squadron and camp, to presidé at the mestings and to enforce all laws and regulations. Within thirty days of bis election he shall ap- point a Regatta Committee of three. Art. 9, The Vice and Rear Commodores shall assist the Commodore in the discharge of his duties. In his absence the Vice Commodore, if present, if nop the Kear Commodore, shall oiticiaté in his stead. Art. 10.—It shall be the duty of the récrelary aod Treasurer to keep a record of the proceedings and of all meetings of this assncla- lon, to keep a vorrect, roll of all members, to notiiy each Member of his élecllon and Lo forward Lo him two copies of blanks for reporting Canoes ANd on return of same to fle them, to print each year the as- sociation Book and forward one copy to euch member, and to recelye all moneys due the assoclation, to pay all bills passed by the HKxcu- ae Committee, and to make a report ol the huarces ab lhe annual JONETeSS. Arf. 11,—Thigs Constitution can ba amended at any meeting during the annual Congress, provided the amendment be recommend-d by the Executive Committee and also recelyes a two-third yous of the membels present at the meeting. BY-LAWS OF THK AMERIOAN CANOK ASSOCIATION, Article 1.—Hach niember on his election shall pay to the Treasurer the sum of 21,00 entrance fee and $1.00 4s dues tor the ensuing year. Buch subsequent annual payment shall be $1.00 and shall be payable at the aunual Congress. If not pald within two months thereafter the Secretary shall notify the members, and lf at the end of one moath more if is still Unpaid, the Membership shall be forfeited and the member's nume siridken Irom Lhe voll, No sass¢ssment shall be levied for any purpose whatever. Art. 2.—A incteting for business, bivouac and racing shall be held in Sram of each year, the date to be fixed by the Executive Commit- (88, Arf. 3.—The assoclation slynal shall ba a pointed burgee, the breadth we two-thirds the length, the size lor canoes betog 10x16 invhes ; the fleld of red with & lougiludinal white stripe one-firth the Width, bearing the letters A. ©. A. in red. Art. 4.—The Commodore will carry 4 swallow tailed pendant 10515 inches, blue tleld with white square of 8 Inches on each sidein tbe upper corner. The Vice-Commodore will carry a similar pendant with a red Held, and the Kear Commodore one with a red square on a white field. Art. i.—The Secretary shall publish, after the annual Congress in each year, * The Association Book,” contalning the Constitution, By- laws, and Sulling Kegulations, lists of ollicers, members and of all bouts belonging to the association, aud shall send a copy to each mem- ber, the reuiainder to be sold for the benefit of the association. Art, #.—Each canoe shall have a distinguishing signal, rectangular in shape, 10x15 inches,a drawing of which must be tied with the secretary. The association signal shall be carried at the peak of the orainsall, thie officer’s or private signal Immediately below it, club signals at discretion. Art, 7,—It shall be tie duty of the Regatta Committee to prepare and publish, not later than June i, an order of races for the annual Tegatta, Lo superintend the iaying oun and buoying of courses, to provide the prizes, to appoint judges, starters and time keepers, to apportion time allowances and to décide all protests. They shall POST The coursé and conditions of each rae In Some prominent place one hour before the race is called, shall furnish to the Secretary & record of the same, and shall have entire control of the raves of this assoclation, Art. § The uniform of this association shall consist of a blue shirt mud trowsers, white belt and straw hat. The Gommonore shall wear three rows of old lace on each slesye, the Vice Commodore two, and the Rear Commodore one. , Art. 9. Eath member shall send in to the Secrétary by October ihof each year a record of such cruises as he may Haye mule, noting especially The condition of such Water as he may have crulaed om, rapids, dums, shoals, food and bad Gamp ground and all ltems of value Lo other canoelsts, Art, 10, These by-laws may be amended by of the Executive Committee, excepting Ar altered by a vote of the association. SAILING REGULATIONS OF THE AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCTATION, Rule 1, Cangas to pans in the races of this association must comé within the limits of one of the following elasses and must be sharp ut both ends, with no counter stern or transom : (lass 1, Paddling Canovs,—Single, A, decked cacogs, length not Over 15 Tech, beam not under 24 inches; B, birch bark and similar cunoes, 00 limit. Doubie, birch bark and simflar canoes, no limit. Class J—Sallable and Paddling Ganoes,—A, Single, keel as in class 3; decked canoes, length not over 16 feet, beam not over 27 Inches; B, ** Petarboro” canoes, length not over 15 feet, beam not over 23 Inches. Double—Peterboro not over 16 feet by 30 inches, Olass 3, Sailing and Paddling Canoés.—Canoes In this class shall not exceed ia feet in length with a Umit of beam for that length of ¥7 Inches, which beam may be Increased in the proportion of ly Inches to every Toot of length decreased. The greatest) depth at tureend of well from under sidé of deck amidships to Inner side of garboard neXt the keel shall not exceed 16 Inches. The keel outside of gathoard shall not exceed 2 inches in depth including a metal band of not oyer & inch In depth. The Lotal weight of all centreboards shall not exceed 60 pounds, when hauled up they must not project below the keel band, and they must not drop more than JS inches below keel Dand, or if over one-half the length of the canoe, more than 6 Inches; welght of canoe in raqiug trim, not over 150 pounds, Including ballast. Class 4, Paddleable salling Canoss.—Limif of size, centreboards, etc., as in Glass 4, but no limit of welghe. Note |, Measurements.—The length shall ba taken betwasn per- pendiculars at fore side of stem and atterelde of sternpost at deck, the beam al the widest part, nor including beading. Note 2. * Peterboro" Capoes.—This tithe includes thea Canadian Canoes Dullt in the vicinity of Peterboro; Rice Lake, Herald, English, Stephenson, ete, Note 3. No limit has been fixed for double canoes In classes 3 and 4, but they as well as larger canoes will be classed as soon a3 they Are present to sufficient numbers to make additional races. Note 4. Canoes not conforming exavtly to these unilts may be ad- mitted toa class on a time allowance fixed by the regatta comimit- tee, or if suilidlent of one kind are present, extra races will be added. Kule 2. None but members of the American Cano@ Association shall be eligible to enter ifs races, and no boat Shall enter that is not enrolled on Lhe secretary’s books, with its dimensions, efo,, and no member who 151) arrears fo the association shall compete im any Yace or Clim apy prize while such arrears remain unpald. Rule 4. All entries must be in writing on the blanks provided, and must be handed ia to the regatta committee within such ume as they may direct. : Rule 4, Every canoe entering, except for an upset race, shall carry a private signal 10 by 15 inches on & stall forward when padditog and ithe peok of the matnsall when suiling, and no other flag shall be carded during a race, with keels of one the vote of a majority 1, which shall only be Rule 5. Plags of three patterns shall be given for first, seaond and Uiuird prizes in these races, and no other prizes shall be given, Out prizes donated for special races or competitions wiay be accepted, at ibe distretlon of the regatta commiteae. No prize of mouey shall be raced for. kule t, A “ Novice? shall be any member who has ncver won a first or sedond prize in any club or assamfalion race. Rule 7. The corse, mode of turning shakeboats, und oll direatiozs Tor each race shall bé posted by the vegatoa conimittee on au bulletia board one hour before the race is called, and any competitor not Knowing the course, or mistaking tt, or not following these rules, does so athisownrtsi: Stakeboats and buoys will be left on port hand, when not stated distinctly to the contrary. Rule 8. No pllotage or direction from any boat or from the shore shall be aliowed, and any one receiying such assistance may be disqualified. Rule 9. Any canoe fouling another shall be disqualified. It shall be considered a foul if after the race has commenced, and a vom- petitor by his canoe, paddle or person, shall come in contact with the canoe, paddle or person of any otier competitor, unless tn the optn- lon of the Judge such contact is so slight as coh to influence the race. Ti case of & foul the nou-fouilny canoe must go over the course, in order to Claim the race. Byery cunoe must stind by Its own aceluents. Rule 10, Should the owner of any cance duly entered for arace consider that he has fair ground for complaint against another canoe he mist give notice of the same before leaving his boat on the finish of the race, to the judge or regatta committee, and must present tha Same in writing to the regatta committees within one hour of hig arrival at ihe finish. ‘The sum of one dollar shall be deposited wiih each protest, to be forfelted to the association should the profest no be sustained, Tharegatta committee shall,itter hearlog such evidence is they may deem necessary, decide the protest ; aid such decision if unanimous, shall be tinal, but it not UNLOIMOUS, An appeal may be Made to the executive commiltee, whose decision shall be tinal. Wo member of elther committee shall take part in the decision of any queslion in whieh heis Interested. In all cases where & proLest 1s lodged on grounds of foul sailing or paddling, evidences of actua Contact shall be necessary to substantiate the protest. The regatta committee shall, without protest, disqualify any canoe which to her Kacwledge has committed a breach of the rules, PADDLING RACES, Rule 1). Paddling races shall bé started by the starter asking “ Are youresdy?” On recelying no answer he shall say ‘‘Go.” If he con- Siders the start unfati' he may recall the boats, and any canoe retus- ing to start ag ‘In shall be distanced, Rule 12,-A canoe’s own water is the straight course from (he station assiyned it at starting; any canoe leaving its own water shalldo soa 1ts peril; but if the stern of one canoe ts clearly ahead of the bow o another, the former may take the water of the latter, which then becomes its own Water, and it shall only leave it at its paril. SAILING RAGES, Rule 1s. The patidle shall not be used in Salling races, except for steering when no rudder ts used, or when the rudder is disabled, tor backstrokés, to leeward Intucking, or for shoving olf when agrouod, afoul of anything, or in extreme danger. Rule 14. Flye mioutes before the start a signal shall be given, and exactly five minutes later a second Signal shall bé given to start, Any canos which crosses to Lhe course side of the starling me priow to the second signul must return above the line, and recross lt, keep- ing out of the why of all competing canoes, using the paddleir yeaes- sary, Dub after the sécond signal all canoes on elbier side of Lhe line shall be améenable to the sailing rules. Canoes May take any position for starting, and prior to the seeond signal may be sailed and worked in any manner—outside aid not allowed. Should circumstances require it, the regatta committee may vary the manner of starting. Rule 13. All shiftable ballast except centreboirds shall be carried within the canoe, and notixed ballast shall be carried below the keel band. Ballast may be shined, but no bajlast shall be taken in or thrown out during o race, Rule 16, A cauoe overtaking another shall keep out of the way of the latter, but when rounding any Duoy or vessel used to mark out ihe course, if two canoes are not clear of each other when the leading canos is close to, and actually rounding the mark, the out- Sid# Gihoe must vive the oller room to pass clear of it, whether it ba to the lee or weather canoe which is in dangerot fouling the mark, No canoe shall be considerad clear of another, unless £0 much ahead ive choice to the other, on which side she will pass An over- aking canoeshall not, however, be justified in atcempling to esrablish an overlap, and thus Jorce @ passa_e belween the leading canoe and the mark, aiter the latter has altered her helm tor rounding. Rule 17. Canoes closehauled on the port tackshall give way to those on the starboard tack. In the event of a collision being imminent, owlng lo the canoe On the port f ck not giving way, the canoe on the starboard tack shalllufl or go about but shall never bear away. A canoe on the porttack compélling 4 cunoe on the starboard tack thus to give way forleits all claim to the prize. Rules. Canoes going tree shall always give way, to those close- hauled on either tack, - Kule 1. When canoes closehauled are approaching a shore, buoy or other obstruction, and are 60 close that the leewardmost cannon tack clear of the Canoe to Windward of her, and by standing on would bein dauger of fouling the obstruction, tlie sanse lo windward shall, on belong requested, go about, aud the canoe requesting her to do’so shall also tauk at once, Rule 2), Should nomore canoes be upproaching 2 weather shore or any obstruction With the wind free, and be 50 close to @ach other, (hat the weathermost one cannot bear away clear of the one to lee- ward of her, and by standing on would be in danger of running aground or of foullng the obstruction, \hen the canoe thet is to lee ward shall, on belng requested, at once heuy away until sufficient room is allowed for The weathermost canos fo clear?he obstruction. Rule #1. A cinoe may lui as she pleases to prevent another canoe passing to windward, but must never bear away out of her course fo prevent the other passing to leeward; the leeside to be considered thaton which the leading canoe of the two carries her mainboom. The overtaking canoe tf to leeward must notluff uniil she has drawh clear ahead of The canodé she has overtakan. Rule 22. A canoe may auchor during «race provided (le anchor Is attached to, or weighed and on board the canoe duly the remainder of Le race. Ruwe 23. These rules may be amended by the Executive Committee, on récommendation of the regatla committee, Cc, L. Norrox, ) G, L. Morse, - Committee, W. P. STEPHENS J 1— RICE LAKE CANOES. N our last issue the types made ‘The Statesman” say in his letter I thal there were twenty-one Rice Lake canoés present, atthe lash Lake George meet, aud later on that the same canoe ts obsolete; for ‘venty-one” read ‘exactly one,” and justice will be done to the sentiments ** The Statesmun” wished to convey, ‘he Rice Lake canoe seems 0 us only a baif-way step between the birch barkot the Abo- rigines and the improved Gano) of modern vlvilizaiton. They are be- coming relics of a by-gone age, and with them the redskin’s singte- binded paddle, Hoth have been shown by competitive Ublals interior fn Speed and cruising qualities In open waters, We Dellave most Owners of these canoes have had them decked, and now put io thetr work with the double blade by preference, The old tice Lakers were bullt of double skins, the inside in strips uthwartships and the outside longitudinally arranged. ‘hey were heavy on account ot much fas- tenlng, became sopgy by leaking and were liable fo decay, ————__+_+#-— DRY AND WET BOATS, Editar Forest and Stream. > The letter of Nep” recently printed tn your paper about cutter belog “drier than sloops is as true as gospel, Only a week ago T had iin excellent opportunity for Making a comparison. Halt the day T was aalling in a cutter of four beams to her leupi; the other halt £ spent on board 4 sloop. The contrast was Most marked, and yery fmuch In favor of the cutter. She was comparatively dry, and always very easy. Only once in Awhile did shy take water over forward but she threw uo spray worth speaking of. In galling in the slough found thinys exceedingly disayreeable. She would spank every little Sea all over har. Itcamé over forward in regular preven sheets, which were taken hold of by the wind and carried att in rapid suucession until every Man In the cockplh was drenched to the and the non at the helm threatened to leave bis post as he recelyed slap after slap in the face, The sloop was twenty-eight feet long and conaldered & very poou boat of her kind. She was not belug driven, bul was uoder reefed Malnsall and small jb. Wave Line. The experience which our correspondent rélates coincides exactly with our Own lo many similar lostances. We hayeno hesitation to saying that, popular Impression to the contrary DoLwithstinding, the cutter Is a much drier boat thin the sloop: abali events, so tar as the crew is coocernéd, Wehave been drenched to the ekin many a Ure in Sloops In almost sin00th water, when o cutter of the same tonpaye would not havé taken a drop over the rail. Aud we have Seen cutters driven in heavy weather jumping bowsprit under wad 378 POREST AND STREAM, ‘ —_— a (DzormeeEr 8, 1881, taking plenty of water over the bows yet the crew, perched to wind- ward, remained perfectly dry. In such Weather a sloop would not only drown every one out, Dut she could not begin to sall with her easier sister, and would soon give up an attempt to make a passage in disgust or trom sheer inability to earn anything to windward. 1+ MAKE IT TONS, HE New York Yacht Club has the most ratlonal measurement rile of any club in America or abroad. No exception can be taken to its basis, which is sound from a scientific point of yiew. The rule gives freat satisfachion, and is now accepted as the best and most logical yel put mto practice even by those who were inclined to be skeptical of tis lasting qualities. We hear no complaints among the members about unfair workings of the ‘cubical contents” rule, and all seem Satistied to abide by the rusuits of the club matches without believing them unfairly affected by allowances granted on differences ot bulk. As is generally known, the club measures the actual size of its yachts to the outside of the skin, everything included, and expresses this bulk in cubic feet, We now desire to call the club's attention to the advisability of adopting the ton as the unit instead. Theoretically itis the same thing; the sound basis is not touched by the alteration counselled, but much simplicity of expression is attained, serving te make the rule more popular in its scope, and therefore more acceptable in every day use. It is next to impossible for any but the most studious to remember the cubical contents of a fleet when the figures run up into four places and thousands, hundreds, tens, etc,, form an avalanche of numerals enough to make ihe casual observer quail at the attempt of ever ob- taining the run of the sizes of yachts engaved in the matches or cruises, Most owners cannot swear to the contents of their own boats, and often consiit the club pamphlet for information about competing flyers they have sailed @ score of races with. As the rule now stands, the results lack sufficlent tangibility to commend it tor adoption by sister clubs as readily asits merits really warrant. fo make the results of the measurer’s work more clearly defined—to five quicker identity to the sizes obtained—the “ton” should be adopted as the unit, This can be easily done by dividing the number of cubic feet by 100, and counting fractions by quarters only. Asan illustration, consider Gracie, Mischief, Fanny, Hildegarde and the Atalanta. In cuble feet they rate 4,693, 3,932, 4,500, 3,536 and 3,568 respectively. In tons they would come to the start as simply 47, 3927, 45, 353¢ and d5i¢. Not only are tiie latter easily committed to memory, but their relative magnitude is seen at a glance, while the first long- winded string needs paper and pencil or a lightning calculator’s head to perform the divisions leading to the same end. With tons as the standard a clearer conception of the merits of a race will force itself intuitively upon the chronicler and the spectator, who now too often lose sight of difference in size because tha figures in which it is put convey no distinct meaning without more effort of the Prain than they care to Mstitute, From a sentimental poini, also, preference should be given to the ton, It is a nautical unit, sanctified by the halo of ages, while cubical contents smacks of the landsmait’s labora- tory or the youngster’s class-room. ee ACHTING NEWS, PORT JEFFERSON.—We give below a complete list of the yachts now laid up in this port—their names, tonnage, measurement, owner's name, the clubs to which they beiong, and the names of their Sailing-masters: Schr. Rambler, 137, H. W. Thomas, N. Y. Y. C, Geo. M. Dayton; schr. Dreadnought, 135, A, W. Nickerson, Hastern, John H, Smith; schr. Fieetwing, 124, R. S$. Hiliot, N. Y. ¥, C., J. R. Pitcher; schr. Wanderer, 97, EB, D. Morgin, Jy., Atlantle, Hesry Creven; schr. Vega, 92, H. C. Lea, Hastern, 8. T. Dayton; schr. Albatross, 56, E. W. Humphreys, N. Y. ¥. C., Geo, W. Dayton; schr. sylIph, 75, Geo. H. Chase, no club, Chauncey Edwards; schr. Tioga, 28, J. H. Nickels, N, Y. ¥..C., C. F, Kinner; schr, Osprey, 30, C. A. Stevenson, N. Y. Y. C., Jas. Horton; cutter Vindex, 37, Arthur W. Blake, N. ¥. and Eastern, 5. H. Davis; cutter Muriel, 9, B. D. Morgan, J1., N. Y. Y. C., H. Creven; sloop Alice, 83, Thos. G. Appleton, Hastern, Wm. Lockwood; sloop Orlon, 22, Edward Cooper, N. Y. and Atlantic, C. W. Darling; sloop Truant, 20, F, C, Fleming, Larchmont, Jas. Darling; sloop Wenona, 25, Jerome Stivers, Atlantic, ©. P. Darling ;, sloop Curlew, 10, Oscar B. Smith, Larchmont, Chas, Rogers; sloop Wiliul, 10, Smith, C, Rogers; sloop Syren, 8, T. B. Hawkins; steamer Promise, 48, Daris Jobnson, no clus, John Hulse. Tt will be seen that the importance of this harbor as a place tor winter quarters of this class of vessels is beginning to be understood and appreciated. Hach winter increases the humber brought here, as the advantanges become more widely known. ‘I'he increased depth of water in the entrance has enabled yachts drawing fourteen feet of water to enter with safety. Once inside, is a Jand-locked basin nearly two miles long by three-quarters of a mile wide, of excellent holding bottom, free from rocks and Shoals, of ample depth, so. that vessels may lie afloat at all times of tide with no Wability from coilislons, and entirely free from running ice. Another great advantage, which cannot but be appreciated, is the conyenience for making repairs and fitting up in the spring. All FINE HAND-MADE REELS. All these reels are made with best quality screws, so that they can be taken apart if necessary. clicks or drags added, or be nickeled at 50 cents for each addition : Capacity of reel in yard8..........eeeeee) 20 Yarvs. 25 Yarns. 30 Yarvs. 40 Yarps. 60 Yarps. 80 Yarps. 100 Yarps, 150 Yarns Polished brass, crank handle, with stop..... 60 65 -70 15 -88 ; — v3 ‘¢ halance ‘ no Ve, — 7 — 190 1.00 1.15 —- te “crank with click,.... 90 95 1.00 1.10 1.20 — -- ‘« hard rubber, crank handle, ‘“ ieta _ _ 2.25 2.50 2.75 _ Ly Ag (Abbey pattern) ** Raile = _ 8.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 ac ac ar te 2d qual- LE Vise YW LUG CIC Ka gecaurrs «oer tttnnatemacna. tetas ans — =e ~ 4.00 4.50 5.00 — Polished brass, crank handle, with drag...., — ol) 1.40 1,50 1.60 1.80 — + i balance ‘ o Sta — ari) 1.80 1.90 2.00 2.25 2.50 ee re Oe a extra quality, (if with drag an extra charge)...........---.- — es) — 2.40 2.60 2.75 3.25 Polished G. silyer, balance handle, extra _& ss quality, (if with drag an extra charge)... — 60 = 5.00 §,75 6.50 ~ 7.25 Polished hard rubber handle, extra quality, (the celebrated Jmbrie pattern)...,.......... = _ = — 11.00 — 12.00 A complete line of common reels always in stock. DISCOUNT TO Orders received trom persons residing in clties In which the dealers Keep a full Une of our goods will not be filled at any price, Also full assortment of Extra Quality Cuttyhonk and Salmon Reels. THE TAD ONLY. Any of these reels may have either Classes of artisans necessary to do the work are here, to ba had at reasonable prices, so that the yachts may go from their anchorage in goliiplets order tor the use of their owners.—Port Jefferson (L. J, 1CU0ET BULK MEASUREMENT AND SKIMMING DISHES.—One arcu- ment against bulk measurement has been its supposed tendency to todtce flat skimming dishes, the assumption having been that, bulk or bulk, such forms had been demonstrated to be much faster than any other. This assumption arose from the current belief that our wide. and shoal American yachts were, as a class, faster than the ceep and narrow boats of British origio. This presumption has ended in smoke, however, for the Madge has given us living proot that deep boats of proper torm are every bit as fast as those of shoal hold, besides being preferable in other ways. Bulk measurement need not be feared on this score. Deap, safe Ships will flourish under a bulk rule for time alldwance as soon as thelr merits are understood and appreciated. ARE RICE LAKERS OBSOLETE? —Hditor Forest and Stream: The owners of Rice Lake canoes are very glad to learn trom your issue for Dec. 1 that the distinguished canoeist,*The Statesman,” gives the public data whereby the popularity of canoe types Thay be judred. If, Out of sixty canoes, twenty-one were Rice Lakers, and it this figure demonstrates that the type is * practically obsolete,” I would like to know how many ** Shadows.” were present at Lake George, 80 that [may learn what percentage represents unquestionable pop- Ularity for a canoe type. Probably a typographical error will be pleaded in extenuatlon, but that everybody knows is @ lame excuse Where personal interest comes in, as in the case ol ‘* The Statesman,” Certainly two-thirds of the canoes present at a general Congress is a tolerably fair showing for an “obsolete” type. Tay CommMopoRE. PERSONAL.—Mr. John Harvey, of Harvey & Prior, London, Eng— jJand, has arriv:d in this city on a visit for his health. His partner, Mr. Prior, will attend to affairs during Mr. Harvey's stay in America. Mr, Harvey thinks Englishmen care too little about the America Cup to risk a match under our rules. In this we hope he is mistaken. It proves, however, the folly of tinkering with the deed, thereby pro- ducing a feeling abroad that a fair match cannot be obtained. CU1TERS.—The New York Herald has followed up its first article on cutters by another excellent one last Monday. For 4 clear and impartial review of the question of type the Heruid’s article is worth a study by all Its contemporaries, CANOHISTS WILL BE INTERESTED—In the “ Chapters foi a Log-Book,” which are now running in the Sportsman Tourist columns ofthe ForEsT AND STREAM. NOTICE! Advertisements received later than Tuesday cannot be inserted until the following weels’s issue. Rates promptly furnished (11,00 on application. = Ghe Fennel, 4.00 PrAsilon KENNELS.— Wishing to reduce stook, I offer for sale the following dogs and bitches 9.00 at halt value if taken at once: Glroy, chestnut and fan cocker spaniel dog, 1 year, by Wildair out of 14.00 Hollis’ Belle; price, $20, Sontag, small imported black and tan cocker dog, 2 years old, about is Ibs., by Brier out of Gypsy; price, $25. Hazel Kirke, liver and white ticked, about 2 years old, by Ehot - outof Fin. Sire and dam won prizes at Montreal isis. She is a grand brood bitch, but out of condi- tion; price, $15. 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H., 36 Grove st , Ne mee at Decayit a ie OR SALE.—A fine red Irish sebter dog, # taonths old; will stand and retrieve and Is a slasher in the fieid, Price, $20. W. J. MORTON, Ports- mouth, Va. Dees,it SS 1848 and £38 Chestnut street, Phila.. Corner of Calvert and West Baltimore streets, Baltimore. 511 Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, and leading Ticket Offices Hast, A POPE, Gen'l Pa‘senger Agent. “THE FISHING LINE.® TAKE THE Grand Rapids & Indiana R. R. THE ONLY ROUTE TO THE Trout, Grayling & Black Bass Fisheries, AND THE FAMOUS SUMMER, HEALTH AND GAME RE- SORTS AND LAKES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN, The watersof the , Grand Traverse Region and the Michjgan North Woods are unsurpassed, If Snittod At the abundance and great variety of fish contained. BROOK TROUT abound in the bere ap the famous AMERICAN GRAYLING is found only in these waters. The TROUT season begins May 1 and ends Sept 1. The GRAYLING Season opens June 1 and ends Noy. 1 can be had at nearly all points. TAKE YOUR *. Y WITH YOU. The scenery of the North Woods and Lakes is vary beautiful The airis pure, dry and bracing. The climate is pecullarly beneiicial to those suffering with Hay Fever and Asthma Affections. The hotel accommodations are excellent, and will bé largely increased in time for the seacon of 1881 by new buildings and additions. pirioe. the season ROUND TRIP EXCURSION TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT LOW RATES, and attractive train facilities offered to Tourists and A. B. LEET, Gen’'l Pass'r Agent, *” Grand Rapids, Mich. —— EACLE HOTEL. (Altitude, 2,250 feet.) ASHEVILLE, WHSTERN N. C. L. L. HASSELL, - - PROPRIETOR. Open the year round. Rooms with open fire- laces. Some few stoves. Finest scenery in the 8. Average winter temperature, 37.7 deg. No bebter climate In the world, Send tor ciroular. [DEcrMBEE 8, 1881. TO SPORTSMEN: . The Pennsylvania R. R. Co. Respectfully inyite attention to the SUPERIOR FACILITIES afforded by their lines tor reaching most of the ; TROUTING PARKS and RACE COURSES In tha Middle States. These lines being CONTINUOUS © FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the dtffi- | culties and dangers of reshipment, while the excel- lent cars which run over the smooth steel tracks enable STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED without failure or Injury. THE LINES OF Pennslvania Railroad Comp’y also reach the best localities for Gunning and Fishing in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCUBSION TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Sones in all the principal citles to KANH, RENOVA, BED- FORD, CRESSON, RAESTON, MINNEQUA, and other well-known ventres for Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting and Still Hunting, Alsa to TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN, CAPE MAY. SQUAN, and pointson the NEW JERSEY COAST renowned for SALT WATER SPORT AW PER FIN AND FEATHER. L. P. FARMER, Gen'l Aass, Agent. FRANK THOMSON, Gen'l Manager. Chesapeake & Ohio R’y. THE ROUTE of the SPORTSMAN and ANGLER TO THE BEST HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA, Comprising those of Central and Pledmont Vir- ginia Biue Ridge Mountains, Vailey of Virals Alleghany Mountains, Greenbrier and New Rive Kanawha Valley, and including in thelr vartetles wi fame and fish, deer, bear, wild turkeys, wild duck, ‘ouse, quall, snipe, woodcock, mountain trout, ass, pike, plckerel, etc. Guns, fishing tackle and one dog for each sports- man carried free. The Route of the Tourist, through the most beautiful and picturesque scenery of the Virginia Mountains to the White Sulphur Springs and other famous summer resorts, he G, & O. k’y is reached by rail at Huntingdon, W. Va., from the West, Northwest and Southwest; at Charlottesville, Va., from the North and Eas, and at Richmond, Va., from the South, The completion of the Peninsular Extension in the summer of 1881 affords ; THE ONLY ALL RAIL ROUTE TO THE “YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL,” and establishes a continuous rail line, yia Rich- mond, Va., and Huntington, W. Va., between the mouth of Chesapeake Bay and the Pacific Ocean, B. W. FULLER, G. P: & T. A,, Richmond, Va, OLD DOMINION LINE. Nise STEAMERS of this Line reach some of the nest waterfowl and upland shooting sections in the country. Connecting uirect for Chincoteague, Cobb's island and points on the Peninsula, City Point, James River, Currliuck, Florida acd the mountainous country of Virginla, Tennessee, etc Norfolk steamers sail Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- urday. Lewes, PclL, Monday and Thursday Full information given at oilice, 197 Greenwich street, New York. Bromfield House, Boston. a7 EUROPEAN PLAN. MESSENGER, Proprietor. Wild Fowl Shooting. SPRINGVILLE HOUSE OR SPORTSMEN’S RE- TREAT, SHINNEOCOOK BAY, L. L Y A PRACTICAL GUNNER AND AN OLD bayman. Has always on hand the best of boats, batteries, etc., with the largest rig of trained wild geese decoys on the coast. The best ground In the yicinity of New York for bay snipe Les of all varieties. Special attention given by to his guests, andsatisfaction guaranteed, Address N. LANE, Good Ground, L. I. Refers by per- mission to J. B. Shepherd, 891 Broadway, and Wo. Dutcher, 320 Broadway, N. D. B. NYE, VAN SLYCR’S LANDING, CURRITUCK CO,, N.C. - See SmCy furnished with board, skiffs and stool ucks. Duck, Goose, Partridge and Snipe Shooting, ey Ammunition always in hand. ere Steamer Cygnet. leaves Norfolk every Monday and Thursday at 6:30 a. w. for Van Slyck’s Landing. New Smyrna, Florida. OCEAN HOUSE, Open from December until May. Best hunting ard fishing in the State. Ong and a hali milce from the ocean. CG, WESTALL, Proprietor, ‘ — Dade Ts ereslet | FORESLt AND STREAM. SPrRATT’S PATENT GENUINE MEAT “FIBRINE” DOG CAKES. NONE ARE “Fibrine” Cakes are used at the Dogs’ Home, London ; oe the highest award for Dog Biscults at the Paris Exhibition, 1878; Kennel Club Special Medal; Grand Gold Medal, Hanover recet minster Kennel Club, New York, Gold Medal; irish Kennel Club, Silver Medal, etc., etc. BEWARE OF WORTHLESS IMITATIONS. STE De Please seo that Every Cake is Stamped ‘SPRATT’S PATENT” and a X.” WHOLESALE ACENTS, Packod tn Cases of 112 pounds och. FRANCIS O. de LUZE & CO., SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 18 Seuth William Street, r 7 be NEW YORK. WESTERN AGENTS—B. KITTHIDGE & CO., Cincinnati, 0, OS ssa1Nn “y Trs WWK'?? are Purveyors by Appointment to all the principal Shows and Kennels in the United Kingdom and abroad, The Patent ae Cs eeeeien a Io Prardin drscortmatation, Paris, etc. They have been awarded over 30 Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals ; Dog Show, 1879; West- WONE ARE ” BTAMPED, To be had in smaller quantities of Grocers and the &pcrting Goods Trade Generally. dtliscellaneoug . . Sportsmen's Goods. SPORTMEN’S DEPOT. (ESTABLISHED 1636). First Premium at World's Fair at New York, and Centennial Exhibition. HODGMAN & CO., 425 Broadway and 27 Malden Lane, = Now SS oriz, ARB OFFERING THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF JOHN KRIDER,, ng al ing ul GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Hooks, Flies, Leaders, Snoods, panto Bait, Fly Hooks, .y Htc. #2" Salmon, Bass and Trout Flies, Made to Order. Also ““Krider’s” Celebrated Center Enamel Split and Glued Bamboo Rods. ‘Birds Eggs and Birds’ Skins in Great Varieties. Light Weight Shooting Jackets, Hats, Cartridge Bags, Gun Covers, RUBBER FISHING PANTS, RUBBER FISHING BOOTS, Rubber Blankets, Sprati’s Patent Dog Discus oe And Complete Rubber Ouifits. separ elachadiaees Enbber Sheoting Jacket. [ESTABLISHED 1838,] Send for Catalogue, TO ANCLERS: JOHN ENRIGHT & SONS, FishingRod& TackleMakers Castic Connell, near Limerick, freland. Reels and Lines to match balance of rods. No ents, All information respecting fisheries on the Shannon in this locality, as also catalogues of our art rods and general assortment of tackle, Selita C. H. EUTEBROUK, 27 Dock Sy., Boston, Mass. This lever is a solid piece of steel; goes through and through the body. Guns made to order. IMOOLLER'S wit. =| 1 “Np, COD-LIVER On| GREEDMOOR PARLOR RIFLE. Ll it loads atthe breech with small percussion cartridge; will shoot 200 feet with accuracy and foree. There is scarcely any report and no smell from this : rifle, making it very appropriate for parlor use, plenics and fairs; full length, 37 : inches; weight about 5 lbs. ; handsomely polished stock and blued barrel; price $6; cartridges, 60c. per box of 250; per thousand. $2.25. Tron-face target, with numbers, ringing gong when buliseye is hit, $2.50, or rifle target and 1,000 cartridges, all boxed complete, $10. Send ior catalogue of Skates, Novelties and Sporting Goods. R. SIMPSON, 96 Fulton Street, N. Y. Box 3,207. (ischemia fe ee “SHORE BIRDS.” — A REPRINT OF PAPERS ON THE SUBJECT WHICH HAVE APPEARED IW THE ** FOREST AND STREAM.” { NANNY PATENT I. HAUNTS AND HABITS. | rv. NoMENCDATURE. 3 GUN CLEANER. Lr Il, RANGE AND MIGRATIONS. ¥. LOCALITIES, 1 > por Steel fandiog Aes ILL, A MORNING WITHOUT FHE BIRDS. | ¥I, BLINDS AND DECOYS. = 3 n tWarket, ||For One Dollar, one Cleaner, Patches, Brush : i i c . : rand full directions sent free ot postane. , Sent ou receipt of price, 15 cents, by the " & giv ind for circular, epyieiinr ive ations of ete Bris nice | FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. READING, Pa. Aliscellaneoug @ublications VINCENT BISSIC, Practical Gunsmith KNAPP & VAN NOSTRAND, 9 CHAMBERS ST., NEW YORK. ibe POULTRY 4» GAME, {tNew and Second-Hand Guns, Pistols, etc., stantly on hand. Repairing of every description Nos. 289 and 290 WASHINGTON MARKET, done in the best manner and warranted. Guns NEW YORK. ‘bored to shoot close and hard. Pistol grips fitted ‘tostocks. Pin fires altered to central fire. SHELLS LOADED TO ORDER, Consignments of all kinds of game solicited. | Orchard, Carden & Nursery. WE CHARGE NO COMMISSION. “Tt is seldom so much valuable material Is We accept consignments. Allow market price offered at so low a price,” says the Gardeners’ = Monthly. ‘‘Tt is full of interesting and valuable day Deere al, A etary ES every, Tuesiay IOp Matter,” says J. J. Thomas, editor ot Country Gen - Soto By ALL DEALERS Throuctour He WORLD 4}. GOLD MEDAL PARIS EXPOSITION—1878. Green's Fruit Grower, HOCHESTER, N. ¥. An Illustrated Quarterly Journal, devoted to the Ueman. ‘It is doing a good work; I predict suc- aie oe Een ue P. Wilder. “Itis " the only journal in America worthy of the name,” FLIRTATION CAMP, og; says J. 1. Loyett. “It will fill a gap; I wish lt Eifle, Red and Gun in California. | 54CeS,” says Charles Downing. BY THEODORE 8. VAN DYKE. Price, 25 Cents Per Year. For sale at this office, Price $1.50, SAMPLE COPY FREE. GOOD’S VIL TANNED MOCCASINS. Cae LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS.—Second edition now ready. This story describes the The best thing in the market | trip of a partyor Boston gentlemen to the Richard- n- Inkes, It treate of ‘camp life,” Indoors and out, is am , instructive ana “in , Pi ay a ye Price x we By in a Variety of styles, and 'f = wwarrafited the pitek ar. | Jamaica Flatn, Mass, tiele. Send for price list. MARTIN 8. HUTCH- INGS, P. 0. Box 365, Dover, N. H. (Successor to 66 a week In yourown town. Terms and $5 Frank Good), Braprorp & ANTHONY, Boston = YP Address H. HALLETT & CO., 4 -’ Frank Forester’s Field Sports .... Pabligationg, Any of the Following Books Sent en Receipt of Price by Forest and Stroam Pubs Coc Adirondacks, Camps and Tramps in, Northrup, 1.25 Adirondacks, Guide to Wallace’s, 6th edition... 8 00 Adirondack, Wilderness, In the, Warner’s...... *75 Amateur Trapper—paper, 50c.; Dds.,..... Ki American Angler's Book, Norris... 5.50 American Bird Fancier......... bmeanet 80 American Wild Fowl Shooting, J. W. 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Dog Breaking by Holabird.... Fly Fishing In Maine Lakes.. -~ SaSSESSSIESSS HSRSERSSAsezsy Frank Forester’s Fish and Fishing... F Frank Forester’s Fishing with Hook & Line.pa. Frank Forester’s Manual tor Young peor teaens 3 Frank Forester’s Sporting Scenes and Charas- ters, 8V0., 2 vols. cp ent | Gun, Rod and Saddle........... “i 1 Naturalists’ Guide, Maynard.. BHOra Be Ivdt aes cae anagep ee The Gun and its Development, Come or Send Directly Here to 751 Broadway, (Opposite Astor Place.) FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR YOUR Country Friends AND-FOR YOURSELVES. The American Agriculturist Is forty years old, has an immense circulation, and every issue is composed wholly ot original matter, including a thousand illustrated engravings a the year. On receiptof $1.40 we will forward the paper, post-paid, ard recelpt for 1882 to any one of your friends in the country. Itmakes a most ap- propriate and valuable gitt for them. Rural Books. Our list embraces over 20 separate yolumes for Architects, Artisans, Florists, Fruit Growers, Farmeis, Gardeners, Housekeepers, Stock Raisers. We will mail you the list, post-free, and send, post- pald, on receipt of price, any books you may select tor your friends. Sportsmen's Books. Over 100 different volumes on Out-door Sports and Winter Pastimes, Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price. Handsome giftsior sporting friends. Bird Decorations. Domestic birds of every variety and plumage, Prepared and mounted for us by Batty, Yeomans, and other noted Taxidermists. Make beautiful holi- day gifts for home decorations. Crandall’s Blocks and Toys. Last year we solid over fifty thousand dollars worth of these instructive Games for Children, Call and see the new patterns for this year. Fine Stationery, Chistmas Cards, Bronzes, Fancy Gooda ot every description o ORANGE JUDD Go., 751 Broadway, N, ¥, — THE AND HOW TO USEIT TO KILL EVERY FAIR WING SHOT. By Gwynne Price, G U Vice-President Sportsmen's Club, St Louis, Mo., who defeated Bogardus. shooting. Plunge-trap and Class Shooting Hx- sed. ‘American Field’ says: “+ It possesses gents- ne merit.” ‘Kennel & Fleld’ says: “ Hy, man that usea a gun should have it.” Mailed for 26c., stamps or currency, by GWYNNE PRICE, 8 Louis, Mo, In New Type TOY OUENAMEs sae 382 FOREST AND STREAM, © Drormper 15, 188t- Ammunition, Gite. ORANGE SPORTING Powter. Orange Lightning. Orange Ducking. on Rifle. ; Creedmoor. ELECTRIC BLASTING APPARATUS, Send postal card forILLUSTRATED PAMPHL&T, showing SIZES of GRAINS of POWDER. Furnished FREE Laflin & Rand Powder Co., No. 29 Murray Street, New York, CGCUNPOWDER! Dupont’s Rifie, Sporting and Blasting Powder. THE MOST POPULAR POWDER IN USEt Douront's GUNPOWDER MILLS, established in 1802, Mave maintained thetr creat reputation for seventy- ‘eight years. Manufacture the following celebrated brands of powder : Dupont’s Diamond Grain.—Nos. 1 (coarse) to 4 (fine) unequalled in strength, quickness and eleanliness; adapted for glass-ball and pigeon whooting. Packelin1lib canisters, Dupont's Eagle Ducking.—N0s, 1 (coarse) 3 e); burns siowly, strong and very Clean ; éat penetration, with a close ree adapted ‘or glass-ball, pigeon, duck and other shooting, with either muzzle or breech loaders. Packed In 1 lb. and 5 1b, cani-ters and 64 and 1239 1b. kegs. Dupont’s Choke Bore.—Specially adapted for Choke Bore” Guns, and particularly for prai- Fie and upland shooting. Burns slowly, strong and moist; does not cake or burn on the barrels, gives both a good penetrationand a close pattern; will be found well adapted for glass-ball and pigeon gshootiug. Madeot two sizes, only No. 7 and No. 5 Wo. 7 being the coarsest. Packed in 64; lb, kegs an 1 1b. canisters. Dupont’s Eagle Rifle.—A quick, strong and clean powder, o very fine grain, for pistol shooting. Packer in 11b. canisters and 61; 1b. kegs, Dupont’s Rifle Fg. “Sea-Shooting.”’— ¥¥g. and PFF¢g. ‘The Fg. for long-range rifie shoot- fng, the FFg. and KFFg. for general use, burning sirong and moist. Packed in 4 1b.,11b. and 5 1b. eanisters, 634, 124¢ and 25 1b. kegs. Pg. coarse, FFF g, fine, Dupont's Sporting, Mining, Surrin@ and Blast- ang Powders of all sizes and descriptions. special Grades for Fxport. Also Rifie, Cartridge, mus- ket, Cannon, Mortar, Mammoth, Hexagonal, Cubi- gal and Pellet Powder, U. 8. Government Standard. Fowder manufactured to order of any required grain or proof. ¢ : Agencies in all the citics and principal towns Shroughout the United States. Represented by. | FB, L. KNEELAND, 87 Beaver St., N. Y. | NW. B,—Use none but DUPONT’S Fg. or FF yg, icr fong-rauge rife shooting, Oriental Powder Mills, BOSTON, MASS. Western Sporting, Wild Fowl Shooting, Falcon Ducking, SPORTING POWDER. ALSO ALL GRADES OF Blasting Powder. Agencies at ali Primcipal Points in the West. : ENCLISH Sporting Gunpowder. CURTIS & HARVEY'S DIAMOND GRAIN. Nos. 2, 3, 4,5, 6,7 and 8. Superior Rifie, Enfleld Rifle, and Col! Hawker’s Ducking. W. STITT, 61 Cedarst., N.Y. Agent forthe U, 8. Miscellaneous Advertisements. The Parker Gun. Again Victorious atthe Late Exposition at MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. THE PHILADELPHIA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE says: “ At Melbourne they had an excellent op- portunity of testing their powers beside those of every exhibitor in the world, and they came off con- querors over every other maker. Their highest award comes to them from a country whose reputation for this class of goods has for many years been above all others.” They have been in the hands of shooters for the past sixteen years and stood the severest test, and haye won more laurels than any other gun when brought in competition in the field or at the trap. At Coney Island this year, at the New York State Convention, the PARKER won the Pierce Diamond Badge and the ‘‘ Forest and Stream ” Badge for the best average over nearly 200competitors. Send for Catalogue, SHOW Rooms : 97 Chambers St., N. ¥. PARKER BROS, Meriden, Conn. OF MAKING MANY BOOKS THERE IS NO END. Eccl 12:12. ESTABLISHED 4836. NEAT AND ELEGANT BOOK BINDING FROM THE, Plainest to the Most Elaborate Styles, SPECIMENS ON BXHIBITION. If you want good work, at low figures, and save Agent's Commission come direct to JAMES BE. WALKER, 14 Dey St. ba at A FILE OF N. VY. HERALD, 1847, AND TIMES, TO DATE, AND ODD NUMBERS, FOR SALE. THE BREST GUNS tor the LEAST MONEY. W. W. GREENER’S and C. G. BONEHILL’S GUNS aspecialty. General Agent for CARD'S STAND- ARD GLASS BALL TRAP, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Sporting Goods, WILL. H. CRUTTENDEN, Cazenovia, Madison County, N.Y Illustrated Catalogue sent free on application. EB. F. NICHOLS & Co,, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, Manufacturers of HEXAGONAL SPLIT BAMBOO FISHING RODS, REMOVED 'FO 153 MILK STREET, Weare obliged to have more room In our factory and greater facilities tor Manutacturing our goods to meet the increasing demand, We haye recelyed the highest award and silver Charitable Mechanics’ Association Fair for our superior goods, SEND FOR CATALOGUE. ine ei Elmmunition, Gee. The Hazard Powder Co.,. MANUFACTURERS OF Gunpowder Hazard’s *‘ Electric Powder.” Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). Unsurpassed in point- Of strength and cleanliness. Packed in square can- isters of one pound only. Hazards ** American Sporting.» Nos.1 (fine) to 6 (coarse), Ini Ib, canisters and 634 Ib. kegs. A fine grain, quick and Clean, for up— land prairie shooting. Well adapted to shotguns. Mazard’s * Duck Shooting.?? Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse), In1 and 51h. canisters: and 637 and 123¢ Ib. kegs, Burns slowly and yery clean, shooting remarkably close and with great penetration. For field, forest or Water shooting it ranks any other brand and itis equally serviceable, Tor muzzle or breech-loaders, Hazards ** Kentucky Rifle,?? FEFG, FFG and *‘ Sea Shooting”? FG in kegs of: 26, 123g and 63; Ibs. and cans of6 lbs. FEFGis also. packed in 1 ae Ib. Ganisters. Burns strong and moist. The FEFGand FRG are favorite brands for ordinary sporting and the ‘* Sea Shooting” FG is the- standard Rijle Powder of the country. Superior Mining and Blasting Powder. GOVERNMENT CANNON and MUSKET POW- DER; also, SPECIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT Of” ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF MANUFAC TURED TO ORDER. The above can be had of dealers, or of the Com pany’s Agents, ineyery prominent city,or whole~- Bale at our office. 8S WALL STREET, NEW YORK. THE HUNTINGSIGHT ¢ "a LYMAN’S PATENT COMBINA- TION GUN SIGHT Makes a Sporting Rifie perfect. Send for ene containing full description. Ad- WILLIAM LVWAN, MIDDLEFIELD, CONN, { FERGUSON'S PATENT ADJ USLABLE JACK LAMPS, DASH LAWPS, FISH- ING LAMEPS, Etc., ing, Canoelng, ’ Tiluminating ‘ Bicycle Lanterns, Dark Lanterns, Musicians Band Lamps, Pocket Lantern Hand Lanterns, ete. Send: stamp for Illustrated Price List Name Forest AND STEEAM, ALBERT FERGUSON,,. Office, 65 Fulton Street, N. Y. (With Conroy, Bissett & Malleson.)) Bird Dealers and Fanciers will find it to their adyantage to call at Head quarters, where they constantly can find a full assortment of Song and Fancy Birds, also all kinda of rare animais adapted for Zoological Gardens andr Show purposes. Chas. Reiche & Bro., 85 Chatham St., New York (Established 1847,) WE WILL BUY Live Rocky Mountain Sheep, Beavers, Antelopes, Wolverines, Whooping Cranes, Wild Turkeys, Prairie Chickens, Qualls, Woodducks, Ete,, Etc. FSTERBROOK’S “PENS Leading Numbers: 14, 048, 130, 333, 161. For Sale by all Stationers, THE ESTERBROOK STEEL PEN CO., Works, Camden, N. J. 26 John Sta New Yorks The Baker Guns. PRICE, BEST ENGLISH TWIST BARRELS, DAMASCUS STEEL, - OUR DOUBLE GUN. & The Best Cun made for DURABILITY — AND — SHOOTING QUALITIES = - $40 = B55 ito $200 OUR NEW MODEL THREE BARREL CUN. Fig! Ds, ‘This gun is Ught and:compact, from 9 to 10 ibe. weight. ‘The rifle ts perfectly acourate.” SEND STAMP FOR DESORIPTIVE OILROULAR. L. C. SMITH Maker, Syracuse, N. Y THE AMERICAN SPORTSMAN’S JOURNAL. | S SE Entered According to Act of Congress, in the year 1881, by the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Terms, $4 a Year. 10 Cts, 2 Hovyet Six Wonths, $2. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, Vol. 17—No, 20. Nos. 39 and 40 Park Kow, New Words 188i. CONTENTS. E.piroRtan :— Thaddeus Orane Banks ; The Field Trials; Vicious tale Practice ; Bye-Ways of the Northwest..........sse-00e0-8 Our Christmas Number ; IOPGH UT isc rsaidelee sea tea en saaee Tue Sportsman Tourist :— Tn “The Mash ;’ Ornise of the Nipper; a Western ee in a Hunting Car; Autobiographical Fragments .. 885 Warozat History :— The Rabbit Nuisance in New Zealand; Habits of Woodpeck-~ ers ; Coloring of Ruffed Grouse: Snow Geese in the Delaware.-..,-..... ‘Game Bac axnp Guy :— The Valley Quail of California as a Game Bird; Old Times at Moutauk ; Reducing Expanded Shells; The Mobile Gun Club Dinner ; More About Turkey Calling ; A Missis- sippi Camp Hunt; More About Rust-Spots...........-.. 368 ‘BEA AND RIvER en — Angling Quotations ; Fresh Water Fisheries at Berlin; An Angler's Guide ; Tennessee Fish Notes ; ; Night Fishing. . 891 IsHCULTURE :— swe beee Distributing Carp in Tennessee; Rainbow Trout of Cali- OTLB. ss geese rs sw ewe case cece enn scons eseernss neste ween Tur KENNEL :— National Field Trials ; Pennsylvania Field {Trials ; Daisy ; Care of Field and Hunting Dogs........ SAAC EB Oder rade 372 Rivne AND TRAP BHOOTING.......0...cceesseecneeeerenessee ODO AnswiRs TO CORRESPONDENTS..... Pia ves ten tonesar AsfeseeseenOul YAcHTING AND CANOEING :— Measurement ; Type; Rice Lakers.......... SHB ore eoy 396 TO CORRESPONDENTS. The FoREST AND STREAM is the recognized medium of entertainment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. Communications upon the subjects to which its pages are devoted are invited from every part of the country. Anonymous communications will not be regarded. No correspond- €@nt’s name will be published except with his consent, _ The Hditors cannot be held responsible for the ylews of correspond- Snts. Subscriptions. Subscriptions may begin at any time. The subscription price is $4 er year; $2 for six months. To clubs of three or more annual subscribers, $3 each. Remittances should be sent by registered letter, money-order, or draft payable to the Forest and Stream Publishing Company. The paper may be obtained of newsdealers throughout the United States and Canadas; and is on sale in Europe by The American Exchange, 449 Strand, W. C.. London, Eng.; and by Em, Terquem, 15 Boulevard, St. Martin, Paris, France. Advertisements. Inside pages, nonpareil type, 25 cents per line. Special rates for three, six and twelye months. Keading notices 50 cents per line— éight words to the line, and twelve lines to one inch. Advertisements Bhould be sent in by the Saturday of each week previous to the issue tm which they are to be inserted. Address: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., Nos. 39 and 40 Park Row, New York City. (Er FOREST AND STREAM. Thursday, December 15, aS a ee Se A Disarace To JouRNALIsSM.—We have never felt called tpon to notice the malicious attacks, which certain journals have from time to time made upon the Forzsr AND STREAM, or upon individuals connected with the paper. This course has proved so satisfactory that we propose to continue it. We are impelled to make a single exception to it now by our indignation, which all who know the facts share with us, at the nature of certain articles, published as leading editorials, ina New York sporting paper. These articles have been -onslaughts upon the character of one individual—he a sick man, on his dying bed. We make this simple statement, that the facts may be understood by the friends of the assailed man and by the public. There is no need of com- ment. If their own consciences have not already told them, we shall not attempt the unwelcome task of showing the authors of these gross attacks that their impotent attempts to blacken the reputation of a dying man haye been out- _ rageously indecent, as brutal as indecent, and as cowardly as brutal—a disgrace at once to journalism and to mankind. _ Aw Appep Inrzrxar attaches to the story of the ‘‘ Hinkley - Hunt of 1818," given last week, from the fact that Garfield’s birthplace was just eighteen miles east of the hunting ground; and at the time of his birth the country was still . howling wilderness. THADDEUS CRANE BANKS. ee a lingering illness, Thaddeus Crane Banks, Busi- ness Manager of this journal, died of consumption at his residence in Brooklyn, Wednesday morning, December 14. ; It is with the prcfoundest sorrow and a sense of personal bereavement that we make this announcement. To all in this office, Mr. Banks was much more than a business asso- ciate ; he was an intimate personal friend, for whom, during the years of our business connection with him, we had come to feel the warmest affection. This feeling had become deepened and intensified by our solicitude for him during the past weeks, after it had become only too evident that his death could not be long averted. Thaddeus Crane Banks was born at Danbury, Conn., Jan- uary 5, 1829; and was therefore at the time of his death al- most fifty-three years of age. Like so many other successful newspaper men, he had, before entering the publishing world, already achieved a decided success in other fields of labor. He was by profession a dentist, snd for more than twenty years held a very high place in his profession ” in this city. With the unremitting devotion to his work, which was characteristic of the man through all his life, he applied him- self so closely that his over-taxed constitution gave way, and his failing health obliged him to surrender the place of dis- tinction which he had attained, and to abandon for the time his office work. He removed to Wallingford, Conn., where he soon won the respect of his fellow-citizens by the public spirit which he displayed; and he was twice sent as repre- sentative of his district to the State Legislature. In 1871 he undertook the business management of the American Sportsman, and began its publication at West Meriden, Conn., the editor being the late Wilbur F. Parker. Mr, Banks remained with the paper after its removal to New York, where it was published as the Rop anp Gun. In 1877 when the Rop anp Gun and the Forgst anpD STREAM were combined, he continued in business control of the paper; and held the position up to the time of hisdeath. He brought to the exacting demands of newspaper life great business energy, with an unwayering devotion and enthusiasm, which compelled success in whatever he undertook. It is very largely to the untiring labors and the businessability of T. C. Banks that the present position of the Forrst anp STREAM is due, His whole thought was given tothe paper and its welfare. During the last months of his life, although wholly unfitted forany work, he came daily to the Forest anp STREAM office, overcoming by his determined will-power the weak- ness of his condition, and through his interest in the paper keeping up his strength and courage. His patient face and silent, gentle beating among us, touched the hearts of all who saw him, and prompted, almost unconsciously on our part, a feeling of tenderness for our friend. Mr. Banks had traveled extensively over this country and abroad; and was widely known in newspaper circles, and among public men, He had hundreds of warm personal friends who will mourn his death. The funeral will be held from his Jate residence, 453 Lafa- yette avenue, Brooklyn, next Sunday, Dec. 17, at 2 P. u. qe ee ee Tse Cnuipren'’s Arm Sooty (George J. Coe, treasurer, No. 128 Broadway) has issued its annual appeal for Christ- mas-time contributions. The appeal deserves, and we trust may receive, a hearty response. —\¥__>- 8+ Doe Trarine,—The sixth chapter of the regular series of articles on this subject now running in our Kennel depart- ment is unavoidably deferred until next week. THE FIELD TRIALS. AST week we gave our readers a synopsis of the running at Robbing’ Island, from Wednesday morning to the finish. The weather was all that could be desired, and much better than the most sanguine dared to hope for. The at- tendance, while not so large as we had expected, was very fair, and composed of well known sportsmen from all parts of the country. The character of the work performed by the dogs was, in many instances, superior to anything of the kind that has ever been witnessed at Field Trials in this country. The handlers, with one or two exceptions, worked their dogs in an artistic, as well as sporismanlike manner ; in fact, to our eyes, they were ideal sportsmen, who ap- peared to be not only conscious of the faults as well as the merits of their own dogs, but who could also see, and were quick to acknowledge, superior merits when shown by their competitors. Jn very many instances the one who lost the heat would be the first to indorse the decision of the judges. The Derby brought out arare lot, and never -before, in this country, were so many young dogs shown whose per- formances would show so high an average. The All-Aged Stakes had many starters who had before appeared in public, as well as anumber of new aspirantsforfame, and the quality of the work shown would in many instances compare fayorably with that of any previous meeting. The judges were par- ticularly fitted for the position, and more competent and fair minded gentlemen it has neyer been our good fortune to meet, Upon the whole, the meeting was avery successful one, and we congratulate the Eastern Field Trials Club upon the abundant success that has crowned their efforts. We were not a littledisappointed that the Members Stake—which should have been the prominent feature of the meeting—did ~ not bring out a larger number of competitors, and after wit- nessing the magnificent heat between Brock and Bessie, we were more than ever convinced that this event—if properly supported—would do more to popularize these Trials than all the other stakes combined, and we trust that the next meet. ing will show at least twenty-five starters to compete for the honor of winning the Members Stake. Of the Louisiana Field Trials not so much can be said. If was the first meeting and the entries were but few in num- ber, and the character of the work was as a whole by no means remarkable. With two or three notable exceptions, the dogs run failed to distinguish themselves. Gordon, how ever, owned by Mr. McGinnis, has since made for himself an honorable record as the National Trials, and there were other good dogs shown at Amite and Arcola. The National Trials have brought out what we may call the very best canine talent in the country, and the work done at Grand Junction appears to have been in all respects worthy of praise. Dashing Novice, Bess and Shadow in the Derby, Peep o’ Day, Nellie, Breckenridge and Lad in the All-Aged Stakes are all good ones, King Dash has not now to make his reputation as a field dog, nor has Belton III, The Pennsylvania Trials opened on Monday, and with every prospect of being successful. Werefer our readers to our Kennel columns for details of the running, which is still in progress. Next week we shall give details of the heats throughout. te Rea Orr-HanD SHoorine.—The letter from a Worcester rifleman, published last week, represents very fairly the opinion on this whole question of short cuts to high scores. There is too great an ambition to see high figures, and not enough care to see that these stand for excellent personal endeavor. The Englishman who shoots at 200 yards lying on the ground has no right to compare his score with those made on our rifle ranges, where the men stand erect; and 80, in only a smaller degree, the score of a man who shoots with the left arm free of the body should take precedence over a record made with the hip-rest. We want a test of men in rifle shooting, and not a gauge of how far clever trickery has been made available. Tre Hart or Duxraven in Nova Scotra.—We haye re- ceived from the Earl of Dunraven a communication in refer- ence to his experience with the Nova Scotia game laws. The letter reaches 13 too late for insertion this week ; it wil} be published in our next issuer . 384 a VICIOUS MILITARY PRACTICE. ie his work of sevuring a team of American military shots to compete with the English volunteers at Wimbledon, General Wingato is meeting with some difficully. Tt does not seem Lo he one of men Hor of means, but of rifles. Under the delusion that big scores in matches meant good marks- manship, those who shoot military rifles have been gradually turning them into mere shooting machines, Chambers have been lengthened to admit cartridges with heavier charges of powder, special ammunition and special bullets have come into play; trigger pulls have been toned down to nearly the hair trigger point, and then fo meet the trials of a~-baffling wind, there have been fine foresights and wind gaugesadded, until the rough and ready military rifle has become ad- mirably adapted to fhe production of big scores and as thoroughly nuadapted to the wear and tear of a camping life. The men have found that the use of a wind gauge on a rifle was-a ready way of receiving high scores, and now when they are brought face to face with the English regula- tions, which require an untampered military sight, there isa disposition to shuffle out of a match with the English Volun- teers. This is not a desirable position for an American rifeman to find himself in, for the proposed match with the Hnglish- men entirely out of the question, it shows that our system of practice is defective. Such practice as we haye been haying is of next to no value in giving ourmen the drillnecessary to make them efficient in the yaried circumstances of a soldier's life. Of what use is it to stop at the mere permission to alter the sights? Why not permit more weight in the gun? Why not extend the license of tampering into the fixing of telescopic sighis? Pistol-grip, too, would help the piece, if the making of good target records were all that was to be re- quired of it. In short, the weapon may be made such an ex- cellent machine for manufacturing bullseyes as to be useless for any purpose in practical warfare. In liaw many cases would a soldier find himself so circumstanced as to be able to bring his wind gauge into use? The enemy is not a fixed iron slab at a known distance, and sighting shots cannot be had. Snap shooting is requived, and unless the practice on the range leads to excellence in that style of marksmanship, it 1s little more than a sort of useless sport, very entertaining for those engaged in it, very healthful, but very aimless, The British rifleman has been falling into short cuts to high scores, and the sight of a saldier standing and shooting from the shoulder is something of a rarityon Wimbledon Common; still there is more reason in this innovation on range practice than in our American failing of turning out big scores at the sacrifice of the yery foundation purpose of all work before the butts—the making of men able to hit anything at any rifle range, and to do it on call too. — BYE-WAYS OF THE NORTHWEST, NINTH PAVER. HAR the head of Jervis Inlet and hidden by lofty mountains, which on all sides wall it in, lies Princess Lonise Inlet, the gem of all the beautiful inlet country. Bute is grand and majestic, Loughborough is picturesque and charming, aud Jervis combines the beauties of both, but the scenery of Princess Louise surpasses that of any of the others. Its entranceis but a few yards in width, and, ex- cept at high and low water, the tide rushes along between ihe stern walls of granite in a rapid of great swiftness. The entrance passed, we caught a glinipse, on either side, of towering hills, and then plunged at once into a twilight, rendered more obscure by a thick white mist which hung low over the water. Out in the main inlet the sun had been shining bright and warm, but here we were ina gloom almost like that of night. Although we were passing along close under one of the bauks of the inlet we could nob see the trees, whose branches stretched out over the water above our heads, but moyed blindly along almost within oar's-length of the shore. ‘The sun does not penecirate this narrow gorge until it is high in the heayens, and there was something very solemn in the darkness and utter silence ofthe place. The men seemed awed by the strangeness of the situation, and only occasionally spoke, and tien in suppressed tones. No sound was to be heard except the regular dip of the paddles. For perbaps ai hour we moyed on through this mist, and at the end of this time 1 sudden brightening of the sky above us showed that the sun’s rays were beginning io dissi- pate the gloom. The mist rose slowly, and there appeared, first, the trees on the beach, then, immediately back of them, the piled up rocks which formed the talus at the foot of the precipice, and at last, as the clouds of vapor rolled higher and higher, like’a gigantic curtain, the black verlical cliffs and the snow-clad peaks of the mountains. Smooth as a polished mirror, and, like a mirror reflecting with unyarying fidelity the towering heights about it, the iuleh was suddenly spread out before us, and its wonderful heauties, heightened by contrast with the recent chscurity, were unfolded to our appreciative eyes. No word was spoken for some little time. The Indians stolidly continued the moyements ‘of their paddl2s, but those of the white men were idle. Imme- diately before us was a wide basin, which we were entering from a channel luss than a quarter of a mile in width, An unbroken line of snow, here close at hand and thereimiles away from us, patched toward ifs lower border with occa- sional masses of dark green or gray, surrounded ué to the FOREST AND STREAM. north, south and east. Nearer the water's level were the sombre grays or browns of the mountain rock, dark and forbidding. Still further down the slops, the scanty and il nourished timher grew in scattering clumps, or by single trees, reaching to the verge of the sheer precipices that ovér- hung the water's edge. To the south and to the east the hills rose sharply and continuously, there being no opening he- tween them until the snow level was reached, but toward the north-east this wall had been broken down, and a wide, but precipitous, valley, the ancient bed of a tremendous glacier, stretched away for miles toward the snowy heights of the interior. Down. this valley, among, over aud vunder enormous rock masses, whose harshand rugged outlines were softened by no appearance of verdure, poured, in a series of foaming falls, a large river, the course of which cold be traced far back toward the heights. Bere it became no more than a delicate white thread, and at length it was impossible to distinguish it from the snow drifts which were to be seen in every rayine. Still further toward the north, the moun- tains again become precipitous—oyerhanging precipices rise from the water's edge, and the rocky slopes which sur- mount them beara few trees. Above, extensive snowfields stretch away toward Mount Albert, showing here and there through their whiteness the sky-blue color of some ice river slowly plowing 1ts way down the slope. The rugged and massive peaks of Albert stand clearly out against the blue background of sky, and are flanked hy others, not so high but equally impressive. A bare needle ef granite rises to the east of the main peaks nearly to the same height which they at- tain, and still further to the east a towerlilke mass, its turrets ornamented with dark green spruces, attains an almosi equal ~altitude. The enormous cliffs, under whose shadow the canoe passes, are patched with lichens of various colors, so Lhat sometimes the granite looks as if it had been painted. One of a yivid canary yellow,seen on the lower side of the overhanging rocks, catches the reflection of the sun frem the water, and brightens the rock to a likeness of hymmered gold. Trickling from narrow crevices, the water has carried out iron if so- lution, and given to the granite beautifully shaded tints of yellow, red and brown. Here and there a pale green fern has thrust its roots into a seamin the rock and has spread out its feathery frondage before the celd gray background, Mosses of rich brown, gold color, and velvety green grow wherever they can gain a foothold; the brilliantly-colored rock: cress clasps with its tiny rootlets the cold, hard stone, and the delicate Campanula, undismayed by its arctic sur- roundings, waves its bells cheerily in the passing breeze. Just here at least there was no want of color, But as a whole the scene was one of forbidding harslmess. The ab- sence of any considerable masses of vegetation, the cold sray of the mountains, the presence everywhere of ice and snow, five to the whole an unspeakable sombreness .and gravity. Everything is cold, hard and repelling. There is tio warmth, no brightness, and but little life—and yet I think Princess Louise Inlet the most beautiful spot in the world, in its own peculiar way. The inlet is about four and one-half milesin length, by less than one-half in average width, being narrowest near its mouth and widest at itshead, In general terms it may be said to resemble more nearly in its essential sharacters some of the Norwegian fiords than do any of the other inlets of the northwest coast which I have visited; yetit diifers from the fiords of Norway in that from it you have constantly in sight snow and ice-coyered mountains. Like all the others, this inlet was formed by glacial action, and the traces of the ice river which cut this deep channel in the solid rock of the mountains are still plainly visible. During the ages which immediately followed the close of the Tertiary period the whole of northern North America was covered with an enormous ice shecl thousands of feet in thickness. The whole of British America, » considerable portion of the Rocky mountains, all New England and a very large portion of the middle States were for ages buried beneath this frozen mass. Inthe White mountains the upper surface of this stupendous glacier was at least 6,000 feet above the sea level, while still further to the northward, it is estimated that it was not less than 13,000 feet in thickness, This enormous mass had a- general slow, bub more or less constant, motion southward—a motion permitted by the now well-known plasticity of ice, and due to the constant pressure of the mass behind. The movement was to the southward, because there the ice was constantly melting and disappear- ing, while to the north if tended constantly to increase in thickness. ‘To the north there was no escape, for its move- ment in this direction was blocked by an unyielding ice mass which became more and more thick and immoyable as the Pole was approached. Uxged on by this ever-increasing pressure, the ice sheet moved sieadily southward, creeping up high mountain slopes, and then, when their summits were reached, overtopping them, afad pushing iis way down on the other side. No better illustration of the movenient of such a body can be given than the one employed by Professor Dana, who says: ‘If stiff pitch be gradually dropped over a horizontal surface it will spread and continue so to do, so long as the supply is kept up 7 and if that surface rises gt an angle in one direction, and there is no escape in any other, it will first fill the space to (he level of the edge, and then drop over and continue onward its flow. So glaciers, if the accumulation is adequate, may go across valleys and over elevated ridges.” MA i : ; Drormper ff, 1881 J Tl has been clearly established that ice haa a certain degree of plasticity. Thus, it can be madé by simple pressure't copy 2, seal or mould, like wax. Dr. Kane spéals of « tab} of ice, eight feet thick and twenty wide, supported only the sides, which in two months became so deeply bent (ig its centre was depressed fiye feet, and this while the ten perature was constantly below the freezing point, It mm also be made to take the shape of a long cylinder, by prag ing it through a round hole. In such cases, even if the W is broken by pressure, it unites into a clear mass by freezip along the fractures, when their sides arein contact. Th glaciers of to-day are the remnants of the ancient ive shies that once covered the northern portions of both continen They are simply rivers of ice of varying thickness and exten having their origin above the leyel of the perpetual snow by which they are fed. The grandest glaciers of the ten perate zone are those of Switzerland, but one must lrave to arctic climes to behold the most stupendous exhibitions § fhege ice rivers. A glacier, in its origin, consists merely § compacted snow, but as it advances down the mountain sid itis gradually changed by pressure into an ice-like mass, ai as itreaches a point where there is alternate melting and free ing it becomes truly ice. Now, as we know that the glaci tends constantly to move in the direction of least resistance and as the momentum of such an enormous massissomethin almost inconceivably great, we can see that its course be in a bed not unlike that of a river. A glacier is an enol mous plow, which cutsa furrow both wide and deep. J its course it at once scrapes away all the surface soil amd the looge stones, reaching down to the bed rock agains which it continually grinds, and wears itself away. glacier, inits course, takes up and carries with il gravel pebbles and boulders of different sizes; end these, whethe orn away from the sides of the bed, or dropping onto the ie from overhanging cliffs, soon sink through the ice to th bottom. Here they-are rolled along, crushed beneath hi weight of the superincumbent mass, against or into tle roel over which it is passimg. In this underlying rock lon scratches and scorings are thus made, its irregularitiesof sw face smoothed and planed off, and sometimes its surtae highly polished. Tn glacier regions such surtaces are frequent seen, as well as the smoothly rounded knolls of rock, calle roches moutonnees, or sheep-backs. The debris carried slong in and beneath the glacier is constantly being ground up, like the wheat between two mill-stones, and the water Of the stream formed by the melling ice, is charged with th pulverized rock, Such streams are, therefore, usually mo or less milky in color, and can be recognized by this charat ter far away from their source. The water of Bute Inle down to and beyond its mouth, has this peculiar charactef and thus warned us of the glaciers near its head long befor we came within sight of them, . At the lower extremity a the elacier are vast heaps of earth and stone, deposi there by the melting ice. Such heaps are called fermi moraines. Some of thestones in these moraines are of pres size, and very many of them besr the sears and scratches which tell plainly the story of the hard knocks to which they have been subjected since they were first torn from their hedi Everywhere along the cliffs of the inlets the marks of tf erosive force of the old glaciers had been visible, bul the were nowhere better seen than on Princess Louise and Jervis Inlets. High upon the rocks the deep scorings appeared long continuous scratches, which told of tae slow passage 0 gome enormous mass of rock, held by the ice close to the wall-like side of the channel, and pressed against if with @ force, of the magnitude of which we can form no conception) smooth rounded depressions showing where a mass of gran had been held, andslowly: turned over and over until it excavated a fiemispherical cavily eight or ten feet wide aid nearly as deep; and down near the water's edge flattenet rounded surfaces, smoothed and polished by the prolonget friction of the ice. At the mouth of Princess Lonise is % low rock, rising ten or twelve feet above the water, on whidl ara half a dozen parallel horizontal grooves, two fect or m in depth, and extending along its whole length. ‘The cl on the north-west bank of Jervis Inlet, above the mouth @ Princess Louise, are everywhere smoothed and ground swaj by the action of the ice. The scorings, which are constam ly seen, are often of great length, and from four to si feet in height. Many of them curve very gradually, they are often scimetar-shaped, and terminate in a ronndi depression, Opposite Mcorsam Bluffs is along, low point, 0 which the ice markings are admiribly shown. The roel rises from the water at rather a sleep incline ina series @ steps, showing the vo¢hes mouionnees on a figantic scald The granite is blackened with s growth of lichen, and from® the crevices in it, spring mosses undergrowth and some shia pine timber. Theenormous masses of rock look like backs of so many sleeping elephants. At the head of Jervis Inlet is a small camp of Hanebtehin or Hanehtsin, Indians, The only man at the village was aw old fellow whom ‘we found mending his canoe on the hea with 9 stone hammer of most primitive type, and who coul@ gpealt neither Chinook nor any otherlanguage at the com tnand of the members of our party. We held animated Jogues with him, in which the burden of our speeches was a inquiry as to whether he had either potatoes or salmon R sell, What he replied will ever remain a mystery. Hamsey who was the orator of the day on our side, svould hopeles reply, after hearing the old man through: ‘ Wee Kumtue mike wahkwak,” (1 dowt understand your langa ' Za x So Drommerr 15, 1881.} FOREST AND STREAM. < 385 i At lash, in despair, some one caught ups potato and threw it a! thie old fellow, and as he picked itup it was beautiful to s2e his perplexed expression clear sway and the light of in- telligence snd Salisfaction irradinte his countenance. He _ shouted a series of ordersto the Aloviviimans at the houses, -iind we soon bat» lot of excellent wapetues at the canoe. 1 purchased here a two-pronged salmon spear, which I thought might prove useful iater, as the fish were now running up into the freshwater streams in considerable numbers. We camped a mile or twodown the inlet, and as we were about 1o start next morning, we received a visit from the Biwashes, who broughtsome more potatoes and a lof of salmon just taken from the water. They also brought 1» potlaich of berries, presumably in return for 2 piece of tobacco that I had given ‘the old fellow the evening before. From here two days run brought usto Twin Falls on MWotham Sound, near the foot of which we camped. These falls are by measurement of the Professow’s aneroid barometer 1,510 feet in height, They are much more impressive when viewed from the water at a dislance of a mile or two than when seen from a point nearer at hand, The enormous timber obscures the view when the falls ave approached too closely, and although you are deafened by their roar only an occasional glimpse of the wateristohe had. Theriver which supplies them flows froni a depression on the top of the mountain, and just as it leaps oyer the cliff is divided into two streams by a large island. A great body of water passes over the fall, the tiver being a Very considerable stream. We estimated the first leap of the water at 00 feet clear, the succeeding ones being less hich, perhaps from 300 down to 140 feet, The next morhing we made a late start, and before moving I spent an hour or two Teaning over the side of the canoe and watching the occupations of the different marine animals which were moving about at the bottom of the shoal water near ihe shore, There were hundreds. of little crabs, the lavgest shout the size of a silver half dollar, clambering about like so many goats over the rocks, and apparently feed- ing on the vegetable matter that grew upon them, ‘They walked slowly about plucking the food with their curiously swollen white claws, using the right and left alternately, so that while one was holding the food to the mouth, the other was galbering 4 fresh supply. They seemed wholly absorbed in what they were doing, their jaws moved continuously, and altogether they had a most business-like and methodical aspect. The largest of these animals were of a deep putple eolor, while the smaller ones seemed to be almost always of 4 dull grayish green, which corresponded very closely with the hue of the rocks on which they fed, and is no doubt in a measure protective. They seemed to get along very peace- ably together, thougw, once im a while, if a small crab came too near a large one, the latter would make a threatening dash at his neighbor, which would at once retreat with many de- fensive demonstrations of its claws. Then there were the curved white tubes of the marine worms, fixed to te sides of many of the stones; sone of them deserted and empty, while from the mauths of others protruded a cluster of deep, crimson tentacles, the whole looking like some beautiful white-stemmed flower. If the zed eluster was cautiously approached and touched, it was instantly withdrawn, and dhe tube appeared emply. Five minutes later, perhaps, a small spot of red would slowly be noticed far down in the fube, the arms would gradually appear, and resume their flower-like appearance. The barnacles which covered the rocks above acertain line were not the least interesting of _ the living creatures which were to be seen here, At those Stages of the tide when the water did not reach them, the shells remained closed and showed no signs of life; but as s00n ag they were fairly covered, each little pair of valves opened and the tiny arms were extended and swept through the water with a regular motion, which ceased only when they had grasped some morsel of food which was floating ~by. When this took place, the arms were quickly drawn into the shell, the valves closed and the animal re- mained quiescent for some little time. If was interesting, too, to watch thesea urchins or, as they are sometimes called, Rea egos, and the star-fishes as they moved about over the bottom: Both progress very slowly, the sea urchins, per- haps, the more so of the two. The latter advance by a con- tinuols motion of theirlong ambulacral spines, atid can make journeys of considerable length, though apparently so ill- provided with organs of Jocomotion. If one be tummed oyer on its back on a fiat rouk, if can veadily right itself by means of the same graduul but continuous moyement of the spines. - Tf removed from the water they have a continuous motion of the mouth and soft under parts as though striving to obtain air. These sea urchins are eaten by the crows and ravens; which find them uncovered at low water, and, carrying them up into the trees, remove tho soft body by breaking away the sheil shout the yéntral aporture. These shells I have found thus broken om the ground in the forest, half a mile from the water’s edge, and often covered with the long white Spanish moss. The star-fishes moye much more rap- idly than the sea urchins, They progress mainly by means of the suckers with which their arms are provided, but also tO some extent by hooking their arms around the angles of the rocks and thus pulling themselves forward for short dis- tances. These animals are found slong this coast in great abundance and varicty. I saw them black, brown, yeilow, range red and purple, and xanging in. size from the ameter of a five-cent piece np to ten inches. 'Theyseemed o be most abundant just about low water mark, though by nO means confined to any particular depth. They are fre- quently seen clinging to the rotks where they haye heen left bare by the tide, and when a great cluster of the large red or purple ones are seen collected in un angle of the rock: against the shining black oiussels and the brown seaweed, the effect is very pretty. In Princess Louise Inlet we saw in the early morning great numbers of the smaller starfishea clinging by one ov at most two arms to the rucks, it being then low water, and these, whether from eold, or whatever other cause, appeared to he half dead and were shriyelled up and siiff. When placed in waler, however, they soon revived and became apparently as well as eyer- ' From our camp a Twin Falls our course for a few miles was soulheast, and passing between Captain and Nelson Islands, we entered Azamemnon Channel, and early in the afternoon came out into Malaspina Straits. A. fresh breeze was blowing and, as it was fair, we made sail and bowled swiftly along, camping at evening on the mainland a liltle beyond Merry Isiand. Our next camp was on Bowen Island, where we were nearly burned out. We had been looking vainly for a good spot to camp and, al last, in default of any- thing better, had pitched upon a little bay, full of driftwood, but where we could at least be certain of water. The rocks rose steeply from fhe water's edge and we were obliged to make up our beds on the beach, not feeling at all sure that the rising tide would not disturb us before morning. We found a little level spot where there was barely room enough for four to sleep, and spread our beds here, the camp fire be- ing made against a large drift log near at hand, and as we were all pretty tired after our long day’s pull we went to sleep soon after supper. How long afterward it was that 1 was awakened by he sound of dashing water I do not know, but when I looked out from under my blankets I saw the great log glowing like a furnace, and Onarley, very lightly clad, dashing water over it ata great rate. It was soon ex- tinguished and our only loss was some of the kitchen uten- sils, but had it burned a little longer our blankets would have been scorched and we ourselyes would haye been thoroughly warmed. Yo. The Sportsman Gaurist. IN THE “ MASH”—CONCLUDED, ‘ HEN the Captain awoke it was not yet daybreak, but the Hermit of the Marsh was ulreatly astir, and the fumes of hot coffee and bacon were borne to the Oaptaiu’s olfactories. After. a hurried wash at the river the breakfast was dispatched, and preparations were made fora try at the ducks. The captured fowlin the pen were shod with a “hoot,” to which was attached to a cord for anchoring them, aud then placed in the bow of the duck-boat ; the two men with the guns, accompanied by a single dog, embarked, and the light, shallow craft was pushed off. “flere we are,” said John, after they had the marsh a short distance. “ But where is your blind ?”” “T will show you when the stools are out. Put the big he-one on the outside, so—anchor first. Now t’other, not too near, or they'll get tangled. Put the mallard drake in the corner and string the others well ont. Now for the blind.” The blind was a marvel of architecture, built of marsh flag and Jarge enough for the boat to be drawn within it. The opening at which the entrance was made was closed up by an ingeniously constructed maf of flag, plaited together, so that the shooters were wholly concealed, while from with- outit presented a similar appearance to the surrounding morass. ‘«There comes a bunch of ducks,” said the Captain, as the first gray sireaks in the east made the surrounding region visible. j ‘«Them’s blue-bills,® said the hermit; ‘‘they won't stool to live decoys. They allus fly before the other ducks do in the mornin’,” Soon a large flock of black-duck came working up the river, The stoo! ducksinstantly set up a loud calling, and the fleck in the air swerved from their course and swooped down fo join their supposed friends. As they wheeled np wind to alicht two reports came from the blind, and then two more, and seven fine birds floated helplessly in the water, while a cloud of feathers sailed off with the wind oyer the marsh. A lucky shot,” said the Captain. “umph ! ort to got; more out o’ that buneh. How much lead you shootin’?” ‘An ounce and & quarter.” ‘* Better put in half anounce more, carried off all you give *em.” ‘*But halfan ounce more would kick me out of the boat.” “No business to haye such a pop-fun, then. You can’t shoot ducks with less than fen pound of iron, and no use to try.” Trt then a solitary blue-bill skimmed by at a good sixty yards’ distance, and the Captain, drawing a quick sight, pulled trixger, and, asif fo disprove his companion’s words, the duck fell to the water, stone dead. bi ‘t Humph!” growled the hermit; ‘accidents don’t provs nothin’. Icandrop’em twice that length by puttin? my shot into a linen rag and poundin’ it home tight. But I can’t do it every time, and the man don’t live nigh Mosquito Pint that can.” Several more difficult shots were accomplished by the lighter gun, however, and the old man finally admitted that it was ‘‘a powerful good guo fora pop-con.” At leagth, With two dozen birds in the boat and several lying wounded among the prass, the latter being afterward brought to baz by the sagacity of the retriever, the Captain declared him— self satisfied with the sport, and the boat was poled back to the shanty. As several miles had to be paddled before a villagecould be reached where the Captaln might chip the ducks to his friends at home, the Gypsy was soon made ready for the yoyaze, old John was supplied with sufficient tobacco tolast him throygh the winter, a hasty good-bye was said and \le canoe resumed its voyage. As he rounded a turn in the channel, the Cap- poled through Them on your side tain looked back, and saw the Hermit of the Marsh wielding an axe as he cut the wood to prepare his nuonday meal. The (logs sat ou their haunches in silence near him, the wonderful pig lay in the mud nesr the shore and the ducks gabbled as they fought among themeelyes for a few kernels of corn. This was the last time the Captain was ever to look wpon the old man, for before the ice left the riyer in the following spring le suecumbed to tlie combined efforts of ague, rheum- alism and old age, and was laid beneath the ground. ind- hearted, simple old John! May his spirit live forever in the happier land, where the dull yestments of an outer garb are Ey auiieete to conceal the purity and goodness of the heart Within. The canoe now travelled through what was at one time the preat hunting ground of the Senecas and Cayugas, sithated on each side of the river known to them as Thiohero, ‘River of the Rushes.” Many remains of Indian villages and forts are still to be seen, and the whole country around is rich in such relics as arrow-heads and spear-heads, stone tomahawks, kettles, pottery, etc. The branches of the Five Nations dwelling in this region were far advanced, comparatively, in agriculture and domestic arts, before the white man invaded them country. They cultivated maize in abundance, beans and some sort of peas, and their implements for hunting, fishing and cooking were of superior kind to any used by olher tribes. A few miles east of Howland’s Island, near what are known as ‘Hickory Island Riffs,” the remains of a well-built stone eel-weir could be seen a few years ago, before the steam-dredgze was put at work to enlarge the channel. This eel-weir was built so carefully and thoroughly ihat it had withstood the annual spring floods for ages, and its plan of See Use was not at all behind that used by fishermen to-day, Cross Lake (Indian Zé-wngi-too), which the Seneca River crosses near its southern end, has many circumstances of interest connected with it. Here have been found stone implements for turning up the ground, carved pottery and pipes, curious spear-heads and other relics in abundance. Tt Was here, according to tradition, that the Indian deity who presided over fish and streams (Ti-oun-ya-wat-ha) settled after he had relinquished his title of deity, and assumed the name of //i-a-wat-ha, or Wise Man. It was he who cleared the streams so that conoes could pass through them, and he who taught the Iroquois to cultivate corn and beans, Tt was he, too, who advised the union of the original five tribes into that powerful confederacy of the Five Nations, which the whites found so difficult to subdue. The tradition of the formation of this confederation, as told by the Onon- dagas, is one of the most beautiful legends of his- tory, Although never in print, to the writer’s knowledge, it is well worth embalming in verse, and is a poem even as told in the rough gutlurals of the Indian’s broken English. Longfellow has taken the wise man of the Senécas for the hero of his well-known poem, *‘Hiawatha” (which is pro- nounced /7¢e-a-wat-la, Not, a3 elocutionists haye it, Hy-a- math-a), but the poel’s account of this character differs widely from thal, of the Indians’ tradition, and the writer hopes in some future numler of this paper to giye the version of the latter as it was told to him. All this has little to do with the voyage of the canoe, Gypsy, although the Caplain’s thoughts, as he paddled through this historic region, were all upon the traditions and lore of this ancient people, the Romans of the Western Hemisphere. With every dip of the varnished blade a new idea was brought to the mind. On that round hill was a Seneca or Cayuga village. On this eastern shore of Cross Lake, near the cold spring, is where the great Hi-a-wat-ha - had his lodge, with his beautiful daughter and his white canoe. At this shallow ‘riff? the warriors of the con- federacy forded the river to confront their enemies from the north, and perhaps even here was fought one of the bloodiest battles of their conflict. Passing Cross Lake we shoot down the rapids of ‘‘ Jack’s Riffs,” and eizht miles further reach the village of Bald- Winsville. Here the voyage of the Gypsy is interrupted for afew days, while the Captain pays a visit to some hunting friends residing near by, and here we will leave the little craft for the present, reserving for another time the chronicle of her renewed voyage down the Seneca and Oswego rivers to the Great Lake, and close around the shore of old Ontario to the St. Lawrence River and Canada, SENEOA, ————————— CRUISE OF “THE NIPPER.” IN THREE PARTS—PART IL. Os NIPPER wasup for a rather extended cruise, tostart July 8. Iquoteabrief entry from my journal, under date of July 23: ‘*Slept later than usual, and on rising found my knapsack missing. ‘The loss is irreparable. Spent the day paddling around the lakes, trying to trace if, It has gone to Bine Mountain in the duffel of Mr. Durant and his guide Moody—taken by mistake.” The guides assured me it would come back by the first boat coming from Blue Mountaim, or, perhaps, the Raquette. The mistake was a most natural one. The knapsack was of oiled ducking, black, not heavy, and easily taken as @ part of the oilcloth goods that hung on the ne large nail. I was fain to wait with what patience I could. Days passed, and the knapsack did not come back. I put the time In by climbing the hills—Bald Mountain especially; paddling, botanizing, digging blisters off the fir trees for the few drops of balsam contained in them, and*fishing for lake and brook trout—with little success. I interviewed guides and tourists, studied maps of the Wilderness, and strove—in yain—to keep dry. To give an idea of just what the weather was_like at this lime, I will give afew brief quotations from a journal kept faithfully on the spot: July 16th. Gale and heavy rain. wind mainly from the’ north, 17th. Heavy wind and cold rain from the North, every one shivering with cold. Fiye people in the house with hard, chronic coughs. Sark, bark, all night. 18h. Rain, rain; blow, blow, from the north, as usual, Cough, cough. Five of us keep it up. Two will most likely never be better. 19th, Like the 18th, eold and rainy. Rained all nicht, 20th. Poton a gum coat, tovk my little hatchet, and went for the woods. Made a fire that would roast an ox, and got nearly dry—for once. Sill raining: Rains nearly all the time. ?Tisn't the most fayorable weather for lung disenses ; not the healthiest region, I should say, Parties who come for health are every day gomez out, disgusted and sick. Still the camp is full. 21st. John D, Fraser visited us, Hehas been taking views of the scenery in Brown's Tract, and taking them well. But Frequent showers 386 FOREST AND STREAM. what American pays for American ske!ches? Let him go to Switzerland or tlie Khine. He painted, artistically, a name on my canoe; for] hurried her maker go that he did not have time to do it, and I would as soon have s wife or daughter wilhout 4 name 48 an unnamed canoe. Still it rains, and etill we miserabics Gough Night and day. Is it cheery? Do we feel exhilarated? ‘Like the Grand Turk?” as Mr, Quilp remarks. Not to any great extent, 1 should say. 22d. Weather a little better. Getter myself. Dinner at Sam Dunakin’s. Warmer. Winds. yV., and showers during tlie night. eed, Already noted. 24th. Paddled to Forge house. Wetagain. Am wet all the time, The whole Wilderness water-soaked, 25th. Just a repetition of 24th for rain and wind. ‘Tried the spring holes just before and after sundown—with the usual luck. Guides, boats and parties coming and going all the time. 26th. More parties and more rain, gusted. Tried fly-fishing again—with no luck. 27th. Weather better. Am making up a blanket-roll, and getting ready fora good start to-morrow, if it is fair. 28h, Hained in the fore part of he day, but cleared off in the af/ernoon, and J started for a cruise at 6 Pp. w,—rather Jate, as [found ; for, what with stopping at Ed. Arnold’s for a visit, and loitering on the way, nivht overtook me long be- fore I veached the head of Fourth Lake. Here I found a roaring torrent coming down the inlet from Wifih Lake, which sfier an hour of hard work I was unable to stem, and ao drifted ‘back into Fourth Lake, where I,paddled around until midnight, foally landing ou an island where Fred Hess has a good house and camf). Here he lives, with his family ; but happening to be absent just then, could not welcome me, so | made myself welcome to his open camp, found a lamp anda good bed, lighted the one and took possession of the other, managing to put in a few hours of solid sleep before sunrise. Started early, and tried the inlet by daylight; bnt the current was ton stiff, and | was forced to back down and take the carry to Fifth Lake. Found the fishing camp at the font of the Jake partially submerged and untenable. Last year it was a fine camp to stop at; but the State has seen fit to back upthe wuter in Sixth and Seventh Lakes with adam tenfeet high; the gate had just been raised © by order,” and the pent-up waters were rushing downward to the Black River, tu turnmill-wheels and swell the profitgof gome manu- facturer or corporation having influence at Albany. Making the three-quar'er mile carry from Fifth to Sixth, I landed at the dam, and rested for a time to take in the desolute scene. The water at and above the dam was clogeed with rotting vegetation, slimy tree-fops, and decayed, half-sunken logs. The shore line of trees stood dead and dying, while the smell of decaying vegetable matter was sickening. Last season Sixth Lake, though small (fifty-three acres), was a wild, gamy place. and the best of the chain for fluating. Its glory has departed. None care fio stop there longer than is necessary. Seventh Lake, containing 1,69 acres, is the second largest lake of the chain, and lies but a trifle higher than Sixth, There is no rapid water and no cary between the two, and a dam that raises the water eight or nine feet in the Sixth will raise it almost! ashigh inthe Sevenih. The channel up to Seventh was as plain ax a highway last year, and pleasant withal. ‘The present season finds the channel wiped out, the forest of balsam, spruce and hemlock, cop- verted ioto a dismal swamp of dying trees, fonl, discolored waters, and fouler smells; while the channel has puzzled more than one guide yho had been used to the route fur years. However, by the help of a few blazed trees and jallen timber, with short sections cut out of the trunks for the passage of boats, I contrived to keep the channel and debouched ints the once pleasant Seventh, only to find it a scene of desolafion and decay. All along the shores the timber was dead or dying; and the odor of rotting vegetation was not suggestive of “ozone,” or balsam laden breezes. As you enter the Seventh by the outlet, turn to port, fol- low the shore for 100 rode, and you will find an open, free- for-all bark camp. It has been there for many years, and many are the names and dates carved on the squared logs of which the sides sre built. I expected to find Sam Dunukin, with Doctor Nott and party here, but they had left, though their fire was still burning. So I stopped fora rest and din- ner. Acro-s the lake, looking by the high rocky pnint, you could see, last season, a white, long strip of clean sand-beach. Just back of the beach was a hedge-like row of green shrub- bery, some fifty yards long, and just herecame in the stream of Kighth Lake—the inlet of Seventh. This, too, is all changed. Beach, hedge and inlet are all drowned out, and the dense forest, for a long distance, is under water on either side. This is bad; for the open spaces amone the trees are exsily mistaken for the inlet by astranger, while the tortuous channel is hard to follow and the landing: still more difficult to find. And thereby I came to grief; for, taking an after-dinner nap, I must lave slept too long. Theafternoon was cloudy, and my watch, that very useful companion of the lone tourist, had got wet, and, though keeping up a feeble semblance of lite, had hecome utierly reckless as to any proper division of hours and ratte The hands pointed to balf-past two. The hands ied. Probably it was nearer half-past five when T paddled leis- urély across Seventh Lake, and, after losing half an hour looking for the iulet,, started up the channel all right. I ought to have found the landing in Jess than one and a half miies; but I went on and on, until the roar of the rapids admonished that I had gone too far up stream. Also, 1 had lost the marked trees which the guides have blazed to ind1- cate the route. So] turned and paddled back, looking care- fully for some sign of a Janding. None was tobe seen. I skirted along fhe north shore, asnear it as T could get, and got into a fearful mess of dead logs, submerged iree-tops aud sunken brosh, but no landing. All at once darkness shut down on that miserable, dismal forest, likea wet blanket, A heavy black cloud showed in the southwest, and thunder began to growl ominously. And now for the open channel ; for any place, where dry ground may be found, with a chance to put up the shelter tent. Too late. One end of the canoe wus fast on a floating log, and the first attempt to back off resulted in sticking the other end in a scrayey tree-top, while the log stuck tighter than a brother, It began to Joolk like an uncomfortable serape. Thecanoe was hung up, stem and stern, and the furious gust that usually precedes a thun- der storm waa roaring through the forest, tipping a balaam or spruce over here and there, making one feel uneasy as they plashed into the mudily water, their loosened roots makin them ap easy prey to the wins. On the heel of the eal came the rain, and how it did pour; while the lightning was almost incessant, and the thunder wag highly credilable for a country with so few advantuges. Lunjointed the paddle, and, using the single blade, got free of that execrable log. Then J. worked free of the old iree-top, and, aided by the flashes that lighted the whole forest momentarily, got out into clear water, but quite idiotic as to the points of the compass, fo, as there seemed nothing better to do, I sat still and watched the strange, wild scenery, as shown in different colors by electricity. There were white flashes thal appeared to dash all over the forest in a broad, white glare of light, with no distinctive point of stroke. Pale-blue, zig-zag chains, that gave a pecu- liar ghastly light among trunks and limbs, and orange colored bolts that, seemed to my eye like round globes of fire. These last struck twice within a short distance of the canoe—once, a tree that stond in the water, and once on dry Jand. I could tell by the sound of the shattered tops, as they plashed into the witer, or clattered to the ground, Comfortless as the situa- tion was, it was a grand display, also—a little unearthly and a trifle scary. It was some satisfaction to reflect that [ was insnred in two companies, and a random bolt or a tumbling tree might be worth three thousand dollars to the widow. The storm lasted an unconscionable time, but was followed by a bright, clear night, and when I had made out the north star, I slowly worked down the channel, got into the lake, and made the cdmp again just as the eastern sky began to show sireaks of light. There was plenty of dry kindling wood in the camp, and & rousing fire was in order, with a pint of strong, bot tea, broiled pork, bread and potatocs. Thanks to the waterproof shelter-tent, I was capable of adry blanket, shirt and drawers, 80, hanging my wet clothes to dry by the fire, 1 swathed myself snugly in blanket and tent, lay down on fragrant browse, and slept the sleep of the just man. a * Lo * a * oo * Many going out, dis- * It ia not to be supposed that a man, far on the wrong side of fifty years, can take an all-night soaking in a wicked storm, seated in a 16-\b, canoe, where, to rise, Or even turn round, may mean drowning—can turn out, after needed sleep, with a general disposition to throw hand-springs, or perform feats of muscular agility. I awoke at about 10 a. m. on the morning of July 30, lame and sore, unwound myself from blanket and Giled sbelter-tent, took a wash, built a huge fire, made some strong coffee, and tried my best to make a cheery thing of it. Jt wouldn’t do, The miserable dead-line of timber was about. the only cheerful outlook; it was a long distance either way to human habitation cr to human sympathy, and— I was just mad. I limped down to the soddened beach, sat down on a soaked log, and ‘‘nursed my wrath to keep it warm.’’ JI cursed the weak, selfish policy (if it deserves the name) that is turning the finest sylvan région on the face of the earth into a disgusting malarial nuisance, I cursed the miserable, illogical hoodlums, who, from high positions, sing the praises of the Adirondacks, as a finer, more romantic land than the Swiss Alps; begging that if be kept asa ‘State Park—an inheritance for our children’s children,” while, from the other corners of their mouths, they explain how the waters fhat, by nature, seek the St. Lawrence, may be dammed, bucked up and turned, to flow into the Hudson, (See Vetplanck Colyin’s reports, which I have before me.) Now, let any man, with as much brains as a hen-turkey, look over Colvin’s reports, and say what the result will be, it his sugges!ions are ever practically carried to their consum- mation. * * * * But, enough torthe present. ‘* An’ if by anothtr year, qnite to the satisfaction of all those who advocate the damming of Jakes and rivers, regardless of health, recreation and the preservation of a region the like of which does not ¢xist on the surface of this globed earth. More anon. NESsMUK. = ++—< A WESTERN TRIP IN A HUNTING CAR, OUBTLHSS many of yourreaders are moreorless familiar with the plan for an annual hunt of certain members ot the Worcester Hxcursion Car Company, aud have heard or read of their suecessin the Great Northwest for five or six years. At the risk, then, of repeating some things which you may have already published, [ will ask you to tillow a little space 1o what | opine may a tleast be a rarity in your columns—a lady correspondent that I may record some particulars of this fall's huot, It was my good fortune to be a member of the hunting party which left, Worcester on the 17th of September !ast in the new and beautiful car, the * Jerome Marble.” I can readily see the look of surprise on the faces of some who wouder who could have been so foolish as to take ladies on a shooting trip. And why not, play? Weenjoyed it, our husbands approved it, and al- though we could not shoulder a nine-pound gun all day, day in and day out, as the gentlemen did, we frequently carried our Jighter breech-logdvrs, and climbed the hills and scaled the rocks, and crossed the plain, and tried to make the car a pleasanter and happier home for the gentlemen than it would have been had we been left at our own homes, We fained information, pleasure and health. Our husbands say they enjoyed our company, and we are already agreed to one thing—af we are fortunate enough to have the opportunity, Wwe are going again, ; Two new cars were completed by the Jackson & Sharp Company for the W. B.C. Co. on Sept. 15, the “ Jerome Marble” and the ‘‘Charles B. Pratt,” As you have hereto- fore printed a description of the ‘* City of Worcester,” the original car of this Company, I will not burden you now with details, but will reter to the greal inyprovements made as the result of three years’ experience, The main saloon— which is parlor, dining room and dormitory im one—is large, airy and even luxurious. By a new arrangement of berths, the room in daytime bears no signs of them. Beds, frame- work, mattresses, pillows and curtains are all stowed away elsewhere in lockers. A large private stateroom, containing a cabinet bed, may be used mm cases of sickness; but, for- tunately, if is not often in demand for that purpose. Of the reading room, the ample wardrobes, lockers and dressing raomg, the complete kitchen, pantry aud refrigerators, the roomy lockers beneath the car for provisions, fuel and ice, and of the three attendlants—porter, cook and waiter—accom- panying each car, you have heard before. Wvery one of these beautiful cars is indeed a home on wheels. Both the Marble” and ‘‘ Pratt’? were chartered to hunt- ing parties long before their completion, the former to start from Worcester, the latter from Philadelphia. The ‘* Pratt" parly was composed of gentlemen aline, and asthe wives of some of its members were given places on the “* Marble” the two parties seemed closely related, and after deciding on the same route met frequently, first at Chicago and after- ward at the hunting grounds. (As I have said, we left Wor- erster on Sept. 17, going to Chicago direct hy way of Hoosac Tunnel, Here we tarried long enough to learn the more re- the beast an’ brauks be spared” | will ventilate this subject,. | belie - _— [Dxommerr 15, 1881, cent reports from the prairie chicken country, and decided fa go on the Minnesota Division of the Northwestern R. R. At Redwood Falls we remained a week, and were yery successful, as well as at Canby, considering the moist condi- tion of the prairie, The unusually severe rain storms of the Summer and early fall made chicken shooling more like work and less like sport than uvder ordinary circumstances. Chickens were plenty, and notwithstandibg the discomforts of getting them on account of the water, we had more than our fifteen ravenous appetites required, from the day the first one was killed until we left them for larger game, i Somewhat earlier than we originally intended we left the Northwestern Railroad for the Northern Pacific, starling from i!s eastern terminus, St. Paul, on Oct. 3. We found geese and ducks in great quantity and variety whereyer we stopped. At Troy Farm, D. T., gray geese were yery abund- ant. One of our party, its youngest member, shot sixteen in anaflernoon within Jess than a quarter of a mile from the car. He did not bring them all in at one carry, but brought all he could and returned for the rest. Our baggage car waa by this time so overcrowded with game that we decided to cross the Missouri and spend a few days in sight seeing, The bridge ketween Bismarck and Masdan is not com- pleted, and we were ferried across the tiver on the N. P, ‘Transfer boat. Starting from Mandan early in the morning, we went directly to Little Missouri Crossing in the heart of the wonderful Bad Lands. I would gladly attempt a full description of this curions country if 1 felt that I could do the subject even meagre justice, without encroaching too much upon your space, The strata of black and red and gray, the scorix capped buttes, the weird, desolate appearnice of a city ruined by fire, the yawning canyons, yaried in theiv colors by the green cedars, the red scoriz, the neutral tinted clay and rocks, and the brown and black cinders and lignite, and, stranger than all, the hissing, burning pits, themselves the cause of all this devastation, are things which once seen will never be forgotlen. By the courtesy of the officers at Canton- nent, ‘* Bad Lands,” we were enabled to ride nearly ten miles from the track, oyer the rough country to a group of burning pits. And as if to make our surroundings an even greater picture of ruin, we were shown, as we crossed it, the trai! made by Custer when he went to his death. The largest of the pits which we visited was full forty feet deep, and wide enough to enable us, while. standing on its brink and looking into the white-heated mass of burning lignite and baking clay below us, to feel that we were indeed looking into *‘a raging furnace, whose fire could not be quenched.” In reply to our inquiry, '‘ How long have they been burning ?” we are told toimagine for ~ ourselves, for the space already burned over is twenty-five miles wide by # hundred and sixty-five milesin length, and we instantly conclude that the fire was not lighted by one of our race, Pieces of score taken from the pits while hot and fragments of petrified wood from the neighboring: plain were umong the relics gathered and preserved by those of our party who cared for them. Great was our surprise to find the ground covered with snow when we reached Glendive, Montana, on the evening of Oct, 11. It was only a scare, however, for the warm sun of the next two days lett the ground bareand dry again. At Glendive webad our first view of the now famous Yellow- stone, end through the kindness of the Northern Pacific Construction Company our cars were taken to the (hen ex- treme end of the track at O'Fallon, giving us a ride of nearly forty miles along the beautiful bank of the river. O’Fallon is diztant from New York over two thousand miles, and was the extreme western point reached by onr party. Reiurning the same day to Glendive, our gentlemen decided to accept an offer of wagons and escort from the Commandant of the | military Post fur a buffalo hunt. We ladies could not well share in this sport, and willingly agreed to remain at ihe car, A three-days’ camping outfit was soon ready, and early Thurs- day morning, under the guidance of five mounted soldiers, all but one of the gentlemen started fora point thirty-Hve miles northwest. dust at the appointed time and while we were looking for them on Saturday aflernoon they came in sight, loaded down with all the beef they could carry, and with the hides and some of the heads of the eight buffalos killed on Friday, This was indeed success, even beyond our most sanguine hopes, and we will not soon forget the kindness of the offi- cers of the Post, to whom we are so greatly indebted. After leaving Glendive, on our return trip, we halted at Keith and South Heart, at this season the best points on the road for antelope. Icould almost say we saw thousands of them on our way from Mandan to Little Missomi. We cer- tainly saw many herds of over fifty in each and some of over a hundred. One of our party was fortunate enovgh to kill one from the baggage-car while we were going ati full speed. An accommodating engineer checked his train and gaye us _ time to bring it in. Before we recrossed the Missouri on our return we had secured ten antelope and two deer, which, with the eight buffalos, made our stay on this division of "the Northern Pacific remarkably successful, After stopping at Steele and Crystal Springs, where ducks and geese were so plenty that it seemed almost like murder to kill them, we came back to Minneapolis. A special engine took our cars to Fort Swelling, giving us time to enjoy the magnificent view from the Fort tower up and down fhe Miasis-ippi, and up the Minnesota, and a charming visit to the Falls of Minnehaha, One of our party having become so infatuated with the country that he declared he was not ready to relurn home, bade us good-bye st St. Panl, with the avowed intention of returning to the buffalo country, After our return home we found our expenses forthe entire trip, including everything, were about five dollars per day. Oan you imagine 4 more delightful vacation ?—Hennramra. SSS Osprey ok Eacre—Stevens Plains, Me., Nov. 26— Biditor Forest and Stream: I notice a communication in the last issue of your paper, signed *‘ W,” giving an account of an eagle taking a pike from amill-pond. ‘*W” first calls the bird an eagle, then osprey, and then eagle again. Now-~I never saw ao eagle, neither 4, canadensis nor H. levencepha- jus take fish in that manner, but haye repestedly seen the osprey, P. carolinensis, do so. I suppose ‘*W," meant osprey when he ssid cagle. If not, I would like to askif itis a common habit of the eagle to procure his food in thal manner? The shooting in this purl of the State has been very poor this fall; no ruffed grouse to mention, squirrels fairly plentiful, and a few rail about make np the list. Have seen but one flock of geese, and that a small one —JAor. ‘ . [The bird referred to was probably Pandion carolinensis, the fish hawk, but it may have been Ha tetus lencocaphalus, the white-headed eagle. On the Pacific coast we have seen the latter seize fish in the water, though we believe it to be unusual for them to do 80.] [Deozmeer 15, 1881, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FRAGMENTS.—IV. BEING EXTRACTS FROM AN EDITOR'S CORRESPONDENOE. * * * J first saw the light in the ancient county of King George, lying between the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers, Maryland, In this country isa yariety of game, nourished by a good supply of food and protected by a splendid cover. My fathers before me were loyers of the chase, and I pre- sume that from them I iuherited my predilections in that direction, Had I the time I might tell you how my great- grandfather, while struggling in the water, into which he had been drawn by an immense sturgeon which he had just hooked, opened a knife with his teeth, cut the line, and saved his life. I could tell how my father killed wild ducks with a stone, when he was deprived of a gun by his father, who consider- ed him too fond of hunting. I could tell you how this same parent of mine bagged forty foxes in one season with his farthfal hounds, Sportsman, True Boy, Stormer and Countess. How he quizzed a green- horn who undertook to point out toa disappointed hunting party the exact spot where a fox wastobe ltound. The preenhorn, in fact, knew nolhing abontit, but the fox was found there, just where he had said it would be. The gun with which my father performed many notable feats of marksmanship was an old flint-lock. It kicked si hard that it one day knocked out two of his front teeth. Of this untoward event I always bad a lively recollection when charging the old piece, and how my heart would flutter when I was about to pull the trigger! Many a miss was due to the snapping of iat clumsy flint-lnck ; and I well remember the wonder excited by my first sight of a percussion-lock. Were I not admonished by these twinges of pain (for you know how I suffer [rom insomnia) I should love to relate for the Fornst anp STREAM some of the bright and dark days of my life 48 a sportsman. Icould tell you how a compan- ion once killed an elk at Mare’s Island Navy Yard, Cal, with buttons torn from his vest at the moment. There used to be acres of geese and ducks in that same couotry: and once, at Mare’s Island, [ killed thirty-four sand-snipeat ashot. * * glatural History. THE RABBIT NUISANCE IN NEW ZEALAND. HE common Hoglish rabbit (Lepus euniculus) has for the last seven or eight years increased so alarmingly in certain parts of these islands, as to make the question of their future effect a serious one for the whole colony. Orig- inally introduced by private individua's, and turned out here and there in small numbers, (hey now promise, unless effectually suppressed within a short time, to work some- thing-approaching ruin to the pastoral interest in localities where they have taken hold, if not aver the whole country. The question was taken in hand by the Legislature in 1876, and since that time four statutes haye been passed, each giving more extended powers to the officers appointed, en- abling them to compel property owners to take steps to clear their land of the pest. Until this year, however, no pro- Vision was made for the clearance of the vast areas of unoc- cupied Crown lands and native reserves, which formed per- fect hot beds for the propagation of rabbits, and rendered the efforts of adjacent owners and occupiers almoat futile. The Rabbit Inspectors have now power to take such steps as they may deem nectssary in respect of such land, and the expense is to be met by an annual yote of Parliament. In the case of all other lands, the Government is empowered to levy an anoual rate of not more than a farthing an acre with- in all districts proclaimed under the provisions of the statute, which rales are recoverable in a court of law, and are to be expended in paying the officers appointed under the statute, and other necessary expenses. Owners and occupiers of land are compelled, under a penalty, to take efficient steps to clesr their property of rabbits on re- ceiving notice to that effect from the Inspector of their dis- trict; and continued neglect of such notice gives the In- spector a right to take whatever steps he may deem necessary for the destruction of the rabbits, and to recover the cost summarily from the defaulting owner, in addition to the penalty. The statute, moreover, exempts from taxation all dogs cer- tified to by an Inspector as kept solely for the purpose of destroying rabbits; and imposes a penalty for the destruction or capture of ferrets, weasels or such other animals as may be officially proclaimed to be the natural enemies of the rabbit. With such a trenchant measure at his heels, we may fairly hope that the hitherto overwhelming progress of this enterprisiog little rodent will receives salutary check. Various methods have from time to time been adopted for destroying rabbits wholesale. Small armies of men are still employed on manysheep-runs for no other purpose than this, Dogs, guus, and wheat or oats steeped in oil of rhodium and phosphorus, are the most effective means employed; the latter with but little injury to sheep, though a few are occa- sionally poisoned. Some idea of the serious aspect which the rabbit question has assumed here may be gained from the following purticu- lars, which are taken fromthe evidence given before a select committee of the House of Representatives appointed for the purpose < Three sheep runs in the middle island, of 60,000, 40,000 and 19,400 acres respectively, have been totally abandoned. Ten other runs, with an aggregate aren of about 400 000 actes, haye been within the last year or two abandoned and since re-let at a gross rental of £619 per annum; whereas their original ren{ reached close on £2,290. Some of thege are re-let fo rabbiters ut amerenominal rental, and not a sheep is to be found on them. The effect on the sheep-growing capacity of the colony may he gathered from the statement in the official returns for 1878 and 1879, which show that in the latter year the colony possessed only 11,405,389 sheep, as agsinst 13,069,338 for the previous year, being a deficit of _ 1,663,949. The departmental returns for 1880 and 1881 are not yet compiled; but it is estimated on pood authority that the deficiency in numbers will have now reached 2,000,000, and thal. the Joss to the exports,of the colony may be calcu- tated at £500,000 perannum. The same official return shows the number of rabbit skins exported from the colony during 1878, 1679, 1880 and the first quarter of 1881, to be 18, 280,270, of the value of £159,110; and, as the evidence given before the committee seems to bear out the conclusjon (hat not niore than one rabbit is found for every ten killed, some idea may = | FOREST AND STREAM. he formed of the swarms of the little pest with which the colony is infested. That Néw Zealand should, notwithstanding this heayy handicap on one of its main industries, continue to flourish and progress, is 4 striking proof of its natural advaniagesaud resources, and of the energy and enterprise of its population. Dunedin, N. Z,, Nov 3, 1881. L, M. = Sa HABITS OF WOODPECKERS. Hoostrr Harn, Ind,, Dec. 1, 1881, Haitor Forest and Stream : In a communication touching upon the food, ete., etc., of squirrels, which appeared in the Fornst anb STREAM of November 10, I stated that the woodpeckers were busily laying up their winter’s store of beech-nuts, to which siate- ment you put an interrogation point. That woodpeckers—the red-headed kind in particular—do not depend exclusively upon insect food for iheirsubsistence, end that they do lay up stores of nuts in autumn for use in Wwinter’s bleak days, is a fact with which I have been familiar for many years, and considered it an accepted fact by all observers of the habits of these birds. In the early summer time, when fhe cherries and various kinds of berries are ripe, no bird is found # more persistent frequenter of the trees and vines than the red-head wood- pecker. In the summer and fall, when the apples hang ripe and tempting in the orchards, the woodpecker allows the fat wood-worm to gnaw away beneath the tree-bark in peace and safety, while perched on an apple hanging to some slender bough, swinging in the mellow breezes, he gouges out mouthfuls of the juicy fruit. Then in autumn, when the acorns, beech nuts and chest- nuts ripen, this red-capped forazer goes to work with a will, and from rosy morn till dusky eve busily gathers and hides away in holes and creyicesin the trees generous stores of nuts, ou which he feasts during the dreary winter days. A few days since I examined an old beech-snag or stump some forty feet long, with the sap-wood soft with decay and full of burrows and tunnels made by the wood-worm, which had recently been prostrated to the earth, aud found pints of beech nuts stowed away in the holes and cracks, From one hole, originally made by a wond-worm, but enlarged by the woodpecker s0 that at the surface the hole barely admitted a nut, but deeper in widened out sufficiently large to chamber two or three, I extracted six plump nuts, and the circumfer- ence of the tree was perforated with hundreds of just such store-houses. In some of the holes I noticed the hull of the nut remaining, the bird haying pecked away the seed and removed the sweet kernel. The treasures seereted in this old tree evidently belonyed to one bird, for, so far as my obsery- ations go, each bird selects a tree for its operations, and defendsit bravely against all comers. ‘The cunning squirrel, who loves nuts better than the birds do worms, frequently while in search of proyender discoverg the hidden treasures of the woodpecker, and in attempting to secure the booty he soon discovers that he, has a first-class fight on band, and afier the ferocious bird bas rained down on his unprotected pelt a shower of fiercely-delivered blows with its ivory-pointed beak, the squirrel suddenly remembers that he has important business elsewhere, aud departs on the double quick. This very day I witnessed a fight between a red-headed and a golden-winged woodpecker, caused by the latter bird trying to steal some of his red-headed brother’s treasures, and he was compelled to abandon his pillaging operations, and beat a hasty retreat, although much the larger bird of the two. An inch auger-hole in a gate-post, standing near my house, was selected by an ambitiousred-leaded woodpecker asa likely place for storing away afew nuts for future reference, and after cramming the hole full of nuts the bird plugged it up with a piece of bark, Wishing fo test his watchfuiness I re- moved the bark and the nuts. On the following day the bird discovered his loss, and after considerable fussing and scold- ing, went to work again, and refilled the hole and sealed it up with a piece of tough bark. When the beech-nut crop fails, few, if any, red-headed woodpeckers winter over in these parts, but when ihe crop is abundant, as it is this season, hundreds remain the winter through and brighten and cheer the desolateness of the for- ésts with their presence and voices. U. Brrxe. Frrriseure. I am surprised to learn that the red headed woodpecker is @ winter resident as far north as Lewis Co., N. ¥. In all my winter tramps in the woods for the past thirty years I have never once seen him nor any woodpecker but the hairy and downy, which are common, and the pileated, which is not common. One day—since the first of this month—t thought I heard the peculiar tree-toad-like note of a red headed, and I never before heard it 80 late in the season. Thompson, in his ** Vermont,” puts this bird down as a migrant, aod, as concerns this State, he certainly is not a winter resident. R. EL R, Viexspure, Miss, Information is' asked for by your correspondent, '! Ned Buntline,” as to the habits of the red headed woodpecker. This bird is migratory in its habits; makes its appearance in this section early in the spring, stays the summer and fall months, and disappears in cold weather. Some, however, spend the winter with ns, but are seldom seen, as they repair to the dense forest for protection from the cold. Their ap- pearance in the spring needs no herald to introduce thei ta your notice. The first intimation of their coming will be Bignalized by a grand hammering on the top of some dead tree, and if the male bird can find a shivered piece of timber to vibrate to his hammering, he is in the height of his glory. This is the season for mating, and there can be witaessed a pantomime of love-msking mot surpassed on the stage. Should the male bird be successful in winning a companion, they busily engage themselves in building & house for their future abode, In this they never make a mistake ; no archi- tect is consulted, no plan 1s sgreed on, no alteration is made in any building they undertake, each being by nature 4 per fect architect. They raise two fo tnree broods of young a year and generally about five young im each brood. They are great Insect feeders, but have a wonderful appetite for fruits, nuts and corn. The first fruit that ripens is the na- tive black mulberry, of which they are exceedingly fond, Then they feed on raspberries, grapes, peaches and apples. As soon as the Indian corn is in- roasting ear, they take to the fields and feed on that, In the fall months they eat black- fum berries, hackberries, heechnuts andacorns. ‘The beech- nuts and acorns they gather and store away for future con- sumption. Faithfully do they apply themselves to the task of packing every nook, crack and hole with these fruits, and : 387 when driven from their homes to seek a temporary shelter in a warmer Jand, they know by instinct that they will still be instore for them on theirreturn. Butthe blue-jay stays behind, and when the woodpecker is far off in his sunny home, steals from the larder of a mora provident bird. The woodpecker, the provider; the poacher, the jay. And often have 1, when listening to the receding notes of » pack in full ery, or when listening to the faint strut of s distant gobbler, been vexed by the incessant hammering of these little birds. But yet, ‘* Ned,” I love them still. [Joye them because they are so affectionate to their mates. IJ love them because they are so kind to their young. I love them because they ridmy prem- ises of insect pests. I love them because their incessant noise relieves the monotony of a bachelor’s life. Lownoprs. Sran.ey, New Jersey, Dec. 6, 1881. When returning from school the other day, I noticed a young red headed woodpecker (Melanenpes enythrocephalus) on 8 post, busily pecking at something. He allowed me to approach quite close to him without flying. When I went up to the post [found that he had been eating acorns. He had excavated a small hole in the top of the post, in which he placed fhe acorns, so they would not slip when he cracked them. There was a crack in the post, in which he had put anothrr acorn. It must haye been his habit to eat his food there daily, for the ground was strewn with shells, Harry Page. Less THE COLORING OF RUFFED GROUSE. New York, Dec. 9. Editor Forest and Stream ; In your issue of Dec. 8, ‘Stanstead’ gives ‘' Hight Rules for Treeing Grouse.” It seems to me that if a person who had hunted grouse in any part of the country, except Northern Vermont and Canada, should try tomake a bag of birds aceording to the eight rules, he would meet wilh very poor success. Ihave hunted grouse more than any other bird, and, as 4 naturalist, have studied their habits very closely, but should not dare to give any set of rules, because each individual birdis liable to change his mind after he starts, and only a thorough knowledge of the ground, and of the habils of the grouse, will enable one to find birds success- fully. ‘Although ‘“Stanstead’s” rules are undoubtedly very good for his locality, they would notanswer for Connecticut, where itis a rare thing for a grouse to alight ina tree; nor in parts of Maine where I have hunted, and where it was the excep- tion for a bird to alight on the ground. Most of my shoot- ing has been in New York and Pennsylyania, in localities where grouse were so plentiful that it was not worth while following one up, nor trying to find him if he went into a tree; but ‘‘Stanstead’s” rule 1st is exactly reversed in these two Slates, He says ‘‘When this bird has been flushed on level ground, should he fly swift «nd low out of sight, he will usually swing to the left, and alight on the ground.” Now, according to my experience, a bird that fieslow always alights in a tree af the end of his flight, but a bird that fies high alights on the ground. Eyery hunter who has enjoyed a thorough experience with the ruffed grouse knows how the habits of the bird vary in different localities. But now let us bring up anew subject in revard to local variations, and that is the variation in color of ruffed grouse from different sections of the country. This is a subject that I tried to have discussed in the Forgsr anp Srream several years ago, but no one seemed disposed {0 answer. In New Hngland I have found the prevailing color of the grouse to be of an ashy gray. In Pennsylvania the color is: tawny, almost approaching a red in some specimens. In éastern New York both red and gray birds are found, but gray isthe principal color. In western New York this is reyersed, and a gray bird is the exception. If we draw a line on the map, then, from Roston to Piltsburgh, we shall find the ruffed grouse at the Boston end to be of a# decided gray. Asthe line passes through New York the gray will merge into the tawny type, and at the Pittsburgh end of the line we shall not find any grouse that are not red, Lhave not had an opportunity to examine large quantities of grouse from other States than those mentioned, but have examined hundreds of speciniens from the States in question. Neither age nor.sex seems to have any influence in this eplor distinctivn, any more than they havein determining thecolor of the mottled owl (Scvps avio). If correspondents wish to take up this matter of color in the ruffed grouse, they will find thst the tall of the bird displays the type better than any of the Other feathers; anddif they will carefully notice tlie birds in their respective sections of the country, and not speak from memory, we shall have contributions on the sub- ject. that will be valuable to the naturalist and interes ing to the rest of hunting mankind. Marx Wusr. = An Esatx’s Figur with Gxzes#.—Our correspondent, Jacobstaft, last week related an experience with an eagle, whitch we supplement here with an extract from the Little Rock, Ark., correspondence of the 8t. Louis Globe Democrat of Nov. 28. He says: ‘'A gentleman from Stone county gives the particulars of # rymarkable incident which he wit- nessed while crossing White River on the ferry just ghove the mouth of Sycamore Oreek, When nearly half way across the siream an. efiormous eagle swooped down on 4 Hock of geese which were swimming in the river eonie eighty rods below the boat. The fowls upon observing the eagle ap- proaching instinctively dived under the water just as the bird struck the waves. Baffled in the first assault, the eagle flew slowly upward, and when the geese came to tha surface darted downward again, and burying its talons in one of them attempted to bear it away. The goose struggled violently, while its companions swam around it uttering shrill cries, and the persons on the ferryboat watched the strange scene with keen interes{. Once the eagle lifted its prey clear out of the water, and seemed on the point of conveying it to the mountain cliff that rose grandly in the air on ihe other side of the stream, but the strnggles of the goose forced the captor downward. When water was again reached the goose made a supreme effort and plunged below the surface, dragging the eagle after it, and causing the latter to loosen its hold and rise upward with a fierce scream, The eagle next attacked another goose, but with the same result, being compelled to relinquish its hold when its in- tended victim plunged beneath the waves. This strange contest Jasted fully thirty minutes, at the end of which time the eagle pave up the fight, and, rising, soared away to the Dountains westward, while the finck of geese swam further down the stream. None of the flock were killed, but the water in the vicinity was dyed with blood, and the turfuce of the siream was coyered with feathers for a considerable distance.” 388 SNOW GHESE IN THE DELAWARE. Bditor Forest and Stream : I have lately received a letter from Mv. Wm, Dutcher, of your city, making inquiry relative to the yearly presence in great numbers of the snow goose in the neighborhood of Bombay Heok, Delaware Bay, In my communication to you a week or so since I stated that ‘'duck shootors siy the yearly flock of snow geese that appears in the Delaware, below Bombay Hook, has not yet shown itself.” This may lead persons to think the flock makes a regular autumnal ap- pearance there. I should have stated the yearly flock of snow geese that makes ils appearance every spring in the neighborhood of Bombay Hook has not shown itself this fall. Wurther inquiry leads me to believe il is only seen in great bodies in the spring, and for the benefit of those inter- ested in the movements of this fowl I would state that, to my knowledge, ten years ago an occasional brace or two of snow geese, shotin our bay, could be fourd at the game dealers of Philadelphia. I generally purchased them when- eyer I found them, and no one seemed to know what they were, or of their delicacy when served for the table. About four or five years avo two of our most expert professional duck shooters, John McCullum and John Brown, were down the Delaware, below Bombay Hook, aud finding ducks very scarce came across immense flocks of snow geese. Not being acquainted with the fowl, but knowing they belonged to the goose family, they paddled on them, got several shots, aud filled their skiff, This was in the spring of the year, either the last of March or 1st of April. The birds were sent to Philadelphia, but could not be sold, hardly given awsy. Mr. Jobo Krider and Mr. Abbott got a number of skins; at least your correspondent saw them at Krider's store. The flock has yearly made its Appearance since then, s01 am told by these gunners, but are not molested. Last spring, Capt. A. H. Clay, of Philadelphia, one of onr best amateur duck shooters, found them in the same neighbor- hood, and, not‘cing the fowl resorted to the burned meadows to feed on the young grass just shooting up, cut out from an inch and a half board seyeral profile decoys, and painted them white. From an impromptu blindhe got several shots, and killed some of the fowl. Jie stated to the writer that where the geese started from the bay (where they were sitting in immense flocks) for their feeding grounds, tlte noise their gabbling made as they flew in almost deafened him, and instead of coming to him in small! parties, in which case he could have had better shooting, the great body seemed to take its flight in two divisions, and thus became alarmed together when shooting began. Oapt Clay told your correspondent, for a long distance along the shore the grass had been so pulled up by the fowl in their feeding as to resemble the rootings of swine. If I am not mistaken, the writer saw among the skins of fhe snow geese which were killed in Delaware Bay af Kyi- ders, those also of the white-fronted goose. Of the informa- tion I give of the former Tam positive. I know of no local gunner at Bombay Hook, but Mr. Dotcher can get all additional information he may desire by addressing *‘Capt, A. H. Clay, cave John Krider, Second and Walnut streets, Philadelphia; or of John MecCullum and Joho Brown at sime store,” either of wiom, or both, would be glad, I tMiink. to procure good specimens for Mr, Dutcher next spring. Homo. —————— THe Tame Quart ' Bor"—WMditer Horest and Stream « N. D. Elting, of Huntington, W. Va., has a quail domesticated, s0 tame indeed thal he can be carried through thestreets upon an umbrella. Mr. HE. will take him into the middle of the sireet and lef him roll in the dust, A crowd will gather aud vehicles pass, but ‘‘ Goh” goes on with great gusto and nonchalanee, taking his dust bath with a chuckle of perfect satisfaction. He was fake to the woods one day, and he called up another bird that was piping in the fence, and offered him battle. The conflict was sharp, but Mr. E, parted them before victory was decided. In fightins, the quail strikes asthe barnyard cock does while holding on with the bill. Mr. 1. has had several quails, but could not tame them as therougbly as he has ** Bob."* A Beast Reaviry Tamen —Mr. Pranklin Satterthwaite, al present shooting in Virginia, wrilea’ in a private letter, of the dth inst., to one of the editors of Fora, ano Srreaw who has had a little expcrienca in domesticating wild fowl, and wishes to try it again: ‘‘I have two crippled brant for you, Both are wing-tipped and one of them took food from my hand on the sec md day of his incarceration in an old pig- pen, where they are kept. They are beauties and I have be- come much attached to them, They will be shipped to you soon, They eat corn, cabbage, grass, etc. The weather has been too warm for the geese to come, but ducks aud brant are plentiful.” A New §Sos-Sprroms or Loxieti.s.—In the cuirent yolume of the Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Mr. Geo. N. Lawrence has described a new variety of Lonigilla portoricensis, collected in the island of St. Chris- topher, W. I. This bird, to which the sub-specific name grandis has been given, was taken by Mr. Ober in May 1880. Jt resembles L. portoricensis, but is larger, the bill, as 4 rule, markedly so. Mr. Lawrence’s investigations of the birdsof the West Indies Islands hayebeen most valuable contributions to our knowledge of American ornithology. A Duor’s Apretire—Toms River, Ocean Co., New Jersey, Dee. 1, 1831.—A Irienc of your correspondent at Manahawken, in this county, owned a Muscovy duck two years old, which had neyer had a ‘square meal. Desiring to ascertain the storage capacity of the duck my friend gaye if an unlimited quantity of corn. consuming two quarts of the whole amount, and then lay down and died.—N. I. b, A Quai’s Momenrum,—Mditon Porest and Stream: fome idea of the solidity of the quail and his velocity in fight mnay be conceived from the fact that a man riding on the cars was siruckin the face by one of ibese birds, and was felled asif by a stone. know who had knocked him down. Ife was shown the quail that had fallen at his feet, which he picked up, and in passion hurled it to the ground.* a Loavine ror GAwse.—Much diversity of opinion prevails as to the correct loading for different kinds of game. It is a subject pon which we shoulc like ta hear {he experience of guaners, The duck sueceeded in«! Gout, He srose to his feet, and asked to ; — = FOREST AND STREAM. Ganje Bag and Gun. THE VALLEY (JUAIL AS A GAME BIRD, THR THREATENED ‘' QUATH-OANNERY.” SAORAMENTO, Cal., Hditor Forest and Stren: Reading in your interesting journal of last weelk an edi- torial paragraph concerhing regular shipments of vast (uanti- ties of American game to Hurope, reminds me of the fact that strong legislation will be necessary one of these days to prevent the extermination of the quails of this State. ‘That these birds are yet numerous in sone places, is due only to the fact thst ours is but a young State as yet, and spareely: settled. The thirst for slaughter is rapidly growing, how- ever, and go where one will in California to.day, he will find that the pot-hunter and representatives of that class of shoot- ers, whose sole idea of sportsmanship is to kill the greatest number of birds in the shortest possible time, have been there before him. When the writer came to California, twenty-seven years ago, game of all kinds was abundant—quails particularly so —eyerywhere. To-day one must go at least twenty miles from this city, to the nearest foot-hills of the Sierras or Coast Range Mountains, in order to find enough of these birds \o make even a reasonable bag in a day. Formerly the birds could be found anywhere, éven in the yalleys, where they frequented the bushes along the watercourses, and mornings and evenings could be seen running in the public highways in flocks. But, like the deer, they are yearly being driven into the less frequented places, and even when found in any considerable numbers, it is generally where the coyer is so thick that it is difficult to hunt them successfully. This is the case in central and northern California, while in some of the southern counties they are said to be still very numerous. But even there the plunderers have commenced their nefari- ous work by netting the birds by wholesale and sending them to the San Francisco market. Here they are offered for sale at from 70 cents to $1.25 per dozen as long as they will keep ; and when they begin to spoil they are disposed of to itinerant peddlers, who hawk them about the streets for about 90 cents per dozen. This fall the newly organized State Sportsmen’s Association took this matter in hand, and caused the arrest Of several parties engaged in the business of trapping, who were prosecuted, convicted and severely pun- ished for their disregard of the law: Stillit will be difficult to prevent the wholesale trapping of quail for the market, as the trappers can pursue their illeval calling in such out-of-the- way places that it will be next to impossible to hear anything aguinst them. ‘The result will be that in a few years we will hear no more of flocks of quails numbering from 500 or 1,000 in the counties of Santa Barbara, Los “Angeles, San Diego, aoe Bernardino and elsewhere in the southern parts of the tate. This brings me to the matter suggested by the paragraph in the Forust AND STREAM, above alluded to. It is said that there are persons who haye actually in contemplation the starting of a quail cannery in this State. Think of it—an establishment for canning quails! Of course, in order to keep such an institution running during the season, every loculity frequented by the birds would be scoured by the pot- hunters and trappers; the conscienceless emissaries of the creatures who would enrich themselves at the expense of robbing the people of the State of their choicest game birds, Wrom quail-canning they would come in a short time to shipping the birds out of the State by rail, and I can see no Wiy in which to prevent a result of ihis kind except by the Legislature awakening to the importance of the occasion, and making it a penal offence for any person to do either— to engage in quajlcanning or quail exportation. With proper care the quails in California can be so protected as to furnish excellent sport—eyen a reasonable market supply— for at least another generation, and ut least in some parts of the State; and it behooves the sportsmen of California to take an active interest ia the matter. The Qalifornia quail is not a stranger to some of our reuders in the Eastern States, as many of them have visited Ojlr State and enjoyed the rare sport of huntiog them. I refer, of course, to the “valley” quail, the other species known as the “mountain” quail being rarely met with except, in the higher mountains, close to the snow belt. The former is a very game bird; that is, he is wary and cunning. It bas been asserted that he will not le wellto the dog, andthisis true to some extent, buf isnot the mule, A“preat deal depends upon circumstances, If you can get jhe birds on favorable ground, where the foliage of the trees and bushes js not, too thick, and the undergrowth sparse, they will—after the first flushing—lie so close that a staunch dog might point one of them for half & day, and often the hunter has to kick them out of fheir hiding places. One day last fall, while enjoying an afternoon’s hunt ina Title wood, on the ranch of a friend a few tniles down the river from here, my ‘log, running very fast, came suddenly upon 4 quail crouched by a little spront of oak, in the grass. ‘The fog Was running so fast and came so suddenly upon the bird (the day was warm and the ground was dry, so that the scent was very slight), that when he drew up his nose was prohably not more than fix inches from it. Whether unduly excited by the proximity of the bird, or whether the laller made a movement of some kind, 1 know not, but the dog so far forgot himself us to make a spring and catch it, bringing if to me unhurt. This I proved by giving if wing natil it had reached twenty or thirty yards, when (of course) I brought it down. That the birds give oul a strong scent iliere can be no About three yeurs ago I was out duck shooting about three miles from town, when a storm came up and I was forced to scek a vacant shanty in & neighboring pasture, in which there were fiffeen or twenty acres of trees, wild-rose, thickets.and cockle-burrs. While waiting for ihe shower to pass over, I heard some quails calling near by, and changing my No. 6's for 8's soon made off toward where the ‘ no-you- don't” notes were coming from. J liad not gone far through the briars and wet grass before my setter’, which had ranged off to my Tight and was then coming toward me (against the wind), came to a heautiful pot, He had heen worked but a very few times on (nails aod Twas oct alittle sur- prised to se@ him stand so well. I walked toward him, aod when within about fifteen yards flushed 9 quail alinost from under my feet and in s direet line with his point. The bird flew on over the dog and I killed it, the dog retrieving. As soon a8 he reached the same spot, however, wilh the bird in his mouth, be stopped, sniffed the air a second or two as if to make sure, ind then game to another staunch point as hefore, Dec. 1, 1881, Tadvanced a few steps and flushed a bird (the one he had first pointed) at least ten yards in front of him, This was worth more than a cartload of ducks would he, and so I confined my attention the rest of the aftemmoon fo that field. The ground was moist, which must have increased the birds’ scent, as (lie dog made upwards of thirty points within a couple of hours, there being two or three coveys of quails on the place. In ome instance he scented a bird thal mush have been nearly fifteen paces distant and thirty feet from the ground, in a tree. This convinced me that, under favorable conditions, there is ho bird {hat affords betttr sport for the gunner, nor pret- ticr work for the dog, than the bine yalley quail of the Pacific slope. Of course we cannot hunt them in stubbletields, nor in cornfields, as our friends east of the Rockies do their quails and prairie chickens, aid we have to go a good distance from some of the lowns to find them st all; but when they are found they will give the best of shots enough to do to bag them. Ihopeto see them introduced in the Middle and Southern States some day, and then you cem try them your- self. - Diehl WW) ++ OLD TIMES AT MONTAUK. Primaverrara, Dec. 3, TN a recent issue of your paper I notice a communication from Isaac Mclellan, of Shelter Island, in which he speaks of Great Pond, a once famous shooting Jocality situ- ated on Montauk, the extreme eastern end of Long Island, Tt is sone twenty yeors since I visited there, but at that tine it was a paradise for sportsmen, and one of the very best points for wildfowl shooting on the coast. Montauk proper contains some 9,000 acres, if I remember correctly, and when I knew it was one vast grazing ground, or at least so much of it as was known ss the Indian Field, The land was owned principally by farmers in the adjacent towns of Hast Hampton, Amazgansett and Bridge Hampton, and at stated intervals the cattle were driven on and off, and these drivings were the great events of the season in that locality. ‘Uhe ride from Ssg Harbor'to Hust Hampton was delightful, and from there to Amazavsett tolerably so, but across Napeague Beach and on to the light-house it was a lerror, 88 many an upset would fully prove. The light was kept by Pat Gould, and he *‘entertained” in a most hospi- table manner. Judge Abrahum T. Koso, of Bridge Hampton, was 1 tegular visiior there, and Hibbard Mordham, Henry Phelps, Henry Huottmg sod Daniel Z. Bellows could be depended on to respond at short ootice when Gonld sent a messige to thom at Sag Harbor that game was abundant. It was told of Judge Rose, that he was tryiug an important case wlien Fordiam sent word into court (hat peese were on Montauk in great numbers, when the Judge euddenly dis- covered {hat important papers were missing and the case must lie over for one week; and if was positively assertcr that in a half hour’s time he was seen cleaning out his Syn in the back-yard. These gentlemen were enthusigstic sports- men of the old school, and were 4 credit lo the sporting fraternity in their day ard generation; but they have pissed away. One of the institutions in fliose days on Montauk was old Putnam, a negro, who liyed with Gould; and to hear him describe the acres of geese and duck he had seen and the swarth he cut through them with his old Hint-lock was really amusing, for he had told the stories so offen that he believed them bimeelf. Referrine to the pond again, I was not avwate the salt water had been let into it, and if the present owner, whoever he may be, will put an end to it he will be amply repaid; and I would really like to see the experiment tried of sowing it, or at least a portion of it, with wilii vice. I doubt, how- ever, 1f there is ever a réturo of the old flight, for it is this incessant hammering, this constant dropping, thal wears away the stone, and the fowl naturally seek places of greater safety and away from ihe centres of civilization. he breech-loader may not he directly responsible, hut its advent among sportsmen has increaseil their number by thousands; and who would think of poing into a sink-box with a muzzle un, or how masy city sportsmen especially would goto Bill Lane's, for instance, and go through the old pricess of toaling with frozen fingers and shivering bodits. Dhe game would not be worth the candle afterusing a breeeh-loxder for one season, and in faet is hardly worth the candle now in many localities on Long Island and alone the New Jersey coast. 1 see no eure for this except to abandon all shooting until the fowl get nonted back again, and then pass laws suitably protecting them, and another thing, enforee the law. The business of some would no doubt suffer, and the pleasure of many ofliers would be cur- tailed, but the results obtained would, I think, most amply compensate for the temporary restriction. Wears aro the shooting about what is now Atlantic City was most excellent for duck and snipe, but now, when gate ventures to alizht— in or out of season—there is a charge of shot after them from all points of the compass, and if they succeed in running the puuntlet they drayy a bee line ior Some better world in depth of wood embraced, » Some happler Island Th the watery waste, and one. that cannot be reached in thirty minutes by rail, with a smoking-car full of gunners. [ haye visited every shooting locality from Montxule Point to Cobb's Island, Va., and I hear je same old story of what used to le before shooting had become such a fevorite pastime, and hefore the villainous habin of frig inthe flecks a half mile away had become so commos, We must fo slow, gentlemen, or we shall £o0n have no shooting worts thename at all. T will close by asking, What bas became of your old-time correspondents ‘'Hagineer,” “' Forty-five,” ‘Straight Bore,” “Gloun?" ete., ete. They were gasy and graceful writers, and their letters were read with much terest, and I think it high time they were Stirred up and given to understand that they must come to the front or be read ont of chiich, e Piyx Teper. os Oarirnou Kirtep wre A 32-CArmer Revoryer—Buftalo, Dec. 4—ditor Morest und Stream: The Quebse Daily Telegraph, under date of November 18, contains w sworn afidavit by Francis Kennedy and Bliss MecRaé, ot Donglasstown, Province of Quebev, Wherein they certify to the kiting by a Smith & Wesson 82-celibre reyolver, at « distance of furty-twoyards, of 1 caribou of 175 pounds weight after being dressed, The caribou was alot through tha heart to the preat astonishnien, of the hunters, who jrobably neyer dreamed of thegereat power of the reyolyers of that calibre, The sceie of the occurence was lear five miles from Gaspe Basin, one of the bes) hunt- ing grounds for ciribou, os the country about Gaspe is an as aid almost inpetielvable wilderness.—CaARLES — INDEM, : ————— = rr Pp ‘Deomwenr 16, 1881.] ~ REDUCING EXPANDED SHELLS, CI{OME time since I had an English breech-loading 12- J gauge gun, in which I used paper shells. Being desir- of using brass ones I got 45 nickel-plateud ones, and er firing them in the gun they came out with difliculty ; md after closely examining them I found they were not ia fect shape, aud upon looking at the chambers of jhe gun dliced for the first time that they were not bored true. Idisposed of this gun and kept the shells; and shortly mbers were bored true; but I found these shel!s would enter thisgun, although I tried in many ways, by dress- down with emery, and subjecting them to the action of jds, etc. At length I fixed them in this way. I had a jece of steel bar, j-inch thick, putin the face-chuck of a lathe, aud a very slightly tapered and polished hole put brough che bar of such size that a new shell which had ver been fired, would, after being oiled, enter the larger dot the hole about half an inch if introduced with con- (erable force and with a boring motion. Then, taking the cls and smeiring them with oil and driving them in at he larger end of the hole (with a mallet of wood) up to the uge, | extracted them with a wooden plug (of slightly less ameter than the inside of the shell), in which was bored a -incl hole so that it would not strike the anvil seat. I put sin the shell and drive the shell out, using the wooden allet. Shells which are treated in {his way are reduced io heir original dimensions. It often happens that a person ising brass shells in his gun has allowed thera to be fired ip another gun, and upon attempting to_use them again has found them to be expanded so as to be useless; to all such this communication may haye some little value. ' I would state that the charge made for making this awuge’ was hwenty-five cents; and us labor ig cheaper over on your side it could probably be done for ~ OYOTE. ———_—_—___ > igs. THE MOBILE GUN CLUB DINNER. Mozime, Ala., Dee. 1, 1881, Dihitor Forest and, Stream + Vhe first aniual sicdle-hunt of the Mobile Guo Club, Nos. 27 and 23, resulted in a tie, each side scoring 476 points. Phe dinner was, therefore, a joint affair. The editor of the Register has described it so well that I will let him tell the sory for me,—J. F. 8. The report inclosed is as follows: Last Wednesday night the spacious and elegant dining-room at the Battle House presented 4 memorable and not svon-to-be forgotten appsar- On each side and across the head of the room, form- n= three sides of a hollow square, were long lines of tables. en with every variely of game in profusion and served and repared by mastersin the art of gastronomy, There were enis for one hundred and twenty participants, the Gulf City Gun Club and invited guests. At 9 o'clock sharp, the doors were opened and the seats juictly filed. Attention was first paid to the tempting dis- ay spread before them and the manner in which the edibles were attacked showed both persistence and due appreciation. The wants of the inner man having been satisfied, the talking vas commenced by Mr. H. P. Vass, whose remarks were Wiicéable for their exceeding brevity. Judge Semmes Ame next and roused the first hearty laugh of the evening, apt. W. J. Brainard was the next brief speaker, after which & Hou. I. B, Owen spoke in deserved praise of the club id ifs object in furthering that most important condition, asound miidinasound body.” W. B. Holt was next alled on, bal not being ready, gave place to Dr. 'T. S. Scales, yho spoke in earnest and congratulatory words upon the ‘success, the gratifying success, of the scheme of a gua club, of which he was one of the originators, who had believed in its ultimate success from the start. He was proud of the Aun Club, and now that its .success was an assured fact, he hoped its iujure would continue as bright and Prosperous. He concluded by calling on one of the invited guests, General James Gordon, of Pontotac, Missis- ippi. General Gordon responded in eulogistic terms of the Mnembers of the Gun Club and the magnificent spread that signalized their first annual hunt. After indulging insome remibiscences he called oh another invited yuesf, Mr. Fon- Inine, of the New Orleans Gun Club. This speaker alluded to the (ime when some of the members of his club met those Of the Gulf City Gun Club, and handsomely a¢knowledged {hat they found their fuemen worthy of their steel. One cf this gentleman’s allusions brought up ©. J. Semmes, who made a very neat point, and then called on one of the mem- bers of the Olub, General J. W. Burke, who gave a very in- teresting description of his first hunt after wild geeze and his Yemarkkable success, Some allusion was made to that modern Wimrod, Mr. Joseph Siem, but he bore his blushing honors yery meekly, and could not le persuaded to talk. Captain ‘Billy Brainard took the witness stand, andin glowing words eserjbed jhe adventure of bis party on the Spray, how they Bmbatked at 6:20 on Saturday night, bound for Hickory idve, und how every hour after that something happened. Near half the night had gone before they reached the bridge, And still they sailud, Next morning, a little before daylight, {heir pilot sighted # ved Jight, and ordered all hands aloft to jivert a collision from the coming steamboat. To their great surprise snd delight (?) they were at {he railroad bridge, having siiled up the river, turned around and come back again, withont knowing it. Then they burst their, water Fauee, tan the Spray full head on a big sand bank, and still they had not reached that promised land, Hickory Ridge. Whis was a very sensalional narrative and it was greatly up- Preciated. One of Captain Brainard's moving allusions brought up Captain Rauchenstein, sometimes known as Old Tiock, who asked for information on some incident if the trip. Captain HA. P. Vass called upou he representative of the Register, but that representative owas fortunate in securing the assistance of Dr. Scales, who, wufter a few remarks, called on Mr. Dreishach for an aceount of his trip after game and his party, and the trouble they Tad with a magnifivent freight conductor. Mr. Dreisbach Marrated their troubles and showed that they lad gone further, hunted harder and had more trouble than ever be- ore, all for the glory of their side. Judge Semmes had Soine questions to ask, and then Dave Leyi was vociferoualy allel for. Wot heeding the suggestion to “'get up on & Chair,” Dave deliberately perpetrated a sucoession of pas Which brought down the house aud successfully ret: ented bier cover of the smoke of the explosion. Then Recorder Dwain had some ({uestions to ask the tax collector, which ere decidedly personal, and which brought Major Shettield Mall p standing, He also narrated some of their troubles “ - 1 fier bought a" factory-made” American gun, of which the a | Ce eo : FOREST AND STREAM. and agetuyations in the State of Baldwin. He finally allnded to # game mau Who was with them, all game, and wantel fo hear from Mr. D. H. Lay, who gave another clapter in the adventures of their party and what was done on that memorable occasion. And then allusions were made to (he telegraph man and what he did, and this brought up My, C, A, Molt, who gave an outline of their trip after game down toward Fort Morgan, of the sand banke down there, and any duck ought to be shot who was fool enough to try to live there. He expressed, confidently, a belief that he would nof #o in that direction at the next annual hunt, Capt. Wim. H. Williamson was the next speaker, and he spoke of the predicament of the hunters getting where there were sigus of game, ouly to be stopped because there was a chureh within four miles. And then that march in the swamp, the sight of a bird, the first shot for twenty-three years and the Saie escape of the would-be victim. Jnder the inspiring influence of the Roederer the talk become more general, and Mr. BE, Carre, Captain Williamson, Dr. Scales (who told how Vass shot his deer), H. P. Vass, Judge Semmes, T. T. Dorman, L. H. Kennerly and Dorman all took part. ‘The entertaining description of Mr. Fontaine's fox hunt, by that gentleman, was one of the most entertain- ing things of the whole evening, and brought out enthusiastic ear of applause. He certainly deserved to score 500 points for that. The three hours’ session was then adjourned over sincere wishes for many happy returns of the annual hunt of the Gulf Gify Guna Cluh. | MENU, Guu Club Gumbo. Tenderloin of Plounders, en Cartouche, Vol au Vent, ala Muscovite. Roast Wild Turkey, with Water Cresses ; Mallard Ducks, stuffed with Olives; Saddle of Venison, Currant Jelly Sauce. Groiled Symirrel, a la Maitre d'Hotel ; Gray Ducks, Poivrade Sauce, Mashed Potatous, Baked, ala Villars; Timbale of Macaroni, a la Romaine. Supreme of Canyas-back Ducks, ala Cheyratine, Parividge en Chauxfroid, ala Vert Pres, Pate of Tenderloin of Black Dnek. Ciyet of Squirrel, Hunter Style. Escailoppe of Venison, en Soliel. Puree of Venison, ala Polonnaise, Leg of Duck, a la Colbert, Duek Liver Pate. Loin Sausage. Russian Sardines. Celery. Olives. Lady Dingers. Macaroons. Pound Cake. Fruits, Nuls. Coffee, Haut Sauternes. Chat. Leoyille, Roederer Carte Blanche, Bs MOLE ABOUT TURKEY CALLING. Wits, Texas, Noy. 18, 1881. Kiditen Forest and Stream : lamin camp now in the woods, have a good staunch cabin ‘hy the lake,” probably for the winter. We feast daily on yenison, ducks, squirrels and fish, So far Lam happy, but Isee that your correspondent ‘‘ Keouk’? is not, and le ealls on me 19 help him eall his turkey. In the firs place he must make a ‘‘caller,” or ‘call,’ Such as I will deserihe presently ; then he must go to school (aturkey school) with the young turkeys, as I did, and grow Up wilh them, and learn their language, otherwise he will not succeed. fhe has a flock of tame turkeys about his house let hin get op at daybreak and go and sit downa short distance from their roost and watch them. Let him notice everything they do, and he will be muck interested, if nof edified, with their performances. Wild ones act in precisely the s3me way. ; In the fall anc winter, when turkeys are in flocks, they usually roost in the same tree, or in several trees close by, At the dawn of day you will hear them begin by occasional “elucks ;” then, shortly afterward, frequent yelpings before they fy dows. Sometimes the old hen‘first, and at other times a young one or two, will begin first. This you cannot always tell, for the notes from either are not always the same; however, experience will teach ycu. But if you will learn the ‘*cluck” note, and begin when they do, it will attract their attention to you, and if kept up more frequently than they do, they will be more apt to pitch down near you, when they come down oii the roost. You must ‘ cluck” aud yelp, too, at intervals, and at the same time. The *‘cluck,’ when well made, is an excellent call note, accompanied with the ‘‘yelp,” and if you make both well (asI do), and use proper judgment at same time, you cannot fail to mect with success in getting all the turkey roasts you wish, Some will tell you to yelp once or twice or thrice, but I tell you to yelp and cluck as often as you please, or as loud or low as you like, it makes no difference as to number of times so you do it well, not almost like a turkey, but just like a turkey, : If it be in the s; ring of the year, in gobbling season, then you have to use the best turkey lore. ou must put in your best skill, and if you use good yelping, clucking and plenty of patience, you will out-general the cunningest old gobbler that ever came from an ege. Use a rifie to shoot him with, a ,38 cal, Wesson or Reming- ton or Ballard—all good. Don’t shoot an old gobbler with a shot enn, If I thousht you would I would not tell you a word about calling him up. The turkey cal) I use ix, I think, the best turkey call that was eyer made. Tam, in part, the inventor of the instru- ment myself, endif you will practice it right and*take notice What you wait 10 produce with it, you can soon become ex- pert in the urt. { take the smaller bone of the second jomt of the wing of the turkey hen. Cut it off square and smoothly at each end, | use a file in cutting off gnd in squaring and smoothing the ends. Clean out the inside and outside nicely. Then wet a seasoned or dry cane or reed joint, that the round end of the hone will just enter. Push the bone into the reed puint about (bree quarters of an inch and wedge it in shualy with white pine wedses, but not. tight enough Lo split the cane. “Let this picce of reed be sbont two inches long, which must then be inserted into another piece of recd just large enough forit to’ enter. Then begin back from the joint three-quinfers ofan itch and pare down s'oping to- ward the bony, both joints alike, and wrap nicely wilh a wexed fliread. Let each section of reed be one and a, halt or Lwo inches long. ‘Yhe wrapping will render the joined parts strony ad pir-tight, which is essential to making Clear notes. When completed thé mstrument should be Bix or seven inches long, : Now if ‘' eouk” does not understand, then write to me at duce and let him give me his name and address and I will make and send hit one. -_ ~~ . ) a 389 Now, when the call is made after this metliod, try to yelp and cluck withit. Place the bone end in your lips and **nucker” and—poodness! I don't know how totell you to do With the rest, buti goto yelping, that’s all. Practice as you would a flute or fiddle until you haye learned, then you will never forget it. The following is a rough penciling of the call” as best I can draw it in the woods where I am. It Bone, Reed. @keed. gives the design, and it BAD SEA BOATS, The preceding remarks lead to the Inquiry, Have American yachts- men & bout or boats of the proper type to successfully met a cutter larser Lhan either Gracie or Mischief—one carrying forty or fifty tons Of nallast, with the powero? hugging the wind and poing through the Seas, a5 did ihe Madge? Inthe late trial Tace, sixteen miles to wind- Wind, as seen tron (he committee boat or the New York Yacht Club, hotii Mischief and Gracie plunged entirely undér and took horsheads of water on thelr decks. This water, irom the low freeboard and Sinai Inclination of the boats, could not un off, when swash came another sea, and so the decks of both ihe boats were all the wiule full of water, One of the boats seemed to have’all she could do to get aboubio the short sea off the Hook. Moreover, the head sea appeared fo Stop bol the Gracies and Mi-chief, and the Gracie tell to leeward 80 fast that the Misuhief was enabled to cross her bow shortly attcr Starting, though Mischier started last. It may be urged that the Grune has too small a board, but a centreboard, however Jaret, does nol meet-the requirements ol holding a shallow boat towindward in OUP Water Mie Porahontas has the largest board yet putin a sloop, aud yet in this very race 1he. Mischief came up in her wake, worked to windward, passed on ahead and took her wind, leaving her with ease. Mad there been a large cutter in this race it is Wkely she Would have repeated the lesson taught by the Madge. Smooth water cannon always be lloped for, and on a day like that under reference The cutter would have gone \hrough or wider the séas like a dolphin. Those who are best ({ualitied to judge, and who haye seen cutters sail in boisperous water lke to that alluded to, laugh at the idea or sloops confending with them successfully at such times, ‘hs per- lormance of the bast American boats show plainly that, viewed even trom the mosh Tavorabie and partial standpoint, jhey are a long way behind what we should have in 1882, VALUE OF WEIGHT. The Mischiel showed (o greater advantange ding the late trials, Aani_also in the races againshthe Atalanta, than was expected by those most familiar wilh her, while the Gracie performed somewhat (naif fervently on occasions when ili was thought she would buat the Mis- chiel with ease. The Gracie is 11 feel 10 Invhes on the water line, With & beam of gi fevl jinches, ‘The Mischief is 61 feet on water line antl 19 feel il Inches beam. Grace has about 18 tons of ballast, while Miscluet’s trlends say thal sie has 24 gross tons of lead put on the iron Skin in snug dastings. The Gracie Comes short of what wag ex— pected of her, and ihe conclusion is (hat she does not carry welght enough jor her size, For this reason she does nat hold on and go ahead as she shold do, The alterations now beine made in her would seem Lo prove that simifar ldeas are entertalned by her awners, lige Se ie is to be made longer, and more canvas put lA the mainsail, BLOOPS VERY WET. The water retained On the yachts’ decks show them to be too low. The qiinging and partial stopping at every sea show them to be too wide And not deep enough ; in other words, too light tn wetghit, for boats cannot be made deep without @ real space for ballast, DEPTH AND WEIGHT WANTED, The Vixen 15 2. deep boat, with a sharp tise to her floors and carries plenty of weight, too, Phe Regina caries twelve tons of ballast, und ye 1s fast.In all weathers, The Fanita has a ereat weleht of ballast —tourteen taba—tiis sald only four lons less than the Gracie, while ue ls only a triile over one-half her length of waterline. Plenty of ballast, therefore, does not hurt a boat in light weather, either to windward orveaching, FAULTY MODELS. We Gannot escape Lhe admission (hat our best boats are too wide and with too small # displacement, or too shallow for any but licht Weather and siiooth water LUBBEELY RIGS. he tig is also wrong, Supposé the wind is too strong for a one jib sloop to carry her sail? “ Then reer the mainsail,” says the young yachismen. What, then, is to be done with the large jo? It cannot be reefed, and to take the * bonnet/toff is a long jon, This Tews to Wwro jibs, and then the mast 1s found {6 be too forward to Malu # goud shape forestaysall, A fll edged cutter then appear chain haliiords, winners and all that. In the first place, the usua. sloop rig lor boats over lithy feet water Une is wrong, clumsy, iely and only fil for Nght weather. DANGEROUS TRAPS. Another point is, if! Amerisans expect to do anyhing ut racing yachts, tle clumsy cabin house must be done away with. Less bean in our boats is wanted and more depth is required, with plenty ot lead low dowi, Safer and better boats in every respect wid be the result, ‘hen yachismen will not be afraid to lei their boas fall off 4 (rifle, and the sheets need not. be watched (a0 closely, WIth the ele style of Ainerican boats and rig, sailing at night is nob indniged in, because fas cannot bs watched, and all hatids ave re- quired on deck if the weatheris at all doubtful Boston has led the way in deaner boats, mainly because the water there is more open than about New York. Small boats are a rule there, and many &x- perimonts have been tried ending in keel boats with more lead out- side every season, GOOD DESIGNS. The question will DA considered under three heads, viz: Safety, room, sped, These three elements make UP {he perlect yacht. Satety takes precedence, 15 without it a yacht becomes a mere trap, Owners ahd theb’ fiends are never happy in boatsabout wlich there is (ie Slightestinsinuation of danger. us parents are never easy When members of their Zamilles are absent on a yachting trip im bad weather, and itis natural for them to ope that nighp acter ight they mater anchored inagoodharbor. The ae Upg acci- dents 0 We last Tew years cause this anxiety, and the fears thab -_- =) -__ =_ | : FOREST AND STREAM. comé of ii ave noheasily allayed, There is uo need of yachting scci- venls, A properly shaped ond ballasted boat can go through avy Weather met wil tu yi yarhtlog season without fesr of mishep, if the SnAppin2 Of & spironcelin wn whileis Groepted. Safery ts siinmed vp in weleht, and thaf welgltis placed low enough dowh 10 bring the how pack after she is heeled over by a sudden tay. In sinvoth WitLer bhis can be Accomplished inn cerfilu degree by great beam. Bull tie wind may blow with such severity as to incline a yessel that is very wide lo 4 dangerous angle, and when this is the case the Stability is quickly losh, and Lite Vessel taljs over on vr side, When Tie wide boab eneounters Tough weather the very means used to obfaln stability becomes a element of danger. The disturbed water leaves 1he bOst without support on account of her round form, ad, encumbered with large Spars and satls, begins to lose her way. Sail must hey be veduced or there is great. danger of either upsetting or currylng away spls in the deep rolls aud plunges such a cralt always makes. : HARD STERRERS. Abother danger that a wide, fiat vesselis lable to isthat when running free with 4 beam sea she yaws “boul and cannot hy kept straigin, aud sheé is not able to poll over, but often comes up in the Wind with the helm hard up. It is troe that they donot oftan upset, because their Sailing masters know ihem 50 well they take sail off fit (hese times. Jf 1s a fact thal a well known schooner of this {ype very neurly turned over on one evasion in crossing the bar outside Sandy Hook, a bad sea catching her under the side, wirlle at Tle same time she was pressed down by a vicious (law, She was just poised, Duh by reducing sail she recovered. The least error in steering at this crilicalmoament would have sent ber over, DEPTH FOR ACCOMMODATION, The second element to be considered is room or accommotiations, This naturally comes with a mod-rate beam and yood depth, whether bentreboard or Keak The room in & boat of this style can be made use cfatevyery point, And where there is good depth the cabin house can be lett out in & vessel of any size. DEPTH FOR GOOD BEA BOATS. A hoat of sich proportions can be inclined to a large apegle without tlie lenst danger; in tact, when ihe boat has depth and weight enough she can be kept off Ina strong breeze and she will not add eresptiibly to the ynoyle of inclination, An excellent instance of eorvasing beam by adding to the length is the Peerless. After she Jost her wiasts in the Kane race in New York—and this wus ocea- Sioned by her dvep phiching and parting her bobstay—she was made longer and at the same time deeper, aiid her subsequent record is.convincing prooi that her speed was uot impsired by whe change, DEPTH AND WEIGIU? VOR SPELD. The third point to conzigeris speed. This is obtained In all boats ot moderate beam by lead. The stabilitycanin this way be made ~equal to the wider boat, and the adyantage of being able to carry Sallmuch longer, And the further down the ballast is the better. The old idea thal depth of keel inereases the resistance lag been pretiy thoroughly exploded, and (hose who pinned their faith on ib are now repenting thei? Wi advised action. ‘io show what lead will do jostead of iron the Magie’s performance in the Comet mateh is proof. Itis pretty certain that nine tons of rom were taken oul and eleven tous of lead substituled. When the Magic went around Sandy Hook Lightship she was astern of fhe Comet, bur when she hauled on the wild the léad began to tell and she juckly weathered the Comet, and Lf the same conditions of wind and sea hat contin- ned the Comet wonld have been beaten worse than she was. The first bout to apply lead ontside in (his country was the Vindex, and the good effect of 1) was Soon apparent und her speed to windward wis improved. Those Who temember the yacht races tor years back will recall that after applying the lead, when the wind bevan to blow, she djd much better than without tt. especially with lier top- mast housed. Vhe next instance of ontside lead was the Puerless, In ler (ase the amount pul oh wassmall, but the effect was mani- fest. Last spring the lover lad a lead keel put on weighing, it is sald, about thres tons, aud this added Innmensely to her power, Ina tial With the Winsome, a boat three feet longer—wind northwest avd very fresh—the Royer Wrought the Winsome dowa lo two rvefs, 611 beat her windward yery badly. ‘Che Hésper, of Boston, also had alead keviputond. Bolh these boats are deep centreboards. ‘he Hvspers record for the pst season shows @ very gopd number of prizes, and her beliavior ln every way proves that the lead was a benefit, The Valkyr had walead keel cast before she was sep up, weighing about. seven tons, soitisstared, and though she has noh been sailed In any races she has surprised the public with her power, Thearunshe made trom New Bedford to Huntinghon Har- bor Jast seas00 demonstrated that shejsa very capable sen hoat. ‘The above vessels haye been Mstanced bscanse the record of apnly- ing lead Is Contine)! to fem, butin Boston lead bas beeh very Ccom- mon in this paitivular, aid the boats now Wullding for racers will have lead on the keel, und more and more will be used in that way every Season. A lead Keel enables a boat, to carry sall Lhat without The lead would be overcanyased, and atthe same time makes her safe trom upsetting, ‘Those two points appeal tothe crulsiny as well as thttacmg yacltsmen, and it will allaw the boat to be pressed over as far a8 thi? cubln light without the least danger, GENUINE YACHTING. Of course there ure placts where Geep boats cannod dé used, and in such walers the olf type niust be continued, but yaelitlng in America is golng to be followed in the near future, as it isin Hn¢la:d, and all those who enjoy Jresh air and crisp water will take to the open seu. Thereis great delight in cruising wiih a perfectly sare boat. The owner of a vessti tliat no Kind of weather cao daunt loves to speak of er as it she was able to understand what he wished her to do, Your true sailor wlll say, +1 le) her come in the Hook," op +f let her tall off." Po THE BATTLE OF TYPE. [from the Londo Yaehting Gazette} fetes sincg America’s day have the partisans of beam waged war ugainst thosé who Wpheld ballist * Skimming disies, '* tryiug- pahs,”‘* saucers,” “lead mines,’ ballash boxes,” and other pretuy names, have been bandled about from oe party to tin other; anu the controversy might Nave waxed hotter but tor the brenth of the cool Atlantic being between the disputants. And this, too, wes one reason Why the battle was an entirely wordy one; for, liad only the Solent separated the two types of yachis, the matter would have been settled Ina summers racme. Any contests between American and British yachts haye tll now been unsitistactory + ior, il we were by Ue only the more convinced tial our deep—bodied big displuce- men) yachts were lhe better, the Amerlcans were just as certainly conlimed 16 their love of the shallow craft, In (he spring of 1880 Mr. Jumes Coats, a well-known Clyde yachtsman, determined (0 give the iwo types a fair trial, and brought over trom America a representa- tive yacht of about it tons, Royal Dhameys tonnage, and, to lve lair play ip every respect, an American yachtsman tuine over tosall her, So far a8 We Can learn, this boat was (pulte useless alongside our cralt, even of her own length and half ihe veam, and the hon-success ofthe American boat possibly induced Mr. Clats to send across his Li-toniiwe Made to try her luck on (ie other side, We all know the result of hertrip. Madge was a fast fen, bil by Ho reins the fastest of her feet, atid yel she has had a pradticully unbrolen sevles of plnrenes over the best small displacement crams America could pring 0 the line, The lessons to be derived irom these races are many and Important, those to be laid 10 heart by American ship-butiders lie on the surface; and tom the whole Lone uf the American spurting press we shall nol be surprised if Madge does not, to avery great extent, revolutionize American yacht-bitiding. Our cousins are keen snouch to take a hint, even ton (he ol country, thongh they may take a deul of con- ylicing beiore they bélieve aby good can come oubot Samaria; and now that they ind our yachts aré faster (they have long admitted tifem Salter and more seaworthy), the only excuse fof the skimming: dish vanishes. In any review of ihe Lwo types of yachts, und of the bathe befween ballast and beain, itis bucright to acknowledires the long uphill fights made by the one sporting paper in America which has Supported large displacement—PORRST AND SUMEAM—agalnst all ifs COuTeiporaries, and, amid no little abuse trom shallow-pated and Selbstyied patriots, bas consistently upheld the British type of yacht; aid one can pardon its complacenvy and metaphorical standing on its head, soy that our big-podied boats hove won the day, With the wall of the orphans and widows of Byemoutn yet ringiog ib ol eas, If tnay be admissible ab this Umeto polnn to y wider ap- plication of the lesson taught by ballest, Our modern yachts are absolutely uncapsizable, While those of ten tons and upward, it well Tound and decently handled, will vein almost) ay sea; but, asis shown every winter, Many of our fishlug boats are far too tke (be Atmerican type of yacht in build. Our Pell and Penzance lugeers, lt is frue, are powerful, deep, yachi-liko yossels, depending for stabiliny on heavy Weight stowed well down; Witha jor, metucentric heighp they are easy in a s@away, yet the large displacement elves them a sulticlently great righiing moment, Wille fine treebusrd makes them erfectly sare at exiveine ungles of eel Uiltortinarety, all ogr OALS Ure HOt oF this Type, Those on he cast const of Xuotlanil, where the late een pee pee saat eaugoees. eres Many on ow Bog i are Dollow-bottomed, broad, smal placement craft; indeed, mid-section. might have been copied 397 from the Sappho, ov some Yankee fiyer. They have that treacherous mumonnt of stabllily al small angies whieh induces thule owners to crowd enormous mast And sail upon Theln ; and, aS there ave no stays to this mast, it bas to be nordinglety heavy, (hus slill fui her vaisine 4 centre of gravity which bas no ball fo Keep ih dawn. etch boals, when caught in a gale, dare not carry aall to elew olf A lee shore, every heavy sea pulling them dayserously iiear thelr point of Wax mum stability, while sulictent sail to drive them lowtndward Would put therm pash Lihat point, A501, prize has been olfered at the forthcoming Shipwrights? Pxhi- bition for the best Model of a fishing boat. We heortily wish some of our naval designers would turn thelr attention to this branch of nrehitectnre, for while i. must be no small pleasure to e miemplate a string of Tacing flags flying over one of lits productions, the helping to Sive human life must give & mon a tar deeper pleasure, ee KEEP THE HOUSES STANDING, ONE Of (he most iudicrous explanations of (he Madge’s victory has been offered by certain so-called “practical” men, ever ready with a dogmatic asser|fon arrived at withoutthe trouble ofa seconds senons thought, ‘they haye gtyen forth that the cabin honses of qur slogps Were wondrous drawbacks to speed nd the man, if not the only, rea- 500 of onr defeats af (he hands of the cutter, Remove the-e houses. they say, and give us lush @ecks like the Scotchman and 0 odds wil be laken from the best, This is 4 nice, easy “let down” to the yanliy o! false prophets, bul fully as devoid of gnod sense as thelr lirudés against Cubters and Wie ten Who believed in thetr speed. We obserye in the Hast an inclination to lsteh ravorably to {ose Who see a Wonderful gain in razecing cabin houses, expecting by ihe Operation to make sport with the Madge whoun that crack undertakes toshow the length measurement productions what 4 really smart ship con do, Sloops with cabin houses are Wad “nought many re- spoots, bulas they would be very much worse without, we hope our friends abdut Boston will ilsten toreason before thelr boats fall vie- tivis fo doubtful counsels of & most superficial origin. Given & sloop 35 [f. on Ioad ne Wwlth 4 honse 14 in. high, cutit away and cirry the mgin deck across and, pray, whatdo wegain? The centre Of gravity of the house may he taken as three-quarters the Wwiy up trom deck to*‘rool;’ or, say 10 invhes, I/S welsht will be about oné-fitteenth that of the boat and fittings wilhont pullast, By rubning the deck across Instead (assumed about equal to the housein Weifht), we would bring down the eentre of gravity of the bout eet onelifteenth of ten inehes—that is, about three-fourths of an teh. Now allow the sloop to carry half as inuch ballast sgain as the hull weighs, a fair average, and the centre of the entire system will be brought only one-fourth of an jneh lower. On the streneth of {his small and inapplicnile gain weave told we Can ail of a sudden cer- tainly beat the Madve! As tor the ** wind resistance ? saved, it) amounts to lille or Nothing, With the wind Aabaft fhe beam, or when heeling even moderately to a breeze, the house mightas well be leth where itis. On the wind In light airs & theoretical trifle might be claimed, but nol wnougi.to miake wp for loss in bulk when takiog «a knock-down aud seas, in- stead of pllins up and rushing over the rail In the lee fangway, will swash about the deck In sreater quantity betore the yachh cai tree herself. Moreover, under thn new dispensation Ubere will be hatehes and skylights to catch wind just the same. To 08 sure, the boom and sail can De brought down six to eight in- ches, and with it the centre of efforh; bul asthe beamy sluep has Thore than enough stability of the shatical kind ah ordimary saflme aneies, nothing at all ts thereby gained. Te we fush deck foreand wth, raisiiy the cock plt Noor, lt will eountas so mich secot! ugainst the gain in lowerlug of the house, ‘The deck area will be much lneredased,atiord- ing more room ler handling sails, but acres of deck will not compen- Sate tor bungling aloft and blunders a6 the wheel. We Can see no advantage of any practical value at all In {he propo- “sitiob fo razee, but view such an experiment as wholly without prout and objectionable in the extreme. Ou sloops have little enough tn commend them to the evuisers ar sallor’s admiration as itis. Abolish their hoses snd their ascommo- dations, aiveady much Mmited in length, will disappear altagerier With only three to four feel height below decks small sloops would become the meres machines of the most detestavle sort, dangerous raps in 2 pur, unlit for crmfsing altoyether, useless In every respect and not a tathom faster. , We do not like houses on déck, bub that does not hiiud us to their absolute necessity on stoops of scant hold and Weht drat, both tora, moderate degree of safety abd modest accommodations. rig ae houses on your shallow boats, or you will haye no boat Teft at aul. When you build again bry less beam and more depih. Ta that direc. tien the true remedy les. +e — RICH LAKERS, Liter Forest amd Stream: ' Asa Canadian, 1 should lke to enlighten“ The Statesman! about Rive Lake canoes. The ofly place where they are considered inferior fo the “ Stephenson” canoes 13 in Peterboro’ and vicinity, where these OUNOeS we Monde, and that is easily accointed for, as the loval bulider is, of course, patrontyed. The Rice Lake canoe, instead of belie ‘practically obsolete,” is coming more to theiront, and Jara slilp- iments are being Made to all paris ol Canada and the Stites. Several Have been senp to Kugland, and pn few have got as far as Australia, For feneral use on Vivers and small lakes the ice Lake canoes ean y be beat.” SINGLE BLADE. RIOE LAKES.—Filitar Forest and Stream; The one solitary Rice Lekerat the Lake Gtorge Canoy Convention wis not much for the * Unmmodore? to boast of, and T cam assnre blm that the Alder man” who saw il, disapproved of ltstronely., About halt (he canoes of the convention were *'shudows" and lhe pregter part of the re- mainders were Rob Roy's. In addition to the one Rice Laker {here were tye open Canadian canoes of the Wnglieh” or “ Stevenson 7 patterns, Dut their owners admitted the great superiarify ot the decked canoes, and went home with the intention ot putting deeks on their boats. LT roneat that the Rice Laker's are Obsolete, ‘and the Alderinan will coniirm {he truth of (his statement.—STAres an, ee AUNT SALLY ON THU MADGEH, AR now, Honey, your lftle sispp done got beat! You ses dat Jim Coates don forch a little eutter over {rom Ing lund, and dat he Wouldn't sall on de pond whur you allers beat de udder boys’ boats, Fase, he ses, it was (oo shaller, and Wat yon liad de yace on de Bay, whar de water was miv! Dat do cutter went rite Tht de waves jes ke a xnire,anidat your Uttle sloup Jes fopjed about, and wouldo'h go hollow! Dat de cutter was longer dan de sloop, Was Narrer, deep and had Jead onde bottom ! Now, couldn’t you make yourn longer, narrer, atid putlead on tha boitom too? You got. beat; you ainth guyine to atey beat, is you? Now, wile Pse talking about i, 1 remember what Uncle $1 say about de Gutter and de sloop, We say, “T'se suylng in de cubher every time; kase, when you get capsize Im dé sloop wher is your Bat tt You fet capsize in de cubler, der you de. M, 7. a+ YACHTING NEWS. TORONTO YACHT ChUB—WUi Nave ils yusrters tn WoomMs over Molison's Bank, where cCinrent pearlodivuals will ve kept. The club number's 150, THE CUTTER ELEET.—Mr. G. L. Watson, of Glasrow, las orders for 4 thirty Loumerknd a seven tonner, foy Americen owners. Boll are to be racers. _ MEAN LENGTH.—Says the London Fie: Including lengih ofun- Immersed countér in the lenyth is hot mohe sensible Uhwn meluding half (he bowsprit would be. MEETINGS.—New York Y. ©. will elect officers Thursday, Feb, 2. The annual meeting of the Seawonhaka ¥. C. is xed for Jon. 9, and that of the Atlantic Y, G. for Maroh 13. LONG GAFFS,—Addls V., al Boston, ts to have a new vigy cutters head gall, yiry long gilt und A whacking square-header for light winds. Now, That IS something like # rig. STAR'TS.—It is likely thafthe New York Y. GC. will consider simul taneous starts—time belog taken for all yachta allie from Wie cun to go, Wetrustsuco a motion will prevall. The pringipnl club in tha country ought not be found adhereing to the customs of the sptrtin its habyhood any longer. Lerus have the sailors start by all uieans, and relegate the ‘ten minutes interval” to the sand-bigpers and beginners. THE GLEAM,.—The fancitul accounts of the Rhode Tstnd cat boat Gleam's performance in Knglish waters, sebt th ile Previdence pipers will be remembered. Jusb what she did appeurs trom the fol- iowlng letter ff (he London Field: “*Tdo not know whether you saw the small centreboarder, fying the Yankee tas, sod with wo Amer- ivans on hoard, which. day stler day, tiled her speed aguiust the small bouts in the mmuches at the Royal Southampion ¥. C. Kegatta last August; but, although she sailed well, her Pitino ad were hardly such As (0 crewte a scare against these wrafi,” 1 da 398 FOREST AND STREAM, (Dozer 15, 1881" NEW NONPAREIL.—Mr, Clapham Is to send a 6 ft. nouparell boat to England, probably for experimental purposes. GRACTIE—Is to haye more lead. At last the so-called practical school is giving fn adhesion to the value of weight—something they should have understood long ago. ‘The light displacement fallacy is Well nigh scotshed, HULL YACHT CLUB —Has now 120 members and 53 yachts, and last year, for (he September matches, distributed $462 1n cash prizes. A new clib house is to be erected unless consoldation with the Dorchester Y. U, Is effected, which at present, does not seem likely. Corinthian ideas are 16 be Encouraged in every way. Pine Fanita has been sojd to Mr. Morris Ketcham, Jr., and will hereafter hoist the Seawanhaka burgee. Rumor has it that Phil. Elsworth is chipping out a block for a new schooner for Mr. Prague; also on= for Mr, Howell, of the Atlantic Y. 0. MANNING’S.—A new circular hss been issued by this well-known and popular yacht agency, giving along list of yachts of all kinds now ib the market, It will be hard to please any one who cannot find in the lst just what sults his fancy and his pocket. Send to him for | a copy: TY PE,—The battle of type has got acrossto France, and it has even bien proposed to exclude the centreboard from races altogether, The beaimy French yachts, built In Imitation of our American boats, have been so roundly beaten by British cutters that French ardor in fayor of the light-draft machine 1s cooling off. WASTARN YACHT CLUB.—The membership is growing fast; the rolls now sliow over 450 names. he club promises ere long to become the largest i America, Its clubhouse at Marblehead has proven a great success. Schooner Silyle, steamer Adelita, sloops Viking and North Star and cutter Volante have been added to the ileet since publication of the last club pamphlet. EOLUS.—This is the name of Mr. 8, A, Wood's new schooner, now fitting out foot of #84 street, South Brooklyn. She is from a mouel by his brother. Mr. Wood hus often informed us that he does not fancy fatirous, und his new ship shows more depth than usual, still we think anolher foot of hold anda reduction in beam could have been {udulged in. The schooner 1s 85 it. over all, 79 Tt. on the Ine, 22 it. 4 in, extreme beam, and 924 ft. deep, with about 7 ft, water. WEW RiIG—The schooner Dream, of Boston, will come out asa sloop next year, tor whith purposesall plans haye been forwarded by Mr. A. Gary Smith. The yachiis 42.8 water Ine, 16 ff. beam and 6 ft. deep, Mush deck. Mast, eck to cap, 45.50 ft; Lopmasti, 29.6 ft.; Doom, didifc; gaff, 30.4i6; bowsprit, outboard, 25 ft; topsall yard, 37 ft. (he length of the gait 1s noticeable, and, tn our opinion, a great ad- Vance on the old-fashioned narrow head sails copled irom cheaply- Tire SMacks. me OK OM Aces commodore W. A. W. Stewart, 8. ¥.C., will holst his broad pentyint aboard Lhe schnoner Nokomis, which he has purchased trom Mr. Paddletord.. Under tle latter's ownership she was 4 topsail | schooner, and madé acrulse to the southward lastseason. Formerly, Bane Natele, Rey. Mr. Hepworth did some extensive cruising in her to the Labrador coast, ana told his story in his book *' Starboard and Port. ‘Tie Nokomis is now 90 ft. all over, 80 ft. on the line, 22ft. 8 in, beani, § fl. Hold and 9 ft, water, a5 she Is a keel boat. Cee EEE Se TrrrararH Pores AND Witp ANIMALs.— Some interesting facts are brought out ina paper by M. G. Nielsen, of Christiania, on the impression produced upon animals by the resonance of the vibration of telegraph svires. It is found that the black and green woodpeckers, for exampie, which hunt for insects in the batk and in the heart of de- caying trees, often peck inside the circular hole made transversely through telegraph posts, gencrally near the top. The phe- nomenon is attributed to the resonance pro- duced in the post by the vibration ofthe wire, which the bird mistakes as the result of the operations of worms and insects in the in- terior of the post. Every one knows the fondness of bears for honey. It has been noticed that in mountainous districts they seem to mistake the vibratory sound of the telegraph wires for the grateful humming of bees, and, rushing to tlie post, look about for the hive. Not finding it on the post, they scalier the stones at its base which help to support it, and, disappointed in their search, give the post a parting pat with their paw, thus showing their determination at least to lil! any bees that might be about it. Indis- putable traces of bears about prostrate posts and scattered stones prove that this really happens. With regard to wolves, again, MM. Nielsen states that when a vote was asked at the time for the first great telegraph lines, a member of the Storthing said that although his district had no direct interest in the line proposed, he would give his yote in iis favor, because he knew the lines would drive the wolves from the districts through which they passed. It is well known that to keep off toe ravages of hungry wolves in winter the farmers in Norway set up poles connected together by a Jine or rope, under which the wolves would not dare to pass. « And it 18 a fact,’ ML Wielsen states, ‘“ that when, twenty or more years ago, telegraph lines were carried over the mountains and along the valleys, the wolves totally disap- peared, and a specimen is Now a rarity.” Whether the two circumstandes are casually connected, M. Nielsen does not venture to say.—Vuture. NOTICE! Sonn REVERSED WINGED Advertisements received ae Fr j 3 ih LIL t later than Tuesday cannot be AND BOLT; SEIZES PROM 4 TO 20. Muzzle-Loaders Altered inserted until the following weels’s i8site. THE ORIGINAL American Hammerless “Sess NEW SCHOONER.—Alonz0 Smith is under way with a fine schooner for Col. Josiah Porter, of New York. She 1s 81 ft. on deck, 21 ft. beam and 9 ft. hold, with 7 it. 6in. water. Smith has produced some of our best yachts, and the Hildegarde is one of his notably tast ones. His boats are characterized by more depth and body than customary, which we consider a good point Yachts from his yard are well put together and builtin a stronger fashion than about the city water- front, where the art of both modeling and building was never at a lower ebb than now. ALL THE GO,—The board is nearly deat. The Boston yachts Rosetta and Titania will shed their fins and come out with deep back- bones and low weights, Webber will do the job. Flo%sie and Herald are to receive long overhangs by Smith, of South Boston, Sehooner Lillle Thorn is to have the benefit of an tron keel, and will masthead the yellow and black diagonal cross of the Tull Y. C. next season having become the Property: of Mr. Theo. Phipps. Commotiore Mans- field, Washington Village ¥. C., is to havea new 22 If. cat, with a keel, of course. THAT GUTTER.—In the words of the immortal hero, whose name just at this juncture I fail to recall, ‘* We have met the enemy and we are his'n.” The blarsted Britishers have sent one of their non- sensical lead-mines over to New York—and beaten us, Their sending the cutter Madge over was bad enough, but their beating us was ad- ding insult to injury. I am metaphorically clad in sackeloth, and diamond-diusted with ashes; bub, like Beau Farintosh, who consoled himselt with the reflection that his wife had af least paid him the compliment in deserting him todo sofor the handsrmest man in London, so I console myself with the thought that they sent us over the best they had, at any rate.—Correspondence San Francisco Olym- pian, OBITUARY.—In the death of Col. H. G. Stebbins, which took place Dec. 10, the yachting community looses one of its foremost men, and wean old family friend. Col, Stebbins was born in 1811, and after launching into business for himself at an early age, assumed a lead- ing position among New York’s best cltizens. From 1866 to 1870 he was Commodore of the New York Y. C., an oflice which he filled with credit to himself and the club. Atter experience in a number of sinall craft, he hoisted his flag aboard George Steer’s famous Sylvia, and rigged her as a schooner, after her return from British waters, where she had been badly beaten by English cutters while yet rigged agasloop, In i865 he transferred his colors to the new schooner Phantom, one of Joe Van Deusen’s best, and in her won a number of prominentraces. In later years he retired from active sailing, but maintained a lively interest in the sport. NEW YACHTS,—They are not slow in San Francisco to appreciate gond depth, deadrise and an eaSy bilge. Successive yachts laid down by California builders are improyements upon their predecessors futhis respect, Geo. Farmer, of Oakland, has a nobby 40 ft. schooner planked. Light topsides and low ballast are better understood on the Pacific coast than in New York. This new schooner has a bent oak | frame and plenty of through fastening, making the hull light and | Strong. She has much deadrise and a slow bilge, which will insure good rough water qualities. Wm. Stone, Ogden’s favorite builder,” extra charge will be made. on our celebrated Spring Steel Sproat Hooks. This cut exactly represents JAMES & CO.’3 GREAT GUN, called the “ TRIUMPH.” Every Triumph or Trap Gun is choke-bored and targeted. THE SNEIDER. 3 KING Peerless Tobacco Works, Pat, 1865 Reis. 1830 in any other Cigarette. AND DOUBLE GRIP ACTIONS. Makers of high-class to Breech-Loaders. urement sent on application. CIGARETTES TURKISH, VIRGINIA and a small por- tion of choice PERIQUER—a mixture not found Pin-Fire Guns Altered to Central-Fire. has also anice lttle aibemsels as of 42 ft. length well along: She is: bullt ‘on spec,” but is pretty cbrtain to find a purchaser. San Fran- cisco 1s fortunate In being tooftar away to purchase discarded New York rattletraps for the sake of the low figures at which they are offered. Commodore Harrison proposes to keep his yawl Frolic in commission all the year round. CANOE PHOTOS.—Mr. S. R. Stoddard, of Glens Falls, N. Y., sends us a fine collection of canoe phos. They are noteworthy as hand- Some specimens of the art and as conserving some important events: In canoeing history. One of the photos Is a fine broadside view of the “real original Shadow,” with her originator, Commodore W. L. Alden Standing by her side. The Shadow is now the most popular model in America, and in a few short years haa been spread all over the coun- try, strictly on her merits. Commodore Alden will receive the grati- tude of future generations for the fortunate way in which the most desirable points wanted in a canoe for general service have been in- corporated In the now universal Shadow pattern. There is also an excellent photo of the veneer canoe Wittywake, showing her hauled out on the beach, tent erected, and her owner, Col Norion, snugly reclining inside, Inditing a pleasant canoeing letter to FoRESsT AND Stream. Another photo of the camp and shore, with innumerable canoes of all styles and sorts, some with their mgs realy for a breeze, gives an excellent idea to strangers of the great meet on Lake George last year, and the free and easy fun the canoeist may partake’ to the benefit of mind and body, CUTTERS.—The Olympion believesin progress, and it is really glad to see that the New York skimmers hye been beaten by a deeper type of boat, The New York skimmer is utterly worthless in any place where there are rugged seas and strong breezes. They have never been successful here in San Francisto Bay. Here we have to build deeper and abler boats. On every occasion where the light- draft New York type has been pitted against a California bullt boat, in a breeze, the New York type has gone to the wall, We here do not believe in the New York type. Weneed ail seaworthy boats. All of olr boats are given some considerable deadrise and good draught. Boats are not wanted here which have to douse everything und let go the pot book when a 25 mile breeze Comeson. We have to stand worse winds than that eight days out of ten in summer in the channel, We are glad to see our worthy and esteemed contemporary, FOREST AND STREAM, come Out plainly and admit that Madgeis not a type which should be built here. Fokest AND STREAM has made a strong fight for cutter rig and model, and when this extreme proved its assertions, which were doubted by its contemporaries 1t has seen fit reason to *rejojce with exceeding great joy.” Many of its yacht- ing redders no doubt thought the yachting editor *‘slopped over,” to use an expressive phrass, but now he hs confessed the Madge an un- desirable type, we are disposed to forgive extravagant expressions and atirlbute them to excess of zeal. For we know said editor to have practical knowledge of the subjects on which he writes, which is more than can be said of all who have given their views on the Subject, We think, moreover, thal he is laboring simply to improve 4 type of boat which all bullders or people of experience think should be improyed. He is working to raise the standard of both yachtsand yachtsmen 10 something more worthy of the great @port. We cannot fail to admire his persistency and hope his efforts toward “ hontst boats” will bear fruit.—San Francisco Olympian. Trout, Bass and Salmon Flies. , PRICES PER DOZEN, Small and medium trout .......c.ccteeseeseeeeeeeee 650 | Same extra fine. ic...cccceetsccscssesesssreseers seeee9.00 Hamme extra tines seca sree asstteaveceeeenae - 1.00 | Double gut trolling... pce peepeeeeeesereeesseeeeess 2,00 Large trout ........ ie peewconee WN OU) | BME OM ira stiles areyrene-eeop Lema caetrarore cant ROSUU. Same, extra fin€........,..0.1..00s000- s--se-» 2,00 | Salmon, all extra fine, price varies according to PMA PBAGSay.cseWeaslacert smensee aetna Feiss pen ecrttesl SOD, PALLEDT, Fhe toascnstsceens eweuece Weer senso eeeteUaa et OU. Any fly tied to order, 50c. per dozen extra, unless one gross of a pattern is ordered, when no All ‘‘jungle-cock” flies, 50c. per dozen extra. We have over five hundred patterns in stock, and ean tie any pattern to order. dozen ; we do not sell less than one dozen, but will give any assortment in the dozen. Prices are given per All our flies are tied _ Discount to the trade only. Orders received from persons residing in cities in which denlers keep a full line of our goods will not be filled at any price. ABBEY & IMBRIE, 48 Maiden Lane, New York. We now offer a full line of ENOS JAMES & CO" Superb Breech-Loaders. What is the use of paying an absurd price for a gun made by some old maker when you can get a JAMES’ GUN as good or better for half the money? Or what ts the use of buying a. gun bearing either a fictitiousname or no name ot all, when you can get one of ENOS JAMES & CO.'8 guns with thelrname and guaranty for the same price? We are sole agents at New York for the Colt Club Gun. We offer a small JOB LOT of the famous Webley Guns of all sorts at about half price. Also a Tew choice Parker guns of latest style at Special rates, Address H. & D. FOLSOM, P_ O. Box 1,114, 80 WARREN 8T., NEW YORK. MILD, FRACRANT, HICH WROUCHT, AND Particularly Agreeable. 2 FIRST PRIZE MEDALS. COMPOSED OF By WILLIAM S. KIMBALL & CO., RCcHRESTER, N. Y¥. J. & W. TOLLEY, |KEEP’S SHIRTS. PATENTHES of the cee at » HAMMER- PATENTEEHS of the * GIANT-GRIP " ACTION, uns only to the individual orders of gentlemen who cannot content themselyes with a gun taken down from the shelf ofa gun-store. Tilustrated lists, photos and directions for meas- Always the Best. Keep’s Patent Partly-Mate Shirts, 6tor $5; easily fintshed. Keep’s Perlect Fitting Custom Shirts, 6 for ¢9, to measure, Perfeut satisfaction guaranteed. FALL UNDERWEAR, white and Scarier Knit all Wool and Flannel, at lowest cash prices, viz. : Rates promptly furnished Stocks Bent to Any Crook. GUNS BORED TO SHOOT CLOSE. Send for Nlustrated Catalogue, On. applicntion. Clark & Sneilder, 214 W. PRATT STREET, BALTIMORE, MD. YOUR MONCRAM. On receipt of $5.00 we will forward to any address, free of charee, 500 delicious cigarettes, ea h beanti- fully desorated with monogram or name, mann- factnred trom Vanity Falv tobacco, Also, a small size, with or without mouthpiece, expressly tor ladies. Please be careful in glying shipping direc- tions. Adidress L. LUCERNE & CO M6 aud 213 West Seventh Bt, Cluciunatl, 0, put 216 and 218 GUNS WITH HAMMERS ON OUR GRIP suitable for presents. Send #1, $2, 33, or $5 fora retail box by Can Yexpress of the best candies in Americu, up elegantly and strictly pure, Refers to all Cincinnati, Address : L. LUGERNE & CO., West Seventh st., Cincinnati, 0, I. & W. TOLLEY, Patentees and Manufacturers, Pioneer Works, Birmingham, England, HOLABIRD Shooting Suits. Write for circular to UPTHEGROVE & MoLELLAN, VALPARAI80, IND, 65¢., 75¢.,.900., $!.20, $1.85 and upwards. SCARS AND NECKWEAR. Tn all the Leading Novelties and Latest Styles. COLLARS, CUFFS, JEWELRY, HANDEERCHIEFS GLOVES and UMBRELLAS. KEEP MANUFACTURING CO, 631,633, 635, 637 Broadway, New York, ae, FRANK BLYDENBURCH, INVESTMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS SECURI- TIES, UNLISTED MINING STOCKS. 66 Ping St, New York, - FOREST AND STREAM. | DrcEMBER 15, 1881.) 1982, FOR FIELD, CAMP AND HOME! 1882. eel Ss eating oct JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND CUN. DEVORED (TO .THE INTERESTS OF SPORTSMEN, AND THE INCULCATION IN MEN AND WOMEN OF A WHOLESOME INTEREST IN OUTDOOR RECREATION AND STUDY. The conductors of the Foresr anp STREAM point with much pride and satisfaction to the past and the present of the paper, and Pledge their readers that the same high standard of excellence will be maintained in the future. The ForssT AND STREAM Will preserve the reputation it has earned for being: I.—ENTERTAINING AND INSTRUCTIVE. The *' Sportsman Tourist,’ ‘“* Game Bag and Gun,” and ‘Sea and River Fishing” departments will con- tain sketches of travel, camp life and adventure; ac- counts of shooting and angling excursions; hints, helps, and experiences; poetry, stories, humor; impartially written reports of all meetings, ete., etc., etc. “ Natural History” will be so conducted as to stimu- late habits of observation and study. Among its contributors may be mentioned Prof. Spencer F. Baird, of Washington, D. C., the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, who is so well known as the first authority in the country on ornithology and fishculture; Dr. Elliott Coues, U.S. A., acd Prof. J. A. Allen, of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the distinguished writers on birds and mammals; Professors Jordan and Gill, eminent in icthyology; Dr. Yarrow, the authority on reptiles; Prof Marsh, of Yale College, the writer on fossils, and Prof. Eaton, the botanist. Hundreds of other names, scarcely less well-known, might be added /IL.—ADAPTED TO THH TASTES OF ALL. Among the hundreds of correspondents of the Forzsr AND STREAM are Business Men, Lawyers, Physicians, Clergymen, Army and Navy Officers, Naturalists,- Pioneers, Trappers, Prospectors, College Professors, Tourists, Civil Engineers, Artists, Editors of other papers; young men who have not yet struck out for themselves, and old men who have retired; in short, members of every irade, profession, and occupation. Farmers and Farmers’ Boys constitute a large class of our readers, They will find the Forrsr anp Srream ever disposed to reconcile the seemingly conflicting but really identical interests of respectable sportsmen and reasonable land-owners. IV.—INDEPHNDENT. The position of influence now occupied by the Forzsr AND STREAM imposes upon the paper responsibilities which it has no wish to shirk. The organ of no clique, it will be perfectly free to criticise everything inimical to the list. Wishculture,” edited by a practical and well-known fisheulturist, will receive frequent contributions from the officers of the U. 8. Fish Commission at Washington. This department will prove indispensable to every farmer and country gentleman who can own a fish pond for profit or pleasure. The columns devoted to the ‘‘ Kennel” will be filled with matter of interest and practical worth to sportsmen and dog fanciers. ‘‘ Rifle and Trap Shooting” will furnish reports of all important events in the shooting world. ‘Yachting and Canoeing” will remain in charge of a specialist, its editor being a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, and a practical naval architect, thoroughly informed in every branch of his profession. Due attention will be given to canoeing, as its growing importance demands. HIGH IN TONE. * The tone of the Formst anp Stream is exceptionally high. It is edited for men of healthy minds in healthy bodies. Its reading and advertising columns will be clean. Its pages will sparkle like the mountain stream in the sunlight, and its contents-will be redolent of the exhilarating fragrance of theforest. Primarily intended for gentlemen, itis also a paper for the family centre- table, and one which the entire family, old and young, read with pleasure and profit. The best guarantee of its thoroughly high character is afforded by a reference to a listof those who write for it. to the interests of the highest and manliest sportsman- ship. Its attitude on all important questions within its field is well understood. For the benefit of advertisers and readers alike, it will also, as in the past, expose and denounce all dangerous frauds. Advertisements of doubtful character will not be admitted to its columns on any terms. V.—COURTHOUS. The Forest anp Stream will have no room in its columms for personalities and bickerings. Its editors have neither taste nor time for ‘‘ mud throwing.” They do not share the opinion, held by some other journals, that blackguardisms and indecencies are essential char- acteristics of a sportsman’s paper. MReaders who want that sort of thing must look for it somewhere else than in the Forest anp Srream. Verbum sap. VIL—BROAD IN SYMPATHY. The Forusr anp Srream will ask for, and strive to win, the continued support of readers in every part of the country. It never has been narrow in spirit; nor has it ever held itself up as the organ of any one “ sec- tion.” The paper is, and will be, American, in the broadest, highest and best meaning of that term. Every State, Territory and Province on the Continent, with many foreign countries beyond, are represented in our list of contributors and subscribers. The very wide geographical distribution of the friends and correspond- ents of the Forzst snp STREAM is a Sufficient guarantee of the variety and excellence of its contents. Literally and figuratively is it true that THE SUN NEVER SETS ON THE FOREST AND STREAM. CONTRIBUTIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE. Its editors aim to make the Forrest anp Stream a medium for the interchange of information, entertainment and amusement among sportsmen. Sketches of field excursions, shooting and angling trips, original observations in natural history, and other like.con- tributions are respectfully solicited. Secretaries of clubs and associations are urged to send us reports of their transactions. Expressions of opinion upon any subject within the scope of the paper are invited and will be given place in our columns. We beg to suggest to the friends of the Forest AnD SvREAM that they bring the paper and its merits to the attention of others whose tastes and sympathies are in accord with its spirit and aims. Free specimen copies will be cheerfully furnished upon application: A LIBRARY OF PERMANENT WORTH, The weekly issues of the Forest Anp Stream form two volumes each year, of twenty-six numbers, or 500 pages each. Seventeen such volumes haye already been publiched. We furnish handsome file binders (price $1.25) which hold twenty-six numbers, Each volume when completed may be returned to us’for binding, the cost per volume being=$1.50. At this slight additional expense each reader may ‘preserve an unique library of substantial and permanent valve, ’ SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME. Per year, $4; $2 for six months. To clubs of three or more, #3 per year each. Kemit by post-office money order, draft or registered tter. Give mame, town, county and State, Address FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., 39 Park Row, N. Y. City. @ we “i Aan ted. ANTED, a i2 to i4 pound single barrel breech loading duckgun. Address, with des-ription and price, JOHN STEWART, 118 Cedar st., Syrae cuse, N. Y. Decis,1t, ANTED immediately. Live wild rabbits, State price and number, H. W. Hunting- ton, 77 Division av,, Brooklyn. Decis,it. | for Sale. OR SALE.—Game cocks and hens, warranted game or money refunded. Apply to_W,.4, MORTON, Portsmouth, Va. Deci5,1t, OR SALE.—My stock and trade of a taxider- mist’s and naturalist’s store. This is the most central and desirable locations In Boston. Owing to lil health I am obliged to give up my pusiness. Write for particulars. P. W. ALDRICH, 409 Washington st., Boston. i Decl, 2t. merase STH OR SALE.—A fine country residence, about 30 miles from New York ; 45 acres tmproved land, Partridge, quail; rabbit and duck shooting, also ood fishing for bass and pickerel. For particu. ars address N. H. J., at this office. Decl5,2mos. OR SALE.—A beautifully located country resh- dence. Price, $7,000. Pure air; fine views plenty of fruit. Apply to T. ¢. B.. this office, Noy#4,tf F% SALE VERY CHEAP, near Germantown,fine 120 acre farm (14 heavy chestnut timber), 2 seta stone buildings; excellent spring water, ADAMS & BAKER, 707 Walnut st., Philadelphia. Deci,3t he Fennel, FLEAS! FLEAS! WORMS! WORMS! Steadman’s Flea Powder for Dogs. A BANE TO FLEAS—A BOON TO DOGS. uj Gate POWDER is guaranteed to kill fleas on dogs or any other animals, or money returned. Itis pubupin patent boxes with sliding popper: box top, which greatly facilitates its use. Simple and efficacious. Price 50 cents by mail, Postpaid. Areca Nut for Worms in Dogs. A CERTAIN REMEDY, Put up in boxes containing ten powders, with full directions for use. Price 50 cents per box by mail. Both the above are recommended by RoD AND Gun and FoREsT AnD STREAM. Conroy & Bissett, 65 Fulto: street, N. Y. HENRY C. SQUIRES, 1 Cortlandt street, N. ¥, WRIGHT & DITSON, 580 Washington street, Boston, Mass. DOCS. MANGE, FLEAS, WORMS. Little’s Soluble Phenyle Isasure remedy. Does not discolor but nourisles the hair and makes the coat glossy, Isalso « per- fect deodorizer. ‘Testimonials from prominent and well-known dog owners supplied on application by T. W. LAWFORD, General Agent, 296 EB, Chase st., Baltimore, Md. Decl5,1t. Re SALE.—A well bred cocker spaniel dog, three years old, Al, partridge and woodcock dog, retrieves from land or water, Sold for no fault, price $15, or will exchange for a Beagle, N, WENTWORTH, Hudson Centre, N. H. Decis,1t. H\OR SALE.—F Ine black, white and tan Engils setter pup Royal Pomp, two months old, dam Fancy, sire Young Belton, a grandson of the cele- brated field trial setter Belton. Full pedigree. Price $10, CORTLANDT KENNELS, Peekskill, N. Y. Deci6,1t. to responsible persons. The lemon and white pointer bitch Belle, a beauty and a good Held bitch. Price $25, very cheap. She is sold for no faults. Deel5,a6 COUNTY HUNT, Montclair, N. J. Decls,1t. These dogs arein fine health and condi forsale very low. Lock box 237, Sus. Bridge, N. Y, Decisjit OR SALE, a Dumber of well bred and well broken pointers and setters, also dogs boarded and broken, satisMction guaranteed, Address B, RIOKMOND, Lakevilie, Mass, Sepwz2,tt Fi OR RED IRISH SETTERS and Cocker Spaniels ofthe most fashionable blood address CHAS. DENISON, Hartford, Ct Septis,tt —Ses Kennel Advertisements neat pags. 400 he Fennel. Dr Gordon Stables, R.N. TWYFORD, BERKS, ENGLAND, Author of the “PRACTICAL KENNEL GUIDE,” &€C. @xporis champion and other pedigree dogs of any Dreed. Send for “PLAIN HINTS TO WOULD-BE BUYERS." Price 10 cants, post free. Gives addresses of prin- Gipal English breeders, E. B. GOLDSMITH, Gastom House and Forwarding Agent, 6 WALL STREET, NEW YORE. RSCRIVES. AND FORWARDS Dogs, Fowls, etc... to any destination. Kenne! sabe Sportsmen and others, intending toimport dose rom Europe, should have their stock con- ed tobim, Information furnished in regard $o the best msthoda of importing, shipping. eta PEDIGREE PRINTING AND COMPILING, By mall, for $3. E. & C. VON CULIN. P. 0. Box 22, Delaware City, Del. Black Spaniels. BOB TIl., imported, black; First, Strabane, Portadown, Kilmarnock, Belfast. and London, Ont. Special, Franklin, Pa. Stud fee, $15, BENEDICT, imported, black; first and speclal, New York, 1851, only time shown, £20. Puppies by aboye also by Brag, first and special, New Fork, 1581, forsale. Prive from S10 upward, HORNELL SPANIEL CLUB, eT EEE ee oy3,ti Cameron Kennel. Beagle Hounds bred for bench and field purposes. RALLY (Sam-Dally) ; stud fee, $25. RUCKET (Rally-Rosy); stud fee, $10. COLLEY CAMERON, Brickerville, Pa. atch atseton of tail. She is due to whelp to my orfolk Jagek the 24th of this month. Her litter will more than pay for her; price, $40. Willsell the lot for $75. For particulars and full pedigrees dress J. H. WINSLOW, Baltimore, P. fs box a ‘ ecs,2) = ORDON KENNEL, Locust Valley, Long Island. We bhaye on sale young dogs and bitches of js purest strains, combining the blood of ‘Toledo ennel Club, now Willard’s, Grouse, Munn’s Duke, Goldsmith Kennel’s Rupert, Stoddart’s Duke, etc Mr. Malcolm’s Malcolm, Col, $100's Reine, Mr. Wil- Jard’s DreamII. Were all bred at these kennels, Address GORDON KENNEL CLUB, Breyoort P. 0,, Brooklyn, New York, Octi3,tf NGLISH SETTERS,—Any gentleman in want of a single dog or a brace of well-broken and well-bred setters will find the article by addressing I. W., Box 2,950, New York city. ‘These are noi worthless curs said to be broken, but are perfect in the field, and a fair price is therefore paket see Yo73, O\LM GROVE KENNELS.—Send your dogs to the Elm Grove Kennels to board. They will get the best of care and plenty of exercise. Terms éasy. Cangive best of references. For price. etc., address HORACE A. SAUNDERS, South Norwalk, Conn., P. 0. Box 551. Noy24,4t q OR SALE,—Nine well-trained foxhonnds ; fast and reliable; 7 dogs, 2 bitches; all young. Address, LOCK BOX 16, Rome, Ga. Noy24,4t ORTRAITS of Hastern Field Trial Winners of 1880, printed on fine tinted paper, will be sent post-paid for 26 cents each, or the five for $1 FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 39 and 41 Park Row, N. Y. Dec30,tf, § 1 2 will buy 4& pure dark red Irish bitch,* . months old, haying one cross of Elcho and two of Plunket. Address, H, J ROBBINS, Wethers- field, Conn. Nov3,tt ORY O’MORE KENNEL.—Thoroughbred red Irish setter puppies for sale, by champlon Rory O’More out of Norah O’More, Magenta and Pearl, Full pedigrees. Address W, N, CALLEN- DER, Albany, N. Y- Augii,tt ULEOUT COCKER SPANIEL KENNELS.—For Cockers of all ages and colors, dogs, bitches and pupptes, address with stamp, ROB'T WALKER, Franklin, Del. Co., N. Y. J 21-tf Sept2y,tt ATERSON VARIETY PET KENNEL.—I have for sale black and tan and toy terriers of the ue e S bs STONEHENGE ON THE DOG. Price #3 50, : For sale by Forest and Stream Publishing Go. FOREST AND STREAM. Sportsmen's Goods TATHAM'S Selected Standard Number of Pellets to the oz, Printed on Each Bag. Trap Shot! Soft or Chilled. NUMBERS 7, 8, 9 AND #. 3388 472 688 1058 Soft 346 495 716 1130 Chilled. TATHAM& BROQ’S, 82 BEEKMAN ST,, NEW YORK, No, of pellets to 07z., oo “ “ Philadelphia Fishing Tackle HOUSE. A. B. SHIPLEY & SON, Manufacturers of Fine Fishing Tacklio of Every Description. BO3 COMMERCE ST., PHILA. Shipley’s Looped and Plain Mist Color Leaders. Shipley's Improved Adjustable Floats. Reversed Wing, Trout, Bass and Salmon Filtes in stock, and also tied to pattern. A full assortment of common and finest Rods, Lines, Reels, ets. Our Bethabara Fly and Bait Rods and Split Bam- boo Fly Kods received the first premiums st the Sede oe Franklin Institute and Penna. State ‘a A RRS of the celebrated Bethabars. Wood for F: Rods and Archery Bows. Stronger than split bamboo and as tough and elastic as steel. Rod moun of all descriptions on hand and to order. Priceé list of wood and rod mountings free. Our 65-page new Illustrated Catalogue of Fishing Tackle sent, post-paid, on receipt of ten centsin stamps. THE NEW AMERICAN Breech-Loading Shot Gun. SIMPLE AND DURABLE R ebounding Lock. Choke-Bore Barrels For close, hard shooting excels all others. Extra heavy guns for ducks a specialty. Send stamp for circular, C, 8. SHATTUCK, Manulacturer, Hat- field, Mass, KRUG & CO’S CHAMPAGNES! STANDARD AWD DRY. ‘The Sporisman's Wine | A. ROCHEREAU & CO., SOLE AGENTS, 6 South Willliam St., New York. 16 and 18 St. Lonis St., New Orleamns. Water! Water! Water! Dwellings, Factories or Towns suppiieel with water by Pipe Wells or Deep Rock Wells. Dug wells that have gone dry made to produce, MANHATTAN ARTESIAN WELL CO., 240 Broadway, ARRAR’S POCKET MAP of Moosehead Lake and the North Maine Wilderness, a valuable com- pane for the sportsman. hunter and lumberman. ately corrected and revised, and now acknowl edged to be the only correct map of this vast region Neatly bound in cloth covers. Price apa by mall.BO cents, CHARLES A. J. BARRAN, damalen es worth a : Hto $20 peice shay ree F CO., roland, Maine, WILD RICH tia Saks ae OHRIST, Fishery Inspector, Port Hope, Ontario. Hotels and Bouter for Sportsmen. | Hotels aud Resorts for Sportsmen ASSOCIATED SOUTHERN RAILWAYS, Richmond & Danyille Atlantic Coast Bay Line, Line. Tine. THE Preferred Routes to Florida AND Atlanta Cotton Exposition, October 5 to December 31. TIME TABLE IN EFFECT- DECEMBER 4, 1881. Richmond and Danville Line- Train 54. Leaves New York *4-30am. Phila- delphia *7-)5m. Baltimore 45am. Arrives Lynchburg +55) m. Danyillé *7-05 pm, Charlotte "12-25 nt, Atlinta *11-l0am. There makes same connections 48 No. 5) below. Pullman cars Dan- ville to Atlunta, and Atlanta to New Orleans, ‘Train 52. Leaves New York {s-3)}am. Phila- delphia {11-45 4m. Baltimore t3-10 pm. Richmond *|1-25 pm. Danville “7-25 am. There connects with No. 62 below. Pullman Cars from Richmond to Danyille. This train connects Mondays, Wednesiagys and Fridays from Baltimore at 4-00 p m direct via York River Line for West Point and Richmond and connecting there with Train 50, Train 52. Leaves New York t3-40pm, Phila- deiphia t5-45 pm, Baltimore }8-60 pm. Arrives at Lynchburg “44am. Danyille*Tam. Charlotte “1250p m, Atlanta “12-05 nt. Macon "6-30 2m, Montgomery *7-65 am. New Orleans *10-02,p m, 64 hours from New York. Pullman Cars New York to Washibgton, Washington to Charlotte and Au- gusta. Arrives at Columbia *6-00p m, and Augusta 10-20 pm. Savannah *345pm. Jacksonyille *s-) am. Train 50. Leaves New York “9-00 p m. Phila- delphia 12-s0am. Baltlmore+35am. Arrives at Lynchburg *1-35 pm. Danville *4-30 Ra Char- lotte “10-45 pm, Atlanta *l1-00am, Macon *6-55 Dm. Montvomery *9-00 pm. Mobile *6l4 am. New Orleans 710-22 pm. Pullman Cars New York to Atlanta via Lynchbura and Danville and Atlante to New Orleans. Atlantic Coast Lime, Traimn4t Leaves New York "4-30am, Phila- delphia *7-l6am, Baltimore *245am Arrives at Richmond “2-55 pm. Wilmington *10-50 p m. Charleston *6-45 am = Savannah *1-20am, Jack- sonville 5-30 pm. Pullman Sleepers Washington to Charleston. Train 48. Leaves New York *9-00 pm. W. Philadelphia *12-30 am. Baltimore "4-85 am. Arrives at Richmond *11-30am. Wilmington "9-55 pm. Charleston *6-45 am. Sayannah *10-30am, Jack- Sonyille 75-30 pm. Columbla *6-20am. Augusta *10-48 am. Macon *645 pm. Sayannah *7-20 am. Jacksonville via Augusta *5-30pm, Pullman Slesp- ing Cars New York to Savannah. Kay Line Leayes New York }3-40pm. Philadelphia, +5-45 Ta. Baltimore t8-5 pm. Arrives at Portsmouth }-0am. Weldon 11-50 pm. Raleigh t7-35 pm. Wilmington *9-55 pm. Charleston *6-45am, Sa- yannah *10-30a m, Jacksonyille 5-30 pm. Colum- bia "6-20 am. Augusta “10-1848 m, Suyannah *7-20 am. Jacksonville via Augusta “6-30 pm. Pullman Sleeping Cars Weldon to Savannah “Daily. + Dally, Sundays excepted. For reservation of berths, sections, and fortickets, time tables, and for all information, apply at 306 Washington street, Boston, 229 Broadway, New York.= 1848 and £38 Chestnut street, Phila.. Corner ot Calvert and West Baltimore streets, Baltimore. 511 Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, and leading Ticket Olfices East. A POPE, Gen’ Passenger Agent. “THE FISHING LINE,” TAKE THE Crand Rapids & Indiana R. R. THE ONLY ROUTE TO THE Trout, Grayling & Black Bass Fisherles, AND THE FAMOUS SUMMER, HEALTH AND GAME RE- SORTS AND LAKES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. The watersof the ; Grand Traverse Region and the Michigan North Woods are unsurpassed, If equaled, in the abundance and great yariety of tish contained, BROOK TROUT abound in the stre and the famous AMERICAN GRAYLING is found only in these waters. The TROUT season begins May 1 and ends Sept 1, The GRAYLING Season opens Jie 1 and ends Novy. 1. BLACK BASS, r1 KE, PICKEREL and MUSCA- LONGE, also abound in large numbers in the many lakes and lakelets of this territory. The Sports- man can readily send trophies of his gkillto his friends or “club” at home, as ice for packing fish can be had at nearly all points, aa é TAKE YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU. scenery of the North Woods and Lakes is very peantifulL The air is pure, dry and bracing. The climate is pecullarly benelicial to those suffering wi tr Hay Fever and Asthma Affections. The hotel accommodations are excellent, and will be largely increased in time for the sea-.on of 1881 by new buildings and additions. During the season ROUND TRIP EXCURSION TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT LOW RATES, and attractive train facilities offered to Tourists and Sportsmen, Dogs, Guns and Fishing Tackle Carried Free at owner's risk, Tt 1s our alm to make sportsmen feel “at home” on this route. For Tourists’ Guide a handsomely illustrated book of 160 pages sentires. Time Cards, Folders and further information, address A. B. LERT, Gen’l Pass'r Agent, » Grand Rapids, Mich. ee —————— ————_——— NOTICE TO SPORTSMEN. SHOOTING IN CURRITUCK SOUND, NORTH COROLINA, A dally line of conveyances 1s established by Mr. M. H. Snowden between Snowden Stailon, Hliza- beth City and Norftvik Railroad and Currituck Court House on the Sound, leaving Snowden on arrival of Norfolk train connecting with Baltimore steamers and returning in time connect with same tralo for alt rnoon Baltimore steamer. Time between New York and Currijuck Court House, south-bound, twenty hours ; north-bound, twenty- four hours, . KING, . Gen, Manager Elizabeth’ Clty & Norfolk R. R. Co, (Daozmprr 15, 1881, | ~ TO SPORTSMEN: The Pennsylvania R. R. Co, Respeutfully invite attention to the SUPERIOR FACILITIES afforded by their lines for reaching most of the TROUTING PARKS and RACE Co ES in thi Middle States. These lines being CONTINUOU! FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the culties aud dangers of reshipment, while the excel ~ lent cars which run over the smooth steel mee ' enable STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED without failure or injury. = THE LINES OF Pennhslvania Railroad Comp’y flso reach the best localities tor 4 Gunning and Fishing | in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKE''S are sold at the offices of the Company in” all the principal citles To KANK, RENOVA, BEI FORD, CRESSON, RAESTON, MINNEQUA, and other well-known centres for Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting and Still Hunting, ’ Also ta TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN, CAPE MAY : SQUAN, ond pothts on the NEW dERSEY COAST renowned for SAL'! WATER SPORT AFYER FIN AND FHRATHER, L. P, FARMER, Gen’l Aass. Agent. FRANK THOMSON, Gen’l Manager, Chesapeake & Ohio R’y. THE ROUTE of the SPORTSMAN and ANGLER TO THE BEST HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS OF VIRGINIA AND ; WEST VIRGINIA, - Comprising those of Central and Piedmont Vir-— ginia Blue Ridge Mountains, Vailey of Winginiey Alleghany Mountains, Greenbrier and New Rive) Kanawha Valley, and including in thelr varleties of — game and fish, deer, bear, wild turkeys, wid duck, grouse, quall, snipe, woodcock, mountain tro bass, pike, plckerel, etc. ‘ Guns, fishing tackle and one dog for each sporta- — man carried free. The Route of the Tourist, through the most beautiful and picturesque scenery ~ of the Virginia Mountaims to the te Sulphur © Springs and other famous summer resorta. : The G, & O. R’y is reached by rail at Huntingdon, W. Va., from the West, Northwest and Southwest; | at Charlottesville, Va., from the North and Kast, | andat Richmond, Va., from the South. i The completion of the Peninsular Extension in ~ the summer of 1881 affords ] THE ONLY ALL RAIL ROUTE TO “YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL,” ) and establishes a continuous rail line, yia Rich- 4 mond, Va., and Huntington, W. Va., between the § mouth of Chesapeake Bay and the Pacific Ocean. H.W. FULLER, — G. P. & T. A., Richmond, Va, OLD DOMINION LINE, © HE STEAMURS of this Line reach some of the © ih finest waterlowl and upland shooting sections in the country. Connecting direct for Chincoteagua, Cobh’s Island and points on the Peninsula, City Point, James River, Currituck, Florida aud the jnountainous country of Virginia, Tennessee, ete. | Wortolk steamers sail Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- ~ urday. Lewes, Dell, Monday and Thursday : Full information given at office, 19T Greenwich street, New York. Bromfield House, Boston, EUROPEAN PLAN. MESSENGER, Proprietor. Wild Fowl Shooting. SPRINGVILLE HOUSE OR SPORTSMEN’S Ri- TREAT, SHINNECOCK BAY, L. L Y A PRACTICAL GUNNER AND AN OLD Dayman. Has of boats, batteries, etc., with the largest rig of trained Wild geese decoys on the coast. The best ground in the yicinlty of New York for bay snipe shoo of all varieties, Special attention given by himse to his press and satisfaction guaranteed. Address WM. N. LANE, Good Ground, L. I. Rees ey os mission to J. B, Shepherd, 531 Broadway, Dutcher, 320 Broadway, N. ¥. D. B. NYE, VAN SLYCK’S LANDING, CURRITUCK €0., 0. 6, = Sportsmen furnished with board, #iifs and stool acks, Duck, Goose, Partridge and Snipe Shooting. Amiunition always on hand. an Steamer Cygnet loaves Norfolk every Monday and Thursday at 6:50 A, «=. for Van Slyck’s Landing, New Smyrna, Florida. OCEAN HOUSE. Open from December until May. 5 hunting and neni in the State. One and Piet miles 8 ocean. : 0. WESTALL, Proprietor. FOREST AND STREAM, [DzorzmpEr 22. 1881, | SPRATT’S PVWPATEN T MEAT “FIBRINE” DOG CAKES. “Wibrine” Gakes are used at the Dogs’ Home, London; Jardin d’Acclimatatio: recel the minster Kennel Ciub, New York, Gold Medal; Irish Kennel Club, Silver te., atc, BEWARE OF WORTHLESS IMITATIONS. Please see that Every Cake is Stamped “SPRATT’S PATENT” and a WHOLESALE ACENTS, FRANCIS O. de LUZE & CO., {8 South William Street, NEW YORK. WESTERN AGENTS—RB. KITTHRIDGE & CO., Cincinnati, oO, NONE ARE STAMPED, x.” Packed in Cases of 112 ponnds each. SEND FOR CIRCULAR. “SPRATI’S PATENT”? are Purveyors by Appointment to all the principal Shows and Kennels in the United Kingdom and abroad. The Patent ‘s one: Paris, etc. They have been awarded over 30 Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals ; hest_ award for Dog Biscuits at the Paris Seer Medal; ennel Club Special Medal; Grand Gold Medal, Hanover Dog Show, 1879; West- e NONE ARE ~ BTAMPEB, To be bad im smaller quantities of Grocers and the Sperting Geods Trade Generally. Sportsmen's Goods. HODGMAN & CO., 425 BROADWAY AND 27 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK, ARE OFFERING THE LARGEST STOCK OF Ruseer Fisuinc Outrits, Hiscellaneoug SPORTMEN’S DEPOT. (ESTABLISHED 1836), First Premium at World's Fair at New York, and Centennial Exhibition. JOHN KRIDER, W. E. Gor Second and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia, GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, Fish Taekle, R Reels, Lines, Hooks, Fl Leaders, Snoods, Artificlal Balt Fly Hooks, “y -) Ete. t@r-Salmon, Bass and Trout Flies, Made to Order, Also “ Krider’s” Celebrated Center Enamel Split and Glued Bamboo Rods. Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins in Great Varieties. Taxidermy in all its branches, Spratt’s Patent Dog Biscult. Repairing of all kinds. COMPRISING FISHING PANTS, FISHING BOOTS, BLANKETS, Light, Back, White or Tan Color Coats, AND COMPLETE RUBBER SPORTING OUTFITS ESTABLISHED 1838.) Send for Catalogue. Fishing Pants, TO ANCLERS: JOHN ENRIGBT & SONS, Fishing Rod & TackleMakers @Mustic Connell, near Limerick, Ireland. Reels and Lines to match balance of rods. No ents. All information respecting fisheries on the Shannon in this locality, as also catalogues of our greenheart rods and general assortment of tackle, to be bad on application. : aS) C, H. EUTEBROUK, 27 Dock Sq., Boston, Mass, This lever is a solid plece of steel; goes through and through the body. Guns made to order, GREEDMOOR PARLOR RIFLE. ———— —= z0) i] WECIAN COD-LIVER Ol _| ) Debility, H| Scrofuln, Ebheumatism €s ier Consumption, il is superior to any in de- Hl Iicacy of taste and amell, It loads at the breech with small percussion cartridge; will shoot 200 with accuracy and force. There 1s scarcely any report and no smell toe this rifle, making it very appropriate for parlor use, pienics and fairs; full length, 37 = inches; weight about 5 lbs, ; handsomely polished stock and blued barrel; price $6; cartridges, 60c. per ay OF ea i per Ro eels bahar aaust sd meet ity numbers, ringing gong when buliseye is hit, P rs ridges, all boxed complete. i “ ae se a Sioxtine peat plete, 310, Send for catalogue of Skates, R, SIMPSON, 96 Fulton Street, N.Y. Box 8,207. “SHORE BIRDS.” A REPRINT OF PAPERS ON THE SUBJECT WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE “FOREST AND STREAM.” York physicians pronounce ait the | purest and best. Sold by Draggiste. - {W.HLSchictfelin & Co.( Posh Aire Han Tork BROWN’S PATENT GUN CLEANER.) a wre ener te Cleaner and Oiler <2 Bor Ereerb-lnading Arma 23 NY in market. For One Dollar, one Cleaner, Patches, Brush » and full directions sent free of postae. Tn ordering sive calibre of gun, Send for circnlar. dd Patentes. Address Ts YARDLEY Ledade Mla et af IV, NOMENCLATURE. V. LOCALITIES, VI, BLINDS AND DECOYS. Sent ou rcceipt of price, 15 cents, by the FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. Hliscellaneang I, HAUNTS AND HABITS. TI RANGH AND MIGRATIONS. Le Til. A MORNING WITHOUT THE BIRDS. @tliscellaneang KRUG & CO’S VINCENT BISSIC, Practical Cunsmith § CHAMBERS S8T., NEW YORE. KNAPP & VAN NOSTRAND, POULTRY > GAME, Pauw Bnd See ene oe Srila aes oe i} ‘ antly on hand, Rep of every description done in the best manner and warranted, Guns Ee ELE BS os Baar 2S A N E S 5 bored to shoot close and hard. Pistol grips fitted to stocks. Pin fires altered to central fire. SHELLS LOADED TO ORDER. JOSEPH GILLOTTS STEEL PENS Soro By ALL DEALERS Tirouskour THe WORLD GOLD MEDAL PARIS EXPOSITION—1878, STANDARD AND DRY. ‘The Sporismaa’s Wine | A. ROCHEREAU & CO., SOLE AGENTS, 6 South Willliam St., New York. 16 and 15 St. Louis St., New Orleans. Consignments of all kinds of game solicited. WE CHARGE NO COMMISSION. We accept consignments. Allow market price day of arrival, and sénd checks every Tuesday for all Invoices of previous week. FLIRTATION CAMP, or; Rifle, Rod and Gun in California, BY THEODORE S, VAN DYKE. For sale at this office. Price $1.50. GOOD’S OTL TANNED MOCCASINS. AMP LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS.—Second edition now ready. This story describes the trip of & partyor Boston gentlemen to the Richard- a ) The best thing in the market | son-Rsngeley lakes It treats of 'camip life,” indoors 3 > s for hunting, fi , canoeing, | and out, is amusiez, instructive ana “interesting; A 1c : 1 snow-shoelik, Re rene ee 324 pages, ae nines Price 25 es By 7 eon and Chentist, now easy Ty |) w& fe =ja) ARLES A.J, F travelingin this country, says that. most of the Horse pes Grable, Made to order | Jamaica Plain Mass, et ‘ann Cattle Powders sol here are worthless trash. He ~ = in a varlety of styles, and gays that Sheridan’s Condition Powders are pees ‘ es earth ticle. Send for price list. MARTIN S. HUTCH- an ty yuluable. Nothing on hens jay like Sheridan's Condition Powders. Dose, | TNG@s, P. O. Box 365, Dover, N. H. (Successor to Kc One teaspoonful toone pint food. Sold everywhere, orsent ank Good! , sesh pasate $66 a week in your own town. Terms and $5 tail for eizht letter sta ts Se SON &00., | ET )» BRADFORD & ANTHONY, Boston Outfit iree, Address H. HALLETT & CO, anon Thee torraerly Buneor Me. ~ * Agents, Portland, Maine. i Pablheation&, Any of the Following Books Sent on Receipt of Price by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. Adirondacks, Camps and Tramps in, Northrup, 1.38 Adirondacks, Guide to Wallacels, oth edition... 2.00 Adirondack, Wilderness, In the, Warner’s...... "% Amateur Trap a eet 50c.; bas, American Angler’s K, No American Bird Fancler,..... American Wild Fowl Shooting, ling, a Book on, Francis. Arc OMOCTN..........-.55 Art of 8 ie ge ee Pe ahs Coat we Athletic Sports for Boys—boards, rts, Stonehenge, . Bailey’s Birds of the United Sta Baird’s Birds of North America... Bechstein’s Chamber and Cage Birds. Boat Salling, Practical................. Books for Sportsmen: Angling, 60c.; 8h m 50c.; Common Objects of the Seashore, 50c,: Cage and Singing Birds, 50c.; Dogs, 75c.: Birds’ Hggs and Nests, 50c., Fresh ani Water Aquarium, 50c.; Native Song Birds... Breech Loader, Modern, Greener Cage and Singing Birds 16 28 Sete eee nas eee e Seen. S50: Camps seve 2 Canoe Traveling, Powell......2,.0.--.sceessese. 2 08 Canoe Trip, or a Lark on the Water.......-.... 30 Canoe, voyage of the Paper; Bishop’s........, 2 50 Cassell’s Book of Birds, 4 vols..........00-.--2.13 00 Dog Breaking by Holabird..............J. sennee | 5 Fishing in Maine Lakes.............. secocs 1 25 Frank Forester’s Field Sports .........scssene0e 450 Frank Forester’s Fish and Fishing....:........ 9 25 Frank Forester’s Fishing with Hook & Line.pa. 00 Frank Forester’s Manual for Young Sportsmen, 2 35 Frank Forester’s Sporting Scenes and Charas- CEREUS Ves: NOS ede ask eceee vase eh at peeeeeae OW Gun, Rod and Saddle........... 2 ences eee sens 1:00 Hand Book for Riflomen...........--eeeseeee --— OF Hints to Rifiemen, Cleveland......... seesumeses 1 50 How to Hunt and Trap, Batty’s........ecsssere 1 BQ Hunter and Trapper, Tnrasher............. ssee 1 00 Hunting and Hunters ct ali Nations, Frost,.... 1 50 Life of & Sportsmen, Nimrod..................,12 0 Manton’s Taxidermy Withouta Teacher,...... - 30 Minot’s Land and Game Birds...,......... «saee 8 00 Naturalists’ Guide, Maynard.,............. caees 2 OO SHOPESBINa ad oasesata cneh cect oncennts bene ee 16 The Gun and its Development, by Greener ,... 7 50 SECOND EDITION JUST READY. FOR TOURISTS, INVALIDS & SETTLERS, Containing Practical Information Regarding Gll- mate, Soiland Productions; Cities, Towns and People; Scenery and Resorts; the Culture of the Orange and Other Tropical Fruits; Farming and Garden- ing; Sports; Routes of Travel, &c., &e, By GEORGE M. BARBOUR. With Map and Numerous Illustrations, 12mo, cloth, Price, $1.50. The most comprehensive and authentic book on Florida that lias been published. For sale by all book-sellers, or sent by mail, post paid, on recetpt of price, D, APPLETON & €O., Publishers, Nos, 1,3 and 5 Bond st., New York, Green’s Fruit Grower, ROCHESTER, N. VY. An Illustrated Quarterly Journal, devoted to the Orchard, Carden & Nursery. “Tt Is seldom so much valuable material is offered ati s0 low a price,” says the Gardeners’ Monthly. ‘Tt 1s full of interesting and yaluable matter,” says J. J, Thomas, editor of Country Gen- lleman, “itis doing a good work; I predict suc- cess,” Says President Marshall P. Wilder. *Itig the only journal in America worthy ot the name,” says J. T. Lovett. ‘tIt will fill a sap; I wish it slicocess,” says Charles Downing. Price, 25 Cents Per Year, SAMPLH COPY FREE. THE AND HOW TO USEIT TO KILL EVERY FATR WING SHOT, By Gwynne Price, G U Vice-President Sportsmen’s Club, St. Louis, Mo., who defeated Bogardus. Trap shooting. Plunge-trap and Class Shooting Ex. osed. ‘American Field’ says: ‘+ It possesses genu- ne merit.” ‘Kennel & Fleld’? says: “ very man that uses @ gin should have it” Mailed for 25c., stamps or currency, by GWYNNE PRICE, St Louls, Mo. YOUR NAMES,“2: 3210 New styles,oy best artists: Bouquets, Bik, (fold Chromos, pes, Water Scenes jstc,—mo irra Sliloe | Agsnt’s Complete Sanipis Book, 252, Breast variety Advertising and Bevel-E. tb isaiera dge Cards, POSS /PRboes : d printess, les Fi Advertivng Oarce, : {Eiese " SFOVIS BRO. Sox 2 Hostnined Gh 402 FOREST AND STREAM, DroEMBeER 22, 1881: Ammunition, Ete. ORANGE SPORTING Powder, Orange Lightning. Orange Ducking. Orange Rifle. Pe recdnioon ELECTRIC BLASTING APPARATUS, l Bend postal card for ILLUSTRATED PAMPHL%T, showing SIZES of GRAINS of POWDER, Furnished FREE. Laflin & Rand Powder Co., No. 29 Murray Street, New York, BDuponi’s Rifle, Sporting and Blasting Powder. THE MOST POPULAR POWDER IN USE! Duront’s GUNPOWDER MILLS, established in 1802, Baye maintained their great reputation tor seventy- @ight years. Manufacture the following celebrated brands of powder ; : Duponi’s Diamond Grain.—Nos. 1 (coarse To 4 (fine) unequalled in strength, quickness an eleanliness; adapted for glass-ball and pigeon shooting. Packediniib canisters, Dupent’s Eagle bDucking.—Nos. 1 (coarse) tos (fine); burnss.owly, strong anu very Cleaii; » hee penetration, with a close patern adaptec ‘or glass-ball, pigeoa, duck and other shooting, With either muzzle or breech loaders. Packed in 1 Tb. and 5 1b, cal ters &nd 64 and 123¢ Ib. kegs. Dupont’s Choke Bore,—specially adapted for ‘* Choke Bore” Guns, and particularly for prat- Tie and upland shooting. Burns slowly, strong and moist; does not cake or burn on the barrels, gives both a good penetration and a close pattern; will be found weil adapted for glass-ball and pigeon shooting. Made of twosizes, only No. 7 and No. 5 Wo. 7 being the coarsest. Packed in 624 Ib. kegs and 1b. cunisters, Dupont’s Kagle Rifle.—A quick, strong and glean powder, o very tine grain, for pistol snooting. Packed in 11b, canisters aud ti Ib. kegs, Dupont’s Rifle hg. “*Scea-Shooting.”— FFe. und FFFg. ‘ihe Fg. for long-range ritie shoot- fing, the FFg. and bFFg. for general use, burning gtrong and moist. Packed in 4y 1b.,11]b. and 6 1b, eanisters, 64, 1234 aud 26 1b, keys, Fg. coarse, FFFg. ! 8. Dupont’s Sporting, Mining, Surppmine and Blast- mg Powders oF all Sizes and descriptions, Special Grades for Fxport. Also Rifle, Cartwidge, Mus- ket, Cannon, Mortar, Mammoth, Hexagonal, Cubl- gal and Pellet Powder, U. 5S. Government Standard. Powder manulactured to order of any required grain or proof. ~ fs Agencies in all the cities and principal towns throughout the United States, Represented by | F. L. KNEELAND, 87 Beaver St., N. Y. | N, B.—Use none but DUPONT'S Fg. or FFg. icr Iong-range rile shooting. Oriental Powder Mills, BOSTON, MASS. Western Sporting, Wild Fowl Shooting, Fatcon Ducking, SPORTING POWDER. ALSO ALL GRADES OF Blasting Powder. Agencies at all Principal Points in the West. HOLABIRD Shooting Suits. Write for circular to UPTHEGROVE & MOLELLAN, VALPARAISO, IND. Miscellaneous Advertisements. The Parker Gun. Again Victorious at the Late Exposition at MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. THE PHILADELPHIA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE says: ‘* At Melbourne they had an excellent op- portunity of testing their powers beside those of every exhibitor in the world, and they came off con- querors over every other maker. ‘Their highest award comes to them from a country whose reputation for this class of goods has for many years been above all others,” They have been In the hands of shooters for the past sixteen years and stood the severest test, and have won more laurels than any other gun when brought in competition in the field or at the trap. At Coney Island this year, at the New York State Convention, the PARKER won the Pierce Diamond Badge and the “ Forest and Stream” Badge for the best average over nearly 200competitors. Send for Catalogue, SrOOy Chanibers Sta, N. Vs PARKER BROS, Meriden, Conn. OF MAKING MANY BOOKS THERE IS NO END, Eccl, 12:12, ESTABLISHED 1886. NEAT AND ELEGANT BOOK BINDING FROM THE Plainest to the Most Elaborate Styles. SPECIMENS ON EXHIBITION. If you want good work, at low figures, and | save Agent’s Commission come direct to | JAMES HE. WALKER, 14 Dey St. A FILE OF N. Y HERALD, 1847, AND TIMES, TO DATE, AND ODD NUMBERS, FOR SALE, CARD'S STANDARD TRAP, FOR WING PRACTICE. STANDARD” Double, Single, Rotating, Stationary. | EVERY WAY (BXCEPT AT SHOOTER). ANY DE- ) SIRED DIRECTION, ALL IN ONE TRAP AND ONLY ONE SPRING USED. Fi (Aung UREN Pu y N Watches, Clecks, Jewelry, Kifles, Pistols, and all kinds of Sporting Goods, GREENERg, AND BONEHILLS GUNS A SPECIALTY, WILL. H. CRUTTENDEN, Cazenovia, Madison County, N. Y Ilustrated Catalogue sent free on application. BE. F. NICHOLS & Co@., BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, Manufacturers of HEXAGONAL SPLIT BAMBOO FISHING RODS, REMOVED TO 153 MULK STREET, We are obliged to have more room in our factory and greater facilities for manufacturing our goods to meet the increasing demand. We have received the highest award and silver medal at (he Mase. 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Burns strong and moist, The FFFGand FFG are favorite brands for ordinary oa and the “Sea Shooting” I'G is the standard A7jle Powder of the country, Superior Mining and Blasting Powder. GOVERNMENT CANNON and MUSKET POW~ DER; also, SPECIAL GRADES FORK EXPORT OF ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOP MANUFAC. TURED TO ORDER, The above can be had of dealers, or of the Com- pany’s Agents, in every prominent city, or whole- Bale at our office. 88S WALL STREET, NEW YORK, THE HUNTING SIGHT @& LYMAN’S PATENT COMBINA- [@ TION GUN SIGHT Makes a Sporting Rifis perfect. Send for taining circular con! full description. Ad- WILLIAM LWVEAN, MIDDLEFIELD, CONN. FERGUSON'S PATENT ADJUSCABLE JACK LAMPS, DASH LAMPS, FISH= ING LAMPS, Etc., Lamps, Lanterns, etc. stamp for Ilustrated List. Name Forest AND STREAM, ALBERT FERGUSON, Office, 65 Fulton Street, N. Y. (With Conroy, Bissett & Malleson.) 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Flat Ey ae THE WES AM ERICAN SPORTSMAN’S JOURNAL. Mlb Whe ld \ \E\S YUMA Entered According to Act of Congress, in the year 1881, by the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Terms, $ia Year. 10 Cis. a nail Se Six Months, $2, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, (881. Vol, 17—No. 21. {nos. 39 and 40 Park How, New York. CONTENTS. EDITORIAL :— The Vield Trials; Magazine Rifles for the Army; A Merry GHPISGN AB eewde a: ater e oak ed eae Asse Dil ta fee 403 THE SPoRTsMAN TouRIST :-— The Big Bear of [fermosa ; A Riverside Romance; A Tale of Waccamaw; Sport as Brain Food,.,...... Pe A Critical Eyent; A December Day........ re i letele tak .. 407 NaruraL History :— Enemies of Game Birds ; The Snow Goose; The Sparrow Ourse of New. Zenland,..... 2.2.4. csepecee srecceuvotes Gant Baa anp Gun :— Two Cold Days at the Club House; Indian Methods of Oatching Muskrats; A True Tale of a Duck Pass; The Earl of Dunraven in Nova Scotia; A Nebraska Deer Hunt; Deer in the Adirondacks; The Duck Riot at Gun- owder ; Long Island Wildfowl; News from Richmond ; nthe Choice of a Gun... cscssssesusssssesics Peed 408 SHA AND River FisHina :— Angling in Idaho; Shakespeare and the Carp; The Angler in Missouri; American Brook Trout for Germany ; ‘lhe Manufacture and Care of Gut........... Paced = fs Be ee YO FIsHOULTURE :— The Growth of Trout in Missouri ; Carp; Notes,.......... 412 Tae KENNEL :— _ The National Field Trials ; The Pennsylvania Field Trials ; The Atlanta Bench Show............ A Ohdddchptt hone 7 BIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING :— Pistol Shooting ; Off-hand ys. 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Some publishers make “tremendous exertions to get up specially attractive numbers ‘at this season, aud then spread them broadcast over the land ‘as ‘“‘specimens” of the regular all-the-year-around issues. That is not our plan. We try to turn out a tip-top paper just Aity-two times every year. That is the fair, honest way, and it pays. If you file your papers, and do not wish to break ‘the file, send us the name of your friend and we will furnish a with a copy. _ Tue Hart or DuneaveEn, in a communication published in another column, explains that his recent misadventure in Nova cotia was due wholly toa natural misconception by im of the requirements of the statute, and that instead of ving intentionally disregarded the law, he had, as he ought, fully complied with it. . We had a pleasant call last Tuesday from Mr. Edmund gill, who had just returned from a shooting trip in the outh, Tue Turep Cuarren of the “Cruise of The Nipper” is voidably postponed until next week. A MERRY CHRISTMAS! Rese spicy odor of mountain spruce boughs greets us. Christmas-tide is at hand! The Forrsr anp Stream joins in the universal salutation of good cheer. A Merry Christmas to you all! This 1s the festival that has the strongest hold on the hearts of civilized men, and the widest acceptance among them. It is the season when charity scatters its gifts with most lavish hand, when kindly sentiments move every heart, enmities are forgotten, and good feeling is universal. At this time does the message of peace and good-will, first breathed nearly two thousand years ago, beneath the quiet starlight over the sleeping hills of Bethlehem, seem to have a real force, which is binding on each one of us. At this time we are shown the tenderest, the most loying aspect of human nature. And it is now, at Christmas, that we remember, though perhaps unconsciously, that our forefathers were dwellers in the forest. Their lives were spent beneath the green woods and the open sky, and their camps were pitched by the run- ning brooks or the peaceful lakes. To-day we recall that time by going forth into the woodland and bringing thence sweet-smelling branches, green leaves and bright berries to adorn our homes at this, our greatest festival. Fragrant are these evergreen boughs, with tender memories of the past. Their woodland perfume pervades the house and brings fast-rushing recollections of the Christmas circles of other days. Again, in the early morning light do we see the dear familiar faces from which we parted long ago, and hear again the well loved voices now stilled for ever. Be- neath the outward merriment of the day these deeper in- fluences prevail; happy is he who yielding to them finds new courage and a manlier heart for the struggles of the year fo come. To each one of our readers this Christmas will bring the memories of happy anniversaries past and others hoped for; and to each one we offer our heartiest good wishes and a Merry CHRisTmas. ++ THE FIELD TRIALS. hee last of our report of the National Trials at Grand Junction, as well as a complete description of the Pennsylvania State Trials, will be found in our Kennel de- par|ment this week. The National Trials were the most successful that have ever been run in this country, and will compare favorably with anything that the world has ever seen. We heartily con- gtatulate the members of the National American Kennel Club upon the abundant success that has crowned their ef- forts. Much of this success is due to the indefatigable labor of the President of the association, Mr. P. H. Bryson, who has expended much time and labor in arranging the details, both before and during the meeting. There was no lack of birds, and the grounds are extremely well adapted for the holding of the Trials. Many prominent sportsmen from all parts of the country were present, and the utmost good feel- ing was manifest throughout the meeting, and all appeared to thoroughly enjoy the occasion. A large number of the most noted dogs in |he country competed for the very valu- able prizes offered, and the laurels there won were well earned and we watrant will be proudly worn. The Pennsylvania Trials were very successful so far as the number of entries and quality of the dogs were concerned, but coming as they did immediately after the National Trials there was not so large an attendance as there would have been had more time intervened. Great praise is due the en- ergetic members of the Association for planning and so suc- cessfully carrying through this important meeting. The judges, without exception, were well qualified to per- form their duties, and, although we could not quite agree With one or two of their decisions, we believe them to be thoroughly honest and to have impartially awarded the honors Without fear or favor. The wide-awake proprietors of the Stonewall House, Messrs. Peeples and Branum, were equal to the occasion, and the hungry crowd were provided with well cooked and well served food. We should, perhaps, state that our report of the Trials ia. not compiled from the decisions of the judges, nor from hearsay, but that we carefully watched the different phases of each heat, and noted at the time the performance of each dog just as we saw it, seeking to chronicl: the history of the running simply as history, extenuating nor criticising aught save as our instinct asa sportsman prompted. To those of our readers who have never attended a Field Trial the many false points and flushes will perhaps seem to indicate that the quality of the work done was not of a yery high order; and they may per- haps be led to think that had they but been there, with their own Dash or Sport, quite a different record would haye been shown. While not in the least disparaging the good qualities of the many Dash’s and Sport’s scattered throughout the country, we are free to confess that, although we once enter- tained the same belief, we have seen reasons to change it, and among the many really good dogs that we haye seen afield we fail to racall one that we should deem it safe to back as a winner at a Field Trial. Not perhaps that in an ordinary day’s shooting Dash and Sport might not acquit themselves as well or better than the first prize winner, but this is not a Field Trial by any means, and when we take into consideration the accessories that are inseparable from these public trials, we can only wonder that the record reads so fair. In reading our report and criticising the work therein described, there are many things that should be taken into consideration. Perhaps the most prominent of these, and for which great allowance should be made, is the high strung, neryous temperament of our canine pets, which is subjected to a far greater strain than when they are . quietly taken out for an ordinary day’s shooting; for the noise of the crowd, and the presence of many other dogs exercises anything but a steadying influence upon their excitable nerves. The tramping and talking of the spr cta- tors also scares the birds, making them wild and less likely tolie tothe dogs. This will account for many of the false points, which are undoubtedly often made to the scent of a frightened bird, who has just taken flight unseen. Many of the flushes would not be scored, were it not for the noise which puts the birds upon the alert, and causes them to rise be-+ fore the dog has a chance to locate them. Then again the hand- lers are not always quite so cool and collected as they should be, and we have ever found that there is nothing more con- ducive to unsteadine:s in a dog than to have his master go to pieces. Let us then give due credit to the dogs which pass through this very trying ordeal and acquit themselves fairly well; for the chances are that away from the excite- ment attending a public trial, they would prove themselves to be excellent animals. As we have before mentioned not the least of the benefits derived from the Trials is the greatly improved manner in which the dogs are handled, and the consequent lesson that the spectators are quick to learn and apply, to the manifest improvement of iheir own style. This, in itself, were nothing else accomplished, would stamp the Trials as a wonderful success. But a still greater good has been wrought in the vast improvement of the quality of the companions of our sports. Gentlemen who attended the Trials go home with more exalted ideas and broader views of matters pertaining to the sports of the field, and are no longer satisfied with the mediocre performances of the ani- mals who have heretofore shared their outings, but at once institute radical changes and rest not until they achieve some- thing approaching Field Trial form. Thus our Field Trials are accomplishing their mission, and the whole-souled sports- men who so generously support and sustain them are reaping their reward, as with a pardonable pride they rejoice at the abundant success and brilliant future of our American Field Trials. ee See CaNoE anD CamMERA.—A most timely book for the holi- day season is Mr. T. LedgwickSteele’s ‘‘Canoe and Camera,’’ the third edition of which has just come from the press, This is the most artistically and elaborately illustrated volume of the kind published in this country. The present edition con- tains a large map of the Northern Main regions, including the canoeing routes of the Main, St. John’s, the Aroostook, and the East and West Branches of the Penobscot. Mr. Steele has been engaged several years in the preparation of this map, and sportsmen tourists owe him a debt of [grati- tude for his thorough work. 404 FOREST AND STREAM. Drormerr 23, 1830 MAGAZINE RIFLES FOR THE ARMY. fee important duty devolves upon the Board and officers now in session at Governors’ Island, wlio have been charged by Gen. Sherman with the recommendation of a maga- zine gun for the useof the U.S. Army. Itisnot intended to make any sweeping change in the armament of our soldiers until the whole subject of repealing weapons has been more thoroughly worked up by ourinyentors; any change or step jn the arming of the troop must be of a tentative character. That the magazine gun is the coming piece for the ordinary soldier is regarded as a foregone conclusion by the leading military authorities of every Commonwealth possessing an armed force. A dozen commissions are now face to face with the problem of selection. It is a sort of competition between the nations as well as between the arms, and the yerdict of the representatives of one nation is eagerly looked to by the cxamiving boards of other nations. Especiaily will this be the case with the report of the Board now in session here. America has gained the front rank in the making of small arms, and the rifle championship,- now resting with the American team,£shows that she can shoot as wellas invent. Nations desiring to buy asupply of these Weapons come to America as the readiest and best market. The ‘‘rain of lead” at Plevna was fired from rifles made in Connecticut, and from the same State hundreds of thousands of stands of arms have gone to other nations of Europe, to the States of South America, and even to far away Japan. The leading magazine model, pushed for adoption before the German authorities to supplant the breech-loading Manser, is a pirated copy of a gun invented by a Licutenant of the U. 8. Army. It was displayed at the Centennial Exhibition, and there a German Jew of a mechanical turn of mind saw it, and stole the idea for reproduction at home. The modern rifle has had a marked effect in modifying the art of war. The skirmish line has taken the place of the old movement in force, and the necessity for accuracy of marksmanship on the part of every soldier is every day be- coming more imperative. The rising problem, too, is one of supply. The breech-loader gave the men an opportunity of rapid firing, and this they improved to such an extent as to make the supply of ammunition to the fighting line an important question. With magazine guns the consumption of ammunition runs up to alarming proportions, and to meet this difficulty the German Army authorities are adopt- ing the ‘‘firing discipline.” In this the fighting unit is represented by a skirmish line of a dozen men under an officer. Instead of random firing, as now under an engage- ment, the men shoot only on special orders of their oflicer. The intention is to prevent the men from falling into the error of an excited fusillade. The same object as this noyély in discipline is aimed at in the requirement that all arins shall be adapted to use as single breech-loaders as well as inagazine guns. In that way the use of the reservoir for shots can be delayed until the supreme moment, when a dozen shots in aS many seconds is an element of victory. — Hp Frying 8quirrers.—English misconceptions of American geography are proverbially gross and frequent. We are al- ways pleased, then, when an Hnglish paper really does dis- play familiarity with the subject, as is the case with an esteemed London contemporary. Speaking of the animal plagues of Winnipeg, which our readers will remember is up in Manitoba, Land and Water tells us that in the autumn, “(he time when the [Winnipeg] cotton aud corn seeds were ripening and maturing, myriads of squirrels lelt the woods and attacked the cotton and cornfields; they tore open the balls of the cotton plants, ate all the seed, and scattered the cotton on the ground; they devoured the kernels of the corn and then scampered off to Mississippi and Tennessee, where they met with s warm reception, and were shot down by huedreds.” Now, from Winnipeg to Mississippi, the distance is, as the crow flies and the squirrel scampers, only a (rifle over 1,200 miles, and to an American squirrel, as any yoan who has ever hunted them knows, a little “tscamper” of 1,20 miles is the merest play. He can go very fast and very far, when he once makes up his mind to travel away from a man wilh a rifle. Indeed, we have seen gsquitrels that in going from Manitola to Mississippi would take in Mount Washington and Pike’s Peak on the way, and then not get up friction enough to set the Michigan woods on fire, DeatH or A Fisuovururan Pionzrr.—We regret to chronicle the death of Mr, Aaron 8. Vail, of Smithtown, Long Island. Mr. Vail owned a fine trout-stream; and he elitertained many prominent men in days past. Danie Webster and Henry Clay fished in his stream and partook of the hospitalities of his table. Mr. Vail engaged in traut- breeding when he first heard of it, about 1866, and his ponds ate mentioned in Norris’ ‘‘ American Fish Culture,” pub- lished in 1878, as among those of the early trout culturists. Micuigan Srorrsmen’s Assoorarion.—The seventh an- nual session of the Michigan Sportsmen’s Association, for the protection of Fish, Game and Birds, will be held at East Saginaw, commencing Tuesday, January 17, 1882, at 10 o’clock A. M. Every sportsmen’s and game protection club in the State is earnestly requested to send five delegates, and in localities where no club has been formed sportsmen are cordially invited to attend. One of the results of the last session was the present game Jaw.. Che Spovtsman Gaurist. THE BIG BEAR OF HERMOSA, T was evenivg, and our Jate dinner was over. Pipes, and a tin-cup full of mild grog soothed the fatigues of a ten hours’ hunt, and steeped onr sonls in blissful balm. The day's sport had been good —two elk and five deer the net re- sult—and we felt that we had aright ‘‘to loaf and refresh oursouls.” The day was dying a peaceful death, and be- hind us the gray cliffs of Waluta were slowly darkening in the fading light, Out of the valley below we heard the voice of the Hermosa, as it babbled to the spruces which leaned above it, or chafed at.the cold rocks which barred its pas- sage. It was one of those hours when the hunter, if he be anything more than a purveyor of meat, or a killer of deer, feelsas if he stood within the very presence of the great Mother herself, and knows the radiance of ‘‘that light which never was on sea nor land.” Half unconsciously, I repeated the drowsy words of the Lotos-Haters: “The charmed sunset lingers low adown Tn the red West; thro' mountaln clefts, the dale We.see far Inland; and the winding yale And meadow, set with slender galingale. And here are cool mosses deep, And thro’ the moss the ivies creep, And In the stream the long-leaved flowers weep, And from the craggy ledge the poppy hangs in sleep.” Roused by the murmur of the words, Ignotus took his pipe from between his teeth long enough to languidly remark, ‘Somebody coming down the trail.” * How do you know?” * Hear 'em,” “Woot ov horseback ?” ** Horseback.” ‘t White or red ?” ‘‘ White; horses shod.” ‘*now who they are ?” The May boys, [reckon. Camp over on the Larriweep. Hunting. Taking meat down to the ranches.” As he spoke, a horse’s head came around the shoulder of the bluff, a quarter of a mileabove, and in a few minutes, three horsemen stopped on the trail, while we sauntered slowly down to them. “ How?” ee How ov ‘Which way ?” “Down to Trippe’s with meat. ‘Pretty fair. And you?” What luck ?” **So so. Deer gettin’ scarce. Cussed Utes burnin’ off the woods. Say, you boys want some fun ?” “Depends. What kind?” ‘* Well, Slippery Dick’s back, up here at the head of Ter- mosa. Crossed his trail just this side of Batterses Spring. There’s achance for ye, Tenderfoot, if youwant sport. Reck- on he’ll give ye enough ofit. So long. Got to be goin’. Give ye a dollar fur his skin, when ye get it. Vamos! Pia-a-a!” and they clattered down the trail. ‘Slippery Dick? Who the mischief’s he, Tgnotus?” “He's a she.” ‘A she? What kind of a she?” ‘4 she-bear, and a she-devil too, if all accounts are true,” and he went onto tell me, how, for seyeral years, hunters had reported that they had found, now and then, the trail of a bear, so large as to he phenomenal—how she would be found one day on El Conquistador, and the next on Dos Hermanos, fifty miles away—how she seemed to bear a charmed life, minding a .44 bullet no more than a flea-bite— how, at uncertain intervals, some unlucky prospector, pale- faced and knock-kneed, would stumble into camp with in- coherent jabber of ‘*the durndest biggest bear y’ ever see : bigger ’n all out doors, and savager ’n bh—]l”—and how Pat O'Brien, who had killed more bears in Nevada than ever Grizzly Adams himself, swore, after being treed by her for a day anda night, ‘ that the hid of her was as big as a flour barrel, and the claws of her like raping hooks, an’ whin she rached fur me, as I clim the tray, be jabers, she made the bark tly, fifteen fut from the ground, sor.” Making al! due allowance for exaggeration, Iznotus was inclined to believe that there was a monstrous bear which had its haunt in that section of country—that she was an exceedingly cunning old beast, as well us fierce and davger- ous—that to kill her would be a feather in the cap of any hunter—and finally, warming with the subject, that, if I said so, we'd move camp up to the head of Hermosa, and see if we might not “be lucky enough to get a crack at her.”? As I would have gone to the mouth of the pit, or even further, with Ignotus, and as, besides, I ‘thought no small beer of myself” as a bear-bunter, having actually slaugh- tered two or three small cubs by my own unassisted prowess, I gladly agreed to the proposal. *‘Eiver see any of those explosive bullets?” asked Ignotus after a pause. “Ves, why?’ “Wish we had some of them; they’d come in mighty bene if we should happen to haye a see-ance with the old ady. After cogitating a while—‘' Got your loading outfit with 9) yee Yen,” ‘ Let me see your bullet moulds.” These produced and inspected, Ye Got any of those .32 cartridges you use in your grouse rifle ?” “Why? What do you want with them?” ‘Make our own bum-shells, by thunder!” §* How?” “Get'em out, and Pll show you.” And show me he did, in a way I will endeavor to explain. My moulds were of the Sharps pattern, .44 calibre, conical bullet, lead poured in from small end. Covering butt of bullet, a plate which unscrews. So much explanatory—now for detail. Taking a.32 rim-fire cartridge, he cut off the bullet, flush with the shell, then, finding a nail, he filed it down, leaving on the head, till it was just the size and Jength of his prepared cartridge, Inserting this into the lead-hole in the moulds he unscrewed the butt-plate, poured in his melted lead, shook ont the bullet, extracted the nail, inserted his 52 cartridge, and lo! an explosive bullet. Trial proved them to be a grand success. If a bone were struck, they never failed to explode, and a second shot was seldom need- ed. By alucky chance, I once dropped one into the shonl- der of a large cinnamon bear, at three hundred and fifteen yards, and he dropped as if struck by a flash of lightning. They are bad for deer or ellt, as they spoil so much of the meat, but for Ursus they are just the thing. Barly dawn sees us toiling up the rocky trail which leads to the head of Hermosa, Nomad though I haye been for the greater part of my life, I cannot leave a place where I have comfortably settled down for even a day, without feeling a slight touch of regret. The camp-fre hecomes a sacred hearth, and one does not take away with him in the morning all that he brought the night before. Somewhat he leaves behind—invisible, in- tangible, but none the less real, A part of his true self, of the ‘inner me,” as Emerson would ferm it, is caught and tetained by the branches of the tree under which his bed has been made, by the boughs on which he has lain, by the air which he has breathed, and by the sky which hus arched about him, As we rode along, there came into my mind some verses which the Rhymer had read me a few days be- fore, aud which expressed so well my present mildly regret- we ReClIEee that I offer no further apology for presenting em here. Ah! happy he Who 'neath the greenwood tree, Doth toose his mind from every carklng care! Dull gross exuyire, which trom him fall away, And leave revealed his better sell, divinely fatr! Green forest boughs, Under a fir-tree house, Bring sweeter sleep than Sybaritic couch ¢ And simple hunter's fare, with Walt of spicy air, Excels all Capuan feasts Lucullus dare ay ouch. Each baser thought From crowded cities brought Upon these breezy heights doth pale and die. The dull and puzzled brain grows clear and strong again; The alling, purblind soul sees ‘Truth with clearer eye. Ah! blessed school ’ Where Wisdom plays the fool, And Nature grants perpetual holiday! Where volumed lore is none, saye tree and brook, and stone, And he doth win the highest pvilz¢, who spends Nils tlie in play Each charmed spot Where it hath been my lot To pitch white tent, and take nomadi¢ Some tender memory Lath, some boureed ned aftermath Of sweetly tragrant thoughts that blos u-u in my breast. A balanced good — Here in the piny wood New thoughts, new hope, and newer Ile] find: And yet, O fickle heart ! when comes the time to part, Somewhat of thouzht, of hope, of life, is lett behind, A paradox At which the dullard mocks! Who reads my riddle, him J hail as wise, That which I spend, I have, and whut I take, T leave: If mine the Sy bil’s tonzue, de yours the Seer’s eyes _ At the very head of the canyon was a little circular park of perhaps ten acres, where bubbled np the spring which fed the head waters of the Hermosa, and here we pitched our ten aa The remainder of the day was devoted to reconnoitering, and after supper we developed our plan of battle. Talf a mile below us was an extensive patch of wild parsnip, and here our friend Richard had left his sign manual in profusion, the night before. We felt certain he would return to-night, as the wild parsnip isto bear, what Cherrystones or Sad- dle-rocks are to a New York Alderman. From this ursine . supper-room there were but three passes leading to the rocky fastnesses, where, we felt assured, he had his lair. Of these, , one was the canyon itself, and that was blocked by our tent and camp-fire; the others led respectively, to the crests of Waluta on our right, und Bl Conquistador on the lett. We would each occupy one of these, and it would go hard, if one or the other did not succeed in intercepting the prey, as he wended his way homeward in the morning twilight. The jewels that sparkle in the sword-belt of Orion had not yet lost their lustre, when Iwas snugly ensconced in my chosen ambush. Joseph Cook would haye pronounced the position *‘ proudly selected, and haughtily strategic.” Backed by a cliff a hundred feet in height—my lanks defended by perpendicular escarpments of rocks—in front, the vertical banks of the gulch which was the only outlet on that side, from the canyon below—I was equally well situated for at- tack or defense. From my eyrie, I had a clean sweep of the gulch for a thousand yards below, while screened from oh- servation by the boulders which left convenient peep-holes between, The only access to my mountain fortalice was by a narrow path from above, so steep, that, having with diff- culty descentdled, I had serious doubts as to whether I should ever be ableto return. Strong in the possession of explosive bullets and an inipregnable position, f felt that I was equal to twenty bears, even should they all attack meat once. J hoped that Slippery Dick, like myself, loved the sterner side of Nature, and would therefore choose the path to Conquis- tador with all its gloom and grandeur, rather than the softer approaches to Waluta, where Ignotus had posted himself, Besides, the death of one bear, though he were the largest in all the San Juan, would add but little to his fame, while to me it would furnish a blast, with which ‘'to fill the sound- ing trump of fame,” for many a year, (In justice to Ignotus, T must say, that when hefound that all the signs pointed to our enemy’s having his den on Conquistador, he insisted on my taking that stand for my own.) Wrapped in my blanket, and propped comfortably against the rock, I prepared myself for the due observance of a hunter’s vigil. The air was keen and frosty, with just sting enough in it to stir the sluggish blood, and’ redolent with those woodsy odors that only the trackers of the wil- derness know. There was the balsamic odor of the spruce, giving a fingling fillip to every yibrating nerye—the aro- matic fragrance of the wild celery, like a faint aroma from the Spice Islands, and the far off Celebes—the quiet, domes- tic smell of the lavender grass, recalling tender memories of Eastern homes, and the opening of ancient burean drawers, from which are brought, by loying hands, the old-fashioned’ garments of those who now wear the shining robes of Light —and, reintorcing and at times overpowering all, walts the cloying sweetness of the wild buck-wheat, stirred by wing of eazly bumble-bee. Far down in the valley, a thou- sand feet helow, phantom curves of mist marked the line o: the hurrying brook, and, faintly audible from those lower depths, came, like the stir of a mighty congregation, that in FOREST AND STREAM, ling steer—now, as a log school-house, and now, as he comes abreast of the designated rock, he looms up as large as the ‘eTribune” building. © Ready? whispers Ignotus, and the tifle barrels drop to ao.‘ aim." " Wiye/? and the reports are simultaneous. There hardly comes to our ears that indescribable ‘' thud!” which (ells tis thatthe bullets have struck flesh, efore the bear rears to his full heighi, stands one moment clear cut against a blne backfround of sky, {hen crashes prone npon the Tinging rocks. A long-drawn yell—the Dakota war- whoop—prals from the throat of Ignotus, and the death- song of the ‘Big Bear of Hermosa” shrills from peak to ven and startles the slow-winged eagle hovering above our heads. There it lies, a Luge, uncouth, imert mass of gray fur, gleaming teeth, and savage brawn and muscle. Over the fiery eye creeps the gray film of death—from the cayernous mouth lolls supine the red tongue, flaked with foam—while the white slaver dripping from the massive jaws, relieves the scarlet of the Dlcod that splashes slowly down upon the rocks. From the gaping woundin the centre of the low fore- head, a thin stream of blue smoke tells that the explosive bullets have done theirdeadly work, Thetierce man-slayer, the terror of the mining camps, the incarnation of brute ferocity and sayage hate, has succumbed to the superior knowledge and deadlier skill of his biped cousins, and an- other victory is scored in the never-ending warfare of Mind ys. Force. Animal cunning against human skill—the in- stinct of the beast againet the reason of man—thews and sinews arrayed against explosive bullets—fangs and claws opposed to breech-loading rifles—what chance has Ursus as against Homo? It is the old siary of the oaken cudgel and the steel rapier—the green turban and Cceur de Lion’s battle-axe— of Montezuma against Cortez, and of Caliban against Prospero. The contest is too unequal, and after the first burst of tri- umph is over, there comes the shime-faced feeling of haying, in the expressive words of my whilom acquaintance, Monte Jim, ‘‘stocked the keerds on the cuss, and dealt him four aces agin a royal flush.” I shall not say how much our victim weighed—what was the girth of his mighty tore-arm, or the length of the ivory acimetars that armed his huge splay feet. Enough, that Tgnotus, who had killed more than one bear since 49, after looking upon the vast proportions spread out before him, ex- pressed himself in the words of Holy Writ, ‘* Lord! now jetiest thou thy servant depart in peace.” Some envious souls there were in Argentum, ‘‘lewd fel- lows of the baser sort,” who declared that it was not Slip- pery Dick atall, though they magoaniniously admitted ‘he wur a pretty far-sized bar, fur a tenderfoot to holp to kill.” Be that as it may, that night we slept thesleep of the just, haying avenged our rayaged camp, and wiped out the stain upon our honor; and thenceforth Slippery Dick has been misssing from his accustomed haunts, and no more does the picturesque prospector start in dread as the harmless rabbit hops across his path, taking each rustle in the Jeaves for the tread of ‘*The Big Bear of Hertmosa.” 12a Pe UE ft A RIVERSIDE ROMANCE. DuorwnrR 29, 1881.) at alisurvus which preeedes the thrill of a waking orld, The stars were losing thoir fiery lustre, and now shone with a pale glow, like the 'brightening” on the surface of molten silver. Slowly they faded, one by one, slipping ont quirtly, like lesser beauties from a ball rooni, til] only Venus, Mars and Sirius were left. These still shone on in Tefal splendor, till they, too, yielding to 4s power preater, than their own, scornfully yet gracefully withdrew from the uneyual contest, overpowered but not subdued—as the haughty Maria Theresa turned her back upon the Magyar Diet. Oyer beyond Waluta, the olive of the sky changed fo a slcely gray—then to a faint pink, such as tints the petals of the wild sweet-brier, and then to a roseate blush which climbed higher and higher, till the Whole Hastorn firmament glowed with Tyrian splendor, * Over crags came (hat Kilange Mush, and over ling and heater, Over hill and over dale, and over gulches brown; And euch sealtered eloudlet, crossimg, drifted like a scarlet feather Torn trom the folded wings ot clouds, before they settled down,” On the. rock-slide opposite, the conies came out to greet : the dawn—a yellow butterfly floated past on noiseless wing— _ in the spruce woods below, a Canaua jay pitched the note for araucous chorus which split the silences of the hills—and "the night, with its sweet silence, was gone, and ‘ jocund Day stood tiptoe on the misty mouatain-tops.” Taking my glasses from their case, I swept the hill-side opposite—distant. a mile as the crow flies—three, for the prowling fox. Wo sign of life among the rocks, unless—the circling gluss is arrested for a moment, and—yes, that brown spot in the lee of yonder porphyry boulder, proves Lo be Ig- notus, keeping faithful watch, But what bas become of our expected prey ? He surely must lave quit his banquet of succulent roots ere this, for We Su gad’s chariot has fairly left the gatesof Anrora, and his coursers are stretching away, in the full burst of their speed, toward their Hesperian oal. i - Confound Slippery Dick, anyway! Te’s fooled us, as ustial, and when the flutter of a white handkerchief trom across the canyon, signals that the watch is over, I rise from my rocky lair, and, stiff, cold, hungry and cross, join Ig- notus in the valley below. By mntual consent, we turn our steps toward the parsnip bed, to see if Dick has breakfasted. Yes; the trampled stems, the debris of rejected tubers, and the freshly turned soil, steaming in the morning sun, pro- claim his recent presence. Gone, bnt where? We give it Ep, as an wnguessable conundrum, and start to camp, for breakfast and a nap. A brisk walk of ten minutes brings us in sight of the clump of trees where camp is pitched, but where is the tent? A hundred yards further, and from Ignotus’ lips breathes forth softly, the half sung question—*Who’s been here, since T've been gone?” The tent is down and torn to ribbons—the flour sacks rent from top to bottom and their contents strewed upon the ground—the mess-chest overturned—sugar and bacon missing—and a wild conglomerate of canned goods, plates, cups, knives and forks, blankets, spare socks and shirts, coffee pots and frying pans, and a hundred odds and ends of camp impedimenta scattered about in every di- rection. Has a nitro-glycerine factory explodud here, or an East Indian typhoon dropped down upon us? A. single word breaks from my comrade, but it is as ex- pressive as all of Garcilasso’s seven hundred and twenty- nine yolumeés. It is simply the name of that place which Bob Ingersoll and the Revised Version both ignore, but the Anathema Maranatha of Holy Church conveys not more weight of objurgation with it, than that one monosyllable, Turning, I see him gazing intently at something on the border of the stream, and, joining him, I recognize, at a plance, the cause of his outburst. There it lies, in the marshy pround before us; a track, huge, uncouth, grotesquely hu- man, broad as the two hands, and as long as from the ulnar condyle to the metacarpus. A glance telegraphs from brail to brain—‘ Slippery Dick!” Another ielegram and answer flash to aud fro— ‘'T shall follow him!” - * And 1! lead on!” A. few biscuit ure gathered from the wreck which strews the ground, and we press on up the canyon, Lgnotus’ blood is up—the old Berserker stirs within him—his tenderest feel- ings have been outraged, and heart’s blood alove will wash out the stain upon his honor. ‘* Wrath in his port, and vengeance in his eye,” he leads the way, sure-tooted as the cimarron, untiving as the gray wolt—and as siern and fatal as the wool-shod Nemesis. Wwe to the dastard who hath heaped such foul scorn upon a freeman’s head! By the thunderbolts of Jove, dearly shall he pay for his morning's pastime! Was if not enough, O Elusive Richard! that pierced by the spears of the wind we shivered for three long hours, in futile ambush for thee, but that, thou must needs “ flaiter the dove-cotes of Corioli,” when the Volscians were absent? ‘' Better thata mill-stone were ticd around thy neck, and \hou wert cast into the uttermost depths of the sea,” than to have violated the sanctity of our tabernacle. Up, still up, till the head of the guich is reached, and we stand amoung the splintered crags and wind-swept tore that mark the crest of Hermosa pass. Here it behooves us to move cautiously, for, fierce with vengeance though we are, we do not care, upon this broken ground, to come too close to a savage grizzly. Silently we work our way over and between the shattered rock-masses, until we loolk down into the Canon del Christo upon the other side. Ha}! what is that brown mass, a thousand feet below? By the spear of the great Nimrod, we have him at last! ‘Pry him,” whispered Ignotus, unselfish, even at. this supreme monient. if isa long shot, but I rest my heavy Sharps upon a jut- ting point, elevate the sights, and fire. A jet of white dust, twenty yards the other side, tells me I have overshot. At the crack of the gun, he turns, catches sight of the smoke, and, with a ‘woot! of sharling rage, charges siraight for us. Another carjridge is slipped in, the rifle pitched to the shoulder, when Ignotus knocks up the barrel. ‘*Hold on! Wait till he gets abreast ot that rock there "— aboul twenty yards ayway—" and then aim steady, and we'll both take him between the eyes. Steady, I tell you—it we don’t fetch him, first pop, one of us will haye to go home alone.” His coolness is contagious, and I drop my gun to the hol- low of my arm, and watch our enemy as he comes shambling up the pass. His red eyes gleam with savage hate, as he plunges onward, his sivkle-like cluws ringing against the porphyry rocks, every lair brietling with rage, and that vengeful **woof! woof!” teuring the air at every step. ‘ivery second he grows in size, Now he’s as largtas a yeur- LEAVES FROM A LOG-BOOK—VI. KINGFISHER darted from the limb of a dead tree with a downward swoop, chattering noisily as it flew. A muskrat rolled lazily off the bank into the river, and made a hundred bubbles rise where it sank. And Barry Newton sal upright in his canoe with a start, recovering from the dreamy reverie that the wari, still summer day had cast over him, and plied the double-bladed paddle with more vigor. A muscular, well-knit pair of arms they were, too, feathered the spice blades with such a neat turn, and the whole figure was not one whit behind them in deyelopment ; while the ruddy skin and clear, blue eye told of the out-of- door exercise that this young man had always enjoyed. “Tt can’t be many miles further to John’s,” mused he, as he turned a bend in the riyverand peered anxiously ahead. ‘‘John wrote that after I reached Pleasantville I would pass under four bridges, and would then be abreast: of his domain, with the mansion to the west of the river, And now, I have passed under four—no, three bridges, and ihe other's not in sight; and it’s getting late, and 11) soon have to look ont for an inn to spend the night. T wonder what sort of a place Jobo has got. Old and som- bre, probably, like himself. Andhe married! Wd sooner thought of old Prexy’s marble bust marrying than John Sanders. Such a staid, awkward old ‘dig’ he was when he used to preach to me about my sophomoric escapades. I don’t think I shall fancy his wife. Some sedate, blue-stock- ing, with eye-glasses and a dismal countenance, knowing more about the differentialion of the exponents of variable quantities than she does ahoub Hello! what's that, Something in the water. I\’s a dag—no, by Jove, it’s 4 girl, and she can’t get out,” and the paddle flew like lightning, as the canoe was turned toward the struggling object. With a few quick strokes he was brought alongside, and the light drapery was grasped by one strong hand, while with the other the canoe was pushed ashore. Stepping out upon the bank Barry Newton laid his burden, now insensible, upon the grass. “Well! this isago. Nice looking girl, half drowned ; no house in sight; gelting towards dusk. Wonder what I'd better do. Lf she’s drowned I ought to—let’s see—roll her on a barrel, I think. But the water there surely isn’t deep enough to drown any one. She must have been walking close to the river, and the bank caved in. More scared than hurt, { guess.” Just then the girl opened a pair of large brown eyes and fixed them on the young man. For a moment she hesitated, asif collecting her thoughts, and then, trying to rise, she said, with a blush and a half smile, ‘‘ 7 was awfully frizhtened in the water, and—you must have fished me ont.” “T did that service for you, miss; and now, if you will tell me in which direction we can soonest find a house, I will Wiap you up in a blanket from my boat and carry you there,” ‘ ‘My own house js just across the field, and can be seen after passing the grove of cedars; but I am quite able to walk if you will aid me with your arm, and I would not ask that if the fall had not quite tuken away my breath, and [ still tremble from the fright, I am nota bit brave, as you Bee. ‘Your trembling is from cold moré than fright, Limagine. But you nist let, me get you a wrap from my boat,” with which Barry Newton made a hasty trip to the canoe, took a warm blanket from its recesses, and hastened back to wrap it around the young virl’s shoulders, “There, now, I fancy you will be alittle more comfortable. But let us hasten, for standing in wel garments is not con- ducive to health.” “Dear me, I don't know what my mother will say at my latest adventure,” laughingly said his companion, ay they hurried across the field, ‘‘and 1 know I deserye a sound raling for being so careless. But I was so wrapt in watching your pretty boat that I did not notice how fisil a support was beneath me. My absurd fright was utterly inexcusable, considering that the wuter was not (leep enough to drown me. It must have afforded you great amusement.” The eyes that glanced up at the young man, as he emphati- cally repudiated the idea of being amused at her misfortune, were certainly the most bewitching eyes he had eyer seen. And he noted, too, that his companion was not the immature girl he had at first thought her to be, but a young woman of at Jeast eighteen, of shorf stature, but of a rounded figure, beautiful mits symmetry, that lost none of its charm by bejng so faithfully depicted in the damp and clinging garments. ‘' Here we are at last,” said the little lady, os they ap- proached a neat stone mansion, nestled among some shady oaks, ‘‘ and there is manima watching for me.” A middle-aged lady, with a pleasant face surrounded by waving hair slightly tinged with gray, stood on the porch, louking with some astonishment at the approaching couple, evidently at a loss to comprehend the meaning of |he Indian blanket of the one, and the blue flannel costume of the other. ‘¢ Por mercy’s sake, Fanny, what has happened ?” * Only another of my ridiculous adventures, dear mamma. You see, my love for the water led me too close to the river, and the bank gave way andin IT went. And this gen- tlemsn was good enough to fish me out.” ‘© Bless me, child, you are in s frightful state. Run to your room at once. And you, sir, I daresay my daughter hasn’t so much as thanked you for your kindness,—she is such a thoughtless girl. Pray come in and let me offer you some refreshment. Are you from Pleasantville ?” “My name is Newton, madam,” replied Barry, ‘and I am traveling alone upon theriver in a canoe. I hoped to reach the house ofa friend fo-night, but fear I shall not, Tam grateful for your kind invitation, but beg of you to ex- cuse me, as [ must hasten on to find an inn before dark where can lodge to-night.” I beg you not to think of such a thing, Mr. Newton, Our home is at your service for a lodging to-night, the inn at the next village is a shabby place, and not to be thought of, and Fanny would never forgive me if Ilet you go without giv- ing her a chance to thank you for ‘fishing her out,’ a3 she calls it.” ce But—.” “¢But me no buls, sir,” pleasantly eaid the lady, ‘TI in- sist.” ‘t Well, I agree, on one condition; that my canoe be given a place also. The stable will do for it.” «Your canoe shall be sheltered, of course. Mr. Newton to carry his boat from the river. you directly, sir.” Half an hour later found Barry Newton in a room in the mausion gazing ruefully at the reflection of his sunburnt face and rough costume in the glass. After performing a hasty toilet and giving himself as presentable an appearance as he was able, he descended to the drawing room, where he was so kindly greeted by Mrs. Gardinier and her danghter that he was soon at his ease, and forgot his boating toggery in the free, informal and home-like hospitality accorded him. By the time tea was over Barry Newton felt himself completely at home, and thanked his lucky star that he had - been led tothe pleasant country house, Thedaughter played and sang diyinely, and Barry’s old college songs, sung in a clear baritone, were very agreeably appreciated; so that the evening passed very quickly, and if was quite late when bed- time was announced. Barry found it quite impossible to address the daughter as ‘‘ Miss Gardinier,” for her small figure, merry laughter, and naive, child-like manners made that appellation sound too stilted. In introducing her Mrs. Gardinier had merely called her ‘‘ Fanny,” so Barry easily dropped into ‘‘ Miss Fanny,” and as it did not seem disagree- able he continued thus to address her. ‘Not at all a common girl,” thought the young man, as he Jay that night on the soft couch in his room, listening to the rain that had begun falling in a measured ‘‘rat-tat” on the roof. ‘'In fact, quite an uncommon girl. She's just like a child in her ways, but she’s a clever, pretty little thing, and she’s got a—something, I don’t know what, that’s just deucedly captivating. I wonder if she knows many men. Of course she don’t, though, in this out-of-the-way place. The ‘mother spoke of ‘my son,’ who seeme to be away at present, aud Miss Fanny said she wished ‘John’ were at home, This ‘John’ must be her brother.” Next morning the rain had not ceased, but came down in a steady pour, that showed no sign of abating. The Gardi- niers would not listen to Barry’s proposal to depart in the storm, and insisted so strongly on his remaining that he could not refuse. It must be confessed, foo, that the prospect of spending a day in the delightful society of Miss Manny was very agreeable to contemplate. Dining ‘the morning, while Mrs. Gardinier was busy directing the household affairs, Barry and Miss Panny were discussing the canoe trip, and the farmer was relating some amusing incidents that had oc- curred to him. ‘ “ And who is this friend that you are on your way to visit, if it be not impertinent to ask ?” ‘His name is John Sanders,” said Barry; and then he continued, without noticing the star which the mention of the name had caused Miss Fanny, ‘fhe is an old college chum, and the best fellow in the world, but he’s an odd sort of stick, so-old-fashioned and precise in his ways, and as un- interesting a specimen of humanity to those who do not know him well, as could be met ina week’s journey. At college he was always the butt for our practical jokes, being ready to credit our most extravagant tales. He has lately been married, and to some slaid creature like himself, I imagine, —probably some old maid that no one else would think of choosing.” The little Jady’s face was now blood-red, and her eyes sparkled strangely. But she coughed a litt’e, and replied composedly, ‘‘I belieye Lhave heard of him; and, if I am not mistaken, his residence is not a great way from here.” Then, wilh an excuse, she rose and hastily quitted the room. The day passed yery pleasantly, notwithstanding the storm without, and at its close Barry was still more enchanted than before with the vivacious Panny. When, therefore, the next morning showed the storm still af its height, it was without great difficulty that he was persuaded to remain yet another day. But to-morrow will be Sunday,” said he, and I must Michael, help I shall expect 406 r FOREST AND STREAM. (Decemprr 23, 1881. surely join my friend before then. Wagon to transport m with my waterproofs venience.” “*T beg you will not leave during such weather,” said Mrs. Gardinier. *']t may be further than you think to your friend’s house, and this steady pour has doubtless caused a fiood that, may have carried away bridges and inundated Toads, as is otten the case in this low country. Believe me, you had better stay.” Barry wondered not a little at such urging to him, and an utter siranger up to a day or two before. Had he noticed the suppressed smile of the mother, aud the miechief dancing in the eyes of the daughter, it might have set him thinking, perhaps. But our young gentleman had quite an allowance of vanity in his composiion, and wilh the simple thought that any one ought to be pleased with the company of so agreeable a person as Mr. Barry Newton, he dismissed all further consideration of the matter. Toward night the wind changed and the storm subsided ; and the next day (Sunday) the sun shone pleasantly. The country parson Was alt “camp meeting” that week, and there was no service in the litte church, so toward noontime Mamma Guardicier dropped into a quiet doze in the great arm- chair, and Miss Fanny and Barry went out for a wall by the river. The more barry saw of the little ludy the stronger grew bis atlachment for her, and he suspected, too, that he was not by avy méans disagreeable to her. Sundryplittle actions and half-suppyessed advances, while of little moment in themselves, teemed to indicate a growing tenderness for him that was highly flattering. A sudden sparkle of mis- chief in ‘he speaking brown eyes, however, often confused him in his atiemps to guess the feelings (hat agitated the heurt of the young woman, and be becume more and more entangled in the methee of her unfathomable ways. _ They walked a long way that delightful Sunday by the river, and through the cedar grove; and at last sat down to Test on a grassy hillovk, beneath a huge oak, whose branches were festooned with the twining shoots of a wild grape-vine. Barry had feshioned arnde chaplet of wild roses and oak leaves, bound with tendrils from the vine above them, with which be insisted upon crowning the jet locks of the pretty round head beside him. Wery charming was the blush that diffused itself over the little Jady’s face as the young man leant over her, his lips slmost touching her forehead as he bent to nole the contrast between the green of the leaves and the hiue black of the splendid hair. *‘Is it becoming ?” asked she. “Tt is lovely,” answered the young man, looking, not at the garland, butstiaight at the eyes beneath, and with an ardent expression that could not be mistaken. “Tt is late, and mamma will expect us,” said Miss Fanny, suddenly rising. And the two wended their way toward the atone mansion, “One thing is plain,” soliloquized Barry that night, ‘‘T must either leave to morrow, or else—’’ the young man pulled his blonde whiskers wilhout completing his sentence. “T think the little creature !oyes me—perhaps without know- ing it, she is so Innocent and child-like—and I onght not to remain here to entrap her young heart. She isa dear little body, though, and I might look a deal further and not— Hang it! { don’t believe I know my own feelings. To- morow—well, we will see.” The morrow dawned pleasantly, and. promised a glorious day. Barry raid nothing of leaving until alone with Fanny atter breakfast, when he snnounced his intention of taking steps for un immediate deparlure. aon you surely wou’t cheat me of my promised canoe ride?" ‘Are you in earnest about wishing to try my canoe?” ““ Of course.” “Tt is fate,” thought Barry, a3 he assented to the lady's wishes. The litfle canoe had never been intended for more than one passenger, but by a little manceuyering Miss Fanny was found a place in the ‘ well,” facing her instructor, and the lesson in paddling was begun, After much splashing and sprinkling of water, and a good deal of laughter, the fair pupil declared herself proficient in the art, and to prove it essayed to guide the cance alone, Success did not atterd her efforts, however, for she droye the boaf in such a zig-zag course that jt finally ran under an arch formed by the over- hanging boughs of a large willow srowing on the bank, and its tiny flag-pole became entangled in the branches. ** You have made yourself a prisoner,” laughed Barry. “And a willing one for « time,” said the lady; ‘for the sun cannot look through this leafy shelter, let bim try ever #0 hard.” "1 trust he will restrain his wrath to-morrow, when I am on my journey.” “Are you quite sure you will resume your journey to- morrow, Mr. Newton 7” asked Fanny, with just the faintest twinkle of mischief in the brown eyes. *T surely onght to,” answered the unsuspecting Barry. “You must be very anxious to see your old-fashioned friend and his old-mai‘lish wife, that nobody else would have ever thousht of marrying.” “ Tfear I shall fiad their company yery dull after the de- lightful days [have spent here.” _ ‘Topine that your yisit to them -will proye just as de- lightful as your short stay with us,” said Fanny, with an in- credulous smile, * That would be impossible," said Barry, earnestly. ‘‘ Miss Fanny, believe me when I tell you that these few days that I have passed in yourcompany haye been the happiest, the sweet- est of my whole life.. In this short time I have lesrned to appreciate one little, simple, innocent heart at its full worth. Fanny,” continued the young man, not noting the look of utter amazeoent depicted in his companion’sface. ‘J have learned what it isto Wve. And, dear Fanny, my heart tells me that you sf ree vine sa Pipi BteD was heard on the bank over eir heads, and Miss Fanny, looking up, cried out joyousl “John! oh John!” ii on fide ‘Mello! here you are at last,” and a tall figure came bounding down the slope, and wading knee-deep into the water, lifted the little woman out of the canoe, and adminis- tered one, two, three hearty kisses on therosy mouth. ‘* And you Barry, my boy, Mother Garuinier told me I would find you and my wife sxiling on the river somewhere. How do you like my country-place, old chum ?” “My wife!” John Sanders’ wife! founded to reply. * What's the matter, my boy? Haven’t lost your voice, uve you ? Ltold you smoking cigarettes would ruin your ungs. .* John,” said the little woman, ‘! wehave played a shame- I can perhaps get.a canoe overland to hig house, and can walk the distance without incon- Barry was too dumb- ful trick on Mr. Newton. But, really, I couldn’t help it when he told mé how often he had made yon the subject of practical jokes at college. And he had the effrontery, John, tosay that your wife must be an ‘old maid, that no one but you would ever have thought of choosing,’” and the little lady broke out in a peal of silvery laughter. Explanations followed, and Barry gradually recovered from the shock the unexpected denouement had caused him. His hearty gaod nature enabled him to take kindly a practi- cal joke played on himself, and he appeared to laugh and chat with his old college chum as if the occurrence were an everyday affair, already forgotten. One thing only concerned him ; the fear that Fanny would tell her husband of his con- fession of love for herself. That would make him appear ridi- culous in John Sanders’ eyes. That night Barry met her alone in the hall. ‘* Mrs. Sanders,” said he, ‘‘can you keep a secret ?” “‘T can, and will,” said the little woman, And that ended it. DENEOA. ee A TALE OF WACCAMAW LAKE. N the line of the railroad leading from Wilmington, N. C., to Columbia, and just thirty-four miles from the former, there is a Jake covering about twenty-five square miles, which is a favorite resort of the anglers of that section of country. It is nowhere more than fifteen feet deep, and genera)ly its waters are as placid as the features of a sleeping beauty. Black bass, chinguepin-perch, warmouth, white perch, bream, grindles and other fish common to that lati- tude, abound in the lake and its tributary. The writer has often had rare sport taking most of these varieties, and in enjoying them upon the shure after they had had the culinary attention of his old friend Kinchen K.— one of the salt of the earth—whose art in fishing was only excelled by his capacity for preparing the fruits of his line for the delectation of his palate, Artificial flies and jointed rods and reels, were, in my time, unknown to the simple people who lived near the lake, and the common red worm, the grub, a hair line and a long light rod of native reed answered fully all their wants. Of course a ‘‘dug-out” or canoe made of cypress, was a necessary ad- dition to the equipment. In the open water among the bon- nets and grass, which grew upon the margin, and in the little creeks which discharge their waters into the lovely lake, the disciples of ‘‘the gentle art’? whiled away many a pleasant hour drawing the fish from the dark water, and looking for- ward lo the lime when they should return home. “The expectant wee things toddlln’ stacher thro’ To meet their dad Im fittherin’ noise and glee.” The name of this beautiful sheet of water is Lake Wacca- maw, pronounced Wielk-a-maw, and at Flemington, a station about five hundred yards from its northern bank, is a well- kept hotel presided over by Mrs. Nick Carroll, who succeeded her mother, Mrs. Brothers, well-known to the traveling public as the keeper of one of the best eating-houses in the South. Here ample accommodations can be had, and Nick himself is often willing to pilot his friends around and show them the best places in which to fish. A few miles northeast of the Lake there lived, several years azo, a fisherman named Jolin Aways, who had the hanpy faculty of narrating his piscatorial exploits by giving full flow to a yivid imagination, and who sometimes indulged in such extravagant tales, that the falsity of them was patent on the face of the statement. He had a brother named George who was bis equal in these peculiarities, and when the two set their heads, they could invent stories of their sport in Waccamaw Lake which required the most thorough credulity to believe them. That man was indeed unfortunate who altempted to describe his remarkable suc- cess with the fishing tribe when either was present, for he soon had to hang his head in very shame. A clerical friend of the writer was on one occasion, several years ago, the un- happy victim who was immo.ated upon the sharp racks of John Away’s satire, when, in sincere joy, he was telling of the great number of fish he had taken a few days before in the dark but clear waters of Lalze Waccamaw and its feeders But to onr tale. The clergyman, whose name was Dufirey, lived about eighty miles from the Lake, and being fond of fishing (and what good man is not? Old Izaak Walton said that the Lord had never made a better or more innocent diversion) had visited it, and indulged in the quiel! and contemplative pastime. He had been quite successful, and loved to tell of the joyful sport he had found. Hemay have followed, some- times, the angler’s liberty, and given a roseate hue to his per- formances; but he was full of the pleasures he had had, and Joved to sing his joys aloud. On his way home he had to travel a few miles by steamer on the Cape Fear River, and while sitting in thecabin dilating on the glories of Wac- camaw, the aforesaid John Aways happened to be one of his auditors. Old Kinchen EK. was present also, and being a man of much humor, and desiring to see what Jobn could say, he quietly whispered to him and told him who our hero was, requesting that as soon as there was a hiatus, he would tell the preacher something that he had seen and done at the Lake. The idea ‘jumped with the humor” of John, and he watched for an opportunity to enter into the conversation. Onr clerical friend had to stop momentarily to get rid of an accumulation of tobacco juice, and John lost no time in availing himself of the chance. With a drawling voice he said. _- ‘* And you'se been to the Lake, stranger, has ye?” *< Was there yesterday,” said the preacher. ‘* And did ye ketch many ?” said John, This started the preacher again, and he had proceeded for several ininutes in his descriptions of the charms of the lake when he ventured to ask John if he had ever been there. ‘* Me been thar?” says John; ‘‘ why, stranger, I helped make that Lake, and there ain’f natty square foot init that I hayn't wet my line in.” This whopper somewhat took our preacher off hia high horse, and he thereafter became only a questioner, John hay- ing the right to the floor. “ What fish do you like the best, Mr. Aways ?” ‘* Wall, for fryine, when they are a leetle corned, give me the blackfish (grindle), but for biling I'd ruther have the trout.” ‘* What do you think of the white perch ?” ‘Wall, they’se tolebule good, if you could just get "em to the pan soon enough, but they’se rotten before you can get *em off the hook.” ‘“ Are there any large trout in the Lake, Mr. Aways.” ‘t Large trout, did you say? Why, stranger,whar do you live?” ‘*T live in Stoningham.” ‘And do you know Bam McGethan?” (Old Sam once lived on the banks of the Lake, where’he was well known, He had removed years before it to the vicinity of Stoning- hain.) **T have seen him but have little acquaintance with him.” ** Wall, I saved his life onest,” **¥You did. How did that happen?” ‘(Has ye ever been at the Big Creek, just about where it Tuns in the Lake?” ‘Yes, I was there yesterday.” ‘*Wall, it happened this way. Brother George and me, we heered that there was some famous big blackfish in thar, that was a breaking folk’s hooks and lines; so we was in Wilmington and got the blacksmith Polley to make us a hook ’bout the size of your finger, and we bought from Daw- son some plow lines and a baror two of lead for « sinker. We got some dry tupelo-gum roots for corks, and, as we had just killed a miutton, we took some of that for bait. A’ter we got thar, we cut a black-gum saplii’ for a pole, and cut some forks to hold it up. Abouta hundred yards from the mouth we flung the hook in and I staid thar a watchin’ while brother George went furder up tu McGethan’s house. A’ter a little while [ begunto see a nibble, and ‘twan’t long before the cork went under. I just let him have it long enough to git it full in his mouth, when I got hold of the pole and fotch a fillup when the hook stuck. I tugged and tugged, but couldn't budgeit. I hollereil to brother George to come to me, for had ketched the great-grand-daddy of all the blackfish. When he come and cotch hold wi’ me, it began to give a little, and ater a while as we backed wut on the shore, hit come to the top of the water wilh=its mouth open. And I swar, I seed two big toes sticking out, and by ‘em I knowed it was Sam McGethan. We drug the fish out as quick as we could, and I told bro|her George fo git out his knife, for old Sam was in a bad fix. Heripped the fish open, and shore enough out come old Sam a-smilin’, aud say- ing he was much obleeged to us, forhe was pretty near zone. He told us he slipped off a log about a hour before, and something swallowed him. Says I, ‘Brother George, old Sam’s mighty good bait, spose we try him again? So we hooked him on, and in an hour or so we had ketched two cart ioads of the biggest blackfish and trout you ever seed. Now, stranger, didn’t I save his life?” By this time the audience was in a yell and our poor preacher found 8 man who could beat bim at the game of big talk and give him a long start. He has never been known since to volunteer any stories in regard to Waccamaw Lake a fe section of country where John Aways’ yain has been eard. The news of his discomfiture reached Stoningham a few days after the arrival of our hero, and just as he had finished a glowing account of his trip, a gentleman who was listening turned to another and said: ‘‘And do you know Sam McGethan?” ‘When our hero heard that fatal inquiry, he dropped his head, and timidly asked, ‘‘ Where did you heur that big lie?” At this a shout of laughter went up from all who had heard of the steamboat disaster, and our friend had business in another locality. And so endeth this chapter. - SS SPORT AS BRAIN FOOD—I. Bore ONE but those whoturn to forest and stream for re- lief from the monotoncus cares of life in the business world can fully realize not only the physical strength to be renewed by sports afield, but the reinvigoration of an ex- hausted, weary brain. In 1858, *59 and ’60, weary of city life, work, temptation and the dissipation a man with many friends must face in the great metropolis of our nation, I bought a tract of wild land in the Adirondacks, built me a rude bunter’shome and until the civil strife of 1861 called me to the defence of the flag and Union, under which and in the service of which, I gained my education, such as itis, I lived there happy as a forest king. The nearest house to me was Wood's, on the Raquette— nine miles off—the nearest settlement worth the name, twenty-eight miles, and my stores were hauled in eighty- four miles from Glens Falls, then not more than one-third its present size. Game and fish, speckled and salmon trout so abounded that one man could have fed a hundred, if skilledin the art of hunting and fishing, for a good hunter and a good handler of the pliant rod, is an a7‘éist in that line. When I went into that wilderness I felt that my brain was giving way. To write had become a distasteful labor. Be- fore I had spent three months there, living almost solely on the proceeds of my rod and gun, [| felt physically and mentally likes new man. Sweet rest at night, a constant appetite for three square, hearty meuls a day, showed that physically I was a gainer in the life I led. As to the brain, it was never before more fresh and strong, my yery soul seemed steeped in the poetry of the grand panorama of Nature about me. : It was then I wrote the words, set to music by my friend and guest Wm, H. Dutton, and published by Col. Wm. A. Pond, in New York, entitled MY HOME, Where the silvery gleam ot the rushing stream Isso brightly seen o'er the rocks! dark green, Where the white pink grows by the wild red rose, And the bluebird sings till the welkin rings, There is my home—my wild-wood home. Where the red-deer leaps and the panther creeps And the eagles scream over lake and stream, Where the lillies bow their crests of snow, . And the hemlocks tall throw a shade o'er all— There ls my home—my wild-wood home. Where the rolling surf laves the emerald turf, Where the trout leaps high for the hovering fy, Where the sportive fawn crops the soft green lawn, Where the crow’s shrill cry bodes a tempest nigh, There is my home—my wild-wood home. Where no step intrudes In the dense, dark woods, Where no sound is heard but of breeze and birds, Where the world’s foul scuni will not ever come, Where friends are so few that all are trie, There is my home—my wi'd-wood home, IT do not offer this as much of a specimen of brain work— it was only one of many such ebuilitions boiling over, effyr- vescing all the time. If this paper should be considered readable, in another yet more descriptive of sport there, and embodying a panther hunt, I will give the only link of verses from my pen that I ever felt really proud of—a short poem called ‘‘My Maple.” In the years | have named I had salt licks close around —_—" (DEcEMBEE 22, 1881. my clearing which I never allowed to be disturbed, because I loved myself to see and to show visiting friends, sometimes as many as eighteen and twenty deer in ae from my porch at once. They seemed to know they would not be harmed near the house, for I never shot any within a mile, in any direction, from the house. d { Thad six men engaged to trap fur for me in the winter of 1859. And in the month of October alune of that year, with my double-barreled rifle, made by Lewis, of ‘roy, I shot sixty-three deer, hanging the venison up frozen in my meat house to use as we wanted, smoking and drying many bams, to use on the trapping lines, several of which were over forty miles long, the men carrying provisions lo last out and back as they ran over their route. When I wanted grouse, all I had to do was to walk toa birch or beech ridge and find them in flocks. A dozen or more would tree at once, and by keeping up a jolly whéstling, J have held their attention until a half dozen tieads had been decapitated with my rifle. Inever used a shot gun while in that region, yet scarce a day passed, when I felt like it, that I did not have pheasant or duck on the table. The old guides and bunters in that section still talk of my rifle-shooting, which, with my well-known modesty, I ac- knowledge, was not bad, considering my almost daily prac- tice, year in and year out. But this paper is long enough. Nep BuntLineg, ———ST + 8 A ORITICAL EVENT, A JEWELED young imp came down from the North - Ou a sleepy autuma day; His sandals shod with a silver woof, His fillagree shield was sunbeam proof, While high at his back he carried 4 sack Full of Yrushes and tints of the morning. - He grasped a brush of a flery hue And swept it along the vales ; Bul the critical trees all quivered and said, With a breeze of contempt, ‘It 1s red, brick red!” As he gave to his wrist a singular twist, The broad leaves much adurning, Nothing daunted he seized a different tint, With an artist’s eye to his work ; But the trees complained that twas all dun gold, And madé them yellow, sere and old; So he started, alack! on a different tack, Their acres of wisdom scorning. For his sack disappeared, and his pencil turned To a lance of polished ice ; And he smote each leat of the difficult trees A death blow straight through the * shiver-de-freeze” Ot their carping eyes, and to Paradise He carried their roves with the dawning, J. P. T, pS A DECEMBER DAY. wee now the bleak December day frowns grimly on the landscape gray {he rosy clouds that flush'd erewhile ‘he vaulted air-fields with their smile, And Gast their soit refiected shade O’er upland height and bowery glade, Have faded, and. a sombre vail Shrouds the horizon, cold and pale, he woods that late I loy'd to tread When spring-time blooms were o’er them shed; Wheu earliest leaves would clap thelr hand Responsive to the wind’s command ; When, waken’d trom their drowsy sleep, The first wood-violets would peep, And a taint, tremulous tint of green, Would quiver o’er the vernal scene; And later, when the summer woods Were dense through all their solitudes, : And scarce & chequer’d ray might fall Atbwart the forest's leafy wall— Those grand vid woods, now brown and bare, Stand shivering in the bitter air, Despoll’d of all their farlands brown, Of flowing robe, of royal crown, Disrob’d, discrown’d, all grandeur fled, Like kings dethroned, like monarch’s dead! Bach knotty bole of oak and elm Wears cuirass bright and icy helm, Hisheath’d in armor, steely bright, Like plated mail on harness’d knight; And on each crystal sprig and spray, They, jewels of the frost display. + ‘The brook that late in laughter stray’d With dimpled pool or full cascade, Where late the angler’s footstep trod, The fower-enamel'd, mossy sod, Wow pallid, lifeless, mute and cold, Lies corpse-like in the Icy fold. The river, border'd by fair trees, That lean’d to catch their images, Lies solid ice irom shore to shore, Where fly the wild-fowl focks no more. Yet merry is the winter day With jingling bells and joyous =leigh; With skater’s laughter, and the bright Gay Carols of the Christmas night, Shelter Island, Dec. 1. Isaac McLELLAN. = Ae a a A Watexrne Crop has been organized in the Nassau Boat CJub, for the purpose of making pedestrian excursions into the suburbs on stated days, weather permitting. The second autumn walk took placeon Sunday, 11th inst., from the ren- dezvous at One Hundred and Thirty-first street and Fourth avenue, the following named gentlemen taking part: C. E. Goodhue (acting as scout in the absence of Capt. W. A. Lentillon), A. P. Gould, Charles Badgley, John Jewitt, Sey- mour Hall and G. W. Scott. The course led them to New Roctelle, where a hearty dinner was partaken of at the Huguenot Honse, and thence to West Farms station, from which place a train conveyed them to this city. A bowling class has also been formed, limited to twenty-five members, fourteen gentlenien having thus far joined. Alleys have been secured af 74 Third ayenue. Itis the intention of the club to engage the use of & gymnasium for the winter months.—H. W. Livrinesron. FOREST AND STREAM. 407 Aatural History. THE ENEMIES OF GAME BIRDS. RUTLAND, Vt., Dec. 10, 1881. Bditer Forest and Stream : , I have been greatly entertained by reading the various communications brought out in your columns in response to my inquiry some weeks since, as to what had become of the ruffed grouse. Your suggestion of licks seemed to me, on the whole, the most rational, and I haye been invyestigat- ing it as I have had opportunity. Not having bagged a bird since November 4, 1 haye had no opportunity for a personal examination; but from conversation and correspondence with sportsmen in yarious parts of the country I am growing to believe that that is the real secret of the trouble, alihough the authorities are not agreed. An old Adirondack friend, a guide of long experience, writes me that he has never seen a tick ona grouse, although he has found them on owls, hawks and eagles. Others tell methat they have often observed them on ould birds, but neyer found the young de d birds under such circumstances as to warrant an indictment against the tick. One gentléman told me that he shot a bird only this season that was so emaciated that he made examination for the cause and found the sides of the head and neck infested with burrowing insects, which I suppose must have been the insects in question. Others have told me that they had often observed them, but never before suspected them of heing destructive to either old or young birds, ‘ The various theories that have been advanced seem to me to be not well sustained. Hawks, owls, skunk&, weasles and squirrels were all much more abundant a year ago than now. If they, or any of them, are the destroyers, the grouse ought to be more plenty now, for their natural enemies are well nigh exterminated, in this country at least, The theory of your Ferrisburg correspondent that they were, to some extent, migratory in their habits, and have gone to the back-lying towns and to the mountains, is not, I tear, tenable. They are not, I think, migratory birds in any sense, andso faras their beingabundant in the mountain towns is concerned, you willrecollect that my first letter on this sub. ject-was brought out by the fact that an expedition to a mountain town where they were said to be in great numbers, aud where they are certainly not hunted to any extent, was entirely barren of results. It is easy to hear of a place where they are plenty, but let your correspondent verify the reports and tell us about it on his return. A fact of great interest to us here has just transpired. A large bevy of quail is known to exist inthe town of Sunder- Jand—some fifty miles south of this place. Whether the birds came naturally to that place and bred there, or whether they were brought there, is not certainly known asyet. Isuspect the latter, however. Still, we hope that it may prove that they are working their way northward, and that they may become naturalized among us. By the way, is it difficult to keep quail in confinement over winter? 1 have a place for importing some hundred or two, and liberating them in the spring; not with any great idea that they will winter here, but in the hope that they will breed here aud give us a little shooting in the autumn, after the woodcocks are gone. I wish some of your corres- pondents who have had experience in keeping them in con- finement would give us the benefit of their experience and some hints how to treat them. VERDE Monte. Amespury, Mass., Dec. 1881.—ditor Forest and Stream: Present indications this season so far point favorably for a mild and open winter; snow buntings and shrikes have not put in their appearance yet. Within a week I have seena flock of robins numbering sixty or seveaty, and to-day I saw two. Several flocks of quail have been started here this fall, but very few have been shot. The disappearing of the ruf- fed grouse within the last three ) ears so rapidly, without any apparent Cause more that of past years, is something that should interest every sportsman; and I have been pleased very much to see the notes bearing on it in your journal. Five years ago ruffed grouse were plenty compared to what they are now; and a crack shot could bag fifty in a season’s shooting. This season the number can be counted on the fingers. During my rambles the past three seasons I dis- covered three nesls of the ruffed grouse, containing resp:ct- ively,eight, ten and eleven eggs, within five hundred yards of my home; and I had the pleasure of seeing that they all hatched and left a nest of shells. Now the question to me is, where did all of these young grouse disappear too? Did they die before they matured, or were they captured by some animal or bird of prey? In my opinion two animals most destructive to the feathered tribe are the mink and the weasel. Their work is so silent, their rauge of territory so large, and their eagerness of seatch so complete, that I believe that they destroy more game around those parts than all the hawks, owls and foxes put together.—Jno, O'L. RanceLey, M.—Hditor Forest and Stream: Of the prose brought in here fully ninety per cent are old cocks. f the red squirrel theory is correct, this preponderance can be accounted for, as the female while nesting would be most subject to attack. While hunting last spring in York county, New Brunswick, the woods fairly swarmed with red squirrels. Lately I have received letters from there mentioning great scarcity of ruffed grouse.—\WanRFiEzLD. i Tue Conorine oF RuFFED Grouse—Willimantic, Ct., Dec. 18.—In your issue of the 15th I noticed an article by ** Mark West” referring to the different coloring of the ruffed grouse in different localities. My observations are that it is owing entirely to the absence or prevalence of sun-light, In the spruce and hemlock forests of Maine yon will find this bird of a very dark grayish color when seen at 2 distance, but on examination you will find its color to be the richest blending of brown, gray and black, shaded and tinted in a most exquisite manner, the colors being remarkably bright and clear; but im the hard-wood districts, where the bird is more exposed to the sun, you will find its color faded and bleached. This is true particularly of Pennsylyania and Virginia, where the the bird has but little close cover and much more sunlight. The bird is bleached and faded in color to such an extent as to destroy all the deli¢ate shades and tints above referred to. Tn Virginia, where I have shot many a one, they sre 80 nearly the color of oak leayes as to make it almost impossible to see them when sitting among the leaves.—Cuivrorp. INQUIRIES ABOUT THE SNOW GROUSE, New Yorr, Dec. 17, 1831, Editor Forest and Stream : Permit me to thank ‘* Homo” through the columns of your valued paper for his detailed answer in this week’s Forzst AND STREAM to a note of inquiry I recently sent him relative to snow geese (Anser hyperboreus) on the Delaware. In the early part of October I received from Wm. Lane, Good Ground, L. L, a very fine specimen of the snow goose, and immediately became interested in the species, owing to the diversity of opinion regarding it. The older authorities generally, I think, make the snow (A. hyperboreus) and the blne goose (A. ew@rulescens) one species, while the later authorities seem inclined tosepa- rate them. I should like to enquire whether any of the readers of the Forest anp Srrzam have ever had a blue goose in captivity until it changed its plumage to that of a snow goose. I have one such record from a very respon- sible source. Ishc © like also to get its Atlantic coast dis- tribution. _ We hear u. it in great numbers at Chincoteague and Curritick, but on Long island it is extremely rare. Any facts on either of the above points will be appreci- ated, whether received through the columns of the Forrsr AND DreeaM, or direct. Wititam Doronsr, Member Linnean Society of New York. 320 Broadway, NV. Y. > 2 —______ Horse Hair Sxaxes.—I would not bother you with this note but to help disabuse the ** popular mind”—certainly no scientific mind ever entertained it—as to the theory that horse hairs turn into snakes, as referred to by Mr. Vennor in your issue of Dec. 8. Heasksif any one ever saw the miraculous transformation, and, of course, he will never get an affirmative answer. In the fall of 1875, S. L. Wilkinson, Esq., postmaster here, put two so-called hair snakes in a fruit jar, and placed them in a window exposed to the sun. He thought nothing of them for several days, but, on examining them again, found the jar literally alive with little ‘sar- pents” about three-quarters of an inch long, no larger than a fine human hair, and pure white in color. There was literally thousands of them present, and there were several knots ef them in the bottom of the jar. As hundreds saw the parents and baby snakes, it would be difficult to make the old story go down in this place.—J. J, Srrananan. Chagrin Fails, O., Dic. 10, 1881. [The supposed ‘‘little sarpents’ seen by Mr. Wilkinson were probably broken fragments of the egg chain, and not young at all, The individuul eggs are very minute, and the newly batched young would scarcely be visible to the naked eye. On the other hand, the chain of egzs exactly resembles what our correspondent descrihes above. ] How to Caron a TarantuLA.—Three years ago as I was starting off on a camping trip to Mt. Diablo, Cal_, I met a Mr. Perkins, who was deeply interested in natural history, and especially in spiders. Knowing that tarantulas were numerous in that locality, he, in a half-joking way, asked mé to bring him back one. As luck would have it, the yery next day I saw a large tarantula sunning himself on the hot sand of the road, ow to catch him puzzled me for some time. I cut a long twig and poked him with it. He clawed and bit at it furiously. This gave me an idea, and tying a piece of twine to the twig and making a noose at the other end, I managed to slip it over Mr. Tarantula, gave it a jerk, - and had him fast. The way he doubled himself up and kicked was very ludicrous; but knowing that his bite was as deadly as a rattlesnake’s, I took good care to keep him at arm’s length, On reaching camp, I put him in a box, twine and all, and a few days later delivered him to my friend aliye and in perfect condition. He had managed, however, to free himself from the twine. He was a monster in size, and with legs extended would cover a dessertiplate. 1 heard from him a year ago; he was still alive and seemingly contented in cap- tivity.—Juris P. Boston, Dec. 11, 1881. i THE SPARROW CURSE IN AUSTRALIA. ‘Tie is not s0 very long since the question of the usefulness or injuriousness of the English sparrow was discussed at length in the columns of Forest anp Stream. The im- portance of the question fully warranted the ample spuce that was given to it, and the testimony offered on the opposing side was very full, aud came from men of all classes and professions. Agriculturists and ornithologists alike gave their views, and many of our leading scientific men presented the results of their observations on the habits of the bird in America. The evidence presented made it qnite clear that on this continent the sparrow, which was imported for a certain specific purpose, has not fulfilled the expectations that were indulged in about him when he was first broneht to these shores. It had been supposed that he would be of the greatest service to us, as a destroyer of insects. It wasshown thal he lives almost entirely on grain, seeds, buds and fruit. Dissections of many individuals, made during the late summer and early autumn, failed to show any considerable amount of insect food in the birds’ crops. Moreover, from the testimony of farmers and fruit-2rowers, it appears that the sparrows do a great amount of damage to fruit-irees, as well by feeding on the buds in early spring as by eating the Tipening fruitJater in the season. Ornithologists and ob- servers generally, with but few exceptions, agreed in stating that the sparrow is quarrelsome to tlie last degree, and that by its pugnacity and its numbers it drives away from the localities, where it abounds, our native birds which are more beautiful, sweeter-voiced, more useful, and in all respects ‘nore desirable than the sparrow. North America is not the only foreign country into which this bird has been introduced. Imported into Australia, they have so incrersed and multi- plied, and have proved such a curse to the farmers, that the Government bas been obliged to take active measures for their destruction. To thisend, a commission was appointed in August last by His Excellency Sir William Jervois, ‘to in- quire into and report upon the alleged injuries caused to fruit-growers, gardeners, farmers and others by sparrows, and to consider the desirability of taking steps for their de- struction, and to report upon the best means to be employed therefor.” The Commission was also instructed: ‘ With- out delay to report to me (the Governor) the result of your (their) investigations in the matters aforesaid.” The progress report of this commission, issued in Septem- ber last, shows a terrible state of affairs brought about by these wretched litlle birds, An analysis of the testimony taken {s as follows, and shows: 5 z 408 + FOREST AND STREAM, a, [DzoEMBER 22, 1881. First,—I. Thatthe sparrow is established overan area of thecolony comprising Adelaide and its suburbs from fhe sea-corst eastward well up into the hills: southwards to Happy Valley, Coromandel Valley snd Willnnga; sorthwards to Allendale, and far on—though we hope as yet detached—at Beetaloo, near Wirrabara, In the south-east, Mcnnt Garnbier possesses a centre of its own. IL, That the réspontes of sufferers within the foregomg ares cry for relief from sparrow depredations as if from A pest ; and with what reason the following statements, as examples, may show: From Mr. John Chambers, of South Richmond: ‘In the short apace of ten days tho sparrows took a ton and a half of grapes, They stripped all the figs of fiye trees, They kept low fifteen acres of lucerne during summer." Tvom Mr, Fenuden, of Sulis- bory: ‘Thig sewson they (the sparrows) took £30 worth of fruit ;” and from Mr. Wilcox, of Lower Mitcham: ‘* Has three times this season sown peas, nud they have each time Ween destroyed by sparrows.” f HL. ‘That the species of sparrow domiciling in South Australia damages or consymes fruits, cereals and vegetables. Its fewundily is astonishing. A few to-day, are thousands next season. Its work igs done on a magnitude despairing to the cultivator, aud under conditions he cannot control; for the seed is taken out of the gronnd, the fruit-bud off the tree/the sprouting vegetable as fast aa it grows, and the frnitere it is ripe, and, therefore, before it can be housed andsayed, IV. That the cuftivations attacked by sparrows, are as follows : Of Fruils—Apricots, cherries, tigs, apples, grapes, peaches, plums, pears, nectarines, loqueta und olives. Gf Cereals—Wheat and barley. Of Vegelables—Peas, cabbages, cauliflowers, and garden seeds generally. Y. ‘That the means of defence tried against sparrow depreda- tions have been ecarecrows, traps, vetting, shooting, poison of phosphorns, ursenic, and strychnine applied through grain, bread, and bran with sugar. The results are generally stated as having been insufficient, which may be due to the modes of administration rather than to defects in the materials employed, VI. To the above expedients the following ure suggested by our correspondents, vamely :—The tender of rewards for sparrows’ eggs and heads, the remoyal of gun licenses for the season, and poisoned water in summer. It is further declared that the uniled action of all property holders, inc!uding the Government, in infested districts, is essential to effective results. Second,—Without reference to ulterior measures, which may be influenced by inquiries the Commission have on foot, their object in tendering {his Progress Report is to submit for the approval of your Excelleney the propriety of at once setting to work one use- ful greans applicable tothe breeding season now commencing, namely: A system of rewards for sparrows’ eggs and heads, through responsible agents readily accessible mm the yarious spar- Yow districts ; and we snggest, as a tris], that the rate of paymen should be 6d, per dozen for sparrows’ beads, delivered; and 2s 6d. per 100 for sparrows’ eggs, delivered. ‘ ‘ Third, We have sought proot of his insectivyorous habits, but a yet with little result. Signed by the Commissioners. The testimony of the individuals who were examined by the Commission is unanimous in condemning the bird as most destructive to vegetation. One man speaks of them as * fifty times worse than rabbits.” No good word is said for the birds. To give some idea of its character we append some extracts fromi the testimony: ' Joseph Bernes says: ‘Great damage done to fruits—apricots, grapes, figs and plums,” ‘ Mr. John Chambers, Sonth Richmond, testifies : Sparraws haye thoroughly established themselves in his orapgery and orchard, Osleulates that he grows annnally one and a half tons of grapes, but last season the sparrows took them all away in about ten days. They also took nearly all the figs from five trees, and uearly all the plums. Had cabbsges growing under the plum trees which were infected with aphis, but the sparrows ueyer went near them, In Noyember he sowed a padduck of fifteen acres with lucerne, hut the sparrows kept that fed down during the summer. ‘hey have also destroyed a hed of peas as suon #8 they appeared above ground, and is qnite sure thatif they are not destroyed it will be no nse attempting to grow anything. Has tried poisoned wheat, barley, and cauary seed, and water, and also some prepara- tion from Main & Geyer’s ; but, like crows, sparrows soon smell powder. Uinted action should be enforced to destroy them. Mr, C, J. Coates, North Adelaide, states that haying heard that the sparrows destroyed noxious insects, he had made a carefu examination of the crops of these birds, Had killed sparrows in every mouth in the year, but their crops had never shown any in- sects ; they were generally filled with fruit or grain. Last October his roses were covered with aphis, other shrubs with the mealy bug, and his pear trees with plylophis pyre ; but he never sayy a Sparrow attempt to touch these. Has laid wheat poisoned with phosphorus aud strychnia, but the birds hava refusedto take it. Suggests the levying of a sparrow tax to pay for sparrow heads and eggs. AEE se Davies, Beaumont; Sparrows are in thousands in his locality, snd destroy cherries, apricots, figs, American plums, ojives, pears, grapes, and alxo eat small patches of grain which have been left toripen. As to destroying grubs, ete.. he says the damage done by grubs Jast year im his garden was greater than eyer before, aud sparrows were all eronnd. Has tried wheat foisoned with arsenic and strychnia, and also poisoned water, but the birds soon get knowilig and ayoid it. Trips 4nd kearecrows haye been tried, but are useless. Snvgests poisoning, aud also a Yepeal of the Gun License Act. Is certeiu if they are allowed to inerease unchecked, they will becomes vegular curse, and the erops Will suffer enormously. f P G. L, Dubois, Lindow; Sparrows sre in. his nejghborhood by tens of thousands, They destroyed half his grape crop—say two tons per acre—and other fruit in proportion, They fight shy of poison- ed wheat, and he purposes trying engar of lead in water in sum- mer time, His neighbor informs him that they have destroyed all hia cauliflowers and cabbages—attacking the little shoots as they spring up. Has not seen tllem take aphis, for he had some solza plants oovered with aphis which the sparrows never touched, Thinks the sparrow-hawk should be introduced, and the small predatory birds should be protected und fostered. Thos. Gill, Glen Osmond : Strongly urges immediate action to destroy sparrows during the present pairing season. The injuries caused by sparrows in his neighborhood have been—to farmers, by eating grain at sowing and haryeat time, it being estimated that fully one-third has been lost ; to vignerons, by eating grapes wholesale ; to gardeners, by eating off peas directly they appear above ground; and to the community, by driving or frightening away the inséctivorous birds. Thinks poisoned grain is the quick- eat ind most effective method of destroying them, 8. A. Milne, Dinmoimuer: Year by vear sparrows are becoming more nimerons, and are now seenin droves. They livein hedges, and make araid on ripe corn. Last yeur he lost two acres of wheat which he had sown for seed, The sparrows took the orn; he only had the straw. ‘They lave done extensive damage in the garden, destroying the stone fruits wholesale, more especially grapes. ‘They have driven away smaller insectivyorous birds which used to be of great service. Thinke poisoned wheat will be the most effective means of destroying them, and hopes active measures will be taken to get rid of them, Henry A. Price, Mount Gambier: Sparrows haye thoroughly established themselves in his neighborhood, It is nseless to attempt growihg fruit unless the trees are. covered with netting. They destroyed Lis cherries, plums und apricots bofore they were ripe, and garden sveds ure seratched up and eaten as soou as planted, Last season, planted one particular seed four times before he reared the plants, and then only by covering the ground with feathers tied to throad. Whey pull up yonug plants and eat the heads off yonng and tender shoots. At present they are wbont the farms in thousands, living principally on grain, and must reduce the yield of crops. No systematic steps have been taken to destroy them, as tried wheat steeped in arsenic, which was etfective for & fu days, after which the sparrows would sot Louch the pois onéd grain. Then tried traps, but they soon got too knowing for theee. Thinks united action is absolutely necessary to keep them down, and in also of opinion that destroying the eggs and netting the old birds by every landowner at bréeding time would greatly gimina them. When in flocks a considerable number may be shot. James T. Ralph, Marion, Sturt! Sparrows have established theniselves in his neighborhood for years, and the district is now infested with them, He has a frnit garden of four and a half eres, the produce of which was nearly all eaten by sparrows. Irom one aud a half acres vines he did not have more than 150 Jbs. of grapes. Olierries, apricots, peaches, pears, figs and plums were also destroyed bby these birds, Tad a paddock of seven acres, surronuded by a prickly hedge, whieh proved a good barbor for gparrows, and for ten feet from the hedge the corn sown was taken by the sparrows, even young wheat plants being pecked up and the seed tuken from them, The only means taken to destroy them has been shooting by bimeel! and neyhbors ; but this haa little effect, He suggests the distribution of poisoned wheat before the fruit season sete in, and alxo the destruction of their nests. He states tha many persons who are dependent on rain water are yery much invonyenienced by the pollution of the water by sparrows, which build INDIAN METHOD OF CATCHING MUSKRATS. New Waerminster, British Columbia, Noy. 1881. MOST ingenious and successful method of catching muskrats (/iher libetiiteus) is practiced by the Indiang in the iiiterior of British Columbia; and as I believe this particular mode is one that is peculiar to them alone, I thought it worthy of being communicated to your paper so. thal. a more extended knowledge of it might be obtained. When the lakes are frozen up, the Indians repair to one that contains muskrat houses. They go with as large num- bers as they can muster; the more people the larzer {he catch, as the necessary operations cannot be successfully car ried on by afew. The boys and girls, as well as the squaws, play an important part in these hunts, Say a lake contains alundred houses and the number of hunters and ‘! luntresses are fifty. About forty of the houses are broken open, which is a comparatively easy matter. The muskrats leave these houses, and, taking to the water under the ice, swim away to the other houses, which, of course for the time being, are tenanted by neary donble the usual number of muskrats.. The Indians being provided with sufficient of the downy sub- stance that envelops the seed vessels of the flag, known as the cat-lail (7ypha latéfolia), which resembles in a high degree the pulce Of commerce, strew it on top of the water in the bottom of the broken houses. Then a person is stationed al each broken house, armed with a stick or spear as the case may be, and the remaining ten Indians proceed to break open the other sixty houses as rapidly as they can and with as much noise as possible. ‘The poor rats, by this time thoroughly frightened at this new invasion, desert their new quarters and, accompanied with those with whom they took refuge, repair to-their former houses. The down of the cat-tail on the surface of the water prevents them from seeing the Indian stationed there, and they pop up into the openings in the ice that Jead to their former homes; and, blinded for the moment by the down which adheres to them, they are completely st the mercy (?) of Mr., Mrs., Master or Miss Ze, who either spears theni or knocks them on the head, throws them onl on the ice and gets ready for the next, If the colony is not too large almost all the animals will in this manner he secured, the only individuals escaping being those that take refuge in the uuderground burrows in the banks of the lake. Thus it is that the plant [the root’s, leaves and stalks of the cat's tail form the greater part of the materials of which the muskrat houses are buill] that affords the muskrat the material for shelter from the rigor and inclemency of the weather, ut the sume time supplies the medium to the genus jwmo to insure its destruction. j Often through life the thing that we have supposed and believed to be our best friend proyes to he our greatest enemy. Mowrron. ———— ee A TRUE TALE OF A DUCK PASS. Sr. Pann, Minn., Dec. 10, 1881, INTHR has again settled down upon us, aud we can | but gossip of the happy days and bright evenings of the shooting season. Sometimes I think it iseven better so, — for our enforced confinement sends us out when the season | again opens, with bright hopes and new determination to en- joy more fully the gallant sport weso delightin. Andafter all, is nol the retrospect one of the greatest enjoyments of the sportsman. All the dangers, annoyances and fatigues ” are forgotten, and there only remains the memory of the lucky find, the happy shot, the well-filled creel, seen in the rosy light of anticipated repetition ; and then the savor of those — merry nights, just tired enough to enjoy a rest, the sparkling — story, and the jolly langh re-echoed round the circle. Ah ! br-ther sportsmen, could not each of you fill a yolume and yet lenve the half untold? But to the gossip. Here in our fair city are to he found a band of sportsmen, fhan-whom none more enjoy and up- preciate the forest, stream: and prairie, and who, in kindly, hearty feeling, cannotbe excelled. Asin the late fall months our principal and best sport is duck and goose shooting, their attention is largely directed to that classof game, and I think we could fairly stand our ground on a *‘pass” wilh any like number of duck shots in the country. Netable among those Comoner @l'eau are the Island Pass Club, who include some of our best men and shots, and who own a most * happy hunting ground” a} Rice Lakes,-the ducking ground, *- par excellence,” nearest to our city. A comfortable and commo- dious house, with excellent attendance, is not the Jessi at- traction of the Island Pass Club; and most of the members have been constant yisitors to if for the last fifteen years, some for more. Ah! thememoriesof this and “‘other days.” Oh! for a collectionof the ‘tales of the duck pass” told within those walls on those merry njghts; they are worthy of the pen and geninsof Mark Twain. But thisis not gossip, and so for a true tale of a duck puss. Among the most recent, yet Kindliest and brightest, mem-— bers of (he club is the Rey. R. W. Matthews, called by the members, aside, * Pious Bob,” a retired clergyman, who is passionately devoted to field sports. He, therefore, gives his well-earned leisure to the hunting fleld, finding, nc doubt, **sermous in stones and books in running brooks.’ Now, nnfortunately, our dominie's practice on the pass had not equalled his precepts, nor indeed his own opinion of his shooting abilities, and, asa result, while his theory was perfect his game bag was light, and his elegant imported re- triever wis rapidly forgetting how a dead duck looked; in- deed, our friend had become somewhat disheartened him- self, and hinted at an alfection of the eyes froin over study, and that he would give up shooting and retire from theclub. But this wou'd neverdo, he was too much of & dav com- rade to lose, oven $f he conld not bring down his bird; so some of the cl) .ve spirits of the club got together and it was Deouxnan 22, 1881] arranged that Mr. H. BE, Thompson, one of the best shots, should inyite our friend toa quiet afternoon on the pass. Now “Bob! shoots alight 12-cauge with 4 drs. of powder and 1 oz. of shot. Thompson finds s number Swith 7 drs. far more enjoyable. The reader can now see how easy it wus to put the sehemein execution. TP. stationed himself quite close to the Rey. * Bob,” and as duck after duck appeared would manage to shoot almost, if not precisely, al the same time, and would then gravely inform the astonished dominie that he, ‘' Bob,” had killed the bird, which almost invariably fell upon the discharge. T would, of course, ence in a while, shoot a bird in an opposite direction, or make a double, in which case he would claim one of the birds. The sport went on, until the flight ceased, when a count was had. Rev. Mat- thews’ pile counted thirty-nine, Thompson's eleven. A more astonished and delighted clergyman never existed. The secret would haye been well kept hut that night, in argu- ing that the capacity to hit & bird en the wing was iutuitive and not ac quired, our friend cited his large bag of that day, and admitted that whenever he fired he closed his eyes, say- ing, however, that, ‘‘before closing them, he carefully de- termined the exact locality of the bird.” Respect for the cloth sayed him from the wine supper penalty, but not from the sngitey which followed the discovery. He now de- votes himself to a pet deer, kept at the lodge, to whom he has taught many tricks, their joint gambols being a source of nitich amusement to the ménibers. Mark Norm, te THE EARL OF DUNRAYEN IN NOVA SCOTIA, Hatirax, N. 8., Dec. 8, 1881, Editor Forest and Stream: ; I see in the Halifax Morning Cronicle of this date an extract tontainmg a Jetter headed, ‘‘ Lord Dunrayet and Nova Scotia Game Laws,” and signed, ‘'.A Member of the Nova Scotia Game Protective Society,” together with some editorial remarks thereon. J should have preferred to leave such a letter unnoticed, but, as i may mislead some of my brother sportsmen in the States, I think it better tomake one or two remarks concerning it. Your correspondent asserts that I am perfectly well-posted in ihe Nova Scotian Game Laws, snd on a former occasion had to pay a fine for their breach. The scqudéur that because 4 man is fined for the breach of a law, he must, therefore, be well actuainted with it, i3 somewhat peculiar. The letter says: ‘* Our system of game laws is a very simple one, and easily understood by thoge who wish to do so.” In proof of the simplicity of the system, and of the eate with which it can be understood, ‘A Member of the Nova Scotia Game Protection Society” immediately falls into a serious error, and, strangely enough, makes precisely the same mistake that I did. Hesays: ‘‘Gamelicenses are granted lo persons not haying their domiciles in Nova Scotia, who may wish to hunt therein, for which a fee of thirty dollars is charged for one year; this is a zeneral license for the whvle province (the italics are the writer’s) and they are issued in Halifax . =. - This statement is entirely incorrect. On the back of my license, I find the following: ‘* Extract from Chap, 24, Statutes of 1879; No person not having his domi- cile in the province of Nova Scotia shall be allowed to kill, or pursue with intent to kill any of the animals or birds in- cluded in the term game as definedin this act without kaving first obtained a license for the purpose signed hy the pro- yincial Secretary and chief Game Commissioner from the Clerk. of the peues of any county in. the district where the same ts to be used wid have effect, sr in the case of incorporated counties, yrom any Clerk of municipalities within such district. . « . -” (The italics ave mine.) Itappears, therefore, that itis necessary that a license should be taken out in the dis- trict in which if is to be used, In ecunsequence of my ignorance of (his peculiarity of the law, an ignorance shared, I am consoled tosee, by a member of the Game Society of Nova Scotia, I got into difficuljies. In common with him, I entertained the belief that a general license for the whole province could be obtained in Halifax, and acted on that. be- lief, IT entered Nova Scotia from St. John, New Brunswick, by way of Annapolis. I telegraphed from St. John to Mr, James Scott, of this city, to send stores to Caledonia, and to obtain and send with them licenses for myself, and my friend, Mr. Jennings. Ireceived a reply from him to the ef- fect that the stores would he sent next morning by express, and tliat the licenses would follow by mail. Acting on this advice, I-went into the woods in the full belief that my license had been obtained. On former occasions, on which I had adopted this course, had received my license from Hali- fax, and I was unaware (hat any alleration had been made in the law, and the license applied for in Halifax, a fact which the authorilies must have known, for the warden who took out the warrant against me told me he was aware of it. The money was tendered, but if could not be issued for the reasons mentioned in the above quotation from the aet of 187. Of this fact I received no notification whatever. Your correspondent is also in error in stating thatif the bearer of a license shall nof kill the prescribed number of animals in any one district he can do so in any other, upon making affidavit before the Game Commissioner of the num- ber he preyiously shot. The aflidayil; must be made before a Clerk of the peace. “A Member of the Nova Scotia Game Society” credits me with superhuman attributes, and declares that on my return I gave WTalifax as wide berth. How aman can return 10 a place, and at the same time give it a wide berth, is difficull to understand. At any rate, I did not per- form that complicate mancuyre, for I went straight to Halifax from Queen’s county, where the arrest took place. : Your correspondent thinks very lightly of an illeval arrest; he looks upon if as a mere pardonable blunder. He would probably consider it merely & blunder on the part of a sheriff to hanga man without wailing for the ordinary formalities of tria), conviction and sentence. Such loose views as to judividual liberty sre not acevpled by Englishmen in general. I do not know how far familiarity with the process of being arrested might breed contempt for it, but as far as I am con- cerned, the ¢xperience was novel and disagreeable. J enter- tain the strongest objection to being arrested fir a fine hefore a fine isimposed Whatever peculiar views your correspond- ent may entertain as to the courtesy due from man fo man, ] think he must allow that even “a live lord” has a right to expect to be treated in a lexal manner, The explanation which your correspondent gives of the motives of the Game Preservation Society is totally uncalled _ for, Noone supposes that their object is to make money out of strangers. No one can regrét more than I do that their efforts to preserve tha game of Noya Scotia from threatened destruction have not met with greater snceess, The law, as it stands, is madequate forthe purpose, and is Inadequately administered, If believe one or two convictions ——— oe FOREST AND STREAM. have been obtained against inhabitants for killing large quan- fities of moose oul of season by illegal means; but asa rule the law is a dead Jetter as far as ihe natives of the province are concerned. More especially is this the case in respect of the number of moose and éaribou that may be killed. The Ii is considered only to refer to strangers, and is absolutely and ayowedly inopera- In such eases sirangers and residents ought to bé on an equal footing; as regards licenses the case tule is openly broken in all directions, tive against natives. is different. I have heard Nova Scotians eall in question the wisdom of 8 policy of taxing the importation of foreign capital hy de- manding license fees from strangers, who spend a good deal of money among the poorer classes at a time of year when They think thatit tends to deter But it is not likely that any men who could afford to come to this country from labor is difficult to obtain, sportsmen. from visiting the country- europe or the States to spend an autumn holiday would ob- ject to paying for the privilege of shooting, and as money is required for the purposes of the pame societies. I think a system of licenses affords a legitimate mans of doing so. Whether it should be restricted to strangersjonly is a matter for consideration, Should you or any of your acquaintances be going into the woods you would do well to take with you a copy of the game laws, the problems contained therein would beruile the long hours of the winter's nights. For instance, a man must take out his license in the county or municipal district in which he proposes to pursue moose; but, if he pursues his moose into another county or district be is liable to a fine if he does not get his lincense indorsed. The county lines are not very clearly defined in the primeval forest; it would not much mend matters, however, if they were. A man might pursue a moose and wound him in one district atid be com- pelled to follow it into another to kill it. The proper course, I presume, for him to adopt on arriving at the county line would be to go back to camp, pack up his traps, and go out to settlements, which might take a couple daysorso, He shonld then proceed to the residence of the Olerk of the peace, Which would take a day, and having got his indorsement on the license should return to look for the moose, which would occupy several days more. But by this time the moose would be dead and the meat spoiled, and for allowing it to spoil the hunter is liable to a heavy fine. It may be said that such a case would involve a mere technical breach of the letter of the law. That is true, but it would not be more technical than in my case. It appears, moreover, by the act that if a game warden, who would get half the fine, shonld chose to take action in such a case, the magistrates would have no option. I leave it to you, sir, to judge whether the game laws are remarkable for the extreme simplicity claimed fur them, and whether you are quite corree| in stating, that, in the letter of ‘‘4 Member of the Game Protection Society,” you were ‘‘publishing from a responsible source a true statement of the case.” DUNRAVEN, ————_~+ -# A NEBRASKA DEER HUNT. O’Ner1 Crry, Neb., Dec. 1, 1881, Editor Forest and Stream : Nebraska sportsmen evidently do not appreciate your yaluable journal as they ought; at least, they do not make use of your columns to tell of one of the best game countries in the west. One of the most interesting and popular fea- tures of any paper is the correspondence. ‘This is particu- larly the case with Forest AND STREAM, not meaning to cast reflections on the ability of its corps of editorial writers, but simply because the lover of true sport likes to read of the exploits of his brethren, even though he himself is hundreds of miles from the scene of action. This being the case I will tell of a week’s hunt just made ip the sand hills of Northern Nebraska by Mr. Ed, §. Minch, an old hunter, re- cently of Edinburgh, Pa., Mr. Charles Shepard, a jolly rail- road contractor on the 6. C. & P. R. R., Mr. Merritt, a disciple of Blackstone, located at Penisbury, this State, and the writer, who, being a Hvontier newspaper man, knows how to fully enjoy a good hunting trip. Well, the party left O'Neill, which is the county seat of Holt county, on the night of Thanksgiving, going by rail to Long Pine, the present terminus of the 8.C.&P. Long Pine is 75 miles west of O'Neill in the nuorganized territory, is Only about two months’ old, and is an ideal frontier town, where saloons, railroad men, and the festive and much-lied- about cow-boy take the prominent parts in the theatre of life. It is, indeed, a red-hot place, and getting hotter every day. There is a large herd of antelopé near Long Pine, and several times they have visited the town, and at each visit several have been killed, the citizens grabbing their guns and revolvers, and banging away with great recklessness and indiscrimination. From Long Pine we took a livery, and a twenty-mile ride over the beautiful rolling prairie brought us to Plum Creek, 8 fine stream of pure, soft water, running in « very deep pulf, either bank being lined with pine, cedar, oak, and cottonwood, aud a favorite resort for both white and black-tailed deer. Just now, however, they are very scarce along the creek, the railroad graders and settlers having driven them back into the sand-hills. It was necessary to get back into the hills, and so Shepard rigged up his wagon With cover, and loading an ample supply of gruli, blankets, cooking utensils, etc., the party pulled ouf. Meaching the head waters of the Plum, the boys took a tramp inthe adja- cent hills, and when night came and all had returned, it was found that Shepard had bagged a fine black-tailed buekfawn, This was encouraging, and we turned in for the night, dreatm- ing of decr innumerable. The coyotes made a terrible racket, but we managed to get a good night's sleep just the same. Gright and early all bands turned out, and, after bracing up with coffee and bread, the boys struck out full of hope. Atnoonall tad returned. Iinch was the only one that smiled. ‘Boys, fetch up the mules; I haye some work for you.” And hedid. About two miles from camp he had struck a bunch of five deer, two bucks, two fawns and a doe, anil he had done some of the best shooting on record. He killed every one of the five firing fifteen shots from his Winchester. This was the total for the day, but it was enough to make us all happy, thongh perhopa a trifle envious of the lucky Petsylvanian. The afternoon snd evening was devoted to dressing the game. It was cetimated one of the bucks (a black-tail) wonld dress over 200 lbs. The next morning carly we puller stakes and leaded southwest fo the Sand Hill Lakes. Three of usstrick out on foot. Inacouple of hours the report of a douljle-bar- reled shot-gun was heard, and in a féw moments the figure of aman appeared on the point ofa high hill gesticulating in afrantic manner. Tt was the newspaper mon. Asit was I 409 eS not far, Shepherd headed the mules that way, and soon all hands were gazing in admiration on a magnificent buck and dog, both haying succumbed to the call of the 12 Ib, Scott breechi-loader. If aneditor was ever proud it was this one, and don’t you forget it. We load our shells for deer hunting with 6} drams of powder, and 12 buck-shot encased in a por- fion of a No, 12 paper shell. This will carry 100 yards be- fore breaking and with the accuracy of a rifle ball. During the afternoon Merritt got a shot at a doe and broke one of its forelegs. After considerable chasing he was again shot and brought down. That night we camped by one of the several lakes about twenty miles southwest of Plum Creek. The next forenoon Shepard got another fawn and adoe. The rest of us had no luck. Kinch’s five, it seemed, was his allotment. Al- though we hunted here two days we failed to make another score, and time being up we started homeward. We had Zot abont half way when the keen eye of the lawyer de- tceted a bunch of deer feeding on the side of a hill about a mile distant. Hurriedly unhitching the mules we proceeded to surprise the unsuspicious enemy. Three of us made a circle so as to get on the side fayorable to the wind, and one struck out straight toward them. ‘The sequel we are all ashamed of, and will make it brief. There were eight deer and although we all had fair shots, not oue was successful. The buek fever raged badly. The writer fired two shots at a fine doe not thirty yards distant, and never raised a hair. He had eyes for the game, not for the sights of his gun. We all returned to the wagou—disgusted, each one cursing his neighbor for his own ill luck. We now pulled straight for the Plum, where we arrived in due time, from there returned to Long Pine and took the cars for home, Everything considered, it was an enjoyable trip and we are determined to repeat it in the near future. W. D. Maruzws. P. §.—Hallock, in the Gazettee*, says that black-tail deer are only found in the thick brush on the Pacifie coast, and that they arenot good eating. We differ with him. Here we find black-tail in the sand-hills, far away from timber, and they are, if anything, superior tothe white-tail as an ar- ticle of food. (This is not the true black.tail, but the mule-deer, which is one of the most delicious of the Cervida, | SE DEER IN THE ADIRONDACKS. Hditer Forest and Stream : In the '‘ Cruise of the Nipper,” published in your Jast issue, mention is made of a dinner given at Dunakin’s Camp, on Fourth Lake, Fulton Chain, in July last, and that State Game Protector Dodge was one of the guests. The ‘‘ glum looks” of the officer, as he tasted the gamy flavor of the “mutton” (?) mentioned by ‘‘ Nessmuk,” must haye meant something, for suit was brought against Dunakin for having venison in porsession during the close season, Others, who thought it a good joke on Dodge to invite him to eat ‘crooked meat,” have also had an opportunity to tell what they know about eating venison in July. The gentlemen méntioned by “Nessmuk” are royal good fellows, and enter- tained their company grandly on the occasion spoken of ; but they were setting a bad example by putting venison on their bill of fare at that time,-and had the State officer allowed it to pass unnoticed, it would have established a bad precedent, for no matter how flagranta violation might have occurred, after that he would have been powerless to enforce thelaw. ‘The majority of the guides on the Fulton Chain are anxious to have the laws for the protection of fish and game enforced. They realize that to perpetuate their occu- pation the close season must be respected, and that cliss’ of enides were glad to see the case mentioned above prosecuted. Protectors may be feasted and flattered into shutting their eyes to open violations, but that is not the record of the officer referred to in this article. Wherever he has found a case he has prosecuted it, no matter whether it hit a friend or foe, but, always, too, with the best of feeling, with no ill- will or malice on his part, but simply a performance of his duty. During the last year he has brought, or caused to be brought, between twenty-five and thirty cases for violations of the different sections of the game laws, and his work is having quite a visible effect. Although the violations pro- bably can never be whoily stopped, any more than violation of all other laws, yet itis already evident that there begins to be a general feeling that the laws are going to be enforced, and the open higl-handed disregard of the law we have been accustomed to in the Adirondacks already begins to bea thing of the past. I hope that the good work may continue, and that the State force may be reorganized, so it will be still more efficient, ZAOK, New Yorr, Dec. 12, Aditor Forest and Stream : The sugvestions made by your correspondent ‘‘ Mussit ” in regard to the laws for protecting deer are most excellent. I judge him to be a man of great cxperience and thoroughly acquainted with the habits of deer. ! We want laws for hetter protection of deer in the Adiron- dacks, adjacent territory, and oiher regions of wilderness of this State, and laws that will provide for an increase of the deer supply instead of otherwise. Considerable correspond- ence was elicited through the publications of “communic¢a- tions to your valuable paper last year and good information obtained. Snfficient, however, has been the experience of the best hunters of this State and the regions referred to aboye to make their suggestions for framing laws on this subject of practical value, I do not claim the enviable po- sition as one of them, but, without egotism, freely say I recopnize |he necessities of limiting still further the hounding of deer, Go to Long Island and Pennsylvania for examples of necessity for protecting deer that they may increase, ‘The scarcity arose from hounding; it is undeniable. Although fo me there 1s ‘tmusic’ in the method of hunting with hounds, I would cheerfully forego all pleasure of the kind for the sake of hayihg deer better protected or preserved, Perhaps we do not require so much altention given to the propagation of deer as we do for their preservation Thor- oughly attend to the latter and the former will take care of itself. The records of results of hounding deer during the past two years, if published, would sadden the most obdurate hunter. Tsee ‘8. 8. N.? comes to the front with anxiety, in a let- ter published Noy. 3. Perhaps he would be too exacting; but that some changes should be made is very evident to all who feel an interest in prolonging sport. T should Jike to know if the sale of venison is to be per- mitted this winter in our markets, as it was last, in open vio- lation of the Jaw. If so, ihere will bea necessity for more 410 es FOREST AND STREAM. [Drozmeze 22, 1881. such patroling, as '*Mussit” speaks of, than the private purses of individuals will be able to care for or the State protectors possibly attend to. Although the illegal killing of deer can better be prevented by them than it is now or has been attended to in the pa-t by anybody. Duties of our fish and game protectors in attending to fish protection must become irss important at a season when deer need the most looking after, owing to the lateness of the season and a great deal of fishing with nets being stopped by fresh water freez- ing over. Should our laws receive attention this winter, it is to be hoped that provisions will be made for the State pro- tectors to have more adequate means for thoroughly attend- ing to the protection of game, and especially of deer. The number of officers is too small, not enough money is pro- yided for \heir use, and not severe encugh punishment meted out to violators. In myopinion imprisonment should be connected with fining. Withdraw the privilege of hounding certainly during August and October, if it cannot be stopped entirely, that the deer may get some rest. A deer driven in August, even if not killed, is, without doubt, very much injured, for there seems then to be almost no limit to his powers for going. Consequently great heat is induced, to be followed by a shock upon plunging into water, which in itself is very in- junous to the health of any anima!. No sensible man would compel or allow his horse to plunge into cold water after a fifteen-mile fast drive, and then allow bim to lie down, with- out expecting permanentinjury. It is quite as bad for deer; they will always goto water and plunge in, their instinct telling them there is no other way to get rid of the hound after which they seek some secluded spot and lie down. A guide told me last summer, he found in the middle of a lake a dead deer, withouta wound anywhere. No doubt death Was consequent upon taking to water before hounds. A comparison might be made in the hounding of deer in warm weather to driving a beef ereature a long distance just before killing it, the meat in either instance is very poor food. It is getting to bea recognized fact that the chances are very much against capturing deer by their ‘' taking to water” before hounds during warm weather at specially good run- ways, and sportsmen are more inclined to stay out of the woods with hounds until cold weather sets in, and the deer are fat enough to give a short race, then the destruction that takes place is enormous. Some men get ashamed of killing deer, and others never d», but pursue them as long es their time holds ont. Consequently, as a matter of benefit to the preservation of deer, [ hope the warm-weather driving will be stopped, and the time for driving in cold weather be very much shortened. It is my opinion that those who are strong advocates of driving wil! admit that houuding tends more to deplete our stock of deer than any other Jegal method of killing them; and I believe they will heartily uphold a law that will, with- out doubt, tend to the preserving, and the increase of our mcst noble game. Wottat, + 8 THE DUCK RLOT AT GUNPOWDER BRIDGE. + Barrmore, Md., Dec. 8, 1881. Editor Forest and Stream; Qn yesterday I visited Gunpowder Bridges onthe Jine of the P. W. & B. KR. R., for coot shooting. I took the 7:15 a, mM. train and reached the Bridge about 8 o'clock. As I got on the Bridge and saw. to my surprise, about sixty or seventy gunuers, I picked out a position about 200 yards west of the draw. A pair of coots came up, and without exaggera- tion, sbout twenty shots were fired at the two birds, one of which I think is ahappy coot yet, and the other one, not so fortuua te, w2s killed. About s dozen different men claimed it. The language and wrangling of the parties concerned would, to my notion, become anybody but brother sports men. I patiently sat a half-hour or so before I got a shot. Finally, there came along a single black mallard, when taking out one of the shells loaded with No. 6 and putting in No. 4 shot I put it on him, and it was, I think, a pretty long shot fora No, 10 gun. Down be came as dead asastone. Soon I bad another ghot at a coot, which I killed with both barrels, Thad good shooting for a while, my ducks being gathered forme by amanin a batteau, whom I had engaged for the purpose. By the time I had been there—about one or two hours—I noticed fives or six gunners inching up to me, and at last they were closeto me. There was one man, who belonged to a ducking shore in the Hallow below, sat himself down about thirty feet from me. Hebad 4 man by the name of Jon in a skiff waiting on him. Presently a coot came over to me to the right, when I killed him; and on looking for my duck this man yelled out at thetop of his yoice; ‘* That's my duck ; get him, John!" This thing happened regularly five or six times in succession. I finally made up my mind to move away ; hut I tell you, sir, everywhere one would go the words of ‘* My duck” would ring out above all others. I noticed three men from Baltimore. They had ninety-two coots, and I was told by them that they had shot away 550 shells and had killed ninety-two coots. I think that there is about one duck killed for every twenty shots fired; and if the thing is not stopped the shooting on Gunpowder will be one of the things passed by. I got eleven coots and one mallard, and the man with his mao John on coming in had seventy-seven coots, about two- thirds of which had been killed by other pariies, but claimed and gathered by him. I tell you, a good claimer is better than a good thot on this Bridge; and the shooting on the Bridge is a fair representation of a battle field. There area great many good ducks in the river—canvas-backs, red-heads and black beads ; also a great muy marso-ducks at the head of the river, Ithink that when I go down again to get ducks at the Bridge I will have a man John, and do more claiming and less shooting. Cues. A. Peare, Bavrimore, Md., Dec. 12, 1881. Riditor Forest und Stream : Do not let yourselves be deluded by Ches. A. Peake’s letier in a late issue about duck-shooting on the Gunpowder Bridge, The danger attending the sport is great, and the most successful gunner is the object of envy on the part of those who, although they do not know how to shoot ducks, nevertheless take their stand in close proximity to a first- class shot, and then put in their modest demands every time 4 duck falls. The pa-sing trains of cars, the slippery timbers of the bridge, forty or fifty guns, many of them in very in- experienced hands, the constant claiming and wrangling of the gunners—all these strike me as very decided impediments to amusement. Sometime since 4 man was caught between two trains on the bridge and so jammed and battered that he may be an inyalid for life. Another one had a shot put through his hat. There have been several sportsmen par excellence on the bridge this season. The leading one was formerly a member of the Carroll's Island Ducking Club, where he was con- sidered one of the best overhead shots on the Island. He generally shoots a No. 12 ar No. 10 at coots, and a No. 8 gun at larger fowl. Heis nowa member of a club composed of gentlemen who formerly shot with him at Carroll's Island. Ches. A. Peake’s vision is evidently bad, and his informa- tion worse. I advise him, as he does not understand duck- shooting, not to take the part of a bad-tempered critic, but to pat es soul in patience until experience may come to his aid.—J. §. a LONG ISLAND WILDFOWL. Greenport, L. L, Dec. 11. Editor Forest and Stream + There are plenty of coots and old squaws in Peconic and Gardiner's bay, and off Montauk and Napeague Bay, and on Ram Island shoals. Captain Bill Ross, the experienced skipper of the best yacht out of Greenport, has just called in at my room, aftera recent cruise with a party of gunners from New York and Massachusetts, and says they killed a good many fowl by sailing on then, but that the water and weather were too rough to set batteries or use decoys. The better sort of fowl, such as black-duck, whistlers, widgeon and broad bills are more plentiful in these waters, especially round Gardiner’s Island, than they have been for years. This is owing, it is thought, to the fact of the Great Pond at Montauk being now filled with grass, the chosen feed of duck and geese. When the fowl find plenty of good feed in that once favorite pond they are numerous in all this region, or such seems to be the case now. A large house for the accommodation of sportsmen and others is about 10 be erect- ed at, Montauk, near the Great Pond, and the building of several cottages is to take place in early spring; at least such is the report here. As the fowling, fishing, and snipe and grouse shooting have been always so excellent there, it will be a great resort for gunners, who have neglected the place for the last few years. Tsaao MoLzxran. — o> NEWS FROM RICHMOND. Ricemonp, Va., Dec. 3, 1881, Eiditor Forest and Stream: We are now in the midst of the open season for hunting quail and most of the other kinds of game in this State, and the season will continue in the Eastern counties, embraced in the tide-water section, till the first of February; but the past month, open in law and open in weather, may be con- sidered the height of the season. From this city many par- ties have gone out on little excursions for a day, or for several days, in all directions in the coun'ry around, seeking recreation and pleasure—not to speak of the profit—in the most manly, noble and agreeable of sports that a gentleman can engage in, viz., shooting quail, or partridges as they are commonly called in this State. On one train one bright morning we saw three separate parties, numbering two or three personsin each, and the sight of their equipment, bright English twists, and highly bred and highly trained setters and pointers, made the writer regret that a different mission was taking him from the city. These parties all got off at different stations short of thirty miles from the city, and each of them, doubtless, had a fine day’s sport, for, on ingniry as to their luck on our return, we found that one gentleman bagged twenty partridges that day, but he was an exceptionally fine shot, Although there was a dry summer, and thus the conditions favorable for breeding and raising, from all the information we gather from several qnarters, and from our own experi- ence in the field, we find that birds are scarce. This is the greatest obstacle to the hiintsman’s sport; and whileit affords delight, not offered by any pastime or diversion that can be named, to drop a partridge as it goes with “* winged swift- ness,” following the likeness of lightning through the air, when that pleasure is to be attained at the exp*nse of weari- ness of the fiesh, hunger and seven leagues of booted land, the amateur is much disposed to answer his friend who presses him to go on such a pastime as did the Frenchman his English host, who thought to entertain him by proposing a fox hunt, “Ah, Monsieur,” said he ‘‘ I have been.” Whether an increase of this feathered tribe will be pro- moted by stricter man-proteclive laws, or by traps and snares set to catch the hawks, foxes and such enemies as they have ever present with them; or by both means, are questions fur discussion. Our own opinion is that nine months out of twelve gives them sufficient ‘‘ protection,” with a law as willingly obeyed as itis here; but we think that premiums should be placed upon hawks, bids and foxes’ scalps. There are many devotees of the gun and dog here, and they are of a character for gentility and sterling business qualifications that makes it thoroughly respectable; and as to dogs, great interest has been manifested within the past few years, and, with the requisite training, many are owned that would doubtless make their murk-at national benches or trials. By the way, we dropped in to see Mr. T. F. Taylor to-day. He was just back from the Eastern Field Trials at Robbins’ Island, where he had spent a delightful, though Jaborious, week, acting as one of the judges. We are glad to observe the high commendation so universally bestowed upon the decisions of the judges at this Trial, and it is very gratifying to Mr. Taylor's friends, considering how difficult & matter it isto give anything like satisfaction to all; but we who know him—how high-minded and consciencious he is, and haw intimately versed he is in dog-lore—feel that it must needs have been so, CyoLors. 0 Kansas Lance Game—Cimarron House. Cimarron, Gray Co., Kan., Dec. 13.—This place is on the Atchison, Topeka and Sunte Fe KR. R., nineteen miles west of Dodge City, on the north bank of the Arkansas River. With a field glass almost every day antelope can be seen from the hotel porch coming in to water on the south side of the river. They are so plenty that I can buy carcasses al two dollars a piece, and can kill one or more any day at the cost only of getting tired. I saw forty in a day’s hunt within ten miles of town last week. I killed only one. I use a Winchester rifle—model of *76—calibre .45, 60 grains of powder, straight shell. It is the best antelope gun I everowned. Twelve buffalo were seen within the forty-miles limit on Dec. 2, but the sggra- vating things will get a little outside at times. They can be found, however. Settlers on the Pawnee, 26 miles north, kill mustangs occasionally to feed their dogs. There are more than 1,000 wild horses within seventy-five miles of Cimarron. Huntisg buffalo is hard work and invyolyes camping out several nights on bare prairie, but you can hunt antelope and camp at the hotel.—W, J, D. ON THE CHOICE OF A GUN. {fe is a great mistake to believe that in buying from a first- class maker you are payinga fancy price for mere name. You are really not doing so. The money represents the actual value of the gun, the prime cost nf which leaves, at the low prices of the present time, compared with those of fifty or sixty years ago, a very unremunerative return. . . One reason why some sportsmen fancy that fine guns are inordi- nately dear, is the supposition that they ate, or can be, made in unlimited numbers. A high-class gunmaker can no more turn out an unlimited number of guns, than an artist can of pictures, The moment he tries to increase his business by undue means, down goes the quality. For a year or two he flourishes and makes large profits; but Nemesis is at his heels. His former reputation goes down with accelerating speed. I write from facts occurring from year to year, and am not drawing a fanciful picture. Guns are simple things to look at, but are far from being so in reality, Give ten men the same materials and they wil] produce ten different guns in quality, style, mount, apparent weight (!), and shooting powers. I quote from a remarkably talented monograph on breech- loaders by ‘‘Gloan.” ‘‘It is no economy to buy a low- priced gun, because it will soon become useless. - , . On the question of price I have some very decided opinions. To my mind, there should be something higher to a sportsman in his gun than a mere tool, wherewith he works. . . A fine gun is the work of an artist. . . I advise the sportsman as to ps purchase of his gun—‘ Let it be as costly as thy purse can yee Sportsmen art apt to fancy that gun-making is a free and easy ‘‘ sporting” kind of affair. It is, on the contrary, one of the most exhausting and responsible of professions, many gunsmiths breaking down in health in middle life in conse- quence.—From Dougall’s ‘* Shooting: Tis Appliunees, Prac- tice, and Purpose.” See A Mrinistzrra, Game Drarer.—The Rey. Halsey W. Knapp, of the Laight Strect Baptist Church, has resigned his pastorate: The members are anxious that he should con- tinue, aud have not yet accepted his resignation. Mr. Knapp is a very remarkable man. Like Paul, he labors with his own hands, but his occupation is not like that of the apostle. Mr. Knapp is a butcher and is to be found every morning at his stand in Washington Market. No better purveyor of meats is there. What he does not know about turkeys and beef is not worth knowing. In the afternoon he is doing pastoral work or studying in his large and handsome library at home. He is a good speaker and magnifies both callings, — New York Observer. A 8mari Guy—Bergen Point, N, J., Dec. 15.—This piece is a double-barreled breech-lnading pin-fire shot-gun, 80 bore. The barrels, which are 24 inches long, are of the finest lam- inated steel. The stock is of rosewood, rather short, and very handsomely carved. The locks are also very finely en- graved, as is the aclion, whichis the original Lefaucheux, This gun formerly belonged to Prince Murat, of Bordentown, who gave it to Dr. Coleman, of Trenton. Itis nowin the possession of Mr. B. T. Kissam, whoclaims that it is one of the oldest breech-loaders in America.—O. N. D. A Practica, Suegestion—Perth Amboy, N. J., Dec., 1881.—Hditer Farest and Stream: In the interests of game preservation in this State allow me to suggest, through your columns, that if those who have occasion to drive over country roads at thisseason would carry a gun, they might kill the large hawks, which are the quail’s worst enemies. Hawks do not seem to fear a horse and wagon, and may be easily approached and shot from 4 vehicle. The death of one hawk means the life of several coveys.—A Srorrssan. Vevoorres oF Rrece Butter anp or Sounp—Bethle- hem, Pa., Dec. 10.—Zditor Forest and Stream: I notice in your last edition a lettef from Prof. A. M. Mayer, concerning the velocities of rifle bullets, Allow meto add my experi- ence. In 1878 I did some marking a! long ranges, and noticed that the bullet got to the target a trifle ahead of tha sound, at 800 yards, just with it at 900 yards and at 1,000 there was less than one-half second difference between them, the sound being ahead.—J. 5. D. How to Kini. Wounpep Witprown.—In answer to the inquiry of your correspondent ** Bay Ridge,” the best way to kill wildfowl wounded in the head is to take the bird in the left hand, placing the thnmb and fore-finger under the wings, just back of where they join the body, and bringing a strong, steady pressure on the body. This will ciuse death in a yery short time, without ruffling a feather.—HArRLyYBIRp, Beryerne Down tHE GrizzLies.—Bozeman, Montana, Dec. 7.—Have just come in from my annual hunt. I spent a very enjoyable summer and fall. Killed twenty-four grizzles, nineteen of them in a little over one month. I killed what mountain bison, elk snd mountain sheep were Tequired for meat and baits. I always prefer to tackle bear alone, as one man is as much as] care taking care of and the above does not include any killed by my men.—P. Maven Gow Cros—Malden, Mass., Dec. 11, 1881.—At the annual meeting of the Malden Gun Clnb, Dec. 5, 1881, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year. President, F. T. Noble; vice-president, J. Boffum; secre- tary, C. H. Lanergan; treasurer, A. H. Jones. The club numbers some forty-five members, and is in a flourishing condition.—C. H. L, “T Know," said a little girl toher eldest sister’s young man at the supper-table, ‘‘that you will join our society for the protection of little birds, because mamma says you are very. fond of larks.” Then there was a silence, and the Limburger cheese might have been heard scrambling around in its tin- box on the cupboard-shelf.—Worristown Heraid. Is Issuz Dzo. 8tx in article “Shooting Grouse on the Wing,” “fonce in a while I would kill one when an open straightaway shot offered," was incorrectly printed ‘'and in a while;” ‘‘44$ drams Orange Lightning powder,” was incor- rectly put ‘* charge Lightning.” Currirvok—Warrenton, Va., Dec. 19.—Have returned from Currituck with nineteen other disgusted sportsmen. Didn't average one duck a day apiece. Expenses $5 a day. Query, does duck shooting pay ?—Caasszne. Frozma Parry.—Companions for a Florida trip are de- sired by a Philadelphia gentlemen, whose advertisement ap- pears elsewhere. Tre For Maneer Quorarions are given on page 416, . _ DrormBee 22, 1881.] FOREST AND STREAM. 411 Sea and River Sishing. FISH IN SEASON IN DECEMBER, FRESH WATER. Biack Bass, Micropterus salmoides | Yellow Perch, Perca fluviatilis, and ¥. pallidus. Striped Bass, Roceus lineatse. sp pe Fave nobilior, White Bass, Roceus chrysopa. Pickerel, Esoz retieulatus. Rock Bass, Ambloplites, (Two Pike or Pickerel, Eaoz luctus, species). Pike-perch (wall-eyed pike) | War-mouth, Chenobryttusgulosus. Stizofathium americanum, S. | Crapple, Pomnozya nigromaculatus. griseum, eta. Bachelor, Pomoxvis aunularts, Chub, Semotilia corporatis, SALT WATER. Pollock, Poltachius carbonarius. Tantog or Blackiish, Tattoga onitia. Weakiish or Squetague, Cyncacyon regalia, Channel Bass, Spot or Redfish, | Scienop ocellatus. a But he that shall consider the varlety of batts for all seasons, and pretty devices which our anglers have invented (peculiar lines, false files, several sleights, etc)., will say that it deserves like commenda- fion, requires like study and perspicacity as the rest, and 1s to be preferred before many of them,—BuRTON, Anatomy af Melancholy, oo ANGLING IN IDAHO, Smelt, Gsrnerus mordaz. Sea Mass Centropristis atrariva. Striped Bass or Rockfish, Rocews lineatus. White Perch, Morone americana. BeEtLevce, Wood Rivet, Idaho Territory. Na your late lists of fish in season in September, you should have had, to make it complete, what are called trout in this region, which sre now in their prime. I am told that they have been successfully crossed with the speckled traut of the Adirondacks, which they resemble in all but the bright colored spots. There seems to be three distinct varieties, differing in form and color of meat. The largest variety weighing from one to five pounds, sometimes six. I now mind of one this season, murdered with giant powder, that weighed nearly eight. It looks in every respect, except the bright colored spots, like those caught in the dead waters of the Adirondacks, very short in proportion to its weight; very dark in the back; changing to reddish-brown on the sides. The flesh when cooked is a deep flesh color, The second, which are called silver trout here, do not, in this river at least, seem to grow to weigh over one-half tothree- fourths of a pound, the most of them less than six ounces. They are Jong and slim, with hardly any spots on their sides ; dark on the back, with bright silvery sides; flesh as white as the purest snow, und when first caught are of the most delicate flavor imaginable. They take a fly readily, and when hooked spring clear from the water and try to shake themselves loose, as I often have seen bass when trolling in Eastern waters. The last variety, called here ‘*mountain trout,” and found in the spring brooks, are from four to six inches long; dark jn the back with yellowish sides, and having, in addition to the dark spots, a dark band about one-fonrth of an inch wide and half to three-fourths of an inch apart, running about two- thirds the way up their sides, and are equal to the regular speckled heauties of the Hast. None of these trout have the white tips to pectoral fins, and all have very fine scales. The first two-named species spawn in the spring. Jam inclined to think that the latter do also, as in those caught now there are no signs of eggs. This,the Wood River country, wasthe Eden of the Banocks. lis rivers swimming with trout; elk, deer and antelone were abundant; bears more than plenty, mostly cinnamon and bald faee, with occasionally a grizzly to make it interesting : and otter, beaver and mink are found on all the streams. In another season the scream of the ‘‘iron-horse” will waken the echoes of these valleysand send the game into the impene- trable mountains, to be secure for a while from the ever- onward march of the white man. Notwithstanding the stringent game laws enacted by the Territorial Government, the use of giant powder early in the sesson has, in one season, cut off more than half the supply of the trent in this valley, and another such slaughter-next spring will destroy the fishing almost entirely.- I found accidentally this last week that there are plenty of the small fish in this river which were mentioned in a late article in your paper, ‘'Do Garter Snakes Eat Fish?” They are perfectly identical with those of mountain streams im New Hoagland and your own State, and I have offen used them very successfully two or three times since. G. B. F. ——$§$__ >= SHAKESPEARE AND THE CARP. Songngorapy, N, Y,, Dec, 19. Editor Forest and Stream - I was much interested in the quotations from Shakespeare on fly-fishing, from Mr. 8. ©. Clarke, in your last issue. I now send you the following from the Anigquary : Among fresh-water fishes the carp was held in high es- teem in Shakespeare’s time as a fish easy to rear and keep in preserved fish-pands, and so readily available for the table. He mentions ig twice: T. Clown, Here 15 a pur of fortune’s, Sir, or of fortune’s cat (but not a musk-cat,) that has fallen inte the unclean fish-pond of her dis- pleasure, and, a3 he says. is muddled withal Pray you, Sir, use the Carp a8 you may —Al’s Well that Ends Well, Act V., Scene 2. 2. Polonius. See you now; Your bait of falsanood takes the carp of truth.—Huanilet, Act IT, Scens 1, There is a peculiar fitness in Polonious’s comparison of his own worldly-wise deceit to the craft required for catching a carp—for the carp was proverbially the most cunning of fishes. ‘‘The carp is a deyntous iysshe, but there bee few in Englande, and therefore I wryte the lasse of hym. He is an euyll fysshe to take.” ‘The carp is the queen of rivers,” says Walton; ‘‘astately, a good,and a yery subtle fish.” And itis the fact that {he brain of the carp is six times as large as the average brain of other fishes. —<$<_—_—_> 4. SaoreD Fisu.—In Northcote’s ‘‘ Account of the Roman Catacombs,” it is stated that ; ‘* In the Catacombs at Rome the fish is the most sacred symbol, the most important perhaps of all, and certainly as ancient as any. Origen speaks of our Lord as figuratively called ‘The Fish. * We little fishes,’ says Tertullian, ‘sre born in water, after the example of Jesus Christ, our fish,’ The fish was the recognized conventional sign for Christ. Hence we find a multitude of little fishes in crystal, ivory, mother-of-pearl, in the graves of the Cata- combs—some of them with holes drilled through the head, tv be worn round the neck." SWEDISH POPULAR BELIEFS. Tue teeth of large fish should be burnt, in order to be lucky in fishing. One ought to tell no one when one goes out to fish, and not mention whether one has caught many or few. Nor should any stranger see how many fish one has taken. When one rows out from land to fish, oné must not turn the boat against the sun. Pins found in a church and made into fish hooks catch the best. If a woman passes over the rod, no fish will bite. Stolen fishing tackle is lucky, but the person robbed loses his luck.—Thorpe's Northern Mythology. oO AMERICAN BROOK TROUT IN GERMANY. WN 4 recent letter from Mr. H. Haack, the celebrated fish culturist in charge of the Government hatchery at Hunin- gen, he tells us that he has had poor success in obtaining im- pregnated spawn from the fondinalis this year, for the reason that among all his fish he had not one male. Hesays: ‘* Sal- mo fontinal’s is not an American trout, but an American char. I bave found that out by making hybrids with our German trout, Salmo fario, using a female of the former and a male of the latter species. The result was nearly nothing. The fontinalis is a river char, and not a sea char, more beau- tiful than our trout.” Mr. Haack is right in ealling our fish a char, although the popular name is too well fixed and endeared to Americans to ever be changed. The dentition separates it from the true trouts. It is forthis reason that in the revision of the Sal- monidé by Gill and Jordan new genera were made for both our Eastern brookand laketrout. The genus is changed from Salmo to Salvelinua for the brook trout, and to Cristiaomer for thelakers. “Therefore, if the new nomenclature is accepted they become Salvelinua fontinalis and Cristinomer namaycush. The common brook trout of Europe is Salmo fario, — + THE ANGLE IN MISSOURL Sr. Lovis, Mo., Dec. 13. Editor Forest and Stream: Years ago there was excellent fishing, for such fish as our State was blest with, but now the sport is almost a forgotten one with many who formerly enjoyed it. The nets haye skinned our streams, in season and out of season, and either a lack of law, or of its enforcement is the main cause of the present barrenness of our waters. True, there have been fishing-clubs, but they haye Jacked influence because they have contented themselves wilh their own enjoyment, and Jacked the public spirit necessary to carry on a fight with the yiolators of the law. It was hoped that the appointment of Fish Commissioners would either remedy or at least alleviate the evil, but it has not done so. The Fish Commission propagate, but do not protect. They do good enough work in their way. but are powerless to stop the wholesale depletion of the waters which bas been going on for years, until those who do it look upon it as interfering with their vested rights to forbid them to mse aot at all times and in all places where fish may be efound. Murdock Lake, about thirty miles south of this city, is a splendid sheet of water, and fishing is tolerably fair there. The same may be said of King's Lake. Both these lakes have their fshing-clubs, and their waters are protected partly by the clubs and partly by the stumps, logs, etc., which make it impossible to haul a net in some parts of them. Murdock Lake is probably the best of the two. These clubs do little or nothing in the way of propagating, or of enlisting the Fish Commission in the work, but simply fish. It con- tains black bass which are as gamy as those of any waters, dopiish, catfish and croppy. ‘This last is a fine little fellow, and well worth cultivating. E. B, ANGLING FOR ATBATROSS,—In January, 1879, when off Cape Horn, ox the ship Twilight, we were becalmed for some hours. A great many albatross had been following and circ- ling round the ship, and ‘‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” having no effect on our non-superstitious minds, Wwe determined to secure one of them. ‘‘ Chips” immediately rigged up a hook and line, baited it with a piece of pork, attached a float about a foot from the hook, and threw it over. After fishing (would you call it fishing?) fer some time without success, the hook being very large and pulling out of the birds’ mouths, we gave if up as a bad job and went to dinner, leaying the line hanging over the stern. Hardly were we seated at the table when we heard a shout from the man at the wheel. We rushed on deck and found that an albatross had taken the bait and was securely hooked. He Was &8 gamy as a twenty-pound salmon, but we finally got him aboard and releasing him from the hook, allowed him to waddle about the main deck, he being unable to fly over the bulwarks. After examining him fully, he was killed, pre- seryed and mounted by ‘‘ Chips,” who, like most ship-carp- enters, was a regular jack-of-all-trades. I brought him to Boston with me, and he makes a pretty little ornament for a small room, as he measures 7 feet 8 inches or 8 feet 7 inches (I cannot remember which) from tip to tip. In color he is pure white on the body, with the exception of some pink markings on the throat. There are alsosome gray streaks on the wings. That night a heavy gale began, which lasted un- til the next afternoon. Filling an albatross and storms have always been associated, regardless of the fact that the alba- tross is only found in stormy latitudes. In the *' Encyclo- pedia Britannica,” (9th edition—subject, Albatross) it is said that these birds sometimes measure 17 feet from tip to tip. This hardly appears possible, and I think it must be a mis- take, as mine is only half that size and is as large as any I have seen.—Jurkis P. Boston, Dec. 13. Tur Comive Trour.—At the recent meeting of the New York Association for the Protection of Game, President R. B. Roosevelt said of the rainbow trout of California (Salme tridea) that they are twice as strong as our astern brook trout, and twice as rapid prowers, often reaching a weight of eight to ten poundsin California, while in our waters they grow to four and five, while the §. fontinalis is growing to less than half that weight. The complaint against them, said Mr. Roosevelt, is that they are too gamey—they smash light tackle with their tremendous rushes, and the angler must be especially prepared for them. They can be easily introduced into our trout streams, will liye where our trout will, and in some places where they willnot. ‘‘They are the coming trout) They are perfection!” THE MANUFACTURE AND CARE OF GUT. Repprroa, England. Editor Forest and Stream: Tn your issue of Noy. 17 I notice the correspondence re- specting silkworm gut. I have for the last thirty-five years purchased and sald large quantities, and always have at our works an extensive stock, which has had my personal super- vision, my firm haying in Murcia, Spain, a manufactory of silkworm gut. I have been in Murcia superintending the manufacturing aad haye discovered two causes which make gut brittle, and have instructed our manager in Murcia lo see all the producers nf the gut and impress upon them the im- portance of keeping the gut out of the sun. The great evil is this; After the worm has been drawn out it is put in the sun to dry, and the great heat of the sun tukes the moisture out of the gut and makes it brittle. I also dis- covered another danger in the manufacture of it. In bleaching it, if the bleaching-oven is too hot, and the gut is ton long in the oven, it makes the gut brittle. If gut is msde without an excess of heat it will be more pliable: consequently, more strong. J have never found gut get brittle by keeping. The best way to Keepit is in wash-leather. If large stocks, in drawers or rooms which are not oyer-heated, Some tackle denlers will expose gut, gut leaders, etc., in their windows. The sun gets on it end consequently tak: s the nature out of it and it becomes hard and brittle. The cause of flat gut is disease in the worms, Healthy worms produce round gut. The manufacture of gut is very simple. The gut from the worms is bought from the small country people who breed the worms in their houses. ‘The first process in making is to put the gut in a furnace with water, & little soda and soap. After boiling a short time the outer skin comes off it. It is put in yellaw and comes out white, sfterit is put in the bleaching ovens. Then girls rnb it straight with wash-leather, holding one end in their teeth. » The next process is to sort out the different strengths. It is then rubbed again; counted into bunches of one hundred, then a man puts in the red jute on each bunch, and then ties it in bundles of one thousand. This may interest your readers and prevent gut being spoiled by exposure to the sun. S. AtLooor. ee A Carp rrom Me. Murpay—Newark, N.J., Dec, 16.— Editer Fovest and Stream: I wish to use your columns to correct some errors and exaggerations wilich have appeared in the newspapers as haying come from me, knowing that in this way the sportsmen of America will see the retraction and that they will not hold me guilty of such absurd exag- geration, or of attempting to cast a slur upon a brother sportsman who has long been dead, It is now some six weeks ago since a reporter from the Newark Sunday Cull visited me and held a long conversation on shooting and fishing in the olden time. He took no notes, but relied on his memory for facts concerning the old anglers and fisher- men; and his memory must have distorted my conversation wonderfully. I gave him merely a plain statement of facts, showing how much more plentiful fish and Same were in the early day than at present; and as for Mr. Herbert (Frank Forester) I merely said that I knew him well. I was Sur- prised at the way the interview appeared in the Call under the heading of ‘* Reminiscences of an Old Sportsman.” Per- haps I would not have thought it worth while to refute the article, had not the New York Jimes, of Sunday, December 11, published substantially the same article with a few ad- ditiuns and omissions, under the head of ** Fish poles and Fishing.” Inow wish to say that all the statements in the Callin regard to the quantity of gameand fish formerly taken in und around what is now the city of Newark were grossly exaggerated, and those in the 7%mes were still more so. Also that the account of my exploits with the rod and gun in company with Mr. Herbert, or ‘‘ Frank Forester,” as he was called, were an entire fabrication. I never hunted nor fished with him in my life, nor did I ever tell any person that I had doneso. The remarks concerning the character and habits of Mr. Herbert, which followed in the account of the interview, were pure fabrications. I hope that I wonlil be the Jast man to attempt to traduce # man so well-known as ‘* Frank Forester,” especially after his desth,—CuArrzs F. Musgrxy. —$—${ Lev tHe JoptayopHacor Look to THerm Lavrets.—The famous Ichthyophagus Club, of this city, has a rival across the sea, Food and Health says; ‘If eyera small but heroic federation of philanthropic enthusiasts was fairly entitled 10 the gratitude of civilized mankind that body is the Zoologi- cal Committee of the Westphalian Provincial Association, From its recently published report upon * Measures taken by the committee during the past year for the development of humanity’s comestible resources,’ we gather that the asso- ciates have carried out a series of experiments in the eating line which are probably unprecedented in the annals of in- vestigation. They have partaken of stewed bear and badger, both roasted and hashed, with sweet sauce, and found them delicious. Baked crane, stuffed with chestnuts aud plums they pronounce to be superior to any stubble goose that ever waddled o’er the lea. In their opinion frog-spawn, which they recommended to epicures by the tempting designation of ‘batrachian caviare,” is an absolutely first-class delicacy, in- finitely superiorin flayor tothe roe of the sturgeon. The con- cluding paragraph of thisamazingreportisasfollows: ‘During the Munster Exhibition of tortoises, snakes, alligators etc,, a venerable crocodile, aged about one hundred and fifty, breathed its last. Two days after its scaly hide had been re- moved the meat round the root of its tail presented so ap- petizing an appearance that the chairman and secretary of the committee determined to prepare a piece of it, weighing four pounds, in the manner of turtle soup. After simmering for three hours or s0, 8 sOUp was served to them of such vigorous aspect and seductive power that all their cnests called loudly for plates, and in a few seconds the tureem was emptied.’” If any of the members of the American club with the horrible name go to Florida this winter let them act on this and try the alligator. — Tue Fispiess Passato.—The Passaic River, New Jersey, formerly contained many valuable fish, It was especially famous for shad, smelt, striped bass and white perch. Since it has been used as a sewer for all kinds of chemicals the fish have left if, and now a dam isto be built, which a Newark newspaper thinks may improve the fishing. The (Cwil/ says: A score of years ago the project of building 2 dam sorozs the river at Belleville would have met with the stoutest resisvance from all Newark anglers and fishmen. Now scarcely a word will be heard in remonstrance. Gas-tar, lime and various chemicals flowing from our sewers have been thorough in the 412 FOREST AND STREAM. re [DEcEMBER 22, 1881. work of destroying the bass and shad fishing: in the Passaic, anid it is scarcely worth while for net-owners or anglers to Speak against the project of building the dam. On the other hand, the fishing above the dam may be greatly improved. Black bass and other strictly fresh-water fish will thrive in the cleur water and afford eyen better sport ihan the striped bass did in their best days, and the shad will still have a chance of pas log upif they will consent to hang around the gates until low tide, Information oN SALMON FisHine,—I want some jnlorma- tion about the salmon fishing of Newfoundand and Labrador. It you have a reader who is familiar with these sections I Fhould be greatly obliged to him if he would inform me whether there are salmon in the rivers of those countries, and if so, whether they rise to the fly, and if so how to reach the ground and all about it. Ihave been so unfortun- alu as not to secure any fishing in the Canadian waters, and he good streams have all been taken up, so I am informed. Vespr Monin, Mocnsp-Burroise Fisxes.—In our issue of June 28, 1881, we published a communicition from our yalued correspond- ent, D. H. B., Syracuse, N. Y., on stone-lugging fish. He fave an account of a Jarge cyprinoid fish of ten or twelve inches in length, which was seen to carry stones in its mouth and heap them up. ‘This, no doubt, had some connection with an increase of its species, and could hardly haye been for the purpose of a monument to its ancestors, nor to erect a mound to preserve the archives of the great family Cypri- nide. Io our remarks we hinted that the fish might be either Semotilus corporalis or S, bullaris. A specimen was sent, and we inclined to consider it the latter species. It was sent. to Prof. G, Brown Goode for further identification snd he decides that itis S. dullaris. The fish is atruly game fish and is the largest of our Eastern cyprinoids, often reaching fifteen oreighteeninchesin length. It rises to the fly, as does ils congener the ‘' the corporal,” but does not occur in sufii- cient numbers tobeangled for especially. [tis popularly known as ‘‘ fall-fish,”’ ‘chub,” ‘‘ dace,’ and sometimes ‘‘ roach.” It is a beautiful fish, with large shining scales, and, in the breeding season, has brightred fins. Ils habit of stone-toting Was new to us, and on looking upits written history, we find no mention of it. — +> —=- GRAYLING Visuinc.—Jesse, in his ‘* Angler’s Rambles,” in speaking of grayling fishing, says: You will always see any person who is a stranger to grayling fishing, aud, I may add, many who have fished for them all their lives, when the Stream is low and yery clear, betake themselves to the streams and curls, from the idea that their fish will see their line in the water. Let them do so; they will, perhaps, catch a few trout and some shut prayling. But go yourself to a deep, dead part of the river—never mind if there is no wind and and the sun is hot—use the finest gut you can procure (even if you. have to give a guinea a knot for it), and two flies, and, when you have thrown your line as light as a gossamer, let it sink eight or ten inches, You will not see arise, buia slight curl in the water, which, by a little practice, you will understand quite as well; and, when you strike, you will have the pleasure of finding a pounder, or more, tugging away at the end of your line. : Kiiuna Fish Wren Cavcut—Caledonia, N. Y., Dec. 16. —Much has been said upon the subject of killing fish when first chught, but only a few anglers practice it. Of all the persons who visit my trout ponds and fish in the creek Here, nol one in ten doit, although most of them will admit that fish are better for the table, and keep better, by being killed instead of suftocatmzin the air. There are differences of opinion as to the best method of killing fish when on the siream. I think the best and quickest is to take the fish in the right hand and strike the back of the head a quick, sharp blow on the but.of your rod. If wading the stream, strike the head hefore remoying the fly or hook from its mouth. When you break the trout’s neck, it spoils the fish for a nice show on the table, as the head will in some cases come off when you dress them, but will always do so when cooking.—J. ANNIN, JR. Nicar Fissive.—Baltimore, Md.—A friend and myself have oo several occasions, during the past summer, chosen dark nights and taken the late train to Bush River, Harford county, this State. Our preparations consisted of lowering an ordinary railroad canteen from the bridge to a height of one foot above the wafer. Our lines contained a spreader, two hooks, and a cork about ten inches above the hooks. Our bait was shrimp. We cast our lines in eight feet of water, the corks floating on the edge of the canteen’s light reflection. The fish, attracted by the light, came around, and we were kept busy from 10 until 4 o’clock in the morn- ing, when by actual count we had bagged 359 fine white peftch, some measuring between 10 and 15 inches, I have found in night fishing for perch the luck is as good, and som2times better, than fishing by day.—Jar. eels ween THE RAINBOW TROUT.—We are permitted to publish the following : Dansville, N. ¥.,Dec. 12—To Seth Green, Esq.,Superin- tendent Pishery Commixsion : During the past season we haye taken special pains to protect the California Mountain trout, panted by our club during the past three years. The young trout were recelyéd from the State Hatching House at Caledonia, It has been understood that none” should be killed by members of #lnbs. The fish are dving splendidly and are taken three miles above where they were plunted, weighing over one pound ench. A friend took one in Canasseraga Crévk, last July, that weighed, after being ont of the water sight hours, eighteen and one-half ounces, He did not know what it was until ltold him, Theréis no doubt abont their being the trout to take the placa of onr old natives, Jonyx Hynanp. CLARK'S HATCHERY,—At the hatchery of My. Prank N. Olurk, assistant to the U. 8. Fish Commission, at Northyille,’ Michigan, there are 22,500,000 whitefish eggs, 125,000 brook trout eggs and 50,000 eggs of the lake trout. He willsoon make some shipments to Germany. a A CuaAi rence Acozprep—Marlboro’, Mass., Dec. 19, 1881. —Fiditer Forest and Stream: At a meeting of the Marlboro’ Sportsmen's Club held the 16th inst., it was yoted to accept the offer of the Fall River Gun Club, published in a late issue of {he Fores? anp Sweeam, to shoot a team match at glass balls. In accordance with that vote I have to transmit to you our acceptance of that offer. Teams to consist of from eight to fifteen men each, at the option of the Fall River Club, and match to be shot upon our grounds in this pluce, at such time as they may designate. We also voted ta accept the challenge of the Worcester Sportsman’s Club to be shot at this place, Jan. 13th next,—Humay §, Fay, Secretary Marlboro’ Sportaman’s Club, Lishculture. AROWTH OF TROUT IN WISCONSIN. Riron, Wis., Dec. 9. Etlilor Forest and Stream + I send you the following history of my experiment for the pur- pose of demonstrating the case and facility with which barren or depleted streams may be stocked with thage bexntifnl fish. Abont four miles south-east of the city of Ripon are two large springs, which meet and form Silyer Creek. The stream uns through the «ity and, after supplying power to several mille, empties info Green Lake, about four miles west of the city, run- ning, by the stveam, about fifteen miles, In the spring of 1680 I proposed to stock the stream with brook trout, but met with much discouragement from the wise ones of this locality. One said that the water was burd and trout would not live there. Another claimed that the drain of the busins into the stream would kill them in twenty-fecur hours. Ofhers, again, were certain that the dace und chub would deyour eyery one of the fry, and that I was fooling away time and money in putting trout in there, Notwithstanding all this, in April, 1880, [ procured from the State hatchery, ut Madison, 20.000 brook trout fry, and planted them in the springs and left them to live or die, tc fight the battle of life and forage for themselyes. In the summer of 1581 T in- quired of those living on the stream about the trout. Nobody had secon them. Some said there was hot a trout in the stream; others slowly shook their wooden noddles and said, '' We told you 80; sorry for you, but you should have taken ouradyice.” TI tell you things looked rather blne. 1 felt worse than a sucking calf that had lost its mother, What was to be done? To giye up now in- volyed uot only a loss of time, money and wind in procuring the fry, but also a pretty good share of self-esteem, and shattered my faith in Prof, Baird and other fishenlturists, That would never do ; so [resolved to brace up and Keep a stiff upper lip. I told the doubting Thomases to keep their shirts on and wail until Noyem- ber and we wonld see what we wonld see, On the 28th of November, 1881, 1 made a yisif to the spring where the fry were placed in April, 1880, If ever a man was #ston- ished Iwas. LIexpected to find some trout there abont eiglit inches long, and there, wilhin four feet of me, were great, magni- ficent fellows fourteen inches long that would weigh over a pound each, The spring contained hundreds of thent from ten to twelve inches loug, decked in their brilliant costume, got up regardless of cost; all busily engaged in preparing their spawning beds. I look- ed abont me, almost expecting to see the ghostof old Izak Walton enyorting around me and offering his kingdom fora fish pole. Had the Governor been there and offered to change places with me I should have asked him boot, JT had cast my bread upon the waters and it had returned to me after many days, The most surprising feature of the case is their vapid growth. They were barely twenty months old, and many of them would weigh a pound each, They have not been fed, but catered for themselves. If demonstrates beyond question that our waters are admirably adapted to the trout, aud if our too ardent fishermen can be restrained for another year Silver Creek will be fully stocked with those beautiful and delicious fish. A. OooLEy. Fish Warden Green Lake Dist, CARP. Wasimne'ron, D. O., Dec. 8, 1881. Editor Forest and Slreain : I came to this city ou a business trip a few days since and found Dr. Hassel, superintendent of the carp ponds near Ripp's Island, west of Babcock Lake, was draining off the water by direction of T'rof. Baird, of the Smithsonian Tustitute, It was found that the increase of fish had been very great during the past season. It is estimated that fully as muuy haye hatched as were discovered in Babeock Lake when it was drawn off, and the numbor is estimatetl to be upward of 100,000. Prof, Baird is seuding these young fish off daily to all parts of the country, very many going to the Southern States, where the temperature of the water 1s higher and more uniform, and they consequently grow faster. Dr. Carey, State Fish Commissoner of Georgia, was present at the drawing off of thepond. He takes much interest in the breeding cf the carp in his State, and saya it has been in every way sativfactory. Superintendent Hassel is making some great improvements in and about Ripp’s Island and through his work Prof. Baird will be able to distribute more carp yearly, as muny old fish will be added for stock purposes, A large number were lost from the ponds last spring, owing to a freshet, and many were washed into the Potomsc* River. Capt. Knight, a well-known fisherman on the viyer, was present and stated that carp are now frequently caught about the river flats among the grasses and that they are delicious fish for the table. Two car loads of carp were shipped last Monday night for New York and New Jersey for slacking the ponds of numuerons gentle- men of those States, I met while here Mr. H. J. Fenton, of Windsor, Conn. Heis the superiitendenti of the Connectiont State Fish Hatcheries, and waar on his way homeward with carp for his State. He has already distributed 1,000 and gets altogether 1.500. Distribution was made in lots of 3) to applicants all over Conn. In the autunm of 1480 he distributed 800 gbout 3 inches long. Sonie of these fish are now 10 inches, — At the Conn. Hatchery, at Fenton, there sre now 480,000 trout eggs, 300,000 Penobscot salmon egga, and of land-locked salmon fully 275,000 ready for State purposes at Twin lakes. Mr, Fenton tells me a land-locked salmon was lately taken—of the planting of 1i87s—that weighed 4 bs. 2 uzs. f Mr. F. and myself attended the Guitean trial together, but I as- Bure you the fish question interested us much more than the gab- sa of the cranky assassin. Why do not the Pennsylvania men who wish to try the experi- ment of growing the carp make application for a few fish before they are gone? Homo. a THE GERMAN FISHERY ASSOCIATION.—We have circular No, 6 of the Dentsche Fisherie Veréin for Noyember, 1881. From it we take the following notes - Mr, Sshuster reports haying taken 23,000 eggs from four four-year old California salmon which he reared, and which had never left the ponds of his bracding estab- lishment at Freiburg. Mr. yondem Borne, in the ofticial report of the society, writes that they received oges of the qnuinnat gal- mon, Oncorhynchus chowjwha; the land-locked sulmon, Salmo salar yar. sebayo ; the brook-tront, Saluelinus foninalis, and the whitefish, Coregonus alius, from Americathe past year. With the exception of the brook trout all came in good order. Some from Mr, Annin had endured exposnre and meb with considerable loss ; others from Mr. Stone arrived safely. The nee of sawdust as a packing material for eggs is not approyed, Whenitis fresh it is inclined to heat, and thereby was considerable lossin sending eggs of the quinnat salmon from Geestemunde, Carp fry. at Walmun- chen, were fed sith blood at first and then with bread, and on the 12th of July were from dive to six centimeters long. At Sominer- sin they were fed with bran; at Kahmen with ground meat (fleisch- mehl) aud potatoes ; al Berneuchen with pig manure, linseed oil- vake and with “ water-pest,"’ (a water zlant of some kind), At Des#au the old carp are fed with ants’ eggs, bread, barlay, pota- toes, blood and refnae moat, Carp, goldfish and the golden tench are particularly fond of the oil-cake, and large pieces can he thrown to them. T have not sneceedod in getting os vapid growth in carpina small space with artificial food asim larger waterd where there is more range and plenty of food. EGGS FOR GERMANY,—Seyeral lots of eggs ave either on their way or are about to be sent to Germany. On the 17th the North German Lloyd steamer Maiu took ont 20,000 ezgs of the lake trout, Orisitoomer namayeush, from Prof, Baird to the Deyfsclie Fischerei Verein. They came from the hatehery of Frank N. Clark, Northyille, Mich., and were re-packed by Mr, Mather, of FonEsT anp SpReam. ‘i On the 24th the Oder, of the same line, will take out 300,000 eggs of white fish Corerenes albus, trom Prof, Baird, to the same destination, also from Mr. Clark. The Oder will also take 20,000 eggs of brook trout, Salvelinus Sontinalis, from Mr, Livingston Stone, Charlestown, N, H., forthe Dentsche Pisuherei Vere, and an equal number for Mr, Ebricht, Geestemunde,. QUINNAT SALMON IN GERMANY.—In a private letter Mr. yon Behr, President of tle Denteche Pischerel Verem, writes that the California salmou, from eggs sent by Prof. Baird this year, are doing capitally. He guys that Mr. Schuster knows not how to deal with all the fry with which his tanks are swarming until he deposits them in the Danube. FOOD OF CARP,—Thosé of onr readers who are interested in carp culture will read with interest the reporf on feeding them in Germany, Under the head of * he German Fishery Association” wé give a translation of Mr. vou dam Bourne's report of the man- agement of this fish in different parta of that country. Che Zennel. THE NATIONAL FIELD TRIALS—CONTINUED, BELTON Il. AND NELUIE, Wednesday morning a start was made at half-past seyen, and fifteen minutes later Belton IIL. aud Nellis were put down, just east of the old fortification, near thé town, to run out their un- finished heat, Belton did not commence very well, as he soon ran into wsmall bevy and“fushed them, Following them into some sprouts, Nellie msde a point, which Belton backed indifferently. The bird was flushed to order, and missed, Nellie soon found an- other bird, whieh she pointed nicely, Belton agam backing poorly. Sh: rt, to order, winged a bird that Nelhefailedto find. She again PUinted, and Bellon backed, 4 little better this time. Short, to order, killed, and Nellie retrieved nively. Ont in the open, Belton flushed a bird, and the rest of the bevy rose wild. Following them, Belton pointed, and Nellie, coming up in the tall grass, also came toa point. Short flushed to order, snd his gun missed fire. Bel- ton again fnushed, and the dogs were ordered up and Nellie award- ed the heat. Down altogether one hour. BIZ AND COUNT NOBLE. _ Biz, handled by Mr. McIntosh, aud Count Noble, handled by Sanborn, were at once cast of. Great interest was felt by all in the result of this heat, as Biz is considered one of the crack dogs of Pennsylvania, and the Connt 18 well known as & good one. vids fact, many who had seen his work confidently expected him to cowie to the front. Both dogs went ata good rate of speed, but Biz was the fastest. Both ranged yery wide, und quarterad fairly. biz scored the first point on a bird that flushed almost as soon as he stepped, He remained steady, and carefully feeling the wind, be drew on a few steps, and again pomted and held the birds a long time, while Sanborn whistled up Count, who finally came and backed in good style. A lurge bevy was flushed, which was followed, and two or three of them were put up by the spectators, but the dogs failed to find any of them. A spin was now taken m the open, where all could see the dogs, and compare their merits astoranging. Biz kept on inereasing his speed, and clearly had the legs of Count. é also runged folly ss wide, and quartered as well. Turning back to where the birds were first found, and going east, Biz pointed, and then poaded yery carefully. Count took up the same scent u little to his left, Bothrouding on, Connt first established his pomt, and Biz, who had been doing some yery fine work, dropped to point just asa single bird rose, Sanborn, to order, Hushed a large bevy, and killed neatly. This work was siniply perfection, Moving on, Count scored 4 fiush. Both then quartered # large field of sedge grasé in giand style, doing excel- lent work. Passing over # knoll, Count went down to the bottom, where he pointed in good style. Biz came upand swung round behind him, and pointed just as the birds—which were geen run- ing—tose. Both were steady to wing. Count was flat and Biz dropped nicely. Gojngup the gully Connt dropped ona nice point, which Biz refused to back. Sanborn fiyshed a single bird wluch he hit hard, bnt did not stop. Countagain pointed, just as two birds rose, A little further on, he tnshed o single bird, and a few yards further he ran into, and flushed, a bevy, dropping to wing nively. Biz now roaded a little too close, and finshed and dropped at once. Therest of the bevy then got up wild. These finshea were all down wind, The dogs were then ordered up, and the judges, after comparing notes, awarded the hoat to Biz. Down just one hour, This heat was greatly admired, as itis not every day that one bas a chance to see 0 good a dog as Count Noble beaten, RUE AND KING DASH, Rush, handled by Aldrich, aud King Dash, handled by Short, were put down af 10:40, Tush 1s the well-known champion smull pointer, and was drawn finer than we ever saw him. He ran last year at Robbins* Island, but was so grossly fat and full-fed thathe did not show to yery good advantage. Hoe waa unfortunate in falling in with King Dash, whoisavatller. They started off very well, Dash at a slishing guit and Kush a little slower, but as he warmed to his work he showed a much faster gait than we had supposed him capable of, Dash’s Grst point was & beautiful one, but only a lark was found im froutof him. Rush, when going at speed through a cornfield, suddenly bronght np all standing on a yery stylish point, but moyed on into the woods and again pointed staunchly, but as nothing was found he seoredafalse point. Fol- lowing a bevy that had been flushed by the judger, both dogs got tco near a bird, and it Hushed, Dash cronehed as the bird got up, and Rush was fairly steady, but did not drop to wing. Dash roaded a bird very well, but getting too close, scored another fiush. He soon drew to a good point, but the bird Hushed wild, A little fur- ther on, both pointed single birds. Short killed to order, and Dash retrieved. He then flushed a bevy, and Rush pointed on trail and roaded yery well up to where they gotup. On a little further, Dash dropped in a gamy poimt ona fresh Killed rabbit, which fush commenced to eat but was called off, Then ha swung to the left, and made a beautiful point, which was backed by Dash ; bothrosded, Rush ahead, aud the bird Hushed. both now pointed falxe. Both ROE agaiv, but the birds flushed wild. Dash drew on and the birds got up allaround him. A bird was thrown, and (he gun fired, to test their retrieving, which both did very well, ‘They were now ordered up, and the heat awarded to King Dazh. Down two hours. DON AND GROYSE DALE, Don, ahother pointer, handled by Mr, Vanderyort, and Grouse Dale, the winner of first prize at Robbins’ Island, were now pa down in #omé sprouts, Going bnt 2 short distance, both dogs pointed at thé dame time about fifty yards apart, but no bird was found in front of Don, Grouse Dale had a bird, which gol up almost is Foon aa he stopped. Then ont near the edge Don pointed, and his bird did the same. Then Grouse scored a flush, A little further on Don came to 4 good point, and Gronse backed him grandly. Don moyed on and roaded up to a bevy, which the handlers fushed and lived at, but missed. Don worked very care= folly bnt the birds would not lio well, as the spectators—ansious to see the work—crowded up snd the noise made them wild, Worlung ont into the open, the dogs were taken mp at 1:15, After Inneh thay wera pnt down in a cornfield at 1:50 and worked through to zome Waods wheré Don pointed false. Grouse coming up started s hare, which run close 10 Don, and both dogs took ondjor two jumps toward it, bul stopped to erder, Moying on through the woods, buth challenged in some sedge and # single ‘bird Was shirted some little distande behind them. Then on across an open Job abd into smother piece of woods, which were drawn blank, we crossed a yalley Into sonie sprouts, When near the top of the opposite side, Grouse made one of his mag nificent points on a largabevyy. Don cams up, but did not ee 5 OO _— - Drormper 22, 1981.] FOREST AND STREAM, - ALS back, but swing for the secnt and also pointed in good style. Tallman, to order, flushed the birds, and killed one. Both dogs remained steady, Don, ordered to retrieve, did so fairly with some help from hig handler, Followmg these birds, Grouse fonud first and made another grand point, while Don either backed or pointed, we could not tell which, bnt were inclined to think that he pointed. Tallman, to order, killed yery neatly, and Grouse retrieved nicely, Vhis was most excellent work. Turning back through the spronts both challenged, but moved on to some timber, when some birds fushed wild. Turning down wind Grouse did 9. very fine piece of work. He roaded a phort distance, aud located a hirdin grand style, displaying good judgment. Tallman, moving up, flushed the bird. Swinging ronnd to get the wind, and working back Don scored a good point, also down wind The birds were flushed to order by the handler and miased, Gronge soon pointed again, but the bird finshed almost at the samginstint, Hesoon pointed again, but this war a false point. The birds bad evidently run, as he roaded on them, A Jittle fur- ther on Don pointed, and Grouse moyed up to him and also pointed. Some very fine roading was now done hy both dogs, but the pointer had the good luck to locate the birds. By swinging to the left, he got wind of a large beyy, and drew to a staunch oint just oyer a ditch. Grouse meantime roading them out, but fetore he gotup to them they had gone, and with them his chance of yictory, as they were now ordered up and Don declared the winner. Down altogether two hours and five minntes. ‘This was 9 grand heat, and from start to finish the performances of the dogs were watched with aborbing interest. PEEP 0’ DAY AND DASHING ROVER. Peep o’ Day, handled by Wallace, and Darhing Rover, handled by A. Winter, were put down in a cornfield m a- valley at 3:30. Peep started off at a slashing gait, ranging well and moyiug yery gracefully. Rover is also a yery good moying dog, but: was clearly oyer-matched. Peep dropped toa point some distance from a lurge bevy, and Rover bronght up to back, refused and moved on ahead for several yards, and cameato a beantiful point, which he soon broke, and going on scored a bad flush. Winter shot and missed and Royer broke shot, but stopped after a few jumps. Fol- lowing the birds, Peep dropped on point, ahd Royer brought up to back, backed out and went away # few steps, whero he atoad still, but his tail was moving, Wallace winged a bird, but, as it could fly a little, Peep was not allowed to retrieve it. Royer was now Withdrawn and Peep declared the winner at 3:55. Down twenty-five minutes, MAXWELL AND TRIX. Maxwell, handled by Short, had not rn, as his competitor, Countess May, had been withdrawn, and he was cast off with ‘Lrix, who had a byé. She was handled by Winter. At the word Max- well was off like a rocket straight away and soon lost to sight. He was found alter a while and brought back, and started again when he ran oyer a knoll out of the sight of the judges, and flushed « boyy. He then settled down and went much better. On the hill- sides he made a falee point which Trix refused to back. ‘Then a turn was made and we started toward homie, but nothing was found and the dogs were ordered np at 5. After reaching the hotel, Trix was withdrayn and Maxwell declared the winner of the heat, This ended the first seriés of heats with the following result, as published last week, FIRST SERI“S—ALL-AGED STAKES, Bessie beat Gordon, May Layerack beat Dash TIL Maxwell beat Conntess May (withdrawu.) Breckenridge beat Kinnikinnick. Maud W, beat Dashing Monarch, Lad beat Pindees. Tita beat Minerva. Nellie bext Belton IIT, Biz beat Connt Noble. King Dash beat Rush, Don beat Grouse Dale. Feep 0’ Day beat Dashing Royer. Maxwell beat Trix (withdrawn. ) . SECOND SERIES ALL-AGHED STAKES, BESS AND MAY LAVERAUK, Friduy morning the same route was taken axon tho first day, and Bess and May Laverack were cast off at8:05 1m the cotton hela. Both went yery well, but Bess appesréd to be in the best form and ran an excellent heat, Had she done as well in her heat sith Dashing Novice on ‘Tuesday we cannot but think that the result would have been different, Working through the cotton and corn- field, in search of the bevy previously fouud here, the dogs did not swing quite far enough to the north, and the birds wore start- ed by the spectators. Three or fonr of them went down in the sprouts, and the rest flew east into the woods. Swinging round into the edge of the spfonts, both dogs pointed just as the birds flush- ed, May being a little ahead. Moving on May challenped, and Bess backed, then both roaded a short distunce, and May estab- lished a point, which Bess backed nicely, and two birds ware flushed, but notshotat. A little further on, May pointed false, aud Bess backed. Working east, Bess made a beautiful point. May called up, went round her, and, we thought, pointed instead ot backed, Moving on into the woods, May pointed, aiid Beas backed, Roading on, May scored a flush. nrning south, Bess madé a grand point, while May was stopped to order, but moving on she scored another flush, two or three birds getting up all around her. Bess remained steady. ‘Uhey were now ordered up, and the heat awarded to Bess. Down forty minutes. BRECKENRIDUE AND MAUD W, Breckenridge and Maud W. were at once put down in a field of sedge und ourn, and, working to the east, Muud dropped on a beau- tiful point. Breck, called up to back, passed by without ecaing her, but as he turned back, he canght sight of her, and backed nicely. Dr. Ware killed to order, and Maud retrieved fairly. This wyis a yery pretty performance. A little further and Breck dropped, and Mand bucked yery grucefully, Capt. Menry flushed the bird but missed. Maud came to a point soon after, and Breck came ypand half pointed, but both handlers moved close to the dogs, and Maud became n little nneteady and flushed four or five birds, We thought the handlers to blame for this. Mand then swung out into’ some weeds and made a capital point on a fresh bevy, Lack came around behind, and dropped also on pot. This wae goud work. Qapt. Henry finshed to order and missed with both barrels, A little further on, Breck pointed a rnuning bird, and then leaving the trail he swung ahead and located it nicely. Maud backed the first point but went on to order, when Breck nioved, and passed by the Tard, which was flushed to order infront of Greek, Mand, now ranging gt sped, ioshed a bird that she should have pointed, and the judges, after comparing notes, awurded the heat to Breck. Down thirty-livs minntes, LITA AND LAD. Lita and Lad were now cast off mm the sedge and woods, and afte a short spin, were sent into the corn, where Lad, going at apeed, struck the scent of a large boyy aud dropped, as if shot, on & point, which he held until Lita was brought up to back, which she did fairly. The birds were finshed to order, and one lalled, whith Lad retrieved very well. Following the birds, both dogs challenged, and moyed on, when Lita made» good point, which Lad backed. Tho bird wax killed, und Litn sent to vetvieva, but not finding it readily, Lad moyed np ind came toa poink, just ar abird got up. Both got seent of {he déad bird, aud moyed toward it, when three more finshed, “Then Lita poited just as the bids Nnehed, aud amoment later Tad did the same. Lita nosy voaded nicely a short distance, and dropped on a point. Lid backed, but nothing was found, aud they were ordured np, aid Lad awarded the heat, Down twenty-five mimites. NELLIL AND ARIZ: Nellis and Biz were at once put down. Both ranged and quartered in grand style, Biz soon swang to the left, and made _— a yery handsome cronching point, which he held some time for Nellie to come np, but as she did not come Mr. McIntosh fushed to order and killed, Biz dropping nicely to wing, Ths bird wad only wing-lipped, tind was not retrieved, Then crossing the rail- road, Nellie challenged and roaded up to a bevy thatwera fedding, and pointed in grand style, Biz went arannd her and the birds, bnt showed no sign. Nellie again pointed, while Biz vosded to her left and helf pointed, but no bird was found before lim while one was fiushed to order before Nellic, Biz now pointed in a patch of plum trees, and Nellie to his left pointed at the end of the same puteh. Sanborn flushed to order and killed, and the bird fell close to Biz who retrieved if nively. Both then roaded running birds, one of which got up wild before Riz, while Nellie passed by a bird that was flushed behind her. She roaded grandly on into the woods, aud established a poiut, but the dry leayes were too much for Biz, who roaded too close and flushed two or threetimes, while Nellie remained staunch. He was at last brought up to her, but failed to back or wind the bird, which was flushed to order a few yards m front of her, The heat was then awarded to Nellie. Down forty-five minutes. KING DASH AND DON, King Dash and Don were put down at 10:40, Across the gully both challenged, but nothing came of it. After « long time, Don again challenged in some sedge and roaded a shiov't distance, when he swung to the leftund caught it again in grand atyle, but the ground was bare, and Short coming up, the birds flushed before he had fairly located them. This was a good piece of work, as he stuck to fhem and found very well indeed. Dash crossed the trail in front of him two or three times, but paid no attention to it. Following’on into the woods, Don pointed, hntthe bird finshed wild before Dash came np. Don soon got another good point, which Dash backed nicely. Mr. Vandeéyoort flushed to order and missed. Swinging round by the railroad and up a swale, both challenged, and Don roaded in finestyle up to a bevy and was backed by Dash. The birds were finshed to order, and Short killed. This was good work, as the birds were down wind, and Don showed excellant judgment in handling them. Going on, Don scored a Aneh, but. soon came to a point, sud Dash dropped yery nicely to ack. The bird was flushed to order, and Short winged it. Don, sent to re- trieve, failed to find readily as it had run, but when we started on, he ran into the bird, and retrieved it unharmed. Across the gully, Dash made a splendid point at the edge of some brush, and Don backed him, but as Short moved up, Dash upset his chances by ) making a willful iush, They were now ordered up, and the heat awarded to Don. Down alittle more than an hour. We now went to lnuch which was awaiting us at the cotton gin, PEEP O'DAY AND MAXWELL, At,1,05 Peep o' Day and Maxwell were put down at the head of the gully to the east. When near the fence, Peep pointed false. The spectators finshed a beyy on top of the hill, which fiew into the woods. Working toward them, Peep pointed under a treetop, and one bird finshed wild, She then went around to the other side, and made a beantiful point, and Max backed in good atyle. Wallace flushed to order and missed, both dogs remaining steady. Then over thé hills and through the fields, Peep showed the best pace and much the best style, Across the railroad, Peep drew to 4 nice point on a large beyy. Max backed and then went in ahead. He was » little unsteady, but finally pointed. The birda were flushed to order, and one was killed, Following on, Max made a good pointat a tree-top, when a bird lushod wild, but he re- mained staunch until bis bird was Hushed to order,- This was yery good, Peep finshed a bird soou after at the sume place. A bird wasithrown up and shot at for Peep to raiieve, which phe did well. hey were then ordéred up, and the beat awarded to Peep o’ Day. Down nearly an hour, SUMMARY SECOND SERIES OF HEA'S, Bessie beat May Lavyerack. Breckenridge beat Maud W. Lad beat Leta, Nellie beat Biz, Don beat King Dayh, Peep o’ Day beat Maxwell. THIRD SERIES. BRECKENRIDGE AND BESS, This ended the second series, and Breckenridge and Bess were put down ut 2 o'clock to run the first heat of the third series in some weeds, Running slong the fence, with Breck 9 little uhead, the dogs flushed a bevy. Bess dropped to wing nicely, and Breck was fairly steady, Swinging round to get the wind , Bors challenged ata tree-top, while Breck tumbled off alog on a staunch point, the scene being a yery prelty one, Capt. Henry flushed to order and killed very neatly, and Breck retrieyed well. Then across the railroxd Breck dropped on a point, which Bess backed. Roading a short distance, he dropped again. The bird then got up. Moving back inte the woods both pointed false, and then out into the open, where a bird had been marked down, both dogs pointed the bird, which was seen to run ahead, Bess, ordered on, scored a flush, and both d gs dropped to wing. ‘They were then taken up, and breckenridge awarded the heat. Down an hour and a half. LAD AND NELLIE, Lad and Nellie were at once put down and worked across the open lot. Lad pointed ata bunch of brush, where Nellie took a sniff and went on, and Lad, discovering his error, moved on also, Nellie quartered very wide across the wind to the lett, and pointed anice beyy, which she held until we came Tp, When Sanborn fushed the birds to order. Meantime Lad found aud pointed another bevy, which was flushed by Dew, who killed one, When Lad broke shot, but. at once dropped to order, Swingitie round, Nellie drew to a splendid point ona bevy. Lad, called up to back, did not see her, and crossedin front and dropped on point as if shot, Dew flushed to order, and made a verynéat donble. Nellie retrieyed 4 Winged bird yery uicely, but Lad failed to find the other. Going onin the thick briurs Nellie flushed a single bird, then swinging back the jndgzes compared nolog and uwarded Nellie the heat. Down one honr. PEEP 0’ DAY AND DON, Peep o' Day and Don were put down at 3:30. Working through (he woods into a large lield of weeds, Don oballonped and roaded toa point. Peep swung ronnd and pomted ahead of him, We could not ge6 which pointed first, but thought tat Pasp had the beat of it. “Dhe birds were finshed to order by Wallace, who killed, and Peep retrieved nicely. Moving on south, both ohal- lenged, und Dony -oaded toward a bevy that Hushed wild, THe ap- peared to bé all off, for he soon flushed n bird that Peep had dropped fo and on which he should haye backed, Then Peep flushed one in the briers. Don now made a blunder by roading 2 tail the wrong way in acornfield. The judges finshed the bevy behind him. Peep pointed in the brierz, and held her birds for Don to be called up to back, which he did very well, A little further on Peep tinshed. Don then scored a fale point, which Peep backed, He then pointed a hare, and Pesp again backed, They were now ordered up, and the heat awarded to Peep o' Day. Down one hour. { SUMMARY THIRD SERIES OF HEATS, Breckenridge beat Bessie, Nellie beot Lad, Pesp 0’ Day beat Don. FOURTH SERINS. NELME AND BRECKENRIDGE. This eonchidéd the third sories, and Nellie and Breckanridye Were act off ob 4:30 for the frst heat of the fonprth geriag. Tireck ut once scored a falke point, aud Nellie, afew minutoslater, did tho sme thing, and Breck backed. Nellia ten swuige round, and hinted grandly & larye beyy, while Breck, a litle to her left, foaded # single bird, which he flushed, and chased clea aronnd Nellie and her birds, which were now tushed to order, and Capt. Hhury killed one, which Nellis xetrieved, She then mude w graud point, which Breck backed, and the bird—a oripple—was caught. Breck then {shed 4 gingle bird in tlie swale, aud Nellie was syarded the heat at 5 o'clock, Down half an hour, This lef’ Nellie and Peep «’ Day the only ones in to compete for the first Prize, NELLIE AND PEP 0’ DAY. Saturday morning they were put down at 8 o'clock in a field of weeds east of the old fort. 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Prime from ......- pole Giebty Selente aot cee ype es 60 10 (i) Fox, gray, No. and East’n, cased, accoruing to size and color, Prime frOM,..... 2... :cccceewees snes ‘ fp tO 70 Fox, gray, Soulh’n and West’n, cased, according Lo size and color. Primé irom,...........e-..se--es 46 to 50 Fox, gray, North and East, open, accordihg to size and color. Prime from._..,,....,-..., vpeaguaedup 45 10 st) Fox, gray, South and West, according to size and color. Prime from... .2 425.5) ¢- Vill sceg inet ‘ Ath TO 40 Fox, Kitt, according to size and color. Prima tram, 80 to 40) Ly ux, according to Size andcolor. Primetrom,..... 250 to 3 60 Martin, Slates, #ecording to size andcolor. Lrime SH ees 2) Oe oben pet ete ds seoayprin 100 to 125 Mink, N. Y.and N, Eng., according to siz3 and color. Prime frOM....-...-.-. eee eee wink cleles delgle te ntnie= slate 100 to 1 25" Mink, Oainada, according to sve and color, Prime (POM Ge = ee ie eases tees opel ee sces cue eet snsecet - 1fn0to 125 Mink, Southern N, Y., N.J., Penn. and Ohio, ac:cord- ing to siveand color. Prime from..--.,..., peeing ell ao ty) Mink, Md., Va., Ky., Ind., Wis, and Iowa, according to size and color. Prime from,........-..-.....5 30 to 40 Mink, Missourl and all Southern, according to size and COlOL. PYG TOM .... ey wee eer w nse ceee ee 25 to 80 ‘ Mink, Minn., Wis. and N..W,, according to size und color, Prime trom..... Se a deleinabeicleidd- oie aoe ne 60 to wy) Muskrat, Northin N, Y. and Hastn,..... Spring from 14 to 16 w West'n, Including Pa. and Ohlo, * 14 12 to 14 i) North'n and Eastern Fall and Winter ‘* qi to 12 a“ Pal snd Ohio... -..204-7 sens “5 ‘b 5 lo 10 ‘* Western ‘L fe 8 to 10 ‘« South Pr’ “ae “4 bY § to 10 ” ‘¢ Winter and Fa o Li 4 i uw JFOIUCGNE. Meesas. seen er ree 33 4 5 Otter, North’ and East’n, and North Western, ac- cording tosize and color. Priméirom........... 0 00 ta 1200 Ufter, Penn., N. J.,Ohio and Western. Primetrom. Su0 to ft) Otter! Ky., Md., Va. Kas, and vicinity, i 40d to 6 00 Olter, North Carolina, ,,-.:-. s+... as BS 400to 400 “ "South Carolina and Georgla..--, 3 IS 200 to 3 00 Opossum, Northern cased, large...... 2 t. 20 to 22 te “Southern Prime anil open, Northern Prime TPOWD:, 2. deat Cue e bee nat eR cra cols earp s58 Hat troaiy ~ if to 16 Raccoon, Mich., N. Ind., Indian handled, dark, ac- f coiding to size and color, ,...- -2:.:: Prime from sv to 85 ‘Raccoon, lilinois, lowa, Wis. and Minh, * ctl Al) to 60 i W. York and E, States and Northern ONTO + (oe ccc cee da feo neem estee cence yess Prime irom 60 to 65 Taccoon, N. J., Penn, Ind., IL, Mo. Neb., Kas. and Wew Madrld....- sence cees ee tater eet . Prime from AQ to 50 Raccoon, Md, Va., Ky, and Tenn......., oe i} 35 to 50) at No, and So. Carolina, Georgia, Ark, Florida and Ala, Prime fromm... 0. .+-- sees steer eeseee ns 20 to #5 Rabbits, Prive cased, MOMs =. ..e+ sees weeeens sveme rs 2 to con Skunks, prinie black, I, oaped, rom. -.1.. +2 4.2242: ,-. 100 1 1n*t “b “ rvs T, Open, (Ow. ..--. see see eens ‘ 7h to 65. te & ag white slreak, If, cased, from.,...... 45 10 Th « Ww Gea a Il, open, from... 0 40 10 Ad 4 whole streaked, Ti] and IV, trom,.... 20 Lo 30 te BCADS, (POM... eee- eer ee ares Wels bees cus ct (ad 1 Wolt skins, mountalo, large. Prime from...,...... 1% to 2 50 a prairie, average prime skins. Pilmefom 75 to 1 00 Very truly your's, ©, G. GUNTHHR’s Sons. es, ‘ * Skis to bring this price must be really falr sive, prime, dark and fine. + Skins with only two linger Marks of white on the head, we also call black, Green skins are worth twelve cents less per skin than dried and welLstreoched skins, Woodchucks, squirrels, weasels and ordinary jiouse cats aré worthless, N. B.—Above quotations are for all Icinds.of prime skins, according to size and color. Good size and good color, of course, command out- side figures, and as much more or less 4s the Inarket warrants when Ubey come to hand. SS eee ARCTIC SHOOTING—Headquarters Department of the Colum- bia Vancouver Barracks, W. T., Noy. 30, 1881.—Le Hoy Shot and Lead Manufacturing Uo., New Yorl: City, VN. ¥.—Dear Sirs : My party used your shot during its two years aud a half sojourn in the Avctie, and fonnd it to be espesially suited for that locality. The dense feathor coyering of the birds, especially the aqnatic yarichy, makes the Arctic the best practical field for testing of spotting ummunition that exists, and during all the mentioned time the Le Roy shot never failed us.—Very respectfully your obedient servauit, Prep. Scnwarita, Lieutenant 0, 8. Army, late Oommander of the Franklin Search Party of 1878, ‘70, and 780, Rifle and Gray Sheating. OFTF-HAND ys. HIP REST. Boston, Mass., Dec, 19, 1881, Editor Forest and Stream 2 1 am glad to see in your Issue of the 15th, by the indorsement, you glye the Worcester rifleman’s letter, that you aresound upon that mo- mentous question of * off-hand versus hip rest." 7, too, baye had my Bou) yexed by tose fellows Who will persist In taking all sorts of ont- Jandish positions when they go ta shoor. Some ot then who are rather long In the neelk lump thelr backs and néarly dislocate their lip jolts in their desperate endeavors to acquire the * bastard hold.? Others stradije lke the Colossus of Rhodes and extend their arm as if ying to get atinger in the muzzle of thebpieces, Still others cock up their right elbows at an angle of 45 deg., and fancy that in this position they haye struck the ‘short road to high scores.” Tn Shot, at our range every rifleman has a tick of his own. which he has aci{ulred by Hrst trying all allowable positions and finally adopting that wile he fancies will best enable him to wit: and as pearly all of them Succeed belter than I, it is evident enough to me that they have made their “ clever trickery avyallaple.” I know one rifleman—a trained symnast—who, to gain a4 mean ad- vantage over hls competitors, has rastened a knob around his rife barrel well oul toward the muzzle, which he smears with rosin, also applying a liberal quantity to his Jeft hand (tis to prevent slipping); then, atfer inflating Lis lings to their utmost capaciry and blowing off ke a Westenhans alr brake, he shoves his rifie back In a way which appears to completely dislocate his shoulder, and proceeds to pul his bulletin the centr of the bull. 1 protest with my fellow-ritleman of Worcester that such trickery is Scandalous, and, asrifie shooting 13 now rather on the decline, it Will be a good time 1o banish it from our oS I know the specious arguments of these wicksters; they maintain ee eee that, as it 1s considered falr to acquire a rife of the utmost accuracy withio the rules,so,to be consistent, they should adopt that post- Uon—standing eloar of all support which will enable them to shoo inbest; that as the “bastard hold’ 1s free to all, they who have de- libéralwly chosen other positions haye no right tasqueal if they are beaten, They algo willurse, with some deuree of plausibility, That. as Their money, equally with those who hold differently, has bulldeéd {le Tanges throughout the country, tt would bea qnfalr to bar them or compel them 16 forfeit all thelr previous traloinge and adopt an in- Terior position, These arguments seem plausible enough, but I have no doubt our friends of (he extended-arm persuasion will bé able to rotute them; if not—why, all is fairin love and war, and, as rine- thoo.ing is an art which pertains in a Jarge degree to the latter busi- niss—I see no reason why, if we have a slight muajonty, we should not have things to our minds. Should if result in cisorganizing our clubs and sending many rifles 10 the junk dealers, why, then we shall at least in thé future haye uniformity. PHABODY Mantina, oor a THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY MATCH, HE English papers und riflumen haye taken up the subject of the proposed watel between teams of American and English mili- tary men, and therd ls a general retrain of **Come on, we'el wel- come you and beat you.” The Volunteer Service (Mazette has ex- pressed itself very warmly in favor of the match, and tn ifs issue of Dec. {id makes room for a letler from a well-known English shot, who says: A true military match with the United States wl be re- garded with national interest, at least as far as the volunteers are concerned. Thi move the milifiry element predominates In the con- test, he greater will be the interest excited asregarda the result. The first polnt for consideration is, however, 1s the match to be one of menor oftriies? Tf one team fs armed wih a better weapon than the other, victory would be more thin likely to go with the best rife. Indeed, however skilieda riflemman may be,if he has 10 compete with an inferior arm he is unequally taxed; the match, therefore, can hardly be considered a fair Might. in order that both teams may be placed on an equal Tooting in the mutter ofrifies, T beg to submit the followlog plan : Proposali, As the match will most jikely be shot at Wimble- don this year, that both teanis use the regulation seryice rifle of the Uniled States National Guard; the Americans to send over the re- quired number of rittes for the use of our team, with as much ammu- nition as may be Lhought necessary—taking care, of course, thatthe rifles reached here in time for plenty of practice. As lhe revurh match will beshotin America, we undertake, ot Lhe proper time, to send over Martini Henry rifles for the use of the Americans, both teams using that viflein America, Nodoubt the N. R. A., or some other body or person, would hold themselves responsible tor the safe return of the rifles. If the Secretary of State at War could not see his way to send ont the rifles, no doubt some private firm would loan them under certain conditions. Thisscheme would, to @ certain extent, be a test of rifles as well as of men. For instance, if the scores made with the Martini-Henry greatly exceeded those niade with the American rifle, we might fairly conclude, under the circumstances, that the Mar- tinl-Henry is the best weapon; and vice versa the same with tho American arm, Proposal’, Leteach team shoot over the ranges and then ex- change rifles, and go over the course again, taking the aggregate scores madéin the heats. This plan would, same as proposal 1, re- quire af exchange of rifles beforéband in order that borh teatns Mmizht understand both rifles. There would, of course, be many other details to settle, but the cardinal point should be to see that both teams shoot level as regards rifles. —I ai, Sir, yours faltifully. HERBERT P, MILLER. On this side of the water it is difficult to find out whatiis golng on. The big score Makers do not seem inclined to enter as contestants unless they Gan retain their wind-gauged weapons, and 1t looks asit there should be something in the way of official correspondence fix- Ing the conditions of the proposed match. At present the Ameri¢an riflemen tamper with theirvifles ad lib. While the British shooters assume any position at any range and off-hand shooling is a thing of Ue past there. Indicative of the feeling Of our army officials to- ward the mutter, the following from a letter written by Gen, Sher- man to Major Farr, of the 11th Brigade, Biooklyn, whois the Secre- tary of the committee having the matter In charge is given: Ttis unlversully admitted in army cireles that the contests for marksmanship with rifles, which haye been fashtonable of late years, have improved the general average, and that is what we consider the most valuable. By giving alla chance to compete tor the privilege of composing the team lo goto, Wimbledon, you add a, new stimulus to the National Guard. The same will oceur in Eng- land; and all who are interested in rifle practice on both sides of the water Will naturally watch with intense Interest the fnal struggle jor supremacy at Wimbledon, All cansay, or should say, is, that it is plucky for the National Guard to dare such a test, ind that 7 am sure the best will win. With great respect, most truly, etc., W. 'T. SHERMAN. +e PISTOL SHOOTING, Euitar Forest anid Sireaine r ‘Phe article In last issue of WOREST AND STREAM signed “ Quartus” sulpriged me very much, coming, as Ib does, from one who has read your aritcle on pistol shooting In fhe issue or December 1, When you siid that to hit u telegraph pole at fifty-five yards Is barely possible, I suppose you meant shooting off-hand ih @ Tair and square manner; bill the idea which séems to have taken posession of ‘Quartus’? toind 1s that you assert it to be almost impossible to Taike the pistol doit, Now. 1 thipk a good navy revolver, when held timby and stelted by one who knows the sights perfectly and then fired tromatxed rest, will place all the shots on a three Toot target at 100 yards, with a large majority * elther bullstyes or within 4 few inches,” but In no obher way can “ Quartus” or any other man hit a three foot tatget more than two or three thes out of five shots, ayer- aze shooting, af that distance. The bullseye, Which is completely coyered by the fine bead Ina plobe sight, amounts lo nothing at all when shooting a revolyer with ordinary open sights; and if itis hit, shooling without a rest of some kind itis the merest chance. I make this statement after some con- siderable experience in reyolyer practice, and after seelng some of those men sloot who ‘ised fo’ make such wonderful shots. When telling about the shots they have made, why won't people say that it was done with 4 rest,and then haye the pleasure of knowing they have told the truth, if nota big yarn? N. EB. M. Westerly, BR. T. A Hartford correspondent says of the telegraph pole hitting: Haye been interested in your articles an pistol shooting, Don't know the size of the telegruph poles you refer to or the style of pistol used, but we lidve meu here who will, with an army pistol, Make 75 per dnt, of hits on an elzht inch pole at 65 yards distance. — ALBANY, Dec. 15.—This afternoon the marksmen took advantage of the fine weuther and shot the regular match at Rensselaerwyck. The match was ab 200 yards, fiye shots, two best scores (0 count, and the prize a box of tine cigars. Captain Fitch got a total of 47 on his first 1) shots, which remalned top score for some littlewhile. Charles, who had been quietly Working away, suddenly unnounced 48 to his credit, ‘The Captain, not dismayed, pub up the best possibla v4, which gave him the best 45 on the count off, and gaye him the match, as nove of the competitors covered afull score, Severalimprovements have been made on the range since cold weather set In, so that shoot- ine at all the ranges can becarried on during the winter saason with rat comparative comfort. The détails of the match were as follows: CIGAR MAYTCH—200 YARDS, Wut. BE. Fitch, Bal, 8.2...) 22+. 9.e--sceee essen tee HS545455 5 —48 G. i. Charles, Bal. S.... apeceterestiose- 0 466 F456 F—45 L. Geiger, May 8.....---.+.2-2e ee ee ee eee eteeeee Dt HLH 545 5 FAT CG, White, Bal. 5.... eevveeeeee hd S455 HF 44 5-45 ©. Dexter, 8. 8...---» teseeeese et 48565 4 4 4 5-19 J. B. Schuyler, Bal AYE F Coe emsemenitios 96484445 6 4-48 Peter Smith, R, 5... A seeseseeterevearre thd ddd fb dd G2 Later, Bal, §......-----25 ceseeeeeeesscse tt hd ddd ad 5419 Eighteen duplicate scores were made, Next Thursaay a bullseye mafch will be shot at 200 yards, nothing but. bullseyes to count. This expected that it will be an interesting contest. NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 17.—The rifle tournament opened on Mon- day, Dec. 16, with the Frelinghuysen (eum “tthe score, Welgmann led wlth a score of 42, Wake made 40, Koch 47, Neumann 46, Zimmer 46, Westerman 48, Rose 48, Walsh 47, Denois 47, Lynn 47; total, dad. The Amateurs were placed for Tuesday evening, bul the members of the Amateur Club were disinclined to take partyn the tournament because the business of the tournament of last season remained tn- settled. Untli the outstanding business Js settled they decline to further participate in seneral shooting. The Celluloid Club octupied Wednesday evenine and scored a total of 418 points. The individual scores Were AS Tollows: Simmonds 46, Cop44, Lyons 48, Parsons 42, Van Orden 42, Godber 42, Jackson 40, Moore 40, Parberry 40, W. Coe 3%. On Thursday evening the Plymouths were in tront of the target, and rolled up scores as follows: Bowers 41, Cox 36, O'Nell 44, Hill i, Townsend 45, Sommer 46, Baldwin 39, Egbert 41, Kern 31, Thurich 37, The Columbias shot on Friday evening with the following result : Taylor 48, Dorsch 40, Schnelber $0, Miller 41, Welsher 48, Seebold 43, Linnett #8, McCollum 42, Howlett 42, Rigler 47; total, 368. On Monday, Dec. 12, the Garnards shot, with the following results _ Q. Miesel 46, TP. Roberts 43, H. Wolf 45, W. King 44, N. Garrigan 43, A, Baldwin 44, M. RF. Woods 45, G. Garrigan 438, J, Mejsel 39, EL Atehinson 32); total, 425. On Tuesday the Hissex made the following score: A, Wetters 46, Wm, Felts 45, PF. Helms 42, 7 Duteher 43, L. Pabis 48, Wm. Watts 46, John Bayer 45, J, Copper- silith 45,4. Deon 41, Wm. Dutcher 46; total, 447. Follow!ng is a re- capitulation of the total scores: Frelinghuysen 454, Essex 447, Bar- nard 425, Celluloid 415, Plymouth 415, Cohimbia 405, he Frelinghuy- seus a \hus seen to leud by seven points, with the Essex a good second. BOSTON, Dec. 17.—A nearly perfect day was vouchsafed to the Tiflemen af Walnut Hill. A suficientrise in the temperature to make the air hithly agreeable had taken place, and what wind there was Stirring blew steadily from the west during the day, Wor a yreat part, of the time, however, the red danger Mags hung motionlss trom their staffs, the breeze nob being: strong enough to float the bunting, There was atulr attendance of riflemen ab the range, and some excellent stores were made in the course of the shooting. Tn the handicap match Mr. H. Grey distanced all his competitors, Wis record belng only Ong point below the possible fitty. In the same match Messrs B. G. Harris, F. J. Rabbeth and A. C. Adams each gained a record of 47, while Messrs, G, P. Greeley and B, Anson each Came oll with ascore of4. Inthe sharpshooters’ match Mr. F. J. Rabbeth took the lead with a score of 108, Mr. IL Grey following will 106, and Mr. B. 8, Warris coming next with 14, Next Saturday the competition in these marches will be closed, and,in accordance wiih the record as if stands then, the prizes will be distributed among the contestants, Following Is the detalled shooting: HANTICAP MATCH. H. Grey..............505455555549 J. Richardsom,... 645444544514 B. G, Harris... fdadjanaso—4i HH. D, Hibbard.......445454554d—44 F, J. Rabbeth. 7 EH, Whittter..........4455554144—44 A.C. Adains,..-...., B. G, Cotter,....,... 45d —4y G. P. Greeley...-....4445555554 46 ©. J. Dodge...-.....,44d444d555d—43 Addd55ss4—t6 A, Lan... 2c .i....., ddd tide 4 dib4ndspto—45 E. Dwight...........4dd4dddds 4p ..445d4onasd—45 J. Borden...........,S4d4o-t444i 49 soe 4544455554 45 SHARPSHOOTERS! MATCH, 10 11 12 12 10 10 11 12 10 10—408 312111010 § 1011 11 1L—1n6 B. G. Harris... re i. .-10 1) 8111211121011 9—108 A.B. AVCHD. 2232000. scececeeeree sees A 101010 91111 912 GU OD BOSTON, Dec. 1s.—Competion In the several matches now on at the Mayroolla Rifle and Pistol Gallery has been lively during the past week, anu some fine scores haye been made, Experts’ Pistol Match, 50 ff, W. Willlams. .. G. C. Foster. ... F, J. Rabbeth... TH GG eeee bs J. UE. Willlaiss. o-< )nate eae sate a eektal an skorys eet t= ST. 87 — PRL FE. d, Rabbeth.......... de a cles vinwieleblsiaie tiem > aa ras melririievle atte BO OS— alt Amateur Pistol Match, Sb GS sae pe eee Ldn deepesysattestssciealln th TP—914 B Hind. Sy issess ..65 66 71—204 SHORE psi vcecenes Dedvce See es Paves eteieteseine ceerce nih be By—OUIL All Comers’ Rifle Match, 100 £t. J HSmith.......... ig) ets sneer tact eign hee 48 45—w4i) Amateur Rifle Mateh, 100 ft, FRAAMAY reese abyss nikyseatapees She ep te kat seoeae 46 46 47 47 4599) G@ Goottwin.....--... ws Sins 9 46 46 47 47 a8—2a4 WM Martin,<...,--.- mS 42 46 4a 47—¥o5 (oR eee 41 42 42 43205 EF OB Cooper. sence -t ee beeen < veveeeed 41 42 42 43—805 H Sprague........ 2.39 40 40 42 dat — ony IY SAMS. fa) ceca coe ante selemaceecemebphisilencecl da ddyy WELLINGTON, Mass., Dec. 16,—The members of the Raymond Sportsman's Club turned oltin large numbers to-day to enjoy their customary clay pigeon shoot on thelr grounds at Wellington. Repré- sentatives trom the Tremont, Somerset, Quincy and Malden clubs were also present. The day wis admirably adapted to the sport, and {he opportunity was thoroughly linproved by the shot-gun dévotees. The only évent of the day was the clay pigeon match, in whieh the conditions were twenly birds, ten yardsrise. Some particularly fine shots Were made, two of the contestants bringing down elrhteen birés out of the twenty, whtle four others missed only three birds apiece. Messrs. Geoige, GE the Somerset, and D. Kirkwood, of thw Raymond Club, Were tied for fiist place, with records of eighteen aplece, while Messrs. Monk, Rayson, Winthrop and Williams each sneceeded in bringing down seventeen of the clay fiers. Following ts the completa score of the day: Mr. George, 18; D. Kirkwood, 15; G. Monk, 17; H. Rayson, 17; Mr. Winthrop, 17; Mr. Willams, 17; W. B. Witherell, 16; 1. Curtis, 10; D. W- Young, 14; J. F. Witherell, 15; 3.8. Smith, 15: J. W. Farrington, 14; B. A. ‘Thomas, 12; H. Roberts, 10; F. Loring, 8; 9. Etsall, 7; I’. Fisher, 6. WALLINGFORD, Dec. 18,—Theré was a very exciting glass ball mutch ‘uesday afternoon between Mr. James B. Brogden, of Walling- ford, and Mr. E. L, Post, of New York; 100 balls a side from a card rotary trap for $25 aside. Weathered balls were used. Vollowing 1s the score: Will Talcott, referet; John Douglas, judge for Post; A. 1, Goodrich, judge for Brogden; A, b, Phdley, scorer: Post 90, Brogden 92.—MAKK MIKH. THE CINCINNATE INDEPENDENT SHOOTING CLUB have leased the old baseball grounds from the Cincinnati Baseball Associa- tion, and the members shoot to their heart's content at clay plgeons on Thursdays every week, the weather being tavorable.—J, J. Hi. YETTLER RIFLE CLUB, 27 Bowery, N. Y., fitteenth competition for the silver cup match, Creedmoor targets, 10 shots per man, posst- ble 5: M. B. Engle 49, W. Kiien 49, M, Dorler 45, J. Levy 47, J. Dutel 47, H. Hoges 45, J. Bluinberg 46, N, D. Ward 45, D, Patterson 45, MR. JAMES S. CONLIN will start a rife tournament at his gal- lery, Broadway aud sist street, éarly in January. Answers to Gorrespondents, "NO NOTICH TAKEN OF ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS, J. B., J’.—Coltax, lowa.—Yes, decidedly injurious. W. H. B., Hampton C. H., §. @.—We do not know of any dog th would Suityou. You might hear of one by advertising. oi anes P. McG, Brooklyn.—The pupples will, of course, he useless to breed from, bat We should think 1b likely that they would make food re- irievers, lf properly trained. G. A. &., Toledo, 0.—You do not define symptoms with sufficient acturacy. She muy be suffering irom @ blow, way have rheumatism, or perhaps inflammation of the bowels. Write again. WwW. T, ’ eee uelas Vt.—Will you pienes inform me whete T can fet a book telling how tomake traps of different kitids?’ Ans. Gib- son's * Complete American Trapper, * price $4.50, published by Har- pers. We can tarnish it, B., Aveata, Cal.—Where can | get‘ Notes on the Fishes of the Pa- cifie Coast of the Wnited States” by David 8. Jordan & Charles A. Gjl- r beri? Ans, The * Notes’ are fo be published in Proceedings 0. 8, Watural Museum, and are not for sale. We noticed Lhem from ad- yauced sheets. G, H. W., Trenton, N. J.—Where canT obtain atull and accurate description of a perfect “pug ”—the weight, best color, measure— ments, marking, ete —in fact, all the points of a dog thal ts Jost right? Ans, ‘Points for Judging Dogs” is the best work we can recommend. For sale at this office; price 50 cents, ‘* A Risinc Famity,” 1. A. R., Bordentown, N. ¥,—Currier & Tyas, published about 1557 a lithograph called '* A Rising Family’—a palr of woodeock and five young. Are C. & 1D. in New York in business now, 20d Gan youl tell me if I could obtain one of thosé pictures now J know of but. two copies, one in @ hotel in Lancaster, Pa., the other in @ hofelin Flemington, N. Y. Ans. The address of the firms 152 Wassiu st., New York, ‘The price of the picture is $3. J. B.T., Polnt Pleasant, W. Va,—Your dog seems to be suffering from 1 camplication of diseases, ind in so Intricate a case we would not venture tO presoribe without seeing (he anlmal The partial paralysis may be only due to rheumatism, but we have seen a simi- lar state of things, accompanied by the vomiting of blood which you mention, follow partial poisoming by strychnine. ‘The swollen leg points to dropsy, Can you not have him examined by a competent surgeon? If not, write us again, stating age of dog and any fuller Aetails that you can give. ny W. F. 8., Memphis, N, Y—I have a cocker spaniel dog which has been troubled about 4 year wilh an Intense destre w Scratch and bile himself, until bis back Is one great sore. His appetite is good and he = 27 9 Drormprr 22, 1881. | FOREST AND STREAM. A417 seems 70 Teel well, #Xceapl a desirato be digging Iiinself all of the time, Lhaye washed him with castile soap and put lard on his back, which seemed to help him a day or so, and then he was as bad ax ever, Ans. Yourdoe ling sole fori OF mange, bul just which we Cannot tell trom your (eseription, Try fhe old-tashioned remedy, lard an flour of sulphur, rubbing the oluimentto dally, Weed no meat, Dut give a low der. . BE, Y.S., Rochester, NW. Yi—i have a yaluahle witeh which T expect _ to have in reason in January, and J wish to cross her wilh somethine equally fine, Sheistvon Col. Valentine’s Glonn. f have in my ken- nel a halt-brother of Wanale trota Lathes Dick, buu f wart to cross him with orange and white, We have no stud dozs tn Western New York, aod no stock that] consider that 1 care to bréed trom, except my own. Ihave thayeht of sending my bitch to Waters’ Grouse. I Write to you to isk for some isi of stud dogs, it Such a list there be. Ans. Would recommend crossing with Mr. W The followiug is fov your consideration, as beaing on the question of measurement: Som’ gentlemen having ditlerent theories about speed in yachts determined to testthem, bach was to build aagordiug lo ils own ideas: but It was thought neecssary phat all shoulda be of one length on the Waterling, lt being evident (hat a boat much longer than tether is faster, alCoueh tlie model of Lhe larger boat may be finity. On the oppolnted day the boats were ready; all were of the same length, but they varied otherwilse—frou. the “plank edge’ to the broadest of skimming dishes,” Each beat had beam, depth, lceel or centreboard that, in the jndg- ment of the owner, was best calculated to give the greatest specd. Oomsequently, Honr asked or expected any iime allowance. Thue allowance should be mndé on length of witer-line only, Why should A concede anything to B on account of difference in beam or ganth it each considers that in his boat these two dimensions are pete ec 4 The foreyoing confains the whole difficulty tersely stated. The lineol argument advanced by “Tis the one Most eferiive in por- Buasive power with the great mass of yachismen who have nof the ime or Inélination to look into fhe matter closely. [his o style of argument which has garried 4 full yote in more than one club. For that reason we answer our sh are tal. Th the first place, we note a decided exception to his easual intro- ductory remark, a phrase withont good foundation in facr, but one common enough In yachting clrelas. We do not admit af all that “a boat much foywer than another is faster, although the model of the longer boat may be faulty.” The longer boatis likely to be faster in such a case only when that greater leiethis accompanied by areater bili. This the greater bulk which fives the larger boat the advan- tage in spite of an inferior mode). Thé factor her being also of greater length has nothing to do with the matier, n0 more than the length or her malhimast or her sides being painted Dlack instead of white, The is length is nof the ipa atl Plement atall, but the bulk . ‘Thus, 2 common enough eXpertence among ownersol small yachts Isto find themselves passed hy a large brick sloop, hay suow or coal schooncr. They are passed in consequenve of the greater bull at those vessels, aiid not because of their superior leugth, Strip them of their bulk, reduce them in that respect to lhe sive of the small Yacht, but let them retain thelr excess of lenghh, and outsailing the shorter yacht would take place only when their models and rig, etc., really happen to be superior to those of the yaoht. Excepting this one case, Lhey would be slower, and that ln splte of all their extra hea a DE he enough proof, we should think, to abolish for all time the continval confounding of cause and effect, the everlasting mixing up of the wholly irrelevant feature of length with the real cause—viz., bigness, duik Why does not our correspondent read what we have written with a little more attention ? Musi wé again trot out the gig and the sloop? Isa 4ait. cig a faster boat than a 40 ft, sloop sitiply beeause longer, thongh much interior in bulk? Isadith. gigas fast asa40 it. sloop? Isshe a fairmatech for eae four ov five times her bulk, simply because of same len Ti increase the beam and depth on the 45 ft. gig till she exceeds the bulk of the 40 7/. sloop.and then. indeed, she may be more than a match for ihe laiter, even thouzh Inferiorin model, Herleneth bas not been tampercd with, In one case, while much smaller in bulk {hin the sloop, she is not her equal, In thesecond ease, after increas- lng her bulk beyond that of the sloop, She may actually be the faster of the two, if the faults of her model are not serious enoush wo over- come the benefits of her excess of bulk. To what, then, must the greater speed of a larger boat be ascribed—to length orto bwk? Is it not plata enough that length is not accountable for the taster rate of the collier, and that her bulk ts? Tt is a trifle dreary to repeat such elementary matter weekin, week out. May wehope that others who, like our correspondent, haye so far failed 10 learn to distinguish between length and bigness will do 18 the kindness to tuin the above over a little In thelr minds before pitting us to the thresome task of actualy driving the 1losson into them in sprite of themselyes, asit were? Weare anxious lo further a cleat understanding on the subject of measurement, especially upon the glaring fallasy and serious evils oF length rules, ‘but our space 1s limited and, unless the reader will do some of the thinking, the task may a8 well be given Wp at once, We pass on fo the rest or T's" letter, and, will try to show why, éven under the strictly defined limits he sets, a length rule is untalr, misleading aod perniciousin its workiogs. We muy remark, in the first place, {hat the limits he sets to the application of the length rule are rarély, lt ever, met with In actual practice. The yachts of one lub haye been generally built under widely varying customs and ex- pectations, and even if a length rule were fair under the conditions he mentions they would never be met with in practice. Further, a consideration of a, measurement rule, to be worth entering upon af all, must be broad In its scope—it must include the case of matching yaokts bull} under radically dliferent rules and of widely separated types. What may be good enough tor tbe Podunk Yacht Club Js not good enough for the world at large, But we will take our correspon- flont at his own proposition, without moditications of any sort, A and & take 40 ff water-liné to start with. A earries his section lines (putlocis lines) low alt; keeps a big, round waterline and heavy quarters, running the latier out Into an 8 fr. overhung, ready lo squat in the water [he moment thé yacht gathers way. Forward lie carries out the bow in 4 lon, Waring overhang, with raking sfem some 6 ft. beyond the load line end. His sides he carries up excesstvely high, and he gives tis boat the ereatest depth wud welght possible. He has ip mind an evasion of the length rule, beliewng that power due to great body will stand him In pebler stead than refinement of form. 3, on the other hand, spends days and nights in perfecting beautiful 1inés, avoids Mare forward, because lie seeks easy qualities in his boat ag well. He tapers away fine in the tun for the same reason, and Hinishes off In a graceful Madge—iike fantall. els moderatein the cholce of dept and freeboard, and needs, in consequence, a snug rig only. His boat is phase to bulld and cheap to sail. In short, whine using the same load line as A, his yacht will be only two-thirds as big as his rival's; thatis, sue will be of meh tess bulk, displacement and Sac They race, A beats him out af his boots, Here is the result: First. A wrong yerdich. A's boat has beaten him, not necessarily on account of slipelior fori or more desivable planning, but simply on account of brute bigni ss, bulk, Second, Misleading deductions, inasmuch ag A’s taking the prize wrongtully stamps. A’s motel as the faster form, victory being realty dué to excess of size, for tue same réason that a brick sloop will out- sulla much smaller yacht of uch better shape, ‘Third. The seitiny up o! talse gods. 'The galling toward a false light in the builder's praciice; seekieg to follow ln the wake of A, becuuse A wins (he prizes, thanks to the rule deciding adversely to the truth and imputing merits of form and planning where demertts possibly @xist, overcome through sheer excess of power due to excess of Dulk. Tourth, Driving out of existence all forms diitering material\y trom A's, 10 matter how tinsuipable and undesirable A’s model may be for other purposes than winning under & length rule, for & anid others find themselyes Compelled to follow A’s ideas oF give up owning first- class yachts ‘Dhis answers the iaquiries of +1! And now, how would it te undera bullrula? Very different, A might still outsell B, but the tax imposed upon A for the use of ereater hulle will so modify his apparent success thal Upon eorected ithe the palm may be awarded to Brightoutlt A's upparent victory was renlly wholly due to greater bulk, If only partially due to that cause, then the tine allowance applied will Still leave him yletor, but by a reduced Margit, that margin representing the real supertoriby of Als boat, over Bis, the apparent victory having In ¢olimon equity been shor of We amount derived froin the se of greater bulk, carrying with Lt Inbereng advantages tolwlly independent of model and plan- Ing. Hyen when hedged with the conditions iniposed by our corres- pondent, & leugth rule is wiong and yiclous inits vifects. “Mean length” offers no escape. Iterrs nm the opposite direction. Tt makes a Siiall boat of ne body anid stylish: Gverbane laryer in a miuch tas- ter proportion \hoan ereally bigrer Dut siumpier form, and beyond thls 1s open, also, to every objection urged against length taken on {he load ling only. ‘Over all length” Gan be indleted upon exactly {he same grounds as load ling length. Editor Ierest cond Stream: Tam now interested in an experiment by which I propose to utilize The Ideas that have been déyeloped by the discussions tn the Forusr AND STHHAM, 16 Which I haye been a subscriber since jts commmence- ment, aiid f wish to see bulk measurement adopted. ‘Tis discussion relates to speed and satety exclusively, and not to be contused with the other question of comfortuble living room. Woah's Ark was, historivaily, the most Comfortable ciatt on record tor that purpose, 1 Snd in your yachting edliorial of Noy. 24, republished Dec. 1, this sentence: The most extreme ot the slimming dish type can, under a bulk measurement, meet the harrowest cubler iu perfect equity.” Ifiud in the article of Mr. Gustay Grujin thesé sentences which you ignore in your Comments on it: “We lave not yet made the righ models for speed and Comrort, To my mind there is but one way to accomplish the object—that is, to sail by actial water displace- ment,” In your reply to“ Lake Pepin's" application for information displacement, the cratt being in sailing trim and listed until her ul- most bearings and buoyancy are reached, yousay, “the objections ate two-lold and serious.” Will you pleise say in what way the bulk Measurement Chkt yOu approve can be more exactly ascertalned thai by water displacement? An} competent naval architect can BUL Best the plin of dock by which every cubte inch of water displace Went can be Measured ata mere nominal expense. Lwill be huppy toturnish such a plan to any one desiring it, T think your ideas of bulk measilement to be sound and equitable, aud, if Tanderstand them, there reniains only to be accomplished & Corres. plan of ascertaining tle bulk. PRONT. The displacement of yacht 1s nota measure of her entire bulls, bur only of her weight. Displacement yuries with the weight. Bull Is constant and Sipnifies the oubie contents Laken Ww the outside of the | Skin dnd upper side of deck, Itls obtained by some Blin ple ileuring in volving nothing more than common arithmetic, as will ve explained ih later day. The method tn vogue with the New York ¥.@. is much jike that followed by the Custom House in gauging the interior Gapadily OF vessels, Any one capable of doing a sum” in arithmeic can nnd the bulk of 4 yacht, and if there are clubs which do uot con- tain some members equal tothe task, our cominon schools ane fall- ures. Uoricerming measurément by displacement, we desire to refer our correspondent lo. s0me Temiurks appended to a letter from “ub,” In our issue of Dec. & Displacement is 9 point of design, and onpht 10 be lett to Lhe builder's option, tree fromm tax, ++ SOUND AGAIN, pee Influence of 4 journal of large circulation is always great, Whether right or wrong. Itis with pleasure that we potice tie soundhess of the New York Herald's views on ihe measurement question and as substantiating what we bave ourselves written on tha Subject. We reproduce certain portions of an article whieh appeared in jhe Herald last Sunday, BULE STANDS THE TEST OF ‘TIME, In view of the unsettled feeling about the measurement of yachts that prevails both in this country and in England it may be interest- ing toyachtsmen penerally to briefy review the yarious forms of Measurement that have been used by the New York Yacht Club trom time to time, beginning with the first reratta of the organization. Glanting over the various methods adopted in is evident thatthe club have givin many plans extended trials, and only abandoned them wheu they were townd to be worthless ur producing boats prejudicial to.the best intercsts of the pastime, The present system of tlie elub, the cubical contents mieasurement, has beénin yoruée since 1872 an seems to give more general satisfaction than auy method yet devised, as it takes no dimensions, but merely taxes the whole vontents ot the vessel up to the lowest point in the planksheer, exclosive of the sheer, ‘This allows the desiguer to choose what form he deems best, and itis the only fair basis on which the narrow, deep cutter can mech the wide, lat sloop on terms of equality. The problem in yacht designing is what 1s the best form for a giyen capacity, and in the enu (is complete freedom of choice must, produce the best vessel, DISPLACEMENT IMPRACTICARLE, Aneffort to reach a satisfactory solution of ihe yexatious prob- lem was attempted in i845 by taking the measurement of the boats! models and then calculating the displacement in tons. This plan was quickly abandoned and the regaila sailed by Custom House measurement, forty-five seconds per ton being the allowance, ‘To ascertain the tonpage by the actual displacement of each madel” was Died ihe following year and the attempt fatlead most lamentably. ‘The day of the regatta came along and the reratta commiltiee were compelled to report that “there were no entries according to ihe rules.” A regatta without boats was, of course, Impossible, so during the atternoon of the sime day a meeting was held at the Elysian Fields and the mules Changed to read * by Gustom Louse measure- ment, lustead ot displacement.” A general turn out of the yachts followed and an enjoyable race was had the next day, During this year the owners of Many boats weighed them ou the dry dock by a system of levers and weights, and the old records of the Glub contain repeated entries of this kind: Schooner Syren—Weight of boat, 11,776 lbs.; keel, 3,400 Ibs.; rudder, 219 1bs.; total, 129,495 1bs., or 58 tons 676 lbs. These days are recalled with much amusement by the yeleran members of the club, and thy never tiréof relating the peculiarly puzzling nature of the objections that were offered and the thoroughly troublesome charactér of the work done by the re- gatta committees. The measurer placed a plate of copper on the stein at the water Ine, and also at the stern post, when he marked with a sharp instrument the line of flotation. Eyery time elmer Water or ballast was put ina yacht or taken out the displacement yarled accordingly. BAD EFFEOTS OF DISPLACEMENT. This led to yexatious complications and annoyances. I, praduced a vessel with emall bottom and very large top, or, In other words, The stem raked at an angie of about forty-five degrees, with o long, overhang ait, and the topsides finred. An excellent example of ihe type of boat produced by this system of measurement was the sloop Vision, described by & writer of that day as * a cross between a mud turll@and &fan-tailed pigeon." SAIL AREA IMPRACTIOABLE, Tn the year 1856 measurement by tonnsge was abandoned and thy system of taxing the Canvas carvled Was adopted, Boats chrying 8,800 square Jeet of Canvas allowed one second pe square foot tor difference in the area of sails; those 2,800 suuare feet up to 3,400 Equare feel, 13f seconds per square fool, and tliose ca brylig less than 4,300 square leet, 14s seconds per tquare foon, The Regatta Com- mittee had no sinecure in those days, and it required considerable OF 4 pDiathematlclan to work out results easily understoad and satis taclory. Allowances were made for reefed Sails, anu all kinds of petty calculations prolonged the work of the commities, so that days would elapse before reports were submitted to the Secretary, SAIL AREA DANGEROUS. In these days owners and bullders began to look around for some means to get te better of the Measurement mule and to praduce a ves- se] That would be Tash with @ small area of canvas, Theresult was the building of a most dangerous type of boat, very nariow and shoal, Finally, this type of boat, of which there were several In the club, | Wag deulaied unlit tor real yachting, and after much argument the club decided to make anotherchapee in the mesturement. The area of canvas rule, besides producing bad boats, reduced the sail used, particularly in matehes, to Whe two Jower salls—that Js, of course, tor sloops—and topmasts were left ashore, HARD PAN FOUND IN BULK MBASUREMENT, The following year, 1872, brought about another change, og (he annoyances of Lhe displacement system hid been yery eresd and the yacht owners clamored for something different, Attey mature de- liberation [le present cubical contents system was adopted, which allows unlimited ballast aid unlimited canvas. Messrs. Wiliam Krebs, Kabert Center and Sheppard Homans were (he commlitee in- trusted with the work. If has stood thé test of time, —v Toe WHAT IS A TON? Editor Vorest and Stream: Should the sugvestion of adopting the ton of 100 cubic feet, instead of cubic contents (us made ln your paper for Dec. 8) be adopted, would if not be well to go still further and give & rew namé io thd init, instend of adding still another to the tlready (oo numerous jaimily of long, short, register, Y. R. A., O. M., and other tona, atid muking “contusion worse confounded,” owlug to the proposed unit being the Saing as the N. M. ton, while the tonnage of a yacht by the proposed meéthod would be more than her register tonnage, Tt is to be hoped the recent agitation of the measurement questlon will pri- duve some satisfactory result, which if can only do by giving t Geéfinkte and exact name to Une unll adopled. Excepi on the score of Sentiment there is no reason for retaining the word ton, ‘The ex- pression “twenty ton,” applied fo # Vessel, conveys No Nipanti\ unless t{alified In some Way, aod yachisthen will do well to cui loose from It altogether in 1ayor of sume word expressing definitely and concisely the alge, welght ov other attribute of o vegsel selected as fs measure. 5. I THE RICE LAKE CANOE. Editor Povest and Strean.: Now that the Commodore and Cook have assured ius Of their eternal devolion to (he Rice Lake canoe, will they not tell us wher her they are sulll using the same model, and* not, why nore’ Also in What essential points the repysed Rice Lake, with deck, sheer and keel of the Nautilus or Shadow, is superior to the latter. As the Rire Lake boats were Tilted with two very effective sharple satis ov fair cruising size, while the others carzled the ridienlous rig so long in vogue of a malnsntl of About $8 Tt, with small driver snd jib some 40 Teel in all, one-third of whith was of little use, and were greatly nidersparred, there 1s nothing wonderful in thelr outfooting (ely Baller competitors, NAUYILUS, 418 FOREST AND STREAM, (Drozuner 22, 1881. YACHTING NEWS. NEW STHAMER.—mr. lighert T. Smith is to haye a brig-rigged steam yacht, to be called Tangier. LOW BALLAST.—Cutter Neva, of Boston, will have her ballast on hie keel increased from 1,100 to 3,000 lbs. MORE CUTTERS.—Mr. E. M. Paddéford, of Philadelphia, is to have « Tacing twelve tonner from Lawley & Son, of Boston. STILL ANOTHER t UTTER.—D. J, Lawlor, Chelsea, Mass., is about to lay (he keel for a smart fush deck cutter, 25 ft. load line, 7 tt. beam and 64 fl. water. His last year’s Alga Js evidently taking, NEW CUTTER.— A gentleman of Boston, haying found his 25 ft. flusn deck cutter such @ success last season, is anxious to bulld a larger one this winter, and will sell his last year’sship. Bona-fide inquiries will be sent him through our care. NEW SCHOONERS.—Capt. William Smith, of Bayport, L. 1., has a new schoonerintrame, Palmer, of Noank, Conn., is soon to be busy witha big one for Mr. Miller ot the Prospero, She is to be 97 ff. over all, 92 th. water Tine, 231¢ ft. beam and 93< ft. hold, with 7 ft. 9 in. water. LETHEA.—This schooner has been bought by Mr. Henry C. Ward of this city from Mr. J. W. Chandler of Boston. she was built by J. 1’. Marsh, Patuxent River. Md., in 1874, for General Sandford of Baltimore Over all, 65 tt-; water line, 58 ft,; beam, 1537 ft.; hold, 63 fl. and 4% ft. water without board. ELECTRIC MOTORS.—A boat with electric motive power isin courte of construction at one of the yards on the banks of the Seine. It is to be eighteen feet long and five feet wide. The proprietor, Mr. Teller, proposes 10 cross the Channel in it—namely, from Boulogne to Folkestone. It he is successful he will be able to claim the dls- nection of having inaugurated the application of electricity to mari- time trafile. MEASURKEMEN'T.—We are In recelpt of an alarming array of letters concerning measurement. A number haye been published already, Several more appear this week, and others will be printed Best Quality Braided Fishing Lines. in our next issue. A greafmany, however, must remain unpublished, as they are in the malin repetitions or variations of ideas brought fo! ward by others. While we appreciate the ready answers from every one, we must ask those whose letters do not appear to bear with the apparent want of consideration, as space is so limited, and answers to their communications can be gathered from the remarks appended in review of those published, MEASUREMENT.—T1, would seem as though this subject had been worn threadbare; notso, howeyer. It should be kept continually betore the yachtsman’s eyes, until someplan of measurement shall be adopted and framed in a common-senseform. Werefer our read- ers to some of that kind of talk from the indomitable lighter, Kun- hardt, of FoREST AND STREAM. He says: ‘* We must not seek Measurement rules to tax ‘ what gives speed ’ in the result or flnishea boat, but * what gives speed’ before the shape and elements 7? the boat have been determined upon; and this is the amount of bulk given the builder to handle, thereby leaving him a free choice in every respect, as tio dimensions, location of bulk, and one and all the relations of boat, ballast, sails, resistance, weather- Uness, etc. Only in this way Js an absolutely logical comparison of results possible,” He gives us the whole thing in a nntshell. The genius of the draughtsman who has spent years of toll in scientific research, whose lines and figures ‘do not, lie,” If faithfully carried out, is eter- nally crippled by false ideas and rules of time allowance and meas- urement. Giye two men a pound of putty apiece, and let each mold his boat to sult himself, no matter how long, wide or deep their de- signsmay be. “Either extreme” will then be found faulty.—Phila- delphia Echo, NO DANGER.—It is an axiom with practical designers that a really good boat can carry the tax on her bulk much sooner than risk her qualities by seeking to evade a proper payment, ‘The effect of a bulk rule is to prevent an excess in the use thereof—there is such a thing as haying too much bulk even in a cruiser for her good— on the one hand, and on the other offers no inducement to cut down below the best allotment, for then the Coat loses faster In qualities than the saving in tax would make up. We have designed many boats of all types. and know this to be true, for we would neyer ven- ture to spoil an effective design for the sake of a trivial saving in tonnage. 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Gracie, Commodore Kane offered the following resolutions, which were passed ; WHEREAS experience has proved that the terms and conditions of the deed of gift under which the New York Yacht Club acquired the America’s Cup are inadequate and not sufficiently defined to meet the intentions of the donors, therefore be If Resolved, That the club return the said cup to Mr. George L. Schuy- ler, the surviving donor thereof. Resolved, That the secretary, when communicating the fore; resolution to Mr. Schuyler, be directed to express to him the unabated interest felt by the members of the club.in this national trophy, and to state to him that should he decide again 1o offer it as a challenge cup, under such new conditions as may bé necessary to carry out the intentions of the donors, the New York Yucnt Club would esteem it an honor to be again selected by him as its custodian, and 1hat no effort on their part would be spared to retain it against all comers or to regain it if lost. Resolved, That & committee of five be appointed by the Chair to: hand Mr. Schuyler the communication of the Secretary, and to con- sult with him as to the terms deemed necessary to accomplish the original designs of the donors in the event of his deciding to again present the cup to this club, The Chair appointed ex-Commodore S. Nicholson Kane. Commo- dore J. R. Waller, J. Frederic Tams, J. H. Bird and ex-Co1imodore W. _H. Thomas as the committee to wait on Mr. Schuyler. eee Smith offered the following, which was unanimously aante WHEREAS the members oi the New York Yacht Olub linve heard with deep regret the death of ex-Commodore Henry C. Stebbins and desire as a blub to make an expression of their loss— Resolved, That through his death they have been deprived of a kind friend and of one whose former services to the club will always be gratefully remembered. C. G. 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TOLLEY, PATENTERS of the ‘* PERFECTION ” HAMMER— LE UN, PATENTEES of the “GIAN'T-GRIP” ACTION. Makers of high-class guns only to the individual orders of gentlemen who cannot content themselves with a gun taken down from the shelf of a gun-store, Illustrated sts, photos and directions for meas- urement Sent on application. J. & W. TOLLEY, Patentces and Manufacturers, Pioneer Works, Birmingham, England. YOUR MONCRAM. On receipt of $5.0 we will forward to any address, free of charge, 500 delicious cigarettes, ea ‘h beauti- fully decorated with monogram or name, manu- factured from Vanity Fair tobacco. Also, 4 small size, with or without mouthpiece, expressly for ladies. Please be careful in giving shipping direc- tions. Address L. LUCERNE & CO 216 and 218 West Seventh st., Cincinnati, O, IOHARDSON AND RANGELEY LAKHS IL LUSTRATED, a thorough and complete ide book to the Rangeley Lake Region, Kenne- Bago, Cupsuptic, Parmachneee and Connecticut Lakes and the head waters of the Connecticut, Mag- alloway, Androscoggin and Dead rivers; lllumin- ated covers, tinted paper, pas teal 60 illustrations and a large map, made most jm accurate sur- t-paid by mail, 60 cents. CHAHLE? yeys. Price, te "AR, Jamaica Plain, Mass. A, J. FARRA Bote thae per day at home, Samples worth Zo free. Address STINSON & GO., 9 FIRST PRIZE MEDALS. KIMBALL & CO., RCSEESTER, N. ¥. KEEP’S SHIRTS GLOVES, UMBRELLAS, UNDERWEAR, ETC., ETC., ETC. Samples and circulars matied tree. KEEP MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 631, 633, 635, 637 Broadway, N, Y. Send $1, $2, $8, or $5 for a retail box by Can d Yexpress of the best candies in America, put up elegantly and strictly pure, sultable for presents, Refers to all Cineinnatl Address L, LUCERNE & CO., 216 and 218 West Seventh st., Cincinnatt, 0. FRANK BLYDENBURCH, INVESTMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS SECURIL- TIES, UNLISTED MINING STOCKS, 66 Pine 8t.. New York. OOSEHEAD LAKE andthe North Maine Wil- M derness Illustrated. The only complete and comprehensive guide book to Northern Maine and the head waters of the Kennebec, Penobscot, Si John’s and Aroostook rive and the numerous them, 256 pages, takes and ponds connected wi luminated covers. Pri by m post-paid, 50 | cents. OHARLES A. I PARRA, Jamaica Plain Mass. ceive special and prompt attention. THE CLIMAX PATENT GUN CLEANER {8 THE MOST PRACTICAL CLEANER AND OILER FOR BREECH-LOADING ARMS EVER INVENTED. with iull directions for use, and will be sent address, postage paid, on receipt of $1,650 Pay Illustrated Circular Sent Free on Ap= plication. In ordering give calibre of gun. All orders inquiries to be addressed a CLIMAX M’F’G co., Fall Hiver, Mass. for Sale Dec22 2h. JOR SALE.—My stock and trade of a taxider- mist’s and naturallst’s store. MOR SALE.—A fine country residence, about 80 miles from New York ; 46 acres {mproved land. Partridge, quail, rabbit and duck shooting, also ood fishing for bass and plekerel. For particu- ars address N. H. J., at this office, Decls,2mos, Ko: SALE—A Greener trap gun, 12 ga., 30 inch bbis., stock 14¢¢x3 inches, S47 pounds. neyer been used. Cost$s5. Will Owner has no use tor 1, LOCK BOX 58, Hudson, + Xe Ko SALE.—A beautifully located country resi- dence. Price, $7,000. Pure air; fine views; plenty of fruit. Apply to T. C. B., this office, Noy24,tt Warted. Ny, Wierda any of one or two for a pleas- wetrip jo Florida, Keference exchanged. THOS. HOLT, 818 Green street, gets it C22, ANTED—One hundred lye quail. D, SUM- MERS, Atglen, Pa. Deco, 2. —-e DProcemmen 22, 1831.) FOREST AND STREAM. 1882. FOR FIELD, CAMP AND HOME! 1882, "\ vi es ape ” i = Wis " es = — SL Me UES ten ie ih Lata Phe ee ee afi-se > Mates acl Tn iWin ey, THE WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND CUN. DEVOTED “TO |THE INTERESTS OF SPORTSMEN, AND THE INCULCATION IN MEN AND WOMEN OF A WHOLESOME INTEREST IN OUTDOOR RECREATION AND STUDY. The conductors of the Forrsr ann Srruam point with much pride and satisfaction to the past and the present of the paper, and pedge their readers that the same high standard of excellence will be maintained in the future. The Forust AND STREAM Will preserve the reputation it has earned for being: be ties 1—ENTIERTATNING AND INSTRUCTIVE. II.—ADAPTED TO THE TASTES OF ALL. The “ Sportsman Tourist,” ‘ Game Bag and Gun,” Among the hundreds of correspondents of the Forrest and ‘Sea and River Fishing” departments will con- anb Stream are Business Men, Lawyers, Physicians, tain sketches of travel, camp life and adventure; ac- Clergymen, Army and Navy Officers, Naturalists, counts of shooting and ungling excursions; hints, helps, Pioneers, Trappers, Prospectors, College Professors, and experiences; poetry, stories, humor; impartially Tourists, Civil Engineers, Artists, Hditors of other Written reports of all meetings, etc., etc., ete. papers; young men who have not yet struck out for themselves, and old men who have retired; in short, “ Natural History” will be so conducted as to stimu- ‘ : members of every trade, profession, and occupation. late habits of observation and study, Among its contributors may be mentioned Prof. Spencer F. Baird, Farmers and Farmers’ Boys constitute a large class of of Washington, D. ©., the Secretary of the Smithsonian our readers. They will find the Forust anp STREAM Institution, who is so well known as the first authority ever disposed to reconcile the seemingly conflicting but in the country on ornithology and fishculture; Dr. really identical interests of respectable sportsmen and Elliott Coues, U. 8. A., ard Prof. J. A. Allen, of the reasonable land-owners, Museum of Comparatiye Zoology, the distinguished IV._INDEPENDENT. writers on birds and mammals; Professors Jordan and Gill, eminent in icthyology; Dr. Yarrow, the authority on reptiles; Prof Marsh, of Yale College, the writer on fossils, and Prof. Eaton, the botanist. Hundreds of other names, scarcely less well-known, might be added The position of influence now occupied by the Forzsr AnD STREAM imposes upon the paper responsibilities which it hasno wish to shirk. The organ of no clique, it will be perfectly free to criticise everything inimical to the interests of the highest and manliest sportsman- to the list. : ‘ = 7 Pte aint eet f ship. Its attitude on all important questions within its ees edit aby-e° Pract cal and well-known field is well understood. For the benefit of advertisers fishculturist, will receive frequent contributions from and readers alike, it will also, as in the past, expose the officers of the U. 8. Fish Commission at Washington. and denounce all dangerous irauds, Advertisements of This department will prove indispensable to every doubtful character will not be admitted to its columns on farmer and country gentleman who can own a fish pond any terms. for profit or pleasure. V,—COURTHOUS. The columns devoted to the ‘* Kennel” will be filled The Forzst AND SrrEAM will have no room in its with matter of interest and practical worth to sportsmen columns for personalities and bickerings. Its editors and dog fanciers. ‘‘ Rifle and Trap Shooting” will have neither taste nor time for ‘*mud throwing.” ‘They furnish reports of all important events in the shooting do not share the opinion, held by some other journals, world. ‘Yachting and Canoeing” will remain in charge of that blackguardisms and indecencies are essential char- a specialist, its editor being _a graduate of the U. 8. acteristics of a sportsman’s paper. Readers who want Naval Academy at Annapolis, and a practical nayal that sort of thing must look for it somewhere else than architect, thoroughly informed in every branch of his in the Forest anp Srreau. Verbum sap. profession. Due attention will be given to canoeing, as its growing importance demands, VIL—BROAD IN SYMPATHY. The Forust anp Stream will ask for, and strive to i,—HIGH IN TONE, win, the continued support of readers in every part of The tone of the Forust anp Srream is exceptionally the country. It never has been narrow in spirit; nor high. It is edited for men of healthy minds in healthy has it ever held itself up as the organ of any one “ sec- bodies. Its reading and advertising columus will’ be tion.” The paper is, and will be, American, in the ‘ clean. Its pages will sparkle like the mountain stream broadest, highest and best meaning of that term. Every in the sunlight, and its contents will be redolent of the State, Territory and Province on the Continent, with exhilarating fragrance of theforest. Primarily intended many foreign countries beyond, are represented in our for gentlemen, it is also a paper for the family centre- list of contributors and subscribers. The very wide table, and one which the entire family, old and young, geographical distribution of the friends and correspond- read with pleasure and profit. The best guarantee of ents of the Forgst anp Stream is a sufficient guarantee its thoroughly high character is afforded by a reference of the variety and excellence of its contents. to a listof those who write for it. Literally and figuratively is it true that THE SUN NEVER SETS ON THE FOREST AND STREAM, CONTRIBUTIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE. Its editors sim to make the Forgst anp STREAM a medium for the interchange of information, entertainment and amusement Hmong sportsmen. Sketches of field excursions, shooting and angling trips, original observations in natural history, and other like con- fibutions are respectfully solicited. Secretaries of clubs and associations are urged to send us reports of their transactions, Expressions sf Opinion upon any subject within the scope of the paper are invited and will be given place in our columns. ‘We beg to suggest to the friends of the Forrsr Anp Stream that they bring the paper and its merils to the attention of others whose asies and sympathies are in accord with its spirit aud aims. Free specimen copies will be cheerfully furnished upon application. A LIBRARY OF PERMANENT WORTH, The weekly issues of the Forrest ANp Srream form two volumes each year, of twenty-six numbers, or 500 pages each. Seventeen such mes have already been published. We furnish handsome file binders (price $1.25) which hold twenty-six numbers, Each volume n completed may be returned to us for binding, the cost per yolume being $1.40. At this slight additional expense each reader may erve an unique library of substantial and permanent valve. { SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME. Per year, $4; $2 for six months. To clubs of three or more, $3 per year each, Remit by post-office money order, draft or registered Give name, town, county and State. Address FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO.,39 Park Row, N. Y. City. Ge Rennel, FLEAS! FLEAS! WORMS! WORMS! Steadman’s Flea Powder for Dogs A BANE TO FLEAS—A BOON TO DOGS. | Price 50 cents by mail, Postpaid. Areca Nut for Worms in Dogs. A CHRTAIN REMEDY. Put up in boxes containing ten powders, with fuil directions for use, Price 50 cents per box by mail. Both the above are recommended by Rop amp QuN and FOREST AND STREAM. Conroy & Bissett, 665 Fulto street, N. ¥, HENRY C. SQUIRES 1 Cortlandt street, N.Y. WRIGHT & DITSON, 586 Washington street, Boston, Mass. JOR SALE.—Black Gordon setter dog Jet, by Hal, Hal by Belmont’s Reuben, imported. Heisa beauty, good size, well feathered, goow retriever - from land and water, does not bite his birds and quarters his ground second to none in the U. S.; is very fast and best of nose there are. But few of- tered for sale like him. Broke on quail and snipe, Price $15. May Elgin, Liewellin setter, lemon and white, whelped Oct. 7, 1880. Hunted this fall; will make a good one. Sire Zan by Champion Qladstone, one of the best Llewellen setters in the U.8. Dam, Lady Elgin by Carlowitz-Queen Bess, Price $50. H. B. VONDERSMITH, Tenceeiye ye ceZ2, OR SALE.—The Llewellyn setter dog ‘* Cash,” 4g years old, out of Champion Leicester and the field champion Nelle. Cash is broken om uail and chickens, and is a first-class field dog. He was y..c, at Ann Arbor Show, 1880. Black and white ticked. Price $125. Will send him on trial to responsible persons. The lemon and white pee bitch Belle, a beauty and a good field bitch. rice $25, very cheap. She is sold for no faults Address FRANK BEVAN, Manager and Trainer of Conestoga Kennel, Lancaster, Pa, Deci5,8t Ee SALE—Druid and Nillson pup, cheap it taken immediately. The well bred Lewellen: setter pup Don Pedro, 18 months old, has been in my hands as trainer since July. He is staunch, fs. a, careful worker, has a good noze and has been worked on woodcock and quail this season. Now if your chance for a good field dog. Price $50, Sold for no fault, WILL DAVIDSON, Bothwell, Ont. Dec22,2t. OR SALE.—Three pointer dog pups, three months old, out of owner’s Fly Shot; she by Snap Shot out of Fanny IL., sired by tmported Bob by Mason’s champion Don, K. ©. 8. B., No. 4,201, and Ainsworth, beauty. Also one pointer pup nine months old, out of C. H. Goodman's Zip, by his Rattler. Zip, by Snap Shot and Fanny IL; Rattler, by Corcoran’s Bess and Dilley’s Ranger. C, N, - GABB,121 Main 8t., Todd’s Block, Northampton, Mass. Dec82,16 Fee SALE.—Red and white setter dog, 6 years ESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB'S Sensation, in the stud, for $50. Address, Secretary W. K. C., Room 11, 206 Broadway, New York city. Dec22,4t OR SALE.—Two pure bred Gordon setter pup- pies, dog and bitch, whelped May 26, 1881, Ad- dress, A. WEEKS, Locust Valley, L. 1. Dec22,2 | Res ea pupples and young foxhounds for sale, frum imported stock. Address E«SHX COUNTY HUNT, Montclair, N. J. Dec22,1t. Pees of Eastern Field Trial Winners of 1880, printed on fine tinted paper, will be sent si for 25 cents pia ry the five for §1 ‘OREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 89 and 41 Park Kow, N. ¥. Dec30,tf. $1 will buy a pure dark red Irish bitch,= months old, having one cross of Elcho and two of Plunket. Address, E. J ROBBINS, Wethers- field, Conn. Noys,tt ORY O’MORE KENNEL.—Thoroughbred red Irish setter pupples for sale, i champion ta and DER, Albany, N. Y. Augii,tt ULEOUT COCKER SPANIEL KENNELS.—For Cockers of all ages and colors, dogs, bitches and Puppies, address with stamp, ROB’T WALKER, » Del. Co., N. ¥. duly 21-tt Fo SALE,—Cocker pups, out of Lou (8d N. ¥., 1881) by Guess (2d pup, 1880). Color. liver and white; very handsome; whelped July 9, 1881. Ap- ply to C. V. SEWELL, 63 W. 45th st., N. ¥. Dec22,1¢ OINTER PUPS, two mouths old, forsale; male and female, by Speck out of Wing. Pedigree on application. J. H.STEWART, Middle Haddam, Conn. Dees, tt SS OR SALE, a number of well bred and well broken pointers und sebters, also dogs boarded and broken, saisivction fuaranteed, Address HL B. RICBMOND, Lakeville, Mass, Sept22, ti —————————— OR RED IRISH SETTHRS and Cocker Spaniels oftne most fashionable blood address CHAS, DENISON, Hartford, Ct Septi5,tt —See Kennel Advertisements next page, The Kennel. Dr Gordon Stables,R.N. TWYFORD, BERKS, ENGLAND, Author of the “PRACTICAL KENNEL GUIDE,” &C. @xporta champion and other pedigree dogs of any breed, Send for “PLAIN HINTS TO WOULD-BE BUYERS.” Price 16 cents, post tree. Gives addresses of prin- Otpal English breeders. PEDIGREE PRINTING AND COMPILING, GHEAPER THAN CAN BE DONE BY ANY OTHER HOUSE IN AMERICA, Which does first-class work and guarantees satis- faction, Also. VON CULIN PATENT SPIKE COLLAR AND BOOK. By mail, for $3. BE, & ©. VON CULIN. P. O. Box 22, Delaware Clty, DeL Black Spaniels. - BOB ITl., imported, Diack; First, Strabane, agdown, Kilmarnock, Belfast, and London, Ont. Special, Franklin, Pa Stud fee, $5, BENEDICT, Re black; firsi and special, New York, 19s1.. First, Atlanta, 18sil, $20. Puppies, by above also by Brag, first aud special, New. York, 1881, for saje. Price from #10 upward. HORNELL SPANIEL CLUB, Sr eerest nee Novy3,t Cameron Kennel. Beagle Hounds bred for bench’ and fleld purposes, RALLY (Sam-Dolly); stud fee, $25. ROCKET (Rally-Rosy); stud fee, $10. COLIN CAMERON, Brickerville, Pa. Wehaye on sale young dogs and bitches of f strains, combining the blood of Toledo Fennel Club, now Wlillard’s, Grouse, Munn’s Duke, @ddemith Kennel’s Rupert, Stoddart’s Duke, eto, Mr. Malcolm's Malcolm, Col. tloo’s Reine, Mr. Wil- lard’s Dream, Were all bred at these kennels. Aadress GORDON KENNEL CLUB, Brevoort P. 0O,, Brooklyn, New York. Octl3, tt Gor KENNEL, Locust Valley, Long Island ihe EMASKETT KENNEL, N.H, VAUGHAN, pro- N prietor, Middleboro, Mass. Sporting dogs broken and handled, also a number of broken dogs for sale. Dogs and puppies boarded on reasonable terms. P, 0. Box 336. Sept22,tt oe OR SALI.—One or a brace of very superior F dogs, one setter and one pointer, thoroughly broken, good retrievers and staunch on all ee Address HORACE SHITH, 169 William St i. ie ec2¥.10. GR SALE—Thoroughbred rough coated St. Bernard puppie, six weeks old; also a fine &t. Bernard bitch, elght months old. FATRMOUNT KENNEL, Ilyde Park, Mass., box 602. Deo 22,2t. THE Doc, By DINKS, MAYHEW & IEFUTCHISON, Price $3.00. For Sale at this Office. Syartsman’s Goods. cls be DUNCKLEE'S PATENT €amping and Mining Stove. UST the thing for people camping out fora short or long time. FOUR SIZHS ; pri- REASONABLE. Send for descriptive circu< with prices and terms, Z 8 ie) wo 5 ty = a 3 * = Oo ML, g 4 - = ci afm sss - 2 {Te = = el e g 5 || a ' q IK e : & * . NU. 1—-CAMP PACKED. Made and sold by TAUNTON [RON WORKS ©0., 87 Blackstone street, Boston, Mass- Water! Water! Water! Dwellings, Factories or Towns Sea with water by Pipe Wells or Deep Rock Wells, Dug wells that haye gone dry made to produce. MANHATTAN ARTESIAN WELL CO,, 240 Broadway, ARRAR’S POCKET MAP of Moosehead Lake and the North Maine Wilderness, a valuable com- on for the sportsmen, hunter and lumberman, ately corrected and revised, and now acknowl edged to be the only correct map of this yast region Neatly bound in cloth covers. Price. by majl, 50 cents. GHAHKLES A. J: FARRAR, amMalca lain, Mass. FOREST AND STREAM, Sportsmen's Goods. TATHAM S Number of Pellets to the oz. Printed on Each Bag. Trap Shot! Soft or Chilled. NUMBERS 7, 8, 9 AND 46. No, of pellets to oz., 889 472 688 1056 Soft bees Se i) 845 495 716 1180 Chilled, TATHAM& BROQO’S, 82 BEEKMAN 8T., NEW YORK. Rey oe SS t-class sporting garments, Designs and prices sent by post on receipt of letter of request, ad- dressed to GEO. C. HENNING One Price Clothier, 410 7th S'L,, WASHINGTON CITY. For Sale by A. SAKS & Go., 1018 Main Stree! Richmond, Va. Philadelphia Fishing Tackle HOUSE, A. B. SHIPLEY & SON, Manufacturers of Fine Fishing Tackle of Every Description, 503 COMMERCE ST., PHILA. Shipley’s Looped and Plain Mist Color Leaders. Shipley’s Improved Adjustable Floats. Reversed Wing, Trout, Bass and Salmon Flies in stock, and algo ted to pattern. A full assortment of common and finest Rods, Lines, Reels, etc. Our Bethabara Fly and Bait Rods and Split Bam- boo Fly Rods received the first premiums at the pene anlar, Franklin Institute and Penna. State ‘a A areca, of the celebrated Bethabara Wood for Fish Rods and Archery Bows. Stronger than split bamboo and as tough and elastic as steel Rod mountings of all descriptions on hand and to order. Price list of wood and rod mouitings iL errs 65-page a paid ce Catalogus of ng Tackle gent, post on receipt of ten centsin stamps. wii " THE NEW AMERICAN Breech-Loading Shot Gun. | SIMPLE AND DURABLE R ebounding Lock. Choke-Bore Barrels For close, hard shooting excels all others. Extra heavy guns for ducks A specialty, Send stamp tor circular. ©, 3. SHATTUCK, Manufacturer, Hat- Held, Mass. Hotels and Bontes far Syartsmen. ASSOCIATED SOUTHERN RAILWAYS, Richmond & Danyille Atlantic Coast Bay Line. Line. Line. THE Preferred Routes to Florida AND Atlanta Cotton Exposition, October 5 to December 31, TIME TABLE IN EFFECT DECEMBER 4, 1881, Richmond and Danville Line- Train 54. Leaves New York "420am. Phila- delphia *7-05am. Baltimore "9-45 am, Arrives Lynchburg 4+55pm. Danyille *7-05 pm. Charlotte "12-25 nt, Atlanta “11-00 am. There makes same connections as No. 60 below. Pullman cars Dan- yille to Atlanta, and Atlanta to New Orleans. Train 52. Leaves New York 18-3) am. Phila- delphia 411-45 am. Baltimore t3-10 pm. Richmond *11-25 pm. Danville *7-25 am. There connects with No. 52 below. Pullman Cars from Richmond to Danville. This train connects Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from Baltimore at 4-00 » m direct via York River Line for West Point and Richmond and connecting there with Train 50. Traim 52. Leaves New York f8-40pm, Phila- delphia [545 pm, Baltimore tsS-50 pm Arrives at Lynchburg *4-44am, Danyille*7am, Charlotte *12-50pm. Atlanta "12-05 n't. Macon *6-30 am. Montgomery *7-55 am. New Orleans *10-02 pm, 54 hours from New York. Pullman Cars New York to Washington, Washington to Charlotte and Au- gusta. Arrives at Columbia *6-00p m, and Augusta 10-20pm. Sayannah *3-45pm. Jacksonville *8-00 am Train 50. Leaves New York *9-00 p m. Phila- delphia 12-20am, Baltimore435 am. Arrives at Lynchburg *1-35pm. Danville *4-30 pm. Char- lotte *10-45 pm, Atlanta *11-00am-_. Macon *6-55 pm. Montgomery *9-00 pm. Mobile *5-14 am. New Orleans *10-22pm. Pullman Cars New York to Atlanta via Lynchburg and Danville and Atlanta to New Orleans, Atlantic Coast Lime, Train 40 Leaves New York *4-30am. Phila- delphia *7-05 4m. Baltimore *945am. Arrives at Richmond *2-55 pm. Wilmington *10-50 Pp m. Charleston *645am Savannah *10-20am. Jack- sonville +5-30 pm. Pullman Sleepers Washington to Charleston. Train 48, Leaves New York *9-00 pm. W. Philadelphia *12-30 am. Baltimore *4-35 am. Arriyes at Richmond *J1-30am. Wilmington *9-55 pm. Charleston *6-d5am. Sayannah *10-30am. Jack- sonville +5-30 pm. Columbia “6-20am. Augusta "10-43 am. Macon *645 pm. Savannah “1-204 m. Jacksonville yla fal dae *5-30 pm. Pullman Sleep- ing Oars New York to Savannah, Bay Line Leaves New York t8-40pm. Philadelphia t5-45 m. Baltimore 7S-45 pm, Arrives at Portsmouth 90am. Weldon?ti-50 pm. Raleigh +7-35 pm. Wilmington “9-55 pm. Charleston *6-45am,. Sa- yannah *10-30am, Jacksonville +5-30 pm. Colum- bia *620am. Augusta 1043 am. Savannah *7-20 am. Jacksonville via Augusta *5-30 pm. Pullman Sleeping Cars Weldon to Savannah. *Daily. 1 Daily, Sundays excepted. For reservation of berths, sections, and for tickets, time tables, and for all information, apply at 306 Washington street, Boston, 229 Broadway, New York.= 1348 and 688 Chestnut street, Phila,. Corner of Calvert and West Baltimore streets, Baltimore. 611 Pennsylyunla avenue, Washington, and leading Ticket Offices Hast. A POPE, Gen’l Passenger Agent. “THE FISHING LINE.” TAKE THE Crand Rapids & Indiana R. R. THE ONLY ROUTE TO THE Trout, Grayling & Black Bass Fisheries, AND THE FAMOUS SUMMER, HEALTH AND GAME RE- SORTS AND LAKES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN, The waters of the . Grand Traverse Region and the Michigan North Woods are unsurpassed, If equaled, in the abundance and great yarlety of fish contained. BROOK TROUT abound in the strea and the famous AMERIGAN GRAYLING Is found only in these waters. The TROUT, season begins May 1 and ends Sept 1. ane GRAYLING Season opens June 1 and ends Noy. 1. BLACK BASS, e1KE, PICKEREL and MUSCA- LONGEH, also abound in large numbers in the many lakes and lakelsts of this territory. The Sports- man can readily send trophies of his ykill to his tiends or club” at home, as ice for packing fish can be had at nearly all points. TAKE YOUR HF Y WITH YOU. The scenery of the North Woods and Lakes is very heautituL The alris pure dry and bracing. ‘The elimateis peculiarly beneficial to those suffering witr Hay Fever and Asthma Affections. The hotel accommodations are excellent, and will be largely increased In time forthe sea-on of 1881 by new buildings and additions. During the season ROUND TRIP EXCURSION TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT LOW RATES, and attractive train facilities offered to Tourists and Bpomanians of8, Guns and Wishing Tackle Carried Free at owner's risk. Tt is our alm to Make sportsmen feel “at home” on this route. For Tourists’ Guide a handsomely iljustrated book of 160 pagessent fires. Time Cards, Foiders and further information, address A. B, LEET, Gen’l Passt Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich: NOTICE TO SPORTSMEN. SHOOTING IN CURRITUCK SOUND, NORTH COROLINA, A dally line of conyeyances Is established by Mr. M,. H. Showden between Saowden Station, Hliza- beth City and Norfolr Railroad and Currituck ‘Court House on the Sound, leaving Snowden on ‘arrival of Nortolik train connectin With Baltimore steamers and returning in time connect with same train for aft'Tnoon Baltimore steamer. Time hetween New York and Currituck Court House, south-bound, twenty hours ; north-hound, twenty-~ four hours. se ; Gen, Manager Elizabeth City & Norfolk R. R. Co. — a (Decenner 22 1881, or Hotels and Resorts for Sportsmeny TO SPORTSMEN: The Pennsylvania R. R. Co. Respectfully invite attention to the SUPERIOR FACILITIES afforded by thelr lines for reaching most of the TROUTING PARKS and RACE COURSES In the Middle States. These lines being CONTINUOUS FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the difi- culties and dangers of reshipment, while the excel- lent cars which run over the smooth steel tracks enable STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED without failure or injury. > THE LINES OF : Pennslvania Railroad Comp’y also reach the best localities for Gunning and Fishing in Pennsylyania and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company in all the principal cities to KANE, RENOVA, BED- FORD, CRESSON, RAESTON, MINNEQUA, and other well-known centres for Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting and Still Hunting. Also to TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN, CAPE MAY, SQUAN, and points on the NEW JERSHY COAST renowned. for SALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN) AND FEATHER. L, P, FARMER, Gen’l Aass. Agent FRANK THOMSON, Gen’l Manager. Chesapeake & Ohio R’y. THE ROUTE of the SPORTSMAN and ANGLER TO THE BEST HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA, Comprising those of Central and Pledmont Vir- ginia Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley of V: Alleghany Mountains, Greenbrier and New res Kanawha Valley, and including in thelr yarletles game and fish, deer, bear, wild turkeys, wild duck, use, quall, snipe, woodcock, mountain trout, ass, pike, plckerel, etc. Guns, fishing tackle and one dog for each sporte- Tan carried tree. The Route of the Tourist, through the most beautiful and picturesque scenery of the Virginia Mountains to the te Sulphur Springs and other famous summer resorts. The C. & O. Rey is reached by rail at Hun on, W. Va., from the West, Northwest and Southwest; at Charlottesville, Va., from the North and Kast, and at Richmond, Va., from the South. The completion of the Peninsular Extension in the summer of 1881 affords THE ONLY ALL RAIL ROUTE TO THE ‘YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL,” and establishes a continuous rail line, via Rich- mond, Va., and Huntington, W. Va., between the mouth of Chesapeake Bay and the Pacific Ocean, H. W. FULLER, G. P. & T. A., Richmond, Va QLD DOMINION LINE, re\HE STEAMERS of this Line reach some of the i finest waterfowl aod upland shooting sections in the country. Connecting alrect [or Chincoteague, Cobb's island and points on the Peninsula, Clty Point, James River, Currituck, Florida and the mountainous country of Virginia, Tennessee, ete, Norfolk steamers sall Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- uriay. Lewes, Pell, Monday and Thursday Full information given at office, 197 Greenwich street, New York, Bromfield House, Boston, EUROPEAN PLAN. MESSENGER, Proprietor. Wild Fowl Shooting. SPRINGVILLE HOUSE OR SEORTSMEN'S RE- TREAT, SHINNHCOCK BAY, LL Y A PRACTICAL GUNNER AND AN OLD bayman. Has alyays on hand the best of boats, batteries, etd., with thelargest rig of trained wild geese decoys on the coast. The best ground in the vicinity of New York for bay snipe pitt of all varieties. Special attention riven by himsell to his guests, and satisfactionguaranteed. Address WM. § LANE, Good Ground, L.L Refers by pers mission to J. B, Shepherd, $91 Broadway, and Dutcher, 320 Broadway, N. Y. D. B. NYE, VAN SLYCK’S LANDING, CURRITUCK CO,, N, G. di BporiaAien furnished with board, skiffs and stool ucks. Duck, Goose, Partridge and Snipe Shooting. Ammunition always on hand, Steameér Cygnet leaves Norfolk every Monday and Thursday at 6:50 A, mw. for Van Slyck’s Landing. New Smyrna, Florida. OCEAN HOUSE, Open from December untilMay. Best hunting and askin in the State. One and 4 half miles from é ocean, 0. WESTALL, Proprietor. - FOREST AND STREAM, Gems) CROREST AND STREAM, 4 SPRATT’ sS PATENT GENUINE rece minster OS SSS 1NN ennel BTAMPED. @®Wacked in Cases of 1123 pounds each. SEND FOR CIRCULAR. Stliscellaneaug SPORTMEN’S DEPOT. (ESTABLISHED 1836). 4rrst Premium at World’s Fair at New York, and Centennial Exhibition. SPACEY JOHN KRIDER, WG. E. Cor Second and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia. GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, Fisting Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Hooks, Flies, Leaders, Snoods, eae ee Balt, Fly Hooks, ‘te. , Hite. ®2Salmon. Bass and Trout Files, Made to Order. Also “Krider's” Celebrated Center Enamel Split and Glued Bamboo Rods, Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins in Great Varieties. Taxidermy in all its branches. Spratt’s Patent Dog Biscuit. Kepalring of all kinds. TO ANCLERS: JOHN ENRIGBT & SONS, Fishing Rod & TackleMakers Castle Connell, near Limerick, lreland. Reels and Lines to match balance of rods, No nts. All mformation respecting fisheries on the Shannon in this locality, as also catalogues of our greenheart rods and general assortment of tackle, ‘to be had on application, Debility, i Scrofuln, Rheumatism or Consumption, is superior toany in de- (mnedisinal virtues and purity. ® London, European and New . York physicians pronounce At the purest and best. Bala by |W .H.Schieffolln & BROWNS PATENT =| GUN CLEANER. ‘THE EYST ™ Cleaner and Oiler oS} For Bieech-lpading arms iy Jn market, For One Dollar. one Cleaner, Patches, Brush and fuil dirsctions sent free of postajze. Ta ordering elya calitire of Send for circular. gun. Aduress Ts YARDLEY BROW e Pe. VINCENT BISSIC, Practical Gunsmith % CHAMBERS ST., NEW YORK. {iNew and Second-Hand Guns, Pistols, ete., con- etantly on hand. Repairing of syery description -dlone in the best manner and warranted. Guns wbored to shoot close and hard, Pistol grips fitted to stocks. Pin fires altered to central fire, SHELLS LOADED TO ORDER, JOSEPH GILLOTTS STEEL PENS 4So10By ALL DEALERS THroustour He WORLD ] GOLD MEDAL PARIS EXPOSITION-|878, A feriniry surgeon and Obeuist, now veling in. this, fountry suys that mostor the Horse Ra Guttie Powders solid, here are worthless trash. He An «kK says : tion Powders are absolute} i asi ee rae 5 eo ake orn on wits hens 113} fixe Sheidan's Uondition ders. ester agnt latanga fs SOLNSON © G0 er 7 is Femail Mines: formerly Bangor Bie. “SPRATIYS PATENT” are Purveyors by Ap *Fibrine” Cakes are used at the Dogs’ Home, London; the highest award for Do lub, New York, Go! ardio d’Acclimatatio: Biscuits at the Paris Exhibition, 1878 ; Medal; irish Kennel Club, Silyer- Medal, e MEAT “FIBRINE” DOG CAKES. intment to all the principal Shows and Kennels in the United Kingdom and abroad, The Patent Paris, etc. They have been awarded over 30 Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals ; ennel Club Special Medal; Grand Gold Medal, Hanover Dog Show, 1879; Weat- 5 Cte. BEWARE OF WORTHLESS IMITATIONS. Please see that Every Cake is Stamped ‘SPRATT’S PATENT” and a X.” WHOLESALE ACENTS, FRANCIS O. de LUZE & CO., 18 South William Street, NEW YORK. WESTERN AGENTS—B. KITTRIDGE & CO., Cincinnati, 0. Sportsmen's Gods. Rubber Sheoting Jacket. HODGMAN & CO. 425 Broadway and 27 Maiden Lane, Inew Sork, 2 AR# OFFERING THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF BUS BE Fr Hunting aut Fishing ulti COMPRISING Light Weight Shooting Jackets, Hats, Cartridge Bags, Gun Covers, RUBBER FISHING PANTS, RUBBER FISHING BOOTS, Mubber Liankets, And Complete Rubber Oulfits. TESTA BLISHED 1838.] Send for Catalogue, C. H. EUTEBROUK, 27 Dock Sq., Boston, Mass. This lever fs a solid piece of steel; goes through and through the body. CREEDMOOR PARL Guns made to order. OR RIFLE. Tt loads at the breech with small percussion cartridge; will shoot 200 feet There is scarcely any report and no smell from tnis rifle, Making it very appropriate for parlor use, picnics and fairs; full length, 37 inches; welght about 5 lbs. ; handsomely polished stock and blued barrel; with accuracy and force. box of 250; per thousand. $2.25. D price $6; cartridges, 60c. per Iron-face target, with numbers, ringing gong when bullseye is hit, $2.50, or rifle target and 1,000 cartridges, all boxed complet3, $10. Semd tor catalogue of Skates, Novelties and Sporting Goods, R. SIMPSON, 96 Fulton Street, N. Y. Box 3,207. “SHORE BIRDS.” A REPRINT OF PAPERS ON THE SUBJECT WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE “FOREST AND STREAM.” I, HAUNTS AND HABITS. Il, RANGE AND MIGRATIONS. If!, A MORNING WITHOUT THE BIRDS, IV. NOMENCLATURE. V. LOCALITIES. Fi. BLINDS AND DECOYS, Sent ou receipt of price, 15 cents, by the FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. geellancoud KNAPP & VAN NOSTRAND, POULTRY » GAME, Nos. 259 and 290 WASHINGTON MARKET, NEW YORE. Consignments of all kinds of game solicited WE CHARGE NO COMMISSION. We accept consignments. Allow market price day of arrival, and send checks eyery Tuesday for all involves of previous week. FLIRTATION CAMP, or; Rifle, Red and Gun in California, BY THEODCRE S. VAN DYKE, For sale at thisofiice, Price $1.50. GOUwS OIL TANNED MOCCASINS. The best thing in the market for hunting, fishing, canoelng, Bnow-shoeing, etc. They are easy to the feet, and very durable. Made to order s in a yariety of styles, and 7 ; warranted the genuine ar- tole. Send tor pmce list MARTIN 8. HUTCH- INGS, P. O, Box 3865, Dover, N. H. (Successor to Frank Good), BrRaproup & ANTHONY, Boston Mublications Green's Fruit Grower, HOCHESTER, N. ¥. An Illustrated Quarterly Journal, devoted to the Orchard, Carden & Nursery. “Tr is seldom so much valuable miuterial 1s Offered at so low & pricé,” Says the Gardener Monthly, “Tt 1s full of interesting and valuable matter,” says J. J. Thomas, editor of Country Gen- tleman. “It1s doling a good work; I predict suc- cess,” says President Marshall P. Wilder. “ Ibis the only journal in America worthy of the name,” says J. 1. Lovett, “Ib will fill a gap; I wish lt Success,” says Charles Downing. Price, 25 Cents Per Year. SAMPLE COPY FREE. AMP LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS,—Seconad edition now ready. This story describes the trip of a partyot Boston gentlemen to the Richard- ao0-Rangeley lakes. It treate of ‘camp life,” Indoors and out, is amusing, instructive ana ‘interesting; $4 pages, 12 Wustrations, Price 25 cents. By mail. Oe ee CHARLES A. J, FARRAR, Jamaica Plain, Masa. 64 a week In yourown town. Terms and $5 § outtit free. Address H. HALLETT & CO., Portland, Maine, GENUINE NONE ARE BTAMPED, To be had in emaller quantitios of Grocers and the Spcrting Goods Trade Generally. Bebligationg, Any of the Following Books Sent om Eeceipt of Price by Forest ana Stre.um Pub. Co. Adirondacks, Camps and ‘Tramps In, Northrup, 1.25 Adirondacks, Guide to Wallace’s, 6th edition... 2 00 Adirondack, Wilderness, In the, Warner’s...... ‘T& Amateur ceDper— paper 60¢.; iti eae soos 15 American Angier’s Book, NOrris.........-..4... 550 American Bird Fancier.....:..... wi ripantsass -- 38 American Wild Fowl Shooting, J. W. Long,.-.. 2.00 Angus, 8 Book on, Francis..............6 wenee 1.58 4) ETRE MOGETIine ke cutitaret econ teats Veceoree OB Archery, Witchery of, Maurice Thompson,...., 1,58 Arouna the World in the Yacht Sunbeam, ._..30,00 Cage and Sin Birds, 50c.; 750.3 Birds’ Eggs and Nests, 50¢., eras Salt Water Aquarium, 60c.; Native Song Birds... » = - Breech Loader, Modern, Greener Cage and Singing Birds........ nate Ja Camps in the Caribbees, by Fred Ober... . Canoe Traveling, Powell......,,. Seah Canoe Trip, or a Lark on the Water............ Canoe, Voyage of the Paper; Bishop’s....,.... % Casseil’s Book of Birds, 4 vo: 3 Dog Breaking by Holabird..... Fiy Fishing in Maine Lakes... Frank Forester’s Field Sports ... Frank Forester’s Fish and Fishing........,... Frank Forester’s Fishing with Hook & Liné.ps. Frank Forester’s Manual for Young Sportamen, Frank Forester’s Sporting Scenes ny Charac- Tere) BVO. 2 VOI: tri fess esr dee cerns a seen: at Gun, Rod and Saddle.. Hand Book for Riflemen. Hints to Rifiemen, Clevel: How to Hunt and Trap, Batty Hunter and Trapper, Tnrasner. Hunting and Hunters of all Nai Lite of a Sportsmen, Nimrod... Manton’s Taxidermy Without a Minot’s Land and Game Birds. Naturalists’ Guide, Maynard, SHOE Birdsceay-rcster eres The Gun and its Development, Deeb asses ore = wu, SeSSlSSSSSESS RSSSERSTSSSSRE woes 1842, The 1882, American Agriculturist is a Journal which every subscriber to the Forrsr AND STREAM Should have in his household, for the instruction and entertainment of himself, his family, his friends, and his hired help, wilt is edited with great care, labor and expenge to haye every line reliable, while its pages apound in a great variety of useful, practical, tru stworthy information and suggestiuns, Many special coniributors, in all parts of the country, including Professorsin Agricultural and other Colleges, and other leading, intelligent, piaeoe ce tai very Dumber contains 40 or more large pages, well printed on fine paper, besides a Ti y newly: illustrated for eae Mee Cepia he Eyery number contains from 60 to 100 new en- gravings, describing a great variety of Labor-say- ing, Labor-helpinzg Deyices and Household Econo- mies, Animals, Plants, Flowers, with many Pleasing Pictures, etc. In this respect it surpasses by far, allother like journals, and is wanted by every one, in country, village, and city, no matter how many other journals ohe may hare, Its constant Exposures of Humbugs and Swind- ling Schemes are invaluable everywhere, and saye many times its cost to almost every reader. It ad- mnits no medizal advertisements, and no untrust- worthy advertisers, Its Immense circulation en- ables the Publishers to issue lt at very low rates, and to deal liberally with subscribers in the way of premiums, etc, Taking into account Its size, its rellability, lis beauty, its real yalue, it 1s the Cheapest Journal in the World! The 4ist Annual Volume begins January 1, 1892, Terms: $1.50 a year,..... Four Copies $5, Sinvle Numbers, 15 cents each. (One Specimen Number for 10 cents.) Ilustrated Premilum List (#2 pages) Free, ORANGE JUDD CO,, Publishers, New York, 751 Broadway. (Opposile Aslor Piace.) —— nm LATEST BDITION —OF THE— JT HURLINGHAM AND LONDON GUN CLUB'S TRAP SHOOTING RULES, For sale at this offices, Price twenty-five cents, DN WHE AND HOW TO USEIT TO KILL EVERY FAIR WING SHOT. By Gwynne PF G U Vise-Presidént Sportsmen's Club, st Louis, Mo., who defeated Gogardus. Trap shooting. Plungetrap and Olasi Shooung Ex. posed. ‘American Pleld" says: + /t possesses genu— tre merit.” ‘Kennel & Field’ says: “* Huery man that usea a gun should have it.” Matled for 25u,, stamps or currency, by GWYNNE PRICK, st. Louls, Mo, 10 YOUR NAMES serail Chee Bey Water Scenes ttc. iro day hema al ee Agent’s Complete Sanlpls Book,25c. Greacy: Advertising ana Bevel Edge Vards, ~ aod i mples Fancy A ‘Addrese ial Cards, HA BROK.. Box Hy = 422 ‘ FOREST AND STREAM. DrormBeEer 29, 18&1- aunmunition, te. ORANGE SPORTING Powder. Orange Lighining. Orange Ducking. Orange Rifle. Creedmoor. Aiscellayeons Advertisements, AY ‘ The Parker Gun. Aimnunition, Ge. The Hazard Powder Co., MANUFACTURERS OF Gunpowder Hlazard’s “‘ Mlectric Powder,?? Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). Unsurpasted in point of strength and cleanliness. Packed tn square cane isters of ohe yiound waty, Hazards ** American Sporting.?? Nos. i (fine) to. 6 (coarse). Ini Jb. canisters an@& $34 1b. kegs. A fine grain, qnick and elean, for up= land prairie shooting. Well adapted to shot-guns, Hazard’s * Dick Shooting.?? Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse), In1and 51h, canisters and 637 and 1233 lb, kegs. Burns siew/ly and very clean, shooting remarkably close and with great penetration, For field, forest or water shooting It ranks any other brand and itis equally serviceable tor muzzle or breech-loaders, Again Victorious atthe Late Exposition at Hazard’s ** Kentucky Mifle.?? MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, FFFG, FFG and*'Sea Shooting” FG in kegs of THE PHILADELPHIA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE says: ‘ At Melbourne they had an excellent op- | 25, 1234 ani 64/ 1bs. and cansofs5lbs, FFFGis also portunity of testing their powers beside those of every exhibitor In the world, and they came off con- | packed 1n1 and 34 1b. Ganisters. Burns strong and querors over every other maker, Thetr highest award comes to them from a country whose reputation | moist. The FFFG and FFG are favorite brands for for this class of gcods has tor many years been above all others.” ordinary sporting and the Sea Shooting” FG js the " They have been in the hands of shooters for the past sixteen years and stood the severest test, and | Standard Aiyle Powder of the country, aye won more laurels than any other gun when brought in competition in the field or atthe trap. At ‘I ini i Coney Island this year, at the New York State Convention, the PARKER won the Pierce Diamond Badge Super aes Mining and Blasting: Powder, and the * Forestand Stream ” Badge for the best average over nearly 200 competitors. Send for Catalogue. GOVERNMENT CANNON and MUSKET POW~ ELECTRIC BLASTING APPARATUS, I Send postal card forILLUSTRATED PAMPHL&T, showing SIZES of GRAINS of POWDER, Furnished FREE. Laflin & Rand Powder Co., No. 29 Murray Street, New York, Pupont’s Rifle, Sporting and Blasting Powder. THE MOST POPULAR POWDER IN USEI Duron7’s GUNPOWDER MICrs, established in 1502, mave maintained their great reputation for seventy- elghtyears. Mantfacture the following celebrated brands of powder : Dupont’s Diamond Grain.—Nos. 1 (coarse) to 4 (fine) unequalled In strength, quickness an cleanliness; adapted for glass-ball and pigeon shooting. Packed in 1 1b canisters, Dupont’s Kag'e LDucking.—Nos, J (coarse) to 8 (fine); burns slowly, strony anu very clean ; great penetration, with @ close ea adapt ed ‘or glass-ball, pigeon, duck and other shooting, wiih either muzzle or breech loaders. Packed in 1 t. and 6 Ib. canl ters and 644 and 123g 1b. kegs. Dupont’s Choke Bore.—specially adapted for “Choke Bore” Guns, and particularly for pral- rie and upland shooting. Burns slowly, strong and moist; doe3 not cake or burn on the barrels, gives both a good penetration anda close pattern; will be found weil adspted for gless-bal and pigeon shooting. Made of two sizes, only No. 7 and No, 5 No, 7 being the coarsest. Packed in 63; 1b, kegs and 1 1b. canisters, Dupont’s Eagle Rifle.—A quick, strong and glean powder, u ytry tine grain, for pistol snooling, Pack2A in 1 1b, canisters and 647 1b, kegs, Dupent’s Rifle Fg. ‘*S: a-Shooting.??— FFg. und FF Fy. '| ho Fg. for long-range rifl* shool- ing, the FFg. and KF Fg. for general use, burning strong and moist. Packed in 3 1b.,1]b. and 6 1b. eanisters, 634,124; and 25 1b. kegs, I'g. coarse, PF Fg. 8. Dupont's Sporting, Mining, Surprise and Blast- ag Powders of all sizes and descriptions. special Grades for Export. Also Kifie, Cartridge, mus- ket, Cannon, Mortar, Mammoth, Hexagonal, Cubl- #al and Pellet Powder, U. S. Government Standard. Powder manutactured to elder of any required grain or proof! @ - Agencies in all the eftics and principal towns fhroughout the United Staies Represented by ¥, L. KNEELAND, 87 Beaver §St., N.Y. N, B.—Use none but DUPONT'S Fg. or Fig. tur Shng-range ride shouting. i Oriental Powder Mills, BOSTON, MASS. Western Sporting, Wild Fowl Shooting, Falcon Ducking, SPORTIVG POWDER. ALSO ALL GRADES OF Blasting Powder. Agencies at all Principal Points in the West. ENCLISH Sporting Gunpowder. CURTIS & HARVEY’S DIAMOND GRAIN. Nos. 2, 8, 4, 5, 6,7 and s. Superior Rifle, Enfield Rifle, and Col, Mawker’s Ducking. W, STITT, 61 Cedar st., N.Y. Agent for the U. s. SHOW ROOMS, 97 Chambers St.,N. ¥. THE BEST GUNS for the LEAST MONEY, : W. W. GREENER’S and C. G. BONEHILI’S GUNSa specialty. General Agent for CARD'S STAND- PARKER BROS , Meriden, Conn. OF MAKING MANY BOOKS THERE IS NO END. Eccl, (2:42, ESTABLISHED 1836. NEAT AND ELEGANT BOOK BINDING FROM THE Plainest to {he Most Elaborate Styles. SPHCIMENS ON EXHIBITION. If you want good work, at low figures, and save Agent’s Commission come direct to JAMES FE. WALKER, 14 Dey St, + A FILE OF N. Y HERALD, 1847, AND TIMEB, TO DATE, AND ODD NUMBERS, FOR SALE, ARD GLASS BALL TRAP. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Sporting Goods. WILL. H. CRUTTENDEN, Cazenovia, Madison County, N. Y. Illustrated Catalogue gent free on application. EB. F. NIGHOLS & CO., BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, Manufacturers of HEXAGONAL SPLIT BAMBOO FISHING RODS, REMOVED TO 153 MILK STREET, | Weare obliged to have more room in our factory and greater facilities for manufacturing our goods to meet the increasing demand, We have received the highest award and silyer medal at; (he Mare. Charitable Mechanics’ Association Fair for our superior goods) SEND FOR CATALOGUE, circular containing ful, deseription, Ad- } DER; ako, SPECIAL GRADES FORK EXPORT OF ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOP MANUPAC- TURED TU ORDER, The above can be had of dealers, or of the Com- pany’s Agents, In every prominent city, or whole= gale at our oftice. SS WALL STREET, NEW YORK. THE HUNTINGSIGHT & LYMAN’S PATINT COMBINA- TION GUN SIGHT Makes a Sporting Rifle perfect. Send for WILLIAM LYMAN, MIDDLEFIELD, CONN, * FERGUSON’S PATENT ADJUSTABLE JACK LAPS, DASH LAMPS, FISH= ING LAMPS, Etc., 3 For Night Hunting an@ Fishing, BbesE neat: Amp ing, Canoeing. Yachting, Driving at Night, and Generab Tiluminating Purposes. Bicycle anterns, Dark Lanterns, Musicians Band Lamps, Pocket Lantern Hand Lanterns, etc. Sen stamp for Illustrated Price List. Name YorEsr AND STREAM. ALBERT FER@GUSON, Office, 65 Fulton Street, N. ¥. (With Conroy, Bissett & Malleson.> ‘CHAMPAGNE. THIS WINE ts acknowledged by judges to be the best cuvee now in existence. It is se= lected by the Czar and is largely con=- sumed by the nobility of Russia, who are known to be commoisseurs of cham-= pagne. 1 FSTERBROOK'S “Fens Leading Numbers: 14, 048, 130, 333, 161. For Sale by all Stationers, THE ESTERBROOK STEEL PEN CO.,_ Works, Camden, N, J. 26 John St. New Yorks Twine Baker Guns. DAMASCUS BTEEL, - ~ PRICK, BEST ENGLISH TWIST BARRELS, OUR DOUBLE GUN. The Best Gun made for DURABILITY =A — SHOOTING QUALITIES = - $40 = $55_to $200 . BHND STAMP FOR DESORIPTIVE OFROULAR. This gun is light and;compact, from 9 to10 Ibs. welght. The rife is L. C. SMITH Maker, Syracuse, N. Y. OUR NEW MODEL THREE BARREL CUN. Fist accurate,” Terims, $4 a Wear. AMERICAN SPORTSMAN’S or JOURNAL. Entered According to Act of Congress, In the year 1831, by the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 10 Cts. a neBY} Six Vionths, 2. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, (881. Vol. 17—No. 22, {Nos 39 and 40 Park Kow, New York CONTENTS. _ RDITORIAL :— The Close of the Year; Forum, Field and Flood ; Bye-Waya of the Northwest....-...-..+-. peso pesicle Settee tee Ws THe Srortaman Tourist? :— Oruise of ‘the Nipper’—III ; A Night Race againt Death ; Willow Grouse Shooting in Newfonndland ; Sport as Brain Food ; The Seyen Ponds Again...., Saafeavice GaD Naropa, History :— The Poison Ivy ; Enemies of Game Birds; A Queer Fox; Weiphtalof Sqnirrely.. 5 -.scsrerecaccs ress. tsecsees nana Game Baa anp Guy :— The A. B. ©. of Wing Shooting; The Hurtling Grouse ; Loading for Game ; Ficrida Winter Notes ; An Arkansas Game Country; Lord Dunrayen and the Noya Scotia Game Laws ; The Pot-Hunting Son of Ham; New Year in the Woods ; State Pigeon Tournaments,..,....... ...+. : SEA aND Riyex FisHine :— The South Side Sportsmen’s Club; Angling Notes from Canada ; Tennessee Fish Notes ; Fishing Products at Ber- lin ; Maine Whitefish Take the Hook ; A Fish in an Oyster Shell; Bifects of Moonlight on Fish; Night Fishing,,,... 482 FISHOULTUBE :— The Gold Orfe...... skies Tae KENNEL — Training ys, Breaking; The Clumber Spaniel ; Notes and News ; The Lowell Bench Show; The Birmingham Show, 433 YACHTING AND CANOEING :— Awe nese ewes 429 tobesabasatSacawodagesaontessdave 400 Meagurement..... .: -..+. Stas nt pho thchtrtrn estat 437 AnNsweERs TO CORRESPONDENTS...... Fee yeah EE eC a csc se 437 Rirne anp TRAP SHooTING :-— 438 ee TO CORRESPONDENTS. 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Special rates for three, six and twelve months. Reading notices 50 cents per Une— sight words to the line, and twelve lines to one inch. Advertisements should be sent in by the Saturday of each week previous to the Issue in which they are to be inserted. Address: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., Nos. 39 and 40 Park Row, New York City. FOREST AND STREAM. Thursday, December 29. THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR. JTH the first day of January comes the close game season in most of the Northern and Western States. It need not mean, however, a cessation of sport by those whose circumstances will permit them to follow the birds to the South. Our game columns from time to time describe rare hunting grounds beneath the Southern sky. The Amer- ican hunting territory is so wide and varied that a sportsman may, and without shooting the nesting birds, follow the pleasures of the field all the year through, The shooting during 1881 has not been of the best. Several causes transpired to lessen the game supply; the unusual severity of the winter of 1980-81 decimated the birds in sev- eral States; other localities were affected by the summer's drought; and the extraordinary open weather of the present season hus precluded fine sport with the ducks. The year has witnessed a great pigeon shooling tournament, which in magnitude will probably never be equaled in the future. There has also been wrought a notable change of sentiment regarding the propriety of such wholesale pigeon. slaughters by ostensible game-protective societies; and in this respect it may be said that in 1881 the cause of true manly sports- manship has made a decided advance. To the angler the past year has, in most parts of the country, been an average one. The Southern §6a coast angler always has a good season, and a great variety of fishes to choose from. The Northern salt water fisher igs more depend- ent upon the migration of his favorities, and some of them were late in coming last spring. The bluefish did not appear until late, and it was feared that there would be none. In August they came more plentifully, and in September blue- fishing was good along the coast of New Jersey, Long Island and Massachusetts. Other salt water species were rare, and sheepshead scarce. A few minor inventions in tackle have appeared, and the usual crop of new reels, In fresh water the season has not been good, but as in most places the fish- ing is gradually growing poorer, year by year, perhaps it was as good as could be expected. The Adirondacks are being skinned by the trout-hog, and the grayling are nearly numbered with the past. The progressive fishculturist has noted several discoveries, the most notable bemg the hatch- ing of the Spanish mackerel; and fishculture has spread over new terrritory, and some fish commissions haye been created in States which heretofore have not had such useful officers, In the States where fisheulture is older, the rav- ages of the poacher haye been partly compensated for by an increase of fish for this free American to kill out of season. But for the work of the fishculturist he would long ago have poached the last one. Altogether it has been a fair year for the angler. In the matter of Natural History events the year has not been without interest. Ornithologists have to thank Mr. Robert Ridgeway for his new cheek list of North American birds, which is the most important contribution recently made to the subject. A number of additions have been made to the North American ayifauna. The first yolume of New England Bird Life has made its appearance. Among the papers published in these columns Mr. Hap- good’s essay on the Migration and Range of the Limicole is especially noteworthy, as being a suggestive discussion of the intricate problem. The march of science during the year 1881 has not been retarded by any lack of earnest work- ers, nor by any lack of diligence and enthusiasm on their part. There have been an unusual number of important events in the kennel world. The bench shows and field trials have been more numerous than in any previous year, and also more decidedly successful. The performances of the com- peting dogs have been of a high character, and the meetings have been noticeably free from the trickery and jockeying which has in former years marred some such occasions. The year in rifle shooting circles has been a busy one, though we have had no great international match to dazzle the general public with its show and hubbub. The year opened with Creedmoor, the parent range of the country, free of debt, and the Association in possession of an estab- lishment and plant that it would require $60,000 to replace. In the country at large there has been an abundance of target practice. Our files will show records of shooting from Albany, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Boston, New Orleans, New Bedford, Newport, Washington, Chicago, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and many other points. Several of the State Rifle Associations have done good work in carrying out annual meetings. The fall meeting at Creed- moor brought together a good company of contestants, with scores in some instances beating the record in the standing matches. In small-arm shooting the pistol tournament of the past winter in this city was a great success; but some- what of a rebufi was met when the off-hand shooters found themselves unable to meet the challenge of John Rigby, of Dublin, on his own terms. The year closes with a good prospect of a military shooting by our American Guardsmen at Wimbledon next year. There is no good reason why a strong team should not go over next July, and add another to the series of American triumphs with the rifle. The year 1881 has not shown any retrogression. The score list of the year will show that the riflemen of the country have not lost their cunning. The year bas been especially fruitful in yachting. Not only have we had an international match for the old honored trophy won by the schooner *‘ America” in 1851 from a British fleet, but, through the visit of the cutter Madge, we have been taught some most valuable lessons in the science of building and the art of sailing. These lessons, it is true, will bear fruit in the future rather than at once. Yet their import is none the less worth chronicling now as belonging to the season just closed. Great strides have been made in the knowledge of the principles governing naval design, and much old fogyism and many musty misapprehensions have passed away. ‘The peculiar antipathy to wholesome depth, keels and Jow ballast, as well as handy rigs, which has so long characterized our yacht builders, now bids fair to give way to a more intelligent understanding of the whole prob- lem. In the future safe, seaworthy boats, with sailor-like rigs, seem destined to displace the dangerous oversparred ligbt draughts of earlier days, In congratulating the sailing public upon the tiirn of the tide, now fairly set in, fayoring the able ship in preference to the machine, Forrsr anp STREAM may justly claim to have contributed in no mean share toward bringing about the healthy reform. This is not a season for review only. Anticipation paints pleasant pictures of pleasures to be realized in the months of the coming year. May the fields and streams of 1882 be of pleasantness and peace. = i FORUM, FIELD AND FLOOD. V 7 B find in the last number of the Howr an appreciative sketch of Hon. John EH. Develin, of this city, a gen- tleman who has won distinction at the bar and in legislative halls. He isalso well known to members of the craft as an expert and enthusiastic follower of field sports. ‘* While leading a busy professional and politicul life,” says the sketch, ‘‘ Mr. Develin has found time to indulge the love of field sports inherited from his father. He isa true sports- men, ready at any moment to shoulder gun or rod and start for the woods, the prairies or the streams. There is some- thing remarkable about the rapidity and facility with which he merges from musty law books and complicated authori- ties to plunge into the midst of his favorite sports ; or chains up his setter and throws aside his birds to resume the study of intricate legal problems with which he is soon to puzzle «a court or astonish a jury.” Mr. Develin has also rendered valuable service to the cause of game pro'ection ; several of the wisest provisions of the law were originated by him and carried through the Legislature largely by his personal influence and exertions. For his labors in this field credit and honor are due him from the great body of sports- men who have been benefited thereby. Our esteemed and evidently well-meaning but mistaken contemporary thinks to add to its praises of Mr. Deyelin by depreciating the present standard of American sportsmanship, that by the contrast his may appear the more creditable. ‘*Between gamblers, cockney huntsmen, glass ball breakers, and gentlemen riders,” says the Hour, “American sports- manship has reached a low ebb, at least in this part of the country,” All of which is simple nonsense. The truth is, that never before in the history of this country, or of any other country for that matter, has the standard of sportsman- ship heen so high as at the present time. Never haye the legitimate field sports of rod and gun been accorded greater dignity than now, nor has the ideal sportsman’s character ever been nobler and worthier, That man must be willfully blind who fails to recognize the vast and radical difference which to-day distinguishes the great host of American sports- men from the ‘‘gambling fraternity.” The sportsman who seeks his recreation in the field and along the stream knows as little of pool-rooms, faro-dens and sawdust walking-match swindles, and has as little sympathy for them, as the gam- bler knows and feels for sunshine, forest aisles and purling brook. And the public—which in some things is wiser eyen than newspaper editors—is fast coming to find this out. The public is ready to accord the manly sportsmanship of the day its due; indeed, it hasalready doneso. Instead of being at a low ebb, the tide of sportsmanship is at that flood which is leading on to fortune.* The Hour could have turned a neate compliment for the subject of its remark, had it said, as with propriety it might have done, that the tone of sportsmanship is at present exceptionally high, and that among the worthiest exponents of its spirit and practice, Mr. Develin holds a dis- tinguished rank. By the way, now that the Howr has employed the term ‘true sportsman,” will it rise and explain what it under- stands the expression to mean? Meanwhile, we refer our contemporary and our readers to the admirable picture of ‘The Ideal Sportsman” given elsewhere. * Ifany amb ty attaches to the fortune, the reader is respect fully referred or # solution to any of the sportamen’s goods stores, ADA FOREST AND STREAM. Derormsze 29, 188i AMATEURS AND Exprrrs.—It is but a narrow mind which would estimate the value of a day’s field shooting by the numer of birds brought to bag, or of a day’s fishing by the quantity of trout or bass in the basket by sundown; and so it is but poor judgment which rates a man’s standing as a “ whole-souled, genial sportsman” by the number of times out of a hundred shots that he can kill his bird, or by the nuaiber of fingerling trout he can land, as against his neigh- bors count. As long asa man commits no offenses against the written and unwritten laws of the field, and earnestly tries to enjoy and appreciate the health-giving and purifying influences surrounding him, while at the same time promot- ing the enjoyment of his companions, so long is the merest beginner as fully entitled to fellowship in the guild of sports- men, as the greatest expert of the dsy. Not that we would have him always a beginner, in point of skill. What is worth doing, is worth doing well, fully as much in field sports 88 in anything else; but the disposition of some &6- | called sporiamen to frown upon a would-be sheoter because he was not bern a crack shot, cannot be commended. 'The soofters forget that they ever were beginners themselves, xs #0Me grumbling and gouty old gentlemes forget that they éver were boys, when the young people annoy them. Ski! in fleld sports is gained by enthusiasm and practice, but eu- thusiasm in some cases grows up with the youth, and in some cases o-mes to the man with the sudden discovery that he romewhat onjeys a branch of sport which he would have equally enjoyed before, if he had known anything about it. In the latter case, give ihe man a chance, and in these days of improved guns and tackle, neat and well balanced, he wiil, urged on by énthusiasm and encouvaged by practice, in all probability become as expert as any amateur could wish, and a thoroughly ‘good fellow” in a!l appearance, as well as at heart, We wish tosee more, avery season, of the cffice- penned, desk-bound, care-worn men of this busy age, taking a= few days of recreation, from time to time, among the brooks and by the ocean, in the fields and the mountains, and retnrving to their labors with minds and bodies renewed aod strengthened; fully able, in their increased power, to more than make up for the few days passed away from busi- ness. Ifs man’s sense: snd bodily health are unimpaired, and he is irclined in that direétion, he can scarcely be too old to become a sporisman, in deed a3 we!lasin thought. It should, therefore, be a matter of pride, with those who are already members, to welcome him to the fraternity, rather than to repel him by criticisms upon his inexperience. A Great Sporrsman’s Roure.—Hon. Hinton Rowan Helper, of St. Louis, ex-Minister from the United States tothe Argentine Republic, author of that once famous book, ‘‘The Impending Orisis of the South,” isnow inthis city on business connected with the projected ‘'Three Americas Railway,” planned and promoted by him, intended to run from Mani- toba through the North, Central and South Americas, longi- tudinelly to Patagonia. What a glorious ‘sportsman’s toute,” on a large scale, this line will be when finished! Think of the varieties of game, large and small, to be met with throughout the entire length of the route, and the un— told possibilities of “stopping off ” to fish in the Amazon | Certainly, fora sportsman with spare time and a Jong purse, no one trip could furnish more varied attractions or greater changes of scene and action. ‘* Dogs, guns and fishing tackle carried frev,” of course. We can imagine the enthu- siastic ‘‘thorovgh sportsman” leaving the Northern terminus wilh a bag#age cur filled with the entire sporting departnient of a bench show, all kinds of tackle from a split bamboo fly- rod to aset of explosive harpoons, and everyting in fire- arms, froma twenty gauge hammertess to a Gatling battery. ‘Going to Buffalo to shoot buffalovs, ah, y’know,” would be nothisg to it! Taz Wimpuzpon Cuatinnee. As we go to press 3 com- munication has arrived from the Secretary of the National Ri fie Association of Great Britain, informing Gen. Hancock, the President of our National Rifle Association, that the Council! of the British organization will welcome a team of American Guardsmen at Wimbledon next summer. A special sub-committes has been appointed, and lhey are now busy arranging « scheme for the competition, which will be aubinitied to us in a short time. In our next issue we will publish the letter in full, Tar Rottyé Passion.—A curious letter came to the Fourgst anp SrrvaM office the other day. It was wriiten by a deaf mute, who had seen an advertisement of this paper and wrole: '' I want to know if you have pictures of lions, tigers, elephants, and any animals or beasts in that illustrated weekly journal ;” and in the letter to us was inclosed another oue to a gic dealer, asking for an illustrated catalogue, that he might look at the pictures of guns. There is the ruling passion. Dors tHe Contege AmMATEUE PRiss represent the student life of the day? Baseball, cricket, foot-ball, lawn-tennis and boating appeer to be the most prolific topics of discus- gion. These, with growlings at the faculty, slangy ‘terinds,” and downy love poems make up the average eollege paper. Are athletio sports and fiirtations the ab- sorbing eccupations of American college students? “Don't AuLt0A Berore You'Re Our or tHE Woon,” says the wise old saw, and there are atill two more momentous days left in 1981, but—who will care for Mother Shipton new! es ee BYE-WAYS OF THE NORTHWEST. TENTO PAPER. Fie next morning we passed Point Atkinson and into Bur- rard Inlet, and by noon were at the little town of Gran- ville. We made a brief stop here to purchase some supplies, and then passed on, reaching Hastings «n hour or two later. Here we were cordially welcomed by Mr. Fannin, who agreed to accompany us to the head of the North Arm. Our arrangements were soon made, and the canoe started off again, while I remained behind, to follow ina single canoe with Fannin snd the Siwash Seammux, whom we intended to get as guide. When we went to the rancherie, however, we found that onr worthy friend, and all his brother Indians, were hopelessly drunk, asa lootchman had died the day before, and they had been mourning forher, They would re- main drunk as long as their whisky lasted, so it was useless to wait for Seammux, We, therefore, took our things aboard Mr. Fannin’s light canoe, and started for the head of the Inlet, which we reached the next day. On cur way up the Arm, wo met several canoes loaded wth salmon, which the Siwsashes had caught with spears and gaits in the river which empties into the inlet at its head. One of the canoes had afiour pound trout, which had been speared, Hore, too, I noticed, for the first time, a tumber of great holothuriang, or sea-cucumbers, lying on the botiom. One of these being brought to the surface with the spear, proved to be ten or twelye inches long; an unat tractive creature, brown in color and studded with great warts. The Indians eat them, as they do also the octopus, and pronounce them excellent; but none of our party seemed inclined to try them. We paddled up Salmon River nearly to the first jam of logs and camped on asand bar. A little later. in the light canoe, we started up the river on an ex- ploring tour, which, however, did not carry us beyond the Jamu. As we were passing through this our attention was drawn to the immense school of salmon slowly swimming round acd round ia the deep pool under the iogs. In this pool, which waa, perhaps, twenty feet wide and forty long, were swimming slowly asout or lying quietly near the bot- tom. four or tive hundred salmon, each of which weighed from eight Lo ten pounds. As the canoe passed oyer them they would make a rush to one side or up stream, but would almost immediately return to their former position. The water was clear as crystal, sud looked about ix or seven feet deep, but, in reality, was over ejghteen, and our sixteen foot salmon spear was not nearly long enough to reach the fish upon the bottom. The sight of these splendid salmon excited'the members of cur party not a little, and the spear was in great demand. It was an instructive and amusing tight to see the learned, scientific light of our number, a mathematician of high attainments, 4 1msan who is supposed to to take pleasure only in measuring the angles which the various faces of a crystal make with onéanother,and to whora the mys- teries of differential calculusare rather more simple than achap- ter in one-syllabled words weuld be to the average Man—it was am instructive and entertaining sight, I say, tosce the Pro- fessor stre!ched out at full length on his face on this jam of logs, his eyes glued to a crey'ce through which he watched the fish below, while his right hand grasped eagerly at the air above him, and his lips repeated these words: ‘' Oh, please let me have the speur for just a minute ; they are so thick-here that I know I can’t help catching one if I only jhrust it at them.” But although the Professor made many a thrust, as did all the others, the total result of the after- noon’s work was ene single salmon. Afierward, however, when the depth of the water had been measured and a longer handle rigged to spear and gaff, we caught allthe fish we reqiired, We had hoped to have had a day or two of hunting on the North Arm of Burrard Inlet, but during the three days of our stay there it rained constantly. The woods were so wet that travel through them was extremely uncomfortable, while the mountains were shrouded in a dense white mist. Once wé climbed part way up one of them during a lullin the storm, but it was impossible to see fifty yards ahead of one, and hunting was out.of the question. So one morning, we ruefully broke camp, and paddling down to Hastings, unloaded our baggage, and paid off and dismissed the Siwasbes. The next day we bade farewell tothe beautiful Inlet, and took our departure for New Westminster. There ig something wenderfully impressive in the forests of British Qolumbia. The gigantic trees, straight and symmetrical, like the pillars of some great cathedral whose dark green roof spreads out far above us, and whose height cannot be measured in feet, awe the traveler by their size and their regularity. The stillness is unbroken. No voice of bird or beast is heard to disturb the solemn quiet of the scene, only sometimes the sad moaning of the winds among the lofty branches, or the whispered echo of the salt waves breaking unceasingly against the iron bound cliffs is felt though scarcely heard. Occasionally, it is true, asin con- templative mood you yield to the influences of the silence, and give yourself up to the melancholy reveries to which the surroundings incline you, the intense quiet is broken by the harsh chatter of the red equirrel, or the hoarse, ill- omencd yoice of the raven, far more in keeping with your gurroundings, may be heard, But as a rule these woods are voiceless. The cedars, the firs and the cypresses are swathed in a funereal drapery of moss, which hangs in long, motion- Igea festoons from the branches, To find bits of solor we have to look carefully among the undergrowth, where we can detect bright berries and particolored lichens, while the ground is eovyered with the brown and withered foliage of the evergreens, the accumulations of many a long year. The sawmills and loging camps of Burrard Inlet and of Washington Territory are too important to be passed over Without some mention. One may see among the gigantic red woods of California individual trees which are much larger than those of this northern country, but, so far as I know, there are on this continent no forests where the tim- ber will average so large as it does here on the North-west coast, largest, are the Douglas fir (Pseudostuga Douglassi,) and the cedar (Vhuya gigantes.) I was informed that the largest tree of the first named species, which had been cut for the mills on Burrard Inlet meastired 318 fect when felled, snd was-9 feet in diameter at the base inside the bark, and asticlk of timber sawed at Hanson & Atkinson’s mills, at Tacoma, Washington Territory, measured 96 feet in length by 14x22 inches. The cedar grows quite as large as the Douglass fir, but not ag tall. The largest tree that I saw measured eleven feet in diameter, six feet from the ground, and in the hollow in its butt, three or four mén could have slept very comfortably. These trees are usually felled by culting through them some distavce above the ground: This is done because the bole of the tree at its base is knotty and unfit for timber, and is thus much harder and more difficult to chop through than it is a few feet farther up the stem. The chopper begins operations by cutting a notch six or eight inches deep in the tree trunk, three or four feet from the ground. Into this he drives a ‘‘paddle,” a piece of timber four or five fect long, four inches wide and strong enough to support a man’s weight. Standing on this ‘‘naddle” he then cuts another notch, a few feet-higher wp, into which he inserts a second “paddle,” and mounting to this one, draws out, if necessary, the one below, aud drives it in again still higher up. Almost all the stumps that one sees in these forests] bear the marks of the position of two ‘‘paddles.” I am informed, however, that of late years another method of felling these trees has been adopted, by which the chopper is saved much of his labor, Four holes, opposite one another, are bored with a large auger in the bole of the tree, andin each of these a fire is kindled, which burns, it is said, without any further attention, until the tree is so weakened that it falls of its own weight. A man can fell trees in this way much more expeditionsly than with the axe, and two or three hundred trees can be fired before they begin to fall, It would seem that this method is, however, open to serious objection on the score of wastefulness. Aside from the danger that the fires thus started are likely to spread, and may burn over a consider. able extent of country, much of the timber felled in this way must be lost. An expert chopper, withanaxe, can lay the top of a tree within a yard or two of where he wishes to, but when the trees are burned down they willof course be as likely {0 fall one way as another, andthere would thus be moredan- ger of their being broken, ot +f their falling in places where it might be impossible to ge! them ouf, The timber when felled is stripped of its branches and dragged to the water, and from time to time a steamer calls at the different camps, makes up boonis of logs, and tows them to the mills. These mills are curiosities to one who has been accustomed to the sawmills of the Exact, where nothing but small timber issawed. Starting with the ordinary sawmill machinery, with which a!l are familiar, a process of evolution hus gone on, which has developed the appliances by which these enor. mous sticks can conveniently be handled and sawn, so that at present the sawmills of the Pacific coast are unlike any thing to be seen eleewhere on this continent. One mill at Port Ludlow, W. T., which, when we passed it, wzs only just being completed and not yet in operation, is five hundred feet in length. The vast extent of the forests and their general accessibility to water hss made lumbering on this coast extremely profit- able in the past, but already we hear complaints that the timber lands are ajl taken up, and that the loggers have to go farther and farther back to find sticks that are worth cutting. These complaints, however, are heard mainly south of the boundary line. The vast forests of British Co. lumbia are as yet almost untouched, and with reasonable care in cutting the timber, should yield lumber enough to supply the west coast of America for many years to come. The mills at Moedyvillein Burrard Iniet can saw sticks 120 feet long by 7 in diameter, but at the time of our visit they were handling what they called ‘‘small logs,” which were only about four or five feet in diameter. Tt was pleasant on reaching New Westminster once more to meet our friend Mowitch and his charmiog family and re- esive his cordial welcome. Once more we sat on his piazza and watched the mountains of Pitt River glow, pale, and then grow black as the sun went down; again beheld the glories of Baker as its pure white peak first glistened and faded, and then again grew rosy in the afterglow and once more hecame blue, hazy and indistinct, until at last, as the clear stars one by one appeared and the constellations took shape in the heavens, and night resumed her sway, the grand mountain stood for a while like a spectra and then was zone from our sight. So Keen a sportsman as Mowitch could not let us depart from New Westminster without suggesting a hunt, and I was by no means loth to listen once more to the music of the hounds, So by four o’clock next morning ihe Professor, who had never killed a deer, Mowitch andl wore The two most important species, as they are the — SCS Dzozmpsr 29, 1881.) FOREST AND STREAM, 425 {ramping briskly along toward Mirror Lake. ' Whitefish will certainly take the flyin Lake Mackinimack, Wesaw them caught so last June. -Bul what do you say to suckers taking jhe fly? We did not sce thut, hut had it on good authority that two had been caught at the outlet of the lake with the fly. Tn this lake is a species of sucker of which I would like ta know the name. It is about the same éliape as the common sucker, but marked with irregular patches of bright red. We saw them in small groups of half a dozen or so among schools of thousands of common suckers on their way up the inlet to spawn. We caught some fine trout from among these echoois of suckers, that had been feeding on sucker spawn. Do the suckers eaf the trout spawn ? Wé are now living in anticipation of next fy time. June will see us fighting mosquitoes and black flies, and enjoying ourselyes generally, for there will be the big trout fo throw all other ilis into the shade. What if we can’t open our eyes half way! What if our necks are so raw that we can’t turn from north to northeast without lifting our feet? Trout fishing makes it all Heaven, and 4 fried hali-pounder served on a chip is a sure cure for fly sickness. What do you or your readers use as a culelifuge? Wo use oil of tar and olive oi]. We have used coal tar and olive oil, but don’t anticipate using it any more. Almost any- thing will do for q day’s fishing, but the Canadian trout fisher in June wants something that he can keep on night and dayfora week ut a time without haying it taking the skin off] What can you recommend ? CANADA, +h TENNESSEE FISH NOTES, Nasuyitis, Dec. 21, Ax the demand being made on Capt, F. W. Green for German carp, raised in his pond, it would appear that the mania for cultivating these fish is still on the in- crease. I look forward to giand results from this class of pisiculturisis, satisfied as I am that they would not pay one dollar per pair for the fish, unless their ponds were properly prepsred and free of other varieties. As to those distributed by Col. Akers, alihough that gen- tleman took all the precautions possible, many bave found their way in unsuitable ponds, to say nothing of the ones which died from inattention. A great many fine bass haye been taken lately from Reel- foot Lake, one gentleman having caught twenty-one a few days ago within an hour. I fear the pot hunters in this State have begun their depre- dations again. AJarge number of ‘‘jack” have been sold in our market recently, and I am confident they were caught in nets. White perch seem to thrive remarkab)y wellin the ponds of this State where any have heen placed. They form excel- lent food and are quite game. Squire W. A. Knight pro- oses stocking several ponds next spring with vame fish, and r hear of several other gentlemen who coniemplate doing the same. Any live man could come to this seclion of country, and in a few years make a fortune out of the fish culture business. Land is cheap, water sbundunt and transportation facilities unsurpassed, Mr. Wm. Woods, of Maine county, told me on Saturday that the increase of fish in Duck River within the last two years was astonishing. Almost any day he could take as meny as would supply his table in a couple of ae ie ge FISHERY PRODUCTS AND ANIMALS AT BERLIN. ART IV. of the Official Report of the International Fishery Exhibition at Berlin, 1880, by Dr. H. Dobra, is before us.* This report, which is accompenied by an appendix containing an account of the pearls, by Mr. & Friedlander and Dr. H. Nitsche, is uniform io size and ap- pearance with its predecessors, and comprises ninety-five pages, It gives an account of the sponges, corals, medusa, hydroid, polyps, anemones, echinoderms, worms, crusta- Geang, insects, mollusks, fishes and their products, birds and Mammals. Those which are useful to man naturally receive more attention in the report, hut most products are noted. The elegant display of amber (which formed an interesting feature; and its production constitutes en important industry in parts of Germany,) receives little attention. The leeches algo are neglected or, at least, dismissed with the nutice that anatomical specimens were shown by Pri fessor 8. Richiardl, of Pisa. The report showsthat Dr, Dohrn has viewed the collection with the eye of & mere naturalist, and has little © regard for the uses to which an animal may be put lo benefit man. ‘This, in our opinion, is the wrong view totake of a collection gathered to illustrate the fishery resources of the different countries in this report. In the next one, No. V., the scientific division, this coursas is to be expected, but from the report on “ Fishery Products and Water Animals,” wa expected a treatment from the standpoint of a political economist, and not from a natural history point. We ex- pected to learn how leeches were reared anii sent to market, how sponges were prepared aud amber fished for, with statistics of the value of the fisheries, etc., and in this we are disappointed. E Under the head of ‘‘ Fish of all Kindsand from all Zones,” Dr. Dohrn enters more into the commercial aspect of the case, and under the title of ‘‘Fish-oils and Other Fat,” he cives the statistics of Norway. Among the mammals we find merely & list without regard to their commercial value or of the processes of preparation of their products, and the re- port is & very unsatisfactory one, The appendix is much better and the report on the pearls by $8. Friedlander and Dr. H. Nitsche, is much more com- plete. The color of pearls, we learn, is very variable and is affected by locality. They are white, blue, yellowish, brown and deep black, with brilliant retlecliona in vhe zea pearts, while the fresh-water pearls are niainly lead-colored with but small briJHancy, Pearls vary in value from their shupe as well as color, and the round ones are most highly prized, and, next to these, the pear-shaped, The rivet pearls have small value, and do not approach the beauty of the oriental ones. The exhibit of pearls at Berlin was a most extraordinary and beantifnl one. Of the three rarest strings of pearls in “Amtliche Berichte | uber die Internationals | Tischarle—Austel- lung | zi Berlin 1ss0. | (Beal of (he soca yay | Plkohoral prodiwte ake Wassertiifere | von | Dr. H. Dotlrn | (tin solange: perlen you 8. Friedlander und Dr, H, Nitseche) | mit (i den text gedructen holz- schnitten. | —| Berlin. | verlag von Paul Parsy, | 1881, ’ Deovwmen £9, 1881.7; point of beauty, there was noted: One string of white anama pearls, yorlh $25,000; one yellowish or straw- colored string of oriental pearls, worth $20,090, and one black string, worth $30,000. Single pearls of rare sizes, shapes and colors were seen, and their value was great. InJapan pearls are found in several species of mollusks which do not yield them in otherwaters. They occur ina Species of scallop, Pectem vessoensis, in Area suberéenata, Cytherea jpetechialis, Tapes semidecussata, Hailtotis gigantea and « snail. There aré statistics and chemical analyses of “waters where pearls are found, and much valuable and in- teresting information in the appendix. a MAINE WHITEFISH TAKE THE HOOK FREELY. Editor Forest and Stream : Tnofe from tims to time, in letters from your correspond- ents, the taking of whitefish with baited hook mentioned as a rare incident. A species of the whitefish is found in many of the Jakes of Maine, in the St. John, New Brunswick, and far up to the Arctic regions. Your Western whitelish is much larger than with us, weighing from two and one-half +0 an ccessional six pounds; with us it celdom exceeds one and one-half pounds, the averaze being one pound. In -Moosehend Lake it is taken with a baited hook alone, in fact no olher mode of taking it is permitted. A summer seldom passes without some of these beautiful fish being taken on the fly by anglers who are fishing for trout. It spawns in the autumn, about the same time as the trout. It isin good eating condition for the table in March, having had time to recuperate from casting its oya, and is then taken in consid- erable numbers throuzh the ice, with hook and line. My colleague and myself haye taken as many as seyenty- five in five hours’ fishing. They are a very delicious fish, preferable, I think, even io trout. The same foregone con- clusion exists in regard to this fish not taking baitias with the famous blueback trout, Salmo oquassa, of the Rangeley lakes, when the real fact is that they may both be readily ta- ken by this mode of angling, in their proper seasons, if fished for. In Grand or Schoodic Lake they are only netted, in- deed, no other way of taking them is known or believed in; the result is that they are only brought to market when full of spawn and least fit for the table. In Maine itis a rarely heauliful fish, more delicate in its outline and coloring than fhe fish of the Western lakes, a very dainty biter, and to be fished for with a small book and minute bait, owing to the size of its mouth. The baitis kept in constant motion by slowly lifting and falling the hand about a foot, and when a slight obstruction is.felt, as if hooked into a small limb ofa bush, or grass, strike quickiy and you have your fish, As we bave said, it has a very small mouth, and hence its pe- culiar mode of biting. It is the custom with our Moosehead Lake fishermen to roast a cuskio the ashes, the flesh of which is very white when cooked, and then rub it between the hands into the hole if the ice, to attract the fish. Others anchor a bullock’s lights or liver on the body of a large cusk, yell slashed with the knife, as an attractive ground bait. That coarse, vile fish, the toque, or ‘'laker,’ feeds largely on the whitefish, and igs apt to visit our favorite fishing grounds in pursuit. We then asstime a heavier line and coarser hook with a larger bait, alive chubif possible, and soon capture and send him where we hope the assassin Guiteau will soon be con- sighed on ahempen line. We think the Western whitefish may be taken if fished for, as easily na our own. We pro- pose to introduce our Hastern whitefish into all our lakes so s00D as we Can afford the proper apparatus fer hatching the ova. Unlike our trout the young fry are too delicate, as is also the parent fish, to be transported. They must be hatched where they can be allowed to swim directly out into the waters they are intended to stock as soon as hatched, 'B. M. SrmweEr, es A FISH IN AN OYSTER SHELL. ZANESVILLE, Ohio, December, 1881, Editor Forest and Stream > For the edification of your readers and to satisfy my curiosity, I send you herewith a cut or drawing of a small fish, speciés unknown to the writer. Hrom this and the meagre description I am able to give I hope you will explain to your readers to what species it belongs, and how you acconnt for the peculiar and extraordinary position in which it was found. y The drawing was made by laying the fish on the snclosed slip of paper, and with a pencil l proceeded to take the out- jines, so as to make it life-size. The dorsal fin, you will notice, is continuous to the caudal fin, and the anal fin the same, ‘The pectoral fin appears to be largerand longer than in fish of its size. There isa full row of fine feeth on the upper jaw, snd on the lower jaw about one half the number of teeth less. Thehead is of a dark green color, with black spois or dots, as you will notice in theeut. The pectoral fin is also covered with black dots nearest the head. The _ body is of a darker hue, bearly black on the back, and gradu- ally running into a darkish yellow toward the belly. Seven or eight lines or streaks of white run on exch side of the body, parallel with the spinal column, from head to tail. Tt came into my possession in a very extraordinary man- ner. During the first week in November last I called at one of our oyster dealers for shell oysters, aud noticed it lymg in 2 half shell on the counter. Expressing my surprise at it aa curiosity my friend ©., the desler, presented me with the same, and had hié son, a fine lad of about seventeen summers, relate to me how it wasfound. The hoy was en- gaged that morning in unpacking a barrel of fresh shell _ oysters, which lad arrived from Baltimore, and in handling them ove attracted his attention by a hollow sound. His curiosity being aroused he anda colored help proceeded to open it. the usaal way with a shucking knife. Failing in this they finally suceceded by the use of a hammer and yizorous pounding, and in the shell found enclosed this fish. ‘Ti was not alive, but in an excellent siate of préservation, sind Gonting in dirty-looking fluid like water. No oyster or anything else was found in be shell. Phe shell is nothing different from that of a common oyster shell after the Gysier is taken ont. Tt has the durk ‘Spot on the inside fo which the oyster is usually attached, A preserved both.. , ‘ [I have been » reader of Rop anp Guy, and then af Forks: anp Sragam for many years, and do not remember ‘of haying read of anything similar. No doubt many of your readérs, like myself, are anxious fo Know several things ‘counected with this matter. First, to what species does the fish belong? Second, how came it in (heshell? Third, FOREST AND STREAM. why was the shell was so hard to open after the oyster had been devoured, if it all? ALCIPHERON, [Your figure is imperfect, having no ventral fins, and your description does not say whether tie fi hus scales or not. We think we recognize the ‘‘toad fish” o” ‘oyster fgh,” Batrachus tau, a scaleloss tish common to the muddy boi- toms of the Atlantic const. The following is a partial des- eription from **The Wishes of New York,” by DeKay : ‘* Body thick and rounded before, attenuated and compressed bebind, Head broad, depressed; its width equalling its length. Skin without scales, * * + interal line obsolete. Facial outline sloping, The ocyes large, lateral, but with an almost vertical aspect, and uearly covered with a fleshy membrane. Upercle with three concealed spines. Numer- ous cirri about the head and mouth, and a series of from five to seven cirri on each side of the lower jaw.? * * * DeKay described what he supposed to be another and smaller species, but which is now known to be identical with fhe former, and in his description (‘‘Two-spined Yoad Fish,” B celatus, p. 170) he says: ‘‘ This little fish, which I have neyer known to exceed the aboye dimensions (1 in.), is usually foundon muddy boltoms. It has frequently been brought to me between the two valves of an oyster.” The fish must haye entered when small and found it a good hid- ing place. When an oyster dies its shells often remain fixed in position | — en Se EFFEOT OF MOONLIGHT ON FISH. Key West, Fla., Dec. 14. Hditev Forest and Stream: Some time since I mentioned the belief prevalent here that moonlight spoiled fish, and you suggested that experiments be made to determize the question. I have acted upon the idea, and can positively say, from the result of experiments that moonlight does not always spoil fish, That it never does, | can not say. I purchased five small fish, called here ‘“orunts,” freshly caught, and, preparing them all in the Same manner as is always done to keep them over night, I kept some of them in the house, bung some out of doors where there was no shade or protection, and the moon could shine on them all night long, and hung the rest up out of doors where they would be subject to the influence of the night air, but out of the influence of the moon. The next morning all were equally good, and could not be told apart, either before or siler cooking, This was about two nights after full moon. Some say that it should have been tried while the moon was on the increase ; but, as T have already said, I sm satisfied that moonlight does not spoil fish always. Still, from ihe festimony of many old fishermen with whom I haye conversed, lam fully convinced that fish do many times spoil when left on deck or hung up in the moon- light, while those belaw, out of the moonshine, keep well. What the cause of this is remains to be found out. Whether itis the night air, the heavy dew, or some other atmospheric influence can not be positively ssid. The fishermen naturally say it is the moon, that being the most proniinent pheno- menon, Whether it is a factor or not, and what the other factors are, 1 intend to find out if it can be done by any ex- perimenting within my power, i. — NIGHT FISHING. Wasuineron, Dec. 20, 1881, Hiditor Forest and Stream: Touching the above subject I beg to add that 1 have had, and seen others have, very good success in night fishing for frontin California streams—notably in the Merced River—by candle or lantern hght, better, perhaps, thanin the same places inday time. The process there was to set a good lamp at the edge of the water and use worms for bait. The Califor- nis trout, as aTale, are not educated up to the point Cf rising to the ily; at least, so far as my experience and observation go. I have aleo tried night fishing for trout with the !ly—never with worms or olher liye bait—in the Maine Lukes. but always without success in those waters. K. —S Se Foop or tHE ANGLER Fise—New York, Dec. 19, 1881.— Hiditer Forest and Stireajn: Tuast week a sirange fish was seen struggling on the water off New Rochelle, and was shot. It was @ large augie fish, andl on being opened a coot and a gull were fouud in it, in their natural condition.—. 0. pe Luze. : [We assisted on one occasion at New Haven. Conn., at the autopsy of a large specimen of the angler fish (Lophdus), which contained no legs than seven larze coots. He was, as they say out West, ‘! plumb full.”] Cairornta Mounrais Trour Eecs—Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 19, 1881—Hditor Porest and Stream: The New York State Fish Commission will send any parties wishing to ex- periment in fishenulture from 300 to b0G eggs of the California mountain trout on receipt of fifty cents fo pay for the package. This species is very hardy and a valuable game and food fish. Applications musi be made before March 1, 1882. —Aildvess, Skvn Gruun, Rochester N Y. Aisheulture. THE “GOLD-ORFER.” (Zdue melanotus arate.) HE 'Orfe,” also ** ladies’ Fish,” is distinguished by its bean- tiful orange colored back, and it belly scales, which glitter jike gilyer. Taking into nceount its slender, trout-like shape, it may wel! be called one ct the most beautiful fishes. ‘Theve is starcely # fish which, as an ornamental fish, 40 satis- factorily meets all the demands made of itus the Idus melanotus euratus, which, in summer aud winter, 18 constantly sten-néar fhe surface of the water. It does not sleep in winter like the carp and tench, and never makes thewatermuddy, Everrestless, the orfe” constantly swius nea the surface to aeek its food, aud even when ice thickly covors tha pond red spots indicate that this active fish is alive. Gold fish, gold tench and carp only occasionally rise to the sur- face of the water, while they seek their foud at the bottem and thua make the water muddy. The raising of the orfe as an ornamental fish hes a peculiar ad- vantage over that of the gold fish, their young Hoating about in large schools, even when leaying the eggs present a remarkably begntiful appearance. Having a thicknesy of abont two lines and-s length of one-half to one cerffimater, their color being a bright red with & black head, the easily trightencd school swim with lightming-like rapidity from one place to the other, Tt is certain that a fish which immediately on leaving the ege answers its purpose as an ornamental fizh so completely is prefer- able to the gold fish, which does not so soon dssume g brilliant coloy, In the year 1558 Gessner wrote, in his ‘‘Natnral History,” that the “orfe” enjoyed a high reputation as an article of foad, especially when fried, particularly in the months of April and May. Petmie- sion tosell the “orfe” was only given when it hud rsached a certain sizo, a8 they were considered an excellent food for the sick and, consequently, it was desirable nof to let the speoias die ont. ‘This fish was also considered a wholesome and stvenythening food for women in confinement. The ‘'gold-orfe” is a native of Germany, and sought after by keepers of aquaria on account of their beauty. We haye imported a few specimens of this new fish to America, from which we intend to propagate, Hues MoLerrr. Cincinnali, OQ. -—+o+—. EGGS FOR GERMANY,—The North German Lloyd steamer Oder, which sailed on Saturday, the 24th inst., took out the follow- ing lots of SBB8: 300,000 whitefish eggs for yon Behr, Berlin. 12,000 whitefish eggs for I’. Busse, Geestemunds, 20,000 brook trout eggs for I. Busse, Geesteniunde, 12,000 brook trout eggs for G. Ebrecht, Geestemunde, The whitefish eggs were sent by Prof. Baird from the ponds of Frank N. Clark, Northville, Mich. The brook truat eggs were sent by Mr. Livingston Stone from the ponds of Mr. W. L. Gilbert, Plymouth, Mass, CARP FOR PENNSYLVANIA— Philadelphia, Dec. 24 —In a show window on Arch street, near Sixth, Philadelphia, an Assistant to the Fish Commission has in an aquarium a uuuiber of carp on es- hibition. They are attracting great attention, and many more are demanded than can be ci gabe The great trouble in the nsighhor- hood of Philadelphia will be to prevent gentlomen from introduc- ing this fish into ponds where there are gold fish ; the two varieties wil cross and the reyult of the cross will be an inferior food fish to the carp. Ponds shonld be laid ont for breeding of the carp lone —C. 8. Westcorr. Che Bennel. TRAINING VS. BREAKING. IN TEN CHAPTERS—OHAP. YI. ETRIEVING is an accomplishment that nearly all sports- men place ahigh value upon, and even its opponents zen- erally become quick converts tothe practices s20n as they are fortunate enough to own s dog that is weil-tvained in this almost indispensable branch of canine educution. We have often been amused at the sudden change in the mind of some of these out-spoken adversaries of the praciice upon their acquisition of a really good retriever... Gow quickly their fears that it will make him unsteady vanish; how soou their belief that it will ruin his nose takes flight, and henceforth the system has no stronger adyecate watil they ger sober worthless animal. We do not propose to argue the eneation here as to whether retrieving is detrimental to the dog or not, but will, iastend, state {hatit is our firm belief that if our dog is properly trained in the first place, and kept up to his work as he should be, no possible harm cam accrue either fo his nose or steadiness; and that in no tingle instance where evil results have ensued was it the fault of the practice or the dog, but entirely the fault. of the man; forthe dog is certainly not to blame for breaking shot and chasing the virge broken bird when his masterseistheéxample. Neither | should he be blamed for repeating the indiscretion, Here we can see that the check cord and spiked collar could be used to yery great advantage, but we shouid by no means test its efficacy upon the neck of the dumb animal, We will now resume our lessons, reserviny fnvther remarks upon this very important subject until we come to actual work in the field. Wedo not think itadvisable lo commence teaching our pup to retrieve until he has shed his puppy teeth, and his permanent set are pretty well grown; for until this lime his mouth is generally more or less inflamed, and his first teeth are sharp as needles; andl we may not hope to succeed in achieying that dainty, delicate month—that is so indispensable to the good retriever—as certainly as we shall if we wait until his gums are hardened and he has become somewhat accus!omed lo hisnew teeth. He will also bave acquired all the more experience with the added days, and will all the more readily understand what you require. We shall now derive no little benefit from our so-called ‘* fancy training.” In fact, should our pupil possess no natural taste for retrieving, we shall find it almost indispensable ; and should he prove never so hard-headed and never so hard- mhouthed, we may rest assured that with the help of this same fancy training we shall be able to bring him safely through, and that no doubting fears will disturb our mind when we send him for his first bird. Our pupil should be well up in all his Jessons by this time, and so perfect at Yo he that he will{not only ‘‘draw” on a piece of meat ons step at a time, but he must be also so well trained that when you cluck to him as a sicoal that Le may eat it, he will, after taking it in his mouth instantly, at your eommand of 7’o ho, hold it perfeetly still and deliver it Into your hand without any hesitancy. Ifthis hasbeen thoroughly faught him, one-half your task in teaching him lo retrieve ig accomplished, and you will find it an easy mabier to com. plete his education ; for you will have no tre ible in inducing him to take a single step toward you when*le has the piece of meat in his mouth; and by using greal care that you do not tax his patience foo much by an nadie haste to perfect him too soon, he will, in a short time, readily take two or three steps, and with proper care end goad judement on your part he will soon learn to readily brine you ihe smallest bit of meat from across the yard, and to deliver it into your hand intact. We must again caution you to go very slow, and to be satisfied with a very little progress. In this lesson especial care must be had that esch succersive step is well and thoroughly learned before proceeding any further. Thus. when you haye succeeded in getting bim to take e step or two toward you, do not try bimat a longer diatance until be has had considerable practice at this. aud will readily come the step or Lwa at the word “ bring ;” or you can use the word ‘“ fete” if you prefer, but do not nge more than one of them, at Jeast until your pupil is further odvanced. Of conrse you wil] have tanght bim to come to you when called. long before this, and by prefacing your call with the word dring, or fetch, it will not be long before he will un¢lerstaid its mening; but until he does understand it and Gomes readily at the word you shou!d not increase the distance. There is a great difference io dogs in learning this; some of them will give you scarcely any trouble and from Chie first appear to imnow just what you want and take delight in 434 FORESY AND STREAM. (Daozmezr 29, 1881 bringing snything you may throw for them; while others seeni to be stupid and will never bring anything of their own accord, Tho first is & natural retriever and will be easily taught, and also easily spoiled. The Jast, although harder to teach, will make nearly as good a retriever as the former if the proper course is pursned. We very much dislike that a pup should retrieve before his month is all right and his per- manent teeth well grown; for this propensity, if indulged hefore this time is very apt to give you # hard-mouthed dog. Henge, for this reason, we never encourage a pup to bring anything while at play. In fact he should never for a moment be ailowed to tink that he is at play while under instruction in avy of his lessons, for there is nothing that is s0 condicivé to bad behavior and disobedience as this. Therefore, make him realize that when you require him to do anything you mean work and uot play. Do not forget that he must never be allowed to eat the piece of mest that he bas held in his mouth or brought, to you, but that he must be rewarded with something different. This is n very important point, and you will find it very use- ful in periecting the delicate mouth that we all admire so much. You must also insist upon instant obedience to your command to drop. This cua be obtained at the outset by practice wilh your hand, clasping his muzzle as we have be- fore described, and this must be resorted to should he show the slightest inclination to hesifaie or roll the morsel around in his mouth; for we are aiming at perfection and must be satisfied with nothiog short. When our pupil has become so proficient in this that he will pick up a piece of meat and bring if a few steps and de- liver if safe into your hand, you should take a piece of cloth and loosely wrap up the meat inside of it, and commence ag in the first place by putting it in his mouth and proceeding as In your first lesson aj this. He will probably understand what is required and very soon perform ag well with this as he did with the bare neat; buf should he not like this, you must proceed with the sume painstaking perseverance that we have endeavored to jp)press upon your mind as heing of the utmost importance, until your end is attained. You will find that a piece of old cotton cloth that is clean and about as large as your two hands will answer admirably. You should let him see you wrap it around the meat, that he may the more readily understand your object, and if he gives you any trouble you must be very careful that you do not try to force him toofast. Perhaps you will find it expedient to leave the meat partially exposed uotil he understands what is wanted. Or you can merely tie a shred of the cloth to it for a while, and very gradually increase the amount until you haye it en- tirely covered, Your knowledge of his disposition will aid your judgment in so timing his lessons and in so conducting Any new experiments that he shall not become disgusted nor sulky, thus giving you no end of trouble. Your sim should be to so handle him that his lessons shall prove a source of enjoyment, anti he be ever anxious to receive your instruc- tions. This you can easily accomplish hy a proper system of rewards when he does well, aud by Javishing upon him un- Stinted caresses and praise when giving his lessons, To bring about this result you may find if afvantageous ta be charry of your caresses at other times and to reserve your words of praise for your hours of practice; but this will be necessary only in extteme cases. When our dog brings in his birdsin the faultless manner that we have been at so much trouble to teach him, we shall want to see him deliver them into our hand in the same fault- Jess style. And to gecure that end we willteach him to come with his captive directly in front of us and to sit on his hanncbes with his head well up and quietly await our pleasure. Proceed to do this by calling him up in front of you, and placing one hand upon his hip and the other under his chin, gently, yet firmly, foree his hind parts down while you hold wp his head, at the same time telling him to ‘‘ sit.” This will be enough for the first lesson, and by continuing in \his manner he will soon sit at the word, and then you can vive him the order every time that he brings the piece of meat, taking care that he sits directly in front of you every time anil remains quit for a second or two before delivering it; and ina short time he will become so accustomed to this that he wili do if of his own accord. We prefer that our dog should bring his }irds in the good old-fashioned way, by taking them wel! into his mouth. This becomes a necessity when the birdis only wiog-broken, and to our mind it is far more preferable at all times. Hspecially is 1f so when among close lying birds ; for with tha birdin his mouth, back away from his nose, he will not be nearly so apt to flush game that may bein his path, Still we have trained dogs to fetch the bird by que wing, which is easily done by taking half a dozen of the stil wing feathers of any game bird, or if those cannot be had, those of a fowl will answer. These should be braded together and then sewed in place with stout pack thread. ‘Lhis braiding and sewing is to give him a held with his teeth so that he will not be obliged to grip them, thus fiving him # hard mouth. This should be regularly used after le has learned to pring his piece of meat. Perhaps it would be well to tie a bit of meat to itat first, and, when he will bring it readily, a small stone that will weigh two or three ounces should be attached to it, and as he improves you can gradually add to the weight until it approaches the weight of the bird. say nearly half pound. Care should be faken to make the feathers fast to the stone so that they wall not come apart. Wedo not recommend this style, but as many think thatrit is quite an accomplishment, we give our method, which has proved successful. Should you wish to adopt this course you should confine your practice entirely to this bunch of feathers, and when he brings it readily you should vary the performunce by attaching different ar- ticles instead of the stone—your knife, for instance, or a bunch of keysor a bit of wood, and hy always making him bring by taking the feathers in his mouth, he will readily learn to bring his birds in the sanie Manner if you show him how with afew of his‘first ones by placing the wing in his mouth, or perbaps the mere showing him the wing will he sullicient. Should you decide for the old-fashioned way, yon should procure a soft ball. We baye found a ball of lampwicking lo be the best possible thing that could be devised—it is soft and just about the right size. This should be stitched through aud through, so that it will not unravel, and after he brings his bit of meat in good shape you can try him with this. You will find that the best plan to pursue is to com- mence at the beginning, and place it in his mouth as you did the first piece of meat, and to pursue the same course by asking only one dr two steps, until he gets accustomed to it. And be sire and do not try to accomplish too much at once, but go no faster than your pupil’s progress will warrant. When you think that if will answer to order him to pick it up and bring it to you, watch him yery closely, and if there ig going to be any trouble, and he doea not seem inclined to pick it up readily, you must instantly go to him and place it in his mouth, and he content to let him bring it this way for this time, and wait notil he is very hungry, and then try him by fying a piece of meat to the ball, and he will soon learn what is required and give uo further trouble when he brings his hall readily. You should procure some feathera— from the body of a game bird if possible, but those of a fowl will do very well—and commence by sewing two or three of them on the ball; and as he hecomes accustomed to them you ghould add more until the surface is entirely coyered. ‘This will accustom him to feathers, and he will not refuse to take a bird iu his mouth as we have known some dogs to do that were really good retrievers. Weshould not advise you to require your pupil to bring anything except bits of meat and this ball ; until he does this in gond form and appears to fully understand what you require. Then you should gradually accustom him to bring other arlicles—a half sheet of newspaper crumpled into a ball the size of your fist is a gond thing to practice him on, always remembering to commence with anything new, by first carefully placing it in his mouth and requiring him to bring it but a step or two the first time. This may seem needless to you, but you will find it, necessary with some dogs, and we have ever found that the best results have been obtained by strictly following this course, no matter how in- telligent our pupil may be, nor how willing to bring anything that you may wish him to. ae THE OLUMBER SPANIEL. Hauirax, Noya Scotia, Ttdlitor Forest and Stream : In looking over the prize lists of bench shows held in different parts of the United States, I notice an entire wbsence of a class for clumber spaniels. For the Western States, where @ large propor- tion of the uauhing 1s doné on clear ground, I ¢ati well understand that the setter and pointer would be the favorite, aud pérhaps the more useful animal; but in the Easternand Middle Stutea I should suppose that ere this the clumber would haye made # name. Whether it be that they are not used on acconnt of the scarcity of good specimens of the breed, or that they are not suitable for the grounds shot over, Lam al a loss to determine, It certainly cannot be for any want of true hunting qualities ; for where the breed is known no other dogs take precedence of them for intelligence, docility, keenness of scent “nd general usefulness in the field. It can hardly be that the covers are not suitable, for many of the hunting localities of the Northern States must be similar in char- acter to those in Noya Scotia ; so I presnme the cause of their not being to the front is the want of good specimens of the class to make the breed kuown, and for it to take the place it should in the front rank of sporting dogs. In Nova Scotia, for cock and snipe shooting, they are the most yalued, and long experience has taught the sportsmen here to pre- fer them to any others. A clumber can be used where a setter or pointer would be almost useless; and in a country where a dog has to eudure the extremes of heaband cold and to beat uj) swamps and wet covers in the early spring and Jate alitimh shooting the clumber stands ahead for strength and endurance. Tor putting up # cock from a close thicket of alders in August, or in retrieymg H duck from a half frozen pond in November, he iv equally at onia, For training there areno dogs known to me more easily taught their work or more tenacious of what they have once lenrned ; and, in comparison to a setter or pointer, or eyen their sisters and rivals —tha cockeru—the training of a clumber is mere child's play. This alone is a great advantage, for a sportsman may devote time and money to the training of a yaluable dog to find, the next seagon, much of the labor has to be gone oyer again, or the dog Rent ont into the country to be kept up to his work, Por vesidents of cities, or where the want of a good run would soon ruin a getter or pointer, the clumber would be quite at home and thrive where the others would languish. An idex was at one time held that this breed was delicate and more liable to disease than most sporting degs, Such is not now the cage. If ib was ever so, some cauge, such as in- breeding, has beon the trouble. In particular strains, kept for generations in one kennel, and without the introduction of new blood, such results would be natural; but since the breed has been more generally distributed no such evil has shown itself. I haye been induced to write these few lines in hope that some of your readers may have had some experience with clumbers, and may be able to inform mé, through the columns of your valuable paper, how they haye suited in the United States, and why, so far, they have not been shown at any of the great bench shows; or, if shown, they haye talten an inferior position to other spaniels, Any information tending to improve the sporting facilitiex o make known any new feature in the breeding or introduction of good sporting dogs, will, I know, be acceptable to you and to th reuders of your paper. EK. ++ NOTES AND NEWS. A gentleman residing in 135th street, in this city, has in the yard of his residence, an udmirably arranged kennel for city use. The building ie of wood, substantially jointed and roofed, and oceupies the full width of the yard at the veav (abont twenty feet), being some six feet from front to back, The dooris in the centre of the front, opening into a plain, square voom. On tha loft handis a door of slats, leading into the sleeping apartment, which is fur— nished with a bunk or bench raised from the floor, and built against the rear wall. Opposite the bench isa window, with iron bars and asash. On the right hand pida of the main roomis a closet for the storage of kennel traps, dog biscuits, brooms, fesd- ing dishes, etc., and in the rear is a door Opening into the yacant lots, The entire structure is painted tastefully in brown, reduces the size of the yard but little, and furnishes excellent quarters for a small number of dogs. Of course, portablé benches could be placed in the centre room if necessary. Tt would, perhaps, be bet- tor to haye all benches portable, so that they could be moved imto the open air, be scrubbed and curbolized, Ventilation through theroot would also be an improvement. Infact, many alterations and improyements would be suggested to the mind of any dog- keeper erecting another such building, but the general idea of the structure, a8 it stands, is good, and we would be much pleased to hear of many more exactly like it, rather than to find onr city-kept sporting dogs in the parlor, fed with cakes by the children, in the man-seryant’s bedroom, in the cellar, in, the usual how-leg causing barrel, or in the floa-breeding and neyer-cleaned ‘* dog- house,” The catalogue of the English Kennel Olnb Bench Show this month, at Alexatidva Palace, contained more than bivelve hundred entries, fox-terriers alone numbering one hundred and eighty. Au exhibiiion of paintings, drawiugs and prints of dogs and sporting subjects was given in connection with the dog show, The annus! meeting of the Hastern Field Trials Club, for the election of officers, will occur on Thursday, January 12. The place of meeting is not yet annonnced. Mr. George T. Leach, winner of the Formst ann Srream and Members’ Cups, at the Hastern Field Tvials, is shooting in North Caroling, over the winning dog, Brock, aid litter sister, Countess. The managers of the Westminster Kennel Olub proposs to pur~ chaso, in February next, at the expiration of their présent lease, tha property now ecupied by them, comprising ssyenty acres, with iC eniBe> kennels, ote., ab Babylon, Long Island. The club haa slso the exclusive right of shooting oyer Several farms adjoining the club propetty, extending about ons mile to the northward, and enjoys # five yoars’ lease of a fina trout pond of fomo tiyenty-fiye adores, to the eastiyard. Important additions to the buildings are in progress, and will he completed by Jann- ary 1. The kennels haye been cularged snd ave to inelude a Canine hospital, properly draimed and payed with doncrete. The entire kennel biildings will form) three sides of & xqnare, the fourth side facing sonthward, aod admittiug the sun, thus for- nisbing a bright but sheltered yard for the dags. A snvall liousa for {he accommodation of gunners has been erected on the trap- shooting grounds, It is arranged with moyabla front, facing the traps, 50 a8 fo admit sunshine in winter, or to ba cool and shady in enmmer. The trap-shooting grounds arc among tlie finest snd most plearantiy eituated inthe State. The dogs are ill in fine condifien now, particularly Champion Sensation. Ths elnh is Compared of seventy members, to which number it is at present limited, On Monday, January 9, the next meeting of the Board of Managers will be held. “Wello, Smith! Hine dog you've got there. Byer gota prize ae a show ?” ‘bo, but he won ats trial” “At atrial! Indeed! Yondon'tsayso? Is’pose he bit some tan, aud you didn’t have to pay any damages. Must have bad a mighty smart lawyer! Who was he ?” We are happy to atte that Mr. Smith is nowy rapidly reoovering rom this terrible blow to his feelings, and that his fiends expeat to gea him on the slrest again within a few days, a THE LOWELL BENCH SHo0yW, PRE exhibition of dogs at Jackson Hall, Lowell, Mads., on the 14th, 15th and 16th inst. was largely attended, the visitors and exhibitors expressing themselves well plensed with thy munage- ment end arrangements. It is considered by all to hays been ons of the best local shows which haye taken place, About one bun dred and fitty dogs wers on exhibition, under the supermtend- enve of Mr. C. A. Andrew, of West Boxford, and, the jougment of Mx. George Walton, of Boston, The following is the prize list: English Setters ;—Ist, Grouse, D. P. Waters, Salem, Mass. This ig the sire of Buckingham’s well known Grousedale; 2d, Leah, H, MeLaughlin, Bostou, Mass. Trish Setters —1eat aud special prize (silver medal, presented by Dr. I. C, Plunkett), for the best setter in the show, Dash, Thos. Wilson, Lowell ; 2d, Dan, W. H. Bagshaw, Lovell. Gordon Setters :—ist, Tom, C. T. Bailey, Dedhani, Mass.; 2d, Ruby, Beacon Kennel, Boston, Mass. Pex Setter Poppies, under one year :—Ist, Lady Jessica, William 4B. Quiggl, Dedham, Magg.; 2d, Syren II, A. 8. Guild, Lowell, Pointers :—Ist and specia! prize (Smith & Wesson revolving rifle, offered by the United States Cartridge Company), for the best pointer in the show. Snipe, Dr. F.C, Pinnkett, Lowell ; 2d, Pete, E. C. Alden, Dedham, Mass. ; Pointer Puppies :—ist, Zanetta, W. I. Todd, Portland, Maine; 2d, Dash, Irving Tenney, Hiyerhill, Mass. ay, Spaniels :—1st and special prize for the best spaniel in the show (silver medal, presented by Dr. I, C Plunkett), Judy, Thomas J. Wgan, Halifax, N. 8.; 2d. Lorne, same owner. Cocker Spaniels :—1st, Phd, J. P. Gardard, Jx., Boston, 2d, Oharley, Charles Allen, Woreogter, Mass. Field Spaniels:—lat, Ponto, J. A. Maguinness, Lowell; 2d, Brandy, J. R, Shepard, Lowell. . Foxhounds —iat aud gpecial prize for the best foxhonnd in the show (canvas shooting coat and cap, prerented by O. A. Richard- non, Lowell), Rongh, W. H. Hope, Lowell; 2d, Joker, Michael Stanton, Lowell, 7 Beagles :—Ist, Roxey, N. Elmore, Granby, Conn,; 2d, Music, same owuer. Thia brace was also awarded the special prize (a handsome collie pup, presented by Charles A, Androw, West Boxford), for the beat brace of beagles, Fox Terriern :—lat, Gipp, Fred W. lech, New York; 2d, Prince, same owner, p Mastiffs :—ist, Knap, Albert G, Porter, Dracut, St. Bernards :—Ipt, Jack, B.N. Wood, Lowell. Newfoundlands :—ist, Rover, D, C. Halloran, Lowell ; 2d entry of John McKenzie, Lowell. J Nh Shepherd Dogs as Collies —ist, Rex, J. Lindsay, Jersey City, N. J.; 2d, Punch, Charles Morgan, Bordentown, N. J. Collie Pups:—ist, Maidie, Benj. F. White, Dedham, Mass.; 2d, Tassie, same owner. . Boll Terriers :-—1st, Silk, James Mortimer, New York ; 2d, Squib, George B, Tuches, Boston. Bull Dogs /—ist, Blister, James Mortimer, New York ; 24, Bon- nie Bay, Beacon Kennel, Boston, Mass. Black and Tan Terriers :—1st, Billy, Charles A. Andrew, West Boxtord, Mass. \ : Skya Verrievs:—lat, withheld; 2d, Suhnejder, J. BF, Arlin, Lowell. Yorkshive Terriers :—1st, Catters, Beacon Kennel, Boston, Mass. Scotch Terriers :—1ét, Puck, ©. A, Andrew, West Boxford, Mass. ; 2d, same owner's entry. Dalmatian ov Coach Dogs :—ist, Spot, F. W, Worthen, Olelms- ford, Mass. d Greyhounds :—1st, Sharper, Beacon Kennel, Boston, Masa. Spitz :—Ist, withheld; 2d, Prince, Mrs. William Holland, Lowell. Dachshunds :—lat, Fritz, Beacon Kennel, Boston, Muss. Pugs -—1at, bitch entered by Mrs, R. W, Sargent, Kittery, Mame, Miscellaneous—Setter ana Spaniel Cross ;—ist, entry of Cliavles A, R. Dimon, Lowall, ‘lrick Dog—ist, Spance, F. E. Robbins, Lowell. Italian Greyhonud—ist, Gypsie, Mrs. Kate Moore, Lowell ; 2d, entry of Qharles H. Whitehead, Lowell. Buglish Pug Pops—tist, entries of Mie. R. W. Sargent, Kittery, Maine. A apecial prize for the person making the largest number of en- tries (2 collie pup presented by I, K, elch, Natick, Mass.) was awarded to J. P. Barnard, Jr., Boston, Mass. a A special prizo for the best brace of colliedogs (a pair of figured yelyet shawls, presented by August Fels, Lowell) was awar ded to Benjamin F. White, Dedham, Mass., for Lassieund Maidie. Se cond special prizes were awarded toD. P. Waters, Salem, Mass., for English Setter Grouse; to William FP. Todd, Portland, Maine, for Pointer Pup Zanitta ; and to Thomas J. Egan, Halifax, N. 5., for spabiel Lorne, A third special prize was awarded to C. T. Bailey, Dedham, Mass., for black and tan setter Tom, The “Ohampion” single-barrel shot-gun, with two hundred shells, for the best kennel of dogs owned and exhibited by one person, was a\yarded to J. P. Barnard, jr., Boston, Mats. _ The Irish setter Hlcho ITI. was on exhibition, nt competing, +8 RETRIEVING—Bostun.—Aditor Forest and Stream: I have a thoroughbred Trish setter’, well broken for the field, except that he will not retrieves bird, In fact, he will not bold anything in his mouth for me. I have exhausted all my Inowladge and pationce—teased, coaxed, whipped and, in faot, done Ae ar that I have ever heard of to Packs him this, and cannot do it. purohased him as he is now two und a half years old. Will dome of your correspondents who have had experiences wilh these doze tall me what to do with this one, or, at laast, give some reason for a dog’s perversences in this, when he is quick to learn and ready to do almost anything else that he ia told? If so, they will confer a fryor upon one of the constant readers ot Forusp anp BYREAM.— Norrour, ant b [Many doge ara spoiled for retrieving by whipping them for bit- ing their birds. Mr. H. I. Terry, of Palmer, Mags., can teach him to retrisye, and we would advise you to communicate with him.] OCORRESPONDENTS.—Ou, time has bsen eo faltey up with the Field Trials for (he last fewweeks that wo have found it impossi- le ta properly attend te the enrrespondents who have favored this department with their communications, and we beg their kind indulgence for yet a little season, nnotil we get things piraightened out, Masse; i _ Dzorwerr 29, 1881.] FOREST AND STREAM. 435 [Fron 4, Special Correspondent.) BIRMINGHAM DOG SITOW. Loypox, Noy. 30, 1881. Hililor Forest and Stream : This decrepit old show, still with creak and whine, befitting its dotage, sunually sinounces itself aa the ‘National Doz Show," - but do not lot readers of Formsr AND Seneam be misled by this threadbare worn title, which way sonnd imposing, but which, from misupplication, constantly repeated, to degrading and falee uses, has become rather nauseating to one honest Briton, who still believes that many things really national are good, and others not national are nol dignified by the usurpation of the title when it does not represent 3.tact. Birmingham Show isneither nalional in respect of exhibitors or dogs exhibited ; it is aimply national in the sense ned by quacks for the sale of their ‘National’ pills and potions. The equally impudent charlatans who profess to fatten cattlé and hogs on some “National” conipound aud sawdust, and by those numerous seli-styled ‘national’ societies and leagues, of which we bavea plethora, each declaring itself essen- tial to the preseryation of onr glorious constitution, und of which societies and leagues I dare yeuturve to Bay any one might wade through the accumulated slream of wisdom that flows from them witout fear of it runuing into the mouth of your shoe. Birmingham Dos Show is, nevertheless, unique, in the senda of singular—imone the hnudreds of British bench shows it is the oldest, Neweastle-oo-Tyne was the first: public dog show held in England. Birmingham followed six months after, in November, 1859, and the one closing to-day mukes the total of 22 held in tha Midiand metropolis. Ths show, a few years after ite establish- ment, found a local habitation in Curzon Hall, built by the Curzon Hall Company, who are algo, ov are in some way, closely linked with the committee whoron the ‘ Nutional”’ show. The hall, which is let off for various exhibitions, would occupy a small ‘corner Gf Madison Bqnare Garden, so that it will not surprise your readers t6 learn that there is seant space for near npon 1,000 dogs, and that the judges have to do the beat they cun in oxti- mating the relative merits of the dogs betyeen the benches, wheres the poor brutes are seen by the préss reporters, who ale graciously granted a bird's-eye view of about half the farce, to be wriggling in and out between and around the legs of judges and keapers. The public are excluded during the day of judying, there being eyidently no room for yisitora wheu there is not eyen room for judging. ‘The motto of the great town of Birmingham 1s “ Ior- ward.” The Birmingham Dog Show Committee shout ‘' Hold- hard, we sre rhonivg a paying concern. Seerecy has paid wellin solid returns of praise and pudding ; let that Ue our guiding prin- ciples.” So we have the namea of judges kept in & strong box until their duties are performed. But whatof thatif the judges are not locked upin a sirong box? *! Why, then,” say the Com- mittee, ‘ we shall guard against intrigue and collusion, and those dreadful fellows representing such papers 4s The Field, The Times, Lar and Water, The Stock Keeper and Fors? anp Strreant shall be forbidden fo speak to the judges until awards ure mide; and, lest these gentlemen we haye appointed to judge Mmiy haye arranged with some exhibitors some secret sign by which they may recognize a dog, we order that all dogs shall wear # plain chain anda brown leather collar'’—all of which is highly complimentary to the judges and others. To this we merely state facts ; and, afterall, what dogs it matter. The Birmingham Committee, at least, make no pretensions that they exist Hirstof all for the improvement of dogs, aa, for in- stanee, our Kenne! Club does, and the “National” show is the excuse for f most pleasant meeting of hundreds of sportimen and dug loyers, who, despairing of reform in this centre of radicalism, make the bext of things as they are. There were thryes varieties of dogs this year at Birmingham +hat stand oul yery boldly by the general excellence of the classes representing them, These were Sf. Bernards, setters and pointers, But it will peraps be most conyenient iu our remarks to follow the catalogue, which, with prize list, [send by this mail. Blood- hounds : Untortunately exhibited, our bloodhounds are owned by fanciers, uot hunting men, with the result that we find featnres of the true stock exagerated to abuormality, through the ignurance ot breeders and the weakness of judges, whose sole game is “follow my leader.” Napier, the winner, 18 hollow-backed, weak in quarters, end sadly wanting in the essentials of s hound; quite an impossibility for lim to hunt, Belladonna, the bitch, is much better, and hus greatly improved on her puppy form. Mr. Gus Beyaus’ unnoticed Despol by Champion Don ex Cham- pion Dido, end Mr. Beaufoy's Nestor by Rollo ex Diana were the best bouuds shown. Deorhounds: These are always atrongly rep- yesented at Birmingham, and of all the lot we should chooxe the gommended Borra, shown by that veteran breeder, My. Hen'y P. Parkes. Borra has yet to develop, being only 16 months old ; but he will best Balmoral aud Roy, the two wianers, in future, good aj theyare. Dr. Haddon's Lupa, a grand old bitch, yon the Champion Cup from Cuchullen with nothing to spare. Grey- hounds; A poor lot. Obterhounds; The usua) couple from the Garlile Hunt were unopposed. Harriers: No eoutries. Fox- hounds; No class. Beagles: A couple only in each class, wll of whieh ghow what hunting and coursing men think of bench exhibitions. ox terriers swarmed to the number of 180, and the best in the show was Fal, the property of the Hon. Mrs. 8. Pitz- Williams, and this dog was disqualified because he wasmarked with the brand of the kennel, an utter absurdity. in the Champion Classes, Brokenhurst, Rally and Deacon Ruby austained thei \ell-esrned fame, and in pug sized dogs we found 4 chicken in Mr, J, RB, Whittles’ Brookhouse Nick new to us. Phe lurge sized bitehes were an inferior lot, the best Clazs being the dogs under 18 lbs., and the prize list shows the best of them for fox terriers were exceptionally well judged, Pointers were divided into eight clagses, of which tour were champion olasxes, u yery absurd arraiyement, for im champions the whole o1tries only numbered eight, and in this way dogs obtain spurious honors. The lot were grand, aud one regrets that the circum- stances of the slow do nob permit of seeing the dogs better and examiving them more closely as to action. One thing—yes, tyo— aeem worth noting beve—namely, that the furore for orange and white and lemon and white has passed, and now the great pre- onderance of dogs alhown gre liver and white; yet one of tha ndgeshere was Mr, Whitehouse, whowas a great breeder of the pale oblorcd, Secondly, judging from the prize winners, extreme length of slau] and muzzl6 is no longer in yogue, ab which we rejoice ; it was being Girried uy excess, and the wwards here will provea wholesome check to it, a5 some nearer to the old type were sélucted for hobors ; We think it would be wellto strike a happy medium. We like Bang IL much better than his opponent, Ponto (one of the team winders), putin. Bitches: MrT. H, Scott's Juno is a better Hnished animal than Maggie, who looks blase. Iu the open class we were sorry to see such grand pups us Mr. Wop- poll's Rex and Major exhibited, . They ara too good to he exposed to the dangers of disease dogs of nina months are exposed to at shows. If they liye they will make a success. Don of Devon, first prize, is a tine upstanding dog, pure. clean legs and good vound fest, well lowered and quartered ; hia head tends to the old Spanish type. Fletcher's Young Ponto, second to bim, is, on the contrary. quite of the modern—or rather let_us say of the very recently tashiouable order, long head and muzzle, withont fiews. (helarve bitehes were hot so good as # class, but Mr. Norrich’s Beryl is maguilicent, and should have won, Daphue, Ruby and Tidings ate also good, The class, for smull bitches Was wonderfully good, aud of the lot) we preferred Mr. H. LP. Cliavles’ Cora, although she was too fleshy to show her quality Patterns of all yurieties ntmabered abont 110, but we had no chance of seeing them oi their haunches, and os we shall have better opportunities of jadging of them at the Alexandra Palace, Jondon, where most of them will appearin a fortmight, we shall defer minute oriticista tntilthen. Retrievers were a fair wyerage, both wavy and curly coated, but nothing nensatioual wie brought out, Irish Water Spanicls were very good lot, and ax usual’ Mr, J. §, Skidmore’s kennels proved inyincible. Clumibers were few but of rare quélity. Sussex, were neither 50 Humerons Nor AB good s0 we haye seen them, Mastiffs only numbéred about 20, » snd were 4 sad falling off from many preceding shows. ‘The Rey. FP, W. De Castro judged them by the point system, talking infinite pains, and the resnlt of his labors yas most creditable to his judg- ment, His were, al) through, the most satisfactory decisions of eny judge at the show. We requested once » friend, who has deyoted much time and attention to breeding St. Bernards, for notes on this breed, as so many were éntered—uo less than 72 . Birmingham rules precluded him seetg them judged, and that 1s the only chance of peeing the dogs off their haunches, so his report is a short one, and in these worda: ‘* My dear fellow, I haye tried my level best to sea these dogs; I wanted to see them ; I know quite half ot them well, and they form # grand collection ; no broed has heen so much in favor during the last dozen yeurs, and here most of the dogs sre good in front, but I want to yee them behind, too, and how the —-—— can atellow judge a St Bernard in a kernel six teat by five? Wait till Alexsndrs, where we can ses them walked round, and them we will ¢o over them together.” icould not deny the truth of the obseryations and bear our soul in patience until December 9, when we hope to see the unprecedented number of 90 St. Berhards together. Of the other classes sheep doga were a good lof, and Mr, Bissell, af Bivmingham, who is # noted breeder of collies, was justly snecesaful. Bull dogs numbered 40, and scarcely a bad one among them; but bull terriers, wilh the excep- tion of already wellknown dogs, ware very indifferent a6 a lot, although the easy, good-natured jodges belanded them more than enough. Huexn Dazien, Pugs were not well represented, and of other dogs Blenheims Apaniels, King QGlarlea spaniels, aud Italian greyhounds were pone Dandie Dinmont and Irish terriers were badly repre- seuted, Below is the list of the judges and their awards. Olass 1, Bluodhounds, dogs,—ist, Mr, Edwin Brough, Napler, also Messrs Spratt's cup; vd, Me Lewis Smith, Lawyer; vnc, Mr Mark Beauloy, Nestor: ic, Mr G Henry Salisbury, Marquis. Class 2. Bloodhounds, bitches—ist, Mr L G Morrell, Belladonna zd, withheld; yi ¢, Mr L G Merrell, Diana; c, My Thos P Wood Donaer Wetter. Class 3. Deerhounds, dogs and bitches, champlon ¢lass—lst, Mr Jolin Haddon, MD, Lutra also Messrs Spratt’s cup; c, Mr Geo Wal- ter Hickman, Guchullin, Class 4 Deerlionnds, dogs—ist, Mr Alex Dawson Hogg, Balmoral; 2d, Mt John Haddon, Roy; vic, Mr Roland Allen, Oscar; lic, Mrs J Heatly Dickson, Lottery; Mrs CF Crawshay, Oscar; ¢. Mr Henry P: Parkes, Borva, Class 5 Weerhounds, bitches—ist, Mr Robert, Hood Wright, Sheila; zd, Mr George Walter Jilcktman, Morna; vy lc, Mr George WH. Logan, Fiy; i ¢, Mr John Haddon, M D Tsla. Class 6, Greyhounds, dogsand bitches, champlon class—Ist, Mr R Alston, Doctor. Glass 7. Greyhounds, dogs—ist Mr Thos Frederick Byans, Presi- dent ; 2d, withheld. Class8. Greyhominis, bliches—ist, Mr Tom B Swinburne, Bonny Lass; 24, Mr Arthur Lange, Laundress, f Glass). Otter Hounds, dovs and bitches—ist, Mr J C Carrick, Danger; v bc, Mrd C Carrick, Lottery. Class i0. Harrig’s.—No entry. Olass Ll, Beagles, dops—ist, Mr G H Fosbroke, Musical; v hc, Mr G H Fosbroke, Crattsmpn. Qlass'12) Beagles, bitches—ist, Mr WP Smilu, Merry Bell; he, Mr Wii Page, Dauniless, Class 1%. Ox terriers, champion ¢lass, dogs—ist, Mr A H Clarke, Brokenturst Rally, Glass 14, Fox terriers, champion class, bitches—ist, Mr Francis L Byelyn, Deacon Ruby. Class 16, Box terriers, dogs aver 18 lbs—ist, Mr J KR Whittle, Brookbouse Wick; Yd, Mr Hernert Bright, Ravket; sd, Mr W Hurst, Wight, Bagman; vh c, Mr Fred 1 Potts, Fang; he,Mrwi & Medd, Whig, Mr. # J Astburg, Stroke. Clsss 16. Fox terriers over 16 Lbs, bitches—isbh Rev Chas T Fisher, Miligent; 2d, Mr Fraveis L Bvelyn, Needle; sd, Mr F J Astbury, Jew- ess: ¢, Mr A G Braubury, Janette 11, Mr ‘’ Hall Redwood, Briar. Glass 17. Fox berriers uoder 18 lbs, dogs—ist, Mr Howard Bligh St George, Pinchers 2d, Mr Alfred Wilson Emmis, Belgrave Jack; 3d, Mri L iwelyn, Brokenhurst Sting; 4th, Mr C Slater, Despot; v he, Mr Henry Champion, Romper; Mr A H Clark, Roysterer, Mr. Altred Ford, Built of Ighteu, Mt Geo taper, Raby Tyrant. . Class 15. Fox terriers under 16 lbs, bifehes—ist and Spratt’s cup, Mr Henry Champion, Bloom; 2d, Rey Chas T Fisher, Dalsy ; 3d, Mr Herbert Bright, Lady Grace; 4th, Mr F L Evelyn, Sugacity; v 1c, Mt Samuel Boddington, Mdagbaston Flirt, Mr A 8 Clarke, Sunny, Mr nichard Hall, Kochdaie Ruby. Class19. Pointers ayer oo 1bs, champion class, dogs—ist, Mr R P Leach, Bang 11. 4 Class 20. Pointers over 50 1bs, shampion class, biteches—ist, Major Vaughan H Vaurhan Lee, M P, Maggie. . Class 21. Polnters oyer 5 lbs, dogs—tist, Mr RJ Stranger, Don of Devon; 2d, Mr James Pletcher, Young Ponto; v hc, Caprain Max- well, Sport U; h c, MrT H Scott, Burstone, Mr Leonard PiUkington, Lawyer, Mr T Whippell, Rex and Major; ¢, Mr John Kenyon, Drake of Croxteth, Mt R. P. Leach, Bonas 54Qc0, ¥ Class 22. Polnters over 501ps, bitches, 1st, Mr, John Harte Loyd Lloyd, Daphne; 2d, Mr E CG Norrish, Beryl; yhc, MrS EB shirley, Tidines; h c, Mr Jas Bletcher, Ruby, Major Vaughan H Vaughan ‘Lee, M P, May Glass 28, Pointers under 65 WUs, Ghampion class, dogs—ist, Mr Janes Metoher, Joss. Class 24. Pointers under 50 lbs, champion class, bitches— Mrs rite, Bow Bells; vy 1, MY Geo Pllicington, Lilac. Olass 25, Polnters under 65 lps, dozs—ist, Mr Edmund Bullod, Sambo the Devil; 2d, MrJoho K Mason, Perth; vb ¢,Mr © W Brierly, Byron; hc, Mr Samuel Smitbles, Wagg 1, Mr Jolin E Mason, Lord Rockingham, ¢, Mr‘? Whippell, Master Wage. : Class ¥6, Poimbters under 450 tbs, bitches—1st, Mr E C Norrish, Revel; 2d, Mr’ Whippell, Mite; vic, Mr Henry 'P Charles, Cora; h G Mr R P Leach, Bona Bell; c, Lieut-Col Legh, Muse; Mr Leonard * Pilkington, Mirth. clase ree English setters, champion class, dogs—ist, Mr. James Fletcher, Kock, ulsod H Whilehouse’s cup; v ic, Mr R bi Purcell Liewellin, Rens. Glass 28. Wnglish setters, cliuimplon élass, bitches—ist, Mr. R 1 Pureell Llewellin, Novel. } i Qlass 29. Mnglish setter dogs—ist, Mr George Cartinel, Royal Rock; #d,Mr 0 B Bowers, ehamplon Koyal Jock; y hc, Mr James Mrerue, Youog Rovk, Mrs £ Shiney, Rebdie Burns, MrJdohn short hose, Royalty; b G, Mr RL! Purcell Tlewellin, Prince Royal, Mr W Db Duncan, Dashlug Peregrine, Mr Joho Shorrhose, Hartiord Rock; ¢, Mr LI Purcell Glewellio, bashing Pacer, Mr W D Duncan, Justice, MrJ B Cockertas, Graid Duke, Messrs Weyman and Buchanan, Grouse XL, Mr Datatry Hollins, Styche. . Glass #0. English sélters, bitches—ist, Mr G ea Beauty Queen; 2d, Mr H F Grant, Meg Merrilies; y hc, Mr John Shorthose, Noveletie; Mr R Li Purcell Lieweilin, Countess Placid; MrT B Bow- ers, Resse TV; he, Mr R Ll Purcell Tiewellio, Countess Bear; ¢c, Mr Daintry Hollius, Glpsey Girl, Mr R Li Purceli Liewellin, Dashing Romp, Mr J B Cockerton, Grand Duchess, Mr T & Bowers, blue E en. Qlass 31. Setters, black and tan, champlon class, dogs—ist, Mr Joha Shorthose, Grouse, Class 32, Setters, blaak and tan, champion class, bitches—ist, Mr Ohas B Hodgson Regalia. 4 Class 23. Seuters, Diack and tan, dogs—ist, Capt P Priestley, Ranger; 94, Mr Mhos Jacobs, Marauis; y hc, Rey W Serjeanson, Duke, Mr Geo D Bragg, Shot; We, Med ic Williams, Dan If, Mr W M Eglington, Bruce V, Gaph P Priustly, Sam, ‘ Olass 24. Sebters, black and tun, bitehes—ist, Mr W d Scott, Sybil ; vd, Mr J ‘ate, MOlLIV; h¢, Mr K Chapman, Dye. Olass 8. [shi Betlers, Champlon Class, dogs and bitches—ist, Mr ‘Phos M Hilliard, Connt; vic, Me James J Giltrap, Garryowen. Gluss 46, [riab sehters, dogs—ist, Mr Thos M Hilliard, Viscount Paimerston; 2d, Mr James Kennedy, Surgeon, Villikins; vy bc, Mr Samuel D Hing, Patrick Palmerston, Mr HL Jephson, Sir shot; ic, Mr James J Gillvap, Young Palmerston, Mr Hairy J Clements, Hidon, Mr BM Whiting, Whi-per 1, Mr ‘t B Bowers, Pat, MrJ K Millner, Frisco;c, Weyman Feet eines Bilis and Trim, Mr James Carroll, Sulpe, Mr ‘hos M Hilliard, Boycor, Chats eT, Inish sellers, biiches—ist, Mr J H O'Brien, Kate Il; 2d, Me Thos M Hilliard, Lady Emly; v hc, Mrdames J Giltrap, Lady Palmerston; ei) 7 K Milner, Scaltthesn; Mrdas Kennedy, sur- eon, Dina; t, Mr Raward Roberts, Ruby; Mr Samuel D Hine, Aileen I, Class 83. Retrievers, champlon class, dogs—ist, Mr S. EH Shirley, usk; yl ¢. MrT A Stokes, Transit. Olass w9. Rerilevels, champion class, bitch€s—Ist, Mr 8 E Shirley, Wisdom, ye, Mr Tom & Swinburne, bhicory. Glass 40, “Retrievers (curly-coated), dogs—ist, Mr H Skipworth, Prince; 2d, Mr Arthur Large, Ben; v lic, bis Grace the Duke of Haillton, Baron, Mi Lewis Mackenzie, Garnet, Mr A Skipworth, Youny Klay Koffee; hc, MrJ & Orolis, King; ¢, Mr Robert Pickering, Carlo. P Glass 41. Hetrieyers (curly-coated), bitches—Ist, Mr G H Gran- ville, Cocoanut: 2d, Mr eens Culley, Jet Ul; ybc, Mr H Skipworth, Princess, Mr Arthur Large, Jessie, Mr Walter Potts, Bess, Class 42, Retrievers (amooth or wavy costed), dogs—Mr E.G Far quharson, Zelstone 24, MrS & Shirley, Mole; y he, Liewt-Col 0 7 Cotes, MP, Sam, Mrs § Shirley, Discord; h c, Rev W Serjeanison, Merry Monarch, - Glass48. Retrievers (smooth or wavy coated), hifches—ist, Mr Ed- ward G Barqnharson, Venice; 2d, Mrs @ Stiriey, Nighijar; v ic, Mr 5B Shirley, Tnne;h co, My 8:8 Shirley, Think, Mr GY Teasdale Bueck- éll, May; ¢, MY Price, Wloss, Lieut-Col Gotes, M P, Marte. Class 44. Irish water spantels, dozs—ist, Mr James 8 Skidmore, Mickey Free; Yi, Mr James S Skidmore, Youn Patsy; hc, Mv Geo Herbert Lottu-, Jock 11, MrG@ F Smurthwalte, barney Malone; c, Mr i “i Townsend, Diver, Mr G FSmurthwaite, Dr Malone and Garry Malone. Class 45, irish water spaniels, bitclies—ish, withheld; 2d, Mr G i Smurthwalte, Cora Malone, x Clasa46, Water spaniels (other than Irish), dogs and bluches—tist, Mr Thos Builock, Belle, Class 47, Cluidiber spaniels, fdogs—ist, A H and Hf Parkinson, champion Trusty; 2d, Vaptain Maxwell, Duke; vic, RS Holfoid, Esq, Rover, Mir W W Watts, Baron; bh c, Rev AG Brooke, Pred, Mr Herbert Moser, Bachelor. Glass 45, Clumber spaniels, bitehes—ist, RK S Holford, Ruby; 40, Mr Wilfred Van Wart, Ruby II; y hc, Mr Herbert Moser, Lolt Class 49. Sussex spaniels, dogs—ist, A K and 4 Purkinson, cham- won Rover Il; 2d, Cand J G Ganon, Max; vy hoe, C und J G@ Gamon, rUy. Class 50. Sussex spaniels, bitches--ist, GC and J G@ Gamon, Maude 2d, Mr Jas Partridge, Brida Il; vy he, Mr John C Phillips, Peprel. Class 51. Bpamlels (black), dogs—lsb, Mr Joseph Royle, Zulu; 20, Fred Elston Schofield, Solus; v hi ¢, Mr FT Schoteld. Success ; h cy Mr Arthur H Easten, Beverly Bob; c, ir James Freme, Young Bob. Class 62, Spantels (black), birches—ist, Mr Arthur H Basten, Beverly Bee; vd, Mrd R Whittle, y 5, Sukey ; he, Mr James Preme, Effie, Glass 53, Spaniels (other than Black), dozs—ist, Mr H B Spurgin, Alonzo; 2d, Mr Wilired Ven Wart, Don Pedro; y lic, Mr W Van Wart, Tancred, Mr A EH Jagger, Sailor. Class 54. Spaniels (other than black), bltches—ist, Mr H B Spur- fin, Floss; 2d, Mr Thomas Jacobs, Lass of Devon; h @, Mr Jas Bremie, ans and Morglana, Mr A EB dagger, Jessie, C and J G. Ganon, oll. Class 65. Dachshunds (red), dogs—ist, Mr W HH Strick, Zadkiel; v he, Mr Wm E Litt, Malt; c, Mr C f Henry, Zero, Class 66. Dachsiunds (red), bitches—ist, Mrs Price, Neva; vh G, MrNCA Neville; hc, J and W fH Charles, Prudence. Glass BT. Dachshunds (oiher than red), dogs—ist, Mr Enoch Hut- ton, Houfman; vy ic, Mr Harry Jones, Donser, Glass 63. Dachshunds (otber than red), bitches—ist, Mr Harry Jones, Dina; ¢, Mr Alfred R Fellowes, Jill. @lass 59. Extra Glass for torel¢n sporting dogs not classitied—ist, Mr Bramley Radeliffe, Russian spaniel, General; 2d, MrG de Landre Macdona, Basset hound, Romano; id, Mr Walter M Musgrave, Si berian wolf hound, Narkel, vlc, Mr George R Krell, "Bassett hound, Fino-de-Paris, DIVISION 2—NON-SPORTING DOGS. Class 60. Mastiffs, champion class, dogs and bitches—ist, Miss Hesketh, Nero- Glass 61. Masttils, dogs—ist aud Spratt’s cup, Mr Mark Beanfoy, EC? Regent; 2d, Mr Henry C Joplin, Vulcan ; 3d, Mr Joseph Bat- son, Len, Class 62. Mastiffs, bitehes—ist, Mr M BGeautoy, Princess Royal 2d; ee eee Morris, Duchess 10; 8d, Mr R Alston, Duchess of Von- naught, Glass 63. St Bernards (roush and smooth coated), champion clags, dogs and bitchex—ist, Mr G de Landre Macdona, fF kG S, Bayard . Glass 64, St Bernards (iough coated), dogs—ist, Mr ‘Tl H Goodwin, Hermit; 2d, Mr John Birch, Noble; 3d, Mr. G de Landre Macdona, RG §, Boniface. Olass 65. 8f Bernards (rough coated), bitches—ist, Mr Wm Tat- ham, Gruyere; 2d, Mr T H Selver, Bernie. Class 66. St Bernards (smooth Coated), dogs—ist, Mr Frank Brock, Monk; 2d, Mr William Ta‘ham, Visuount, Class 67. St Bernards (Smooth coated), bitches—tst, Mr Jas Valen- tine, Ida; 2d, Mr Richards Armitage, Amy. Class 68, Newfoundlands, dogs—ist, 8 W Wildman, Hsq, Lion; 2d, Mr Edwin Nichols, Nelson T. Class 69. Newfoundiands, bitches —Ist, withheld; 2d, M» Wm Mus- grave, Juno. Class 70. Sheep dogs, champion class, dogs snd bitches—ist, Mr Jas Bissell, Charlemagne, Class 7| Sheep dogs (Hnglish, short tailed), dogs and bitches—iat, Mr G@ § Hdwardes-Kerr, Sir Guy, Olass 72, Sheep dogs (rough), dogs—ist, Mr James Bissell, Fox; 2d, Mr James Bissell, Clydesdale; 4d, Mr Alfred T Kmery, Darnley. Class 73. Sheep does (rough), bitches—ist, Mr G H Wheeler, Norna. 2d, Rey Hans F Hamilton, Naney. Glass 74. Sheep dogs (smooth), dogs—Both prizes withheld. Class 75. Sheep dogs (smooth), bitthes—ist, Mr Avthur H Hastern, Lady ; 24, Mr HC Joplin, Mindi. 7 Class 76. Dalmatians, champion class, dogs and bitches—ish, Mr Rivhard James Hartley, Treasure. Class 77, Dalmatians, dogs and bitthes—1st, Mr Harry F Sparrow, Rover; 2d, Mr Charles Hill, Nelite, Class 75, Bulldogs, champlon Class, dogs and biftches—Ist and Spratt’s cup. Mr Richard J Hartley, champion Venom. Class 7. Bulldogs over 40 lbs, dogs—ist, Mr John William Gur- ney, Gladstonekoff; 2d, Mc John Henshall, Cresar. Glass 60. Dulldogs over 35 Ibs, bitches—ist, Mr Geo Raper, Redowa,; 90, Mr Jolin Willlama Gurney, Dinah. Class $1. Bulldogs under 40 lbs, dogs—ist, Mr Join Hall, Young Slasher; 2d, Mr Jolin Brettell Wilkes, Punch. (14ss 52, Bnlidogs under 35 lbs, bitches—ist, Mr Willlam Horsfield, Duchess; 24, Mr W G Mayhew, Empress. Ulass $3. Bull terriers over 25. lbs, dogs—ist, Mr William Astor, Jr, Boss; 2d, Mr George Humphreys, Victor Chief, Class s4, Bull terriers over 20 lbs, bltcles—ist, Mr Rickard James Hartley, Magnet; 2d, Mr. Richard James artley, Violet, Class 85. Bull terriers under 25 lbs, dogs—ist, Mr Rdward Hood, Victor; 2d, Mr Richard James Hartisy, Nelson T, Olass 86° Bull terbiers under 20 lbs, bltches—i=t, Mr J Munton Jagf- ray, Rose; Yd, Mr John Willlam Cox, quick. r Clasy 87, Smooth halred terriers (obher than black snd tan), dogs— Isl, Mr Jas Broadbent, Charlie; 2d, Mr Edward Burley, Sefton. Class $8. Smooth haired terriers (Other than black aud tan), bitches —ist, Mr Philip Yardley, Lady; 20, Mrd Munton Jaffray, Duchess, Class 89, Black and tan terriers over 14 lbs, dogs—ist, Mr Joseph Wood, Wallace; 2d, Mr Tom B Swinburne, Saivini. Class 90, Black and tan terriers over 15 1bs, bitches—ist, Messra Hill and Ashton, Empress; 2d, Mr TA Washbourn, blue Belle. Glass 91. Black and ian lerrlers under 15 Ibs, dog's and bliches—1st, Mr William Nevtos, Goldtinder: 2d, Mr Tom B Swinburne, Switch. Class 92. Black and tan terriers (¢ars noctt), dogs and bitches—ist, Mr Tom & Swinburne, Star; 2d, Mr Joseph Royle, Ads. Class 93, Skye Lerriers (prick @ared), dors and bitehes—ist, Mr Rhodes Greenwood, Heather; 2d, Mr Duncan Cuuningham, Venus, Clauss 94, Skye terriers (other ian prick eared), dogs and bitches— Ist, Mr Mark Gretton, KUt; 2d, withheld. Class 95. Dandle Diumont terriers, dogs—ist, Captali Howartn Ashton, Mac; 2d, Mr J © Carrick, Teddy. Class 90. Dandle Dinniont terrlers, biiches—ist, Mr Joseph Fim- chett, Nettle; 2d, Mr J C Carrick, Thistle. Class 97, Bedlington terriers, dogs—ist, Mr Abraham Arnistrong, Projectile; 2d, Mr RK L Hatty, Moltke. Class 98. sedlington terriers, bitches—ist, Mr G A Koch, Orvis; 2d, Mr H & James, Stonehouse Lass. Glass 99, Trish terriers, dogs—ist, Messrs R B Carey, MD, and 13 Curey, Nabocklish; #d, withheld. Class 100. Trish terriers, bitches—lst, Messrs RB Carey, M D, and TS Carey, Nettle; 2d, withheld, Class Wi. Atredale terriers, dogs and Ditches—~ist, Mr Thomas Carr, Crack, Class 102. Aberdeen terriers, dogs and bitches—iat, Mr John Milne, Grip; 2d. withheld, Class 103. Wire haired terriers, dozs—ist, Mr Richard Hall, Bal- ance; 24, Mr William Carrick, Jr, Turi IL. Class lud. Wire haired terriers, bilches—ist, Messrs Harding Cox and Bdward Jaquet, Champlon Blreli; 2d, Mr ¥ Hayward Fleld, Bun- B cJass 105. Seoteh terriers, dogs and bliches—All prizes withheld Classi06. Yorkshire terrlers. dozs and oltcles—ist, Mrs M.A fos- ter, Bradford Hero; 2d, withheld. Classi7, Pomeranians, dogs and bitches—ist, Mr Henry Ward, Toss; 2d, Mr Tom B Swinburne, Secor, Class 108, Pugs, champion class, dogs and bitehes—ist, Mrs Lany- rence Boor, Comedy. : Class 109. Pugs, dogs—ist, Mr Dayld Caddick, Duke Il; 2d, Mr Ed- mound Held, Snub; 3d; Mr M A ‘Taliby, Sambo Olass 110. Pugs, bitches—1sh Mrs M A Foster, Jennie; 2d, Mr. William L Sheffield, Sos0; 3d, Mr R Whittle, y ¢, Belle Petite, Class 111. Maltese, does and bitches—isf, Mr James Jacobs, Lottte; 2d, Mi dames Jacobs, Mopsey. Olass 112, Tialian greyhounds, dogs and bitehes—lst, Mr Willlam Bruce, Bankside Rose; 2d, Rey Alfred W Carter, Tito, Olass 113. Blenheim spaniels, does and bitches—ist, Mrs Lawrence Booth, The Earl; #d, Mra F Popham, Plossie II; 3d, Mr samuel Serimshaw, Jack. Class lid. King Charles spaniels, dogs and bitches—lst, Mra MA 436 : FOREST AND STREAM, Faster, Prinue, 2d, Mr Lawrence Booth, Duka of Edinburgh; 3d, Mr Wiliam Biinsley, Lady Plora. Oluss 115. ‘oy berriers (smooth haired), dogs and bitches—tst, Mr Toni Swiuburnes, Spark; 24, Mr George Fitter, Jenet, Olass iii. “Loy tarviers (broken hatred), dogs and bitches—ist, Mr Rhodes Greenwood, Mekle Wi; 2a, Mor Altred Ansell, Princess. Class 117. Dxfra class, for aiy unclassifield foréign dogs—tst, Mi, W E Taunton, sit John Wranttin, Esquimaus. os NAMES,—Brickervillo, Pa,, Dec, 22—Kditor Forest and Stream : T do cot suppose that any honorable gentleman or breeder would. with jurposé aforothonght, appropriate the property of siother—and I writo thia not in any spirit of recvimination, but only in the hopa tbat it may lend to the taking of more care on the part of lrcodlers of Beagle dogs. In_your issue of December 15, 1881, my friend, Mr. William H. Todd, of Vermilion, Ohio, has been especially unfortnnate in the selochou of names for animals both kept and sold, Certain names besyme—and of vight—priyate property. No ona should think of using “Bess” without permission from Messrs. Pownall and Eimore, © Spot” ia the special property of Messrs, Chandler and Batcor—the name as well aa the famous old dog, * Belle,” winner of the first at Pitteburg’s laaf show, should Eurely remain unchosen hy another ; and thereis the same im- propriety fu claiming * Lulu,” another prize winner at the ssme alow. Lam very well satisfied that Mr. Todd would correct all this, by private wppeul, only then I would fail to xeach the many wha ara making ‘confision worse confounded” by using, for their puppies, the names of duys well Imown either as prize-win- nérs ot the aucertora of auch, Contin Cameron. [We know jnet howit is ourselyes, and cannot blame onr cor- respondent for complaining of this. We are confident that no one would knowjngly select names for hip puppies that of right belonged to other aninials of the samo breed, Breeders cannot be too caret! in this regpect, especially when the name appropri- sled belongs ts tn ani, sal who has a well-sarned reputation, and we trast thit in the ¢niure not only the breedors of beagles, but those who breed other dogs, will select vaman for their youngaters that will not lead the public to mistake one dog for another, WARWICK AND OLLIE.—An error appeared in our report of the Pennsylvania Pield Drials, which demands prompt correction. Tnthis report, Warwick and Ollie vere spolren of as being entered of the Trials by Tallman and Martin, This ia incorrect. War- wickand Olligare the property of Mr, A. WW. Gansa, of Wilming- ton, Delaware, aud were by bim loaned to I, J, Martin, by whom they were ron at the Pennsylvania Triale. THE HORNELL COOKER KENNEL,—Mr. J, Otis Fellows, of Horvellayills, N. ¥., requesta us to say that he is the sole proprietor of the Hornell Cocker Kennel, and that no other person isin any way connected with rt, ATLANTA BHNCH SHOW.—The spevial prize at the Atlanta Bench Show for the bost brace of dogs exhibited, which was wou by Mr. 1, Orgill with his pomters, Rush and Random, was sn elc- Rant lemonade set, suitably engraved, presented by Mr. Geo, C. Sterling, of New York. PEDIGREES.—We are indebted to a large number of our rea- dere for pedigrees of their dogs, for which they will accept on thanks. We offen find them yéry useful, and should be pleased to receiye others that we may, place them on file for future reference, BYRON FOXHOUNDS.—The address of owner of Byron strain of foxhouhds, ——— + EENNEL NOTES, Wo wish to impress upoh the minds of those, who send us iteris for our Kennel Notes, that 10 avold mistakes all names should be printed In PRINT LETTERS, aS Wwe fod ib very easy to make mistakes Where this ls tot done. We also would lke to be Intormied whether the animalis male or female, and to know the date of birth and the breed to which they belong, whetier pointer, setter, or bulldog. A “arohul Study of (he notes In this number of the paper will show just What is wanted. Oyralm is to have everything correct; bat until contributors will take the necessary trouble to conform to the above request We cannoh answer for the mistukes that may occur. NAMES OLATMED. Grovee—Fii—Olaimed by Mr. Philip W. Schuyler, of Saratoga Springs, N. ¥., fora Dlack, white ana tan setter bitch. whelped May 19, 1880), Ly Grouse Dale outot Fly (champion Drake—Ltma), Tramp—Clainied oy Mr, R. M. Livingston, New York clty, for liver litked pointer, whelped Sept. 18, 1651, by Dash ont of Grace fT, Bess—Granby, Gonh., Dec. 4i—l wish to request Mr. W. H. ‘Todd, of Vertoliiion, 0,1 select some other name han Bess for his beagle blteh pup, 48 1 have a prize-winning, beagle blich of same name, and if both are bred irom in will create conftusion—Resp't’'y, N, ELMong, Fanny Leri—Claimed by Mr. red, H. Loudon, Rock Till, §. C., for lemon and white patnter bitch, whelped May 5, 1S51, by Fowler (Per- éy's Slgnal—Hinberte) out of Bess (King Philip—Ada), Glencoe—Ey Dr Wm, Jarvis, Claremont, N. H., for an at) red Irish setter doe, whelped June 1, 1881, by champion Nichoout of Nereev. Lorvine—by WY, Win. Jarvis, Claremont, N. H., for an allred Irfsh setter dos, whelped June, 1581, by champion Hitho ont of Noreen, Ronaiv—By Dr. Wr. Jarvis, Claremont, N. H,, tor an nll red Irish selher bitch, whelped June 14, 1981, by champlon Eicho owt of Rose. Shot By Mr, Glirence A, Faroum, Wellaville, N. Y., for his liver And white polnter dog by Lunuey’s Diamond (Wadlow’s Kate—Caya- naugh’s Prank) out of Juno (Leonard's Sancho—Hedding's Kate). Royal Cora C.—By Mr. W. A. Coster, of Flatbush, L. 1, for his pointer bifich puppy by Croxteth out of Mr, Dilley’s Royal Han, Beile—OClaimied ly Mr. H, M, Brooks, New York, for lemon and white pointer bilch by Mr, B, Leavitt's Ned (Trump—Bess) out of Ma. Sant Thorne’s Susan, F MNisk and Mya viaimed by Dr. Bdward J, orster, Boston, Mass. for black and white sether puppies whelped Sept. 29, 1851, by Claud (Coin—Jule) onb of Zou (Drake—Dalsy). Schneider, Drive and Ginw--OClaimed by Mr. W. T. Percival, Palo., Mich., tor beagle puppies by Sport out of Fatthful. Snap —Clalmed by Mr. W. I. Percival, Palo, Mich., tor pointer puppy by Bang out.of Poyneen's Jean. Nubia Claimed by Mr, M. 8. L, Bradford, Springfield, Mass., for black and white setter bitch, whelped Oct..8, 1881, by cwuer’s Pete (Trim—sSmiut) oul of T, M. Aldrich’s Lotta (champion Drake—Moliie, Fivits —Olalmed by Mr. A, C. Collins, Hartford, Gonn., for liver an white ticked pointer dog, whelped Aug, 1, 1S&1, by Dr, Leyman’s im- ported Goh (champion Dono—Leauty) out of Mr. CG. N. Gabb's Fly (Snapshor—Hanny 1 ) In taaue Dec. 14, he name of owner printed EB. A.Dawaon should lave been B, A. Damon. 4 Leo T.—G)aimed by Mr, H, W. Huntington (Brooklyn, BE. D., N, ¥-) for mousé-colored Bagish greyhound dog pup (owner's imported Leo =—dJuno) Whelped Aug. 12, 1681, Quen Bess—Clajmed by Mr. HW. W. Huntington, Brooklyn, for mouse colored Mngiish greyhound bilch pup (owners imported Leo— Juno) whelped Aug, 12, 1851, a » BRED, yoi—Mr. §. B. Dilley’s (Rosendale, Wis.) Chumpion Raryer—Birnd Roy Bird Royal (&t. Louls Kennel Clun’s Bow—Countess Royal) tio his champlon Ranger (hake—ate), 3 Juisie 17 —Eniperay Byod—My, Ei. A, Herzberg’s Jessie 11, dam of Bt. Hino, 10 bik pule Lavetack champion Eiiperor Pred. White Lity—Chrompien Rangea—Mr. 8. 1B. Dilley’s (Rosendale, Wis.) White Lily (Dime—Queen) liver and white pointer blich to his liver, While and ticked polnter (hampion Ranger (Rake—Kate), Dally Boe W, U. Pods beagle bitth Dolly (Darwin—Lady) to owner's doe’ ben (Lee—Ringlet), Nov. 19, 1881. DPrisey—Lon—W. H. Todd's bearle bitch Datsey to owners dog Ben (Len—Ringlev), bac. 3. Red Besa—Lir)/—W, Ti, Ploveo, Corivand, Kennel, Peekskill, MN, Y., on Noy, 13 and 1%, red Trish seticr bleh Red Bess to Lary (champion BHleho—thamplon Rose). Chanipion L'ire/ly—Chiy—W. H. Plerce’s (Cortlandt Kennel, on Noy. 14 aud 25) red Yrish setter bitch champion Wirelly fo Max Wenzel’s Omef (chompion Berkely—ex-champton Loo IT), Pudil IT.--Liurry—W. GF, Pieree’s (Cortlandt, Kennel, Peekskill, N. Y., 00 Dac. #8 And 5) red Irish setter bitch Quall IT, to Larry (champlon Hibho—ax-ah fuinplon, in r Nattle— Loch—Mr, G. A. Thomas, Duxbury, Mass, has bréd his Gor Hon getter bitch Nettle (Duke of Locugt Valley—Tilley’s Whip) to Mir, (Dzommerr 29, 1881 aes John’s Loch (Doane’s Tom—Gay's Pansey) (Imported Fritz— @psy). ‘on—Pridc—Mr. John N. Nickerson’s (Redding, pope brown and white bith Fan (4ip—Goll) to his liver and white dog Pride (Pride of lhe Border—Nelile. Twilitht—Dok Laveruck—iVor. Bailey Harrison's (Tisonburg, @nt.) black, blue and tan seiter bitch Twilight (Glads|oné—Mersey) to nis Diol Laverack, Dawn—Divk Laiverdch—Ma. Bailey Harrison's (Tilsonbitre, Ont, black, bine and tan setter biteh Dawn (Gladstone—Cup) to his Die Laverack. Dawns litter sister to Peep o' Day, winner of the All- aged shake, N. A. K. C, Meld Trials, 1851, Litty—dcket—The Baltimore Kennel Club haye bred their lemon and white polnter bch Lily (Sam— Lilly) toMr., B. Orgill’s Rocket, ounce 7.—Dery—The Baltimore Kennel Club have bred their red trish setter bitch Mlounge f1. to thelr Dare, Countess Neie—Naehing Lad—The Baltimore kennel Club have bred their Countess Neiie to thelr Dashing Lad, Liti—Sensution—Mr. Charles Heath, Newark, N. J., bred his Hyer and white pointer bitch Lill, Dec. 75, to the Weatminster Kennel Olub’s Sensation. Nipp—Chie—MY. Pred, §. Lewis? (artylown, N, Y.) red and white Trish setter bitch Nipp (Doctor—iiddy) to Mr, Max Wenzel’s red Irish setter Chief (Berkley—Diick), Ji y—Coratdoo—Prot, W. 1B. Roney’s (Hast Saginaw, Mich.) im- ported bloodhound bitch Juno (Huge — —)to owners iniported Caradoc (forester—Maythorne). WHENPE, Bonfinti—Mr. J. H. Wiuslow's (Haltimore Md.) cocker spaniel bitch Bontantl (Ned—Daisy) wiielpoti Dee. 1S, seVen—all dogs (one since died) by owner's Norfolk Jack. Blak Bess—Dr, J. & Nivenis (London, Ont.) black cocker bitch Black Bess whelped Dec. 10, seyen—five dos and tio bitches (one since dead) by the Hornellsvilie Kennél Club's Bob TI. Peertss—Mr. Batley Harrlsows (Misonbure, Ont.) pura Laverack seller bitch Peeress has whelped five pupples by Thunder. Lady Bisloi—Mr. J. Bennetts (‘irenton, N. J.) Gordon setter pifoh Lady Bislow whelped Dec, 15, elght—six dogs and tyro bitches— y Don, Minnie—The Borstall Kennels pointer plich Minnie (Sensation— Whiskey) whelped Dee, 14, lour—one dog and three bitches, all lemon and white, by Westminster Kennel Club's Sensation. Aileie—The Borstall Kennels pointer bitch Bilene (Sensation— Dalsy) whelped Dec. 17, elght—five dogs atid three bitches, one dog lemon and white, ullihe rest liver and white, by Mr. R. C, Cornell’s Match (Sensatlon—White's champion Grace). Belle—Dec 17, at Allaire, N. J., Mr. Gregory's Belle are ae Grace), Tiva dogs, two bitches, by Mr, Godeffroy’s Groxteth. All liver and while. Of the above three dovs and one bltch came dead. Nigjger—J. W. Jacksou’s (Opelousas, La.) natlye black setter bitch Nigger (Prud’homme’s Dash—Judge Dupre’s Vida) whelped Nov. 24, elght pupples—four red and four dlack—one dog and seven bitthes— by owner's red Irish setter dog Mark (Lhorstein—Duck), Lourste—J. W. Jackson's (Opelousas, La.) liver and white pointer bitch Louisa (Bow—Jaunty) pct oan Nouv. 27, three liver and white bitch puppies, by owner's liver and white dog Lorne (faust—June). Dee—J. W. Jackson's (Opelousis, La.) red Irish setter bitch Dee (Erm I1.—Biddy) whelpéd Noy. 29, by Sake fogs and tive bitehes: —all véd, by owner's red Trish setter dow Mark (Thorsiein—Duck). SALES. Gilroy—MY. J. TL Winslow, Baltimore, Md, As sold to Mr. Burr Hollis, Hornelisville, N, ¥., the chestnut aud tan field spaniel Gilroy (Wildair—Hallis’ Belle). Gyp—Beagle pitch by Pantie (Ringold—Ressie) out of Fly (Prince— Lely Dy W. H. Todd, Vermilion, 0., to Mr, B. R. McConnell, Kit- anning, P'. Music—Beapie bitch (Dan—lanny) by M0. M. M. Nissly, Elizabelh- town, Pa., to Mr. 8. HW, Moflman, MeKeesport, Pa, Foinie—Béagie bitch (Victor-Music) by Mr. M. M, Nissly, Elizabeth- lown, Pa., to Mr. David Bissell, Stafford Springs, Gonn, Seo(—Bngush peeee dog by Mr. M. M. Nissly, Elizabethtown, Pa., to Mr. Stam, Marietta, Pa. ree ri wise ae J, H. Stewart, Middle Haddam, Conn., has sold to Mr. L. H, Strong, Winsted, Comn., a pointer dog puppy by Speck out of Wing. Siot—Mr, J. H. Stewart, Middle Haddam, Conn,, has sold to Wiui- a aaah, of same place, the pointer dog puppy Sholi by Speck out 0 og. Pride uf the Field—Myr. J, TL Stewart, Middle Haddam, Conn., las sold io Mt. Bags, Hust Hampton, Conn,, the pointer bitch puppy Pride of the Meld by Specic out ot Wing. Spéeck—Wing wheip—My. J. WE Stewart, Middle Haddam, Conn., has Fold (0 Mr, Oharlés Arnold, Haddaii Neo, Conn,, a pointer doy puppy by 8peck out of Wing, Brag—Nolly H. help —Mr. J. Olls Tellows, Hornetisville, N. ¥., has sold to Mr, W. 8, Nickerson, Boston, Mass., & black spaniel biteh whelped June 17, i8s1, by Brag out of Nelly H, Capiluia—Mr. WT. Otis Fellows, Hornellsviile, NW. ¥., has sold to Mr, G. H. Busse, Hearne, Texas, thé liver apaliel bitch, whielped March 25,1851, by Benedict out of Pansy. Brag—Nelly H. whelp—Mr. J. Ouls Weliows, Mornelisvilie, N. ¥., bas sold 1) Mr. G. BH. Busse, Heamne, Texas, a liver spaniel bitch, whelped June 17, 1881, by Bray out of Nelly H. Vanduera—Mr. J. O18 Fellows, Hornellsyille, N. Y., has sold to Mr. Frank Acker, of same place, the liver and white cocker spaniel bitoh Vandyara, whelpid April 27, 1551, by Brag out of Princess, Spurt—Laithsultohetps—MyY, W_ 1. Percival, Palo, Mich , has sold to Mr. V. P. Cooper, Cooperstown, N. Y., two beagle puppies—dog and biteh—hy Sport ousor Paithiul. Caradoc—Mr. Francis Gren, Jr, Oakville, Ont, has sold to Prof. H, B. Roney, Hast Saginaw, Mlct., the Imported black and tan Eng- lsh bloodhound Caradoc, whelped June, isi7, by Forester (Rufua— Empress) out of Maythorne (Rutus—hnpreése). ken—Mr, W. He Vodd, Vermilion, Ohio, to Mr. llenvy B. Knight, Newburgh, N. ¥., ls blavk, white and tan beagle champlon dog Ben ae oF Ringlet by Lee (Warrlor—Rosey) dog, Utter, brother to Dodge's avtLer. Snip—Mr. W, OH. Todd to Henry B. Knight the peaple bitch Snip out of St (by imported Ttomper and Dutchess) by chatnplon Rattler, Oep't—Mr, W. H. Todd to Mr, Lawson #&. Gell, New York elty, nls white, black and tan beagle dog Capt out of Vie (Darwin—Dady) by champion Lee (Warrior—Kosey, Jr., of Boston, Mass,, to Mr. J. 8. Chicua—By Mr, 8. L, Abbott. Jobns, of Haverhill, Mass., the black, white and tan Liewelllu setter bitch Chica (Royal Bluc—Hara Diana). Chica is half sister to Pol- ley, Winner of the Derby at Robbins! Island, 1851. PRESENTATIONS. Bess—Powler whelp—Mr. A. R. Heyward has presented to Mr. Frou. H. Loudon, Rock Hill, 8 @., a lamon and while pointer bitch Whelped May 5, 1881, by Fowler (Perdy’s Signel—Bruuetle) out of Bess (King Philip—Ada). i Hlelio—Noreen whelp—Dv. Wh. Jaryisy Claremont, N. H., has pre- sented to Mr. John Goold, West Lebanon, N, H.,a red Jrish setter dog puppy by his celebrated champlon Eltvho ont of Noreen. Elohio— Rise whelp—Dr, Wor, Jarvis, Claremont, N, H., has present- edto Mr. Geo. W. Farwell, 2d, of same place, # red Irlsh setter dog puppy by champion Hichd oul of Rash. : Giie—Mr, W, I. Percival, Palo, Mioh., has presented to Mb. James ee Eras Stanton, Mich,, jhe beagle dog puppy Ginx by Spert out @f Faithful, Hanting—Beagie bitch, whelped Nov. 5, 1882, by Rally (Sam—Doily) out of Bessie (Singer—Ring) by Mr. Colin Cameron, brickeryille, Pa., to Schreiber Bros., Philadelphia, Pa, DEATHS, Duchess Dilli—Major J. Lynas Coogan, Chm'leston, 8. 0., as lost by death his belton seiter bitch Duchess Dill, whelped Jan, 24, 1581, by ae Jersey Duke out of Mr, Wd. A, Spoontér's Daisy (Dash— trt), Hadye—Dy, 7.8. Niven, of London, Ont,, lias lost by distemper his Dandy Dinmont bitch Madge. Senaotion—Minnte whelpe—The Borstall Kennels lave had the mis- fortune to lose by death all of ihe litter whelped Dec, 16 by Sensa- tlon out of their pointer bitch Minale, Moteh—Bilene whelp—The Borstall Kennels have lost by death a poluter bitch pup whelped Dec. 17 by Matoh out of their Bilene, Piving Seud—My, J. Olls Follows, Hornelisville, WN. ¥., has lost the Rugiish setter bitch eivying Soud (Emperor Fred-—M into). Johi—Mr. Robért Post, Middie Haddam, Conn., has lost his liver and white polnter dog puvpy Joho by Speck out of Wing. MISSED. Queey—Mr. Edward Odell’s Queen (formerly Wunson's) has unfor- tunately falled to whelp 10 champion Bey. VISITS. Sensation—Mr. Heath's (Newark, N.J.) pointer Ce visited West- minster Kenge! Club's champion Sensation, Dec, 20. Owis Wanrep.—Mr. E. §, Dotrglas, 84.5. Clark street, Chicago, Ill, wants snowy and great-horned owls that sre not too badly torn by shot. He offers a dollar apiece for them and will pay express charges. Bachting and Canoeing. MEASUREMENT, Editoy Forest and Stream: AS thé most important subject jn the mings of mosn yachtsmen at present is the ee of measurement, I hope you will allow iis @ word or two In tts discussion. In the first place, let me anuounce myselt a‘ cutter man,” and so nO fondness of skimming dishes {niluences my belle that Jeneth on the load water-)jine is the fairest standard forraciag measurement. Of all systems, except, perliaps, a displavement one, a bulk rule seems to me the yeary worst, as was well shown by Mr, A. Gary Salih In VOUEST AND STREAM tio years avo. A Tew examples will eastly ex- plain this. Can you name amore undesirable boat for areal sallor- man than Tidal Wave? Her length is 107.4 (by length I mean always Water-line measurement, for to add the overhang length is, ad lately well put In the London /ield, about a5 sensible ss to add half tha length of the bowsprit); beam, 2 ; depth, 2.33; cubic cortents, #152. The Vesta, of only 95.66 w.-l., 248 b., 8,6 d., has yet a cubic contents Of 10,536) or, using the ton formula you suggest i your last issue, Nidal Wave is 9 tons and Veata 106 tons, Palmer measures 1.25 Water-llne, 24.18 beam, 10.25 depth, with cubic contents 14,034, or 144) fons. Intrepid, 100.9 water-ling, !44 beam, 11.5 depth, 13,422 cubic contents, or 124 tons, Other exatiples cond be added but are un— necessary to show ihe inherent faults of the cuble contents system. Surely, most people would call Tidal Wave the larvést of the crafts Mentioned, and yet, by this rule, she is 14 tons smiiller’ than Vesta, 43 tons smaller than Intrepid and 49 tons smaller than Palmer. These absurd results come chiciy from measuring the size of the hull zhoya water, so that 1f & yacht Owner wishes to giye his boat a wholesome freeboard for cruising, 48 was done in the case of [he Palmer, he must pay the fearful penalty shown by the Palmer's present measurement. Would you not wish, If you owned the Marve, to givé her, say, six Inches more freeboard for general purposes? ft would probably fruré her speed somewhat—Capt. Diincan told me it would certalnly do sc— and yet it would increase her cubic contents by some 200 leet. Tf, ta avoid this objection, we measure only the cubic contents below water, Wwe Come, of course, simply to the displacement plan, whish you justly set aside as illogical. Moreover, there are very serious objections to any rule taxing depth, Ii we measure the depth to the rabbet ling we can dodge tha penalty by using an enormously broad keel with the rabbet at its top; indeed, ifit were much of an object toichest measurdment, a man, in the case of a small boat at least, vould get his rabbet at almost any height by making the keel a larye part of The whole bot- tom. Inthe case ol the nondescript evolution the rabbet line ts at only half the draught of the boat, Again, if we measure fo the un- dersida of the Keel, centreboard boats égcape penalty for a fair share of depth. And apart from these reasons and ofhera which might be ziyen, 11s most undeslreable to u-¢ depth, however measured, as a actor in measurement, for itis taxing the most important elementof satety thal a boat can have, T find less fault with any rule taxing beam, because it cannot be dodied and because beam does nol.add necessarily to a boat's good all-round qaalities, while it does add to the size of salls required, and therefore to the size of crew and cost of management, Mowsver, if beam 18 to be taxed, ik Must be but very Nehtly, otherwise the nar- rowest boats are sure to win. Now, if we come to a simple water-line measurement, the chief op- jection is thal it may produce such mon-trons draft as Panita or Elephant; but I belleve, for my part, that well designed, narrower and. deeper boatscan beat either of hem, At any rate, we need ho lonyer fear the production of skimming: dishes—on a length rnle—for builders have ound the advantage of plenty of welght ‘To the ob- jection that length does not fairly represent slze, inasmuch as a 40 ft. gig must race on equal terms with a40 f¢, sloop, [Gan only say that nevody wants to build a gig ror such purposes or would think of doing 80, unless under a cuble Contents rule, when 1 am nob sure Lhe gle would not prove the winning boal. What yacht racing should alm at is the discovery of best proportions for salling craft of ieneth, breadth and depth, and by fixing the length this can best be accomplished, Aven should we be driven to Fanitas for racing It will be no worse than to be forced toto Madges or lito Craft both shallew nnd narrow, ike old Byelyn or Mr. Clapham's sharpics, How this gentleman mist smile at the hope of a universal cubtc contents rule! in fact, we must remember that, whatever system of meéastirement be employed, special craft for racing will Sooner or later he deyel- oned, which will drive the more moderate type of crulser's from jhe field, Altbougi nits Is to be regretted, It carinot be avoided, Your suggestion that measurement should be expressed in terms of tons 18 a Tost excellent one, On the lengih basta [ would propose that the number of tons eqhal the cube of the length divided by 5,000. ‘Thus 4 30 ft. boat would messure 6.4 ons; 40 1f., 13 tons; 60 Tt, 43,2 Cons; 100.th., 200 tons, and so forth. EPWARD BURGESS. Bastion, Deo, 9, a auithough tho Objections urged by Mr. Burgess aye in a great Tobasnré been met In reviewing other letters on this subject, we will answer his communication categorivally, Sinve the poluta he jalses ire the very ones regularly put forward against bulk rules and in favor of Jength as the standard, > The examples of yachts in the N. Y. Y. ©. tostanced do not, to our mibpd, prove the case of our correspondent. fu thé first placa, what ‘most people "deem the largest boat is nob af any weight. ** most people’? were found @xactly wrong in thelr prophesies concerning the speéd ot the Madge, and among “most people’ were found many men who had made building aud sailing a life long profession, All our contemporaries, without an exception, thought our sloops would Biull around her as thongh +he were anchored. ‘Most people’ proved themselves altorether ignorant of the subject they pretend to have mastered. Now, “most people” may consider Tidal Waye the largest schooner of those named in Mr. Burgess’ letter, yet actual measurement shows her to be the smallest, und proves once more how litle store can be seb wpon the vague impressions of “* most eopls,”” If the builder of Tidal Waye prefers to make a long small boat and the builder of Palmer puta his faith in 4 big shorn boat, we see no logical reason why the first should be checked in his prefer- ances for length any more than the latter in his fancy for depth. Let each alone, ie each one suit himsell as fo form; that ts cerfainly Placiog thé least possible restriclion Upon mousi—it is placing none ntalluponit Now, Palmer allows to Tidal Wave as a bipeer, even though shorter boat, for a perfectly logical reason, Atrer TaN the question arises, how would Tidal Wave do with Palmer, ir sis ware really a8 big a boat? ‘The answer 1s SupDUES by applying the nl- lowance to actual time to obtain the corrected time. It must be evi~ dant that had Tidal Wave been bullt on the same lines, but a trifle longer, wider and deeper, until equal im size to the Palmar, a fair race would result, without any allowances. Botheboats belng equally big, the termination of the race would give us a fair estimate as fo the comparative speed of the two yachts. Build one however Tuch smaller than the other, and the larger one certainly brings to the start an advantage which has nothing to do will her shape and planning. For this advantage she is taxed, and yery properly so, no matter what relation her dimensions may bear to those of her-rival. This being the main difficulty most people " experlence In consid- ering bulk rules, We will putihe matter in a more forcible ight tor iitustration, Suppose a very small boal bullt upon the Tidal Wave's Tinés, say only one-quarter as larse as the Palmer und perhaps only halt the length, If we race them, the upshot of the trlgl would cer- talnly be worthless unless we extdnd to Lhe mintature Tidal Wave an allowante because she has salled upalnst a boat so much larger. Novy, let the Tidal Wave gradually frow, always preserving the same model. The difference in bigndas between her and Palmer will gradually decrease and the allowance give her, of course, with it. Finally, Tidal Wave has grown wnitll she has reached just the length of Palmer on the load line, yet she i$ sitllsomewhotsmaller, By the length rule her 2Uowance would at once Gans, Wiourh the same conditions still hold as at the commencement of this comparison, She is stil! smaller than Palnier, and, consequently, just as much entitled to an allowance as when yery munch smaller. The same rinciple still holds, the same reason still exists for granting an al- owanes, though the lather will have shronk in amountin just as much asthe differenca in bigness has decreased. And the allow- ance should in equity continue until Tidal Wave reaches a bigness equal to that of tae Palmer. At that polnt a match between the two models gives an aceurate comparison without tavor to elther, Tithe Tidal Wave continues to grow, the allowance then will be on the side of the other boat, for the Tidal Waye has become the bigger of thetwo. What the length of the two yachis may happen io be at any stage of [he foregoing is a wholly irrelevant inatter. Thelr lengths constitute model, they are the outcome of the form im- ressed upon billk hy the builders and ought not to he subject to tax ‘or the good enouh reason thata falrrale shonld leave form uniet- tered in all three directions, We can ste no reuson in refusing the pullder of Tidal Wavetrom indulging in any form he chooses and paying only for the bulls he has made use of in producing that form, Salling on equal teins with all other forms of the same bulk, re- celying an allowance from forms of a larger bulk and giving In re~ turn to those of smaller bulk, let thelr dimensions bs what they may. That 1, to alir mind, unassailable equity, while @ tax upon length ta equally as clearly a fax upon the bulld ‘choice of fora, not only’ devold of equity, but, a5 & natural consequence, stunting In ity effects upon future productions, So —— 7 _ i) ew _ _ Dzomwerr 20, 1881,] FOREST AND STREAM. To put the question in a plain way: A race between two boats is intended asatestortorm, It, now, wé tax one form slieply because of differant shape from the other, how can 4, logical race be accom- Plished? Are Wwe not saddling one formwith an unjust welghh and thereby Influencing a wrong verdict? In taking the oulk contained in two forhis a8 Of standard, however, we are recognizing only the “qnantity of size’—that 1s, the volume of sach—ywwithout any regard whatever to the particular shape thal volume hag assumei. Mani- Testly racing upon such terms brings avout rational and fair com- Oe results in the tesi of form. We are, then, not ssking the Mulider 10 pay for the form selected (his brains, his model), bul only ‘for the opportunities Inherent in the certain amount of bulk he has made use of, for the good reeson that an excess in this amount over eh cer loyad Dy another carries with it proportionately preater op- Dy e8. ; . §o 1nueh for a theoretic consideration of the underly lag rationaleot tiie question. We will now turt our attention to the much Jéss Important points of actual pracUce Mr, burgess cites. The Tidal Wave certainly is the Jast vessel a sailor would choose. Bul there need be no fear of such bouts becoming common umdera bulk rule, One good reason is that, fhough fast, sometimes, on a reach, they have never yet shown themselves of any value to windward or in rough water, nor can they be made toda so by hook or crook. The Palmer, ih splte of the tax Imposed upon ber, 14 more than a match for the Tidal Wave, season dn, season oul; and as for Intrepid, she cen turn away from the con- suluptive schooner In the raaxdiest fashion, ‘There is very good root of what we say, The bulls rule of the New York y.C. has now bean in foreatorten years, A very large fleet of yachts has beenbullt underit, Notasingle aitempt has been made 10 preduce a “tonnage cheater’ of the Evelyn order, because the yalue of Ally tate and working freeboard is, fortunately, too well under- stood nowudays for any one to fall a victim to the delusion that & narrow, shoal boat can ba made todo more than reavhin smooth Water, Onthe contrary, the best boats of late butli—the Madcaps, Mischilets, Viens, Intreplds, ete.—are, one and all, lange, bullicy boa ‘and baye shown themselves fast and weatherly and, above all, reg— ilar winners under the bulk mile to & greater extent than anythin of the skimming dish order. We believe the fear that bulk rules will produce consamptiye craft quite unfounded In the lig br of experience, and if the rule saves us frat apoplectic bowls on the other hand, it Will be something deyoutly to be wished. Though not generally un- derstood by yachteamen and builders, thera 1s quite as much lost by having Loo much bulk as too little, Though the pes tanicstyle of bulld may not be liable to capsize without warning, it 1s 2 dangerous style to adopt for knocking about, Boats of that character are leewardly, and the most wretelied of sea boats. We have no desire to bs canght On & Jeé shore or have to beat clear of a reat In a tub; nor oan they do anything but chop, chop, pitch Into the same hole a dozen times in lumpy water, 2 very unsatistactory thing even lor the most stata of oiualers with time heavy anhis hands. One of ihe beauties of a bulk Tule is ita tendency Lo check excess fully aa much as too little. A boat which is amall to 4 fault cannot, ip the light of the past, hope to savein tax wilat ale loses fo qualities, As for freeboard being cut down to save bulk, we do not believe there 1s elther tho slightest evidence of sach helng the casein actual axperience, nor the least to ba gained. Even in yery moderate weather, In Slitirner fopsall breezes, the average craft is Drought down to her rail when racing, snd with less freeboard the loss in even ordinary weather would bé much more serious than the saying in tax, The schooners mentioned Oy Mr Burgess as suffering heavily on accoint of great freeboard suilér to advantage, since they are exces- sive in that respect and would 6 all the better for a trifie less. The next of the kind will probably have legs, and be abler boats for 1t. Ir we were theowner of the Madge” the last thing we should do would be to Increase her freeboard for crulsing. Tt would be spolling m good boat with enough side for accommodations below and just the light amount for knocking about. Nor would we be tempted under a bulk rule to cut ler down; it would be Spolling & good hoat with no more sid6 then she really wants for racing. We would leave ler just What shéis, the fastest wood and iron of her size and the ablest ge Doat of her tonnsge in America at this day. Mr. Burgess’ exceptions to measure depth ara sound, and that is just why the bulk rule will sult him. Thali mile does mot measure depth. ib does wot measure length, Ih does not measure beam. If measures bulk, Fifty tons of bulk can be shaped inio 4 Pocahontas, & mere sandbapeer on a arge Beale, or it oan be put into a plank on edge, or, as Mr, Burgess prefers, like our- selves, Into a senalble cutter oF the medium type. A 60 ton yacht can hemade 60 ft, Jong, 10 1), beam ang 14 £t, deep; sia may be 40 ft. long, 60 ft beam and 6 fi, 21n, deep; she may be 68 (6. long, 15 fh. beam and 9 ft. 9in deep; she may be agas tank, a fiatlron, a sausage, a wedge, or any combiuation thereof, To veturn to the equity of the thing, Would if not be pearfectiy proper to race such prodindlons upon even terms as tony 28 they: all mexeure bi tonsin bulk? Would the race not answer the question, Which 18 the fastest design? And where would the equity be ta “stiting down upon’! Amman who had chosen the long sausage form insfead of the shorter, tubby gas tank? And wotlld not & tax on one kind of form drive it out of existence, since a tax upon one is équiva- lent to a premium upon the other? Under length rules the sausage oes to Lhe wall atid tle Lank comes to lhe fore, Under length and Sana rules the tank collapses and tha Wane weazes into popularity. Under ballast and displacement rules the tlatlron warms things enerplly. Urder bulk rilles {hey may all exist at the ontsel aid ioRe found wanting will be dropped, the best retaining full favor. To will be the survival of the fittest. We disagree a (rifla with Mr, Burgess’ general proposition that all piles produce sf ypectal type. They ail do with the sola exception of the bulk rule. Ru'es fostering design in any dircotfon produce deform. jtles, vour ed by the detecis of such rites. A mile without preference for any Bhape whatever, & Mle ineasarng volume wilhont regard to form, produces mo spectil type, Experlence becomes, under such a nile, the safe wilde Lo the Dest and most adaptable. Finally. thé New york Y, C.hésirfed a bulk rule. It worls like a eharm, Ovbers have tried other rules. They abd not work like a charm, but are shown by the continual strife vofng on for a change to be untalr, ridiculous, or produutive of caricatures upon paval de- i ' eve cansee no particular objeciin sibstituulng tons for length, as suggested by Mr. Burgess, when the ton3 would comeno nearer the siz6 ol the boat than 1a length, with which the fictiious tonnage Varies In direct proportion, anyway. Aditer Forest and Streann + ] believe one great obstacle In the way of adopting nn Improved system of measurement 1s, that so many of those at present owaing yachts are unwilling to 2e¢ 8 standard set up that will not; in their opmion, leave Tor their vessels a good chance towin when competing ucoer the new rule. This is natural, but for the Interest of all, and especially of thoza tA come alter hs, such a consideration suould be set one side entirely, There could be races sailed among our present yachts under the rules whith governed thelr designing, ¢ven 10 a new standard were adopted to favern the races of all craft designed, say, after 1852, or any other date agreed upon. Ifany of the old productions chose to compete with the new, under the new rutes, let them doso, bul make th compulsory that all tests between vessels designed afte {he fixed data should be siilled under the new standard. For myself,I believe bulk measurement to be the most rational suggestion yet advocated tor avery system of figuring thine allowance in racing, provided we cum conveniently pet at the actual eubic con- tents, and not have to content ourselves With a yey. estimate, Perhaps yacltsmen are nob yet ready to come topether, and, laying aside all prejudice and Aree personal interest, nettle this matter once for ally dui. certainly’, until a uolversal standard of ome kind is agreed upon and adopted in practice, Ho satisfantory Judgment as to the comparative ibility in designing can be attamed. 8. D, The above letter comes to us from a well known yacht-owner of Boston. Ibis in our estimate, the most creditable we have yet seen im print. Selfishness, In other words “vested interests,” are (met at every attempt tO abellah the crude rules of the Gay. Some day “vested interests” will by shelved, but, with our correspondent, wa hardly believe the day has come yet. still, it is well to prepare for The future, so that yachtsmen may bring clearminds to the occasion. 9 LAKE YACHTS. Editor Rarest and Stream: Lhave read with 9 great deal of interest as well as profil your arti- cles on yachting measurement and type of boat, and, {f 1 may be allowed the expression, | should sey that your hesd was perfectly level. Tdontdike, and neyerhave Uked—us you term them—skin- ming dishes: they nay do for liglit inshore or smoonh bay salling, but for real business they haya not got *+mutton * enough on their bottoms. Tomake myself nederatocd, I will say that there is nop a Dost in Qhitago that 18 built a5 she ought to be. Wehave some smart boats under certain conditions, bnt those conditions have to De very favorable to. develop thelr qualities; on the other hand, for Rem going, weatherly and comfortable quarter's they arenotor any Rocvnht. Ag xrule, during the cruising and sailing months we have pretty fair ” weather, but, and pretty offen, too, wea aye vondltions of wind and wave that test (he qualities of our best dues as sea boats, 1 venture to make this statement—that thera is Hot a yacht worthy of the name that can in) noreaster make any showing at ailin arundrom South Chicago to Chicago, abou fifteen miles. THIS does hob apply to Idler and Viking. : Thé great trouble with our boats ig thesame as in all ight draught boats—tod much above and nob enough under the water. I think of building a boat this winter fora cruiser, My boat will be twenty-five feet on water line, twenty-eight feet over all, seven Teer two itches eam, and say six fest) deep from sheer Une to bot- tom of kvel, with iron or lead ballast outside. Derr Tyre. oe : ANOTHER CUTTER. COMING. Ei Jearn that the famous iiteen-tonner, Maggie, the crack of her lot In British waters, has been sold to a Liverpool gentleman, Who may send hir out here next year for 4 series of Matehes. Mar- gle is & very handsome cutter and adlyer of first quality, Her own Glass were never worth racing with, and she othen ren With the twen- Tes In consequence, scorlng Occasionally eyen o Ward-weather matelh from her bigger antagonists. She was bulltat Southampton by the late Dan Hatcher— king Dan,"as he was tanillarly known among the eagnasoonti—in the year 1575, and 19 of the regular Hatcher imold— big bodied, powertil and of large displacement, with a deep nlige and very little hollow to the floors. Her best pame is at pile driving in a, duster, though she is qulck as thought and can take the wlnd as bare as the Wiying Dutchman of mythical lore In butverily weather Just as well. Levigth over all, 58 ft.; length on load lime, 44.6 tt; beam, §.8 ft.; depth, 8 1t.; dratt, §.01b ; displacement, 24 tons; bal- Tast, 163; tons, pearly all of which js on the keel. In peneral appear- ance she resembles the Madge now in our waters, and, like her, she will prove &talker at all times, and in a bif of a jump nodoubt make Our fat-irous appear ridiculous. Mast, deek to hounds, 29 TL. ; bowsprit, outboard, 21 ft; extreme length of boom, 37 ft.; gail, 2.4 tt. ease tid to halyard sheave, 26 {t,; area lower sails, 1,580 Et]. The Magsieis built with sawed frames and two steamed frames between, spaced 12 Inches befwean ventres, the Doors belog compote iicn straps, the heels of the timbers butting agaimst the keel and Testing on a four-inch stepping channel, the parboards belng bolted through from out to oul.and the lower strakes through fastened tothe composition floors. The heels of the timbers are sectired by two bolts through the keel. The latter, with stem, post and deadwood, are of oak, lower plank of elm, topsides of cedar, and sheer strales of oak. Beams of oak, decks white pine and fittings of teak and ma- hogany, (nterlor Mnished in pollghed pitch ping, Keel 13 inches in middle, tapered toh at ends. Stem, post and deadwood, A inches, sided, The keel rises high aboye frames inside, doing away with separate keelson. Ballast bolted up through all with composition bolts, screwed up on me inside. Frames ai; by Yiy at heels and 2 io. molded at head. Bottom plank 13g in, Lhick; shear strakes, 144 In; rest of plank, 1*/ in, thick, Celling, % in.; thick strakes over oor heads, ete, 12 1n.; elamps,2 io,; planksheer, 177 In,; abot deak, 1% 1n.; deck beams, 34x25, In., spaced 2f% Backbone fastened with *¢ in, bolts; heels of frames with 7-16 bolts, Copper fastened wher- ever heada come outside. Anchors, 65 and 35 1bS,; Chains, 36 in. link, Diameter of mash at deck, 815 In ; dlameter of hoom, Ty in-; diame- tar of gait, 6 in.; diameter of Dowsprit at stem,48 in, Three wire Shrouds a silile, dig in, circumference; forestay, 2in.; topmast stay, 11n,; copper bobstay bar, 7¢ in. dlamneter; bobslay pendant, 2in, cir- cumference; bowsprit shrouds, layin. Malin throwb halliards of 217 in. circumference; peek, 2 In.; main sheet, 2 in.; jib haliiards ot chain ty in, lnk; fore halliards, 1%; in, circumference; main out— haul, 14g in.; topsail sheet, 127 in.; headsheers, ly in.; spinnaker gear, 13g in, Main halliard blocks threctold and double, 3g in,, tron anne Peak of five single blocks, 617 1n.; matin sheer has one double and one single Diock of 524 in., with two single leaders of 41¢ dn. size; jib halliards have three single blocks, 644 1h,; fore lialliards two singles of 41s in.; head sheéts have 51n. blocks; topsall sheeb has4in,; spinnaker gear, ¢in., and ruiner tackles T In, fddleblocks; those of thé rinner pendants] belong 41 in, Craw, for cridsing, two hands and a cook; for racing, siz hands and & cook, i As thereis ample opportunity befween now and next summer to prepare for the stranger, we cannot the next time plead “bein taken unawares” by Maggie, as has often bebn attempted in extenua- iion of our defeats althe hands of Madge, though long warning of her coming wasglven in this journal, We say, prepare for Magele; she will cnt out the Loe eee hind of work for us in any kied of Weather. Meet her in fair spirit, and do not seek to escape the logic of coming events by throwlny out The cutter by apy meanusurement jugelery, it rules are to be changed this wintar, or “ pretty Mag ''}s ste to stay aD eae And we will be minus another somod lesson In yacht esigns. $$ t LENGTH AND SPEED. T is So Common to attribute the elfecta of bulk to length, and to @laim for the latter what 1s really due to the former, that we deem it advisable to give the matter Special attention i thease lines, * Length gives speed * and “length Ja the main element of speed” are phrases continually uppermostin discussions upon measurement; yet these two phrases are without » particle of truth, and will not bear exaroination. Giyen a fash yacht of a certain size, let us say 60 fl. on load-line, Proceed to cut off from her baam and add to her Jength until we huve anew boat, 65 ft. on load-line, but of no greater bulk than before. Now, ifthe above mentioned phrakes have any meaning at all, itis That the new yacht must of nécessity be a daster boat (han the first, bevausé 5 ft. longer. But, 0 far from this being the ease, the chances are that she will fot be éveh a5 fast as the 607t. Grait, for our suppo- sition assumes the latter to be a perfect model, and in cutilng away her beam and adding the amount uhus saved to the length the result would, by natural sequence, be a badly proportioned boat, and oer- el Ot faster than the shorter but better shaped boat or the sanie ext, Imagine Wie 65 ft. design mob merely the resulf of udding io length what hos been taken from heam, but a production of equal Skil] to the smaller model and having similar proportions of beam and depth to her eo She wll then not only be longer, but also a big- ger boat than lhe other, and then, indeed, will be the faster of the two. To both these cases the same increase of Fit. haa been made to (he engih. Inthe iirst, wherethe buik romained the same, speed has notbeen gatned (it would have been gained only in ihe special case of assumiog an improvement in form to have been thé conseqisoce of tbe wlteratlon). Im the pecond case, where the Imorease of length has been accompanied by 40 incresss in bulk also, speed will have been gained (it would not have been gained in the speclal case of assuming The larger boat to have been s0 much inferior in form As to neutralize Ithe advantages of an increased bull), Now. to whet must the greater speed of the 65 ft. yacht be as- eribed? To the mere Jimear Increase of 5 fL., or fo the 1locréase of bulky In view of the above two examples, the gain in speed is cer- tainly derlyed from the use of gréater bulk, Lengnh, of lisel’, 1s not an element of speed afi all in vessels pro- elled by sails, Length TWES Are based upon the assutaption thap it . They ure founded upon a misapprehension (ulte as patent as the notion among many yacht builders that “the deeper you go down the more resistance will be found,” — Se ee YACHTING NEWS. PENNSYLVANIA YACHT CLUB—Has Issued @ vest pocket edition of its club book, giving formation about 1s spacial rules and saillog rules in a handy form, so that every skipper can carry thein about With him upon ali occasions The iden 1s an exoeslient one and might be nilopted elsewhere. The Pein. ¥.C isa chartered concern, winh its headquarters in Philadelphia, and fas a feevol23 boats. Casting about for some satisiactory way of dealing with the fearful overspur- ring and ayermanning which hai become & great burden to small boats racing on the Delaware, ent ne bol expense and danger, the club bit upon the novel plan of limiting itssuil by allowlog only Gf ft. € in, of bolt rope and 1 fb. 61n. for stretch. Beyond this no member is allowed fo go, Craéws and expenses ara In consequence kepl down, and vacloy rendered less damgerous and more of a match between boats, instead of crews. Wefever could sea any abject or equity in the 1snal method af racing apen boats with Walimited urews and shifting ballast. Certainly the worsh possible kind of Doat 15 the natural ouleoMme ot such a proceediig for te woul bé impossible to {maging smore useless, dangerous. “wetter? ani,costiler small boat than the New York sand bagzer, a Sort of caricature OF the real thing anid pretty Only & bind Of sport whith might be termed a counter felt of yachting, haeort of fhe Penn. Y. 0. to pit a check upon extravaganzas and fo bring back hoat racing to something rational is a niost laudable one. If the ciybhas backbone enough to adhise to its distinctive nilssion and will not permit itsell to he cayvied away by the tide of a temporary lafatuation for the grotesqne in yachling, a brigit future is sure to be its reward; for, in the long run, others will becoine disgusted with the cost and toll of racing crews acalnst each other instead of hoats, and they will then help to Swell ihe fleet of the PY. GC. The offivers of the club are: Commodore, Oscar PF. Keru; Vice Com., BL. Seeds; Kear Gom., Ben. B. Barber: Corresponding | Seoretary, Walter Gilbert; Meusurers, Jesse Vandegitt, Chas. Mey- ner and Fred. Shaw, Salls, arter bein The club burgee is.a blue-polnted eld with yellow centre and white letter in (he yellow to distingulsh each boat. “Matches are satled over & Course trom Allen’s whart, Philadelphia, to Delanco whart and return. Among the rules we fd several deserving of especial com- Inendation; notabiy, astmultansous start to one fun and the prohi- bition of boomkins and outiggers, Rule 13, however, Elving tne last yacht about the right fo tha stretch will, we Think, lead to dispytes, Sometimes it may De AD OPEN question which boat came aboup last, and often ib would be unnoticed in a large fect, and two boats meet. ing on opposite jacks might refuse 10 give way to one anotherin time under thea impression fiat wach had the rightof way, Tbe would he much better to have Rule 18 changed to correspond with tha general beens ant una Parr nes ley of the road, giving the boat on the Starbonrd tack the r of wiy. Then eve ek ere he tar tee See Ne enevery one knows where he _ LARCHMONT YAGHT CLUB—A large number of yachts have joined tha club since publicuijon of the cs book we morced at the thne. ‘The annual meeting 18 fixed forscinetimein Maren, New embers proposed include; —, A. Willard, sloop Eclipse; i. D. Mar- fan, schooner Wanderer and cufter Murlel; Lester Wallaci, sehoonar Columbia; Arthur Wallack, slcop Snipe; and Morris Ketcham, JY,, Sloop Wanita. The following yachts have already been added to the Heel: Schooner Albatross, B. W. Humphreys; sloop Venture, 37 fh Tl B. Brown; Wiiful, 44 t.. Hall and Bushe; Viylan, #03. HA, Craig? head; Vivid, 30 [t., W. W. Vompkins: Wave, 41 it. 3in,, J.C, Barron: Volante, J. 0. Tower; Comell, 23it., D. TW. Jardine: sua the cats Haney, P. Grant, Jr., and Hornet, f. M. Seott. The chub Will muke pertodical InAfches wv strong feature, and some of them will be open to the leading clubs of New York, Boston and New Ledford, PERSONAL.—My. John Harvey, jhe well-known Whyenhoe builder returns to England by steamer in a few days taldag eit Mat orders for three cutters, the plans to be fot our at once #0 \he yachts may be sipped in spring. He will then retin, possibly to superin- tend thelr Construction in some of ont yards, Mr. Harvey his also had good “nibbles” for hali a dozen more ships, including some ausil- lary steamers. We hope to sea theac ateamers introduced i our waiters. They are just the thing for coasting and a voyage to our Medlterranaas—the West Indies—in the winter months. Ti. has been aplegsure tO Ws to inspect thé numerous drawings and mecilels MY Haryey drought with him, some of which were exceedingly taking and beantitul In nish and detall. As will be seon by aur advertising columns, the firm name will remaln Harvey and Prior, as before. with chief headquarters at.40 Old Broad Birecr, London, : WARK, WAVES AND WANDERINGS.—This Is ihe Ue of an volume, Interesting to yachtsmen vod (he eneral reader, rec fing in & pleasant, chatty way the extended voyage around the world un— derfaken by Sir Thos, Hesketh in his auxilifary steam yacht, Lanuca- shire Witch, [Drormeze 29, 1881. excellent scores have been recorded. C. Marshall has gone to the | Tront with a totalof 236, while 4. Gray and © Goodwin are tied for second place, each with a total of 234. Inthe all-comers’ match, HE. F, Richardson leads with the excellent record of 245, and J. H. Smith and J. Francis follow, the first with 243 aud the second with 225. Following is the record up to date : Experts’ Pistol Match. J TE Williams... .....cee nee Laem aaa Shban spol ST 87 87—261 FJ Rabbeth........ AARP oe Aare eee ad ad 86 87 S8—261 Amateur Pistol Match. OGARPONG cho ere eae a eee: Papi lake 8 ere eee. Oday 75 30 S1—236 Ee RATOStEr sea ros timye muhbide snk decklodeeecdive aca 15 1s T3—241 ES NELOTE ior aes Beene Jeet, ae ceo ie 1S T6—224 OR Bartlett._., 75 76—223 RS Schaefer {2 4—21T eee ilder..... 68 70 Ti—909 S Fogg 6 73 T4— 218 B Hind Ba 8 66 71208 All Comers’ Match. E F Richardson...... rere: t2) 49 49 49 49—245 JH Smith 48 48 49 49 A9—243 J) HraMCls 2 Gan ee) tae Os weer. 45 45 46 47—228 Amateur Rifle Match. © Marshalls sevea rinses sieoe +. dT 47 47 47 48—23S. H Gray...,-i- pater AG 465 4T 4T 48 —230 C Goodwin...... . 48 46 47 47 A5—236 G@ Walters ...... dd 45 46 47 4o—235 M Martin....... dd 44 45 45. 4j—224 CE Davis... 48 43 43 44 45—214 F BCoope. .. 2nd 42, 42 43 43—214 H Sprague. . «239 40 40 41 42—202 IN es JANOS fo is wecn ver eee ants 41 44 44 TROY RIFLE RANGE—Troy, Pa., Dec. 19.—Scoves ot shot at 40 rods, off-hand, Deo, 7 and 15: EIS J H Baldwin.. 442434444437 Gregory...... ..-.1,448F%443948—95 White. ...... 4434d44434—38 Hill .......,......-. Addd43sd9a 97 H Williams + .4434440443—34 Williams. .........,4883430832—28 Gregory......... ++ -. 344242944484 Hill. ........... ... 443444445541 Baldwin _,... .. .B545443495—43 Fanning .... » 45545444 54 McCoilom,.......... 4345340338—80 Witte; =. acts oto -4043433245—32 WALLINGFORD, Conn,, Dec. 19.—The following is the score ot a match between Ned Post and James Brogden, 100 balls eacd man shot Dec, 13 (card rotary trap) at Wallingford, Conn.: 3 Post,....5444545555055535454390 Brogden ....0545444455554554455—99 a great mistake 10 Lhe publishers of a book not to send its price. 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Any one wishing to take’ such a journey can receive further information by applying at this office. Dec22,20 C. G. GUNTHER’S SONS Seal-Skin Sacques & Cloaks Fur-Lined Garments ; Fur Trimmings, Mutts and Collars, 184 FIFTH AVE., N. Y, Orders by mall, or information desired, will re celve special and prompt attention, for Sale. Live Prairie Chickens. ANTED—A number of Live Prairle Chicke (pinnated grouse) for stocking a preserve: Must be delivered sately boxed, in coops of twenty birds each, at a railroad caon, with tcod and : JOR SALE—A beautiful Brazilian monkey. Per- fectly gentle and kind to children. Price $12. Also a beautiful black Newfoundiand dog. A good ducking dog and good playtellow tor children, Price $15. Loves the water better than toeat. Address W. J. MORTON, Portsmouth, Va, . Deo29, 1. UDUSON’S BIRDS AND QUADRUPEDS SALE.—A copy of Audubon’s Viviparous oun rupedsot America, superbly illustrated with colored plutes; 3 yolumes, large 5vo, brown moroceo, a tittle Tubbed. Also Audubon’s Birds of America, in yolumes, octavo, the first volume wanting. With veautiful colored plates, same size and binding as the Quadrupeds. For price apply to this office. ~~ O FLORIDA TOURISTS —A splendid English breech-loading double-barreled rifle (Daw maker) with case, cools, etc., complete. Just the gun for deer or alligators. Cost $300. For sale cheap, or exchange for first class breeeh-loading ior 1% gauge shot-gun, Inquire of HENRY GC, SQUIRES, No. 1 Cortlandt strect. Dec22, 2. y\IOK SALE.—A fine country residence, about 380 mules from New York ; 45 acres linproyed land, Partridge, quail, rabbit and duck shooting, also good fishing for bass and pickerel, For particu- ars address N. E, J., atthis office. Decis.2mos. Roe SALH.—A_ beautifully located country resi- dence. Price, $7,000. Pure alr; fine views ; Bley aa Sst Apply to T. C. B.. this office, ov24, ti ay ai ted. W ANTED, second-hand D. B. L, gun, 10 or 12x 30x9; Damascus; close, hard shooter; im- for cash. Address W., P. 0. ake, N. Y. Deo29,2t provements; chea Box 136, Findley’s ANTED—One hundred live quail D. SUM- MBRS, Atglen, Pa, Deo22,26, if DrozMper 29, 1881.] ; FOREST AND STREAM, 6 439 1982, FOR FIELD, CAMP AND HOME! 1882, bet litem Tyr WWE a> Ba a5 ae THE WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. DEVOTED, (TO THE INTERESTS OF SPORTSMEN, AND THE INCULCATION IN MEN AND WOMEN OF A WHOLESOME, INTEREST IN OUTDOOR RECREATION AND STUDY. The conductors of the Forzsr Ayp S7Rr#AM point with much pride and satisfaction to the past and the present of the paper, and pledge their readers that the sime high standard of excellence will be maintained in the future. The Forzst AND STREAM will preserve the reputation it has earned for heing: I—ERIFETAINING AND INSTRUCTIVE. II,—ADAPTED TO THE TASTES OF ALL, The “ Sportsman Tourist,” ‘ Game Bagand Gun," Among the hundreds «f correspordents of the Forrst and “Sea and River Fishing” departments will con- AND STREAM are Business Men, Lawyers, Physicians, tain sketches of travel, camp life and adventure; ac- Clergymen, Army and Nayy Officers, Naturalists, counts of shooting and ungling excursions; hints, helps, Pioneers, Trappers, Prospectors, College Professors, and experiences; poetry, stories, humor; impartially Tourists, Civil Engineers, Artists, Editors of other written reports of all meetings, etc., etc., etc. papers; young men who have not yet struck out for themselves, and old men who have retired; in short, “ Natural History” will be so conducted as to stimu- A 2 members of every trade, profession, and occupation. Jate habits of observation and study. Among its contributors msy be mentioned Prof. Spencer F. Baird, Farmers and Farmers’ Boys constitute a large class of of Washington, D. C., the Secretary of the Smithsonian our readers. They will find the Forrest anp Srream Institution, who is so well known as the first authority ever disposed to reconcile the seemingly conflicting but in the country on ornithology and fisheulture; Dr. really identical interests of respectable sportsmen and Elliott Coues, U. 8. A., ard Prof. J. A. Allen, of the reasonable land-owners. Museum of Comparative Zoology, the distinguished writers on birds and mammals; Professors Jordan and Gill, eminent in icthyology; Dr. Yarrow, the authority on reptiles; Prof Marsh, of Yale College, the writer on fossils, and Pref. Eaton, the botanist. Hundreds of other names, scarcely less well-known, might be added IV,—INDEPENDENT. The position of influence now occupied by the Forxsr anp STREAM imposes upon the paper responsibilities which it has no wish to shirk. The organ of no clique, it will be perfectly free to criticise everything inimical to the interests of the highest and manliest sportsman- to the list. “ Ee ee thip. Its attitude on all important questions within ils teheulture, edited by a practical and well-known field is well understood. For the benefit of advertisers fisheulfuriat, will receive frequent contributions from and readers alike, it will also, as in the past, expose SaesopiCers ofthe) 8. Fish Commission at Washington. and denounce all dangerous irauds. Advertisements of This department will prove indispensable to every doubtful character will not be admitted to its columns on farmer and country.gentleman who can own a fish pond any terms. for profit or pleasure. V.—OOURTEHOUS. The columns devoted to the ‘‘ Kennel” will be filled The Forest anp Srream will have no room in its RT SENS petest and practical worth to sportsmen columns for personalities and bickerings. Its editors and dog fanciers. ‘‘Hifle and Trap Shooting” will have neither taste nor time for ‘‘mud throwing.” They furnish reports of all important events in the shooting do not share the opinion, held by some other journals, he ; 4 ; ate world. “Yachting and Canoeing” will remain in charge of that blackguardisms and indecencies are essential char- a specialist, its editor being a graduate of the U. 8. acteristics of a sportsman’s paper. Readers who want Naval Academy at Annapolis, and a practical naval that sort of thing must look for it somewhere else than architect, thoroughly informed in eyery branch of his in the Forest anp Stream. Verbum sap. profession. Due attention will be given to canoeing, a3 its growing importance demands, VI.—BROAD IN SYMPATHY. The Forrst anp SrreAm will ask for, and strive to IT.—HIGH IN TONE. win, the conténwed support of readers in every part of The tone of the Forrsr anp Srream is exceptionally the country. Itmever has been narrow in spirit; nor high. It is edited for men of healthy minds in healthy has it ever held itself up as the organ of any one ‘sec- bodies. Its reading and advertising columns will be tion.” The paper is, and will be, American, in the clean. Its pages will sparkle like the mountain stream broadest, highest and best meaning of that term. Every in the sunlight, and its contents will be redolent of the State, Territory and Province on the Continent, with exhilarating iragrance of theforest. Primarily intended many foreign countries beyond, are represented in our for gentlemen, it is also a paper for the family centre- list of contributors and subscribers. The very wide table, and one which the entire family, old and young, geographical distribution of the friends and correspond- read with pleasure and profit. The best guarantee of ents of the Forrest anv Stream is a sufficient guarantee its thoroughly high character is afforded by a reference of the variety and excellence of its contents, to a listof those who write for it. Literally and figuratively is it true that THE SUN NEVER SETS ON THE FOREST AND STREAM. CONTRIBUTIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE. Its editors aim fo make the Forssr anp Stream a medium for the interchange of information, entertainment and amusement among sportsmen. Sketches of field excursions, shooting and angling trips, original observations in natura! history, and other like con- tributions are respectfully solicited. Secretaries of clubs and associations are urged to send us reports. of their transactions, Expressions of opinion upon any subject within the scope of the paper are invited and will be given place in our eclumns. We beg to suggest to the friends of the Forusr Anp Stream that they bring the paper and ils merits to the attention of others whose tastes and sympathies are in accord, with its spirit and aims, Free specimen copies will be cheerfully furnished upon application. A LIBRARY OF PERMANENT WORTH, The weekly issues of the Forust anp Srream form two volumes each year, of twenty-six numbers, or 500 pages each. Seventeen such volumes have already been published. We furnish handsome file binders (price $1.25) which hold twenty-six numbers, Each yolume when completed may be returned to ua for binding, the cost per volume being $1.50. At this slight additional expense each reader may preserve an unique library of substantial and permanent valve. : SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME. Per year, $4; $2forsix months, To clubs of three or more, $3 per year each. Remit by post-office money order, draft or registered Jetter. Give name, town, county and State, Address FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., 39 Park Row, N. Y. City. Vie Fennel, FLEAS! FLEAS! WORMS! WORMS! Steadman’s Flea Powder for Dogs. A BANE TO FLEAS—A BOON TO.DOGS. Price 50 cents by mail, Postpaids Areca Nut for Worms in Dogs. A CERTAIN REMEDY. Put up in boxes containing ten powders, with fu directions for use, Price 50 cents per box by mail. Both the above are recommended by Rop QuUN and FOREST AND STREAM, Conroy & Bissett, 65 Fulto street, N, ¥. HENRY C. SQUIRES 1 Cortlandt street, N.Y, WRIGHT & DITSON, 580 Washington street, Boston, Mass, 5 For Sale. BULL TERRIER, SILKE Il. qnp dy by SUK, 6x=< Puss, age 1 year 10 months. Weight, 30 Ibs, Win- ner of ist, Pittsburgh, 18si; 2d, New York, 1861¢ 2d, London, Ont,, 1°61; ist, Lowell, 188% Heis a OR SALE.—The Llewellyn setter dog “Cash,” 236 years old, out of Champion Leicester and fon Nellie, Cash {s broken on Dect5,3t! Fe SALE—Druid and Nillson pup, cheap it taken Immediately. The well bred Lewellen Fannie) and Mattie May (oy Don-Gipsey). Pup is REAT REDUCTION in price of Von Cuiin’s Pat. Spike Collar. No. Tt, sewed, $2.00. No. 2, riveted, $1.25. Book of Instructions Free with each collar, by mai). Beware of worthless imi- tations. Ours the only patented one. Indorsed by the sporting press and used by all the promtment— professional trainers, E. & C. VON CULEX, Delaware City, Del. te~(Pedigree Printers.) ANTED—Terrier—Broke on rats. Mall de- scription and price to Hl. J. BAILEY, Pitts- burg, Pa, Deez9,1t ORY OMORE KENNEL.—Thoroughbred red Irish setter puppies for sale, by Champion IS SALE— At a reasonable price, an Irish set- ter bitch and pair of pups 6 months old; one or all. Full pedigree. M. A. DINSMORE, Saugus, Mass. Dee29,5t. OR SALE—A Tine healthy red fox female, tama and gentle, kind and playful with dogs, will jead on hain. a little over a year old. Price #10. Address ROBT. WALKER, Franklin, Del, co , N. Y, Deez, 1b. OR SALE CHEAP.—Flnely bred pointer bitch Ruby, in whelp to a grand gno1 dog. Also cocker spaniel biich Jun*,7 months old. She ts solid liver color and has flat coat with fine long ears. CHAS. £. LEWIS, Suspension Bildge, N. Y. Dec29,1t, ESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB'S Sensation, in the stud, for $50. Address, Seuretary W. K. C., Room 11, 206 Broadway, New York city. Dee2?2,4t OR SALE.—Two pure bred Gordon setter Pup pies, dog and bitch, whelped May 26, 1891. A dress, A, WEEKS, Locust Valley, L,I. Dec2?,2¢ ORTRAITS of Hastern Field Trial Winnera of 1880, printed on fine tinted paper, will be sent post-cald for 25 cents each, or the five for #1 FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 89 and 41 Park Kow, N. ¥. Dec30, tf. ULEOUT COCKER SPANIEL KENNELS.—For Cockers of all ages and Colors, dogs, bitches and pupples, address with stamp, ROB’T WALKER, Prankiin, Del. Co., N. ¥. July 21-tf OR SALE, 8 number of well bred and well broken pointers and setlers, also dogs boarded and broken, satisfiction guaranteed. Address H, B, RICHMOND, Lakeville, Mass, Sepi22,tr OR RED IRISH SETTERS and Cocker Spaniels ofthe most fashionable blood address CHAS, DENISON, Hartford, Ct Septis,tt —Sea Kennel Advertisements next page, 440 he Fennel. Portraits of Celebrated Dogs NOW READY. FIRST PATR OF THE SERIES OF FIELD SCENES BY J. M, TRACY. A Grouse Moor._EKMPrEROR FRED. Snipe Shooting in the MississippiValley. —THUNDEU. Correct Portraits of the Two Leading Laverack Dogs in the World. These pictures are large Album Cards. Photo- Rane rep oductions of oll paintings by Tracy. aculed by the irlotype Process. They will not fade like ordinary photographs, and are equalin Offect and Thish to the bast steel engray..z, Prive 750. cach, For sale by SCHUYLER & DUANKH, 189 Broadway, New York, or J, PALMER O'NELL, 68 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, Pa. Will be sent by mall on receipt of price by FOR- DST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. Large plates suttable for framing are now basing rinted of these pictures, aid will be advertised in 6 next 19516 Of this paper. Dr. Gordon Stables, R.N. TWYFORD, BERKS, ENGLAND, Author of the “PRACTICAL KENNEL GUIDE,” &C. 6xports champion and other pedigree dogs of any breed. Send for “PLAIN HINTS TO WOULD-BE BUYERS,” Price 10 cents, post free. Gives addresses of prin- Oipal English breeders. Black Spaniels. BOB IL, imported, black; First, Strabane,” Portadown, Kilmarnock, Belfast, and London, Ont. Special, Franklin, Pa Stud free, $15. BENEDICT, tmported, black; first and special, New York, 1831. First Atlanta, 1881, $20, apples by above also by Brag, first and special, New York, 1881, forsale, Price from $10 upward. HORNELL SPANIEL CLUB, eT ey es Boats oy3, Cameron Kennel. Beagle Hounds bred for bench and fleld purposes, RALLY (Sam-Delly); stud fee, $25, RACKERT (Rally-Louise); stud fee, $25. COLIN CAMERON, Brickerville, Pa, ‘EMASKETT KENNEL, N. H. VAUGHAN, pro- prietor, Middieboro, Mass. Sporting dogs broken and handled, also a number of broken dogs forsale. Dogs and puppies boarded on reasonable terms. P.O, Box 346. Septz2,tf oR Sa reer eh dav Trough coated St. Bernard puppit, six weeks old; also a fine St. Bernard bitch, eight months ola. FAIRMOUNT KENNEL, Hyde Turk, Mass., box 602. Dee 22,26 THE Doc, By WINKS, MAYHEW & FUTCHISON, Price 32.00. For Sale at this Office. Sportsman's Goods, THE CLIMAX PATENT GUN CLEANER iS THE MOST PRACTICAL CLEANER AND OLLER FOR BREECH-LOADING ARMS EVER INVENTED. TL operates on an entirely new pEneipl , and itis astunishing how quick and weil it; will clean and olla . Each cleaneris packei in a neat box with full directions for use, and will be sent to any address, postage paid, on receipt of $1.5) iiustrated Circular Scent Free on Ap- plication, In ordering give callbre of gun, ngulries to be addresse | CLIMAX M’F’G CO.,, Fall Kiver, Mass. KRUG & CO’S CHAMPAGNES! STANDARD AND DRY. ~The Sportsman's Wine! A, ROCHEREAU & CO., SOLE AGENTS, 6 South Willliam St., New York. Lé and 18 St. Louis St., New Orleans, All orders and ICHARDSON AND RANGELEY LAKES IL LUSTRATED, a thorough and compiete lde book to the Rangeley Lake Region, Kenne- Fago, Cupsuplic, Parmachneee and Connecticut 8 and the head waters of the Connectivut, Mag- alloway, Androscoggin and Dead rivers; UWlumin- ated covers, tinted paper, 32) pares, 60 illustrations ene ——————EE per day alt h . Si #5to #20 $siree, Address STINSON & Con ' FOREST AND STREAM, SSS Sportsmen's Gaods. NEW. A Splendid Dog Whistle, Water-Tight Match-Box —AND— Reliable Compass, COMBINED. Nickel-plated metal. Sold by dealers in sports- men's goods, or sent by mail On revelpt of price, $1. WILBUR & CO,, Box 2,832, N. ¥, P. 0. Bird Dealers and Fanciers will find it to their adyantage to call at Head- quarters, where they constantly can find a full assortment of Song and Fancy Birds, also all kinds of raré animals adapted for Zoological Gardens and Show purposes. Chas. Reiche & Bro., 55 Chatham st., New York. (Establshed 1547,) WE WILL BUY Live Rocky Mountain Sheep, Beavers, Antelopes, Wolverines, Whooping Cranes, Wild Turkeys, Prairie Chickens, Qualls, Woodducks, Ete., Etc. Philadelphia Fishing Tackle HOUSE. A. B. SHIPLEY & SON, Manufacturers of Fine Fishing Tackle of Every Description. 503 COMMERCE ST., PHILA. Bhipley’s Looped and Plain Mist; Color Leaders. Shipley’s Improved Adjustable Floats. Reversed Wing, Trout, Bass and Salmon Flies in stovk, and also ted to pattern. A full assortment of common and finest Kods, Lines, Reels, etc, Our Bethabara Fly and Baft Rods and Split Bam- boo Fly Rods received the first premiums at the Sp eenntay, Franklin Institute and Penna, State ‘a A specialty of the celebrated Bethabara Wood for Fi Rods and Archery Bows, Stronger than split bamboo and as tough and elastic as steel. Rod mountings of all descriptions on hand and to order, Price list of wood and rod mountings free. Our 66-pagé new Illustrated Catalogue of Fishing Tackle sent, post-paid, on receipt of ten centsin stamps. THE NEW AMERICAN Breech-Loading Shot Gun. SIMPLE AND DURABLE Rebounding Lock. Choke-Bore Barrels Hissas For close, hard shooting excels all others, Extra heavy guns for ducks a specialty, Send stamp for circular. C, §, SHATTUCK, Manufacturer, Hat- fleld, Mass, To Sportsmen: Why pay eight or ten dollors for cartridge load- ing tools when you can get a handsome combined pocket implement for $2 that will do the work of six ordinary tools? Sent by mail on receipt of ri¢.—8, 10,12 or 14-gauge, Best recapper in us3, Sent for 50 cemise JAS, H. DUDLEY, Potcuxerrsm, N. Y, Water! Water! Water! Dwellings, Factories or Towns supplied with water by Pipe Wells or Deep Rock Wells, Dug wells that have gone dry made to produce. MANHATTAN ARTESIAN WELL CO., 240 Broadway. ARRAR’S POCKET MAP of Moosehead Lake and the North Maine Wilderness, a valuable com- anion for the sportsman, hunter and lumberman. ately corrected and revised, and now acknowl edged to be the only correct map of this yast region Neatly bound in cloth covers. Pric stpaid, by mull, 60 cents. CHARLES A. J, FARRAR 5: anisica Plain, Mass. Plitsfizld, Mass, Outs Free qi Full-Length COT,in this case. }$10; LOUNGE, ijn thie case, $8, { ,Solt everywhere by the Trads WILD RICE tira eHss ete OHRIST, Fishery Inspector, Port Hops, Ontario. Hotels and Rontes for Sportsmen. ASSOCIATED SOUTHERN RAILWAYS, Richmond & Danyllle Atlantic Coast Bay Line, Line, Line. THE Preferred Routes to Florida AND Atlanta Cotton Exposition, October 6 to December 31, TIME TABLE IN EFFECT DECEMBER 18, 1ss1. Richmond and Danville Line- rain 54. Leaves New York 4-30am. Phila- delphia *T-5a 01. Baltimore “45am Arrives Lynchburg 5-55 pm. Danville *i-1}pm. Charlotte *12-4() nt. Atlanta *t1-00 am, There makes same connections as.No. 6) below.- Pullman curs Dan- ville to Atlanta, and Atlanta to New Orleans. Train 52. Leaves New York {831 am. Phila- delphia {11-45 2m, Daltimore 73-10 pm. Richmond “11-25 pm. Danville *7-00 am. There connects with No. 52 below. Pullman Cars from Richmond to Danyille. Wis truia connects Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from Baltimore at 4-00 p m direct vin York River Line for West Point ani Richmond and connecting there with Train 50. @raim 52. Leaves New York t1-40 pm Thila- delphia {5-35 pm. baltimore 78-50 pm. Arrives at Lynchburg “4-45 am. Danville *é.57 am. Charlotte *1-05 p mm Atlanta *i2-05 n't, Macon “+30 am. Montromery *i-b5am, New Orleans *10-02 pm, 54 hours from New York, Puliman Cars New York to Washington, Washington to Charlotte and Charleston, A)rives at Columbia *6-00 p m, and Augusta 10-20p m. Savannah *s45pni. Jackson ville *5-00 2m. ‘ ‘Train 50. Leayes New York *9-00 p m, Phila- delphia 12-20 am. Baltimore +35 am. Arrives at Lynchburg *2-50 pm. Richmond,11-50am. Dar- Ville *5-51 pm. Charlotte *12-55 am Atlanta 12-30 pm. Macon "t-35p m. Montgomery “) 00 pm. Mobile *s-14am,. New Orleans *10-22 P m. Piliman Cars New York to Atlanta via Lyachbury and Danville and Atlanta to New Orlewns, Arrives Columbia, 5-33 a m.; Augusta, 9-52 a m5 Savay- nth, $45 pm; Jackxonoille, 8 am. Atlantic Coast Line, Train 40. Leaves New York "4-30am Phila- delphia *7-06 am. Baltimore *9-th5 am Arrives at Richmond *2-55 pm. Wilmington *10-50 pm, Charleston *6-45am Savannah *10-20 am. Jack- sonyille +5-30pm. Pullman Sleepers Washington to Charleston. Train 48. Leaves New York *9-00 pm. W. Philadelphia “12-30 am. Baltimore *4-35am Arrives at Richmond *11-30am. Wilmington *9-55 pm. Charleston *é-45 a.m. Savannah *10-30am. Jack- sonville 5-30 pm. Columbia *6-29am. Augusta */0-43 am. Macon "645 pm. Sayannah *7-2) aim. Jacksonville yia Augusta *s-30pm. Pullman Sleep- ing Cars New York to Savannah. Ikay Line Leaves New York t3-40pm. Philadelphia t5-45 pm. Baltimore /S-15 pm. Arrives at Portsmouth t9i)0am, Weldon 11-50 pm. Raleigh ti-35 pm. Wilmington *9-55 pm. Charleston *6-45am. Sa- yannah *10-30 am, Jacksonville ts-30 pm. Colum- bia *H-20 am. Augusta *1'-43am-. Savannah *i-20 am. Jacksonville via Augusta *5-30 pm. Puliman Sleeping Cars Weldon to Savannah *Daily. { Daily, Sundays excepted, Forreservation of berths, sections, and foritivkets, time tables, and for all information, apply at 306 Washington street, Boston. 229 Broadway, New York.= 1345 atid #38 Chestnut street, Phila,. Corner of Calyert and West Ballimore streets, Baltimore, 61 Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, and leading Ticket Offices Hast. A POPE, Gen’l Passenger Agent. “THE FISHING LINE.” TAKE THE Grand Rapids & IndianaR. R. THE ONLY ROUTE TO THE : Tront, Grayling & Black Bass Fisheries AND THE FAMOUS SUMMER, HEALTH AND GAME RE- SORTS AND LAKES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN, The watersof the Grand Traverse Region and the Michigan North Woods are unsurpassed, if equaled, in the abundance and great variety of fish contained. BROOK TROUT absund in the stre; and the famous AMERICAN GRAYLING ts found only in these waters. The TROUT season begins May 1 and ends Sept 1, The GRAYLING Season opens June 1 and ends Nov. 1. BLACK BASS, ri KE, PICKEREL and MUSCA- LONGE, also abound In large numbers in the many lakes and lakelets of this territory, The Sports- Man can readily send trophies of his skill to his friends or * club” at home, as Ice for packing fish | can be had at nearly all pomts. TAKE YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU, The scenery of the North Woods and Lakes Is yery beautiful The airis pure, dry and bracing. The climate is pecullarly beneticlal to those suffering with Hay Fever and Asthma Affections. The hotel accommodations are excellent, and will be largely increased In time for the sea_on of 1831 by new buildings and additions, During the season ROUND TRIP EXCURSION TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT LOW RATES, and attractive train facilities offered to Tourists and Sportsmen. Dogs, Guns and Fishing Tackle Carried Free at owner's risk. It fs our alm to make sportsmen feel “at home” on this route. For Tourists’ Guide a handsomely illustrated book of 160 pages sentfree. Time Cards, Folders and further intormation, address A.B. LEET, Gen’l Pass‘r Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. NOTICE TO SPORTSMEN. SHOOTING IN CURRITUCK SOUND, NORTH COROLINA, A daily line of conveyances is established by Mr. M. H. Snowden between Snowden Staion, Eliza- beth City and Norfolk Railroad and Currituck Court House on the Sound, leaying Snowden on arrival of Norfolk train connectlug with Baltimore Steamers and returning in time to connect with same traln for aft rnvon Baltimore steamer. Time between New York and Currituck Oourt House, south-bound, twenty hours; Dorth-bound, twenty- four hours. M. EK. KING, Gen, Manager Elizabeth City & Norfolk R. R. Co. [DzcrmBEr 29, 1881. Hotels and Aiesorts for Sportsmen. TO SPORTSMEN: The Pennsylvania R. R. Co. Respectfully inyite attention to the SUPERIOR FACILITIES afforded by their lines for reaching most of the TROUTING PARKS and RACE COURSES In the Middle States. These lines being CONTINUOUS FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avold the difi- culties and dangers of reshipment, while the excel- lent cars which run over the smooth steel tracks enable STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED without failure or injury. THE LINES OF Pennslvania Railroad Comp’y also reach the best localities for Gunning and Fishing ii Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company in all the principal cities to KANH, RENOVA, BED- FORD, CKES3ON, RAHSTON, MINNEQUA, ana other well-known centres for Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting and Siill Hunting, Also to ; TUCKERTON, BEACH [AVEN, CAPE MAY SQUAN, and points onthe NEW dSRSHY COAST’ renowned for SALT WATER SPORT AF LER FIM AND WEATHER, L. EF. FARMER, Gen'l Aass. Agent. FRANK THOMSON, Gen’! Manager, Chesapeake & Ohio R’y. THE ROUTE of the SPORTSMAN and ANGLER TO THE BEST HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS OF VIRGINIA AND ; WEST VIRGINIA, Jomprising those of Central and Pledmont Vir.* finia Biue Ridge Mountains, Valley of viene, Alleghany Mountains, Greenbrier and New vere Kanawha Valley, and \neluding in thelr varieties 6) game and fish, deer, bear, wild turkeys, wild duck, grouse, quail, snipe, woodcock, mountain trout, bass, pike, pickerel, etc. Guns, fishing tackle and one dog for each sporta- man carried free. The Route of the Tourist, through the most beautiful and picturesque scenery of the Virginia Mountains to the te Suiphur Springs and other famous summer resorts. eC. & O, R’y is reached by rail at Huntingdon, W. Va., from the West, Northwest and Southwest; at Charlottesville, Va., from the North and Bast, andat Richmond, Va., from the South. The completion of the Peninsular Extension in the summer of 1881 affords THE ONLY ALL RAIL ROUTE TO THE “YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL,” and establishes a continuous rail line, via Rich- mond, Va., and Huntington, W. Va., between the moiith of Chesapeake Bay and the Pacific Ocean ; H.W. FULLER, G. P. & T. A., Richmond, Ve, OLD DOMINION LINE, rE STEAMERS of this Linereach some of the nest wateriow! and upland shootlbg sections in the country, Connecting ulrect for Chinzoteagua, Cobb's Island and points on the Penlasula, City Point, dame3 River, Currituck, Florida and the mountainous country of Virginia, Tennessee, ete Norfols steamers sail Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- urday: Lewes, PelL, Monday and Thursday Full information given at office, 197 Greenwich streeb, New York. Bromfield House, Boston. EUROPEAN LAN, “MESSENGER, Proprietor. Wild Fowl Shooting. SPRINGVILLE HOUSE OR SPORTSMEN’S BE- TREAT, SHINNSCOCK BAY, L, L ¥Y A PRACTICAL GUNNER AND AN OLD bayman. Has always on hand the best of boats, batteries, etc., with the largest rig of trained wild geese decoys on the coast. The best ground in the yiclnity of New York for bay snipe shoo’ ofall varieties. Special attention given by himsel to his guests, and satisfaction ‘anteed. Addrega WH. N. LANE, Good Ground, L.I, Refers by vor mission to J. B, Shepherd, 891 Broadway, and Wi. Dutcher, 320 Broadway, N. » ie D. B. NYE, VAN SLYCK'S LANDING, CURRITUCK CO., N, ©. n oe eeicn furnished with board, sklifs and stool UckS. Duck, Goose, Partridge and Snipe Shooting. Ammunition always on hand, Steamer Cygnet leaves Norfolk every Monday and Thursday wt 6:50 a. um, for Van Slyck’s Landing. New Smyrna, Florida. OCEAN HOUSE, Open from December until May. Best hunting and Hshing in the State. One and a half miles tram 0, WES LL, Proprietor, . {January 5, 18€2, | FOREST AND STREAM, 44] SPRATTTW’S PATENT GENUINE the NONE ARE OS ssarNn ' BTAMPED. Packod in Cases of 112 pounds cach. BEND FOR CIRCULAR. “ ome ” Cakes are used at the highest award tor Do Biscuits at the’ ennel 1 tab, New York, Gold Medal; irish Kennel Club, Silver Meda Jardin Rep ces Paris Exhibition, eae ’ Home, London ; MEAT “FIBRINE” DOG CAKES. “SPRATIOS PATENT”? are Purveyors by Appointment to all the principal Shows and Kennels in the United Kingdom and abroad. The Patent They have been awarded over 30 Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals ; Kennel ¢ Club Special Medal; Grand Gold Medal, Hanover Dog Show, 1879; West- etc., & Paris, etc. BEWARE OF WORTHLESS IMITATIONS. Please see that Every Cake is Stamped ‘SPRATT’S PATENT” and a x.” WHOLESALE ACENTS, FRANCIS O. de LUZE & CO., {S Seuth William Street, NEW YORK. WESTERN AGENTS—B. KITTRIDGE & CO., Cincinnati, 0 GENUINO eager; — WONE ARE ~ STAMPEES To be had in smaller quantities of Grocers and the Sperting Geode Trade Generally. Stliscellanesug ed SPORTMEN’S DEPOT. (ESTABLISHED 1836). First Premium at World's Fair at New York, and Centennial Exhibition, JOHN KRIDER, W. E. Gor Second and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia. GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Hooks, Flies, Leaders, Suoods, Artificial Balt, Fly Hooks, Kte., Etc. $7 Salmon. Bass and ‘Trout Files, Made to Order. Also * Krider's” Celebrated Center Enamel Split and Glued Bamboo Kods. Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins in Great Varieties. Taxidermy in all ae branches, Spratt's Patent Dog Biscutt Eanes of all kinds. TO ANCLERS: JOHN ENRIGHT & SONS, Fishing Rod & Tackle Makers C(nstle Connell, near Limerick, Ireland. Reels and Lines fo match balance of rods. No arent. All information respecting Msheriea on the annon in this locality, as also Cataloyues of our greenheart rods and general assortment of tackle, to be had On »pplication. | MILLER'S wi: WECIAN | Kheumatiam % or Consumption, ll\1s superior toanyinde- : | medicinal virtues and purity. }. # London, European and New Sportémen's Goods. | | OGMAN & CO., 425 BROADWAY AND 27 MAIDEN LANE, NEW Voix, ARE OFFERING THE LARGEST STOCK OF Ruseer FisHine Qutrits, COMPRISING FISHING PANTS, FISHING BOOTS, BLANKETS, Light, Black, White or Tan Color Coats, AND COMPLETE » RUBBER SPORTING OUTFITS ESTABLISHED 1838.] Send for Catalogu oe, C, H. EUTEBROUK, 27 Dock Sq., Boston, Mass. This lever is a solid piece of steel; gors through and through the body. Guns made to order. “SHORE BIRDS.” A REPRINT OF PAPERS ON THE SUBJECT WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE “FOREST ' AND STREAM.” I. HAUNTS AND HABITS. Il RANGE AND MIGRATIONS, If. A MORNING WITHOUT THE BIRDS, IV, NOMENCLATURE, ¥. LOCALITIES, VI. BLINDS AND DECOYS, Sent ou rcceipt of yrice. 15 cents, by the FOREST AND :TREAM PUBLISHING Co. Aliscellaneonug a “3 GUN CLEANER.) THE BE Cleaner and Oiler : A Por breceh-jouling arms in market, Fé@r One Dollar, one Cleaner, Patches, Brush and fuii directions sent free of post27e. ‘tm ordering give calibre of kun. Seud for circular. Audross Ts YARDLEY BROWN, Patcicce, VINCENT BISSICc, Practical Gunsmith 9 CHAMBERS ST., NEW YORK, {| New and Second-land Guns, Pistols, etc., con- stantlyon hand. R-pairing of every desviiption done in the best manner and warranted. Gung Dored to shoot close and hard. Pistol yrips ntted ‘fo stocks, Pin tres altered to central tire, SHELLS LOADED TO ORDER, JOSEPH GILLOTTS STEEL PENS So.n By ALL DEALERS Turousnourqae WORLD GOLD MEDAL PARIS EXPOSITION-i878, sit Sey. SUTReOD anid y ee this quuntry, says that mostor te Hors and Gitte Powders so! f heré are wortuléess tras le guys that Sheridan's Condition Powders Bre ab-yutely ure and mimense y vil saat Pile Non suthar ea Snerdan‘’s ondition z @ HettS ay ke SE ocaat “pint rood, Suid evel Qe teiisp rn! Loune pa SON OU; by maul oreightietterstimps 2.8. J) swe, Jaass, Lonely Gouger Me, i KNAPP & YAN NOSTEAND, POULTRY > GAME, Nos, 259 and 290 WASHINGTON MARKET, NEW YORK. Consignments of all kinds of game solicited. WE CHARGE NO COMMISSION. We accept consignments. Allow market price day of arrival, and send checks every Tuesday tor all invoices of previous week, KRUG & CO’S CHAMPAGNES! STANDARD AWD DRY. ‘The Sportsman's Wine ! A. ROCHEREAU & CO. SOLE AGENTS, 6 South Willliam St., New York. 16 and 18 St. Louis St., New Orleans. GUOIS OIL TaANNED MOCCASINS. The best thine ip the marker for hunting, ishing, canoeing, srow-shineing. the. They are sassy tO the feet. and very Sdurable, Made to order ima variety of styles, and Warranted The ues ine MARTIN S. ILITCH- MSiecessor 1oO Boston ticle, INGS, P.O. Box 365, Send for pmee lst. Dover, N. Il Frank Good). Bxabforp & ANTHONY, Agents, @ublications. Philadelphia Fishing Tackle HOUSE. A. B. SHIPLEY & SON, Manufacturers of Fine Fishing Tackle of Every Description, 803 COMMERCE ST., PHILA. sbiplevis Looped and Plain Mist Color Leaders. Shipley’s Improved Adjustable Floats. Keversea Wing, Trout, Bass aud salmou Flies in stock, and also lied to pattern. A fuli assortment of common and finest Kods, Lines, Reels, ete. Gur Belhabura Fly and Bult Kods and Split Bam- boo Fly Kods received the first premiuma at the ernmal, Franklin Institute aud Penna, state ars. A specialty of the celebrated Bethabara Wood tor Fish Rods and Archery bows, Stronger than Split bamboo and as tough and elastic as steel Kod mountings of all desuriptions on hand and fo order. Price Ust of woud and rod mountings tree. uur ae poke new Mlustrated Catalogue of Fishing Tackle gent, post-puld, on receipt of ten ventsiu Stamps. AMP LIFE IN THE WILDEKNESS.—Second / edition now ready. This story describes the trip of 4 partyor Boston rentlemen to the Kichard- don-Rangeley lakes. [1 treatsor camp lite.” tnaoors sad out, Is amLuSL = instructive and MWteresiing; 4 piues, 2 Hustrations, Price “5 ceuts by nall, oostpald..2cents. CHARLES A. J. FARRAR, Jamaica Plalu, Masa a ekal aweek in yourown town. Terns and $5 * outnt tree. Address H. HALLETT & CO., ! portuand, Maine, j oo deers Publications, Any of the Following Hooks Sent Receipt of Price by Forestand Stream Pub. Co. Adirondacks, Camps and Tramps In, Northrup, 1.29 Adirondacks, Guide to Wallace’s 6th edition... 200 Adirondack, Ww ilderness, In the, Warner’s. “16 Amateur Trap er—paper, Sic.; Dds. American Angler's Book, Norris American Bird Fancier......... American Wild Fow! 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Dog Breaking by Holabird........ iy Fishing in Maine Lakes...... ap goh ipsa Frank Forester’s Field Sports ....... heen Frank Forester’s Fish and Mishing............ Frank Forester’s Fishing with Hook & Line. pa, Frank Forester’s Manual tor Young Sportsmen, Frank BOresten an genet Hine Scenes and Charac- ,2 VO an a SSSRSESSERSSETS Bishcorat gs ww Wr BD - net teen RSRkSSSESSSa a Hand Book for Riflemen,. Hints to Ritlemen, Uleveland.. How to Hunt and’ Trap, Batty” 'S.. Hunter ana Trapper, Torasher.. Hunting and Hunters cf ali Nations, Frost... Lite of a Sportsmen, Nimyrod..........-.. < Manton’s Taxidermy Without a ous Minow’s Land and Game Birds... Naturalists’ Guide, SLOT. Deesied i) SassSSSSFSEIsSs RES 1842 1882 Every person who owns 2 HORSR, or intends te own # horse, every person who owns a BARN, or intends to bullda barn, or any cther BUILDING, should huve the American Agriculturist, Tf abounds in ENGRAVINGS and DES GNS from a great variety of Architects, and is filled with Vulnable / ints aud Suggestions, from the first writers of the country, ALL the MATTER is Original in every number. Price, Post-paid, per Year, $1.50, - Single Copies, 15 cents. Specimen Copy li cenis. Send for one ORANGE JUDD CO., Publisbers, 751 Broadway, New York, LATEST HDITION —OF THE— HURLINGHAM AND LONDON GUN CLUB'S TRAP SHOOTING RULES, For sale at this office. Pilce twenty-five cents, —— ee FLIRTATION CAMP, or; Mifle, ed and Gun in California, BY THEODORE 8. VAN DYKE, For sale at thisofiice, Price $1.50. N DUSEHEAD LAKE and the North Maine Wil. derness Illustrated. The only complete and comprehensive enide book to Northern Maine und the head waters of the Kennebec, Penobscot, St, John's and Aroostook rivers, and the numerous lakes and ponds connected with them. ¥56 pages, 30 1lustratlons and large niap. ‘Tilted paper, tl. luminated covers. Price, Dy Mall, post-paid, 60 Spee UHAKLES A. J. FARRAR, Jamaica Plain, Mass, THE AND HOW TO USEIT TO KILL EVERY FAIR WING SHOT. By Gwynne Price, GU Vi-@-President Sportsm n’s Clnb, St Lonis, Mo., who defeated Bogardna. Trap Piunge-trap and Clas- Shooting Ex- posed, *American Fleld? says: * [ft panne genie tue merit.” *Kenoel & Fleld’ Says: “ Ruerp man that vsex a gia ahold hetoe it Matled for 25C., blimps or curency, by GWYNNE PRICE, bu Lonis, Mo. shoot! ng. BA od Saati Si 1 Che cana brainer w ‘ “eda Nee ae Oe LF sripertisiny and Bevel Es and prince LOU Sa Lites a acy Pree Sdiupess BielEGe Seva. ine oy 55 442 POREST AND STREAM, JaNvARy 5. 1S¢2: —_— ainmunition, Ete. ORANGE SPORTING Powder. Orange Lightning. _ Orange Ducking. (ORSHES, Rifle. , Creedmoor. ELECTRIC BLASTING APPARATUS, l Bend postal card for ILLUSTRATED PAMPHL2T, showlng SIZES of GRAINS of POWDER. Furnished FREE Laflin & Rand Powder Co., No, 29 Murray Street, New York, Bupen:’s Rifle, Sporting anc Blasting Powder. THE MOST POPULAR POWDER LN USEI Dvront’s GUNPOWDER MILtS, estubdlished in 1802, Mave maintained their great reputation for seventy @ightyeurs, Muanufaciure thé ivllowing cclebrated hrands of powde : A Dupont’s Diamond Grain.—Nos, 1 (coarse) 0 4 (fine) Unequalivd 1n Slrengih, quickness and gleaniiness; adapted for giass-ball and pigeon @hooling. Packeliniib canisters, Dupent’s Kagie Wuckimg.—Nos. 1 (coarse) o 3 (ne); burnss.owly, strong anu very ciean; eal penetrauon, With # close pattern; adapted for glass-ball, ptgeoo, duck and other thootiny, with either muzzie or breech Jouders, Packed in 1 Tb. and 61b. cui ters fnd 647 aud 1v34 1b. kegs. Dupent’s Choke KBere.—specially adapted gor “ Choke Kore” Guns, acd particularly for pral- rie and upland shooting. Isurns slowly, strong und Moist; dves not cake or burn on the barrels, gives both i good penetrallon anda close pattern; will be found weil adupted jor glass-ball and pigeon shooting. Made ot twos-7es, only No.7 and No. 5 Wo. 7 being tne coarsest. Lucked ia 644 1b. Kegs und Z Ib. canisters. Dupouvs Eagle Riflc.—A quick, strong and elean powder,y vi ry Due grain, tor pistol shouting, Pack3Ain 1 1b. canisters and of 1b. kegs. Dupent’s Kitle Pg. “S:;a-Shooting.— Erg. nnd bF Fy. i he Fg, for long-range rifs shoot. ing, tho Fry. and Fg. for general use, burning piroog andinolst. Packed In 35 1b.,11b, and 6 1b. @anisters, U4, 1445 0d 26 1D. kegs. by. coarse, PFTg. e Sne, Pupont's Sporting, Mining, Sarertxe and Blast- ag Powders of all sizes and descriptions. specint Grades for Export. Als) hille, Caruidge, pius- ket, Cannon, Moriar, Mammoth, llexagonal, Cubl- eal and Pellet Powder, U. 8. Government Standard. Powder manillectuied to older of any required grain or proct. | Agencies it #11 the cities and principal towns #hroushout the United Stares Kepresenved by ; F. L. KNEELAND, 87 Beaver St., N.Y. } N. B.—Use none but DUPON'T'S Ig. or FHg. tur Jong-range rile puouting, Oriental Powder Mills, BOSTON, MASS. Western Sporting, Wild Foul Shooting, Faicon Ducking, SPORTING POWDER, ALSO ALL GRADES OF Blasting Powder. Agencies at all Principal Points in the West. LYMAN’S PATENT COMBINA- TION GUN SIGHT akes & rling Rifle perfect. Send for cise aniae full description. Ad- WILLIAM LYLAN, j MIDDLEFIELD, CONN. Miscellaneous Advertisements. Emnjnnition, Ete. The Parker Gun. The Hazard Powder Co., MANUFACTURERS OF Gunpowder Hazards “* Electric Powder.” Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse), Unsurpassed in poing of strength and cleanliness, Packed insquare cane tsters of One pound waly. HMazard’s ** American Sporting. Nos, 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). Ini Ib. canisters ang 634 1b. Kegs. A fine grain, quick and Clean, for upe land prairie shooting, Welladaptcd to shot-guns Hazard’s “* Duck Shooting,?? Nos, 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse), In 1and 6 Jb, cantstera and 63¢ and 1234 Ib. kegs. Burns slowly and very clean, shooting remarkably close and with great penetration, For field, forest or water shooting it Tanks any other brand and it is equally serviceable tor muzzle or breech-loaders. Again Victorious atthe Late Exposition at SSS a co MELEGURNE, AUSTRALIA, FEVG, FFG and"'Sea Shooting” FG in kegs of ; ea: : 25, 1234 und 634 1b3, and cas ofb lbs, FRFGIs also: THE PHILADELPHIA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE says: ‘At Melbourne they had an excellent o of ; : r : portunity. of testing their powers beside those of every exhibitor In the world, and they came off con- | Packed tn 1 and 2¢ 1b. canisters. | Murns strong and. querors over every other maker. ‘Their highest award comes to them from a country Whose reputation | Ordinary sporting and the * she Shooting” eee for this class of goods has for many yesrs been above all others. Standard Rijle Powder of the country. have won more laurels than any other gun when brought in competition in the fleld or atthe trap, At | Superior Mining and Blasting Powder. oe ) SHOW ROOTS, _ . . TURED TO ORDER. 97 Chambers St.,N. Ws PARKER BROS, Meriden, Conn. Rie above can be had of dealers, or of the Com— pany’s Agents, In every prominent city, or whole. sale at our office. OF MAKING MANY BOOKS THERE IS NO END. 8S WALL STRELRT, NEW YORK. ce eS REMINGTON ESTABLISHED 1836, RIFLES, SHOT GUNS, PISTOLS &C. NEAT AND ELEGANT Ask for Prices. B 0 0 K BI N D I N G ALFORD, WARD, DAVENPORT & CO, 85 Chamovers Street, N. ¥. FROM THE FERGUSON'S PATENT ALJUSfABLE Plainest to the Most Elaborate Styles, SC IME LAMEN, toe et y For Night Hunting and Le Sitar nc Le na ee Firbing. Sparing Sa Cer SPECIMENS ON EXHIBITION. Duving at Night. and Genera ee pita TWPOKES. Bicyele anterns, Dark Lanterns, Municians Band Laminps, Pocket Lanter: Hand Lanterns, etc. ge stamp for Illustrated Price List, Name Forxser anD KAM. If you want good work, at low figures, and save Agent’s Commission come direct to JAMES FE. WALKER, 14 Dey St. 5 tied A FILE OF N.Y HERALD, 1847, ANO TIMES, Diener Seer TO DATE, AND ODD NUMBERS, FOR SALE, (With Conroy, Bissett & Malleson.y > Ser y- CARDS | ) STANDARD TRAP, FOR WING PRACTICE, Double, Single, Rotating, Stationary. ; i i) H | tl il ITH at EVERY WAY (EXCEPT AT SHOOTER), ANY DE- ; it (i)? SIRED DIRECTION. ALL IN ONE TRAP i ik AND ONLY ONE SPRING USED. j ay fe RV MIRIAM Verse Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Mifles, Pistols, and all Kinds of Sporting Goods. ‘CHAMPAGNE, THIS WINE GREENER’S AND BONEHILL’S GUNS A SPECIALTY. Ws acknowledged by judges to be the Orders taken for Bonehill?s New Mammerless Gums. Best cuvée now in exi=tence. It is sex lected by the (var and is largely ¢on= WILL. H. CRUTTENDEN, Cazenovia, Madison County, N. Y, | “aimed by the nobility of russia. who art known to be comnuissenrs of cham- Illustrated Catalogue gent free on application. pagne., B. F. NIGHOLS & CO., FSTERBROOK’ SPEND BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, Manufacturers of HEXAGONAL SPLIT BAMBOO FISHING RODS, et onen mohics Witenes Leading Numbers: 14, 048, 130, 333, 161. For Sale by all Stationers. Weare obliged to have more room in our factory and greater facilities for manufacturing our ford; c to meet the Increasing demand. We have recelyed the highest award and silver medal at the Musa. THE ESTERBROOK STEEL PEN CO., Charitable Mechanics’ Association Fair for our superior goods, SEND FOR CATALOGULK. Works, Camden, N. J. 26 John St. New Yorks Mmhe Baker Guns. PRICE REST ENGLISH TWIST BARRELS, DAMASCUS STEEL, - ; - BEND STAMP FOR DESCRIPTIVE OUR DOUBLE GUN. yee f OUR NEW MODEL. THREE BARREL CcUN. The Best Cun made for DURABILITY — AND — SHOOTING QUALITIES FiG.? = ~ $43 - %60 to $200 This gun is light and compact, from 9 to10 1h. welght. The rifle ia perfectty wccnrate.” OIROULAR. L. Cc. SMITH Maker, Syracuse, HN. Y.. TH SPORTSMAN? aa] S “N iN TE. N JOURNAL. ~ Entered According to Act of Congress, In the year 1881, by the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Terms, $442 Year. 10 Cis, a ron yet 5 NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, !882. ix Wonths, $2. Vol. 17—Ne,. 25. {nore 39 and 40 Park Row, New Yorke CONTENTS. ~ EDIroRrAn :— The International Match of 1882 .,. THe Srorreman Tourist :— In the Forests of Yucatan; One Day's Hunt in British Co- lumbia ; Down with the Flood.................085 apes 444 NatorsaL History :— Something About Wolves; The Diyining Rod; The Snow Goose and Blue Goose......,...-.- 44 Game Bag anp Gun :— The Care of Liye Quail ; Under the Shadow of White Top; State Pigeon Towmnaments: Winter Quail Grounds ; Wild Celery: Ioading for Game; Four Quail at One Wing-Shot ..............- oti dewey Shela Sour eh Ach ae, 448 Sma AND River FisHine :— Game Fishes ; lresh Water us. Salt Water Fishes ; Silk Worm Gut ; Pike Fishing Through the Ice...... .. FIisHOULTURE :— Maine Lobster Culture; Trou} and Salmon in North Caro- lina ; Stickleback Breeding........5....-sse-seesssanees 452 THE KENNEL :— Training vs, Breaking; German Hunting Dogs Alexan- dra Palace Show ; Rex... ..2-..-..0.55-.- 6. we eeee af 453 ounce patna eae: duboe 445 svduee RircE aAxp TRAP SHOOTING :— The International Match......... WA mesistns bossa, te YACHTING AND OANOEING :— New Club; Toronto Y. OG, ; Cutters; Measurement; Rice SILA OY ae teth'y Satatcions eR Ra ae es eas BAS ee co ae 457 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS..,.....0-seeeeeeeeyee nek OS OBE . 450 si sene 456 TO CORRESPONDENTS. The FOREST AND STREAM Is the recognized medium of entertainment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. Communications upon the subjects to which Its pages are deyoted are invited trom every part of the country. Anonymous communications will not be regarded. 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Advertisements should be sent in by the Saturday of each week prévious to the issue in which they are to be inserted. Address: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., Nos. 39 and 40 Park Row, New York City. FOREST AND STREAM. Thursday, Jamuary 5. = Friormwa Tovrists.—Many sportsmen are visiting Florida this winter. The game along the beaten paths of travel has been so depleted that there is very little sport now to be had, But the recently constructed railroad lines and new routes to the southern and western parts of the State haye opened up new game countries, where abundant reward awaits the tourist, Ourissue of December 3 contained a description of the Kissimmee River country, which is now among the best game districts of the State, Tue REMARKABLE AgcoUNTS which we have published of duck-shooting performances, gone through with by gunners on tke Gunpowder Creek Bridge near Baltimore, should, it seems to us, have a tendency to make self respecting sports- men forswear the locality. If a man cannot get the birds which he kills without fighting for them, he had better give up using the gun where such annoying squabbles are’ likely to take place. Tue Watrisac Maron Mania has runits course. There are spasmodic rag-tag-and-bob-tail attempts to revive the neat scheme of wheedling the public money into ‘‘the management's” pocket. One such sorry atlempt was made in this city last week, with the usual dismal ending finan- gially, THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH OF 1882, ITH the receipt of the courteous note from the Sub- Committee of the Council of the National Rifle As- sociation of Great Britain, given in our columns of this date, everything seems to promise well for a good contest at Wim- bledon during the coming summer. Where thereis a will there is a way, and certainly there is desire enough on both sides to have a match. The British rifleman is just now under a cloud. He had for years been vaunting his su- periority with the rifle, and then somehow seemed to stumble and make a bad break of it when he met the American marksman on his own range, and had no better fortune when the Yankee crossed the sea to meet him. He had, extending over a period of four years, a series of matches in which the picked shots ofthe British Empire—first pitted against us in teams made up from the separate nationalities, and later in a magnificent team sent out by the National Rifle Association itseli—were all defeated after full, fair trials before the butts ; but all these contests were at long-range. They were fought with special rifles by a set of civilian shooters, and were, in a certain degree, artificial tests. They simply showed how proficient men could become in a certain art, but that art had its sole aim and purpose in accomplishing good scores. The long-range shooters are but a drop in the bucket to the great sea of marksmen. If rifle-shooting had no other purpose in being than score-making at the target, then it would soon die out, but if the scores thus made are tests of a proficiency in the real use of the rifle for war or sporting purposes, the practice at the butts takes rank as an important pointer. The coming match, in place of being a struggle between men who represent less than ten per cent. of the entire body of rauge- habitues, will be one in which the great majority will be in- terested as possible contestants; and there ought to be, and no doubt will be, a corresponding popular interest in the match. It will be fought out with military rifles, and the result will be taken as a verdict upon the weapons which haye been put into the hands of our troops. These weapons have been selected by boards of public officers, and have been provided at public expence by the outlay of large sums. While it is, of course, possible to have bench tests and private trials of the competing rifles, the general public will, very naturally and rightfully, view a public test in a set trial by marksmen as far more satisfactory. It is the man and the gun that become one acting whole, and it is to try that unit that matches on the range are organized. The entire detail of the match has not yet been settled, but within a few days or weeks at most the conditions of the proposed contest will have become known. They should be severe and stringent enough to make the test a thorough one, andif the match could be extended over several daysit would seem that enough variations in weather conditions would be secured to give the shooters equal chance of striking their favorite wind, or sky, or light, etc. In any case there ought to be no hesitation on the part of our American shots in ac- cepting any fair set of conditions, though they may differ somewhat from the rules under which we have been accus- tomed to shoot. There will be an abundance of time if it be not wasted to bring together a strong team of American National Guardsmen armed with an American made rifle to contest with good prospect of success with any team that may be pitted against them. To be sure, our National Guardsmen, numbering, perhaps, through the whole country, less than 60,000 men, and having in the most fayored in- stances about half a dozen years’ drill, will have to meet the pick of over 500,000 men who have been assiduously trained in rifle shooting for twenty years past. We have somewhat of a record with which to compare our ability with theirs, and that will not discourage us. Wehaye every reason to believe that our rifles are just a good trifle better than the best that have been turned out of the English armories, and as for familiarity with perplexing conditions of the weather elements our riflemen have little to learn. At any rate, be the chances ever so much against us, the courteous challenge must be accepted, and promptly, and the match fought over to whatever conclusion fate may bring. We have a plucky example in the acceptance of the challenge of the Irish team in 1873 by the American Rifle Club, At that time we to do in order te win, and are not rushing blindly forward to stumble upon good luck. Whatever we get in the way of honors must be won, and won by hard, systematic work. The attempt of the directors of our Association to secure a team has developed some curious facts about the tendency of our rifle practice. When the Creedmoor Association was started on paper in 1871 the rules of the N. R. A. of Great Britain were adopted entirely. With the opening of practice on the range in 1878 these rules were put in operation, and from that time on there has been a cohstant changing and tinkering of the regulations, uotil now it seems that it will require concessions on both sides to bring about anything like a fair regulated’ match. The British riflemen have abandoned position in shooting, as we knew it ten years ago, and shoulder shooting has become obsolete. Here it has been strictly insisted upon, and, we think, very wisely, keeping in view our distinction that rifle shooting is some- thing more than the making of a certain score, and is rather the preparation for some’ real work in another field. An overwhelming percentage of the shooting in war and bunting is necessarily done from the shoulder, and so many argu- ments can be brought to sustain the desirability of retaining this style of marksmanship that our American directors will be very loath to make the concession of ‘‘any position” at any distance to the British marksmen, But the question of position may be agreeably arranged, giving to the British- ers plenty of lime to become proficient in off-hand work, muth more readily than the matter of rifles may. Our Association have been too lax in the matter of the manipula- tion of rifles. The files of the Forusr ann Srream will bear testimony to our protests against the turning of the rifles, especially of militiary weapons, into mere shooting machines. The Board of Management of the British Agso- tion have all along insisted on treating a military weapon as such, and would no more allow each man to exercise his own individual judgment in changing it than they would allow each soldier to interpret the tactics according to his own ideas. A wind gauge on a military gunis an anomaly. It has no business there, and its only raison d’étre is that ibmay, in the hands of one accustomed to it, and under the quiet work of therange, after, perhaps, the requisite sighting shots, ete., enable the marksmen to show a good siring of bull's eyes; but then to assume from this that he is any the better soldier is so manifestly absurd that no one will for a moment press it. We will have the same charge that the test was a, purely artificial one, if fought out with these mongrel rifles, as we had against the old long-range weapons, and it will be much better founded, toy. That good scores may be made withont the use of this ‘‘ Inbber hole” to high aspirations is shown in the fact that two of the best military marksmen at Creedmoor, Messrs, Dolan and Van Heusen, have resisted the temptation to employ it. It is possible they fired Lo overcome any difficulty of strong winds, by “‘holding off.” They haye trained their individual judgments, instead of relying on a device which, under a good coach, reduced their function to that of merely holding on the bullseye. Our own judz- ment would be in favor of the off-hand holding and the use of a practical military rifle as such. The proposition for the match has met with the heartiest, approval from the press of the two countries. There isa disposition to help on the contest in every possible way. The fact that this is to be a match with military rather, than with small-bore rifles, gives much satisfaction. The scrib- bling contingent of the British shooting men haye opened their batteries and are firing suggestions with the utmost freedom, and all soris of curious conditions are urged for adoption. None such are needed; the simpler the rules are made the better, so that every non-shooting citizen may know and readily understand just what the champions of his country are trying to do. In its issue of Dec. 1, the London Telegraph, speaking of the match, says: We have become accustomed to the presence among us, from to time, of American rlfiemen, and our own pleked shots have reason, more than once, to entertain tor thei! Transatlantic rival the highest possible respect, Hitherlo, bowevyer, competition be tween the marksmen of the United Kingdom and (le Uniled States has deen limited to the match rifle, a delicate and yery compilcated weapon of very little practical value except in so far as the improye- ments to which if is continually subject tend to further the better construction of fire-arms generally. Efforts are now belng made across the water to send to Wimbledon from America next year 4 had neither rifles nor men, Now we know just what we are | strictly military team, composed of members of the National Guard, 4A4 FOREST AND STREAM. a [JaNuARY 5, 1882. armed with a military weapon. The expense wllLhe considerable, and the difficulty of selection great; but these are obstacles which the energy and patriotism of our Transatlantic kinsmen are sure to overcome. The Volunteers of {his country may reckon, therefore, upon a doughty foe next July, and have need to do their best, lest the laurels of the rifle rang® follow those of the race course. What- ever the result, the representatives of the American National Guard are certain to recelve a cordial welcome and all the admiration their skill may deserve. The contest will do good service by giving additional distinction to the military rifie, as compared with the small bore, aud will tend to Increase the practical character of the doings al Wimbledon, In thisrespect (here 1s much room and wreent need tor reform, Fancy shooting ts all yery wall in its way, and no one wishes to discourage lt, but Wimbledon should be first and fore- most a tournament of military marksmen, competing as far as possi- ble under military conditions. These requirements will be distinctly met by the advent heré of American soldiers. SS Ayorner Swinpie Hxposrp.—The daily papers announce the arrest of a swindler who has been advertising ex- tensively in the newspapers his Solargraph watches. Just what these watches are we do not, of course, know, but we remember a few weeks since, when the advertisement was offered to us, wondering whether it was possible that this man could find any people foolish enough to respond to his adverlisement, and smiling in admiration at the impudence of the fellow in bringing it to us, Another amusing incident in connection with advertising, is the wonderful unanimity with which our contemporaries, esteemed and otherwise, have, all on a sudden, dropped the flaming notice of apatent preservative, which hag, up to within ao short time, occupied a large por- tion of their advertising space. This adverlisement was brought to us in due course, but like hundreds of similar things, it failed to find » place in our columns, One reason for the high estimate put on the advertising space of the Foresr anp Stream by its patrons is the fact that it is so well-known that all possible care is exercised to prevent the appearance of anything that can be questioned. That we take especial pains to keep our advertising pages clean is not at all toour credit. We are only performing our plain duty ; but that this action is appreciated by advertisers is shown by the eagerness of Chichester riflecompanies, Saxon, Zulu, and Champion gun men and other preyers upon the unwary, to find a corner in thepaper, That they will not succeed in this, our readers may feel sure. These men know the ad- vantage of being seen in good company, and this, added to the advantage of the paper’s circulation and influence, makes them most anxious to adverlise theirspurious wares with us. We can afford to let the business of these men go by, and to steer very wide of anything that has a doubtful appearance, We donot pretend to be infallible, and once in a while we fet caught, but we venture to say that there is no newspaper in the world which has a cleaner record in this respect than the Forest anp Stream. We examined, the other day, a truly curious breech-loader—we forget what it was called, but it belonged to the same class with those mentioned above, but with another namé—and fourd it a marvel of clumsiness, rude wort, and last, but most important, of in- security, Men may safely enough buy cheap fishing-rode, solatzraph watches, or even send a three-cent stamp for a superb steel engraving of Washington, Jackson or Lincoln, but we warn our readers against cheap guns. To be swindled out of one’s money by some cunning device only hurts one’s feelings, but to haye one’s hand or head blown off, is a more serious matter. Mr. A. Atrorp, who has been with H. (Remington & Sons, of this cily, for nearly fourteen years, has severed his connection with that firm fo assume the management of the Greenfield ‘ool Co., of which he is the President. The firm title is Alford, Ward & Davenport, their establishment being at 85 Chambers street. Mr. Alford is widely known among sportsmen, whose best wishes wil] go with him in his new work. Dogs anz Proprrry in Iyp1ANA,.—We are indebted to an Indianapolis, Ind., correspondent for memoranda of an im- portant ruling by Judge Howk, of the Supreme Court, of Indiana, declaring that ‘‘dogs are property of value.’ Following close upon similar action by courts of other States, the decision is full of promise for the future protec- tion and safety of ‘‘man’s unselfish friend.” The abstract of the decision is as follows: 9,780. Henry Kinsman, yersns the State. Lagrange, ©. 0. Howk, J.—Apellanit was prosecuted for maliciously killing a dog. The afiidavit charged that said killing was ‘‘to the damage of the property in the sum of twelye dollars.” It is claimed that a dog ja nobnecessarily am animal of yulne, and that the affidayit was bad because it did not charge the dog to be of some yalne to the owner, Under thelaw of this State dogs are taxed as property, and any article which the limy subjects to taxation is prima facie an article of value. (60 Ind., 298 ; 62id., 362.) The aftidavit was sufficient. On the trial the court pormitted the State to ask a wit- nese, and compelled the witness to answer, whether the latter was not on bad terms with fhe prosecuting witness. This was not er- yor. (See Whart, Orm, By,, 8 ed., $447 : 1 Greenl. By., $450-155; 64 Ind., 400.) One of the instructions giyen by the Court was as follows: ‘‘It is not sufficient for the State to prove that the de- fendant killed or injured the dog merely, but the evidence must ghow beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant maliciously or mischieviously killed or injured st.” This instruction was er- yoneous, The charge againstappellant was that he killed the dog and thid charge told the jury in effect, that if he injured it, that was sufficient, Judgment reyersed. Sameie cores 6f Formsr anp Stream mariled to any ad- dress free, on application, The Sportsman Gonrist. THE HUNTER IN AFRICA. HE hunter roam’d far in the broad Afric land, Where the pallahs and gnus are gathered In band, And the oryx and (springboks and sable hartebeest Over green boundless pastures collect to {he feast; Where the herds of wild elephants crash thro’ the woods, And the black rhinoceros wallows in floods, Where the lion and leopard devastate the plain, And hyenas and jackals feed on their slain; Where the stately giraffe and swift antelope Sweep the yales at the base of the grand mountain-slope. How fair are those woodlands, those pastures of green, Where the interlac’d boughs weave an emerald screen, So deep in thelr gloom that scarce may the light Plerce the root of the grove with pencillings bright. There boundless the tron-wood forests extend And the lofty acacias gracefully bend, And mimosas and willows and fragrant white-thorn, Whose rich yellow blossoms the woodlands adorn, Where gay blooming flowers embroider the grass, And birds of rare plumes and sweet meladies pass, In the belt of {he woods, with their green colonnades, The fern and (he passion-flower brighten’d the glades, O | noble the game of this African Jand— The lion, the leopard, the elephant grand, The wild boar and buffalos sweeping the plain, Their méasureless pastures, their endless domain. The hunter takes rifle, then summons his men, Bechuanas and Bushmen, from moulitain and glen; ‘Tall, stalwart and Uthe as leopards in fight, Some true as the steel, some trembling with iright. Hw bids them take knife afd sharp assagai When the herd of wild elephants threaten the way. Bull elephants, arm’d with lushes so strong, That trample and crush as they thunder along, So majestic instature, colossal in height, It ls peril and death to meet them in fight, In (hese vales and ravines and forests of green The foot-paths of elephants thickly are seen, Where for ages untold these monsters haye trod, And whose white, bleaching bones still sprinkle the sod. id jungles of speckboom their relics are found, Where mimosa thickets o’ershadow the ground; Where the yellow-wood, cedar and tron-wood grow, Crown’d with yine wreatis perennial, a wonderful show, ‘Tis Jao, the lion, is monarch of all} Whose roarings terrliic the Bushmen appal! When you meet lim alone in the forests beware; Beware when at olght he stalks forth from his lair. ow majestic in death !—the eyeballs of fire, ‘he great, rounded head, once irlghtful in ire, The yast, massive arms, the black shaggy mane, The sharp crooked claws, blood-red with the slain; The powertul jaws, thesymmetry fine, Tn beauty so perfect In every line; And you feel that the noblest of prizes is won Whien he lies grim in death, the spoil of your gun, Ah! hear him at night when all nature is still And darkness and silence hold forest ana hill; Hear his low, growling moan, his full, solemn roar, Now muffled, now hoarsé, like the surge on the shore; Hear the roar of two troops that meet at the brink 7 (he forest-shut fountain its crystal to drink. Hiear the roar of defiance, so flerce, so intense That 1h deafens and daunts the terrified sense, Then say if the thunder that rolls in the sky Tath a tone sosublime as this menacing ery] Greenport, Dec 17. TsaAG McLELLan, a IN THE FORESTS OF YUCATAN—I, HE scene of this mild adventure is laid in the interior of Yucatan, which the writer visited last March. After a ureat deal of rough riding in strange vehicles we reached a town in which resided an American, a naturalist.and col- lector, who was practicing as a physician. He had invited us to go On a grand turkey huot, but we were detained on the road at every town we passed by the hospitality of the inhabitants, and especially by the General of the district, who gave a ball every night in ourhonor. It was at the end of the third performance of this kind thatI fled my party and the story opens. After the last ball the good General insisted upcn remain- ing and ascertaining the quality of the balance of the Doe- tor's three dozen of beer; and at 3.4. m., seeing’ that it was likely to bean all night session, I crept into the kitchen and took possession of one of the hammocks. This kitchen was the usual structure devoted to that use in Yucatan, of loose poles driven into the ground, forming a square pen, topped by a roof of thatch. Lorenzo Acosta, who owned the house the Doctor hired, and who piloted me to this retreat, had a “rancho” in the logwood district, which he invited me to visit, promising plenty of flamingoes and wild turkeys. We were to start early in the morning, before the Consul and John would be stirring, and as the ride was to be a long one, had made good our escape from the General in order to gain a few hours’ sleep. ‘T'wo old women and a boy occupied this apartment, but the latter was unceremoniously ejected from one of the hammocks, which Lorenzo and I appropriated. Perhaps the reader is not acquainted with the Yucatan way of sleeping, two ina hammock, and I will proceed to enlighten him. As the first one lies down in the hammock, he care- fully takes up only oné-half, measured longitudinally, leav- ing the remainder for his friend. ‘Uhis the latter occupies, with his feet toward and parallel with the other's head, s0 that the two are packed ‘‘ heads and points,’ like sardines. This leaves a kind of partition between the sleepers which effectually separates them; though if one is inclined to kick in his sleep the other must guard well his nose, In any event, s person at all fastidious might object to this style of eleeping, and prefer sleeping family-fashion, crosswise the hammock. But when one avandons himself to the guidance of astranger, upon whose hospitality he is dependent, he must promplly check any qualms of his sensitive soul, and be duly grateful for what he can get. j Tt was 80 cold that I awoke several times during the brief space we occupied the hammock and tried to remember that this was what they term the ‘‘hot” season, From the great flat surface of rock exposed to the rays of a powerful sun during the day in Yucatan, and the extremely rapid radia- tion at night, a degree of cold is sometimes reached that produces nocturnal freezing. During the hot, dry season jhe cool nights are in most refreshing contrast to the heated atmosphere of day, and induce sweet slumber if one is properly ‘guarded from extremes of temperature. At about seven in the morning we were off forthe logwood camp, by the way of the town of gilam. his inverted G with which pilam is spelled, isa necessity arising from the retention of the ancient Maya names, and has the power of “Ts,” the word, consequently, being pronounced Tsilam. Don Alonzo could speak excellent Spanish, but what availed that to me when I was but in tny first lessous in that lan- guage? He could not speak English, but he had a new **Ollendorf,” and with this and my ‘‘conyersation book” in our hands, we rode through the cool woods, startling the birds with our blunders and laughing at our mutual mistakes. After an easy ride of four short leagues we arrived at Oilam, entering its principal street between low, white- walled houses. Going to a house near the great square we fied our horses and I paid the man who brought my luggage two ‘'reals’””—twenty-five cents—for his services and four “reals” for the horse, and he returned to Timax. We are provided with breakfast in a ‘* tienda”—a shop—and while we are eating the proprietor plays on a guitar. After a siesta ig a hammock, drowsily watching a girl with graceful figure, clad only ina snowy ‘‘uipil,” combing for an hour her abundant tresses, I am taken out and introduced to the Presidente, as the learned naturalist, author and discoverer, el Senor Don Federico. By him I am promised seven Indians with whom to make an excayation in the great mound. I should explain here, that oilam is celebrated for its great aboriginal mound, four hundred feet in length and fifty in height. This occupies one side the great plaza of the town, and towers above the church and principal build- ings, which were all built of stone from its ruins. It was visited by Stephens and carelessly examined by him, a somewhat fanciful eketch of it heing given in his second volume on Yucatan. He attached great importance to it as being the centre of a population at the time of the first visit of the Spaniards, quoting Herrera in confirmation that it was then ‘‘a fine Town, the Lord whereof was a youth of the Race of the Cheles, then a Christian, and a great Priend a Captain Francis de Montejo, who received and entertained them. From the summit of this mound the country for leagues around can be seen, and the eye ranges over a vast exlent of scrub, with no village in sight but the one about its base. A second mound lies north of this one, running east and west, while this largey and contiguous one bas its longer axis north and south. The limits of these great tumuli once greatly exceeded their present area, as dressed stones can be seen in the streets, in position, a long ways distant, and made of great rocks run out into the scrub. Under guidance of Don Juan we climbed the smaller mound, and some little boys commenced to throw out the dirt and stones from asimall holein the top. They soon brought ont frag- ments of pottery and plaster, the former finely glazed and tinted, the plaster colored bright red, drab and green, and all the tints fresh as if put on yesterday. After the adult Indians arrived, more plaster was exhumed and a room disclosed, filled with debris from above. It proved to be arched, in a way similar to the '‘Akabna,” at Aké. They opened it sufficiently to show its shape, but did not find any more pottery or plaster, which was evidently aboye and out- side the building. So I caused the earth to be removed from the top, and soon revealed great pieces of stucco, show- ing bright colors and elaborate ornamentation and design; not enough to satisfy me, though I was obliged to desist digging before finding much, as the sin was setting. Its last rays shone directly into the chamber we had opened. Half the men and boys of the village were gathered by this time, and ail assisted eagerly at the work, even the Presi- dente and schoolmaster. I paid the Indiansa ‘‘real” apiece, and the boys a ‘‘ medio,” and all were delighted, The ruins of a building upon this mound would seem to indicate the use of these vast accumulations of earth as foundations for palaces or temples. In a flat country, like Yucatan, it would be necessary to eleyale the public buildings in this manner in order that they could be seen from a distance, Though the ruin of the structure was so complete that no satisfactory outline could be obtained, its stones, covering all sides of the mound, and large trees and agayes growing upon the summit, yet it seemed to haye been composed of successive platforms, each one covered with a thick layer of cement or plaster. Stephens did not visit it, but states that the padre, a’ young man of thirty Gvhen he was here, forty years ago,) remembered when a building still stood here, ** with open doorways, pillarsin them, and a corridor all around,” and was called ‘‘el castillo”’—the castle. Fragments of the stucco, some of the ornamentsand sharge of pottery I collected and sent to Merida, intending them for Professor Baird, of the Smithsonian Institution; but the best of them were ground to powder in transit, and this op- portunity lost of ascertaining their analogy, or dissimilarity, to the decoration of the ruins. Alonzo and [ occupied a hammock in a large empty build- ing belonging to Don Juan, and slept again in the Yucatecan mode, the feet of each in close proximity fo the other's head, which is almost as compact a style as that denominated *snoon-fashion.” We were tostart at four the next mern- ing, but didn’t urise till five, and though I expected to get on our journey by sunrise, it was nine o'clock before we left the town. This might have beén expected, for the day hefore if wsa to haye been ‘‘muy temprano”—yery early—and we left Timar three hours behind time. “No one was stirring in the plaza, but a baker's shop was open, withthe usual knot of men in cotton pants, shivering in their ‘‘ sarapes,” and here we got a cup of chocolate. While waiting for my horse, we visited the old churchyard, a walled-off corner with orange trees init. It must haye been formerly used as a cemetery, for there were heaps of boxes—wine cases, brandy and soap boxes—full of dead men’sbones, and in a recess in the church wall were arm and leg bones, and grinningskulls that seemed inclined to dispute our entrance. DonJuan took us to see an old stone with a strange inscription on il--probably, as he said, the work of Indians, under Spanish direclion—and he held up a wooden cross while we remoyed from it the boxes of bones. Having thus been cheerfully fortified for the jour- ney, I thought Alonzo would start, but he lingered here and there, buying meat and bread, fill eight o'clock, then we mounted our horses, bade our friends ‘‘adics,” and rode down the street to a hut, where he asked for breakfast. This consumed another hour, though the ‘‘ Mestiza” girl worked hard to prepare it for us, being hindered by the admiring and - - - > 2 JaNvARY 6, 1882. ] FOREST AND STREAM, 445 amorous Alonzo, who haunted the kitchen, teasing (he pretty cook for a caress. Her mother, a wrinkled old lady, learn- ing that T could not speak Spanish, pulled a dolorous coun- tenance and called me ‘ pobrecito”—poor little fellow—and wanted to know where in the world I lived, that the people couldn’t speak ‘' Castillano.” We finally got fairly astride our steeds at the cross of San Jose, near a big ceybo tree, and turned into a narrow trail that was, its whole length, very stony, or ‘muy piedrazozo.” This led into the forest, forming part of the bel that lines the eastern and northern coasts of Yucatan, the trees gradually increasing in size and becoming moré open aS we advanced, Birds grew more nu- merous, especially the queer bird called the road-runner— **el core-camino’—a species of cuckoo, or the chapparel cock. We lhad to walk our horses, the road was go slippery, yery little soi] covered the coral rock, which was full of holes, caves and ‘‘senotes,” nearly all leading to water. At noon we balted ata smsll ‘*senote,” where there was an opening in the rock about three feet long and two feet wide, down which our Indian went and got 2 calabash full of pure water. Ateam of pack mules came up just then and their owner sat down with us and joined ina ‘‘Yucateco refresco.” Toto the calabash of water Alonzo put a big ball of corn mixture, procured of the Mestiza in the morning, and stirred it up with hisfingers. When of preper consistency it was passed to me, and drinking of it I found it sweet and re- freshing. This is prepared by the women, of maize, spiced and sweetened, and isin univereal use in Yucatan and Southern Mexico, forming, with water, 2 pleasant and strengthening drink. Wedrank all around from the sume calabash, then mounted and went on again, The great woods were open at times, sweet, clean and inviting, and the leaves lay on the ground a3 in autumn in the North; but I had no stomach for them, desiring to reach the end of a ride that promised to be interminable. Late in the affternoon we reached « change in the dry, hot road, an ‘‘aguada,” or small pond, and here, at a sign from Alonzo, { gof off my horse and crept toward the water with my gun, Through the bushes I saw «8 gallinule, a beautiful bird, which I shot, and immediately after another that flew up at the report of the gun. These Alonzo secured by wading into the dark pool, though he had sore feet, and our Indian, though bare-leeged, refused to. The ‘aguada” was deep, its surface well covered with lilies and water plants, sud fringed with an abundance of dead snail shells. My friend bad hitherto ridden perched upon two packs of luggage, while I had used his horse, while the Indian carried 4 great load on his back, supported by a band passing across the front of his forehead. We both dismounted here and pursued the rest of our way on foot, and I shota ‘‘chacha- lacea,” a kind of phessant, and from a little gem of an “nouada” we put up three large ducks. The gallinules, Alonzo tells me, are ‘‘ pachdros preciosas,” or very precious birds, and they are, indeed, arare species and yaluable ad- dition to my collection. The whole character of the forest changed af_er this—the ‘t aguadas” were more frequent, and the entire country appeared as though at times submerged. Of this, in fact, my friend assured me, adding that when he came here last June, where he had his camp—now dry land —was entirely under water. Twas very weary when we at last teached a meadow, in which some horses were feeding, and was told that we were near the ‘'ranch),” To my great surprise my friend’s ‘‘ rancho "—from the name of which I was led to expect # small farmi—proved to be nothing more than a collection of four huts of palmetto leaves, merely a roof to shed the rain, with open ends and sides. They were on the southern rim of a lovely ‘‘ aguada,” surrounded by palmetto and decidu- ous trees. A pile of logwood, thatched with leaves, a bath house of palm leaves, and aleaf roof over some hollow logs that served as bec-hives, completed the establishment. A dozen horses, with loads of wood, had evidently just come in from the forest. On the road we had'net a train of mules, each witha great plank, fifteen feet long and two wide, lashed on each side, one end projecting beyond his ears, the other dragging on the ground. Thisis ithe only way inwhich Western Yuca- tan Can get its timber, all the west and central portion being covered with serub or second growth. About twenty Indians and Mestizos, with bare bodies and legs, sandals and great cutlasses, were lounging about as we rode in. Three Indian women aud a comely Mestiza were busy about their household duties Upon a large plauk, three feet wide, supported on four legs, were two ‘‘metates” with rollera used for grinding corn for tortillas, and in ad- dition to this there were a few tubs, 2 glind-stone, and all the things necessary to a camp in the forest. From pole to pole, under the thatched xoofs of the open huts, were Blretched hammocks of Sisal hemp, and two great mosquito bara told their own tale of insects at night, We trode into this!ogwood camp, and I was invited to a hammock while they talked over news and business, for Alonzo had been gone some time. Inoticed one man, 4 « Mestizo,” who had an uneasy look, and one woman, 4 ‘«Mestiza,”” who was comely and had an anxious look, though a very sympathetic one, as they say here *t muy sympatica.”” Of the other women one was fat and restless and the other old and honest. They all worked well, not intermilting their labors for a minute, Supper was soon ready. Afrer the fashion of the country we first washed our hands in a calabash, and five minutes later that same calabash was brought in full of water to drink. Poor Alonzo had but two bowls besides calabashes, for he was only camping, and no knife, fork or spoon, so I took my jack-knife while they ate with fingers and ‘* tortillas.” Onr companion was a Spaniard, lately from Europe, a pleasant, black-eyed young man, who was sent by a firm there to look after their interests in the logwood. There were no chairs, of course, and we sat in hammocks while the food was placed on a box on a clean cloth. As we ate, more tortillas were brought, hot from the fire, banded to us on a cloth by the cook, and taken by us and clapped down on the table. “Quite a pile was heaped up before we left, and these were taken and warmed over forthe men. After eating, a calabash was passed round full of water for rinsing the mouth. The proper way is to fill the month with water, and, after inserling the finger and sernbbing the teeth, to spit it out, This custom prevails throughout Mexico, even in the honses of the rich, Coffee and cigarettes then followed; the Jatter, in fact, were going allthetime, By this time dark- ness had settled down and some of the men retired to their hammocks. Though surrounded by strangers and some with not yery pleasant faces, I left all my arms outside the mos- quito bar, as I retired, conscious that they as well as myself were sate. Later in the season, in the Highlands of Mexico, I would have sooner slept without my blanket than without my revolver, for the people of Yucatan are as honest and true as the Aztecs are treacherous and faithless. After a second coffee we all sought our hammiocks, where A)onzo and Ireclined smoking and chatting. I was anxious to go on to thé coast for flamingoes, but my host told me I could not, that TI was at his disposition, which remark rather irritated me, until he added, with a smile, ‘and I ata at yours, also.” I bad got accustomed to this, polite insincerity, however. On the way, I asked him if the horse he rode was his and he replied, ‘‘Sisenor, y de usted, tambien "—'' Yes sir, and yours as well.” After that I ven- tured but one more question of the kind, and that was when in the house of the youug lady who had prepared our break- fast, Lasked if she was his sweetheart. The customary re- ply came readily to his lips: ‘Si, amigo mio,” and yours also.” T had fallen asleep, ag soon as the insects feasting on me— ticks, sand-fiies, fleas and chinches—would permit, buf soon awoke suddenly, conscious that Alonzo had darted ouf from under the bar and was in angry expostulation with the man with the eyil eyes. This man, early in the evening, had gone raving to his hammock, and after crying there awhile he had come tearing out and seized his woman, she with the pretty face, dragging her away from her work, She had submitted, though expecting a beating, merely glancing al her torn ‘nipil,” but one of the men jumped at him as he drew her along, and quieted him fora while. Now he had broken out afresh, threatening to kill Alonzo if he didn’t immedi- ately pay him his wages, ard brandishing a great “machete” furionsly. Alonzo was in nowise frightened, but sprang at him like a jaguar, promising him a beating that’ would an- swer for his wages. And I have no doubt the Indian would have got it, though my friend isa little man, for in pilam he had flown at a man who talked insolently to him, slapped his face and pounded him well, until he ceased from talking. So they had it outin talk and piled fresh fuel on the fire as though they intended to be at it all night, making my hut as light as day, The fight ended, Alonzo quietly entered the mosquito bar, which was made large enough for two ham- mocks, and ordered coffee and cigareties for two. When he asked me to enter he said in Maya, ‘‘ Kom in,” which is the equivalent in that language for come in. There are also other words similar in sound and signification to ours. In the morning, after coffee and cigarettes, we all Went into the woods to inspect the logwood—the ‘palo tinta’”’ or “palo de Campeche’—which the men had cut during Acosta’s absence. It was then very hot, though the night had been freezing cold, as we enlered the logwood forest. The logwood tree, ‘‘hematoxyloncampeacheanum,” grows to a height of 20 or more feet, is rough and gnarled, with one trunk that divides soon from the ground, with ,ob-oyate leaves. The wood they had cut lay in little heaps where they, had cut it. It was trimmed of a!l the outer bark and white outer wood and was in color from light red to dark purple. One of the men had a steel yard with him, and this was hung from a tree and the wood piled on a suspended platform and weighed, four “t arrobas” or 26 pounds, at atime. ‘This was noted down, with the name of the man who cut it, and we passed on to the next, being engaged in this way several hours. The horses were then led up and a load of four ‘*ar- robas” packed on each and carried to the camp. . The sun was blazing hot, butterflies played about us, birds sang in the thin-foliaged trees, and a native quail, or ‘‘fai- gan,” got up at intervals. We saw one deer, ‘‘ venado,” and one turkey, ‘‘pavo del monte,” but not near enough for afair shot. There were many caves and depressions in the limestone surface, with water in them looking cool and invit- ing for a bath, but numerous adders swimming across them rendered them less attractive, ‘Thousands of dead snails lay in windrows, but nota live one was to be found, though I searched diligently under dead logs and leaves. The log- wood was brought into camp and stacked, whence it will be carried to the port of gilamand shipped. There seems to be vast quantities of it, but it isin remote sections’ where il is . difficult and expensive to get it out. As we returned to camp, my friend was taken with erathp in the stomach, and howled and cried, and the man with whom he had quarrelled in the morning was the first to hasten to his aid. 1 suspected then it was but a ruse to bring about a change of sentiment through sympathy. In the eyening Alonzo brought out a big bag of silver which he had brought to pay the men wilh, and proceeded to deyote it to that purpose. I admired the pluck of my little friend that would not let him be brow- beaten into paying it ont before he was ready, though in ap- parent danger from the Indian with the bad-looking eyes. We walked out in the cool of the evening toward the ‘apuadas,” or ponds; the birds were still and a quiet brooded over the lovely place, except for the cries of the gal- linules in the marsh. One of these birds Alonzo shot, and waded into the water waist-deep to secure if. Sometimes the simplest thing will awaken thoughts of home when in a strange country where the scenery is different, and mine were carried back to the North by the sight of a group of cat-tail flags, growing as in Northern meadows. The industry of the Indian women of Yucatan is a matter of wonder. From long before daylight till late at night: after we had retired to our rest, they were toiling at the “‘metates,” grinding corn for the morrow. It is the most laborious of occupations to work the stone roller over a smooth slab of stone all day long. I eaw tyo girls in Timax who worked twelve hours a day at the ‘‘metates,” grinding custor beans, for which they received eighteen cents per day. Our women were kept employed unusually late that night in cooking up a store of tortillas for our journey next day, for We were to go to the coast for flamingos, - OBER. — +1 — Witp Cxrmny.—aA very valuable description of the wild celery is given elsewhere. We understand that several at- tempts have been made to transplant the seed, Mr. Cross haying very kindly furnished the seed. The results of these trials will be awaited with interest, Quatn iy CoxrinemMent.—Many clubs will be interested in the report published elsewhere of the Springfield Gun Glub experience in Keeping live quail for stocking purposes. We hope that other persons who haye tried keeping quail will add what information they may. A Boor containing much information about guns is Greener’s new work on the Qun and its Development. We Can still furiish copies to those desiringthem, Price, $7.50, ONE DAY'S HUNT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, (Tho following ex(racts from a private letter written to our cor. respondent, ‘' Yo,” and by him turnished to us for publication, will be read with interest by our readers. The sceneof the buotisina locality which, though not very far distant trom the settlements, fg yet seldom penetrated by the white man, and where, a4 qill be seen, the game fs abundant and tame.) _ Borrarn's. Tyner, British Columbia, Nov. 25, 1881. li VER since your departure from Burrard’s Inlet [have felt £0 annoyed at wy failure to furnish you a day's sport with the goats that I could not settle myself down to work until I had got some sort of satisfaction. While I was con- sidering whether it was best to make the trip alone with Seammux, the door opened, and in walked a fellow in a red ehirt, his hat on the back of his head, and a Ballard rifle slung over his shoulder; and as he reached out his hand I revognized Dick G,, au old companion who had been for the last year trapping up the coast. So, with Seammux and a younger Indian, Sillicum by name, the parly was made up, and leaying the hotel at daylight one morning, we took our way up the North Arm. We went as far as a point on our left, at the foot of the big island, which, if you remem- ber, is near the head of the inlet. AL the time of your first visit up the Arm I think I pointed out to you, from the deck of the steamer, a bare peak on which a considerable bank of snow was lyine. Tt was at the foot of this peak that we landed, and dividing our blankets and grub into two packs for the Indians to carry, we commenced the ascent at half past twelve, noon, and after five and a half hours’ traveling, pitched our camp within the timber, a few hundred yards below the bare summit. The Indians advised this, lest by camping in the opening our camp fire might warn the game of our presence, The next morning by daylight we had devoured our break. fast of bacon, crackers and coffee, and leaving the timber behind, we passed up a beautiful grassy lane to the summit. We had scarcely reached this, when a dense fogencircled us in every direction, Itsyas so thick that objects two hundred yards distant were totally obscured. This was ageravating, the more 89 as appearances indicated a continuation of this state of things all day. The air was chilly, and as we bad left our coats below, we were obliged to unpack our blankets aud wrap them around us. And in this state, grumbling at our luck, we moped like delate Sellalicums (true spirits) moving in the foz. Presently the chatter of a flock of red crossbills (Curvirastra americana) came up from the tops of the pines just below us, and I looked at the old Indian, thinking this might be an indication of clear weather. But the stoical savage gave no sign, and I was about to ask Dick’s opinion on the subject, when ont of the murky darkness flitted two birds, which I identified ss Bohemian waxwings (Ampelis garrwius). This was a chance I could not let slip; so, picking up my shot-gun, I was about starting in pursuit when the old In- dian caught me by the arm, telling me if I fired a shot I would forfeit the chauce of seeing a goat that day. So I let them go; but had 1 known as much about mountain goats then as [learned a few hours later, I would have secured the birds if I had been obliged to fire a dozen shots to do it. At half-past eleven, a slight breeze sprang up, a few faint shafts of light penetrated the darkness, and then, asif by magic, the great bank of fog rolled away, the sun burst forth in all the splendor of noon, and daylight was with us. We were now énabled to determine our position, and found we were on the summit of the divide between the North Arm and Seamour Creek, 2 broken and uneyen back bone, made up of sharp ridges, deep ravines and level stretches as smooth as if graded by human hands, and everywhere, except on the very tops of the rocky ridges, was heather—‘ beautiful, Sweet scenting heather”—over which we moved as noiselessly as if treading on carpet. Wenow picked out a place for a permanent camp, leaving our grub and blankets there, and then started out on our hunt. At every step we came upon fresh signs of the game, but for a while the Indians appeared puzzled as to which way to steer; for, although the country was quite open and the eye could reach for milesin any di- rection, yet the broken state of the ground was such that goats might be within a few hundred yards of us, and still out of sight, F At length Seammux left us and started down the side of the ridge; but he had hardly got two hundred yards away when he turned and signalled us to approach. Supposing the game to be at least three or four hundred yards away, we hastily scrambled down after him, but what was our sur- prise upon reaching himand peeping over the clump of cypress, behind which he was standing, to discover four goats within thirty yards of us. There was a clear open field for ga running shot, did they attempt to escape, and feeling confident that my Winchester was good for two of them before they got beyond its range, T stood out in open view to watch their actions. But there was none of that startled look about them which we always notice with deer and animals of that kind at the approach danger. There was no throwing up the head for moment, and then a bound as if # whirlwind had undertuken to pack them out of your sight. On the contrary, these silly brutes appeared to look at us from under their eyebrows—trotted off about a dozen yards to the right, then wheeled and re- traced their steps. I felt almost ashamed to shoot, but hear- ing the lever of Dick’s Ballard falling back to its place, T opened fire, and with four shots we dropped the four within fitty feet of where we first discovered them, Just here a rather laughable incident occurred, I bad laid down my rifle and was instructing the Indians how to take the skin off, when, as Dick tool hold of one of his goats by the horns to drag it to a level place to skin, the animal sud- denly sprang to its feet and started down the hill. I turned to pick up my rifle, but before I reached it Dick bad grappled With the animal, and they both, falling on the slippery heather, rolled down the hill at least fifty feet, When they reached the bottom the life was ont of the goat, and Dick so bespattered with blood, that he looked as if he pee escaped from some of the disturbed districts in Ire- land, It was past one when we had the pelts off, and feeling somewhat hungry we decided on making our noonday meal of mountain goat. So, building a fire, we soon had choice slices of mountain kid broiling—Indian fashion—hefore it. The meal finished, I gaye my rifle to Seammux (who had come withont 4 gun) and taking my shotgun started toward the top of one of the ridges, on the Jookont for ptarmigan, while Dick and the two Indians moyed along the bottom ta a gap which cut through this same ridge, about a quarter of a Taile from the point at which | was ascending. Before reaching the top 1 turned to get a look of the country behind me, and just here I picked up a little experi- 446 FOREST AND STREAM. [January 5, 1889, ence concerning at least one mountain goat, which I wanted, when the Siwash stopped me from shooling the waxwings. On the top of a ridge which ran at right augles with the one I was on—the two being sepatated by the gap before men- tioned—I discovered a large buck goat poking along on the _ very edge: The side of this ridge appeared to we to be almost vertical, and its height about seven or eight hundred feet. About half way between it and the one I was on, the smoke of our camp ae ruHed up and drifted off in the direction of Seamour reek, But this goat didn’t care anything about camp fires, he was going to come down the side of that ridge if he broke his neck in the attempt; and so I sat down to watch him. His distance from me was not over five hundred yards, and with my glass I could watch every move he made. About thirty yards below him, growing out of the side of the cliff, was a bunch of broad leaf plants, which the Indians had told me were a favorite food of the mountain goat. This spot ap- peared to be the objective point in his operations, and care- fully be worked his way down, till he reached it, when he commenced feeding. Just then I was I startled bys Aah kak-kak just above me, and lookivg up, discovered a flock of ptarmigan not twenly yards off. There were vight of them, and I shot them all, firing seven shots, and yet that goat stood there the whole time, as unconcerned as if he was a thousand miles away. And still he must haye heard the shooting, because Dick, who was double the distance off and nearly in the same direction, heard every shot. I felt somewhat disappointed on picking up my birds and finding they were the black tail instead of Lagopus leucwrus, They were also in the last stage of summer plumage, aud scarcely fit for specimensto mount. Hanging my game on the limb of a cypress, I reached the top ofthe ridge, and found I commanded a view of the opening into which my companions had gone through the gap, and I at once began to look round for them. Pres- éntly [ discovered two dark objects beneath the shadow of a speading pine, which, with the aid of my glass, I made out to be Dick and the younger Siwash, while further on, near the foot of the opposite ridge, was Seammux, creeping along asif on the l.okout for some animal ahead. The younger Indian got up and started back toward the gap, and just then I heard a shot in the direction jf Seammux, but before I could bring my glass to bear on the spot, a dense fog rolled up the opening and enveloped the whole scene in darkness. Then came anofler shot, and another until I counted nine shots in quick succession, I became alarmed, thinking probably that my companions bad stumbled on to a cinnamon bear, aod I was on the point of starling down the ridge and through the gap to join them, when the yoice of Dick came up through the thick fog, '‘ Catch ’im alive,” and then a hearty ‘‘haw-haw-haw” from the same individual, Satisfied me that nothing very serious was wrong. So I re- sumed my seat and waited for the fog to lift. It rolled away, however, almost as suddenly as it came, and I then dise-vered Dick and Seatmmux bending oversome animal, which, with the aid of my elass, I madeout to bea goat. I turned te look for my friend on the side of the cliff. He was atill in thesame place feeding away, butanotheractor had come upon the stage. A dark object was creeping toward the white one. It was the young Siwash. Stealthily he picked his way along the side of the ridge, until he got within what appeared to me fifty yards of his prey. Then he halted, a pull of smoke shot outin frout of him, the goat sprang back- ward, in fact turned completely over, and fell, a distance of full five hundred feet, to the bottom. In achort time the young Indian joined me, bringing, with him rhe mutilated akin of the unfortunate goat. Hyer since the start there had been quite 4 jeslous feeling between the two Indians, more noticeable on the part of Seammux, because | liad engaged the young Indian as guide, and all points as to routes and the chances for game were referred tohim. I did this out of spite, simply to punish the old fellow for the way he acted during the time of your visit here. Ho, however, missed no opportunity to sneer al any proposi‘ion the young fellow made, and now it was Silli- eam’s turn, and, as he seated himself beside me, he asked if Thad heard the shooling in the yalley below us. IL replied that I had, and asked whatit was all about. With a sort of comical prin on his greasy face he answered, ** Klanass sogers” (Perhaps if was soldiers), It turned out that Seam- mux hat fired the nine shots at one goat, and the young Indian bad stood by an! Janghed at him. In the meantime Dick had brought down ano her goat, which made seveii, more than we could manave. Sol gaye the order to shoot no more, to pick up our skins and héad for camp. It. was five o'’clocs when we reached a spot about three hundred fvet above our camp, and looking down and seeing that every thing was just as we left it, ne sat down 1o rest before going down the slope. We hac scarcely seated our- selves, when Scammux, pointing across the valley in the direction of Seameuur Creek, exclaimed, ‘* Vita tewm-tum apaz” (think that’s a hear.) All eyes were turned in the direction, aud, sure enough, a dark object was discovered, which, wilh my glass, I made our to be a large, black hear, and with it, three pretty vood gs zed cubs, They werein the bottom of a ravine, he mowh of whieh entered the valley directly opposite where we were sitting, and was about three-quarters of a mile sway. ‘The hills On each side were at least fifty teet high ; ihut to the left timbered, the one on the right, with the exception of one solitary tree, bare. But that tree proyed aflerward to be in a very favorable posi- tion, for the wind coming from the left, the approach had to be made up the slope on which it stead. After all there is a good deal of murder in the shooting down of a wild animal.» Atleast so it has seemed to ine in very Taany cases of my own experience. This one I am about to relate in particular: Here is an animal enjoying the freedom of a wilderness almost unknowh to man. There is NO Cautiousness—no thought of danger—Decause there is no animal of her surroundings that she dreads. She strolls leisurely long, stopping now and then to pick up some choice root or caress a favorite cub. The sun is sinking lower and lower behind the hills, The shadows of approach- jng night are creeping higher and higher up the opposite slope. She stretches her great length on the heather covered ground, and placing her head between ber pans, qmetly watches the pliyful frolics of herthree cubs. Hark! What is that? Only a whistle; but it comes from the lips of a human being, and, as if seized with the dread of some ter- rible danger, she raises her head and, turning it in the direc- tion of the sound, the object for which that whistle was given is attiined and the next instant a bullet from a Winchester rifle crashes through her skull, ihe springs to her feet, and uttering the most piteous wail I eyer heard from the lips of human or beast, drops dead at the feet of her three cubs, who a moment after share the fate of their mother. This was murder in the _first degree. We had now been hunting just seyen hours and a half, and had bagged seven goats, four bears and eight ptarmigan, the mos} successful day’s sport I ever was engaged in, That night, as we sat round the camp, I took out my note- book, and by the light of our fire wrote down your namie as the one by which this camp should be known. ‘The Indians, who were watching me, and, Indian like, having a curiosity for everything in the shape of paper and writing, asked what Thad put down; and when I told ihem, the old fellow’s face lighted up, no doubt with kind remembrance of his trip with you up Salmon Creek, and your killing of the bear, and he replied ‘ ATosh kogua” (Very good). Joun FAnnin, DOWN WITH THE FLOOD. Noy had the season returned when the nights grow eolder and longer, And the retreating sun the sign of the Scorpion enters. Birds of passage salled through the leaden alr trom the i¢e hound, Desolate northern bays to the shores of tropical islands, Sie and I were waiting for this. It was the fall; and up to the first week in November the weather had been so mild as to offerno inducements to make the big, long-talked of trip for ducks down the Savannah River. We had eyvery- thing ready. Two large boats had been built under Sani’s special direction and skill, made strong to undergo hard nsage—one built to shoot from, the second to carry all the plunder, comprising food for ourselves and two darkies, cooking utensils, extra clothing and ammuniiion. We went in comfortable style, had plenty of time, and anticipated Sport in every sense of the word. An added pleasure was ihe possession of two new 10-bore Scotts, fresh from the ieads; we had tried these guns and found nothing lacking in pattern and penetration. We just knew that any mallard, or any individual of the duck species that would get up within two hun—one hund—vwell, call it cighty yards, wasjust so surely dead, if these guns were held right on it, Eyen our two Fifteenth Amendments appreciated those heavy 10's, and as they gazed on their soft Damascus barrels and fine proportions they grinned with delight in anticipation of future duck feasts. Alex said, ‘‘ If dem guns fails to brung what dey’s aimed at, dey’ll brung sumfin else, su.” Jae re- marked that ‘‘ We's gwan jes to scoop all de ducks in de Sawanah.” The boats must be hauled six miles before launching, and so anearly stari must bemade. At 4 a.m we were under way. —two wagon loads of plunder, boats, shooters and niggers. The town was asleep as we passed silently out and beyond, Af 8 a. M. we were eating breakfast on the banks of Horse Creek, four miles from where it empties in the Sayannah, A wood-pile was close to the bank. With the rope in my land I was hunting for a place fo tie the boat which I was to fake charge of. I stepped between that infernal wood-pile and the brink, and slightly lost my balance. Grasping an innocent and deceptive stick on top to regain my lost equilib- rium, it slid—so did I—we both slid, and In I plunged boldly, No matter how coldly. Ten feet of water, Iswam. The boat was surely pulling me down stream, I grasped aroot. Then came Sam to the rescue. I felt myself in his sirong hand, aud I was lifted clear of the water and landed high, if not dry; but I bravely hung to that rope. Tt was a most exciting run down the rapid Horse Creek. Alex had taken several nips from sa mysterious flat bottle. ‘This was upfortunate, because A'ex steered my boat. He ran the dangerous points scientifically and successlully for a while. Finally we rounded one very bad place and caine whirling down on another. He turned the boat’s prow too far to the right, and the next instant we were heading for a large tree top bending over the water some two f- et from the surface, Lstized a paddle, but too late. I had only time to dodge, Looking back I beheld a sight, Alex had stood up and caurht the limbs, thinking to arrest the speed of the boat, if not to stop it altogether. But he had culcu- lated beyond ls strength; he might as well have iried to stop 4 freight ear going ten miles an hour. He hung desper- ately to |he tree with bis arms, and kept as much of his weight in the boat as possible, The boat pressed him up against the tree and then slid from under him, the last impulse being to cause the thoroughly frizhtened darkey to turn a complete somersault over the limbs. For one awful moment he hung suspended, head down and eyes as large as trade dollars, and then, with a yell of fear, he dropped into the ice-cold waler fifteen feet deep, with a current ten miles an hour. What must bave be bis thuughts, when hung between sky and water, he himself only knows. He could not swim; death stared him in the face. The boat had struck the shore and was wedged in the bank. I was incapable of doing anything; if it had been wy last hour I must have had that laugh out. I stood up and Janghed, I Jay Hat and langhed, 1 kneeled and laughed, I hung over the mess-chest and roared. Alex camé up a sober nigger. Fortunately, his first grab was at the side of the boat and he scrambled in, I could not do anything, for I was rendered helpless by his tueful look, as he sat there soaked and shaking. We soon reached the Sxvannah, and that night made camp just below Sandbar Ferry. The riyer was low, We pitched the tent on the sand qnite near a cornfield, which was on higher ground. This was Wednesday night. As supper was announced it began to rain. Allnightit poured, It came down in bucketsfnll all day Thursday and Thursday nighi. Friday opened gloomy. It was rainy most of the time, but not that steady, discouraging downpour. That afternoon Sam shot some nice birds, the first game to the pot. About five o’clock Sam remfrked that the river was rising, but ‘‘reckoned it could notreachus.” We had deter- mined to stay in that camp until it cleared up. In the peculiar manner ducks are shot on !he Savannah, no shooting could be had until it stopped raining. It is the practice here to eit in the boat, go quietly down with the current, skirting the points on either shore that, are thickly fringed with wil- lows, and shooting as the wild fowl rise fromunder. This is fine sport, and is almost all wing shooting. Oné hardly sees the birds until they ave in the air. About 8:30 Friday night we turned in, and soon all was quiet. I woke up ounce at 12:30 o'clock, and henrd, or thought I heard, the rushing of water. J remember the bed felt mighty comfortable, and then went tosleep again, I was aroused by @ iramping of feet outside, and exclamations of amazement and almost of fright, ' Dick, Dick, get up! Kick Joe and Alex out, The river isrising. We will have to work for our property and perhaps for our lives, ‘The water is within ten feet of ua.” Up in an instant, I roused the boys, and they made a rush for {he boats, through water that came up to the waist. Hach one seized » rope, cut it from the stake and dragged the boats up until they grounded. Collecting our traps, we dumped everything promisciously into the boats. Sam brought the last cai, his gun.cagu and the frying pan. _But he forgot the pot-hooks, and it was only when the water was four feet deep over our recent camp that those venerable hooks were remembered—and those relics of bygone days rest in peace at \he bottom of the Savannah. : A mniseratile crew we were. It was two in the MOrHINe ; the rain came down and the river came up. All through fhose dreary hours we were shoving the craft toward the high pronnd of the cornfield. As the water came up, ib was a black, cold, wretched night. At dawn we struck the corn- field bank, and after some trouble got a frestarted. All was then changed. Gloomy faces and fears departed. Jue suon had breakfast under way. The aroma of coffee was wafted to our nostrils, and soon we were chetred by « hot breakfast, and then we cast off and away we sped booming down the river with the flood. It was magnificent. Alex, withstrong and steady hand, guided my bont asit rushed on. My post of observation was the top of the mess-chest. Sani’s colossal fgure loomed up ahead in the other boat. Swiftly we went on past bending willows, likely places for ducks—past forests, erand aud beautiful trees, whose tops were sixty and eighty feet in the air, stretching out their giant arms for yards; preat cypress knees, the impenetrable canebrake, and far reach- ing swamp—on, On, we rushed, with the rapid flow of the river, the water now cléar out of ils backs and the Mood spreading out into lakes where if encounlgred the low lunds. At about nine o'clock Silver Bluff was sighted and soon there- after we made a landing. We conversed a short tiie with some of the natives who had come down anticipating the little steamer from Savannah, and from what wecould glean, coupled with Sanv’s experience, found it about useless to 0 further, as what ducks there were on the river would most prohahly be away back in the woods, and consequently im- possible to get at. Dropping a half-mile further down the stream we found a splendid camp ground, with plenty of wood and water. All this lime it had been raining intermittingly, but as night closed in it looked a little like clearing. Sunday morning broke bright, with only a few clouds, and by noon old Sol came right out and stayedihere. Camp was immediately turned inside out to dry. During the day we received yisits from the gentleman on whose lund we were encamped and others of the neiglborhood, and accepted an invitation from a planter living some two and a half milés distant to join him in a quail shoot on the morrow, The next morning Mr. H. sent us mules to ride up to his honse. Arriving, we were most cordially welcomed. We started out with four negroes, three dogs, five shooters—all roule-back but the canines. Striking the field back of the house, wefound a covey at once, asd when the dogs pointed each shooter dismounted, leaving his mule with his attendant, Attherise five birds fell. We had the covey well scattered and were just in for goodsport when the rain began pouring again,” and we were forced to retreat to the house, where the rest of the day was spent with our host. The sitting-room was filled with neighbors and friends of Mr. H. and friends af Bam, most all being planters. Great logs were piled in ihe wide fire-place, and as the flames leaped up the chimney, we sat in a circle around the pleasant warmth, and stories of the field and river were in order. Every man there was a sports- man, and each had ‘the best dog in the country,” and such yarns as were told. Yeracity was pretty well adhered to until we sat down to dinner, eight of us, and each individual enlarged vpon his personal recollections and imavinalion amid roars of laughter. Some of the participants in that day’s festivities have ‘‘passcd beyond,” but their memory lingers with us still, Thursday morning we break camp, the river being at a fair stage for the shooling. Sam sitsin ihe forward ‘eat, I immediately behind, Alex at thestern with (he paddle, and Joe in command of the provision ship. On wego. The boat glides by the bending willows with scarcely a ripple. Mark! seven mallards spring from under a thick bunch of willows twenty yards in advance. J rise to cover my bird. The boom of Sam’s 10 bore awakes the echoes, followed by mine right and Jeft. Hour down. Sam’s second sprawls an old drake in the water sixty yards away. Mark! again. Six black ducks fiyingup siream. Alex’s strong arm sends the boat close to the willows. The fowl fly wilbin easy range, and as the guns are brought up they ciimb, but only three go on, Joe retrievis the fallen. We made ¢amp at4 Pp. x; and strung’on a log thirty-seven ducks, mostly mallards and teal, a few blacks making up the total. Dimmer was served at about G o'clock, the camp fire heaped up, the pipes filled, and we lay on our blankets and listened to Joe’s amusing imitations of a col-. ored preacher. The time wore on to nearly Yo’clock, Sud- denly 2 low moan is borne tous from up the river, All of us are hushed to silence. It grows louder, louder, louder. The woods echo and re-echo the sound. The steatuer from Sa- vannah iscoming. We pile on the logs and wake our camp fire blaze. We will let them know that we are here. She rounds the point above with many a light, pouring great clouds of smoke and sparks from her slacks, and sweeping swiftly aud gracefully onward is soon abreast of us. The passengers see the great fire and cheer. We yell in reply. Soon the little steameris lost to sight. Presently all sounds cease, aud we turn in for the night. Onward we go, 178 miles down the river, with good sport and fine cold weather all the way. We beach our boats at Burton’s Landing and take steamer for Augusta, The trip lasted three weeks. 1 gained seven and three quarter pounds. Sam was so frightened at what people said of his increased adipose that he would not fo uear the scales, We both felt better. The business of lite did not drag, and outside of business we had something pleasant and profitable to think of, Dior SWiveLier. Ong of Mr. Van Dyke’s most charming works is his *(Plirtation Camp,” a story of shooting in Southern California, where game is abundant and out-door life sa delight throughout the whole shooting season. There is a ithread of romancerunning through thetale, which renders it very attractive. We have a few copies left, which we can furnish af $1.50 each. Frivz has named his dog Non Sequitur, because it does uot follow.—Daetroit Free Press, ——————— Ol > — = . Jarvary 5, 1882.) FOREST AND STREAM. ‘ 447 dhatural History. SOMETHING ABOUT WOLVES. EEN camping out among the bears and wolves,” was the remark of my young friend and sports- man, Bill Sykes, who had just returned from a two weeks’ erjise in the mountain range. Ab, glad to see you avain, if you have had a tussle with the critters and come off with a whole skin and— *tfold on, there, you know as well as I that I never saw a wolf, nor more than one bear, which was chained to a post and kept walking back and forth, and came as near perpet- ual motion as anything [ ever saw. Conie, now,you old ante- dijivian, sit down and tell me something of the nature and habits of wolves, n6t those little nasty prairie wolves, them Inaveseen. But itis ot the big gray wolf that I wish to know. Now, if l had lived in the days of my great-frand- father Sykes | should—” Yes, yes, if you had lived in the days of your great- grandfather you would haye known more about wolves than youdo now. I knewold Sykes tight well when I wasa boy, Hecaught wolyes when the scalps brought $60 bounty each, and he accumulated more money than 1 ever knew any other Sykes to do since, and paid the whole amount for a jarge tract of land which in after years became very valu- able, Yet after living twenty years, as I might say, among the wolves, I was hardly able to learn the habits of the animal, They brerd but once in a year and from four tO S1X plippies Are produced ata birth. The young are born about the first of April. The whelps when six or eight weeks old have a thick coat of woolly hair of a dark brown- ish or dun color; and their looks and actions are much like dull, lazy puppies, while the full-grown wolf does not very closely resemble the dog either in appeayance or actions. [ knew an old she wolf to litter in one hollow log three years In successio#. She was robbed of her cubs about the first days of June in each year, the old wolf generally keeping out of gimshot distanel, even while being robbed of her young, ‘here are comparatively few wolves killed by gun- shots. Instinct seemsto have taught them the potency of firearms. When they are shot, ss sometimes happens, they até almost sure to escape unless broken down or struck in sole vital part. I once followed a wounded wolf for days when il seemed to me that every drop of blood had run out of him; and the second day of the chase I thought he ran all the better tor the bleeding. The wolf is rather cowardly, and would generally prefer torun from adog rather than fight. But he isa powerful figliter when he does ight. Notwithstanding some reports to ihe contrary, I believe that there never was a dog that could master a full-grown wolf. There are few dogs that will attempt to fight a wolf, and when they do they are badly cut up if not killed outright. The bite of a wolf is not like the bulldog grip, but is a succession of snaps, which avé about as quick as Jightoing. The wolf leaps back and forth over the dog, his jaws snapping like a steeltrap, and the dog is cut upas with knives in less time than it takes to write it. Wolves will occasionally run down a deer, but it is a rare thing that they hunt that way. They haye a more easy method, which is to get on the windward side of the deer while lying in his bed and creep up cat-like and pounce on him before he fairly makes the first bound, as has been frequently ascertained hy the tracks in the snow. Wolves were more often caught in steel traps than any other way ; but it requires great skill and patience to succeed in trapping them, as they are shy and wary. The wolf is not going to To into any pens ordeadfalls, nor slip hisneek into any noose or spare. 1 have seen two animals, the progeny of a cross between the dog and the wolf. They were ill-looking nondescripts, which were neither wolves nor dogs; and were the must ‘vicious, surly, ill-natured brutes I ever saw. It became necessary tO keep them chained before they were fully grown; and they proved a decided failure toward improy- ing the breed of either wolf or dog. ‘The dismal howl of the wolfis what we often see written and often Lear quoted; but Icontend that there is nothing dis- mal about ir. I would be willing to travel some distance to hear a concert gotten up by a half-dozen wolves. Not that I claim any very sweet melody for the sounds except that they would bring backto my memory pleasant reminiscences of other days. The wolf, like the Indian, is fast disappearing before the march of civilizaiion, and we may safely predict that at no very remote period they will be counted among the extinct races. ANTLER, Piney Fails, Tenn., Dec, 27. $$. = THE DIVINING ROD. cc Mourrains of SouTuern Kenruory, Dec. 10, 1881. T wis by aqnriovus coincidence that not a week before reading uy Porgsr AnD Stream of Dec, 1, in same col- uma of which 1 !ound ajlasiuns to divining rods and sup- posed relations between beechnut crops and winters—the only instances of those identical items whieh came Under my im- mediate ¢ogmzince—had heen discussed. A nizht spent with an old tnend tool meé off my accustomed route to our coloty town and past the spot where I had seen the water- Wizard’s manipulations of hisrod, This was so vividly im- plessed upou my boyish memory that after aw lapse of thirty years I lucaied the well (oow filled), though the house had been removed aid the road changed. Arrived at town L met iy Gld schoolmate and boy coufidant, now living im Central Kentucky, who, while on a visit to me in July, 1880, di rected my attention to the remarkably heavy beuch crop, and after informing me thats certain native of the mountains had a few days before tuld lim that such a crop always fure- bodes a ‘Nard winter,” added: “ Now, let’s remember and watch that.’”’ The winter of '80-8L finds uo connterpart in Severily in the memory of the oldest observer, Dr, Merriim observes that mild winters are apt lo follow ‘aie heechnut years in New York. ‘The reverse obtains iere, Tot pollst vetain an abiding faith in the approximate infalli- bility of the divining rod in Icealing the meandwrizgs of sub- Lerranesn streams, and no believer doubls that volume, cours}, deptu, conluence andl divergence can be accurately deter hed by the aid of the rod in peculianly gifted hands. Lt is averred that the Dark has heen wrenched from the di- Vining rod, in pariicularly gifted hands, when crossing the course of sublerrincsy forrer|s, and ctidden aod violent dips of the switch haye proclqjpierd underground riyers. Iam’ = —_——. —|(U — not positive as to aécuracy of memory in associating the in- troduction of water-witching with the time that spiritnalistic phenomena were so intensely absorbing a theme in our com- munity, but remember well that about the time the Foxes were sv interestingly notorious, developments of mediumis- tic gifts with the rod were scarcely a sevondary amazement. In this famonsly spring-watered country, wells and cisterns are few, and he is thought rash who essays a well without appeal to the water-wizard’s rod. Professional well-diggers wielded the wand in my boyhood, but principally amateurs cultivate the art now. A peach-tree twig, three to four feet long, and straight, used in one hand by some, forked and a prong held in each hand by others, was the popular wood when the practice was in its glory a score and a half of years ago, L suppose I was ten years of age when I visited the farmer, ‘for whom a water-wizard was at the time digging a well on contract—nho water no pay, but board whether or no. The peach-tree twig, forked and held in both bands, had located the confluence of two strong streams, at a certain depth, in the most, convenient hollow, so far below which the old gen- tleman bad tediously blasted bis way through exasperating strata of limestone that he made daily appeals to the rod in hope of new revelations, or detection of some miscalcula- tion. After showitig me the persistent but deceptive move- ments of the rod, he placed it in my hands for trial. My recollection is that I was led in his courses, and that I agreed that his interpretations of indications were in perfect accord with mine, A gentleman who has lived on an ad- joining farm for more than forty years told me that the hole was abandoned, filled, and a spring half a mile away is still the dependence of that farm house, no Owner having had the enterprise to dig a cistern. My observation has been that to- pograply is a prime motor with all operators left to their diecration—a natural fallacy, in view of the illiteracy of the average wizard. Some years ago a charlatan grayitated into our nelghbor- hood, in whose hands the divining rod performed such won- ders in the detection of coins concealed within preseribed bounds that many believed him gifted as were Pharaoh's magicians ; and he had a soft time sponging his board and a few dollars, till askeptical old fariner, in discussing his abil- ities, led him to a climax from which he could not decline a proposed wager without virtually confessing himself an im- postor. The old gentleman was to conceal a half-dollar in a field of growing corn, within agreed limite, which, by aid of the divining rod, the wizard was to flnd on first triai. He was accurately led in the old man's yery distinct foststeps till a sudden deflection of the treacherous rod—where the keen eyes of the rascal discovered a yery slight disturbance oi thesurface—led the unsuspecting to exclaim: ‘* Here itis,” But if was not there ; nor could repeated efforts locate it, so skillfully had the old man concealed the coin and ‘set his traps.” That was the last performance of that magician in that locality. A neighbor began building a new house last spring, near a point where one of our popular amateurs had located a strong, superficial stream, in the bottom, and so strong was bis faith that he sold off that portion of his farm on which was the house and surroundings and pushed the new house up much faster than he did the well down, Result: After digging much below the indicated depth and drilling four feet deeper, Without sign of anything to drink, he availed himself of a Jutky chance to sell out, and invested in a perpetual spring, of which he had some knowledge. T know of no statistics by which conclusions can be reached as to the comparative materials and modes adopted by the water-wizards, end comparisons made of successes and fail- ures, but there is a preponderance of failures in this lime- stone region. Some persevering individuals, confident of wuter at insignificant depths, in their disappointments have obstinately pushed on till artesian depths, coupled with pe- cuniary stress and insufficiency of human power to run the huisting apparatus, constrained suspension of operations, Allusions to water-witchery is all-sufficient in most such in- stances to earn a cordial “‘cussin’” or thrashing. In the more fayored part of Kentucky faith in the divining rod is extinct, and the party who decides upon « well selects a point most convenient to the cook-room, and puts a well-horer to work, though the nearest alluyiom is ten thousand feet below bis site. KENTUCKIAN. Port Royat, Tenn. Riditor Forest and Stream: In the Forgst anp Svream of Dec. 1, [ notice an article, headed ‘‘ The Divining Rod.” Evidently the writer of the article thinks the divining rod a delusion and a humbug. Rhabdomaney is no more a hunibug than the science of mathematics, and can be as clearly and satisfactorily demon- strated. JTcan show you several men down here who can convince the most skeptical that the rod is not afraud. I ean show you a mén who can not only lucate underground streams with the rod, but will manipulate the rod in such a way that it will point as unerringly and indicate the direc- tion that underground streams How as the mariner’s compass points toward the north. The divining rod is no more of a hombug than the moriner’s compass. All rivers und creeks are fed by small undergriund stre.ms, hut there are no sur- fuce indicalions of their existence. Now, 1 know a man who, with a rod, can find every underground stream that flows into a surface stream. You might set him down io California, ur any strange place, might lose him in the ‘continuous woods where rolls ihe Oregon, anu hears no sound* save its wave dashicgs,” and he would find every underground siream in the neighhorbond and trace them friém suurce to mouth. Ihave seen him do that very thing— have seen hina put to the severest test by skepties, and he neyer failed in a sinvle instance to demonstrate clearly and unmistakably that the rod is nut a fraud. Carry him lo a well, ane in an instant he will show you the direction the stream flows that sustains the well, and the side on which ib flows into the well. Carry bim within, say, a quarter of a mile of a spring that ‘“‘be knows not of,’’and with the rad he will find it, Where his rod indicates that there is water, dig and vou will find it. Isit now within a few hundred yards of two never failing wells that his unerring rod locitcd. When people want, water below the surface they send for him. He never failsto find it. My father once puta rod mao toa severe test, He claimed that with his rod he could locate deposits of precious metals as well as water. My father thought him aud his rod & fraud. He thought he would test bim. Hesaid to him, ** Please walk with me to my business house and work your rod, and see if you ean find water.” Now. the road leading to my father’s house ran parallel with a creek for some distance, and he knew of the existence of several woderzround streams that crossed the road and ran into the creek, and he wanted to see if the rod would indicate them. He found every stream and traced them to the water's edge. He could not have been guided by surface indications, for there were none; for at the time the creek was flooded, and the str/ams flowed beneath the surface. My father is now a believer in therod. Some years ago a certain journal in our State discussed the rod question quite elaborately pro and con Correspondents had itup and down. The rad men offered to bet large sums of money on the rod. The anti-rod meu would cry *‘ fraud,” humbug” and ‘' delusion,” but did not dare come fo the scratch with money, Then the editor came ouf and said the ‘cwho-e thing was a fraud and a delusion.” But, remember, the editor was a pompous, conceited individual, with A. M., Ph. D. stuck to his name, and had learned and forgotten more than the balance of mankind knows Because they do not know the whys and wherefores in regard jothe workings of the rod, many people are ready to cry ‘thumbug.” Does any one know why the needle points unerringly toward the North Pole and guides the mariner across the trackless ocean? There must be a cause, and when we see the effect must we volte it a humbng beeause we do not know the cause? Effects are more obvious than causes. Ignorant people contend that the science of astronomy is a humbug and a delusion. Can it not be easily demonstrated? It can: So can rhabdomancy. Brrpo. $$$ + = THE SNOW GOOSE AND BLUE GOOSE. PHinADELPHIA, Pa, Editor Forest and Stream } Pe T have read Mr. Dutcher’s communication to you in refer- ence to the snow goose-(d nse liyperboreus) and the blue goose (Anser caerulescens) in list number of your journal. I am quile sure an examination of adult and young specimens of both will convince one that they are an entirely different species. JI haye to-day yisited our Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, and last week the Smithsonian collection at Washington, and find the full plumaged adult bird of A. Ayperboreus is no larger than specimens of the young of the same species, yet the latter is of entirely different color, being of a dull bluish or pale lead color, while the young of A ceru/escens is much smaller, and has the bill shorter and the laminse less prominent. In color I find the latter darker and of a more selid shade than the young of A. iyperboreus—gradually, as it grows older, assuming the brown hue and attaining the white head and rusty markings of the parent bird—while the young of A. hypertoreus changes from its bluish or pale-lead colored markings as it growsolder to the lighter hue, and at last dons the snowy plumage of the full feathered fowl. Prof. Elliot Coues informs me he deems the species un- doubted!ly distinct. Prof. Baird likewise inclines to the same belief, and my friend, Mr. Spencer Trotter, writes me: “ Cerulescens is certainly a distinct species fram I7yperboreus, From specimens I have examined in the colleclion of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Seiences, the blue goose - was apparently smaller and very differently marked than the young of the snow goose.” It has struck the writer, in his examination of specimens of the Anser family of this conti- nent, that very possibly some of the yarieties which now exist and have become numerous, and bear marked pecu- liarities of plumage, maybe prolific crosses of older known species. Without venturing an cpinion, it struck me that a full plumaged blue goose would be jnst what the result of a cross between Anser allifronsand Anser hyperboreusshould be. I will take this opportunity of stating to Mr. Dutcher that the bodies of snow geese that yearly appear in Delaware Bay make their appearance in the spring, and not in autumn, although occasionally a stray bird is killed in the fall and winter, Another variety of the snow goose exists which shonld not be confounded with A. hyperboreve. It is named by Cassin Anser aibatus, and is much smalitr and more delicately outlined than the first named. They are plumaged alike in every respect, save that in the smaller yariety the rusty head markiogs are seldom ss distinct as in the larger; in fact, adult birds are often found without it. Since writing the above I would mention fhaf L met John McCullum, one of the market shooters who has posted him- self as to the habits of the snow giose, and he told me that winter before last (it was a remarkably open one, it will be remembered) the bodies of snow g+ese retuained in Delaware Bay, below Bombay Hook, uutil sping, and that they are there 2 w. Danie! Wells, a professional gunner, well and favorably Known to all Philade phians, is at Bombay Hook at this writing, in charge of Mr. Chas. Matthews' yacht, and s0 reports the news of the presence of the snow geese, McCullum is about going down the river, and could readily procure for Mr. Dutcher all the specimens desired. Using MeUuilum’s words, ‘The geese are not all of one color. Some are pure white, with red bills and feet, and black tips to their wings, sud russet colored heads; and some are of a light gray, with black bills and feet.” Doubtless there are many grades of plumage in these fl cks at Bombay Hook, ». an ¢pportunity now presents ilself for collectors who Wi- Bpecimens. A letter addressed to John MecCullum, ewe of John Krider, Second and Waluut streets, Philadel- phia, will reach him. T was not aware that the snow goose appeared on our bay excepting with spring, aqd have so writien it, but the infor- mation received to-day assures me t)e fowl is now a regular spring and autumn resident, and that in mild and open wio- fers they remain with us until breeding season, when they move lomore northern regions. The atlractivn seems to be the Immense meadows which border the lower Delaware River and Upper Bsy, in which they fed; and from the fact that they have not been molested owing to an ignvrance ré- garding their merit as # food, and a consequent slow sale for them at the poulterer’s, it is safe to supp se their numbers liaye gradually increased. It may be that among them the A. carulescens and possibly the A. aldnfrons can he found. OC. 5. Wxsroor, ZooLoGioan Sooty or PHirapstpata.—ditor HMopest and Suream: Twas under the impression that the want of identity between the blue gooe (Anger weiilencens) and the snow goose (A. Ayperthoreus) had been clearly |setiled, Dut ihe qiesiion 18 again raised in your cor- respondence column of jast week. Porhyit me ro say that in September, 1874, the Zovlogicsl S ciety procured ejylit gpecimens of the former species in duit plumage. Seven of these geese are still living, and have shown no changes that the dark coloring hes become TI cannot speak from personal observa- xcept possibly cighUy intensified. 448 Po FOREST AND STREAM. [January 5, 1882. tion, but authorities seem to agree that the young of the above species, and probably also A, allifrons resemble each other to a greater or less extent. As all ornithologists know how difficult it is to identify immature members of many closely allied species without a long series of specimens for comparison, any single statement of the supposed change from one of these forms into the other should be accepted with much caution, particularly when it can be shown that 4, considerable number of individuals, at least seven years old, haye mvt gone through the trausition—Arracr. Erwoy Brown. Tar Sparrow Pest.—South Norwalk, Dec. 23, 1881,— Your article on the sparrow curse in Australia should be - read by every farmer and fruit grower in America. It can- not fail to open the eyes of the most skeptical to the destruct- iveness of this importation from old England. As you have already given much yaluable space to this subject, I will make my remarks us brief as possible. I haye three large bird houses on my place, each house containing seventy or seventy-five compartments, making 225 nesting places. They were formerly occupied by bluebirds and other birds. The sparrows have driven all these entirely off my place. For six months in the year every compartment in these houses is occupied by them in breeding, and the backs of nearly all signs over the stores in the town are used by them for that purpose, causing much annoyance to the owners. To say that the sparrows are yery prolific is simply drawing it mild. Within a few years they have increased to an alarm- ing extent, and if not checked will become more numerous than the Jeaves on the trees. A general war of extermina-— tion should be waged on them by every one. The past two years they haye destroyed every grape on my arbor, picking each berry on a bunch as fast asit ripened. I havea friend whose peach buds were all destroyed by them, they not leaying one on a tree. They commence nesting in the houses a8 Carly as February, and I shall sheot them off as fast as they goto them. In the fall and at this season of the ‘year they collect in large flocks and offer good opportunities to make ‘‘ pot shots.” Your humble servant has made some heavy ones by scattering cracked corn and oats near the thick shrubbery, where they come to roost at sundown in large flocks. I have an 8-bore gun, and with 2 oz. No. 10 shot, backed by six drachms of powder, one barrel directed on them while feeding, the other just on the hop, this arm will do more to exterminate them than anything else I know of. They are very cunning, and after one or two pot shots of this kind will not alight on the ground to feed within a long distance of where the shots have been made. Poisoned grain and water will not work to any great extent, as they soon take the hint. Shooting them, brealting up their nests, and offering a bounty for their scalps and eggs will be the only way to get the upper hand of this most de- structive of birds.—F. B. Toe Wuire-ntaprp HaGur As A FigsueRMAN—Sioux Oily, Ia., Dec. 19, 1881.—Haitor Forest and Stream: To corroborate your reply to ‘‘ Jack’ in your paper of the 15{h, with reference to the fishing propensities of the bald exgle, I have to advise that during the past fall, when on a bunting and bird observing tour on Lake of the Woods, B. A., my companion, Mr. George Mitchell, informed me that many times he had watched the eagle of that section catch fish. Oftentimes the fish would be so large —his estimate of six to eight pounds—as to be almost too heavy for the eagle to carry off. In 1874 on the Muskig, a tributary to the Lake of the Woods, Mr. Mitchell killed a very large eagle whose head was just turning gray, and which was shot while in the act of killing a fish it had just caught, my informant having witnessed the catching. Mr. M. bas, for a number of years, been a resident of this lake country, and who lives at Rat Portage, on the north end of the lake, and he is well acquainted with the habits of the osprey and other birds! of that section, and having confidence in his statements, and from the description given me, I am convinced that the fishers this gentleman has so many times noticed are none other than our ‘ Birdof Washington,” emblem of the Nation—wtelus leucocephalus.—D. H, Tarsor. Game Bag and Gun. THE CARE OF LIVE QUAIL. Sprincrieip, Mass., December, 1881, Editor Forest and Stream: I have lately received from gentlemen in different locali- ties many letters making inquiries about quail; and though T would be glad to answer each one in detail, it would take more time than | have tospare; and the fact that Ihave been for over a year under treatment for my eyes, and am alill under strict orders from physicians to use them ‘little ag possible, and for only necessary work,” compels me to ask, through courtesy of Yorrst aNb SrrEAM, the privilege of suswering some of the many questions, and giving such in- formation as alittle experience bas taught me, and she is said to be a wise teacher. A correspondent asks: ‘* Will they breed in confinement ?” TI have never tried the experiment, and do not think it would succeed with birds taken wild. Birds hatched under chickens are said to be exsily tamed, and I Jearn upon good authority {hat a farmer, only a few miles from here, now has quite a brood that live and feed with his chickens and are equally tame. Lamtold that hismowing machine killed the old bird last summer. He canght the young, took them home and put them with his chickens. J shall drive out, my first op- portunity, and learn the truth of it; think it will prove that he took the eggs and batched them under a domestic fowl, as (he youn, eyen when very young, ate hard to catch. Ti; seems reasonable to believe that these birds will mate in the season. + “Do they become tame ef er keeping awhile?” No; not by any method of bundling 1 have eyer practiced. On the contrary, those that we liberated Jast April had been kept, most of them, through the winter, and though fed and watered every day, grew more wild the longer kept, Same is the case so far this year. “Can J keep them in a baron?” Should advise not, for inlees their wings sre trimmed they will soon batter their brains out. Better nou iv mutilate them in any way ; but if ap, pull out the flying feathers from one wing. It may have to be done move than once in & season, ak they coon grow out, If Whey are cut they will not grow vunlil after the multing scuson ; and if (be birds are liberated in this con, difiog {hey will sodn be prey for the ehunk (their woret enemy) as they must walk to their resting place for the night and Jesyve a trail easily followed, instead of making a flight to it, asis their custom. I speak of skunks as their worst enemy. These yermin are constantly running about, night and day, and if they cannot take the old bird on her nest, they will suck the eggs. Hawks are also very destructive in winter. I haye seen, when fox hunting, one or two bawks in the neighborhood of a nice bevy of quail, which would dwindle day by day until only a few feathers were left to tell the story. The birds are a shining mark on the snow while roads) and getling terrified, become an easy prey for the awk, “How much do they cost?” This must be guessed at, as it Gannot well be estimated. Shippers usually charge $2 per dozen, Not more than half will live, which makes the cost $4. Add, perhaps, $1 transportation charges, and you have something near first cost. The best success we ever had was to save forty out of a shipment of fifty birds. Of the last. lot received forty-five were sent; sixteen were dead when received, and at the end of four days only nine were alive. None die after the first week; they then grow fat and strong. Why this mortality at first I cannot explain, The cages indicate rather rough handling by transportation companies. Possibly a little water put in for them to drink during the four or five days’ journey would help them, but perhaps il is too much to ask, as the companies are only paid for carrying. The fact is that the cage this last lot of birds came in was the same one sent us from Messina with 200 birds in. They were over two months on the way, and not one in the whole lot died, or was in any way disabled. It looks as if the native birds were very weak or the express- men very strong. One correspondent says he would prefer not to buy the birds before March or April, even if they cost more, as he has no suitable place to keep them. Last year we could not get any after February, as the season was such they could not be taken. One must recollect that the spring is earlier in Tennessee than in Massachusetts. A few hours’ work will make cages to keep them in, and the barn, if no cats or rats are around, is as good as any place to keep them, The boxes I have used are about five feet square, and seyeu inches deep, with holes bored in side and ends, and covered with lath, leaying spaces of about an inch, with feed trough at one end extending whole length. These boxes will keep fifty birds each comfortably. Give them fresh water every day and feed mixed seeds, rye, oats, wheat, buckwheat, cracked corn, etc. Putin clean sand oceasionally, and hay- seed ; sweepings from barn floor are excellent for them, Be careful when making box that it does not exceed seven inches in depth, for it is in flying up that they do themselves the preatest injury, and they are liable to be panic stricken any hour of the night. What causes the alarm I do not know, but have frequently, on hearing the commotion, gone into the room and turned on the gas, when all would quiet down, but dirt and feathers would be found flying from every cage, and a good many sore heads in the morning. A correspondent from a hill town of Hampshire county, this State, asksif they would probably cat seeds from the weeds and support themselves. They probably would, un- Jess something else was provided, but only until they could find some locality furnishing grain stubble. They are great travelers, and will go until they find feeding grounds to suit. The thing for him to do is to sow broadcast on ground, not cultivated, grain of different kinds. Enough will come up. Do not cut it. See that it is sown near running water and good birch or alder cover. When liberating the birds see that they are well dis- tributed. Don’t put many in a place; two pairs is beiter than more. Wehave attained best resulis in this way, and put them sbout a mile apart. We. M. Wirtiams. Manigrra, Ohio, Dec. 26, 1881. Editor Forest and Stream : In your issue of Dee, 22, your correspondent ‘* Verde Monte” asksif it is difficult to keep quails in confinement. Tam a lover of birds and have had some experience in just this thing. Two years ago I bought ten quails and put them in a cage which I had miade for them, 24 feet long, 7 feet high and 6 feet wide. A small part of it was tight or inclosed—the front and open part shut in simply withlaths7 feet long and linch apart. The quail were very wild and would fly from end to end in a full rush against thelaths; but they soon learned that it bruised and hurt them, and in a few days quit it. I kept them all the winter and until midsummer, when I opened the door and let them out. They became in a measure tame or at least quiet and I en-, joyed very much their answer to my call of ‘‘ Bob While.” When! came home at noon I would rap upon the window- sill looking out upon their cage ; they would jump upon the perches and answer me back as I soitly whistled their beau- tifulnotes—and yery beautiful creatures they were. I fed them screenings, corn, wheat, and kept a cake of cracklings or residue from the lard ket!le all the time in the cage. Jremember with what avidity they ate the seventeen- year locusts we gathered for them during the summer. A box filled with straw or some covert place is necessary for them to hide and restin, I have had a new cage, half tight and half open anda very much better one made this fall, in which I have at present twelve beautiful quails, and Texpect in a few duys twelve more. I have also 4 wire cage (woven wire) about 10 feet square and 13 feet high in which | have kept ten red birds for several months. Dur- iny the fall I sent fo Shelbyville, Tenn., for live quail, and the birds came allright. Ihope soon to pet more from the Indian Territory and nlao from Texas, and am also expect- ing four or five prairie hens from Kansas, Ba: ees a A Game Onristmas Tree.—Butfalo Farm, Forest County, Pa,, Dec. 24.—A wide spreading apple tree in front of the old farm house. Suspended from ile limbs are eight deer— four fawns, one yearling spike, one three-prong and a four- prong buck, and one large doe; five large white hare, or rab- bit, as they are called here; numerous black and gray sqyuir- relg and ruffed grovse; also the skin of a porcupine. ‘This fully describes our Christmas tree, I will say to the many readers of your valuable paper that we cooked and eat the porcupine, and found the meat nicely flavored, and 1 think wholesome. J have never known of the ‘'porky,” as we call it, belong used as an article of food, and would like to know if olbers have tried it. Deer are quite numerous and very fat. IWawns all very small, the cause being the very dry summer. ‘There have been about sixty deer killed within a radius of fen miles, by different purties, all still hunters. 1 have heacd of no dogs us yet, and think it would not be healthy for any in this section. Our party, of thee, use Sharp's, Winchester and auxiliary rytles—LAavgnywG OWL, UNDER THE SHADOW OF WHITE TOP. UnbDER THE GREENWOOD TREE, ) Washington County, Va., Dec. 24. 5 gue our open season for gameis drawing rapidly to its end, along with the closing year, perhaps a few notes from this remote corner, overshadowed by the niighty White Top, king of all the Virginia mountains, may not be unwelcome to the Forrsr anp Stream, In most localities west of the Blue Ridge quails have been less numerous than usual, no doubt chiefly owing to the cruel cold of last winter, a3 the past hatching season was excep- tionally favourable. Here and there, however, in well sheltered yalleys it has been possible to make a good bag. A few days ago, four gentlemen of this neighborhood, all square and honest shooters, bagged fifty-one quail and five hares before 12 o'clock, when the weather grew so stormy as to drive them from the field, and all four confessed to having shot badly, and to having done great injustice to their oppor- tunities. Ruffed grouse (called here pheasants) are very abundant, but it is no child’s play to beat the ground where they ‘‘do mostly congregate.” He is lucky or skillful indeed who brings back half a dozen from a day's tramp. Ducks are unusually scarce on the mill ponds and on the various branches of the Holston River, perhaps because, so far, we have had no winter. One swan ‘‘rarissima avis im ita terris,” a straggler from some passing battalion, lost,no doubt, und perplexed in the extreme, has been shot on a neighbor- ing mill pond, the ‘‘first seen here for many years.” There are a few wild pigeons, and the woods are fairly alive with vray squirrels, that time-honored delight of the ancient countryman with agun taller than himself, or a mountain rifle carrying a bullet of a hundred and forty to the pound. wild turkeys and bears are scarce, but are to be had by the persevering. ‘Two bears were killed ten daysago on theslopes of old White Top. The Jast deer hunt of the local club would have been most enjoyable, eyen wilhput the trophies which marked its suc- cess. Those who only see the mountains in the glow of summer know Jess than nothing of what their beality is; and on this occasion, landscape, weather, noble dogs, the presence of charming aud gracious ladies, all combined to make a per- fect scene, long, long to be remembered. The meet wason a height, crowned with grand old oaks and overlooking the loyely valley of the Holston. Our leader * Blew an inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's Gall Wo Maun and Dryad known, The oak-crowned sisters and thelr chaste-eyed queen, Satyrs and sylvan boys were seen Peeping forth from thelr alleys green” and away, away flew the hunt, the ‘notes of the mellow horn by distance made more sweet" mingling with the ringing echoes of hoof and hound. Twas enough to quicken a graven image into life. ‘Ihe trophies of the day were two bucks, one to the gun of W,, the other to that of R., both of them orack shofs and good sportsmen; and if any of the readers of Forges AND SvreAm think it nothing to knock over a deer from the saddle at 50 to 80 yards, while both huuter and hunted are going at racing speed, and every muscle is quivering with the excitement of the chase, why, all I have to say is ‘“‘ Let them try it.” But I might suy of such sport as good old Walton said of something else, ‘(This is too good save for very honest men.” Later I will send you notes of our late sojourn on one of the great sora marshes of the coast, with its mixture of all sorts of sport. Dgxpicr. i STATE PIGEON TOURNAMENTS, BY GLOAN. pee indorsements you baye already received of your views in condemnation of wholesale pigeon shooting have been so numerous and slrong that probably any other is superfluous, but yet I would like to add my concurrence, which has been unavoidably delayed. T never could understand how such a practice came to be tolerated at the meetings of sportsmen's conventions. I never could understand how any competition for gain, bring- ing wilh it the usual concomitants of gambling for money, could be considered a branch of sportsmanship or an ad- junet of field sports, It has been a task arduous enough, in all conscience, to educate the American public up to the poiut they have now reached as to sportsmen and game preservation. And eyen yet, outside of a few large cities, I fear that by the majority of the people, the name sportsman is held to mean a eport- ing man—?, ¢., a gambler, and that having gone that lar in nomenclature, they generally go a little farther, and associ- ate the name with criminal practices. It has been the effort of your puper and of your co-labor- ers to remove this prejudice and ignorance, and to endeavor to inculcate 4 knowledge of the benefits to be gained tothe individual from out-door life, and the good to be derived by the masses by the supply of cheap and nourishing food. But how fataliy are these effurts counteracted by the an- nual meetings of some of the clubs. There are gathered to- gether ostensibly the very pick and flower of sportsmen, presumably the best representatives of the game and fish preserving sentiment, and the highest attraction offered in the contest at the traps, with either money or money's worth at stake, to be contended for with all the eagerness of gladiators, Heart-burnings, jealousies and disappointments aré not, in some instances, the only resulfs of this strife. Charges of foul play have been too frequently made, and, if not proved, have nevertheless been believed and constantly reiterated, This ia not the way to promote high sportsmanship in this country. We may talk as we please of the open air, the beautiful sky, the green fields and the sparkling brooks, which bring bloom to the cheek and vigor to the frame, but these will be of no avail if it is supposed that to be a sports- man is to rin a risk of a perversion of the moral Lone, wore may be than physical disease. We should draw the line here as if drawn is in England. ‘There they have no such difficulties as we have as to game pre- servation. Consequently there do not exist at all any agso- cighions similar to ours, formed forsuch purposes. There is noneedof them. ‘Thera are many gun Clubs existing, however, of high and low degree, all deyoted to pr ze pigeon shooting, and men of title and men known to be tine field shots and keen sportsmen belong to them. And it is distinctly understood and accepted, that when they go to the gun Glubs to shoot, they go there, not aa sporlamen or As gamt preservers, but solely and simply to Win money by their skill with the gun, precisely as they would go toa card club to Win money by their skill with cards, and they are estimated accordingly. 7 - January 5, 1882.] FOREST AND STREAM, 449 Tt must not be supposed, either, because some of them haye titles, that their respectability or that of the club, is thereby enhanced. On the contrary, it is well known that there are many who are professional ‘‘gun-sharps,” and derive their income solely from that source. Tam fnlly aware of all the supposed advantages claimed by the advocates of the traps on such occasions. I have heard them for years; and Iam sadly aware of the fact that because of the abolition of such contests, one State associa: tion, at Jeast, is practically disbanded. And [would like it to be known unmistakably that my opposition does not arise from any canting, hide-bound, mock sentimentality, or narrow puritanism. Not at all, It avises only because I consider that prize-shooting is no part of the great purpose of game preservation, and game and fish preeervation should be the only purpose of the as- socijations which profess to be organized in that interest. ~ Let those who want to shoot in public upon any incentive whatever, whether of money, ambilion or repntation, organ- izé their clubs and do so. But let it be done go that the gen- eral public may understand it, and then each class can stand before the publie upon its own merits. — WINTER QUAIL GROUNDS. Greensboro, N. C., Dec. 26, 188i, Haitor Forest and Stream: 1 see in the last issue of the Forust anp Svewam an in- guiry as to the looation of good quail shooting grounds in the South. (would say tomy Northern friends that they can find excellent shooting here. TI haye been at the MeAdoo House three weeks, part of the time ona camp hunt, and I haye had no treuble in finding all the quail I could shoot at. Mr. McAdoo has all kind of camping outfits, for which he makes no charge other than his regular board rates, and with cach party le sends an excellent cook and waiter. Ourcook, ** Josh,” is the finest cook I ever saw. He gave us a bill of fare in the camp that few first class hotels can equal. The climate is pleasant and delightful for huntiog all winter. The game law here allows shooting until April1, There are plenty of snipe, woodcock, hares, squirrels, etc., but quail areqiostly hunted. Some of the most prominent sportsmen in the country have been here this season and express them- selves as having had a ‘' goed time.” There are three North- ern parties of us now camping out, and we are very much pleased, Tell your friends who want to find good shooting, lo come ahead, and they will be sure to find it. I suppose Mr. McAdoo, the proprietor of the McAdoo House, would take pleasure in giving any information, 4. J. Boyos. ce ee NY gee WILD CELERY. Tape Grass—Valisneria Spiralis, New Yorr, Dee. 30, 1881. Editor Forest and Stream: Over a year ago you put me in the way of finding out all about wild rice from Mr. Charles Gilchrist, Port Hope, Canada, and the result is the sowing of ten bushels Jast fall, ‘where it will do the most good”—for the Bisby Club. Under an attack of wild celery on the brain, I applied to you, a few days ago, for light on that subject; and herewith is the very gratifying result in an exhaustive paper from Mr. D. W. Cross, of Cleveland, which you will be glad to pub- lish. HH. H. Tompson, Mr, Cross writes to Mr, Thompson as follows : Mr. Robt. ©. Morris, of Springfield, Mass., to whom I pent seeds and roots, Oct. 6, 1881, sent mean extract from Prof. H, D. Butler’s history of the wild celery, as follows: “Tape Grass, which may be had in the Mudson River, es- pecially near Newburgh, or on the Delaware and Raritan Canal, where it becomes seriously abundant occasionally, about Primceton, N. J, [Add: In the Chesapeake, Dela- ware and Sandusky bays; io several of the interior lakes of Wisconsio, sod in portions of Lake St. Clain.] The Vatis- nerie spiralis came originally from Italy, and is named after Valisner, an Italian ualuralist, who wrote on insects and plants in the last century. As the male and female flowers of the plant grow from different ropts, care must be taken to secure both for propagation. ‘They may be dis- tinguished without difficulty. Thefemale flowers are found on long, spiral foot-stalks, the male ones on straight, short flower-stalks. The female flower ascends by the assist- ance of a coil, and floats on the surface of the water. The jmale flowers, when matured, gallantly detach themselves from the plant stalk and follow their feminine relatives to the surface. Here they expand, float among their favorites, aod impart to them the pollen with which they are laden. The female plant then descends to the bottom, and the pro- eéss of reproduction voes on agreeably to the order of nature. The wild celery is also propagated by offshoots. A Jateral shoot (a rhizoma) branches from the mother plant and pushes forward until if discovers some siitable spot im which it may strike root. Were it fixes itself at once, and in its {urn assumes ull {he characteristics of the parent plant, and devotes itself to the same functional performunces.” While the above is undoubtedly substantially correct in a scientific and botanical sense, yet, by careful observation of the growing plant, | have been unable to discover the ‘‘straight short flower-stalk” of the male plant. FLOWERS, SEED-PODS, ROOTS AND BULES. What I bave observed is this: There are a great, many of tlie plants that bear no seed. In fact, in deep water there may be found acres of such, while in water from three to five feet deep, larse patches are found, nearly all bearing seed- pods. Why thisisso Icannot tell. Tt may be that they are 4] male plants, but as {haf would appear unreasonable, I conclude that it is owing to the depth of the water affecting its temperature and the influence which the sun would have in deep water, while in shoaler water it would aid in warming and maturing the spiral flower stem, the flower and the seed. The growth of the narrow green blades, three or four from each nuot, is very rapid They reach the surface early in August, where the water is from six to eight feet deep. The spiral flower stems, cizht to twelve feet long when the numerous coils are stretched out, also come to the surface in Ausust, bearing a liltle threeleafed flower, not bigger than a field-pea. Behind the flower the spiral stem (which, at the roots, is not as large as a common knilting-needle, and grows slightly larger np fo the end) enlarges into a seed-pod, which grows to the length of from three to five inches, and to about the diameter of a clay-pipe-stem. This seed-pod, if undisturbed, floats on the surface until the seeds are fully ripe, when it sinks to the hottom, wad asthe stem is yery briltle is easily detached, This seed-pod is also very brittle, and is easily broken into fragments—a wise provision of nature, as each pod contains numerous little black seeds. The seeds are surrounded with a tenacious pulp, transparent and glutinous, extending the whole length of the pad; and by averaging ten pods, it was found that each pod contained about 412 seeds. The roots are similar to those of common lawn grass. On the upper sides of the roots the spiral stem shoofs up, and beneath the roots a lateral stem (a rhizoma) shonis out— similar 0 that from the roots of a potatoe—on the end of Which grows a bulb about the size and shape of a small top- onion. This bulb is the principal food of the canvas-back duck. If undisturbed, no doubt » new plant is produced from it. ' To find and secure these bulbs in water from three to eight feet deep appears to he easy enough for the ducks; but so ex- ceedingly brittleare the stems connecting them with the roots that I have found it very difficult to gather them in quanti- ties sufficient for planting. Whether the roots themselves die out every year of are perennial I am not now prepared to say, but I have experiments in progress, which I trust will enable me to determine the fact next fall. WHEN TO GATHER AND HOW TO PLAN, The canyas-back ducks and the innumerable mud-hens begin to dive for the bulbs and to pull up the roots of the wild celery about the 10th or 15th of October, in Sandusky Bay, Ohio, but generally the bulbs are not all then fully matured. They grow on until the heavy frosts come. The seed-pods generally complete their growth about the Ist of October, and continue to float on the surface, or near it, until fully ripe, and until severe cold frosts set in. Then they sink te the bottom, and to gather them then is a very difficult task. It is almost necessary then to gather the seed- pods during the month of October, and generally in the early part of that month. If the proper means could be con- trived I have no doubt that both seed-pods and bulbs could be gathered from the boltom at any time before ice comes, if the water could be found clear enough to see the bottom. With us at our elub grounds (bays) the water is seldom clear after the fall storms set in and the tops of the celery have fallen fo the bottom. As long as the tops stand up there is little or no sea in our bays, and the water does not get roiled. To plant the seeds, the pods, I think, should be broken into small sections and planted where the water is never less than six inches nor more than eight feet deep. It is be- lieved (it is so in our bay) that generally it thrives and goes to seed the best when the water is pretty still and about 84 to 44 feet deep. It does not matter much how hard the bottom may be, whether of ¢lay, gravel or solid rock, provided there be, un- disturbed by currents or waves, a deposit of mud from two inches to two feet deep. I do not think the plant will thrive in sand. It may do so, but, as yet, I have never seen it. The common mud of the marshes, mostly formed from decayed vegetable matter deposited on hard clay deep enough for the plant to take root, and in water so still that the deposit of mud will not be removed, is probably the best place to plant. the wild celery. ITthink warm water is best, and should the lakes or ponds or marshes selected for ihe experiment be very deep and cold, or supplied from cold brooks and springs, it might be found best to look for some shallow bayous where the wild rice and the lily-pods will grow, and where the warm suo will have the most influence on the water, away from shade trees and cold springs. If there be any set and swift currents or swift tides aviid them if possible. If ecur- rents are moderale plant up stream. The current will then help you scatter and extend your growth. The wild celery is exceedingly prolific and will crowd out nearly all other water vegetation, although its leaves are brittle and tender and the roots easily pulled up. It is difficult for me to give the best mode of planting the seeds, roots or bulbs, whend have no experience myself in the business. But I would suggest that several ways be tried, and aniong them the following: Drop some of the seed-pods in the water and Jet thein sink and bury themselves in the mud, as nearly as they wonld naturally be deposited as possible. Be sure that they sink to the muddy bottom. Break the seed pods up into small sections and scatter them broadcast over the grounds selected. I think they will sink. Bnt what I think is the surest and best way to plant both seeds and roots is as follows: Prepare a tin tube a foot longer than the depth of the water; prepare a plunger a foot longer than the tube. Make the tube 1} to 2 inches in diameter. Place the seeds, or bulbs, or roots in one end of the tube; run the plunger down close to them; plunge the tube in the water, and the pressure will hold the seeds against the plunger until the tube reaches the bottom. Then gently press the seeds into the mud with the plunger, and your plant is safely deposited just where you want it. -A little mud or clay mizht be put into the month of the tube to pre- vent the seed from falling out before reaching the bottom, if thought best. If I have omitted anything material please call my affen- tion to it and I will freely impart all 1 know. If you will come to our club house in October next, or ad- yisé me to whom and where to ship them, | will endeayor to see that you have such a supply as will enable you to try the experiment of raising wild celery in the ‘' North-Woods.” D, W. Gross. ++—_+__—_ Srares Isusnp.—The Richmond County (Staten Island) Game and Fish Assocjation held its annual meeting lust Monday. ‘The following officers were elected: Francis Endicott, President; Thomas FE Gill, First Vice President + Jd. H. Vanderbilt, Jr., Second Vice President; Robert W. Hopkins, Secretary and Treasurer. Directors: Southfield, dames H. Clark; Northfield, Thomas J. Conroy; Middle. town, Harry C. Jones; Castleton, Jeremiah E. Sullivan; Westfield, George It. Weir. The association received one huadred Jive quail Monday from Tennessee, which are to be turned loose on the Island for breeding purposes, This is the first installment of fiye hundred birds ordered. The Supervisors of Richmond county haye passed a law pro- hibiting the killing of rabbits after January 1. Virersia Suootinc,—Mr. BE. L. Mills, of the Treasury Departinent, Washington, D. O., who has jast returned from an extended shooting trip through Virginia and North Caro- lina, reports game, especially partridges, very scarce in Virginia where they seem to haye been nearly exterminated by the extreme cold and deep snows of last winter, In North Carolina, along the coast, they are very numerous, Inseven days Mr, Mills bagzed three hundred and four parteidges, an average of forty-three per day, and in cme day’s shooting st Church's Island, Currituck Sound, he bagged fifty pairs of canvas-back and Yed-head duck,—Homu, LOADING FOR GAME. Ex Paso, II. Haditer Forest and Stream : In your issue of December 15 I notice you invite dis- cussion upon the subject of loading for different kinds of game. I think ‘‘ Birdo”’ does not put in enough shot for squirrels. I use two and a half drachms powder, and one and one half ounce of No. 4 shot with the best results. It does not take so much powder to throw coarse shot as it does to throw fine. This is a score [ made down in ‘* Egypt” last Octobar—1) D0 et 0 ft 04a te Seb OT 0pis at 1. Iconid not hit the grouse to any greatextent. Perhaps I did not load right (three drachms of powder, one and one qnarler ounce of No. 7 shot). 1fso, will some one set mer aright? In shooting ducks and geese I sometimes use this method when the birds fly high—four and one-half drachms of powder, one and one-quarter ounce shot, No. 2. Put the shot in the shells, then pour a small teaspoonful of melted tallow over each load of shot; shake gently, in order to make it penetrate the shot thoroughly; let cool before putting wad over shot. Ihaye loaded in this way for some time when shooting large game. I do not think it is generally known. Tt does not wear a gun as wire cartridges do, and gives as good a pattern at the target. The gun I useis a No. 12, and you would not know whether it had been shot by the inside. I took the breech-pins ont of an old favorite double-barrel muzzle-loader of mine recently, and after I had wiped it out it was as bright almost asnew. There were no freckles in the barrels at all, and the breech was only slightly burned. How do you explain this, *‘ Wanderer?” More anon. No. 12-Borr. Hditor Forest and Stream: , As this is a question involving a long series of trials and, indeed, thoughtful consideration, it is with reluctance that I give my own views and experience. Nor would I now do 0, were it not that you had invited an expression of opinion from your correspondents on a novel subject. Novel, be- cause I venture the assertion that not one in a hundred men who use the breech-loader, full choked, dreams of its possi- bilities when loaded exactly right. : The muzzle-loader, with its smooth cylinder, certainly offers a tube for the transmission of shot, which, at first sight, fills all the requirements of the most exacting sportsman. But given a bréeech-loading gun, the conditions of the prob- lem are entirely reversed. The loss of gas, and, indeed, the general loss of power made the first breech-loading shot guns detestable in the eyes of every lover of the gun. They scat- tered abominably, and, worse than all, there was a want of range, which term I shall use as synonymous with the word pevetration, Fora long time the croakers and sheerers had everything their own way; and as an ‘‘open confession is gond for the soul,” let this writer acknowledge that, while he looked at his costly gun with rucful glances, he had to sing very low when a Westly Richards or a Manton took the field against him. ‘‘ Punkin slinger,” ‘‘scatter pun,” ‘old rattle box”—such were the unsavory, not to say unkind epi- thets that were showered upon my unfortunate first breech- loader. Mais nous avons change tout cela. By a modification of the bore, the breech-loader no longer scatters; it no longer hits a duck at fifty yards, which, stunned for a moment, de- liberately gets up and flies away through the ether blue, quacking his triumph over all new fangled notions, breech- loaders especially. No; the trouble is now that the game is mauled, If I shoot.a quail with No. 7's by mistake at 25 yards, it is not eatable—every bone in the; body broken, and the feathers driven through and through. Eyen with No. 10's I often allow them to get at least 40 yards before firing. I have mutilated quail in swamp shooting, which is entirely snap shooting, with No, 10 shot, so that I had to throw them away. A muzzle-loader is far better in swamp shooting, for your game is then fit to eat. . When I got my first breech loader, printed instructions for loading accompanied the gun. ‘From 2% drams to 4 drams of powder and one ounce shot, No. 8.” I laugh as [recall my first trials with my gun. I know that my garden fence, if yet standing, has had a pound of shot in each plank. I shot ducks, quails, rabbits, snipe, and, on two occasions, turkéys with that load. That most of them flew off unharmed, if I except an occasional feather, or a bunch of fur, can well be believed. Yet, 1 bauged away perseyeringly, and though failing to make large bags, I was, on the whole, well satisfied. In the meantime, an inventive American genius, Roper, I believe, conceived the brilliant idea of choke-boring guns. Now, fhe powder could be in- creased to make up for the loss in power, and the hard hit- ing, close shooting American gun soon cameinto general use. Well, all this is preliminary. ‘' How do you load for game?” The following table is the result of years or careful practice and observation : t For quail, snipe, rabbits or woodcack—#4 drams coarse powder, 14 oz. No. 10 shot in first barrel; same load, No. 7, in second, For ducks, squirrels. or pigeons—4 drams coarse powder, 44 oz. No. 6 shot in first barrel; same load, No. 4, in sec- ond. it the same pame rises wild use No. 81m first, barrel and 6’s in second. Remember that chilled shot, in all cases, will kill cleaver and give a much closer pattern and much greater range. Use a No. 11 wad on powder (pink ede) i! the gun ig 12 fauge. Ifa10 bore usea No.) wad. This will give a much better penetration than if you use two wads of same size as the bore of your gun on powder. Uses mallet and give the wad on powder two or three bard blows. See [hat the wadsare sent home square and straight, for remember that a poor gin will shoot better than a good one if che Jatter is badly loaded. Try your gun with these loads, and it your second barrel will put from 150 to 200 No. 7’sin a (hree-foot circle at 40 yards you have a choice field gun. Pay no attention tothe wonderful targets of 275 to 31), for such guns ure practically worthless to you for game shooting, You are not glass ball hunting; you are shooting swift flying birds, and you nced a gun that will disclose some amiability in shopting, not exacting a ceutral aim throngh bushes, briers or trees. ‘The great tronble with most sportsmen is 9 disire to usé to0 much shot. Fora long time I used 1 o2- shot. Itis plenty. Certainly the penetration is better, but for snep shooting of all kinds 14 oz. is far hetter, as wivilg a creater spread. Ano: her worse thing is using shot that are too large. Any good gun will fill a three foot circle at from 25 to 50 yards fullof No. 10 shot. Ifj;ou cannot aim true enjugh to cover that space, certainly the addition of 4 oz. of shot of a coarser kind will not énable you to kill your gaine, And, if your gun will not kill clean with No. 10’ at a dis- tance nader (i) yards, wrileto me and I will give you my 459 FOREST AND STREAM. (January §, 1889. gun maker's name, und he will make you a gun that will do if every time, guaranteed, Above all, be sure that your powder is good; not necessarily expensive. In concluding this brief paper I should state that the charges named above are for guns weighing from 74 to 84 pounds. But Iam sure that J have given the maximum of shot for any gun that a gentleman ought to use. Pot hunters nave their peculiar guns and they load them to suit them- selves. But I have found several very surprising things in my ex- periments, ‘‘things which,’ as Lord Dundyeary says, ‘fare past a fellow’s finding out,” With 3 drams of powder and 1 oz. of shot I obtained nearly or quite as good penetration at a target asI did from 33 drams of powder and 14 oz, shot. But whenI tried the same loads on game there was no comparison. Can it be that the feathers and the wind would make this difference? Who will rise to explain? Intheold muzzle-loading days aman who would use 4 drams of powder was considered as a mere pot hunter, and, indeed, the jar, smoke and genera) dis- comfort precluded, as a general thing, the useof more than 2 drams. Now, the modification in bore, the pistol grip, which takes more than half the recoil, and a better idea of making guns, have improved the modern breech-loader so that but little improvement can be asked by the most exacting. Tf sportsmen will try the above named charges, now that most good guns are bored alike, I think that they will be satisfied that they have obtained the true charge for game shooting, Sr. Onair. Liditoy Forest and Stream: Tn your last issue (which, by the way, let me say in your correspondent’s judgment, i8 the best number he ever read) is an article on ‘‘ Loading.’’ I was very glad to see it, and hope the subject may now be fully discussed ay you invite. In years gone by Lhad an associate, with whom I spent many days hunting. He used an 8lb. muzzle-loader, 13 or 14- . gauge. Once I asked him, How do youload? ‘I always load the same; I would pul’ in the same charge to shoot a robin a8 | would to shoot bear,” was hisreply. This friend had the most uniform success in killing of any hunter I ever knew. He was very careful about bis gun, and equally so in the selection of his ammunition, and never varied the amount of powder nor the quantity of shot, but would use different sized shot as others do, His theory was, that when the ca- pacity of a gun was found as to the quantity of powder it would use to best advantage, to never varyfromit. I have had the opportunity of late to test a No. 12, 9b. breech-loader with different charges, and as I experiment, lean to the be- Hef that my friend above alluded to wasright. I have fol- lowed in miny imstunces suggestions made in your journal — to use “plenty of powder’'—using from three and one-half to fout and cue-half drairs to one ounce and one and one- eighth shot. J expected to gel grester penetration from four and four and one-lalf drams and one ounce than from (hree and three quarters and one and one.eighth, but as yet I haye failed to discover it. The recoil coming from the larger charges was not at all unpleasant, but somehow both st target and at game three and three-quarter and ore and one- eighth hag done the best work even at sixty yards. Why there should not be a decided difference in penetration with four and one-half drams and one-ounce, over three and three-quarlers and one and one-eighth, is something I cannot account for. Your valued correspondent speaks of ‘fim- pact” in his article—that he considers a number of shot driven with even less velocity more valuable than two or three sent at higher speed. Perhaps he is right, but much of our game must be shot for at long-range, and penetration seems the great essential, So far as my experience has gone, T think guns of the game weight, bore and make, differ very much as to the kind of loading each needs to bring out its very best qualities. (Why this is so, let the gun-makers tell us.) What \hat load shal be is no casy thing to de- tertoine, both as to how much powder, how much shot, and the size, how coarse the powder shal! be, how many wads to use Ob the powder, how hard to press them down, etc , étc., but I leave this subject to abler hands, and trust to see the whole matter thoroughly ventilated. * Quinoy, Ky. Editor Forest and Stream + All the varieties of game we have here are geese, ducks, grouse, quail, squirrels, and in the spring plenty of snipe and afew Woodcock. For al] but the lasttwo my favorite charge is 3 drs. Hazard sea-shooting and 1oz shot. Jn my gun, which is a modified choke, I have no use for any shot larger than No. 6. Ionce, while after geese, loaded some shells with 44 drs. powder, and 14 oz. No. 1 shot. I found my old 8 drs. and 1 oz, No. 6 charge much more effective. My gun isa Parker, and on the card was this target; ‘‘8% drs. powder, 14 oz. No, 8, 45 yards, 24 in. circle, 140 pellets in circle.” I cannot get that pattern, but the gunis entirely satisfactory. Now my experience after trial is that the 8 drams and 1 oz. _ is the best charge. With 33 drs, and 1 oz. I do not get as much penetration as wilh 3 drs. In this part of the country we can never tell what will be next to shoot at, whether a Prouse with his rapid whiz, a squirrel with his tough skin, ors, quail or woodeock, and we have to load to meet the wants of them all. Ihave owned and shot No. 10, No. 13 and No, 14 guns, and in none of them would (he big load of powder atid shot fll my bag a8 well asthe lighter ones. In the 10-Vore I only used 3 drs. and 1 oz. ; the same in 12 bore, and 24 drs, ind # oz. in the 14-bore, The game is wild and youch shot at in these parts, and it requires a nice shot to get aby game. D, Mippretown, Conn., December 24, 1881. Editar Forest and Shreun : 05 : In your issue of the 15th inst., you invite the relation cf Bxperiences Of sportamen in loading for game. : 1 hope that some of your correspondents will give their {dese as to ile proper proportion of powder to dilferent sizes of shot, ' T have known the theory advanced and plausibly sup- ported, that the charge of powder should be less with large shot than with small. ‘Chis theory is, I think, contrary to the generally-receiyed idea, but ils supporters urge that the greater momentum at large sbot will give them sufficient penetration, even ut loug distances with small charges of powder, while large charges wil] scatter the shot ton much to be effective at long-iangé, and the argument seems reason- able. a T find that the best method of keeping a gun clean is to une refined benzine, oo water and a little oil, such as is sold for 1186 on sewing nlachines—SuBsoRIBER FOUR QUAIL AT ONE WING-SHOT, Hiditor Forest and Stream ; Perhaps you may consider these two incidents of a recent day's sport of sufficient merit for publication in your *“ val- uable paper.” Tnesday, Dec. 20, was a beautiful day for out-door sport, and I took adyantage of the opportunity and enjoyed a fine day’s shooting. Although late in the season, the day was as pleasant as in October, and all that remained to make it equal to an October day was the bright-hued foliage on rough winds lately cast. I had been informed where I could probably start a bevy of quail, and upon reach- ing the desired locality my setter, 8cout, made a fine point in a stubble, and then commenced tracking, finding the birds in the centre of a low swale adjoining. It wasa large bevy, and we raised them twice with good success, they then scat- tering in the edge of a wood. My dog worked well, finding two or three single birds and then made a staunch point in a little opening. 1 stepped in ahead of him and flushed four birds, which flew between bunches of brush. And here comes the almost incredible part of my story; but a young | man that was with me at the time will corroborate the fol- lowing: As the four birds gathered in their flight, between the brush, I fired, and with the contents of one barrel killed every bird. Two birds fell where they were when I shot, about three rods distant, and the other two fell further on, but perfectly dead. The gun J used is modified choke, and, considering the short distance, I think the shooting was re- markable. _The other incident which I mentioned above was not as disastrous to quail as the the foregoing one, but was quite laughable. My dog made a good point, after the birds were well scattered in the edge of the woud. The bird lay close, Tising almost under the dog's nose; it flew right into his mouth, Scout held the bird until, in my excitement, I com- manded him to ‘‘loose.” He obeyed, and the imprisoned quail made good his escape, notwithstanding the volley of shot we sent after him. I wonder if any of your readers ever did better than to raise four birds and kill eyery one with a single shot, at short range ? Nimrop, Moodus, Conn., Dee. 26, 1881, i Kirtine Wounpep Witp Fowr—Deering, Me., Dee. 26. —Kiitor Ferest and Stream: To kill wild fowl that haye been wounded in the head, I haye found the following to answer as well, if not better than any other way, and I haye tried them all. Take a long and rather slim-bladed knife, open the birds bill and run the blade up through the roof of the mouth into the brain. A little practice will enable you to touch the right spot without trouble, Or if ‘‘ Bay Ridge” does not wish to practice on a living specimen, let him take a dead bird. Split the head open from the top down: then open the bill and introduce the knife, and he will see at once where to put the steel. I should hardly want to try to press the life out of an old drake with my thumb and fore- finger as ‘‘ Harly Bird” suggests.—Jaur. Auswers to Correspondents. kk. L.—Rahbit season in New York State will close Feb. 1, Jur,—The "possum story was published in ibis paper long ago. W. N. 1., Belaire, Mich.—Wilid rice may be procured of Mr. Chas, suena: Fort Hépe, Ont., or of Mr, Richard Valentine, Janesville, ris. W. B., Portage La Prairle, Manitoba.—The gentleman you refer to is the regular accYedited American agent for the guns, and has 4 wide reputation for square dealing. J.B. T,, London, Ont.—l, We should infer from thé pattern that the gun wasachoke-bore. 2. See our gaine columns of last week and to-day for hints on loading for different came. G, H. B,, Watertown, N. Y.—Where ean I purchase cartridges for a Snyder sporting rife of Bnglish manufacture? Ans. Made by UT. M. Cartridge Co., and for sale by New York dealers. Youne NATURALIST, Greenyille —Manton's Taxidermy without a Teacher will help you to learn to make up ornitholesical specimens, For information as to where to geb Dr, Coues’ works sea Our Natul'al History columns. W. A. F., Lennoxyille.—See hints on loading in our game columns jast week and to-day. Buck-shot should be chambered to fit the choke of the gun, This may be done by pressing a wad down into the choke and laying the shot on to it. Dengieu, Abingdon, Va,—The rifle fell fiat on the market, and the company manufacturing 1b were compelled to close out for what they couid get. The breech-action is clumsy. Should advise you, if you Want a rifle, to get one of the approyed patterns. The cost ts immaa- terial compared with the superiority. SUBSORIBER.—I hayé a halt-setter half-shepherd puppy, both par- enis full blood, Will he'make a squirrel dog, bird dog, or can he be made to followrabbits? Ans. Your dog maiy—if properly taught— Yooke a good squirrel or rabbit dog although we should greatly pre- fer a pure bred animal. He should. make an ¢xcellent farm dog, W., Elmira, N. ¥.—In a rifle shoot tle on third prize does if follow that In shooting off the winner has bird and his competitor fourth? Or does the winner of the fourth prize remain undisturbed? This ap- plies, to match with tour cash prizes. Ans, See answer to ** W. R. 0," in our last Issue, Draw up your conditions before shooting, then there can be no dispute. E. PB. 'T., Norfolk, Va.—What can IT do to make my dog ¢o into brier patches? He is & highly bred black pointer and 1s thoroughly broken in all other respects. Bot I cannot coax or make him go into the briers. Ats, We haye ever fonnd—if our doe was possessed of life and courage—that he would soon take to the briers if we but set him the exumple and showed him the way, instead of temaining outside and trying to send himin. You will probably find this course suc- cessful, especially it you take him to birds. W. H. IL, Wauseon, O.—1. Will if hurt the shooting qualities of B. L, shot-gin, 2¥-in, barrel, to cub off two inches from the muzzle? 2, What will it cost? 3, Would it be well to choke after entling off? 4. Whatexpense? 6. In “hoking are the barrels rebored or contracted at the tnuzzle? My gun is muzzle heavy and I want It jepaired. Ans, 1. No, if it 1s 4 cylinder-bore. 2. Fron $2tos3, 3. If you want it to shoot closer, yes. 4. $8o0r #4. 5, See Game Bar and Gun” columns next week. F. L. M., Summit Station, 0,—i. Do you thinkal?-gauge, 25-inch barrel, 9: ib, gun, a well-proportioned one? 2 Whathlength chamber and shell would you advise for such's gun? 8. Willa 28-n, barrel shoot as close and hard as a 30 or 32in. barrel? Ans. 1, Hight pounds would he in better proportion to other conditions, 2 The leneth of chamber is ustally determined by the maker, and would be probably 24 in. If you wish to loud with heavier charges 1t might be made 27g In. or 3 in. 8, Practically, 4. The English gun men- (loned has good reputation. G. G. E., Milton, N. C.—1, Out on a turkey hunting expedition some days ago I cirelessly placed my gun on the ground where if Was struck by my horse, making a dent midwayin the barrel, Which js yery perceptibly from the Inside and out. I hauye shot seyeral times since and do not think the shooting qualities of the gun in- jured, butiit ls disfiguring, Would Iiun any risk of injuring the gun to have it removed? 2 What kind of powder and what number you think bes) suited for my gun, 12-bore, 30-inch barrel, choked, preech-loader? I haye been using Grange Fe. and Duponti’s Fg, and am not Satisfied with the shooting qualities of either. Ans, |. Your fun can be righted by & competent gunsmith without injuring 1) In fhe least. 2. Try Orange ducking No. 5, or Dupont’'s ducking No, 2. Sea and River ishing. FISH IN SEASON IN JANUARY. FRESH WATER: Yellow Perch, Perea jluvialilia, War-mouth, Chenobryttua julartia. epee. Pomecys nigromaculutius, Bachelor, Pomozxys annularis, Pickerel, Evoz retiettlatius. Pike or Pickerel, Huoz luctus, Pike-perech (wall-eyed pike) Stizotethium americanum, 4. griseum, ett. | SALT WATER. Smelt, Osmerus mordax, White Perch, Morone americana, Sues Bass or Rockfish, Roceus | Pollock, Pollechwus curbonariua, nentus, | A PicTuRE of the past visiting the present, as time glides on, making more perceptible the cruel changes which come to mortal Strength, How now do his feet touch the heather? Not as of old, With a bound, but with slow and unsteady step, supported on the one hand by his stick, while the other carries hisrod. The breeze gently moves his locks, no longer glittering with the light of life, but dimmed py lts decay, Yet are hisshoulders broad and unbent. The Hon-like presence is somewhat gofiened down, but not gone. He surely will not venture into the deaps of 1he water, for only one hand 4s free for a Gast, and those large stones, now slippery with Moss, are dangerous stumbling blovksIn the way, Besides, he prom- ised his daughters he would not wade, but on the contrary walk quistly with them by the river's, edge, there gliding at its own sweet will. Silvery bands of pebbled shore, leading to losmy-colored pools, dark as the glow of, a Solithern eye, how could he resist 1he temptation of near appronch? In he goes, up to the ankles, then to the knees, toblering every other step, but never falling, Trout after trout he catches, small ones certainly, but plenty of them. Into lis pocket with them, all this time manceuyering in the most skillful manner both stick and rod; until weary he fs obliged to rest on the bank, sitting wilh bik feet in the water, laughing at his daughters’ horror, and obstinately continuing thn sportin spite of all remonstrance. Ab last he gives in and retires. Wonderful to fay, he did not seem fo suffer from these imprudent liberties.—7he Least Cast of “Christopher North? i Memair of John Wilson. +o ——______ GAME FISHES. N our issue of November 24 we noticed the work entitled “Game Fishes of the United States,’* basing our re- imurks mainly upon au inspection of the truthful and elegant plates by Mr. Kilbourne, The character and importance of this work demand that the text accompanying the plates shonld receive more than a passibg notice, for, instead of be- ivg a mere compilation of what others have written, as is too often the case in fishing books, Prof. Goode bas given us much new material from his studies of fish life and habits. 7 The fact that the text was prepared by him is a sufficient ~ guarantee that this portion of the work is of a high order. ‘The descriptions of the fishes and their habits were originally intended to be subordinate to the plates, and, with this in view, they are limited to two pages for each fish pictured, which Prof. Goode has filled with matter mamly new. Wisely omitting discussions of tackle and other questiong over which anglers dispute, and which can be found 7 en tenso in any angling work, he has taken higher ground and given an array of facts and observations on the life history of the fishes of which be treats that places this book far above any popular work on the subjeclever published. He has Kept it as free from technical terms as possible, in order to make it truly a work for the people, and yet be has not impaired its value for scientific readers. In the introduction we are told that a definition of the term ‘game fishes” is particularly difficult, and that Izaak Walton's carps and bleake, upon which he discourses go loy- ingly, would offer few enticements to the anglers of our day and nation. The meaning of the term varies from year to year, aud few would be likely fo share the enthusiasm of Capt. John Smith, perhaps the first patron of this art on this side of the Atlantic, who wrote in 1616: ‘And is it not pretty sport to pull up two pence, six pence, and twelve penee, as fast as you can hale and vearea line?” A study of the American anthorities shows opinionsmuch at variance in their choice of fishes to be considered ‘' game,” and after formulating their views Prof. Goode proposes this definition : ** Game fishes are those which, by reason of their cunning, courage, strength, beauty, and the sapidity of their flesh, are sought for by those who angle for sport with delicate fishing tackle.” It was the design in preparing this book that twenty species only should be illustrated, and after consultation with several prominent anglers the selection was made, The fishes chosen belong to both salt and fresh water and to sey- eral families. No technical descriptions are needed with the admirable pictures of Mr. Kilbourne, but the habits and geo- graphical distributions are the prominent points in the es- says. Acknowledgment is made of assistance from Frof. Baird, Mr. Charles G, Atkins, Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, Mr. Eugene G. Blackford, Mr. J. Matthew Jones, Prof. David 8. Jordan, Mr. Fred. Mather, Mr. James W, Milner and Mr. Barnet Phillips. Other acknowledgements appear in the body of the work. THE EASTERN SALMON AND RED-SPEOQKELED TROTIT, ‘Part I. contains plates of the galmon and brook trout, The plates of all the fishes are of uniform size, 22x28 inches, and we have before spoken of them as heing the best illustrations of fishes yet made. The salmon (5. salar) mbabits the North Atlantic and its tributary walersfar beyond the Arctic Circle One hundred years ago the salmon fisheries were one of the most important resources Of Southern New England, but in 1819 the Rev. David Dudley Field stated that they had scurcely been seen in the Connectieut river for fifteen or twenty years. In 1878 five hundred large salmon were taken in that river, the direct resnlt of the labors of the State Wish Commissioners in 1874 A curious fact is noted by Mr. At- kins, who calls attention to the absence of great runs of arilse in the rivers of the United States, which are so frequent in the streems of Canada and Wurope, cur own figh not return- ing from the sea until they haye become adults; also that with us the male grilse only is sexually mature, while in Eu- rope the male parr abd female grilse are found in that condi- tion. Mr. Kilbourne’s painting represents a dead fish of 30 lbs. weight, drawn on a scale of three inches toa foot, lying on a bauk near a siream; and the artist has perfectly delin- eated this noble species, The Eastern brook trout,’or, as offen called in localities, *epeckled trout,” ‘‘ mountain trout,” elc., ia now called Sal- velinus fontinalis by Gill and Jordan; the former nomencla- "Game Fishes | of the United States | by | 8, A. Kilbourne | Text, by |G. Brown Goode | New York: | Published by | Chaves Sqribner’s Sons. | 1379. | (Copyright 1878, by Charles Sorlbner’s Sons.) ditties - JANUARY 5, 1882.] FOREST AND STREAM. 451 SS es ss ssssSsS9aS9S9999S9a SS ture haying been Salmo fontinalisof Mitchell, a name which has become so popular that, it will be reeretfully laid aside. Our crimson-spotted trout belong to that group of the salmon family known in England as ‘‘ chars,” characterized by the minute size of their gcales, and by the arrangement of the teeth on the yomer, a small bone in the roof of the mouth. The name of the genus (Salwelinis) was formed by Wil- Joughby, in 1646, from Salbling, the German name of the ombre cheoalier, a Duropean species very like our blue-backed trout, and has since been used as the specific title of this fish, the Salmo salvelinun of Linnitus, ‘The exact range and boundary of the habilat of this trout has not been well de- fined, No man bas had better facilities for determining this than Prof. Goode, from his connection with the United States Fish Commission and his position as curator of the national museum. Tt is, however, a boundary that hag been extended, and will be further widened by the efforts of fish- culturists, Prof. Gaode gives its range as between the lati- tudes 923 and Ao degrees, m the lakes and streams of the At- lantic water-shed ‘in the mountain sources of a few rivers flowing into the Migsissippi aud the Gulf of Mexico and in some of the southern afflaents of Hudson's Bay. Its range is limited by the western foot-hills of the Alleghanies, and nowhere extends more than three hundred miles from the coast, except abont the great lakes, in the northern tribu- taries of which tront Abotind. At the South they inhabit the head-waters cf the Chattahnochie, in the southern spurs of the Georgia Allezhanies and tibutaries of the Catawba in North Garolins. They also occur in the great islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Anticosti, Prince Edward's, Onape Breton and Newfoundland, temperature being the chicf factor in determining their range. Prof, Goode regards the question of the identity of the brook trout and the Canadian sea trout as settled in the affirmative by competent authori- ties, and we ar@inclined to believe that no One who has fol- lowed the discussions of this subject in Poresp awn SrKRAM and other more scientific papers will dispute him. The au- thor gives much valuable information on the temperature at which trout thrive, their coloration, ete,, and drawn from sourees which show that he has attentively studied the litera- ture of the fontinalis as well a8 the fish itself. The picture is one of the gems of the work,and one that despite the copy- right has been followed by many who wished to illustrate a leaping trout when fast hooked, No words can express its beauty, THE SPANISH MACKEREL AND THE BLAGK BASSES, Part two opens with the Spanish mackerel, Oybium macu- latum, snd iisecongeners. Up to a few years ago this was considered a most mysterious fish, and at the time when Prof, Goode wrote in this work,** No one hag yet discovered their breeding grounds,” it was true. During the past year, however, Messrs, Barll and McDonald have not only made this discovery, but haye hatched the young. When Mitchell described the fish, sixty-five years ugo, he summed up all that was known of it in these words: ‘Comes in July.” ‘The Spanish mackerel visit ihe North only as marauders,” writes Prof. Goode, but be would probably qualify that Statement now in the light of the investigations of the past year, for now that we know |hat they breed in the Chesa- peake we may suspect them of doing so as far north as Mon- tauk. Mr. Goode has dissected them in the waters of Mar- tha’s Vineyard Sound, in July and August, only to find that the spawning scason was past. ‘Chis fully accords with the fact that Harll found ripe fish in Chesapeake Bay in June and July, 1880. In addition to Kilvourne’s fine plate Mr. Goode gives a drawing in the text, and also of two allied forms. The black basses wére written of when their scientifie no- menclalure was in dispute, if indeed i\, can be said to be set- tled now, and we are given Micropterus pallidus (Raf.), Gill and Jordan, for the big month; and MY, achigan, (Raf.) Gill, for the small mouth, Thedriferent local names of these fishes are given in full, together with their distribution. According to Prof. Goode both species are widely distributed over the Atlantic slope of the continent, and dwell together in the great Jakes and jn the upper part of the St, Lawrence and Mississippi basins. The small-mouth is found as far north as latitude 47, and west to the Wiscousin; while sonthward it ranges to latitude 33, where it is found in the head-waters of the Chattahoochie and Ocmulgee rivers, the latter being the only instance of ils presence in a stream emptying east of the Alleghanies, into which it isnot known to have been introduced. The Jarge-mouth ranges further to the West and North, oceurring in the Red River of the North, in lati- tude 60. It abounds inall the rivers of the South from the James to the St. Johns, and in the Jower reaches of the streams and baydus of Texasin latitude 27. ‘The small-mouth found its way Into the Hudson in 1825, orsoon after, through the newly opened Hrie canal, and has since been introduced by man into iundredeof lakes and rivers. Their habits of spawning aré described ; and it is stated that a large-mouth was caught in a lake at Gainesville, Wla., which weighed nineteen and one-half pounds. Mr. Kilbourne’s picture is of the latter species, but is turned on its side so that the distin- guishing character of its dorsal fins is not readily seen, and the printer has brought out stripes on the side which were not in the original. ‘wo correct fzures, drawn by Mr. H. L, Todd, vf the Smithsonian Institution, which are approved by Prof. Gill, show the specific characters of each fish, THE STRIPED BASS AND THE RED SNAPPER, Part three opens with the fish called striped bassin the North and rockfish in the South, Moses tineatus, Itwould be difficult to give anything new with regard to this well known and familiar fish, but ils kindred of the great Jakes, Roceus orysops, and of the Lower Mississippi River, Morone interyupla, are illustrated. WKilbourne’s plate is evidently taken from a small specimen, bul is truthful, The red snapper, Ludjanus blackfordii, is a new fish to Northern anglers, whose range, as now understood, is limited to (he coasts of Georgia, Hast and West Florida and Ala- bama, They bite ata white rag, and according to Norris take a silver or pearl eqitid. It haslong Leen a favorite fish in the South, and Dr. C. J. Kenworthy is quoted as furnish- ing valuable memoranda of a trip on which many were caught. Strangely enough this fish bad no scientific desig- nation until 1878, when it was fonnd by Goodeand Bean to belong to a well known genus, and was described by them and given its specific name ‘in compliment to Mr. Hugene G, Blackford, of New York city, whose enthusiastic labors have wreatly aided all students of American ichthyology, and who has added at lesst (eo species to the fauna of the United Btates.” The red soapper frequents coral reefs and feeds on corals, prawns, squids, wud the shoals of small fishes, such as mulefs, etc. Iilbourne’s plate shows this highly-colored fish 10 the life, in the act of taking a baited haok. Part four gives these well known fishes. The bluefish, Pomatomus saltariz, is the ‘‘Taylor” of Southern waters. THE BLUEFISH AND THE YELLOW PEROH. It is found all along our coast, when the temperature per- mits, but strangely it does not occur in the Bermudas. Their history, 1s first appearance on our coast some fifty years ago, and subsequent increase to their present numbers, is a curious one and is given in detail, as well as instances of the rapacity of this ravenous fish which may be said to be shark like in its destructiveness. Kilbourne has a lifelike portrait. : The yellow perch, Perea fluvialitis, is too well known in all our Eastern ponds to |need description. It is the com- mon perch of Hngland. We would here call Prof. Goode’s attention to his etatement: ‘‘ Three species of fresh water— the pike the perch and the turbot—are common to North America and Burope,” We have not the slightest doubt that he wrote burbot [Zota], which would be correct, and this is of course a printer’s error. The yellow perch is one of the first trophies of the juvenile angler, and the fish here is represented by Kilbourne as taking a ‘red ibis,” cast by an unseen fisherman. THE MAUKEREL AND THE WEAKFI&H. Part five is devoted to these fishes. The history and com- mercial value of the mackerel form an interesting chapter, while Kilbourne’s superb picture of a freshly-caught fish is one of the finest bits of painting in the work. The iridescent tints are strikingly beautiful, The weakfish is called sea trout in tne South, and sque- teague, or shortened into ‘‘ squit,”’ in the East. There are two species, Uynoscyon regalis and (. carolinensts, which are common, and another, U. nothus, which has been observed at Charleston and about Florida. The range of the first is from Cape Ann ta the mouth of the St, John’s River, and possibly to the Guif of Mexico; that of the second from the Chesapeake to the Gulf and Lake Ponchartrain, Like many other fishes it is known by many local names, among which is that of tbe **bluefish” from Southern New Jersey to Vir- finia, while the Indian names of chickwit, squeteague and succoteague prevail in New England, Its natural history is not well understood, Kilbourne’s plate is of its Northern form, and is excellent. THE POMPANO AND THE SEA BASS, Part six gives a description of the Pompano, a fish but little known in the North; and of the gea-bass or Southern blackfish, The pompano, Zrachynotus carolinus, has grad- ually acjuired favor among New York evicures within a few years. It hag been a deserved favorite at New Orleans for a long time, where it is usually called ‘‘ pompeynose.” Itisa lover of warm waters, and only visits Northern shores in mid-summer, appearing on the southern coast of Massachu- settsin June and July, and departing in September. Prof. Gaird, in a report on the fishes of New Jersey, records their caplure by thonsands in the sandy coves of the outer beach near Beesely’s Point. Mr. 8, C. Clarke states that that they spawo in March, in the open sea, near the inlet to Indian River, Florida. Wilbourne’s bright golden pompano makes a handsome plate. The sea-bass, Centropristis atrarius, is called **blackfish ” in Southern waters and is a yery common species. In the North they sometimes grow to six pounds’ weight, but in \he South seldom exceed one pound. Jt does not make a handsome picture, bat Kilbourne has given a good one of an extraordinarily large specimen. THE KINGFISH AND THE SHEEPSHEAD. Part seven opens with the kingfish, or barb, Mentcerrrus nebulosus, and ils relative, the whiting. The kingfish is found about oyster beds, where it feeds upon the worms and crustaceans which lodge among the shells. It has a barbel on ils lower jaw which is very sensitive, and which assists it to find its food on the bottom. It bites readily at a bait of shrimp or soft clam. The Southern limit of the kingtish and the Northern limit of the whiting are not yet defined, but both species were collected by Dr. Yarrow and Prof. Jordan at Cape Hatteras. Kilbourne bas caught their peculiar ex- pression, as well as the color of freshly-caught fish. Those who have ouly seen this fish on the market slabs might con- sider Kilbourne’s color too light. The shrepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus, must not be confounded by our inland friends with their worthless fish of the same popular ogame in the great lakes, It is one of the finest of marine table fishes, and is often sought by the angler. Its common name is appropriately given on account of its sheep-like dentition, It is common to the coast in sum- mer, south of Cape Cod. ‘‘It feeds with a grazing motion upon barnacles and shells, particularly young oysters, as they row, attached fo stones and the piles of wharves. With its incisoral teeth, reinforced by heavy jaws and = strong muscles, if can easily nip off thick clusters of mollusks, and the process of grinding them is little more troublesome than that of gathering.” Kilbourne’s sheepshead is contemplating a group of mussels, and the broken shells below show how they are crushed. THE LAKE TROUT AND THE BONITO. Part eight begins with the great lake trout, Cristivomer namaycush, a fish that sometimes reaches a weight of one hun- dred and twenty pounds. hey are usually foundin the same Jakes with one or more kinds of whitefish, whose slow, helpless movements render them an easy prey. Prof. Goode considers it probable that this fish may have been developed from the brook trout, aS its affinities are with the latter tore than with the salmons. Its dentition is similar, and its being peculiarto the lakes of North America which were sur- rounded by streams inhabited by trout make it appear pos- sible. The lake trout, like the brook trout, shows a tendency to variations in form and color, 8 much so that each lake has its fish with distinctive marks, and which the local angler stoutly maintnins to be a distinct species. The late James W-. Milner was inclined tocombat the theory that this fish fed largely upon young whitefish, and Prof. Goode quotes him at length. itbourne presents to our view a fine specimen lying upon a bank. The bonilo, Sarda pelamys, and the tunoies, form the ac- companying chapter. Wedo not know why Mr. Goode se- lected this fish, which is as uninteresting as a fish can be, unless it was because Kilbourne had made a good picture of it. THE RED FISH AND THE GRAYLING. Wumber nine is full of interest to both the salt and fresh water angler, containing accounts of noble fish in both sea and stream he redfish, branded drum, red drum or bass of the South Sazenops ovellatua, is an important game and food fish from the Clespeake to the Mexican boundary. The fish is sadly in need of a characteristic name of its own, for although i} basone for each locality they are generally pre- occupied. In tue Chesapeake and south to below Hatteras it is called “‘drum’’ and ig not distinguished by the fisher- men from the large fish called by that name over a wider range. In the Qarolinns and Florida we meet the name ‘‘ bass” and its variations, ‘spotted bass,’ ‘‘red bass,” ‘sea bass,” “treef bass” and ‘channel buss.” - The latter name only refers to Jarge specimens taken in the channels, to distinguish from small ‘‘schao) bass” in shallower waters, and has been mistaken for a distinctive name. The redfish grows to forty pounds or more, and their food and habita are much like those of the striped bass. Kilbourne shows o freshly-canght specimen in all its beauty. The grayling of Michigan, Tiymallus twicolor, is a fruitful theme on account of the few years since this fish was disciy- ered in the United States. Dr. Parker, of Grand Rapids, Mich., described them as Uhymallus michiganensis, at an early day, but neglected to properly publish the name, and so it has been supplanted by one given later by Cope. We do not quote the date given, knowing it to be an error of the printer. There are two other species; one in Montana, named 7. montanus, by Milner, and Richardson’s 7! signéfer, of the Arctic region, about Mackenzie’s Riyer. A pen draw- ing of Lhe latter is given and its enormous dorsal fin flares out like a comet and is eyed like a peacock's tail. Of the Mich- igan species Prof. Goode writes: “There has been much discussion oyer the claims of the grayling as a game fish, and also its excellence for food. It has many admirers and de- tractors. The enthusiasm with which it was greeted ten years ago has somewhat subsided, and it seems doubtful Whether a vote of the guild of American anglers would now place it in the first rank of noble fishes.” We very much dislike to believe this, anil are disposed to attribute the sub- sidence of the enthusiasm to the scarcity of the fish, now nearly extinct, and the distance to its habitat. We certainly have not abated in our worship (that’s the word for it in our case) of this graceful fish. As for Kilbourne’s piclure we think it folly equals his trout in beanty and truthfulness. We expected to be'disappointed in this picture, and were pre- pared tobe severely critical, but we do not know where to begin to find fault with it. THE CALIFORNIA SALMON AND THE MUSKELLUNGE. Part ten, and last, opens with an essay on the quinnat, gal- mon, by Livingston Stone. Mr. Stone's long experience in gathering the eggs of this fish entitles him to he considered yery high authority upon its habits, Mr. Stone tells us that the fish is restricted in its distribution to the Worth Pacific, and its range extends fromthe Bay of Monterey to the Arctic Ocean, and the coasts of Northeastern Siberia. It is taken in the largest quantities in the Sacramento and the Columbia, these being the largest rivers on the coast, but is also found in the smaller streams from California to British Columbia, The largest known specimen was taken in the Columbia River, and weighed eighty-three pounds. It readily takes a hook in fresh water, but does not so readily take the fly. Nothing is known of its ocean history ; it goes to sea at certain times, and returns, but where they go, how they fare, or what mo- lives guide their course no one cantell When they first appear in the rivers they have deep-sea fish in their stom- achs, and often have tooth marks of seals ond sea lions upon them. Mr. Stone gives a most interesting account of the life history of this salmon in fresh water, which is unfortunately too long for our space. He has qualified his former state- ment, thatthey all died after spawning , which was so severely criticised some years ago when made, by saying: ‘t Under this head I will only say that it is probably trne that those tS! soawn near the ocean return to the ocean and recover their vitality ; but those that pass the Enited States station on the McOloud River in the summer never do.’’ In investi- gating this subject Mr, Stone took testimony ofall the white men who haye lived or worked on the river, and all the In- dians he could reach. Kilbourne’s picture is a fair one, rep- resenting a salmon witha hook in bis jaw, and head and fail out of water. ‘Lhe tail is somewhat foreshortened. The muekellunge (as Prof. Gaode chooses to spell it), sox notitor, and its relalives the pike and pickere) form a short chapter, ‘These fishes have been generally decried in America, although the maskinonge (as we prefer to spell it) has some friends and supporters. In Burope the common pike, which is identical with our lake pike, or ‘‘ great north- ern pickerel,”’ 4. luctus, is thought to be game of the high- est character, We do not like Kilbourne’s picture; the fish was evidently a small, slim one, and he has exaggerated its snaky character by curving it in s singular manner. A ‘‘Oatalogue of the Game Fishes of North America " [ol- lows. In this are placed the fishes which are usually angled for, in the order of their relationships. This is followed by 4 ‘* Provisional Map, showing the Geographical Distribution of the Game Fishes of Eastern North America.” Tn this Prof, Goode, by a system of differently colored lines, shows on the map the distribution of each fish treated of in the work, according to the latest authorities. ‘This map exhibits at a glance the limits occupied by each fish, and one gets a comprehensive view of the ranges of each epecies, We have hefore spoken of the ‘* Game Fishes of the United States ’as a great work which will take rank in future with Audubon’s ‘* Birds of North America,’ Wolfe's ‘* Wild Ani- mals," and Gould’s ** Humming Birds,” in point of artistic and scientific value, and will add that it is one that will in crease in value with time. As only a limited number were printed and the stones destroyed, the present edition will be the only one. It is not only an article of luxury bul a ne- cessity to the angler who hopes to keep up with the intelli- gence of the age. ee Tuer Rovre ro NEwrounpLanv.—The following informa- tion is kindly furnished by a gentleman who has recently re- turned from Newfoundland: Steamers of the Allan line run fortnightly from Baltimore to Halifax, N.§., and to St. Johus, N. F. From Halifax, steamers go frequently through the Bras d'Or lakes to Sydney, C. B., and from Sydney the tourist can reach St. Pierre de Miquelon in the Gecrge Shat- tuck, which leaves Halifax once a month for that port, The steamer Curlew makes fortnightly trips between St. Pierre and St. Johns, and once a month she calls ut Sydney, C. B, From St. Johns the northern ports of Newfoundland can be reached fortnightly by the Plover, which during te montha of July, August and September goes as fur as Battle Harbor, Labrador, connecling with another steamer (this year the Kite) which touches at very many of the fishing ports of Labrador, as far north as Cape Harrigan. A small stuamer, the Neptune, makes irregular trips during the summer months between St. Johns and the northero ports of New- foundland. Information should be oblained early iu spring from the agents of the various lines to enuble the tourist to make his plana. ee Qougen VicTonra’s birthday present to the Crown Princess of Germany was a marble statuette of the dog of the late Prince Waldemar, by Mr. Bohm. . . 452 FOREST AND STREAM. [Tasrmany 5, 1888: Hishculture, MAINE LOBSTER CULTURE. little fish of 11b. swiftly shoot upward from hehind the stone where she lay, and, regardless of the white, strinzy- looking: gut wabbling over her nose, take down the quiet commonplace teal-drake wing. ‘“ Asregards trout fishing, the matter is a much more diffi- cult one, 16 settle, if it ever will be settled, which I doubt, Mr. Brander prefers opaque gut, while ‘Oornubian’ argues in favor of tne unstained material, because it ‘‘is far less observable in the water than the stained,” having tested if on the Usk; and, in 7he Meld of the 19th, Mr. Francis lends the weight of his wide experience in upholding this clear gut theory. J cannot, in the limits of a letter, enter fully into the discnasion here opened up, I trust others will give the results of their experience; allow me (o state mine. ‘Your correspondents, in their strictures against the use of stained gut, fall into the common error of trying to prove too much. Granting, fora moment, that unstained gut, as a general rule, is superior to the dyed material, I would ask : Are there no exceptional cases in which the Intter is not only preferable but absolutely necessary if you want to kill? I hold there are. And these instances are so numerous and critical that I am constrained, in the absence of further proof, toreduccthem all to one broad, general rule, universal in its application and true in all circumstances. In every condition of water, weather nnd sky, whether clear or dis- colored, still or broken; calm, wet or windy; bright or dull, stained gut is an essential. This rule, however is constantly violated by indiscreet anglers. Some stain their gut over- strength; others, the great majority, use colors which, when the gut is drawn through the water, must convince the astute trout that the deception is too ‘thin.’ The great thing to be aimed at is to get a dye which will harmonize with that dull grayish-blue light which floats between sky and water when seen from the trout’s point of view. Opaque gut can- not give you this, still less can clear gut. Accordingly, we must resort to staining. Logwood, copperas, coffee and tea, however skillfully combined, produce too strong a dye. After long experience I have come to the conclusion that, to obtain that light gray slate shade, a mixture of walnut and ink, well dilnted, is about the nearest approach one can make in the present state of matters. Mr. Francis’ test of stained gut, by placing if in a large glass globe filled with water, is not to the point. The conditions here are not the same as | ina river, with its rapid current, its swirls and eddies, its combination of shade, sunshine, and shadow which trees and hills and passing clouds help to deepen or soften—these and many other circumstances of river life render the con- parison one sided and the test fallacious. ‘Tn fishing a stretch of not over-deep fly water, you observe an exceptionally heavy trout leisurely feeding in mid-channel. The sun is not over bright, the current is not too swift, but nicely broken; an odd fiyis only coming down now anil again, just serving to whet his appetite and disarm hig sus- picion ; the cast is nota long one, and you are eager to draw blood. The case is now on its trial—stained vs. unstained gut. What will the verdict he?” We will continue this subject from The Meld and other papers, and would invite our correspondents to give their views. It will be seen that there are two questions at issue— the best color, and the dye which does not impair the strength of the gut. SALT WATER VS, FRESIT WATER FISHES. HE issue of Fores Anp Stream for Dec. 1 contains as a motto for its fishing columns an extract from the writ- ings of H. W. Herbert, which aftirms that ‘with very few exceptions, the game fish are those which do not confine themselves eillerto salt or fresh water, but visit one or the other as their habits of taste direct them." This seams to be one of the generalizations of that great writer, who, however, was familiar only with the fishes of New Hngland and the Middle States, as known in his time. Recent investigations show the incorrectness of these state- ments. Professor Jordan in a Jate work describes of bass, 7 spe- ciea; perch, 4 species; pike, 2 species. Total, fourteen species of game fish found east of the Mississippi and north of North Qarolina, which inhabit fresh water exclusively. Besides these there are several species of Aulmontda, which live wholly in fresh water; the lake trouts of Northern New York and New Wngland, as well as two species in the great lakes. West of the Mississippi, in the waters of the great plains ay the Pacific slope, are other game fish which neyer visit the sen, Mr, Herbert also affirms ‘that those fishes which never visit the salb water at all are Unquestionably so much infe- vior to others of the sime family which run periodically to the sea, that they are with difficulty recognized as belonging to the same order with their roving brethren; while of those noueof which Are known to leave fresh water, but two or three kinds are worth taking atall, and even these ure not to be compared with the mipratory fish.” Hither Mr. Herbert had never tasted the brook trout of Wisconsin and Michigan, the siscorett, the black bass, the musealonge, the great Northern pike, the pike-perch, and whitefish of the great lakes, (considered by many to be the best of fresh water fishes}, none of which yisit the sea—or he might have brought with him his British prejudices, Another of Mr, Herbert's theories was that there were no large trout in America, and that trout in this country were confined to small streams, and never occurred in rivers of any size. De had never fished the Maine laker, the Penob- sept, or the Magallaway—the Restigouche or the Novelle in Canada—or the big rivers of Lake Superior. His experience was confined to the tront brooks of New York and New Eng- Jand, As far as that went his writings and descriplions are yaluable, and as one of the earliest of our sporting writers, especially so, but he did not live to know the works of the new school of Amencan observers and writers upon natural history und field spovta, Perhaps they alsa will appear obso- lete in 1920, B.C. C. RITING to Mr. BH. M. Stilwell, one of the Maine Commission- ers of Fisheries and Game, Professor Spencer I’, Baird pays : ‘There is & very great promise of success in cultivating lobsters. on a large seale by inclosing thera in smal! salt water bays, where there is a free circnlation of water, and the egress of the lobsters can be prevented by grating or netting. They can be fed, as Lun- derstand, very largely upon clams, and will not only grow very rapidly under such circumstances, but carry on the propagation of tlie young. The young can either be kept in the melosnre or go ont to sea and increage the supply in the vicinity. This 1p, by far, the most feasible way of solying the problem in regard to the depletion of lobsters aJong the coast of Maine and the Proyinces, Ts there any provision in the fishery laws of Maine by which an in- dividual undertaking this work can prevent unauthorized persons from going in and reaping the benefit when the individual culti- vator actually ownd or leases the adjacent shore? Of conrse no man will be willing to go into the business unless he can be pro- tected, and if thereis no proyision in Maine} as there is in Mussa- chusetts, by which the Fish Commissioners can lease a pond to particular individuals for the purpose of propagating fish and ae- cure to them thereby exclusive rights in the waters, it would ba well to haye such a provision, with the understanding that it is to apply to sult waters as wellas to fresh. If the experiment proyes an successful as I confidently anticipate and beheye it will be, it svill add enormously to the resources of the State, as there are hundreds of lovalities where such ponds could be established to the best advantage. Of course I suggest no interference with high seas Davigalion,” —____>+8- TROUT AND SALMON IN NORTH CAROLINA. Rareren, N, C., Dec. 22, 1881. Editor Forest and Stream : During last September I captured tyo specimens of salmonida in Mill Creek, McDowell county, differing from the brook trout, Salmo. fontinalis. I recently forwarded thet to Prof. Baird, and T have received from him to-day the following letter: ‘ Wash- ington, D. C., Dec. 21,1881; Dear Sir—Dr. Bean reports that of the two specimens sent by you on the 24th of November, the small one of 74¢ inches is the Iamd-locked salmon, and the one of 8 inches is the California trout, Salmo iridia, Yours truly, Spen- cer F, Baird.” The aboye specimens are of the planting of 1880, and it nffords mé great pleasure to record the fact that they are flourishing in North Garolina. Mull Creek contains but few brook tront, but is of the same pure charactor of most of the head streams of West- ern Carolina, Over two hundred land-locked salmon were taken in John’s River, Burke county, the past spring, bunt most all were returned to the water aliye from the traps, aud the latter (13 in number) torn out and destroyed by inflnential citizens by authority of law, 8. G. Worn, Sup’t Fisheries, a STICLIEEBACK BREEDING.—Cincinnati, 0.—To articles which huve been published on the stickleback 1 am able to add the following; A water temperature of 60 to 70 degrees I’. seems to be the most fayorable during breeding time. After the female has deposited the eggs and left the nest the male chases herawayfrom the nest and enters it himself, remaining in it from two to three miuutes. After this he closes the hole out of which he and the temale left the nest and takes his position before the entrance, fanning the eggs day and night, only leaving them to take a little food, He takes the eggs out of the nest from time to time to assort them, carrying away the bad ones and placing the good ones back in thenest, ‘Thisis done some dayafour times. The number of eggs in one deposit of a female is from 30 to 4), and about five such deposits are made into different nests in intervals of about a week. Only two-thirds of them, however, become young fish. Considering that one male takes the eggs of four to five females in one nest, and after these are hatched goes to housekeeping again until the hot weather approaches, he can get up a pretty numerous family in one season, Sticklebacks are yery intelligent fish. ‘The first stickleback that engaged in nest bnilding in one of our aqua- ria had, having the tirst pick, used np all the best building material, and when he had completed building hardly any was left, A second one, which had also commenced building, had no other change to get material than by stealing it from the nest of the other, To that effect he made himself nppéar too busy to notice suything else than his own affairs. Dnt as soon as the other sticklehack lett his nest to‘! make improyements on it” or ta ‘' go courting” to the other end of {he tank, he snexked through the cayity of the rockery—taking advantage of every stone or plant to hide behind and keeping close to the bottom—to the other one’s nest. Here no time was lost; with a good monthful of building amaterial he re- turned just aa carefully over the same road to his own nest, which was Oné-third time as far as if he had used the strmghtroud. Once he was canyht in the act of stealing and a fearful fight followed, which lasted about fiye minutes,mnd was finally decided by the females, who took part for the thief and droye the other back to his estate, The twelfth day after the eges are deposited the young fish make their nppesrance. ‘The old ones should now be taken awiy from them, ay they will cat them, and pluced in another a(qjuarinm, well stocked with plants, About half an hour after in- troduction in their new home they commence to build a new nest; but now not so much pains are taken in constructing it. Perhaps that in higher temperature the ¢gge would need lexs protection, In accounts given by other authors we find stated ** that stickle- backs always place their nests where {he sun can strike them,” We haye just found the contrary. Our experiments extend over three seasons; during that time we have raised hundreds of young sticklebacks, of which some are yet alive, now being one year old. —Hreo MuLerrr, oe SILK WORM GUT, FYNHE color and quality of gutis a most important topic of consideration to the angler. He may have the best of rods and the strongest of lines, but if the gut that com- poses his leader, or ‘casting line,” ss itis called in England, be of poor quality, or contain one poor strand, his whole outfit 13 rendered worthless. In gut the first requisites are strength and pliancy, and it is not easy to judge of these. ‘The color is important, and there are many receipts for ren- dering the gut invisible to the fish, which see it from below against a cloud, alree, ora clear sky. Some of the coloring processes employed render the gut brittle. There have been Jéngthened discussions ou this subject in the London Field, which sre still being carried on, and we propose to quole from them for our readers, without expressing any opinion on them at present. Mr. Fravicis Francis says: ‘fT quite agree wilh your corres- pondent as to staine,! gut—viz., that a deep stain makes it brittle atid more easily to be seen in the water than gut which is unstained. Jf you want to prove this, get some strands of fut stained of yarious shades, take o glass shade such as you put over ferns, etc., half fill it with water, lay the strands on the surface of the water, and then Jook at them from below with only the sky for a background, and I doubt if you will ever Stain gutagain. The color which 1s aifected by many anglers, particularly some of our Winchester friends, is per- fecily absurd. I have seen if often almost black; and as they use yery fine-drawn gut, it is almost impossible to tie it in a knot if kept any time, and when on calm water you can see it any distance off. If it must he colored at all, the palest smoke color is sufficient. If you can only dim the exceeding brightness of uew gut, it would be far better than any stain, I have heard of waxing the gut slightly, but though that would dim it and waterproof it slightly, would it nob materially add to the weight 7” Another correspondent, Mr. Joln LL, Moinlaws, of Scot- land, writes: ‘‘ Fine fishing, go where you may, i8 anecessily in our day, more especially on open public rivers. I have been charged with huving underrated the light, delicate casting powers of English anglers, but most unjustly 80, On the contrary, [have had oceasion frequently to admire and enyy the skill and deftness which several of these fisher- men exhibited on reaches of water difficult to approach and dour to killin, But then [saidto myéelf, ‘Matters are pretty even; here in Scotland we have little or no private water on any river of importance; our best fly reaches are daily waded through and fished over hy hundreds of anglers. The same thing is repeated during ihe long summer nights; and al- though our streams present more rough broken water than the English rivers, where the current is more sluggish and caual-like, still we on the Tweedside have to deal with trout as wary aud wide-awake, aswell fed and willfnl, as any down south.’ ** Such being the case, two questions naturally present them- selves; Of what color and quality should my gut consist? These two points deal with the whole subject raised by your correspondents. A third one might be sugyested—the length of ench casting line. J would briefly refer to the first—viz., color. “ This isa much disputed point. For salmon fishing I con- sider stained gub quite superfluous, though its use is perfectly harmless. What does a salmon in its sober senses take a gaudy parson or a gliltering Jock Bcolt. for, and why? Let this matter be settled before we become over-finical in our notions of dyeing. TI have seen a Galashiels weaver, coming down over asalinon ‘lie’ after it had been carefully fished some half:dozen times, hook and Ikill the capricious brute which had obstinately rejected the most tempting looking flies noosed on to one of Harlow's finest stained gut lines; that weaver’s tackle was a caution to behold. There was no digwuise about the gual, Tt was double tavisted, old, worn, frayed and vnetained. Yet Tsawtrom the bigh bank, With the forenoon sun glaring upon the water, the dainty +— PIKE FISHING THROUGH THE ICE. Lewisron, Mc., Jan. 1. Editor Forest and Stren: Among the winter sports of the people of our State there is none more Vigorous nor exciting than that of taking the pike, or pickerel as we call if, through the ice. I is one of those sports whieh have an exhilarating eifect upon the hu- man system, audinstead of fatigue one feels refreshed the day after. Pickerel bite well after the ponds have just frozen over, nnd the fishermen like to get on the ice abont as soon as it will bear their weight. ‘Talk with an incorrigible angler for half an hour and you will generally find him full of old chimney corner superstitions and traditions of the forest aud stream. One ot the enrrent beliefs is that the first ime a green hand goes out he is bound to have good luck. Another tradition is that pickerel sometimes swim or seao) onu down erade, and that when they have their nose pointed toward the bottom, you can't catch one, if your pi tierce] biit were peaches and cream. The piscatorin! belief in the influence of fhe sign: of the almanac is profound. And your sly old fisherman ¢enerally consults his almanac before he catches his bait. ‘! When the signs arein the belly they'll bile well every time. 1 don’t know what the meanig of itis, but I s’pose they're hungry,” raid a yeteran whom we congulted on the zodiacal question, Fish will not bite well when they are spawning. Theirmany traits afford a wide range of study. ‘‘ Fish are dveadral con- trary critters,” is the way lhe aforesaid veteran sums up his philosophy. When the pickerel fisher finds the signs and the weather right, he takes his dip-nel and goes down to the river after live minnows for bail, These foolish little fish are nt- tracted ito the fine meshes )y meal liberally fed to them. The pickerel doesn’t relish dead food, and must be caught with live bait. The fun of pickerel fishing i; in your ability to have so many strings a-going at onee. ‘Twenty-five is a fair number, although two men can fish with 40. Cutting the holes through the iceis fun, il you have a sharp chisel and the ice isn’t over tour inches thick; but when you have two feet of solid freeze under you, and an old axe with which to penetrate it, it’s more like business. Two men generally go Logether, and one sets the sticks and arranges the lines while the other cuts the holes. ‘The man who sets the lines first gets the bottom and adjusts his bait about two feet above it—more or less, perhaps, according to his own idea of the correct thing. The ines are attached to poles sel in the ice at an angle of about 49 degrees, over the holes. Hach line is also looped over a bob kerewed loosely. on the pole, so that when a pickerel bites and darts off, the bob is turned and forms across with the lonwey stick, thus signaling to the fisherman, One of the ways of the pickerel is to chew his bait a little while, and this is in fayor of his catcher, When the pick- ere] begin to hite before the lines are all sel, 8 they fre- gnently do, the excitement is at its pitch. ** There goes one!” shouts one man. *! There's another!” shouts his chum, dropping his axe and running to pull him up; and when the 25 or 40 lines are all in and are pulliug sharp, who then wouldn't be a pickerel fisher ? Lewis. a AVERICAN CARP IN SCOTLAND.—Donglas [all, near Dal- bettie, Scotland, Dec. 10.—Bdilor Forest and Stream = You will bo pleased to hear that the leather carp which Professor Baird so kindly sent tothe care of Mr. EB. G. Blackford, New Yor, for me, ave sately landed iu thid country and are now swimining about in w large tank inside the hatching-honse of the Solway Fishery, where they will have to remain till my brother eam haye a suitable pond mude for them onteide. The temperature of the water here varies from 3§ to 50 deg., at this time of the year, which will be too old for them, I fear, There ia no mystery abont carrying carp, { only wish soles and turbots would travel like them. The s.s. ‘Seythia” came right through those fearful gales, Wednes- day, Noy. 23, the wind blew with hurricane foree and we had to “heave-to” for 22 hours: the wheel-honse was sfove-in, and one of the boats carried away across the deck, knocking down the chimuey-stack of tha donkey-engiae; four seumen were disubled, one haying two Mbs broken, another awfully cut ubont the head, und the othertwolamed. Yet while all this was going on the carp bebayed extremely well. I gave theta gonie fresh water four times during the voyage, and aerated the water twice daily; also gaye them 4 little oatmeal and boiled potatoes occasionally, W, AtwsTEAD, “Vasity Fare," the well-known smoking tobacco manu- factored by Messrs. Wu. 8. Kimball & Co., Rochester, N, Y., maintains its superiority over all other brands. It is of uniform excellence, and the smoker can always count on finding hig '' Vanity Fair’ just right. There are several different brands, giving grades of strength, to suit the vary- ing fastes of those who use thu weed. The “Vanity Fair! has won lots of prizes at expositions, and deserves many more, PRANGIS AND LOUVREL, No. 45 Maiden Lane, this ¢ ty, publish a handy “Daily Meniorandum Book™ ror 1852. Itis just the kind of botebo that almost everybody wants. . r 1 am ‘ JAnvary 5, 1882.] FOREST AND STREAM, 453 The Fennel, FIXTURES. 1882. BENCH SHOWS. January 11 to19, Terre Hale, Ind., Fifth Annual Bench Show. J. G, Harris Secretary. January 17 to 20. “Sh J ohn, N. B. Second Annual Benub Show, H. W. Wilson Seeretary, March 7. Pittsburg, Pa. Bench Show. Chas. Lincoln Superinten- dent. FIELD TRIALS. September. National American Kennel) Club Feld Trials on Prairie | Chickeus. Jos. H. Dew, Columbia, Tenn., Secretary. December. National American Kennel Club Field Trials on Quail, Grand Junction, Tenn. D, Bryson, Memphis, Tenn., Secretary, a YANKEE. EY JEROMP BURNETT. iC ONCERNING dogs—you ought to know The pointer we call Yankee ; He's Smart and sharp and full of * go,” And never dull nor cranky, Bring forth the gun, he leaps to life Tn all his proud elation ; Te's eager for the joyous strife, The soul of animation. Say but the word, he’s right with you, Whate’er the wind or weather, He'll take the field and work It through, And neyer miss a feather, And when he strikes the subtle trail, Yow ll wateh him eyery minute, His action shows he cannot fall, Because bis soul fs In Lt. Then when the steady polnt Is made, he climax he intended, No workmen better knows lls trade— is art and nature blended, Tie rigid form, thts foot upraised, The breast that’s gently swelling, ‘The beaming eye 80 often praised, Of rarest sport are telling. A picture tis, here rudely done, Ot wondrous combination, A pose of grace that cer has won Our greatest admiration. it tells of one that’s true and tried, ‘As friend we have no dearer; Whate’er nay come, whate’er betide, No love can be slncerer. ‘Tle’s taught us much that men receive Thelr doubt with faith to leaven, For knowlog him we can believe That food dogs go to heaven. a a fie! TRAINING VS. BREAKING, IN TEN PARTS—OAAP. VI.—OONTINUED. HOULD you desire that your dog become proficient in 5S the fancy department of this accomplishment, there is no end to the tricks that you may teach him; but until he is fairly proficient in bringing his bit of meat and ball, you should confine your praclice striclly to these; for although he may understand you and readily bring anything that you may. ask him to, you will find it the better way to go slow and sure, ever beating In mind that anything that is worth your while to teach him, should be taught in a thorough manner, that he may not forget it should it happen that he should go a few days without being called upon to perform it. We like our dog to carry, as well as to fetch, and deliver his bird to our companion who has shot it; and we wish him 80 well trained that he will carry any article and Jay it down at the word ‘drop’ in any place ihat we may designate. This he may be taught to do understandingly if you pursue the proper course wilh him. To teath him this, you will re- quire an assistant, who should be one of your own family, or some one that the dog is well acquainted wilh. When you five the first lesson, your assistant should be a few feet from you. Calling your pupil to you, give him his ball and bid him ‘ carry” it, at the same time motioning with your hand in the direction that he isto go. ‘Your assistant should not gay a word, but should merely hold ont his hand for the ball, and when the dog delivers it, !e shonld praise and pet him a little, while you should make make much of him, and if he has performed the task in a pleasing manner, reward him with a bit of meat. After a few lessons of this kind, the dis- tance can be gradually increased und he will soon carry as far as he can see your assistant, If there is any difficulty in setting bim started right, let your assistant take the ball and send himto you, until he understands what is wanted, which he will do after a few Jessons. Of course, you have told him to ‘*drop” every time that he delivers anything toyon, and as he knows the meaning of the word, it will be an easy task to teach him to lay down his ball or bit of meat in any place that you really wish him to, In order that he may learn to do this in a proper manner and readily drop his burden at the word, and instantly leave it without regret and come to you, we will commence at the beginning and give him the order for the first time when heis close to us, and with our hand extended as if to take it. As soon as he opens his mouth the hand should be instantly removed and the article allowed to drop on the ground. At once praise and pet him and give him to understand that this is all right. On no ae- connt must you pick up the article or he may be led to think that he should have delivered it into your hand as usual, nor should you allow bim to pick it up, buf at once call him away and interest him with something else. This will be enough for the first lesson, This should be repeated until he appears to understand what is required, betore you at- tempt to increase the distanvs. Your pupil must be made to understand that when be hears thé order to drop he must instantly lose his hold, and leaving the article, at once obey whatever signal youmay give him. You should so teach him that when coming in with anything that you haye or- dered him to bring be will at the word drop it and wheel at the motion of the hand in sny direction that you may indi-~ eale, You will derive no little benefit from this accom- plishment should you,ever get in a ‘thot corner” on a duck pass, and not only saye yourself much worry, but also spare your dog much labor, by bidding him drop his dead bird and first secure the wounded one, which may make good its es- cape unless attended to at once. The same thing often oc— cursin quail shooting, and many birds are lost that might be brought to bag, did your dig but understand this fancy training. The careful reader will readily understand that our so- called ‘‘ fancy training” is in reality not so useless ag some would-be critics would have us believe; but isa part of our system whereby we not only bring ont our pupil a ‘‘ killing” dog but we make of him an intelligent companion andeleyate him to our Own sphere, as it were, and by the wonderful de- yelopment of his reasoning faculties we not only greatly in- crease his capacity for intelligently entering into the enjoy- ment of the ever changing phases of our woodland sports, but we greatly add to our own pleasure in witnessing the mar- velous manifestations of reason and intelligence that he will display in his encounters with some wary patriarch of the forest, whose tricks and subterfuges will outvie the wily Btrategems of a Tallyrand. There gre many things that you can readily teach your pupil after you on¢e get him fairly started on the road, for the more you teach him and the more pains you take with him the more readily will he understand what you wish. You must use great caution when you begin teaching him to bring anything that is new to him; and be very sure that he will understand your orders before you issue them, This point is worthy your careful consideration and you should Sirive to make yourself perfectly understood at all times, This you can easily do by closely watching his disposition and the workings of his mind as he performs his tasks. Some dogs are possessed of remarkable reasoning faculties and ap- pear intuitively to understand just what you wish, while others are slow to learn and require more time to develop their latent powers. J’rom personal experience we are well satis- fied that the former requires to the full as much painstaking, careful handling as the latter in order to perfect his educa- tion, and make of him a steady, reliable dog. Therefore, un- less you wish to see exeniplified the truth of the old saying ** quick learned, quick forgotten,” go slow, and be very sure that every step in each lesson is well learned before yon advance any further. You should neyer ask your dog to bring anything that will tax his powers tooseverely, especially should this rule be observed until his education is complete. Your judgment will tell you better than to bid him bring the crossbar or a piece of custard pie; you should likewise refrain from asking him to bring you anything that is hard or bulky, at least until lhe has arrived at maturity and is well established in all his lessons. Many good retrievers are ruined by allowing them to bring articles that they are obliged to grasp hard in order to hold on to, For this reason we never allow our dog to bring our knife nor anything of the kind, for just so sure as this is allowed just so sure will the dog acquire the habit of pinching his birds. We once owned one of the best retrievers that we ever saw. In an eyil hour we bade him carry into the house the earthen plate from which he had caten his dinner. After this it became the regular thing for him to do at every meal, but also that dainty, delicate mouth, which had been our pride and boast, was gone forever, and after thiseyery bird that he brought that was not stone dead, would show the marks of his teeth. Weare well aware that there is 4 great difference in dogs in this respect, and that we occasionally see one that will bring anything that he can drag along anu at the same time he will hardly rufile a feather of a strug- gling bird; but for fear that you may not possess such apara- gon we advise you to be very careful about trying any ex- periments that may ruin your dog, especially whet there is no practical benefit to be derived that is at all commensurate with the risk that yourun. Your hatand gloves and slip- pers, you can safely allow him to bring you, and it will take but little time to teach him this if yon carefully follow the instructions that we haye given. You can even teach him by constant practice to distinguish between them so that when you send him for either one he will make no mistake, but, understanding your order, bring the article you wish. In oder to teach him this you should first accustom him to bring each article and at the same time to take pains to teach himitsname. Take, for instance, your hat, and after plac- ing itin his mouth, bid him “bring the hat,” and be sure to use the same language every lime that you practice him at this. ‘The same course should be pursued with the gloves or any Other article that youmay wish. After he has had practice enough to bring readily the article desired you can place several articles close together. Put your hat and gloves with his ball and other hght articles, ihen order him to bring the hat, should he pick it up at the first trial, ashe is very likely to do, you must praise and pet him, and as you talk to him you should speak the word ‘‘hat” in order to im- press upon his memory the meaning of the word. This should be done in an intelligent manner, perhaps by saying he ‘is a good dog to bring the hat,” just as you would talk toa boy. Should he pick up his ball, or any other article, at, once tell him to ‘‘drop,” and repeat the order for the hat, and do not allow him to bring you anylbing else. After he brings the hat readily every time, you can change to some- thing else, your gloves for instance; but until he has learned the meaning of the words and brings the articles readily, do not place the hat near them, nor where he can see it, as it may confuse him. When he has become accustomed to the gloves you can place the hat with them and he will soon un- derstand which to bring, This course should be pursued with each article, and in a short time he will understand the meaning of the words; and when you send him.for any ar- ticle that you haye thus taught him the name of, he will seldom makea mistake. While teaching your pupil to re- trive, you should neyer allow yourself to become careless, nor let him do this work in a slovenly manner. Always in- sist upou a perfect performance of his task, for if he is once allowed to depart from the accustomed manner that you have taught him he is suré to get the impression that this is nght and pleasing to you, and you will have a harder task fo set him right than you would to have kept him straight in the first place; and worse than this, he will be be very liable to become confused and fail to understand just what you want; therefore, firmly insist upon implicit obedience to your ordesr, and never allow yourself to deviate one iota from the course that you haye marked out. We haye ever found that all intelligent dogs are very prone to look to their masters for guidance and instinctively to take their eue from them as to their behavior. You should take every advautage of this trait, and by cool and collected behavior, under all circumstances, strive to impart to your pupil a steadiness that will ever be to you # source of pride. This trait is especially {o be cultivated when trying to make a careful, tender-mouthed retriever. You should always handle with the greatest care any article that you are teaching him to bring, There appears to be something m the careful manner in which you handle the object that is potent to impress upon his mind « corresponding carefulness in taking hold of it that is not apparent when the object is roughly thrown upon the ground; and we have frequently taken pains to go, and with ostentatious care lay the article down instead of throwing it, and have in this way succeeded in obtaining the best of results, especially when our dog was alittle inclined to be rough or hard-mouthed. There is one rule that we have carefully observed for many years, and we can assure you that it is well worthy your con- sideration. We never allow a pup to retrieve a bird his first season, until we have first handled it, and found that it was stone dead. You should allow him to point it for a short time and then daintily pick it up; and, after smoothing out the feathers yery carefully, lay it down in front of him, taking care that he can see your every motion. Now retreat a few stepsand yery quietly bid him ‘bring dead.” By pursuing this course you will improye, not only his mouth, but his steadiness as well; and also give him achance to be- come acquainted with the difference in the scent between a live and a dead bird; and so render him less liable to make a mistake by pouncing upon a close-lying bird that chances to be near where he has marked the dead bird down. Haying intimated in the first chapter that we are in favor of using the whip when tb is needed, we will brietly explain, As we have before stated we never use the whip until our pupil’s education is complete, and thereis no occasion to re- sort to it even then, unless our orders are willfully disobeyed. - When we find that our pupilis willful, and deliberately re- fuses fo perform his task, we seck occasion to giye him a lesson that he will never forget. We are very careful to select an occasion for punishment when the order disoheyed isof a passive character, like 7 jo or Charge, as better re- sults are obtained than when the command is of an active nature. Provided with a heavy whip, we lake the oppor- tunity when our pupil is very much engaged about something that will be pretty sure to cause him to disobey, ald give him the order 10 Charge. If we are positive that he plainly understands and willfully refuses to cbey, we instantly take him by the collar in such a mauner that he cannot bite nor break away, and repeating the order, strike him once with all our force. Retaining our hold, we calmly wait without speaking, long enough to slowly count ten. We then repeat the order and blow simultaneously. ‘This we continue until our judgment tells us that he has had enough. You may depend upon it that a dozen blows thus administered will! ac- complish more in the way of reform ihan a hundred thrashings as generally inflicted, for your pupil not only knows why he is punished but he has plenty of time between the strokes to reason it all out, and he willsurely come to the conclusion that you Teally want him to charge when you give the order; and that the best thing that he can do is to in- stantly obey. Unless he is uncommonly stubborn, you will find that one or fiwosuch whippings will last him his lifetime. You must be very careful to issue your eammands in your ordinary tone of voice; and on no account must you display the least sign of anger or impatience ; nnd as soon as you are through with the punishment you must speak a few kindly words to him in order to Jet him understand that you are still his loving friend. As scon as be recovers a little, you shenid repeat your order, which he will at once obey, when yuu uust pet and praise him without stint, thus indellibly impressing upon his mind that the way of the canine trans- gressor is hard and that obedience will bring a sure reward. We yery much dislike to punish a dog; but if this has to be done, we greatly prefer that the lesson should be giyen before we take him into the field, as the knowledge thus imparted may prevent the necessity of resorting to this extreme when among the birds. + = GERMAN HAUNTING DOGS. New Yore, Dec, 22, 1881. Editor Forest and Stream : I saw in your paper of the 15th Dec. a short description of the German davhghund, the schyeélsshund, and their use, Thinking it of interest to some of your many readers I will give a short description of the dogs used in Germany for sporting purposes. The Bnglish setter and pointer are used aa well as in the United States, bunt you will find yery few retrievers. There ave in Ger- many two similar breeds of dogs used for partridge, pheasant, snipe, woodcock and other shooting, called kurz liariger deutscher jagdhwnd (smooth-haired) and lang haariger deutscher jagdhund (long-haired). The former is yery like the English pointer, with which he shares the derivation from the old Spanish potter, but much strongerin his wholemakenp. The English heavy pointers, which are much in fashion now, sre, however, almost as strong as they are, and the well known champion Wagg, winner of many prizes at English and German dog shows, who was considered in England a typical dog of his race, looked vary much like a German smeoth-haired tagdhund. The color of these smooth-haired dogs is liver, white and liver, or whito and black. Of the loug-haived dogs, liver, white and liver, red, cr black and white. They have coarser hair than the Dnglish setters. Doth kinds are used for the same purposes, They will, if of a good bread, point as well as any English pointer or setter, and range as speedy ad they do, but are very obedient to their handler. ‘This is of special adyan- tage when in search of pheasant or woodoock in 4 thick cover, where, to order, they will only range # short distance frow their handler. Doth kinds are extremely good retricyers. They are -very hardy, and can do their work in very warm weathor, necding very little water in comparison to the English getters and poimters. The long-haired tadghond will algo du the work of the wuter spaniel, for he is yery fond of going into the water, being an e=x- tremely good swimmer, and cares little for bitter cold weather, or eyen the ice covering the surface, but will go into the water any- where you pend him to stir up some wild ducks hidden in the teeds, or to retrieve a wounded or dead bird. Goth kinds will sit during # battue motionless at your feet, wilboub attsmptiog to follow the passing game, but when ordered will retrieye anything they can carry, or kills wounded fox. I hays seen some of the amooth-haired kind, which are a little strouger in their loins, re- trieve large old hures, carrying them at Inll speed for half a mile. They will follow you when stalking om deer, going iu thu most cautious manner, avoiding any noise which would frighten away the deer, and, if propérly broken, will not rou alter the deer after you haye shot. Isa some of these dogs long employed im the forests doing also the work of the schweisshynd, following the cold blood of a deer. But this qualityisdound rather seldom, aud only if the dogs are used for s long time in the forests, They ara ex- tremely conragéous, and will defend their master egainet any assault, be it by men or beasts, wild boars or aby other animal, Notwitbatanding this they are of a yery gentle nature, when not rovoked, and are good playmates for children. Dumng the last Ftteen years the German breeds have bees much mixed with Englinh Wlood, but for the last five yesrs much hap bebn done tu keep the old German races pure. One club at Hanuover, ea- pecially, called " Verein zur Verediyng dey Hitiilerdoon in Deutsch 454 FOREST AND STREAM, (January 5, 1882: — Taya,” has done a grost dealtor our dogs, through giving good Rr fo dog shows and field trials and by founding s siud- 100k, The was of the achweisehnud is sufficiently described in your payee of the 15th Deo, [need only add that they are especially red in the “ Deister,” the mountaing in the south of the ancient Kingdom of Hanoyer, and in the ‘‘ Hara,” the timber- covered mountains in the dentre of Germany, where plenty of deer sre found. The foresters in those tio contries are renowned as good trainers of these dogs, which become yery wild if improperly treated. ‘The dachsiund is employed to hunt the fox and the badger. A the noble way of hunting the fox with hounds is an impossibility in Germany, except in some vyervsmall sections, the fox is not spared for this purpose, but is killed whenever fonnd to preserye the other game, to which cunning Reynard does much damage. In spring, when s fox hole is feund with a litter of young ones, you gend the dachshund in at one of the entrances, after closing the other ones with stones, earth or nets. If the biteh is in the hole the dachshnnd will attack her and driys her to the central chamber of the hole, where she will defend her puppies. The dog will either kill ber, drag her to daylight snd afterward the young ones, or he will make snch a noise by constantly giving tongue that you will be enabled to dig through the earth just to the point where the fox is lying iu order to kill him and take tha puppies out. If several old foxes ure in one hole you will generally need several doga, for a single one becomes too tired. I have seen them como tumbling back to daylight, wounded, coyered with blood and half suffocated, and, after recovering for half 4 minute, again enter the hole, mora eager than ever to attack thei natural enemy, Sometimes the fox retires and tries to go to daylight, where he is ‘either shot or caught in the nets. Badgers sre hunted in the same manner, but you must only nae the most courageous dogs for this purpose, becanse the badger is much stronger than the fox and would lal the dog immediately if he is not very skillful and bold; and, in the second place, the badger will, if not con- atuntly oceupied by the assaults of the dog, turn round, dig fur- ther into the earth and, in a short time, putso much earth between him und the dog that the latter, though also digging, cannot follow him. Insome mountainous parts of Garmany the dachshund is also need to do tha work of the schweisahund, for he is gifted with a yery keen nose; in some other parts, wlso, to drive wild boars ont of thick covers. The dachshund is a very odd looking fellow with his long head, body and tail and bis short, crooked forelegs, which enable him to dig so wall. On acconnt of their queer looks they are much in fashion now in Hogland, but only as toys, They are of liyer color or black and tan. Tha breeding of the dachs- hound of good qualiticox#is much encouraged by a club in Berlin, which gives yulunble prizes for dachshund trials. Greyhounda—the English breed—are much in use in some parts of Germany for hunting the hare and the fox. There are only yery few packs of foxbounds, harriers or beagles to be found. The strongest pack is a royal pack of foxhounds kept near Berlin for the purpose of hunting wild boars, which yery often give a good tun and & good fight at the kill. Various smaller packs are kept, especially by the Gficers of some cayalry regiments, to follow the drag. Various other kinds of home and foreign bred dogs, ag, for ex- ample, the French griffon and other French breeds, are used in Germany, but they ave found yory seldom, I may, therefore, omit thera in this short account of the sporting dogs used in my country. H. E. —— [From s Special Correspondent.) ALEXANDRA PALACE DOG SHOW. Loxpoy, Eng., Dec, 14, 1881, Rilitor Forest and Stream : The week between Birmingham and the London winter show came to all of us as a yery much needed rest for men and dogs alike, and in the quiet thus youchsafed us we were glad to turn our attention to lays knowing questions ; to get out of the storms of sound Yaised by our vanilie friends in angry protest against such long and undeserved confinement, and also the no less constant and energotic disputations and protests loud and deep (what you eall “solid, T believe), uttered by exhibitors and forming a surging sea of Conflicting opinion, sume of which shall overflaw in frothy argumeut in the columns of our newspapers. That there always will be difference in iudividual estimates of the actual and relative moritd of exhibited live stovk is a state of things arranged for by Proyidence and for which all those who run dog shows or in any way make money or glory out of them ought to be especially thankful ; but T must day, the more J see of dog shows, the more convinced I am that were a standard of excellence for each breed accepted and dogs judged by it on the point system, instead of as now by rule of thumbk—every judge haying his own standard, and some of them as muny different standards as the expediancy of the acca- pion requites—we shonld find lews that is inexplicable in awards of prizes and after-discussion of such awards would then rest on an intelligible basis, and on that yery acount such arguments would loge much of the acrimony wluch too often distinguishes them— ‘ a consummation most deyontly to be wished.” Aas at many of the Kennel Olub'’s previous shows, the exhibition guifered somewhat from yery nofayorable weather—rain, fog and snow being with us daring the entire time, Ths central hall of the Alexandra Palace was ised, as yon may have judged from my last—a much better place in which to hold a dog show than Cnr- zon Hall, at Biimingbam. In fact, nothing much better could be desired, for this time of year, than the accommodations fur- nished at the Palace, Besides the dogs, an interesting exhibit was mule of paintings of onr canine friends, which formed an attvactive ormament to the hall. The conyeuiences for judging were yery satisfactory, fourrings haying been proyided (one more than formerly) yn which all of the classes were judged on Friday, the $th inst., except two—Dandie Dmmonts and collies—which wout over to Saturday. The vings in which Bassets and dachshunds were jndged were furnished with platforms, designed to enable the judges to prop- erly examine the peuuliar formation or ‘‘ crook” of the dogs’ lezs and feet. Of the twelve hundred or more entries, eleyen hun- dred and ninety-five putin an appearance, some of these, how- ever, being entered in more than one class. The feeding of the dogs wasin chasge of Mesars. Spratt, who proyided the entire show with their new patent Viscnits, which differ from the old style in the addition of beetroot, designed to preyent the attacks of vostiyeuess, to which dogs in confinement, 14 at #hows, are bo liable, They seem to hays been yer'y successful in. accomplishing the desired result, as the doga remained, in almost all cases, in a normal state of health, in so far ad it could be controlled by their food. he management was in charge of Mr. John Douglas, who gaye thorough satisfaction, in tle capacity in which he acted, as did also Mr. H. St, James Stephen, ax Secretary. , The judges weve: Ray. W. J. Mellor for Bloodhounds, Maatiits, St, Bernards, Newfonndlands, Bourhounds, extra classes and Skye Terrievd; Roy. 8. T, Mopse and Rev. W. J). Mellor for Dandie Din- monte; Mr. W. P. Arkwright fur Pointerd, Clumber Spaniels and Shospdogs; Mr. A. Fitzroy tor Fox Terriers (smooth and wite- haired) and Bedhngtons; Mr. 8, Tl, Shicley fov Black-and-tan Ter- riers, English Setters, Dalmatians, Pomeranians, Poodles, Bull Terriers, Smooth-baired Terriers and Hard-haired Scotch Terriers, Mr. H. Mapplebock for Black-and-tan Setters anid Yorkshire Ter- riers, Pugs, Maltese, Blenheim Spaniele, King Charles Spaniels, other Toy Soaniela, Itwlian Greyhounds and Toy Terriers; Col, Cooper for Trith Setters; Rev. W. Sergeantson for Retriévers; Mr. A. Byron for Dachshunds; Rey. A. L, Willettand Major Willett for Tmsh Water Spuniela, Sussex Spaniels, black and other field Spanield; Mr. H. CG. Musters for Deerhounda and Greyhounds; Mr, G. Kreh! for Bassethounds and Irish Terriers; and Mr. W. Oliver for Bulldogs. b Tu the Blood hound champion class, Napier, being the only con- testanh receiyed the card, My opmmon of this dog I wrote you uppu the occasion of bis recent appearance at Birmingham. Theré is, therefore, no occasion for furthef comment wonverning him here, Mr. Mark Beaufoy’s Nestor, who was awarded merely y.h.c, at Birmingham, was well placed here, receiving first prize in open dog class. He has good head and body, with excellent legs and feet, and bidy fairto win maby prizes if future exhibi- tious. Mr, HK. Nichols’ Vampyre, wiuner of second, is # litter brother to Nestor, hy Rollo ex Diana, and shares many of his food points. Inthe bitch class, My, L, G. Morrell’s Belludonna aod Malyina were well placed first and second, Brevity, winner of first card, last June, being given an extra third, Norna and Regency were the remaining exbibita, of an excellent clase, and were yery deserving of the h.c. which they received, Pup- piss were a yery ordinary lot, not désurving of any indiyidnal criticiam. In champion Mastiffs, the prize went to Dr, L, 8, F, Winslow's Crown Prince, a famous winner for his age—two years—he hay- ing already carried off eight first prizes and six ¢ilyer enps, In the open class for brindle dogs (a color I think, almoat unknown in Mastiffg, on your side of the Atlantic,) the aged Vulean was an éasy first, his only opponent, Banquo, on the contrary, wanting age and development. The class for brindle bitches, embracing six, was a remarkably éyeén lot, in size, color and conformation, and the awards were rightly placed, thronghout, the exhibit bamga fine one. In-the open dog class, (other than brindle) Pontiff was correctly placed first ; for although he ia rather small, he is well built, and has an excellent head, and muzzle of the proper type. The award of sevond to Nero was very generally and justly disapproved of, as, with the exception of a broad skull, he is good in neither bead, body nor legs, Cedri¢ the Saxon should haye been placed second, with Chief Justice third. Othello, Lord Darnley, aud Boaco II., merited their y,h.c. In bitches, other thun brindle, another very even and admirable lot was shown, most of the exhilite being full of ‘* quality.” Ilford Baroness gained first honors, correctly, on the whole, although it may be considered that her body, legs, and feet are much superior fo her head, which, althongh furnished with a goad, broad akull, and the proper sort of ears, (emall and laying well,) is conpled with aface somewhat dished and a yery much undershot jay. Duchess of Connanght was in her proper position, as second. Hecla, winner of third, I did not like, as she added want of size to many fanltd in hend. I should have pre- ferred either Lena, The Lady Rowena, or Sybil, for the last men- tioned honor. The two puppy classes were good, the firat prize winners in both, a son and daughter of champion Crown Prince, desorying their places. St. Bernards showed the winner in the champion dog ¢lass to be Mr. H. C. Joplin’s Cadwallader, whorightly won, although we have seen him in better coat than on this oceasion, Cyrus, a smooth- coated dog, is also a grand animal. In champion bitches, Mr, J. Valentine's Ida was properly giyen the card, The open clags for Ton gh cose dogs was really eae evident superiority bem visible in nearly all the animals shown. ‘Trojan, the winner, js better in head than The Duke, preond prize) but the latter is superior in body qualities and bone. Save received third prize, for which he was hard pressed by two or three of the y.h.c. dogs, of which there were twenty-one out of the entire class of twenty- six ; and this is but one instance, among many, in which these honors were distributed so freely that they mm a mensure lost their yalue, Mesars. Towsley and Carr's Bellinzona brought them first prize in the rough-coated bitch class. She is a grand bitch, but might be a trifle better incoat. Second and third well given, the latter going to a bitch almost white in color, In smooth-coated dogs, Dunstan deserved the first prize which he recetyed, although he has no dew claws, and second was correctly awarded to Brice. Smooth-coated bitches were headed by Silber, a2 yery good one, but a trifle light in jaw, with Irene a good second. The class, asa whole, was very good, In the puppy classes, the awards wera well jaced, the dogs being a yery promising lot, of great quality, and the bitches yery fair. Of Deerhounds 4 small lot was shown, of no great merit. Mr. Stephens’ Bevis I, being the only entry in the ehampion class, was awarded the prize. The judging in the open classes was satis- factory. A In Champion Pointer Dogs Mr, Rh. G, Lloyd Price curried off the prize with his grand old dog Wage, who is well advanced in years, and, as many think, should have given placo to Bang II, the Birmingham winner, In Champion Bitches Mr. G. Pilkington won with Lilac, who was y.b.c, at Birmingham in the champion class, for bitches under fifty pounds, but on this later ocension heat Maggie, winner at Birmingham of the champion prize for bitches over fifly pounds, which is accounted for by the fact that Mugeie is bezin- ning to show her age. The open classes hore were divided by color instead of by weight, being “liver aud white’ and * other than liver and white,” the former making 4, fine showing. Tor some unaccountable rexson Don of Devon, winner in the liyerand white ab Birmingham in the large dog class, was given nierely h.b, here, a wonderful decision regarding a dog so good in negrly all points. He was the best in the class, and so should haye been first, with Lerd Rockingham, the winuer, second, and Don JT, who was given second, not sharing the money prizes at all. In the liver and white bitches, the winner fairly carned her place ; second should have gone to Daphne, who was piyen y.luc, but was good enough to win a first prize at Birmingham, Duchess Bona, y-b.c., i8 a good looking bitch. This was a yery good clags. Only one dog other than liver and white was entered, and the prize was withheld for want of merit. Tu bitches the mag- nificent Beryl won, with ease, She also took the breeders’ prize. Puppies (any color) showed « good class, of excellent quality, and were rightly placed the winner, Lass of Devon giving indica- tions that she will probably deyelop into a remarkably tine show biteh. In the champion English Setter Dog class, Mr. Llewellin had a walk-over with Count Wind ‘em, in the absence of the only other entry, Royal Jock; and, in the champion bitch clave, the game gentlemin won easily with Puzzle, who has an excellent head and cost. Inthe open dog class, another win for the same kennel, with Prince Royal, who degeryed the honor. Second and third were correctly giyen, both Sir Allister nnd Count Paragon beng very well-formed and exceilent dogs. Royal Rock, the Binning ham winner, got v.b.c., which he well deseryed. Oleye, hivu., ix a very attracliye young dog, but was shown in poor cont. Mr. Tiewellin again won in the open bitch clase, with the field triul winner, Novel, who has a rather plain head, but cannot be fonnd dault with in any other points. She was fully entitled to her place as wad the second prize winner to hers. Conrtesr Kose was worthy of her y.i.c. In English Setter Puppies, the winner, Eryx, is a very grand dog, with perfect head, good legs and feet, and wonderful bone—his apparent fanits being, perhwps, a slight slackness of loin and want of sping in bis ribs. A brace from Mr. Liewellin’s kennel, Pet Bondbu sand Pearl Bondbu, second and y.h.c., were very beantiful animals, aud well degeryed their honors. In Layerack Setters, first prize went to Mr, IT. B. Bowers’ Comet, 1 judgment [cannot coincids in, as besides suffering from ehores 10 the head, be bas a slack loin, alao bad hindquarters snd hocks. Meg Merrilies, who was placed second af, Birmingham and the same here, should have been given first here, Welamon, third prize winner, ia too howyy inthe head. The class wax not by any moéanp & pruat one. i Black and Tan Setters, In the dog class, Mr. Jacobs’ Marquis scored his sixth Palace victory. He is a fine, racing looking dog, perhaps somewhat badly coloved. Second given to Gronse, coarse in head, of the heavy type, wend poor in coat. The third pijze winner, Ranger I., munch the same us the seaond, and badly tanned on the hindquarters, besides. Young Jock, y.h.c., might haye been given one of the money prizes, without the commis- sion of any grave error; Kecond would not haye been too much, as be bas both size snd qnality. Mr. Jacobs won again, in the bile class, with Kate, a danghter of Ohatapion Dnke, and winher at the last Alexandra Palace show. Shets a little lightin tan. the second piize witmers having faulty color also, Busy should haye been placed second. Belle, third prize winner, is bad in ears, they being too high up on her head, and, having a white chest, she should have been in the black, tan and white class, ad should alxo _ Jewess, y-h.c. In the puppies, a yary poor lot, the only fair specimen won. > : Tn the Black, tan and white claés, Marquis IT. won, although chrly iu cout and having too mnch Jangth of tail. Gypsy Girl, a, pretty bitch, should have bad frst place, Ruport, second prize, is too heavy and coarse, A trish Setters —In the champion dog or bitch claer, (three en- triex,) the uwards were satisfactory, but as the class was @ very even one, some persons would haye preferred to sae Count in first igtee In the open dog dlasa, the awards were nob good. Sir Shot, who should have been merely mentioned, being bad in color, was given firsk prize. Wirst and second should have gone, in the order named, to Ganymede and Young Palmerston, both y.h.c, Bunis was corectly placed third, but Bogardus, second prize, nught well have been left ont of the money, ws he is curly in cout, not good enough in color, and Nis cars are set on high, Viscount Palmerston, an unnoticed one, 18 a dog of excellent qual- ity. In the bitch class, Polly, the winner, bas good color and shape, but was hard pressed for her place by Sheelah, fhe secoud prize winner, and Hebe, third prize, the contest being yery eyen. In the puppy class, Handy Andy, first prize, and Bunis, who took third prize in the open dog class and second in thia, were yery nearly matched, next best bemg Derry, h.e., from the same kennel. In the ¢hampion class for black Spaniels, the beantifwl biteh Squat, showh by Mr. T. Jacobs, gained the prize, also the extra prize of £5, for the best field Spuniel, in any class, éxhibited by the breeder. She is considered the best black Spaniel évaér shown, and is but one of Mr. Jacobs’ yery fiue lot, a4 ho also bred Yuln, winner in the open large dog clase, nnd owned the sire of Solus, second prize winner. Beverley Bob, v.h.c., id pomy feathered, has white on his chest, and ig somewhat short in body and high on his legs. In the open bitch class, firet went to Boverley Bes, nn- doubtedly the best, although furnished with a topknot, which is quite against her, Lesh, second prize, was poor in head, She was heavy in whelp, and Iam sorry to hear that she died, at the show, on Tuesday morning. Sukey, y.h,c,, T petersy to Leah, for second place, as sheisu good one, wilh the exception of a slight curl m her cont. ally, a good little black, wonin the clasp for Spaniels cf any color, under twenty pounds. In the Fox-terrisr classes, some fault was found with the deci- sions of Myr. A, Witzroy, but considering the extreme diffienlty of hid task, aud the fact that infallibility cannot be expected, at a bench show, I think that lis judgment may be regarded with due confidence, He certainly spared no pains in the performance of the tusk allotted to him,. The speciul cups offered by the Fox-terrier Club were awarded aa follows: Grand Challenge Cup (Smooth): Brokenhurst Rally. Wire-haired Chalienge Cup: Terror, The medal, for the best of the winners of the two challenge cups, was also won by this dog. Challenge Cup for best Puppy owned by a member of the Mox- terrier Club: Coercion Hill, Cup fox hest Dog owned by « mem- bor of the Fox-terrier Club: Rally, Cnp for best Bitch owned by a member of the Fox-terrier Club: Diamond Dust. The Third Open Produce Stakes: Furet, £18; second, £15; third, £1010s.; aud fourth, £7108. There was & class for each sex. Same plizes in cach Class. 5 Tn the Dog class, Twitcher won; Coercion Bill, second; Diamond Jack, third, and Rutland, tourth, In the Bitch class, Render won first ; Olivette, second; Hatch- ment, third; snd Onua, fourth, ' Dandie Dinmont Terriers numbered filty-nine, one of the largest and best exhibita e¢yer made in London. ‘Thix breed has been given achammpion vlass now, The jndging of Messrs. Mosse and Mellor was sénerally liked throughout. Below is the prize ligt: PRIZE LIST. Blnodhounds--Chamipion—}, EH Nrouzh’s Naplir Open—Degs: 1, M Beantoy’s Nestor; 2, © Nichols’ Vainpyre; 4, E Brongl’s Brayo; y he, LG Morrels’ Mattvavers, @ i Ray's Noblemiin, L Sinith’s Liww- yig, Cuptala J W Oltyton’s Luth Xt, Dr G WU Parry’s uscar Ii; he anc, § R Ray's Victorious and butlind. Bitches: 1, LG Morrell's Belladonna; 4, Lb G Morvel’s Malviia; extra 3, Brough’s Breyiry (Late Ade), io, C Bi dwann's Regency, LG Morrells Morna, Pupptes: 1, LG Morrel’s Marlo; h c, | Byeret’s Victor. Maastiffs—Chainplon—l, Dr L 8 # Winslow's Urawn Prince. Brindle —Open—Dogs: 1, A C Joplin’: Vulean; he, WI Orawley’s Banyuo, Hitches: 1, WK 'Twuntonms Nell TIT (also shoWhas Nell V); 2, Hanbury'’s Tridcess; extra a, WK Tinton s Cleopatra; bc, Mrs O Bradford's Phils Tl, Captain d D Piddocke's Stella; ¢, MB Wyon's Druidess Tl. Other than brindle—Dogs: 1, TWanbury’s toni; 8, Miss Wey- keth's Nevo, equal 4, WK 'uimton’s Chief Justice, Dr J 5 Turner's Cadre Lid haxon; vyhe, tt Cook's Othello, H C Joplin's Lord Datn- ley, Mrs C Lee's Bosco IT J. Hutehing’s she Anthony; lic, WP Al leyue's Iiidersley, A Llaneock’s Duke, GS Furssey’s General; v, Capt J LPiddockets Ajax, Bilches: |, Mrs ! L Carslake’s Ilford Baroness: 4, i Alston's Duchess of Connaugll; #, Dr LS W Wiuslow’s Heola; v he, B danburys Ranee Tl, B Nichols’ Boadieea and Sibyl, Drd § ‘Turmers The Lady Rowera, J Eyas’ Her Lady-hip, J Huteh- tugs’ Bernice, J Banks’ Jenny; bc, Captain J L Piddocke’s Lena, 77. Hutchings’ Nydia. Poppies—Dogs: 1, Dr L$ J Winslow's Prince Wuldemur; 2 Mies Hesketl’s loyal; v he, R Winslow's Crown Princess;2,8 Hanbury’s Goethayextraa, HO Joplin’s Saowball; y bc, Miss Hesketl's Diba if, i Cook's 1iford Countess, @ Woster's Falry; hc, Miss Wesketi's Hilda V und Reina, Captain J L Plddotke's Beza iid Beda; o, © TD Stevenson’s Brenda Secundus. St Bornards—Ohamponu—Dogs: 4 GO Joplio’s Cadwallader, Bitches: J Valentine's Ida, Rough-coxuteu—Open—bogs; 1, Towsley and Garr’s Trojun; 2, § W smith’s The Duke; 3, d F Smith's Save; y lie, gr Loe s Chieltain, G Keen's eetor Ly, ') WN Oliver's Monareh If, J F Smits Faust, W Hicklin's Odin, G Rtherlige's Cerdic and Oscar U, G Sweet's Turk, Ws Wonter’s Monurch 1V,S W smith’s The Splogan, J § Raybould's Britis Lion, Mrs Wilkinson's Youur Barry, Mrs — Clarke's Thorwald, J Goulds Kector, R Thornton’s Egbert, Gresham, Leonard and Uswald, 0 P Luneasiire’s Leigh Rector, A Birnes' baby; G and W Porter's 4u; Lb. c, Walls’ Alp If. Bitcties: 1, Towsley and Cars Dellingzona; 2, HG Sweet's Grouchen; 8, Rey G A Sneyd’s Hope; v he, Rh Thorniows Norma, d F sintth’s Norma HU; ho, 28 Dee's May Qneen B,J Aoadley's Zingarl, Smouoth-coateq— Doys: 1, & ‘Thorntous Dunstan; 2, AT Franklin's Bruce; v he, M del dtiezo's) Hector 4 O, i W Parkes? Briton, LCC R Norris’ Koyalist: i ¢, HG Sweet's Hassan; ¢, ff M Colnis Bayard IL Bitehes: 1, 0G H Nowis’ Silocry 4, Goodwin's ene: v h ¢. WH Bailey's Nun, R hormion's Nelle, J 17 Murchison’s Christioe, AH I Sweet's Hilda; h c, 8 Smits Lera,J Valentine's ida ll. Puppies—Dogs: 1,5 W smith’s Toe Duke; 4,5 Cuming’s Swerro; vive, Mrs 8 B lravkiln's Mouk i, Duchess of Hamilltovs Barry Vil, Charpenslers’ Hector X11, $ Gurh- 1087S Eric, ‘Towsley ond Cirr’s Vresdnought, RS Moselei’s Alpha: h GJ G Davies Vigo, Cand W Porber’s Nobile Ti, TW Vield's Sater, K S Mouselers Bardoil, WC Perrys Charlie, 0 6 MePherson’s Brora; c, H W Garters bir beyls, If Ford’a Young Rufus, 1 J W Bennett's st Gothard, PP larke’s Leo. Bitches: 7, h Garrett's Murtel 1]; %, vows- ley ind Uarr's Bernina; vy li ¢, Rey J Berwith’s Alpenroge, Rev A Cartel’d Dian’, G W Webster's Dido; h ¢, 3 7 Ruyhowd’s silver, 5 Keller's Lola, Towsley asd (sarr's Babsy. - Newioundlind—Cliamplon— Nichols! Nelson L Black—Dogs: 1, Qanuda. Ho Parubarson’s doe Sadler, Guoyillé and Capn Murphy; yho. k P Bayliss! )he Boast, WE Barnall’s Don Pedro IT, PW Moll’s Leo ¥, BR Lord s Weh Sherif’, Miss Agues Bryunis King Sambo; hc, TG Peatson’s Britus. Ssltches: 1, hk WMoll's Zol; hc, h Mowey's Bmpress ot India; &, WE Alcock’; Oulda, Other (hin black—Dous and Bitches: i and 2, YW Riearquoarsoo’s Trafalear and Nelson; yh e, WF Hognall's Piiuce Charlie, WE Bruce’s Nero Ti; he, Crisp's Duke 11, WR Wyans’ Poor Jo. Boarhounds, o Growi Vanes—Dovs: 1,F Adcock’s Styx; 2, O Pa- tay walski's Sultan Ji, vic, The Duke of Madelts Lobo 11, Wolrt- rain’s Soultaln; tiu, Mrs.) M Drew's Faust. Bltelues: 1, CO Penrzywal- sks Minka; 4, W W 4 Honmison’s Juno; yhe, k Groom's Jezebel, # Adtock'’s Froserpina. Dee hounds—Champlon: H St James Stepliens’ BevisT, Open: WN Wilson’s @sear Il. bitches: 1, WM Chinnery's Uraie ty; 4k Wnts Shela; he, W W ‘Thomson's Minna, HM 8b J Stephen's Audtey. € Greyhounds—1, R Alston's Doctor; 2, H Wodelkinson's Hovesh Dame (lave Jno); 3. A? Daniel's kKefeetion; he, Vt Hvsins' President, Pointers -Chainplin—Dors: I J L Price's Wage. Bitches: G Pil- kingtows Lilag. Liver and whlte—Doys: 1,J 6 Magon’s Lord Rock Ingham; 4, Count.dte Beaulfor'l’s Dan Uy v Le, J # 1. Libya's Ziar; tee, ~fjur ¥ Hy. Lea's Mango, R J Stranger's Don of Devon; «4 RI Price's Little Hep. Ditches: 1, R_C Norrtshis Revel; % MP Charnes? bora; vic, J BL Livyd-Lloyd’s Daphne, FP Wickiin’s Tuchess Rous; ho, ad Prices Merry Gellsr c, Lieut-Colonel LC Leg! eeh's Mep iL and Hess ¥, Major V HV Lee's Muy, Colonel Le GN Starkie's Blanche _~- SS Jayvary 5, 1882-] J. Lindgay, Jersey City, N. J. He is of excallent strain, being by Champion Carlyle (E. K. ©. 8, P:, 8505); by Perthshire Bob— FOEEST AND STREAM, THE SOOTOH COLLIE “ RWX.” | REx is a pure-bred Scotch collie dog, the property of Mr. Old Lagsie, grandsive's Bob of Rug—Clondis, dam Wlcho (1st and cup at Kirkby, Lonsdale); by E. S$. Shirley's champion Trefol (Bh, K. C. 5, 1.), the sire of more winners than any other ¢ollie in England; Lassie(E. K. C, 8. B., Hd35), grandsive’s Uwig—Bess. Tex has been exhib- ited on the bench. He took first prize in bis class at the Westminster Kennel Club show, New York, 1880 ; also the second prize at the London, Ont., show, 1S81. His markings are black, tan and white, with a white breast, partly white logs, tag on tail and a little on nore. He ipa good size, with grand carriage, v long, intelligent kead, and a snaaniieont Jong heayy coat and frill, The ont was taken froma photograph. It shows more white on nose than he has, his tongne heing out aud showing white, which makes his nose ee longer than it is, Rex was whelped March 1, 1870. CANINE WAIFS AND STRAYS.—Gol, Oscar Thomp- gon, of Tohia, was going home with a big and choise heefstesk, He met Mr. Gemuend, who had a fine Tage dog, Thompson remarked that such a dog must eat a great deal. Gomuend said that breed of dogs never ate meat. Thompson said that was very éxtraordinary and he offered the dog his steak, just to sée him refuse it; but the dog promptly took the steak and strnck a 2:40 gait with it for under a building, where he conld eat it in peace —Aalamazso (a- zelle, of Huntroyée. Other than liyer.and white—Bilcbes; 1 and Breeders ize, E C Norrish’s Beryl; bc, E Bulled’s Sappho; c, Count de aaulfors’s Pearl IT, Puppies: 1,1 Bnlled’s Lassot Devon; 2, Lieut- Colonel HC Legh’s Lancet; v h ¢, EH Bulled’s Belle of Devon, ,) B Lloyd-Lloya's Zag; bg, © Fruen’s Rose 1, T'S Kidson's Julins, ce, HS Fursdon's Panza. Selters—Hnelish, except black and tan—Champions—Dozs KL P Diewellin's, M A, Count Wind 'ém, Lilches: R LP Liewellins, M A, Puzzle. Dogs: 1, RL. P Llewellin’s, M A, Prince Royal; 2, TP Cunning— ton’s Sir Allister; 3, R L P Llewellin’s M A, Coltitt Paragon (late Para- f0n); ye, RL P Liewellin’s, MA, Dashing Pacer, 'T Statter's Pac tor, WD Duncan's Justice; vy he and’, G Cartmel’s Royal Rock; hc, Cf Fanntieroy’s Cleye, J Shorthose’s Royally and Hartford Rock, 1 Webber's Dashing Webb, T Baring’s Bandil, Leone; o, T Statter’s Gal- Topin, Hitches: 1, R L P Llewellin's Novel; 2, F Adcock’s Gynie; 3,7 B Bowers’ Bessie [V; v h c,'T Cunnington’s fashionable Lady, Rh L P Liewellin’s Countess Rose; hc, J Shorthose’s Novelty, R_L P Liewel- lin’s Dashing Beauty; ¢,J A Doyle’s Countess Kate. Puppies: 1, T Statter’s Eryx; 2, RL P Liewellin’s Pet Bondlu; y hc, RL P Liewel- lin's Peart Jiondhu, T Webber's Rocket W and Roysl W, WD Dun- Gan’s Telamon; hc, E Bulled’s Empress Eugenie, T Webber’s Rap W, CT Mauntlatoy’s Pomona and Pop, J Shorthese’s Royalty and Noy- alty, T Statter's Eye 7, HP Powel’s Peter the Great, H Platt’s Dls- cord. Laverack pedigree; 1,1 B Bowers’ Comet; 2, 1 F Grant's Meg Merrilles; 4, WL) Dutiean's 'felamon; c, WF Grant's Dirk Hat eratck, Jd R Robioson’s Lueid; b Hollins’ Tory I. Black ahd tan—Dogs: 1, T Jacobs’ Champlon Marquis; 2, J Shorihose's Grouse; 5, Captain P Priestiay’s Kangery; vlc, M Macdonald's Zuln and Young Jock; i ¢, DA Wentworth’s Lorne VY, M Mactonald's Dash Ii]; ¢, Parsons and Sows Bishop, WM Helinton’s Bruce V. Bitches: 1, t Jacobs’ Kate; 2, Colonel Le G Starkie’s Rose of Huntroyde; 3, M Macdonild’s Belle: VD ¢, EL Payson’s Busy, R T Tatham’s Jewess. Puppies: 1, R'f Vathams, Bruce LV; 2, yh ¢ and hc, A Phillips’ Bellona, Sibyl TI, MaxtI anid shot Vy. Black, tan and white: 1, Captain R Kngland's Marguis 11; 2, Sir GO Mordaunt, Batt.s Rupert; vy hc, D Holitns’ Gipsy Girl. Trish—vhamvioo—l, I) F Perrin’s Qhampion Kate; vy ho, dd Giltrap’s Garryowen, TM HllHard’s Count. Dogs: 1, Ib LJephgon’s Sir Shot; 2,G & Ramsay's Bogardus: #, Weyman and Buchanan's Enhis; yhe, JJ Giltrap'’s Young Palmerston, Rey R O'Callaghan’s Ganymede; ¢,S i Cannon’s Rob Koy. Bitthes: 1, C and] G Garon's Polly; 2, Weyman nnd Bachanan's Sheelah; 4, Key Tt O7Callaghan’s Hebe; vi ¢,J J Giltrap's Lady Palmerston Uy TY M Milllard's Ulster Queen; G, A Gibb’s Milly, Puppies: 1, A Taylor's Handy Andy; 2 andhe, Weylian and Buchanan's Eonis and Derry; ¢, J B Johnson's Pllrt 1ff. Retrievers—Black, curly-eoated—Champlon—T B Swinburne’s Chicory. Smooth or wayy-coated—Dogs; |]. E @ Farquharson's Zel- stone; 2, G Phillips’ Voltaire; 3, L fuldge’s Toil. Bitches: 1, H. PIAL's Twilight: 3, TD easdale Buckel?s May; 4, Mrs. Prive’s Floss. Puppies; 1, BG Farquharson's Friday; 2, © Bishop's Bend Or. Black, Qul'ly-coattd—Dors: 1, 1s Grace the Duke of Hamilton’s Baron; 2 and 3, H Skipworth's Youny King ioffee and Prince, Bitches; 1, G B-Granyille's Black Pearl; ¥, M Macdonald's Zuludl; 3, 8 Darbey’s ween Koffee, Puppies: 1,8 Darbey'’s Wonder and Queen Koffee. Owuer than black: 1, 0 and J: G Gamon’s Niko. Water Spanisls—Irish—Dogs: J 8 #kidmore’s Mickey Free; v he, J 5 Skidmore’s Young Patsy. Spanieis—Clumber—Champlon—C_ Fruen’s Psycho. Open—Dogs: 1, H HW Dolmes’ John O'Gaunt; 2, H Moser’s Bachelor. Bitches: 1 and ¢, H Moser’s Lance and Lol, Sussex—Dogs: 1, A Hand Ht Park- inson's Champion Rover Il; Zand v bh c, © and J G Gamon’s Max aod Guy. bitches: 1,C aud J G Gamon's Maude; 4, J Partridge’s Brida ll; he ande, CandJ G Gamon’s Meg and Puzzle, black— Chanpion—l Jacobs’ Squaw; v h ¢ and extra, J Warrow’s Obo Biack, over 201bs—Dogs; 1, J Royle’s Zulu; 2, f B Scholefeld’s Solus; vhc, @ and }G Gamon’s Lob Fulano, A Ht Hasten’s Beverly Bob and Baronet; tic and c, H B Spurginw’s Bosco and France. Bitches: 1, A H Basten’s Beverly Bee; 2, C and J G Gamion’s Leah; yc, A I Was- tems beverly Bess,J R Whittie's Sukey and Sylph, G W Carters Blanche li; he, A G Barkers Smutty. Any color, nob exeeedina 920 to—J Farrow's Sady; vh c, H & Spurgin’s Bes; c, A Mand Parkinsons PloTy, Exceeding 2U1b—1, H Is Spuryin § Alonzo; 24, 0 and 1G Gamoh’s Counsellor; yh o,C und J G Gaimon's Poll, f Ja- cobs? Ladybird; Lb ¢, H B Spurgin’s Leda; ¢, S Notts Dash Ty. Vox Verriers—Chiampion—Dozs: Cupsand 1, A H Glarkels Broken- hurst Rally, Bitches: Cup and 1, F Redirond’s Diamond Dust. Sinpoth—Open, 13 lbs or under—Dous; Land 2, Baguley’s Rusty and Ready; 8, # Burbldge’s Deacon Pincher; 4, J 11 Murelison's Neddy; yueé,d A Doyle's Buckthorn, J H Murchisows witcher, FL Eyelyn’s Richmond Jack; b 6, WH Wrights Hunton Dick, T Hopkimson’s J. P's, Dype, A H Clarke's Koysterer. Over 15 !ba—Dozs; 1, fh Redmond’s Deserters 2, CH Lane's Leech; equal 3, W Hurst-Wright’s Gayman audJ Doyle's Banedict; v he, Captain F Arkwright’s Oakley Jingle, RE Horsfall’s Brokenhurst Blister, J K Whittle, V. §.’s Brookhouse Nick, GC Burgess’ Perplexer; hb c¢, Redmond's Diamond Jack, kt Goaok’s Wtord Forler, W dordison’s Akeley Joe. i7 lbs or under— Bitches: 1, H Chumplon's Satire, 2, J A Doyle's Beeswing; ¥, J H Murchison’s Laurel; 4, Rey CG ') Fisher's Daisy; y h ¢, W Hurst- Wright's Badinage, FL Bvelypi's Sagacity; h c, 0 Burgess’ Partney Gosey Over 17 lbs—Bitelies; 1,7 J Pim’s Pattern; 2, J A Doyle's Jessica; equals, ide Whiatton’s Walout and Rey C') Wisher’s Dili- nt; be, Wt de LW Wleitton’s Bayswater Nertle, @ Burgess’ Sweet- Heark Puppies—Dogs: 1, J Murchison’s Twitceher; 4, Captain TC Jameson's Suipe; equal 8, Mr Redmond’s Diamond Jaek and W Leol’s Goercion Bilis vibe, A Olarke’s Icockwood and Muller; h ¢, W sar fent’s Raglao, E Clarke's ‘Touchstone, Marding, Cox and BR Jac- quet’s Belyolr Solace, W Brougi’s Tapster, 7 KR Whitile’s VS, Sani. Torium Sam, § Boddiogton's Jorrocks, O Burgess’ Playmate, Biteles: 4.30 Pins Guicavey Judy; %, Capt in ' C Jameson's Cossel; 3, 'T i Fishers Mouche; v lig, A 4 Ularke's hender, J A Doyle's Hatchment, FP Burbldges Hunton Testy; ho, P Baguley's Unus, J © Tinne’s bro- kenhurst Ruby. Wire-halred Champlong—l" Welds ‘Tassel. Open Glass, exceeding 18 lbs—i, W Carrick's, Jr, Wid Giiev; 4, H Cox and E Jacquevs Victor; he, Wd Tredinnick's Cousin Jack, GD Harrle's Surprise, P © Reidis Peter, Dogs, nob excheding 13 lbs: 1, W Car- yick’s Terror; 2, F if Weld’s Briggs; 3, J W Coraer's Eskdale Trap; ¢, H Cox and BE Jacquey's Brisk “od Damon. Bitehes, not exceeding 18 lbs: 1 and % F 4 Pleld's Misekle! and Bundle; 3, W W Beckh’s Scrubbs. Pupples—Dors: 1, F H Mleld's Briggs: ¥, . W Corner's Esk- dale Trap; = ¢, 2 H Prince's North Star. Hitches: 1, FW Field's Miseliler; 2, HW Sugden’s Vixen I; he, 8 Wf Barlow's Whisky. Fox Tarrier Club Third Open Produce Srates—Smooth-hatred Puppies— Dogs: 1, J 4 Murehison’s ‘witcher; 8, WW Beckh’s Cosrcion Bill; 3, i Redmond’s Diamond Jack; 4, A i Clark's Rutland. Bltche-: 1, AH Ularke’s: Render; #,4d I Murelisoms Ollvette; 3, 7 A Doyle's Hatchment; 4, F Baguicy'’s Unus. Wire-haired—poppies—P C Reld's mo TO eLebunds—Ohemplon—M Wootten's Zlpzap, Black and tan— Docs: 1, UH Jones’ Jude; 2, AC Bakers Handsel, Bitches: Cup and 1, M Wootten’s Hagar) 2, O. Jones! Juliet. Other than black and tan —Unp and 1, M Woottens Ozone, 2 If Jones’ Jutta, Bitches; 1, AO Mudie’s Olympla; equal 2, W A Benson's Kosa, Mrs P AL Merrik- Hoare’s (vies Misa M J Bell) Zulette, Pupples—Dogs; 1, P Moward’s Rover; 2, HJones’ Julian, Bitches: Medal and i“ A Jones’ Tullet; cups and 2, Mrs P Merrik-Lloare’s (re Miss M J Bell) Couoa. Hasse Hounds—Dogs: 1, @ W Ramsey's Ranee, Bitches: 1, L, Aue’s Clochette. ie Sheepdogs—Champion—J Bissel’s Charlemagne, Rough-coated— Open—Dapgs: 1, Rey H I Hamillou’s Roderick IL; 2, J. Bissell's~ Box; 3, Rey W F Hamilton's Harry, Bitches: 1 and special, J 7 Steward’s Fairy; 2, M © Ashwin's Grace; 8, Wk Dockrell’s Plur- vy. Pupples—Dogs:' Medal and 1 and 2, Rev. 2 F Hamilton's Mon- teith and Marry, Radeliffe’s Kenspeckle and Gold Dust, A 1 Emery’s Earl Darolty. Bitches: Medal and 1, M CG Ashwin's Grace; 2, Woot- ten's Wiheta., Smooth-coated—Dogs; 1, WW Thomson’s Au Revyolr; 2,0 Royle’s Walworth. Litehes: 1, H CG Joplin’s Mindtal; 2, W W Thomson's Beryl, Poodles—Black—l, EB Warts Satanella; equal 2, AJ C Wrench’s She Devil, J Angell’s Peter the Great. Other than black: Mrs R Borton’s Duchess, Bulldogs—Champlon—Dogs; A Benjamin’s Champion Smasher. Bitches; A Benjamin's Chamapion Nell. Over 60 tos—Dogs: W ¥ Un- derdown and § Nicholls’ Cailban, Over,50 Jbs—Bitiches: J H Blils' Bel- lissitma. 45 lbs and nitexceeding 60 lbs—Dogs: 1, H Layton’s Bend Or; 2, A Benjamin's Berrie; 8, J H Hills’ Pippo. Over ds lbs and not exceedidg 60 lhbs—Bilches: 1,7 W Gurney’s Dinah; 2,.A Benjamin’s Bilss; 3, J H Ellis’ Ida. Not exceeding 45 lbs—Dogs: 1,8 G@ Parker’s Baby 11; 2, Dr W Bourne's Sir Bevis. Not exceeuing 35 tbs—Bitehes: 1, BH Mills’ Rush II]; 2, A Benjamin's Bolsterous. Puppies—1, Ff H Dawinns’ Moth. Bull Terriers—Champion—Largce size—J R Pratt's Maggie May. Open Class—Large slze—l, @G Humphrey's Victor Chiet; 2, A George's Prings Imperial. Medium size—1, A Georfre’s Victor 1V; 2, RJ art- ley’s Nelson !. Small size—1, V A Wood’s Quick; 2,37 R Pratt's Kit es ane ppics—l, § Plelding’s Max Marx; 2, H Burley’s Flower of Eng an iedlingtons—Champion—J A Baty’s Champlon Piper. Dogs: 1, A Brown's Border Lad; 2, H BH James’ Tamar Lad; 3, CF Henry’s Young Tear ‘em. Bitches: 1, G@ A Koch's Orri; 2 and 3,7 A Baty’s Diana and Gypsy. Tish Terriers—Champion—Cups andi, JN RPlm’s Erin. Open— Dogs: 1, R Band TS Carey’s Blarney; 2, G Nadin’s Skeough; 3, C amb's Paddy 11. Bitches: 1, R Band T & Carey’s Collevn Dhas; 2, H Waterlouse’'s Bitters; 4, C Lamb's Sportereen. Uncropped Ears— Cup and 1,R B and T S Carey’s Whish; 2, 11 Whterhouse’s Caln, BRBiea— Cups and 1,C@ Lamb’s Gripper; 2, R HE Nicholls’ Killiney elle. Fee Terriers, except black and tan—1, F Littledyke’s ector. Black and tan Verriers—Champion—C Whitehouse’s Wheel of For- tune, Large size—Open—i, J Wood's Wallace. 2, W Nevins’ Gold- finder; 3, T B Swinburne’s Smoke, Small size—1,T B Swiiburne’s Switch; 2, HW H Smith’s Sport. Skye Tenlers—Drop-eared—t, 2and 3, J Fratt’s Janet, Corrie and Danald. Prick-eared—l, J Stothart’s Clyde; 2, R Hastie's Rob Roy 11; 3, J Pratt's Sandy Grant. Hardhalred Seotch Terriers—1, C Stoughton’s Master Pepper; 2, HJ Ludlow’s Max; 3, 1 Blomfieid’s Bon Accord. Dand!a Dinmont Terriers—Chiampion—G O Sharples’ Rufls. Dogs: land 2 special prizés, WE Turner's Davie 11; 2, Major H Ashton’s Tweedmouth; equal’, CO H Lane's Laird, G TH Wade's Shamrock II and Rev B 8 Viddeman’s BUtz. Bilches: 1 and special, W BR Basten’s Border Queen; 2, A Steel's Linnet; 3, P Wardell’s Tapie, Pupples— ma andl, Major H Ashton’s Miss Tweedside; 2, R Hf Bagnall’s bravo; 3, H Murcbison’s Katrine. Yorkshire Verricrs—M A Toster’s Bradford Hero, Pugs—Champion—/ Howe's Juan. Open—Dogs: 1, Mrs J B Lindsay's Tum Tum 11; 2, Miss M Al Doldsworth’s Max; #, 0 G Gave’s Scamp. Bitehes: 1, J Nunn’s Rose of Fulhim; Mrs M.A Wosver’s Effie JT; 3, W Cees So So. Puppiez—1, M Weekley’s Atlas} 2, G Bell’s Scholes. Mallese—1, ¥, 8, Lady Giifard’s Wugh, Rob Roy and Lord Clyde. Blenheim Spiniels, red and white—Champion—W Forder’s Duke of Bow, Open—l, L Kooth's The Marl; 2, F Williams! Penderel; 3, M's E M Moaack's Totti. iting Charles Spaniels, black and tan—il, Mrs J A Buggs’ Alexan- dsr the Great; 2, Mrs W Forder’s Queen ot Bow. c ae Toy Spaniels—1 and 2, Mis F A Keehner’s Napoleon and The ‘Ou ess, Italian Greyhounds—J Royle’s Bankside Dalsy, Toy 'Terriers, smooth-haired, nol exceeding 5 1bs—1l and 2, Mrs M A-Yoster's Bell If and Dinah; 3,4 George's Belle Laurette. Olher than sSmooth-halred, non exceediiy 5 lbs—1, Mrs M A Foster’s King of tha Fancy; 2, Mrs M Monck’s Silk. —-g+ — BIRMINGHAM SHOW.—We inadvertently omitted from onr last issue the numes of the judges at the late Birmingham bench showy, and of My. James Fletcher as winner of the speciul silver cup, yalue £10, presented by R. LL Purcell Liewellin, Eaq., M. A., as # breeders’ prize, for the best team exhibited of pointers, greyhounds or retrievers, of either sex, not lees than thres dogs to form a team, which prize Mr. Fletcher won with bis young Ponto, Ruby and Joss, The judges were—Bloodhonnds : Ddgar Hanbuly, Esq , and Rey. G. F. Lovell, Deerhounds and grey- hounds : Samuel Mallaby, Wsq. Otterhonnds, harriers, beagles, duchshunds, dalmatians and foreign non-sporting doga: Rey, G, FP. Lovell. Fox térriers: F, Redniond, Esq., and HE. M. South- well, Beq. Pointers: Tom Tl. Brewer, Heq-., and James H. Whitehouse, Esq. Setters, retrievers and fortign sporting dogs: William Lort, sq. Spaniels: Major Willett and the Rey. A. 1. Willett. Mastiffs and St. Bernards: The Rey. F. W, De Castro. Netyloundlands and sheep dogs: Edgar Hanbury, Hey. Bull- dogs: J. W. Berrie, Esq,, and James Taylor, Hay. Bull terriers, black and tan terriers, Homerinians, Yorkshire terriers, smooth- haired and toy terriers : Johu Percivall, Esq., and James Taylor, Hsq. Skye, Dandie Dinmont, Bedlington, Airedale, Aberdean dnd Scotch terriere : William Lort, Esq. Irish aud wire-haired terriers; J. J, Pim, Esq. Pugs, Maltese, Italian greyhounds, Blenheim and King Charles spaniels; J, W. Berrie, Beq. he Llewellin prize: Samnel Mallaby, Baq., William Lort, Esq.; and J, H. Whitehouse, Esq. ‘The prizeof 26 for the best package for the conyeyance of dogs, was awarded to Mesers, Thomas Christy & Co., London, LOOK AT HIS MOUTH,—We often wonder how arosé the very common opinion that a dog catmot be pure bred unless the roof of the mouth is black. The teat is. by those who place credence in it, appliedindiscriminately to all varieties, and often have we seen an ardent fancier pull the jaws of his mongrel open and inyite in- gpection of the ebony arch that canopies the tongue, and is cut off by theivomes belowit. ‘*Look at his month—black as my hat, sit ; that shows he's well bred.” The opinion is not confined to the ignorant fancier; well educated and experienced breeders we haye known adopt it, and it seems to be accepted by a great number of intelligent people and repeated, and thereby propagated by them a8 so much cart of s more serious character is—siniply trom want of thoug&t, and becanse itis so much easier to use a lie ready made to our hands than to take trouble to find ont the trath, We have had considerable experience with dogs of many distinct 455 breeds and with nota few mongrels, and we ara ao satisfied that a black roof to tha mouth is no proof of good breeding, that we ywould as sdon think of counting a dog's eyelashes to make sure he was of pure blood, We do not, however, ask readers to take ou opinion as settling this question for them Let owners of pure bred aud mongrel alike satisfy themstlyes by the easy prdeess— Look at his month,—London Bazurr, MASSACHUSETTS KENNEL GCLUB—At a meeting of the Massachusetts Kennel Club held last week the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, J, Pottler, Jr. Viee Presidents, EH. E. Bardey, C. E. Puller; Treasurer, 1, T. Sawyer, Jy.; Secretary, 2. J. Porster. The members present discussed the posribilities of a bench show in the spring, and the olub will un- donbtedly hold one, of which due notice will be given. Weare glad to learu that there is a prospect that the club will haye a Bho, a8 they haye in the past held very successful ones—at least 80 faragthe number and quality of the dogs arecoucernpd—and we feel aésured that, with the graatly incréased nomber of sportsmen and lovers of the dog, there is no doubt aboul it proving a success financially. CHALLENGH.—Nashyille, Tenn., Dee. 27, 1881—Fdilor Forest and Stream: A gentleman in this city is willing to back Rolla and Buck, Jr., against any two dogs in América to Vut three days on quail, either in Alabama, Georgia or Tennessee, hetween now and Feb, 1, for a purse of from #000 to $1,000, Li you publish the above challenge, any one prepared to pnt up half the amoun forteit has only to address J. L, Valentine, Nashyille, Tenn.” oe 5 ST. JOUN'S BENCH SHOW.—We have received 4 copy of the rules, régulations and preminm list of the second antins!l bench show of dogs, to ba held under the auspices of the New Bruns- wick Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at 8t. John, N. B., on January 17, 18, 19 and 20, open to the competition of the Maritime Provinces of British America only, There are to bo forty-one classes, with diplonias to first and second in cach class, _ besides which a special prize of ten dollars is offered for the best animal in each of the seyen largest clasges in the show. Wntries close on January 9, and should be addressed to the Secretary, H, W. Wilson, Hsq,., 16 Waterloo strast, St. John, N. B. CORRECTION.—Mr. Washington A. Costar desives us to say that the name of his pointer by Croxteth ont of Royal Fan is Royal Cava C. and not Cora asit appeared last week. ee KENNEL NOTES, NAMES CLAIMED. Daisy F—Claimed by E. &. Fiteh, Ridgewood, New Jersey, for ret and white setter bitch pup, whelped Ot. 15, 1851, by Post’s foe oub of fame owner's Nellie, > Brush—Olaimed by Mr. H. D. Chauncey, Midland Park, N. J., for Ted. setter bitch pup, whelped Och, 16, 1$3], by Mr. Post's Joe out of same owner's Nellie. _ Gipsy-Dell—Mr. L, J. O'Connor, Merrimat, Mass., cliims the name Gipsy—Dell for Gordon setter bitch, whelped Aug. 10, 1881, oubor G. W. Edwerds’ Gipsy (Bess—Tom) by Mr. Biay’s Imported Rowland, Rend Or—Clalmed by Mr. Will G. Root, Mclnotre, Pa,, ior red Irish dog puppy by Robbins’ Fan out of Mr. Biyth’s Joe. Thor—Claimed by Mr. W..W. Spier, Glens Fulls, N. ¥., for orange tawny St. Bernard dog, whelped May 23, 1$sl, by Falrmouic Kennel Club's Buff out of Fan 11. Tlirt—Claimed by Mr. George Ayres, Warwick, R.T,, tor black and white setter bitch, whelped April 12, 1881, by Balcomis Shot out of Mr. L. W. Holman’s Gypsy. Riyal Pomp—Olalned by Mr. W, C, Odell, Thomaston, Gonn,, for ee setter dog, whelped Oct, 2, 1881, by Youle Belton out of ancy. Whip—Claimed by Mr. Fred, H. Toe, New York, tor liver and white cocker spaniel dog, whelped Oct. 15, 15t/, by owner's Witch out of Madge. BRED. Mr. Wr. N. Callender, Albany, N. Y., writes us that hls red Trish setter bitch Gay was bred Lo his champlon Kory O’More Just 4 months and 17 days aiter whelping her last litter. Tf any one aan beat this we should be pleased 10 hear trom them. Kory) O'More—Champion Rory O’More—The Rory O'More Kennels (Albany, N.Y.) red Irish setter bitch Norah O'More, ist New York,. 1880 (Berkley—1Uy), to their champion Rory O’More. Gay—Champion Rory O'More—The Tory O'More Kennels N. ¥.) red Irish setter bitch Gay (Hicho—ivefly) to thetr Rory O*More. frix—Montague—MyY. Wart’s toy cocker biteh Trix to Mr, Burr Hol- lis! black cocker Montague, Dec, 20, 1851- Buck I1,—Joe, Jr—Mr. G W. Uamnpbell’s (Garters Creek, Tenn,) Buck iil. to Joe, dr., Noy. 15, 1581. Embrys Bitch—Joe, J).—Mr, Wiley Embrys biack snd white bitch to Joe, Jr., Nec, 28, 188). Kale Claxton—Glaistone—Dr. R. J. Hampton's setter bitch Kate Claxton (Guy Mannering—Flush) (o chanyplon Gladstone, Dee. 22. Jennie—Dick Laverack—Mr. J. W. Hiinmipligo's English setter bitch Jennie (Paris—Lill) to Mr. TW, Bailey warrison 5 Dick Laverack. Devorshive Lass—Don—Mr. 0. M. Munhall’s (Cleveland, 0.) poluter bitch Devonshire Lass to Mr. E. H. Bournis’ Don, Dec. 27, 1981. ltry LL—Eiperar Fred—Mr. James H, Qoovsell’s (New York) pure Laverack setter bitch Fairy 11. to Mr. B.A. Herzberg’s pure Layerack Emperor Pred, Leassie—Dick Laverdck—My. T. G. Dayey's (Dilsonburg, Ont.) Wog- lish setter bitch Lassie (Rob Roy—Doll) to Mr. U. Bailéy Harrison's Dick Layerack, Dec, 26, 1851. WHIPS. Belle—Mr, Chas, N. Millers (Woodbridge, N. J.) black ind tan fox- hound bitch Belle whelped Dec, 25, 1851, seven—two dogs and fiya bitches—by the Essex County Hant’s Lead. Fannie—Mx. G, W. Camphbell’s (Carter’s Oreek, Tenn.) setier bitch eee Whelped Dec. 24,1851, seven—five dogs and two bitches—by oe, Jr, (Albany, champlon SALES. Dena—Red Trish setter bitch (champlon Rory O'MWore—Pearl) by Mr. he a Ee Albany, N. ¥.,l0 Rev. K. H. Robinson, Green- ush, N.Y. Loyd Mar—Red Trish setter dog (champlon Rory O'More—Gay) by Mr. Aes Callender, Albany, N. ¥.,10 Mr, M. H. Hell, Hammonds- port, N.Y. Melbourne—Liver field spaniel dog (Benedict—Rhes. 11.) by Mr, Burr’ Holiis, Hornelisville, WN. Y¥., to Mr. Jatnes Watson, New York. MWend—Liver field spantel biich (Br nedich—khew IL.) by Mr. Burr Hollis, Hornelisvilie, N. ¥., 10 Mr. James Watson, New York. Rory O' More—Pegyie whelps-—Red Trish setters, whelped Oct, 2), 1851, BE ee Norton, Greenbush, N.C., to Mr. W. N. Callender, AL any, N. ¥. Kennmtore—Red Trish setter (champlon Rory O'Mare—Gay) by Mr. Wii, N. Callender, Albany, N. Y., t0 Mr. Alberfi Aub, New Lork. Bonnie Boy—Gipsy whelp—Wiile bulldog, whelped Aug, 19, 1681, by Mr. R. M, Livingstou, New York, to Mr. Griffith. Monitor—Liver spaniel dog (Renedict—Bhes 1h) by Mr, Burr Hollis, Horneéisville, N- ¥,, to Mr. Nichols, Lansing, Mich. Hiri—Black spaniel dog (Blavk Charlle—Gros Grain) by Mr, Burr Dollis, Homellsville, N. Y., to Mr, Biv, Fall River, Mass, Grovse—Lliver field epaniel biteh by Mr, Burr Hollis, Hornelisyille, ¥., to Mr. Akers, Mount, Vernon, Towa. Riew Tf,—Black field spaniel bitch by Mr. Burr Hollis, Hornells- ville, NW. ¥., 00 Mr. Winslow, Billimere, Md, Royal fp Eng sh setter dos (young Getton-Faney) whelped Oct, 2, 1851, by Mr. W, If, Pleree, Peekskill, N. Y., to Mr, W. «', Odell, Thomaston, Conn. Witth—Madye whelp—Coeker a rent dog, wiieiped Oet, 13, 1851, by Mr. Frad, OH. Hou, New York, to Mr. Ch T, barney, Wateh—Madge whelp—Cocker spaniel deg whelped Oct. 15, 1881, by Mr. Pred, if. Hoe, New Yorke 10 Capr. Wi GC. Casey. Witeh—Madge whelp—Cocker spaniel tor whelped Oct. 1S! ay Mr. Fret. H, Hoe, New York, to Mr. W. W, Russell. Witeh—Madge wei —Corker spantet bitch whelped Oct, 15, 1551, ty Mr. Fred. Hl. Hoe, New York, to Mr- George Laleh. Cleo—Red shod White Bench legged beagle bitebh three yeara ald Tekler-Cleo T) by General Frank A. Bond, Jes:ups, Md, to Mr. K, Bulley, Canton, Ohio. NAME CHANGED. Bese to Buli—Mr. W. HW. Todd, ‘Vermillion, Ohio, wishes to change Lhe naine of his beagle bitch Bess (claimed Dec. 15) to Lulu. LOST. Mr. Burr Hollis, Wornellsyille, N. ¥., has lost bis blagk cocker bitch Queenie O. She strayed or was stolen trom his yard Nov. 1, 1981. Ady one knowing of her whereabouts will confer a favor and recely@ a 6ultable reward by notifying her owner, 456 FOREST AND STREAM. = a = (JAnuary 5, 1882, Rifle and Crap Sheoting. RANGE AND GALLERY. THE BRITISIL CHALLENGE, O* the #sth ult. the following Jetter was recelyed by Gen. W. 5, Hacock, the President of the N, R. A, of America: OVVICE NANMONAL KIELE ASSOUIATION, 14 Pall Mall Rast, Dee. 10, 1851. Sin-1 Am flrected by the Council of lhe National Rifle Assputa- tloh of Great Uritaln to forward to you the copy of resolutlons passed wt thelr meeting held at this office on the 7th mst: 1. Livolred—* That the Secretary write to the National Rifle As- sociation of America to Say thatit will giv’ much pleasure to the Wativnal Rite Asooclation of Great Britain to welcome a team from the National Guard of the United States at Wimbledon in 1882, to shoota match with military rifles agatnsti the Voluntters of Great Britain, provided f SRblsfactory arrangement can be come toas to details.” 4, Aegolned —* That a sub-committee be formed, consisting of Earl Waldeeraye, Slv Henry Ulford, Major Young and Mr, A, P, Hum- phrey to arrange detalis with the National kifle Association of America.” lam tmrther directed to State that the comralttee ara considering the ternis of the competition, and that a communication on the sub- jact will Shortly be made to you by them. Ihave the honor to be, Sir, your Obedient servant, EDMOND 81, JonN-MILDAy, Capt., fee. N. R.A. Vo President N. R. A. of America. Sir Henvy Tinlford, one of the British Committee, writing to Major Parr, of tae American Committoa, in an unofficial letter, says : T am inclined to think 16 Would be wise to allow any military breesh-louder coming under the rules of our N. R. A,, which are very simple. Wewill sehd a copy over, The main points are: Weirhh, oof to exceed 9 Ib, 4 oz Lengiu, from 45 to 65 invhes over all. Backstelin (0 be athached to barrel in front of action. No trans- yerse adjustment, or olher movable adjustment, excepf a hinged flap and a sliding bar, to be moved without screws, racks, or other permansul applianues. Graduations on flap only, The sliding bar to be with or without permancnt vertical lines (or apertures), and the upper edge eliher straight or with a notch. 'The outside meas- nrement of (he partion which the fap or the leaf rests must not ex- eeed one inch. j Foresight, to be of the Government pattern called Barleycorn, or fo have pecn alowed by the Counell as a serviceable military sight. Pull ot trigger, minunium, 6 lbs, Detatched Verniers or sight elevators may ba used, ++ —______ INTERNATIONAL MILITARY SHOOTING, Iedifar Movesiand Stredin: tm connechion with the projected International Mititary Rite Match, it would strike a cursory observer that the committee ap- pointed by the N. R.A. of America are willing to concede too much to thelr expected Opponenis on the otherside of the Atlantic. We have had here, Irom almost the inception of Creedmoor as a range, {he Hilton trophy—vaiue, I belléve, three thousand dollars ($3,000)— whieh as & prize is equal in arl, workmanship and yalue to the Hicho challenge shield, over which such @ splirl.ed contest takes place at Wimbledon each year. Now, the Hilton trophy 1s open to compe- tition by teas Of auy army or militia, either here or trom Great Britain, Canada or elsewhere. The British N. R. A. have never thought if worth theirwhile to send a team to contest IL; and yet such &@ prize mush assuredly be worth taking away from us, ‘The team wiuning lt would be virtually the champion military team of the world, We are in the position of having held out all the induce- ments fora military match between the two conntrles, and haye not had the slightest notice taken of them. Understanding this. does it not seem strange that the idea should come trom England that the match should be one of men, not rifles, and that on different days the teams should exchange rifies, We will suppose they do, and that the first day tt ts very quiet and still, with absolutely 10 wind, and each team is shooting thelr own arm. Now, say on this day the Americans come out a lew points ahead. The next Gay comes in windy, The British team, having to shoot fhe Americans’ rifles (about which they know comparatively nothing and to which they aré unused), should the Americans still be ahead, does any one think the British team would care to acknowledge they had been beaten on thelr merits? The conditions of the weather, a5 all riflemen know, have a great deal to do with the scores. ‘Another Ubing, America has proved herself away ahead in long range sporting guns. Novy, let this bea lest all ronnd, both of men ahd rifles, ind eb us stand orfallon both. Had such a proposition een ade to our team at Doliymount, it would haye been scouted and Jaughed ab, as 1i deserves to Oe in this case. rhe committee here seem to have some trouble in selecting a sult- able military ile. If does nol appear Lo the wiiter that this ought fo occasion any trouble, The majority, of the military shots at Oreed- moor would, 1 teel sure, prefer the bharpes Borchard (especlally it the matali is fo be 200, 500 or 600 yards), ulthough quite a number of The shooters aré comparatively out of practive with them, ‘The 45 Galibra Keminyton 1s also & very elleclive weapon at these distances, We will presume fhe question of rifles settled. The still greater question of “wind gauges,” Lo be or not to bau ed, now comes up. ‘A correspondent ot the Army anil Nacy Journal, GW, W., instances two len who shoot at Crecamoor who are undoubtedly good shots and wilo have never used wild gauges and sull have come to the front ina number of matches fluring the last two years. He goes on then Lo demonstrate their utility inthe Hilion shield competition at Creedmoor Wils fall, where the New York team beat the Pennsyl- vaniaus by being able to get more wind on their gauges than their opponelts at the longest distance. Still later in his communication he speaks of them asa military monstrosity, Let ussee what they have dont for shooting in whe hands of good men. For the last two yours wind gauyes have been sed on the tear sight of milltary ities ‘tu Creedmoor, not omy by the National Guard but by the Regular ‘Army, ahd eich year the scores haye shown a steady Increase in YWumber of poluis (except occuslonally where the weather has been qzainst te beams shoollog). Is this not proof sufficient of what can be done with them and also for their permanent adoption? {t seems to be the opinion of all experts (hat waitars will in future consist principally of a Une or tues of skirmishers thrown outiin advance of he mada ‘body, whose duty will be to pick off the officers and men of the opposlig forces, and this ab long distances. In this, it seems to the writer, wind gauges will play an important patt, especially phould the system NOW belng adopted by the German Army find a Place Were, ‘iis isanmumber of men belng being placed under an officer, who directs them when to nre and What object to fire at, thus savings sinmunition, Under such circumstances men must necessa- rily be cooler Wan when firing indiscriminately, There can be no doubt (hat Creedmoor and the other ranges throughout the country wre food Wraluing grounds for this system. Let us by all means stick to our wind gauges, nud 1f those at present used are nob perfect, let us work Ul we get them rpht, The projected match, it would seem, should he shot at 200 yards standing and 500 and 6u0 yards profe position, seven, ten or fitteen ghots at ein distance; and, if it is thought necessary, make lta three days’ Sool, but on no account Tet us Make any concession as rerards what rill Ss we shall use nor do away with our wind eae fay no {eam should be sent than one should gogo far to be peuten. Sever mind how much good 4 return match would do Graad- moor and the N. KR. A., leis go to winornofatall, If the Brifish Volunteers think they ¢an wip us, letithem come here and try to win the Hilton irophy—it 1asurely worth winning; and if'we go there, why, let us shoot as we have been accustomed to at home, and noo be handicapped by any arbitrary rules the British N. R, A. may have adopted, WATIONAL GUARD, — +t oat ONE OF “OTTO'S’ TRICKS EXPLAINED, PHILADELPHIA, Miss., Dec. 10, tor ot and Stream + 2 a jeod In several newspapers: recently an account of “ An Tndlan Carver” perlorming some wonderful feats with the rifle, and, among other things, doing accurate shooting while the line of sight Was obstructad by a Mece of cardboard being slipped over {he muzzle of hisriie, Many persons belleve that 16 1s impossible tor any one except 4 person who is eifted (as itis claimed tht this Indian is) to do nevurate shooting with the muzzle ot the ri fie covered in this way. AS T have never seen this kind of suooting described in print, I will, Jor the benetit of those who huvs not tried the experiment, describe one way that it Gan be easily done by an expert shot. To arrange a suiiably plece of cardboard it ts best to place your rifle in an lmmoy- able portion $0 that Lt wilt point directly at your target. Now take # pleve of cardboard about bus size of a medium-sized envelope, apd pecan as different from the front sight, of your rifie as possible. Got a hole through this cardboard that will be exactly the size of the jnuuzle ot your rife, and slip the cardboard over the muzzle down to the front sight, leaving both sights between you and the cardboard, Place yourself In position, and, If vou shoot from the right shoulder, open your lefteye and see if you can see the target plainly, and ir you shoot trom left shoulder, see if you can see thé target plainly with right eye while the rifle is against the opposite shoulder. If you cannot see the tarvet the cardboard must be trimmed a little on the side opposite the shoulder you shoot from until you can see, Now, i! you shoot from ihe tight shoulder, cluse the let eye until you can get your right eye ina lime with the notch in the rear sight and tip of front sight, Now open the lett eye and lobk af the target with It, and tt will look as 1f the cardboard is tra-sparent and tuat you Gan see directly through it with the eye that ‘s looking through the slglts, You can now remove the rifie and shoot off-hand if you Wish, and 1 will be yery easy for you to know when the rifie is polnt- ing directly at the target, i£ you will wet one sve in line with the sights and then open ihe other and look at the targep. oA little prac. tice will enable a person todo accurate shooting with the muzazie of the rite covered in this manner. if you find that your eyes are not allke (ag some contend), and that you shoot alittle to one side, you can soon learn Ta make ealeuta- tions 80 a5 tO hit the mark. orgs? PIELD. ———_ - + 8 MEDFORD, Mass.—The following are the prize-winners in the Seelam badge match just closed at Belleyue range, 200 yds, off- anc: © H Russell.......... ne heal The pn OF a A Whitney...,.......: Ae ON > coy he Ot ny OF AW WBDDisrneece seatpieveestwess = ae ey oe a PT ey ice Ey a ey a Oh gn Ot BRE oP Be RRO Oo oe OR ee ore cen or ors ore, ot coy He ppm pm ee Sy Ty cy de ay OY cy OF Vea We ey tr SY ee re or 0 yy ye eT Oy Sr a ry ST OTe er Se OE co CT Oe ROL Se Ro CI OR Oo Spo oe Sr et oY PORE OOS ROC oe OR Crone ore oo Or Se yn OT Weal ROWE: whee d emeoly ous Wie ale tet eee Withington .....-..,cccsesseeee SV SN Ore ee ore be Sy a i | ral wo AG AGAMS cnecawtper entre ceeeeees re —12 F297 R Abbott....... oe or oe PUB OPO RIPON oe TOR 5, oF on oy Or cH ae Sf 6 As uy e Sy On ce ye ST cy Oh A F Soutlwell...,....-. TY ee OP Ot ST pte ee St SE Sh ey RO Grr eS ST pe ay I ee Ce Sr ye PT OR Cy oy I Ho 7 ~ L Fs eo on AB AVCHEY, 1-2. s0-etecseeneeee es 5 5 5—66 6 b-—67—215 5 4—67 L 5 4-66 655446464 4 5—wi—-2I5 Yesterday two new matches were opened, the lrsta ‘silyerware match,’ with ten prizes, aggregating In value $98. Conditions: «00 yards, ten rounds, Creedmoor count. The ober match will bea “Sharps rifle match,” the prize a rifle valued at $75. Conditions; 200 yards, ten rounds, BOSTON, Dec. 31.—To-day was an off day at Walnut Hall, the place of the regular matches which were completed last Monday not having béen filled by any new onesasyet. Ib consej(uence the attendance ofrifiemen at the range was somewhat smaller than usual. The weather conditions were fair for shooting, and those who did face the targets did not fire away their ammunition for nothing, as the records willshow. Tomake the practice shooting more interesting to the participants a temporary match was im- provised, in which the new Massachusetts target was used, On this target a centre bulls’éye scotnts ten, and the highest possible score in ten rounds is, of course, 100. Four cash prizes were offered for competition, to be divided by lot among seven men making the best scores, The novelty of this match proved quite atirattive, and there were numerous entries. Mr, A. C, Adams, whose 92 entitled him to the first chance, drew & blank, and the first prize went to Mr. A. L, Burt, whose total was Si. Messrs. Rabbeth and Fellows took second and third prizes, with 91 and 90 respectively, ‘The two badge Matches were well palronised, and some yery good scores were made, In match No. 6 Mr. J. N. Frye took fist place with a capital 49, Messrs. B, G. Harrisand J. B, Fellows following, cach with 4s. In maleh No. 7 Mr. A. L, Burt lead with & tofal of 45, Messrs. E, GC. Connor and A. C. Gould taking-second and third place, each with 44 against thelr names. The detulled record of the day tollows: BROS EEE ERA OR OOo eo oN ee ST ee HB WHIM... secaans- +s str eeoes _ a ca ane or te m, it i we Temporary Match. AG Adams.......-2..0.-0-510 9 8 8S 9 9 10 8 10 10—99 F J Rabbeth....... a: Sas 10; tb Mon uso JB Fellows.....+++ ‘ T 7 10 10 10 106—90 J WN Frye....-...000-s oe 810 S 10 8 S—s2 A DL Burr... 2.4 - edtprale Tocs 8 7 “SD fee 9 9a GH Dunlap......---+ Ta OER Sr m= 79 Badge Match No. 6. j PVCs wacom a 564590535 49 A OC Gould......., » 44558555517 BG Harris. ..6044555549—48 HA Borel..,........ 45554454596 J B Pellows,.....--18555554545—48 Badge Match No. 7. ,.d45ld5p4b5—4A5 B Anson ......... HG Connor.. 4ad5i554o4—44 CD Curtts..........dbnd84sut—ig AC Gould,.,,.....-4d055H—1t G BH Fleld..... . ARB HOA The year went out with some good scovlng but the gem of recent effort was on the score made In the Sharpshooter’s Match on Christ- mas day. Tn this match, which was shot ai 240 yards, off-hand, Mr. Bixby in bis first entry, put up 115 ont of the possible 120, the clean string of bullseyes being spoiled by an untortinate break in the fourth shot. For this shol he was Marked nine, the first three and the last six Shota of the round all being marked eluven or twelve, In his next entry Mr. Bixby succeeded in placthg allct the ten bullets within the eight-inch rlog, thus running up agother total of 115, and secn'ing the splendid record of sixteen consecutive bulveyeas, un achievement which has never been equalled by any other marks- Man under the same conditlons, FINE GALLERY WORK —The closing week of the month has proved one of the busiest at the Magnolia gallery, Boston, and good work lias beep done in all the current matches with both rife and pistol, The detalled record of the several matches 1s appended : Weperts’ Pistol Match, 5) it AL Kurt... Hd 4444555—13 J A WIMAMS. 20. ej teased eteseen, obs afte a 57 BT ST—261 EJ Rabbeth. . elo ets ST SS—201 W_ Gardner..,.... 3: 85 5S—356 J OFKOSi idea de teessetercese geen ree steee eer een dO 80 S$1—939 Amateur Pistol Match, 60 7t. WW Buller... kc ce caves eects ten eeeecessasbe 53 838 J Axtord...... ' 81 SL 83945 © Lennon... i8 T5934 ER BOStGr acess ety. dsr cecdi ae gepe teres ceteeee 15 is 78— 931 OR Bartlett. ... 18 15 Th—226 R F Schaefer... he it 12 {ABT G BOGE. os 6-2 eee GT 78 T4—2la W Wilder.........-.- pee as CMe alate clcelahacteclea és 70 TI BN All Comers’ Rifle M eel Ab) th : W M Worecross.....,, eee ake 4 ES 9 49 B45 E ¥ Richardson 49 4) 49 5 a HW Smilth....... 45 49 49 49949 UJ BPravicls sc. 00. tab ses speed meee 45 46 46 AT— 225 G@ Goodwin. .-:.s.20..4 40 49945 B G Harris...... 49 50—245 G Walters ....- 48 48—2309 C Marshall,.... ay d5—930 M Martin...-...... 4p 41—225 OB DAVIS.....--....-5. 44 45—818 F BG@OOpG. 2.0... e een seee ees 48 42212 H Sprague...,..-,..--- 4% 43—3)4 WS James.....2...... ES _.—139 GARVER AND “OTTO” CHALTENGED—Monnog, N. C., Dec, 23,— Kditor Forest and Stream: I am tired of seeing so much “paper shooting.” Piease tell me what sense or practicability 1s there In a man’s hittinga glass ball thrown In the alr with a vitle, he riding a galloping horse? Itis nothing but a sort of legerdemain perform- ance unworthy to be recognized by a sportsman or a good shot. Carver can kick up all sorts of didoes on a horse, breaking balis with arifie, shooting by the ald of 4 milrror, eLc., bub what practical use is there in such a performance? This same man Carver, ‘paper shootiest,” can't face the traps and hold his own ground with Bo- gardus and other fine shots, and I belleye I could beat him at pigeon shooting myself. What We want isa prattical man—one wno can kill lis birds In style from snap shooting to open field work, i Carver can't beat Bogardus at a falr open pigeon shoot, 30 yards rise, his fancy sleight-of-hand perforinances are worth very little, He is trying now to imitate Bogardus in Mngland, bub I think be will fall far short, I haye a man “on paper,” who now challeages Dr, Caryer and the boy “Otto” for $50,000, $25,000 of which will be de- posited withthe Chipper editor at any time, to shoot the following Match at any time within fiye years: 500 glass bulls, fo be thrown in the alrat one time from a “howitzer,” two shots only allowed, and the entire three hundred balls to be broken in mid-air at the two shots; Winchester rifle only allowed, Next; shot will be to shoot at a lass ball hitched to the end of a “streak of ereased lightning," bréaking the ball, and the bullet, gluncing theretrom, centres on the top of the North Pole, and there coming in contact with an unknown chemical substance, starts an electric Ueht which Js to give izht and safety 10 the Jeannette and also guide the Rogers to its journey’s end, Please let me know if accepted.—Conr. GARDNER, Mass,, Dec. 29,—The members of tha Gardner Kiile Olub haye had ther Christmas practice at Hacknintack rage. An inch ring and Creedmoor target combined were used. Two slrings of teh shots each per man, distanve 20) yards, olf-land. ‘Their work is told by the followlny score iy ; y Ree ‘Totals. We CHATICS 2, ¢csctsestzsie-ssts9e 45 9B od’, 1865 05 Chester Hinds 55: rs 88 4h 175 «=—-89 A. Mathews..... 44 86 db isp G. T. Bilsyworth. At 83 dh 1098S I, N. Dodge....:... 2. 47 86d 162 91 GOR. Pratt... 2. esa .-18 dA 79 d4 dar 88 J, Newton........... 4 dB so 4 lit ST F. Hf. Knowlton... PAA. 46 fb 4B 18 88 L, Walker...,... 0 68 4a 7 42, ina 86 G. C. Goodale...) .4025.4.5.... 160 3 AS Ws St NEW YORK, Dec. 30 —Eagle shoottournament at Zetter’s Gallery, Dec. 29, The following 1s the result: Crown, I’. Kllesrath; left head, L. Judson, Jr,; right head, D. Elils; leit wing, A. Lobor; Tight wing, I. Levy; lett leg, C. Judson}; rightleg, O'Neil; tall, M. Dorrler; body, C. Shilling. J, AJL, em THE TRAP, DENVER, Col., Dec. 26—A Christmas bird shoot took placo at tha Olymple Gardens to-day. Mr. Horace silsby, of Seneca Pails, and Mr. W. B. Davis, formerly from Bradford, Pa., both first-class shots took part. “The Interest was very great during ull the matches, and finally reasultedin a team mutch, a Mr. Moore challenging any five shooters to shoot for $100 againsi the two Lowers, W. ¥Y. Sedam and Mr. Anderson. The proposition was aecepted by a shooter, and Cook, Silsby, Dayis and J. 8, Sedam were named as the other con- testing team. Cook’s side got away with the baggage, as will be seen by the team score, by Killing twenty-elght out of thirty-lwo birds shot at, while the Lower side killed twenty-seven cut of thirby- two. The Lower side have vlallengi d again for another watch to take place New Year's Day at the same place, and the match is looked forward to with Considerable interest. The bii'ds all flaw well. The first match shot was ab twenty-slx yards, and resulted as fol- lows, Cook winning tirst and Silsby and Swen dividing second, Dis- tance, 25 yards: COOKS sthesse sca Veesek LLL 0 0—3 Joe P Loweér....-...1101 01-3 J PLowen,, putes 8101 01-4 Hod silsby,..-....:....1 011 0 12 Moores kiidevikssccke bed 0 0-8 OM Swem.,..:..5....1 #11 0.0—1 N ¥ Sedam,.... .1119 0 WV W PREEBOARD OF CUTTERS. Dian wriet and Stream: vortices yelnarks on the lebter of Mr. Dayid Wall Rice T notice a statement (hab * Madge” has ‘no less Uhan 4 feet of freeboard at ihe Jowest polnf and 4. at the ports oe iL a Tact that Lhese figures are rrect, or has there beau a mispr Ceri abies seen Made, anti #2 reply to my auery would oblige nati only mysell but also many olhers. WS yerret not having the Unes of the Madge, aiid ust rely upon a tate nace tora denstatmnar of the same style and displacement which is In our possession. She measures 8 tt 6 Lo, amidshtps, from load- jing to top of rail, abont 4 ft. aciuulfreeboard, The Madge nay differ airiie from this, but not muterlally and not) enough to affect the fovee of our argument trom which * T. ¢.7 quotes above. The same desig is 4it, Sin. at stem, measured in the same way, or, say, & Tree- hourdofr4fl.2in. AUte btern the hetybt to top or raul [5 10,7 Im. ara freeboard of abouts th #in. Eyen a modern 4 ton culter or 32 Tt. losd@-line and 6 ff. extreme eam hasaslde amidships of 2 tr. 7 in, from. load-line to top of rail, equal toa freeboard of about 2 ft. 2 or 2 fi. din. The 20 ton Vanessa, ti3y ff. on load-line, has a freeboard amidships of 3 ft. 4in, ‘The litle Alert, 19 tt. 3 in. on load-llue, hits & freeboard amldshfps of 1 ft. 6 In.; and the dimlnutive “hall-a-tonner? spoken of elsewhere has a side oft Tf, 9 in, hie Treeboard of cutters has been seliled by stich gradual approach through innumerabla tests and experiences Lat any one venturing ipon cutog down that important factor to save & tax on bulk would quicisly discover bimselt operating upon the wrong side, and would be glad enough torelurn to tlie substantial realities Of atiple freeboard Insteadof hunting atter hnaginary cain inan attempt io clcumyvent a sound Ineasulement rule which 1éfuses to be swindled without entalling a corresponding loss In & boal's qualities, RICE LAKH CANOES, Editar Forest and Stren: In your last,‘ Nauticus” just aboufihitthe mark. Rice Lakecaroes are certainly thé best to be found; that ls, if you give them 4» Shad- ow’s sheer snd a Shadow’s midship tection, and o, deck and a double lug rig and build them asyon would a Shadow and keep! hemezoing with a double blade, anid then you lave got tlie bst kind of 4 canoe—a reg- Ular outand out Shadow, Hice Lakers tay be goed enoueh to sell to foreigners, who buy thei much ih the Same spirit as they do Indian bows and arroyws—us 2 sort of reminder of the frontier; and they may he goad enough to carry game, but tov thu real sport of canoeing [ would not have one asagift. There is no accounting for (astes, still T think the man Who would,in soher earnest, choove a Rice Lake canoe when he can fet something else, is little better than the savage from whom Rice Lake ideus lave been uppropriated without crediting the source. Tomy knowledce thére ls Bota single Kice Lake canoe In use in New York. They would make 4 yery poor figure in our Waters Compared with the graceful lines and Dandsome work of Stephens, Rushton and others. Since your canoeing correspondents all seem to balong tothe high aristocracy, including notables like the‘ Statesman,” * Alderman,” ‘' Commodore" and sith, ! will sign myselt nothing more than an AVyis CoMMUNTE, New York, Dec. 23, Bikitor Forest antl Strawn + Aiter cruising for a thousand miles and more in canoes of all sorts, Jef me say that, in oy opinion, there js notlilng like the regular Shadow and similar models for open waters; but for river work they are Loo cuimbrous. You must have a quick boat under poidie, | have tried one of Rushiton’s American Traveling Canoes, and edn indorse them from every standpolnt. Although, tor everyday work, I like her better than anything I have filed: As for an open Herald canoe, one inlght a8 well vo back to the stage conehes of our foretathérs at once. ‘Those I liave seén were always heavy, uly and plow. ‘hat was some years ago, and if any real Improvements have been made of late Ishould suppose they are by way of copying ftom the more modern styles. A. R, TREVIS. Rochester, N. ¥., Dec. 26. hiiter Forest and Stream; The heartless paragraph signed *' Nau- tilus,” asking if the Commodore" and the**Cdok" are still using Rice Lake canves, and “if not why not, has just row cauclt my attention, and I hasten to say that T am ab present fhe owner of a “ Racine Shadow,” not a “ kKice Laker." My reasons? Weill, they are various, but first let me ask '* Nautilus” if he has ever heard of 4@ broken-hearted mother, who, while mournlog the lnss of her frst- bora Gaughter has consoled herséit with a son? Sie wileht, per- haps, have preferred another daughter, but Cirenutastances nol als together within ber control send herasot aid she makes tle best of him. so with my loved and lost Rice Laker, 1 might haye pre- terred another like her, but?s per cent. ed valorem Impart duty may have had something to do with tle non-fulfilment cf my desires, and other reasong which T need not publitly enumerate may have com- bined to bring about the result which affords ** Nautilus” the op. portiinity Lo lacerate my still tender feelings. ‘Therefore, and 7 Link with justice, do L characterize bis note ag *‘ heartless.” As for the Cook” he has never consoled himselt with 4, successor to his last cherub,” though he weot s0 far as to bry to raplace hita—her, that is—by a second importation of the same type. Something went wrohg at a critical moment and, if I may be allowed the expression, fatal miscarriage folowed, he poor (hing was never delivered fram the Gustom House, although the “Cook” declares solemnly that tha rofessional fees were all diy pated. Tirust that * Nauwlus wilt pereatler respect our feelings, even if he cannot fully understand them, and permit us—me ali least—to comfort myself as best I may. Truly yours, COMMODORE, —— “+8 ___. THOS UPSHOT OF IT ALL. ITH this week's issue we close the discussion on messurement— so far as we ore concerned. If is nol to be expected phatan attempt to overcome deep-rooted customs and the prejudices of “vested Interests" extending over a few weeks? Issue of ovr journal, Will result i the unqualified adoption of What we have urged. If was hot lo be expected tbat a few articles describing the especial yirtues of the cuiter could bring abont a sudden diseardiug at our former ligbt-dratt loves and 2 trapster of alfeations to a style of boat, unfitted to preconceived ideas, Th required three years’ tehting, capped by the opportune yictorles ot fhe Madge, to ove the great body of yachtsmen, vet every lime written concerning deep, sate boats did its mite toward gracanally affecting a reform, Similany, we Link, the recent overhauling of measurement rules in our cohimns has nob been qulte a washe of efforts, even though Immediate changes may not be wrought in prevailing methods, There van be no doubl that some converts haye been made to the bull ride, and, at al) everils, that the potent sway of old gods his been shor of that ionuence due toa blind falthin the truth of what may happen to be found on tlie sinTace for the time being. ‘vhe more obdurate for any existing order Of tinngs, whether right or wrong, will slill cling Lo (he length rite with old Lime feryor. ‘ke general body of yachtsmen has, however, learned tolook askance atasystem which has io logics! deriyniion and which can readily be shown to fail to match divers types with anything like fairness, A number of clubs arc now ii the throes of revolution. Theiv old fetish Was heen knocked over and a new one has to beset upinplace, The coming rule will undoubtediy be a trifle more acceptable, though, probably, far trom logical, nor yet, capable af standing every siralu ih will be pub to, Lis likely to he but short-lived before serious defects are discovered, whereupon the old sore will break out anew. One piece of patchwork, empirical and unfalr, will give way 10 anolher somewhat more acceptable, and so On til, step by step, every agitation helps olear away the cobwebs and (ipives selnsh Interests to the wall. Finally’, alter éssaying avery thing under the snu but the right thlug, a bulk rule will récelve a majority yote trom sheer desperation as the dernier rerort. Then Clubs will Hud themselves ap bard pan, cease further copitation and quietly settle down to biissful contentment; everybolly served alike; fhe designer perfectly tree and phe best type of boat steadily displant- Ing all the pet nurslings of protective lemisiallon. We venture to believe that bulk measgnrement will be the npshot of it all nm course of due time, when the matter has had a chance to filter Lhroveh tue masses and to crystallize into convicllon derived from experiment and experience, é .—————— BULE AND SPEED, BE have axplatned in a& fornmier arilsle why the Astor Touse Bld In equity allow thos toa small yas, even though fhe greater bulk of the House micht laye been detrimentalto speed. We Wish again to call attention to the necessity Of basing measurement not upon the iinished vessel, but opon the opportunities the bullder las had for the production ot speed in the use of the bulk he Was em- ployed, Taxing tliefeatures of the tinished boat is taxing the produet of bis brain; it Is taxing lls capacity as a modeller—something im which there 1s neither sense oor object. Taxing the bulk of his baat Is taxiog the opportunities enjoyed absolutely Widependent ot her Shane. ils taxing lim for facilities made use of, and not.for the particular mannerin which he prefers to apply those fuciiijles, That is sensible, tor the obvious fesson thot ih tulAlls the Intention of 4 falr syste, sinve it demands an allowance from larger faoilities or oppor- hinities fo smaller, leaying the sort Of the yacht entirely anvaxed, thereby enabling us 10 read io the results of arave the relutlye per- feclion Attained by each builder Mm tha form chesen atter applying due allowance for initial differences tn thelr opportunities, View ed in this light, tae stale and a hundred times refuted protest that bull rules Cannot be just sinee bulk does not always ‘ glye speed? are found to be withont Jocks atanvt—that fs, the objection has no application at all ro the case. This a matter of parrect indifferance to the logical derivation of bulk Thies whether bulk gives or does hol give speed. ‘hint does bol legzit- imately enter the yuestion ab all, Whether speed vesults from The use of more bulk depends upon the disposition made of it by the modeller, If hvapperiions lb wisely his boat hecomes faster, for tlie food reason that she has become larger, It he apportlons lb badly his boal may hecoine slower, but le has enjoyed the use of the bulk just the same, and in 50 much he hus bad wa grester Opporliaity for the development of speed in bls boat than hls nelzhbor, who has had to fo withont ib in a sinslier boat. Tho relative success of the two huliders rests fundamentaily upon the bulk they have moulded, and i fale edmnparison 1s manitesiy only 10 be deauced by tuking into consideration the difference in thetbiwik they have been dealing with, and not some dlferenceé In the shape they have tipressed upon if of thelr own tree Choice, as, for example, the lengths eelected. ——_——— ~~ AN JNDORSEMENT OF VALUE, X7E are lo receipt of the folliowlny from the Owners of a feet of \ lwwelty Dishing =chooners, which we yalue Llchly as coming trom experienced men: “You have our heartiest approval and congratnlation for what you have dotie aid are doing in Forms? ayp Srithairio promore able models and sensible rigs in this counliy, and we wish yon every slic. cess. We layed 31 fon schooner that wil ba overhauled nest summer and are thinking of trying the yanyl pg on her. 458 “In the winter sloops are almost useless for our fishing business, and schooners, 48s they “re commonly rigged and modelled, are not much better; so we want to try the yawl to see if a boat so rigged will be able to stay out. longer and to work over the grounds more easily In bad weather.” a YACHTING NEWS. MEASUREMENT,—Mean lengih, however, Is received with derision by many in America; and one writer, bolder than the rest, pro- nounced if “igiotie.* Weneed not peas any indigestible adjectives to this Transailantic suggestion, as a similar proposal has been made In this country; but, at any rate, there will be no harm in showing that there isno more reason for including the counter in a length measirement than there is the length of bowsprit, Each is used to extend a sail; but the counter, whilst forming a sort of outrigger for the mainsheet, also provides some extra deck room. The idea, how- ever, sometimes prevails that the counter, when the boat 1s heeled, helps to support the boom, orgives additional power in some way by “adding to the stiffness of the boat. It is almost needless to say that acounter could not help to support the boom any more than a life buoy on deck could; and if the counter is made so full and heavy that it becomes immersed as the boat is heeled, and thereby adds to the yolume ol the “wedge of immersion,” the boat had much better be without the counter at all, asthe counter wowld tend to aggravate Lhe boat's pitching in asea, throw her out of trim, check hey speed, and make her generally uohandy. The fact is, in designing a boat which has a counter, the greatest care Is taken to provide against its becoming immersed as the boat heels; and the Sane ton that “power” can be gained by immersing the counter involves the absur- dity that the buoyancy of the boat can be made greater in the heeled position than it isin the upright. This would De an entirely unknown achievement in hydrostatics, ind is simply an Impossibility. There is not the smallest doubt that it length isto be included in any ex- pression for the rating of boats or yachts In competitive safling, it should be length on the load water-line, as that léngth cannot be exceeded by aby conceivable means so as to impart additional power to the boat, For many years length trom stem to sternpost In a line with the gunwale was used on Southampton water and other places ; but there was no objection to this, as, owlug to the upright stem and sternpost, length so taken was the same as length on the load water- jine. Now, however, for the sake of small additional comfort, and for ereater convenience In working the sheets aft, a counter has been introduced on many of the boats in the South; but to put a penalty upon Ulem would be almostas absurd as taxing a man for having a spring mattress in his berth Instead of bwo inches of hair and a deal board.—London LYeld, Tne oruer Sunpay evening, down at the village of Greensboro’, Md., religious services in the church were greatly disturbed by the persistent pursuit of a coon by a dog in the immediate vicinity. The colored portion of the congregation was greatly excited, and when it became evident by the ‘barking of the dog that the coon was in a tight place there was a general exit from the church, > and on the fallowing day one of the colored brethren was smacking his lips oyer ‘‘roast coon and plenty of graby.” FOREST AND STREAM, COLORS.—Should the new club of small yachts be formed accora- ing to the plan of Commodore Franklin Beames, laid before the reader this week, how would it do to call it the Corlothian Yacht Ciub, und adopt for a burgee a blue field with yellow (gold) wreath of latrels, as bestowed upon the victors of the Corinthian games held by the Greeks in ancient times? We haye had play enough upon the red, white and blue triangles with stars interjected here and there, A flag with some idea in its composition would seem more appropriate a5 well as more easily distinguished from the usual Tun, ASlt is, most flags of our yacht clubs are meaningless calico atterns—one commonplace borrowed from another—and very con- using in their similarity of plan orshade, There should be some derivation to club colors, conveying a distin¢live meaning, a trade- mark of character, locality or purpose, so to speak, and not the tire- some repetition of yarlegated patches and bars of three prime colors, EXHIBITION OF SPORTING ARTICLES.—It is intended soon to hold jn exhibition of articles used In sports in London. The show is to include everything appertaining to yachts and sailing. This sug- gests the advisability of instigating a similar exhibition of yachting } appliances here, Could not some cluo take the matterin hand? A collection of models, drawings, books, miniature cratt, all kinds of articles In use—such as binacles, side lights, logs, fiitings, small boats, canoes, prizes, photos, historical records, ete —grouped together in a hall would be pretty certain to attract, paying number of visi- tors. The surplus funds obtained might be<@yoted to the furtherance of the sport In some public way. By this means, it properly managed, the general public might haye its interest drawn prominently to the most fascinating, instructive, useful and manly of all sports. NEW SCHOONERS.—Mr. A. Cary Smith is busy getting ont the lines jor two new schooners, besides half a dozen other yachts. The demand for designs exceeds anything yet known and promises lots of new boats, besides proving that capable men are beginning to be appreciated at their true worth, and that the days of guess work are passing away. One schooner is for Nght summer work and, there- tore, only T}g tt. draft on 85 ft. water-Jine and 233g ft. beam. She has 3 ft. 31in. freeboard. The other is for aseagoing cruiser and is 80 tt. Water-line, 19 ft. 5 In. beam, 10 ft. 5 in. draft with 3 ft. 8 in. free- board. She isto cruise to the West Indiesin winter. All the latiest wrinkles will be comvined in these yachts. VISITING CUTTERS.—The London Land and Water is in doubts about our custom house practices concerning cutters shipped out for racing here. We can assure our con'emporary that any boats sent out by steamer will be entered here tree of duty, the Treasury having decided that yachts imported for racing and not to be sold in our waters will not be Classed as “wood manufactures,” subject to a duty 133 percent. The Madge was detained only to awalt a formal dec\- ~ Wanvary 5, 1882. eee slon of this kind, as no fent existed upon which the local col- lector could act. The decision will hold in future cases of the kind, bring on your cutters. STEPHENS’ CANOES.—My. Stephens has removed from Rahway to & Wore conventent point at West Brighton, Staten Island, where he has. secured ample shops and will devote attention to building small yachts as well aa canoes and boats. We may add that Mr. Stephens knows what a ship’s draft means and can design yachts with under- Standing, while his work is well known as the best. To eét to his shops take North Shore Staten Island ferry fon the Battery to third landing, including the stoppage at Snug Harbor. Fost office address: P. O. box 562, West Brighton, S, 1. NEW YORK CANOE CLUB.—The following officers haye been elected for 1852: Commodore, G, Bowyer Vaux; Vice Commodore, Chas. P. Oudin; Secretary and Treasurer, W. P. Stephens, Bayonne, N. J.; Executive Commiltee, William Whitlock and G. L. Norton; Re- gatta Comimittee, C.K. Monroe, f, E. Ward, W. M. Cook, Fred Read aa Stephens; House Committee, Dr. E. B. Bronson and Wm. ock, WREN.—Mr, C. G, Y, King, well known as one of the leading canoeists of the Clyde and as a writer over the cosnomen of ** Wren,” has arrived in this city and may remain with us permanently, In that case his Clyde canoe will be shipped to him and a welcome addi- tion made to our fleet, bringing about very interesting trials between the most advanced style of Clyde canoe and our native productions. FIVE-TONNER.—We learn thatitis contemplated to buy one of the narrowest flye-tonners of recent English build and import her to this city for experimental purposes. Also that a shaver of halt-a-ton like the Dodge will likely grace our waters uext year and disgust the flatirons in a blow. ATLANTIC YACHT CLUB.—The Atlantic Yacht Club have finished their new anchorage basin at Bay Ridge, ‘he club’s new steam launch Atlantic is about finished, and next season wlll run daily between the club house at Bay Ridge and the dock of the Sea Beach Coney Island passenger boats, near by. NEW NONPAREILS.—Mr. Clapham, of Roslyn, L L., is getting out the frames for two 66 ft, nonparetls. He has also just shipped one of 23 1t. to France to race with the shifting ballast boats, She has a 29 ft. mast, bin. at partners ana@ a 20 ft. boom. SAN FRANCISCO YACHT OCLUB.—Commodore Ashbury has re- turned his thanks to the club for the friendly attentions bestowed during his recent yisit to the California coast. - ABBEY & IMBRIE’S | ““Highest Quality” FIS Spring Steel English Hand-Made H HOOKS. 10-0) 9-0 ) &0 ; 7-0 ,60 ,50 40 ,30 20) LE gy 1 z 3 4 5) 8 [7 ae PER 100, ig. Se pe SY a ee a es fe es et ee apes er) . 8.36 | 2.73 | 2.37 | 1.80 | 1.55 | 1.61 | 1.36 | 1.22 | 1.92 et 93] .s6| .86| .86] .s6 | .56 : Two werKs Aco 600 partridges were re- 4.00 | 3,50 | Speoat, sete § =o . . . . 5 . . . ’ Ci 'S Cor 7 1, ceived by Mr. Churcbman, Secretary of the | ¢ 501 5.50 | 4.50 8.88 88 | 2.45 | 2.23 | 2,09 | 1.87 | 1.66 | 1,44 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.80 | 1.80 | 1.30 | 4.80] 13.00 O'Shaughnessy, Papered Fed. nciation, at Wilmington 5.00 | 4.00 | 3.50 Bas3 Needle Eye, 4 Delaware Game Association, at Wilmington, 1.23} 1.96] 1.11 ]1.08/ .97| .90| .s6] .s6 .6| .s2| .s2| .82] 62] 50 Amerlean Trout, marked Del. They came from Danville, Va., and 2.16 yal ap sae 1 os Ld us 1.00 1.00} .s6] .s6| 86] .86 .86 Carlisle, marked. . : ae: ; “ : é F 44 | 1.33 | 1. 08 1.00 | 1.00} .s6} .86) .86 | .86 +86 Aberdeen, marked, will be distributed in lots of twelve, six 1.15 |* ,97! 190! 79 | O76 Kigece Algo LPH BRL oT 12 Sneck Kendall, Saeed males and six females, among the Delaware farmers. Another lot of 1,000 arrived sub- FOR SALE BY ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS IN FISHING TACKLE. sequently and will be eee orale eg DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE ONLY. It will be some years until the bird again be- Orders received from persons residing in cities in which the dealers keep a full lin 7 comes numerous in Pennsylvania if like | price. ¥ ‘ 5 P e of our goods will not be filled at any efforts are not made to propagate it. ¢. ¢. GUNTHER’S SONS 3 Seal-Skin Sacques & Cloaks Peerless Tobacco Works, Fur-Lined Garments ; Fur Trimmings, Mutfs and Collars. 184 FIFTH AVE., N. Y. KING TURKISH, VIRGINIA and a small por- tion of choice PERIQ in any Samples and circulars malied free. KEEP MANUFACTURING CONIPANY, 631, 633, 635, 637 Broadway, N. ¥. Water! Dwellings, Factories or Towns supplied with 48 Maiden Lane, New York. CIGARETTES iF COMPOSED 0. AND t—a mixture not found other Cigarette. By WILLIAM S. KIMBALL & Co., HTC., ETC., ETC, Water! Water! MILD, FRAGRANT, HICH WROUCHT, Particularly Agreeable. 9 FIRST PRIZE MEDALS, EccuZEsrer, N, ¥. UPTHEGROVE & McLELLAN, VALPAHAISO, IND for Sale. The Rennel. Cameron Kennel. Beagle Hounds bred for bench and field purposes, RALLY (Sam-Dally); stud fee, $25. RACKET (Rally-Loulse); stud fee, $25, COLIN CAMERON, Brickeryille, Pa, OR SALE—From the Rory O'More Kennel, a brace of remarkably fine thoroughbred red ae ee et | HOLABIRD Irish setter puppies (dog and bitch) 434 months old, j by champton Kory O’More out of Pearl. Pearl is . : half sister to siz (of late Pennsylvania and Ten= Sh 0 ot in S u its nessee Field Triais). Sold singly or together. Ad- . dress W. N. CALLENDER, Albany, N.Y. Jans,1mo. GLOVES, UMBRELLAS, UNDERWEAR, write for cireular to : . Jan5,1t. | ee SALE, a foxhound dog, three years old, com- ing four; color, black, white and yellow; ! lways Tun alone and is a stayer; medium size. — water by Pipe Wells or Deep Rock Wells, Dug ai E a : 5 i wells that have gone dry made to produce. Live Prairie Chickens. Bare dea Be ee selling, aut . MANHATTAN ARTESIAN WELL CO., ANTED—A numberof Live Prairie Chickens | Centre, N. H. "Jans, 1t Orders by mall, or information desired, will re- 24) Broadway. innated grouse) for stocking a preserve. ¥ celye special and n. FRANK BLYDENBURCH, INVESTMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS SECURI- TIES, UNLISTED MINING STOOKS. 66 Pine &t., New York. THE DOC, By DINKS, MAYHEW & ILUTCHISON. Price $8.00. For Sale at this Office. AVayted. NOTICE! Advertisements received luter than Tuesday cannot be ANTED, second-hand D. B.L, gun, 10 or 12x 30x9 ; Damascus; close, hard shooter; im- provements; cheap for cash, Address W., P, 0. inserted until the following | box 136, rindey's Lake, NY. Decd9, 2 ANTED on Chesapeake Bay shore, or some river near, a small house for a shooting box, with from ten to fifty acres of ground. Send de- scription and cash price to P. O. Box age ey ans, week’s issue. Rates promptly furnished man as salesman, who is the Ashing tackle business. ANTED—A youn, acquainted wi Must be ea and Invatesnt cee oa Bl oe e in at moderate salary. 5 on application. PAGELR, FOREST AND STREAM OUlce, Jan5,ab, | UDUBON’S BIRDS AND QUADRUPEDS FOR SALE.—A copy of Audubon’s Viviparous Quad- rupeds of America, superbly illustrated with colored Flates; 3 yolumes, large Syo, brown morocco, a little rubbed. Also Audubon’s Birds of America, in 7 volumes, octayo, the first yolume wanting. With beautiful colored plates, same size and binding as the Quadrupeds. For price apply to this office. 7iOR SALH.—A fine country residence, about 30 miles from New York; 45 acres improved land. Partridge, quail, rabbit and duck shooting, also ood fishing for bass and pickerel, For particnu- ars address N. I. J., at this office. Deci5,2mos. OR SALE.—A beautifully located country resi- dence. Price, $7,000. Pure air; fine views; plenty of fruit. Apply to T, C, B.. this office, Nov24,tf ALUABLE OLD RELICS for sale. Two old fashioned tall clocks, wood movements, cases sound and allright. Seven feet high. In good running order and good for a hundred years more. For particulars address M. W. STICKNEY, Jack- sonyille, Vt. Jans,2t, ROOK TROUT—Eggs trout for table use, Randolph, N, ¥, and fry for sale, ‘also Address F, W. EDDY, Jans,tt, WANTED. one or two well-bred and well-broken bird dogs (setters preferred) + must retrieve from land and water, Address, with full particu- lars, name and lowest price, CHAKLES BRADY, office FeREST AND STREAM. Jani, lt Sept22,tt es SPANIEL dog and bitch for sale, three Months old. Also chestnut and tan (log, fourteen months old, Will besold very low. Ad- dress BURR HOLLIS, Hornelisyilie, N. ¥. Jans, lt. fk OR SALE, pointer puppy, born Sept. 16. Price glreet, New YorE city. gis, RK, M. LIVINGSTON, 16 West Thirty-sixth Jans,tt OR RED TRISH SETTERS and Cocker Spaniels ofthe most fashlonable blood address CHAS, DENISON, Hartford, Ct Septl5,tf OR SALE.—Two pure bred Gordon setter pu piles, dog and bitch, whelped May 26, 188i. Ad. dress, A. WEEKS, Locust Valley, L. 1. Jans,2b ‘FOR SALE.—A very finefpointer bitch ; also A No, 1 breech-loading gun at halt ccst ‘THEO, MEYER, 315 Elghth street, Jersey City, N. J. Jan5,1t OXHOUND PUPPIES and young foxhounds for sale, trom imported stock, Address ESSEX COUNTY HUNT, Montclair, N, J, Jans, 2, FOREST AND STREAM. DAawcany 6, 1857) 3 459 1882. FOR FIELD, CAMP AND HOME! 1882. ES Ws Za i ee if ( \ nee Z x o" ics tm = —— Clete eee Mindy tye vay meso Tew heat plsers Cis Tyros FY aes . ee he THE WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND CUN. DEVOTED "TO ,THE INTERESTS OF SPORTSMEN, AND THE INCULCATION IN MEN AND WOMEN OF A WHOLESOME INTEREST IN OUTDOOR RECREATION AND STUDY. The conductors of the Forrsr anp Srrzam point with much pride and satisfaction to the past and the present of the paper, and pledge their readers that the same high standard of excellence will be maintained in the future, The Forzst AnD StReax will preserve the reputation it has earned for heing: F.—ENTERTAINING AND INSTRUCTIV:. The ‘‘ Sportsman Tourist,” “ Game Bag and @un," and “Sea and River Fishing departments will con- tain sketches of travel, camp life and adventure; ac- counts of shooting and angling excursions; hints, helps, and experiences; poetry, stories, humor; impartially Written reports of all meetings, ete., ete., etc. * Natural History” will be so conducted as to stimu- Jate habits of observation and study. Among its contributors may be mentioned Prof. Spencer F. Baird, of Weshington, D. C., the Secretary of the Smithsonian Tnstitution, who is so well known as the first authority in the country on ornithology and fishculture; Dr. Elliott Coues, U. 8. A., avd Prof. J. A. Allen, of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the distinguished writers on birds and mammals; Professors Jordan and Gill, eminent in icthyology; Dr. Yarrow, the authority on reptiles; Prof Marsh, of Yale College, the writer on IL,—ADAPTED TO THE TAS'’HS OF ALL. Among the hundreds: f correspondents of the Forxst AND STikamM are Business Men, Lawyers, Physicians, Clergymen, Army and Navy Officers, Naturalists, Pioneers, Trappers, Prospectors, College Professors, Tourists, Civil Engineers, Artists, Editors of other papers; young men who have not yet struck out for themselves, and old men who have retired; in short, members of every trade, profession, and occupation, Farmers and Farmers’ Boys constitute a large class of our readers. They will find the Foxzesr anp StrEAM ever dispos-d to reconcile :he seemingly conflicting but really identical interests of respectable sportsmen and reasonable Jand-owners. IV.—INDHPENDENT. The posiiion of influence now occupied by the Forzst AND STREAM imposes upon the paper responsibilities fossils, and Prof. Eaton, the botanist. Hundreds of other names, scarcely less well-known, might be added to the list. ‘* Fishoulture,” edited by a practical and well-known fishculturist, will receive frequent contributions from the officers of the U. 8. Fish Commission at, Washington. This department will prove indispensable to every farmer and country gentleman who can own a fish pond for profit or pleasure. The columns devoted to the ‘' Kennel” will be filled ‘with matter of interest and practical worth to sportsmen and dog fanciers. ‘‘ Rifle and Trap Shooting” will furnish reports of all important events in the shooting world. ‘' Yuchting and Canoeing” willremain in charge of ® specialist, its editor being a graduate of the U. 8. Naval Academy at Annapolis, and a practical naval architect, thoroughly icformed in every branch of his profession. Due attention will be given to canoeing, as its growing importance demands. M.—HIGH IN TONE. The tone of the Forest anp Srrzam is exceptioaally high. It is edited for men of healthy mind; in healthy bodies. Its reading and advertising columas will be clean. Jta pages will sparkle like the mountain stream in the sunlight, and its contents will be redolent of the exhilarating fragrance of theforest. Primarily intended for gentlemen, it is also a paper for the family centre- table, and one wh’ch the entire family, old and young, read with pleasure and profit. The beat guarantee of its thoroughly high character is afforded by a reference to a listof those who write for it. which it hasno wish to shirk. The organ of no clique, it will be perfectly free to criticise everything inimical to the interests of the highest and manliest sportsman- ship. Its attitude on all important questions within its field is well understood. For the benefit of advertisers and readers alike, it will also, as in the past, expose and denounce all dangerousirauds. Advertisements of doubtful character will not be admitted to its columns on any terms. ; ¥.—COURTEOUS. VI. The Forest anp Stream will have no room in its columns for personalities and bickerings. Its editors have neither taste nor time for ‘‘mud throwing.” They do not share the opinion, held by some other journals, that blackguardisms and indecencies are essential char- acteristics of a sportsman’s paper. Readers who want that sort of thing must look for it somewhere else than ju the Forsst AND Stream. Verbum sap. —BROAD IN SYMPATHY. The Forust anp Stream will ask for, and strive to win, the continued support of readers in every part of the country. It never has been narrow in spirit; nor has it ever held itself up as the organ of any one ‘*see- tion.” The paper is, and will be, American, in the broadest, highest and best meaning of that term. Every State, Territory and Province on the Continent, with many foreign countries beyond, are represented in our list of contributors and subscribers. The very wide geographical distribution of the friends and correspond- enis of the Foxrst AND STREAM is @ sufficient guarantes of the variety and excellence of lts contents. Literally and figuratively is it true that THE SUN NEVER SETS ON THE FOREST AND STREAM. CONTRIBUTIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE. Its editors aim to make the Forest snp Srream a medium for the interchange of information, entertainment and amusement among sportemen. Sketches of field excursions, shooting and angling trips, original observations in natural history, and other like con- tributions are respectfully solicited. Secretaries of clubs and associations are urged to send us reports of their transactions. Expressions of opinion upon any subject within the scope of the paper are invited and will be given place in our columns. We beg to suggest to the friends of the Forest anv Stream that they bring the paper and its meriis to the attention of othera whose tastes and sympathies are in accord with its spirit aud aims, Fiee specimen copies will be cheerfully furnished upon application, A LIBRARY OF PERMANENT WORTH, The weekly iesues of the Forest anp Sreeam form two volumes each year, of twenty-six numbers, or 500 pages eaeh, Seventeen such volumes have already been publiched. We furnish handsome file binders (price $1.25) which hold twenty-six numbers. KHach volume when completed may be returned to us for binding, the cost per volume being $1.50. At this slight additional expense each reader may preserve an unique library of substantial and permanent yalne. : SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME. Per year, $4; $2 fcrsix months. To clubs of three or more, $3 per year each. Remit by post-office money order, draft or registered letter. Give name, lown, county and State. Address FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHINC CO., 39 Park Row, N. Y. City. Qe Rennel, Portraits of Celebrated Dogs NOW HEADY. FIRST PAIR OF THE SERIES OF FIELD SCENES BY J. M. TRACY. A Grouss Moor._EMPEROR FRED, Snipe Shooting in the Mississippi Valicys —TRUNDE®. Correct Portraits of the Two Leading Laverack Dogs in the Worid. These pictures are large Album Cards. Phote- grapiiilc rep oductiois of oll paintings by Tracy, Executed by the Artotrpe Provess. ‘| hey will nob fade like ordinary puotographs, and are equal ii effect_and finish to the be-t steel Pngrayv) uz. Price 75c. cach, For sale by SCHUYLER & DUANE, 199 Broadway, New York, or J. PALMER O’NEIL, 68 Fitth Ave, Pittsburgh, Pa. *; Will be sent by mall on receipt of price by FOR- EST A} D STREAM PUBLISHING CO, A Large plates sultable for framing are now Danke printed of these pictures, and will be advertised the next Issue of this paper. FLEAS! FLEAS! WORMS! WORMS! Steadman's Flea Powder for Dogs. A BANE TO FLEAS—A BOON TO DUGS, T HIS POWDER 1s guaranteed to kil) fleas on dogs or any other animals or money ;eturmed, frig putupin patent boxes with sliding peppers nox top. which yreatly facilitates its use. simple and efficacious. Price 50 cents by mail, Postpaid, Areea Nut for Worms in Dogs. A CERTAIN REMEDY. Put up in boxes containing ten powders, with fa directions for nse, Price 50 cents per box by mail. Both the above are recommended by Rop snp GUN and FOREST AND STKEAM, Conroy & Bissett, 65 Fulto) street, N, ¥, HENRY C. SQUIRES, 1 Cortlandt street, N. ¥, WRIGHT & DITSON, 680 Washington street, Boston, Mass, Dr Gordon Stables, R.N. TWYFORD, BERKS, ENGLAND, Author of the “PRACTICAL KENNEL GUIDE,” &C. exports champion and other pedigree dogs of any sreed, Send for “PLAIN HINTS TO WOULD-BE BUYERS.” Price 18 cents, post free, Gives addresses of prin- sipal English breeders, Black Spaniels. BOB III, Imported, black; First, Strabane. Portadown, Kilmarnock, Beifast. aud London, On Speelal, Franklin, Pa Stud fee, $15. BENEDICT, imported, black; first and special, New York, 1831. First Atlanta, 1881. 220 way eae by above also by Brag. first and spectal New York, 1551, forsale. Price from #10 upwal HORNELL SPANIEL CLUB, Homey Ae ov3, For Sale. mre white, and one of the best young dogs ever mpurted, combining the best bull terrier blood in England, BULL DOG, BIASTER (imp.), by Sir Anthony, ex sister t>» Henshull’s Duchess. Winner of ist, London, Ont,, 1-81; ist, Lowel', 1881; the only times everexhibited, This isone of the grandest bulldogs in 1his or any country, and is a sure win- ner in good company. For price address J. MOR- TIMER, 8 Morris Street, New York. Dec29,36 REAT REDUCTION In price of Von Culin’s Pat. Spike Collar. No.1, sewed, #200, YO 2, rivete1,¢1.25. Book of Instructions Free with each collar, by mail, Keware of worth] ss imi- tutions Oursthe only patentel one. Indorsed by the sporting press and used by ail the prominent professional trainers. H, & ©. VON CULIN, Delaware City, Del. t#7(Pedigree Printers.) ORY O’MORE KENNEL.—Thoroughbred rea Irish setter puppies Jor sale, py Champlo! Rory O’More out of Worah O’Mnre (Berkley- Tilly) and Gay (Eicho-Fire Fly). Full pedigreea W. N. CALLENDER, Albany, N. Y. Dec29,tt OR SALE—AT 4 reasonable price, an Irish set ter bitch and pair of pups 6 months old; one or all, Full pedigree. M. A. DINSMOKE, Saugus, Mass. Decis,sb ESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB'S Sensation, fn the stad. for $50. Addiess, Seuretairy Wy K. €., Room H, 4.6 Broadway, New York elty. Dec22 45 URTRAITS of Eastern Field Trial Winners of 1880, printed on fine tinted paper, will ve sen& post-ould for ¥5 cents Buch, or Lhe fMye for g2 FOREST ANT STREAM PUB. CO., 29 and @ Park Row, WN. ¥. Deesi.tf. ULEOUT COCKER SPANTEL KENNELS.—For Uoekers of all ares and colors, dogs, nitchea and puppies, address with stump, RUB T WALKER, franklin, Del. Co., N. Y. July 2Zi-tf OK SALE, a nomber of well bred and well broken pointers and setters, aiso dors boarded and broken, sait-faciion guaratiteed, Adtress EL B, RIVE MOND, Lakeville, Mass, Septzs,cr LED GOLD SOLID JEWELRY inales 0 benntifal and Valuable Gift fora lady or gentleman, and in order to introduce our goods and to secure new customers for our Company we will forward POST-PAID to any address in Cannila, any, articls of our WEAVY the U.S or “ROLLED” GOLD jewel illustrations or before MAY ist, 1 inside of any ring + ENGRAVE witha TIAL, MOTTO or No.1, Ring we or TOPAZ, Nos. and (y's Ea | ERED B} ever pro: cl i asshown in the necompaty On receipt of THIS ADVERTISEMEN' S82ani ONE and you we will IANDSOM ira Charge any NA FOREST AND STREAM, eS 18K. ying on DOLLAR. On the j) ELEGANT INITIAL CHARM, M_suitable for ( e Bi On one sido we CUT INITIAL sane as No, 5 King, on the other side we use as fetting Red (nyx. No. 8, WANDSOMELY CITASED BAND RING, I PLY of these go inal price named them, ie At ae amen ie sau a le or 2 we Will mail youn bundle of our CATALOGU uu will be so] thly pleased with goods sent and that they pt alozues among your friends, at from us, You can in this wa, N at mantfactirad from New and original we send you Catalogites in ity OUR METALS, ,and in order to ement but ONE COMPANY TS 0 ri will we send More others aro desired we will furnish them in 18 i d Sl. 1 desitre rm Joruc. To ring on ant either Nos, at pricesnained, You OUT OUT this adver First-cliss spuriig fy tineiys tveslgns and price 86nt Dy post oi receipl OF wetter cL request, ad- dressed 10 GEO. C. HENNING One Price Clothier, 410 7th \f£., WASHINGTON CITY. For Sale by A, SAKS & Co,, 1013 Main Street, ichmond, Va THE CLIMAX PATENT GUN CLEANER I8 THE Mid4) PRACTICAL CLHANER AND OILER POR FRENCH TOATING ARMS EVER INVENTED. ~ Thoperates on an entirely new principle, and it is ast nishing bow quick and wil it will Glean and Olagun, Haven eloaueris packet in @ nest box with Wu direciitms for use, snd will be sent to any address, pisiuwe pald, ou recetpt of $1.50 tuasrated Carcular Seni Free om Ap plidasiou, Tn ordering give callbne of gun. All orders and nquiriés to be addres=e | CLIMAX M’F’G CO., Vall Hiver, Wass. To Sportsmen: Why pay eight o ten dollora for cartridge load- foe [onls whell you val eet a handsome combined pocket tmplemi nt tor $23 that will do the werk ot bix ordinary tools? sent by mall on receipt of tHe —8, 12 or li-gauge, Best recupper io use. ent tor 50) cess. vA. IT. DUDLEY, Povenxnersiz, N. Y, wore ARRAS POCKET MAP of Moosehedd Lake and The North Miwve Wilderness, & \altiable com- niou tor ihe sportsbisn. hunter Hud Wo bern ately worreitTed and revined, and now ackbuwl! Gived 16 be Lhe atly correct map of This vast regiog Neatly foand to cloth covers, brie, pustpald, oy THAN. Seen, UHARLHS A, J. BARKAK, Jamaica Plain, dass. ONEY. We depend on our FUTURE ec: ie SALES FOR CUR PROFIT, Eolled Goldand that this pec ena offer is only made to fntroduce our 1D AND RELIA We tan only send ont LIMTVI rotect ourselves from jewe WH TIME in Seance, pee a aid Si Y know you are entitled to the r i ARTIOLE of each kind at price ns Solid Gold at 2 niithis adlverti: In the manufacture of all the above described goods we use Teavy Nolled Gold, and in offering a LI MITED SUP- ds to the readers re hope to mak f this Paper at the nom Tegular Customers © Selected and feel - give such satisfaction th éamoe time showing them the BE t usin selling other goods o! STA navnd which are puarantecd to gi Remeniber the jowelry Foodsand © Firat-Closs goods CLASS JEW- ouantitics we BLE, manufacturin D NUMBER of thik FJ i dinyx. G EACH Eindand you must Small sums can __ Me Le DUNGKLEE’S PATENT camping and Mining Stove. iE UST the thing for people camping out 4% forashort or longtime. FOUL SIZES ; pri- wa REASONABLE, Send for descriptive circu- tars, with prices and terms, Will GOGkK For 12 Persons. pe eee UUAAST LTP eA AA ii SI = Sl re +x20 INCHES. ¢ i ‘SIT cs “LHDITA 12x1 NO, 1-CAMP PACKED. . Made and sold by TAUNTON LRON WORKS G0., 67 Blavkstone strect, Boston, Mass- Bird Dealers and Fanciers will find it to thelr advantage to call at Wead- quarters, where they constantly can find a Tull assortment of Song and Fancy Birds, also all kinds of rare animals adapted tor Zoologicul Gardens and Show purposes, Chas. Reiche & Bro., 55 Chatham St., New York. (Estabished 1847.) WE WILL BUY Live Rocky Mountain Sheep, Beavers, Antelopea, Wolverines, Whooping Uranes, Wild 'lirkeys, Prairie Chickens, Qualls, Woodducks, Hic., Etc. THE \EW AMERICAN Breech-Loading Shot Gun. z SDEPLE AND DURABLE H enoqnding Louk. Choke-lore Larrels For close, hard shooting excels all others. Extra Heavy wins for ducke + speially, Send stamy tor areuar 0. 8. pLATILCK, Manulactirer, Hat meld, Muss. Hotels and Routes far Syartsmen. ASSOCIATED SOUTHERN RAILWAYS, Richmond & Danville Atlantic Coust Bay Line, Line, Line. THE Preferred Routes to Florida AND Atlanta Cotton Exposition, October 6 to December 81, TIMH TABLE IN EFFECT DECEMBER 1s, 1881. Richmond and Danville Line- Train 54. Leaves New York *4-30am. Phila- delphia *7-05a m. Baltimore "9-46 am Arrives lyuchburg 6-65 pm. Danville *7-12 pm. Charlotte “12-40 nb, Atlanta “11-0 am. There makes same connections as No. 6) below, Pullman curs Dan- ville to Atlanta, and Atlanta to New Orleans, Srnin 92. Leaves New York #8-3'am, Phila- delphin F146 am. Bialtimore t2-10 pm. Richmond *11-2) pm. Danville *7-00 am. There connects with No, 62 below. Pullman Cars from Richmond to Danville. Vis trata connects Mondays, Wednesdays cand Kridays Jrin Baltimore at 4-0 pm ilirest via York River Line for West Point and Richnwnd and connecting there with Train 50, Train $2. Leaver New York f?-409 pm. Phila- délpiita 6-46 pro. Baltimore 18-6 pm. Arrives at Lynchburg *4-45 am, Danuville *6,57 4 in. Chartorte “Li pm. Atlanta *12-()6 1% Macon “+30 am. Montgomery *i-55 im. Wew Oriexns *10-02 pm, 64 hourstrom New York, Pullman Cars New York to Washington, Wa-hington to Charlotte aud Chanieston. Arrives at Columbla *6-) p m, and Augusta 10-20) m. Sayannvzh "345pm. Jackson Ville *>-00 A Th. Wraim 51. Leaves New York *9-00p m Phila- felphia eam, Baltimore +55 4m. Arrives at Lynchburg *2-50pm. Richmood, 11-3)am. Dar- Vil "6-5F pin Chatlotie *12-65 am Atlanta “12-30 pm, Macon *t-35p m, Montgomery *9 (0 pm Muobile*s-ldam. New Orlenus 710-22 p m Pullman Oars New York to Athanta via Lynchburg and Danville and Atlanta ta New Orleans. Arrives Celuahiu, 6-33 8 WN, Avgusta, 9-62 2 Ms Savan- nih, 346 Dm.; Jeeksvnville, § @ mM. Atlantic Coast Line, Train 4(). Leaves New York *+-380am. Phila- delphia *i-16 am. Baltimore 845 am Arrives at Ricumond *2-55 pm. Wilmington "1-5 pm. Charleston “6-45 am Sayanwiih *l-80 am, Jack- sonville #4-21) pm. Pullman Sleepers Washlagioo to Charlest:m. Train 48. Leaves New York *9-0 pm. W. Phila(elphin*12-50.4 mM. Baltimore “4-36 am Arrives at KRiehuiwnd *130am. Wilnington *9-55 pm. Charleston *6-45 am. Saysnnal*)0-30 am, Jack- sonville te-a0 pm. Columbia 6-20am. Angusha "045m. Macon 5 pm. Sayannah "7-2 am. Jacksonville via Auguste *5-30 pin, Puliman Sleep- ing Cars New York to 5avannan. Bay Line Leayes New York td-40 pm. VPihiladelphin 75-45 vat Baltimore ¢8-)4 pm. Arrives at Portsmourl v0am. Weldon t1-30 pm. Raleigh 7-35 pm. Wilmington *9-55 pm. Chuarlesion *-45 am. Sa- yannall 10-20 4 m1, Jacksoyiile t5-30 prn_ Colum- bia 0am. Augusta tt am, Sayannah *7-20 am, Jacksonville via Auyusta *5-30 pm. Pullman Sleeping Cars Weldon To savannah * Dally. + Daliy, Sundays excepted. Forreservalion of berths, sections, and for tlckets, fime tables, nod. for all tuformation, apply 46306 Wuashlugion street, Koston, %24 Broadway, New Yirk 835 and +38 Chestnut street. Phila., Corner or Galyert and West Baltimore streets, Baltlinore. 6lt Pen sylv una avenue, Washington, aod leading Ticket Offices Hast, A POPE, Gen’ Passenger Agent. “THE FISHING LINE.” TAKE THE Grand Rapids & Indiana R. R. THE ONLY ROUTE TO THE frout, Grayling & lack Bass Fisheries, AND THE FAMOUS SUMMER, HEALTH AND GAME RE- SORTS AND LAKES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. The watersof the " Grand Traverse Region and the Michigan North Woods are vosurpassed, it equaled, in the abundance and great yamevy of fish courained, BRUUK TROUT abound in the streams, and the famous AMERICAN GRAYLING is found unly in these waters The THUUT season begins May 1 and ends Sept 1. The GRAYLING Seusou vpens dine 1 und ends Noy. 1. BLACK BASS, r1KR, PIOKEREL and MIUSCA- LONGE, alsv abound tn Jarge ninbers In the thany lakes and bikelets of this territwry, The Sports- man cuo readily send trophies of his skill tu his triends or “club” al home, as lee for packing fish cao he had at nearly all points, TAKE YUUR FAMILY WITH YOU. Tha scenury of the North Woods and Lakes is very Deautimd The air is pure. dry and bracing. The climate is pecuilarly benencial Lo thuse suffering will Nay Fever and Asthma A ffeetions, The hotel uccommodationus ure excellent, and will he largely increased in time for thie sea_on of ssi by new buildings and adidinions. During the season KOUND TRIP EXCURSION TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT LOW RATES, and attractive traih Tacllitles offered to Totiisis und Sportsmen, Dos, Guns and Fishing Tackle Carried Free at owher'’s risk. Ti is Our alm to make sportsmen fee! “at home” on this voure. For Vourists! Guide & handsomely Ulustrated book of 16 pagessentiree. Tline Curds, Folders and for her Intormation, address A. B. LEET, Gen’) Pass'r Agent, Grand Rapids. Mich. ROTICE TO SPORTSMEN. SHOOTING IN CURRITUUE SOUND, NORTH COROLINA. A daily line of conveyanres is established by Mr. M. Ho Snowden betijweed Snowden stacton, Kl za- beh City and Norfolk Rutlroad And Ciuenfuek Cour lion-e on the seund leaving Snowden on arrival ot Novrolk ciiin eonmecitoe with Baliinere Safes wl relurping in time to eoonect with Simetriin trait ra om Hallimore steamer. Vine Derween Vew York anal tuirinuck Gower tonas, ant n-hound, tweuly Wohrs; northbound, fweocy- four hours 2K KING, Geu, Manaper Elzasetn City & Norlolk R. i. Co. (January 4, 1882, —= Hotels and Aesxorts for avorismet, TO SPORTSMEN: The Pennsylvania R. R. Co. Respectfully invite attention to the SUPERIGR FACILITIES afforded by their lines ior reaching most of the TROUTING PARKS and RACK COURSES In the Middle states. ‘hese lines being CONTINUOUS FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avold the diffi. cullles and dangers of reshipment, while the excel- lent cars which run over the smooth steel tracks enabla STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED without failure or injury. THE LINES OF Pennslvania Railroad Comp’y also reach the best localities for Gunning and Fishing 1n Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company in all the princlpal citles 1o KANH, KENUYVA, BED FORD, CRES-ON, RAESTON, MINNEQUA, and olher well-known centres tor Trout Fishing, Wing “hooting and Still Hunting, Also to TUCKERTON, BRACH TIAVEN, CAPE MAY SQUAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAS! renowned tor SALLY WATERSPORT AFTER FIN AND “EATHOR. L. P, FARMER, Gen’l Aass. Agent. FRANE THOMsO3, Gun'l Manager, Chesapeake & Ohio R’y. THE ROUTE of the SPORTSMAN and ANGLER TO THE BEST HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA, Comprising those of Central and Pledmont Vir- ginia Biue Ridge Mounfalnis, Vailey of Virginia, Alleghany Mountains, Greenbrier ang New it ee Kanawha Valley, and Including in thelr varieties © game and fish, deer, bear, wild turkeys, wild duck, rouse, quail, snipe, woodcock, mountain trout, ass, pike, pickerel, etc. Guns, fishlug tackle and one dog for each sports- man cariied tree, The Route of the Tourist, through the most beautitul and picturesque scenery. of the Virginia Mountatos to tus White Surphar Springs aud other famous sutimer resoris, The C. & 0. Ry is reached by rall at Huntingdon, W. Va., from the West, Nortinvest aod southwest > at Charlottesville, Va., rrom the North aud Kass, and at Kichmond, Va,, froia the South. The completion of the rentnsular Extension in the summer of 1881 alfords THE ONLY ALL RAIL ROUTE TO “YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL,” and establishes a continuous rail line, via Rich. mond, Va., and Huntington, W Va., between the mouth of Chesapeake bay and the Paciic Ovean, H, W. FULLER, G, P, &. T. A., Richmond, Va. QLD DOMINIGN LINE. rl SYTEAVEKS ofthis Line reach some of the it Unest Waleriow! and upland slhuoting seciiens in the euuntry Conpecilnguivect for Clin oveague, Cobb's lsiaud sud points on Lue Penisulu, olny Folnt, daiieas River, Cirrliuek, Florida a) d the mountainvus conbi'y of Virvinda, Tennéssve, ere, Nortul< ste mers sail Tuesday, Vhnrsday and Sate uriay. Lewes, Pell., Monday and Thursday Full intormation given ut ottice, 197 Greenwich street, New York. Bromfield House, Boston. | \ K EURUPEAN PLAN, MESSENGER, Proprietor. Wild Fowl Shooting. SPRINGVILLE WOUSh OR SPORTSMEN’S RE- TREAT, SLUNNSCUCK BAY, LL ¥ A PRACTICAL GUNNER AND AN OLD 3 bayman. Was alway= on hand the best ot boasts, batteries, ebc., WLI the largest of trained wall reese decoys on the-cosst. The 1 round in whe vicinity of New York tor bay smipe shootin orall varteties Spectil atieniion given by limse) to 18 Puesis and stlisfaconuaranteced Aad)eaq WM. N. LANE. Goud Ground, L. Refers by eee Talssion tod, K. Snepherd, sul Broadway, aud Wi, Dutcher, 520 Broadway, N. Y. ICHARDSON AND RANGELEY LAKES IL- LUSTRATED, & thorough and cumple guide book to the Kangeley Lake hepionu, Kenne , UUpsUpicC, Parmachnese aod + oniecnent Lakes and Lhe head waters ol the Connerciicur, Mage alioWsay, Androscopyin alld Dead myers; iWumun~ ated COVERS, TLUTHO paper, 320 papes. o7 DslEoons nila lafge Tap. ade mostly tov accubste sure ys. Price, pusi-palo OY widil, ol Cents. UWA UES soa FARRA hata Plan, aes, a a i Ga -) 7) per day af home. Samples worth EHO R20 oreo” Agdress SI NSON ECO, Portiauc, ¥ dase {Janvany 12 1862. | FOREST AND STREAM. 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Hazard’s ** Kentucky Rifle.” FFFG, FFG and *Sea Shooting” FG in kegs of g =, THE PHILADELPHIA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE says: ‘* At Melbourne they had an excellent op- Sank ea in { on Pace uals Berns Sone oa portunity of testing their powers beside those of every exhibitor in the world, and they came off con- i nine! querors over every other maker. Their highest award comes to them from a country whose reputation thats at Borne ine a Sea Shooting BGs the for this class of goods has for many years been above all others.” standard Rijle Powder of the country. They have been in the hands of shooters for the past sixteen years and stood the severest test, and 1 swish to acknowledge through FOREST AND STREAM a present of: about four volumes of your valuable journal from Mr. 0. W.. Bostwick, of Hudson, N. Y¥., which completes my set from the start.--Peanx D. HaLLErt, j TRYING TO RHYME TARRAPIN.—IV, There is ap old lady, named Sara Finn, She's trying to rhyme the word tarrapin ; And if ste makes out, She'll sing, dance and shoul; And ff not, ’'m sure she don’t care a pin. Good day, THON RAMEOD. Somerville, Hass. fishculture.’ CANADIAN FISHCULTURE. yf PEED following paper, the facts in which were gathered from the annudl reports of the Canadian Fish Commission, was prepared and read by Mr. 1. R. Miller, of the Michigan Vieh Commission, at & recent meeting of the Commissioners of that State, at Detroit, December 29, 1851, There uré now ercctad ten hatcheries in the Dominion ; the first on6 was erected by Mr, Samuel Wilmot, the Superintendent of the fish breeding establishment, at his home in New Castle, Ont, in.1869.__ Two more were coustructed for each of the years 1873, 1874, 1875 and 1979, and one in the year 1880, The junning expenses of these ten establishment for the year 1850 was $29,109 61, (our entire approptiation for that yeur was anly $5,000). The Canadian work for that year was as follows : Total number of fertilized eggs put down, 26,212,000, of which there were white fish, 18,000,000 ; salmon, 4,084,000; Inke tront, 4,000,000 ; brook trout, 125,000. There were hatehed and planted same year, 21,520,600 try. _ During the time the Canadian @ummission have “been engaged in this enterprise, over 200,000,000 turtilized eges haye been laid down in their hatcheries. The total Womberof live ish planted dnving these years 1 am not able to state, _ The yalue of tie tish taken in the northern districts of Ontario in 1879, Was £367,133, being an increise oyer the preylons year of oyer 321,000, WVheiv report for 1880 spenks as follows : “The yield of fish in this division coutinnes to show a steady lnereasa ; that for thé present season heing considerably in exceas Of aby previous year. Ovyersver Boismicr feels no hesitation in attributing this happy result to the breeding operations of the Sandwich hatchery, and states that most of the fish catght this year ure the fry put in the Detroit River and which are juat coming into maturity, Tho yield would have beon greater had pot cold weather taken every one by surprise, and interfered with the fisher- men’s operations.” ws The Canadian catch of whitelish in the Detroit River division of fisheries in 1878 was 45,800 in number ; in 1879, 77,700 = in 1880, 103,500; showing a remarkable increase in to number of fish tuken, which is uttributed by the people following the business to the plants made by Canada and Michigan as appeurs by a yoluntary statement made December 9, 1880, and signed by be- tween thirty and forty ef the principal fishermen and dealers on the Detroit River. 4 Tt will appear by the foregoing, guthered from official reports, that ont brétheran in the Dominion are zealous, active and sue- cessful in this onterprise, and appear to haye funds provided by heir government to do much more than we of Michigan ure able to accomplish. We have, howeyer, a3 appears by reference to our _ books, planted since the commencement of the work in 1873, nearly 100,000,000 of living fishes in Michigan waters. Judge Potter, Superintendent of Fisheries in Ohio, in the first report of that State made in 1875, speaking of the work accomplished by Canada and Michigan, says: ‘Take Eris may be so replenished with the whitefish as to bring its consumption within the reach of all, and instead of fen cents, it will ultimately be afforded for thres cents per pound,” The game gentleman, three years later in his annual report, rejoices thus: ‘There is no uncertainty about the whitefish, their multiplication by urtificial means is reduced to, 1 certainty, Whitefish for the last season have been sold ut the fisheries at an average of three cents per pound, a little more than the cozt of handling.” ; These and other facts in the increased catch of whitefish m waters planted, encourage our Commission to continue the enter- prise to the full extent of our financial canacity. 4+ COLORADO. Denver, Col., Dec. 31, 1881. Editor Forest and Streani -: if Our last legislative assembly made an appropriation of $5,000 from the State Treasury for the establishment of a sh hatchery and to begin the business. Thatwas in Webruary last. Several months passed before a location was made, but that was finally ac- complished in the latter part of the summer by the donation of ten acres of ground éight miles north of thia city. It is near Platte Riyer, but far enough away to be axte from treshets, and embracés about two-thirds bottom land snd one-third beach, or second bottom, about thirty feet above the boitom. About ten teet above the foot, in the side of the bluff, a grent numper of springs break out, supplying an abundatco of water, ati laast for the present, The temperature is steady at 54 deg. A few rods from ‘the foot of the bluff is 2 long, narrow pond, filled with yegetation and admiralily adapted for carp, but, unfor- tunately, it is now filled with catfish, wall-eyed pike and other native fishes, and it will be pretty hard-to get them ont. The little plant of carp furnished ny by Prof. Baird some months ago has been removed to the ground and placed for the pressntin # yery small pool near the springs, but itis too smal! and will be too cold for them in summer. : Between the bluff and the pond is a natural groye of cofton- wood snd box elder trees, and the hillside is sovered with wild plum and other shrubs, About one hundred feet from the springs Commissioner Sisty has erected a frame building about 25 by 35 feet, in which are arranged sixteen hatehing troughs of the latest and most approyed plan, Early in the present week he laid down the first trout spawn (100,000) from New Hngland, and will add a like number weekly for the next three weeks. He has placed in charge a practical fishoulturist—a Mr. Bogarf—from an astern hatchery. So we will soon see what can be done toward restocking our sadly depleted tront streams, A pleasant office is provided in the front part of the hatching-honse, and Mr. Sisty says he can get through comfortably with his present plans upon the money provided him until the next meeting of the Legisla- ture, Jantary, 1883. . Some of the German carp sent here and distribnted to private parties are reported us doing remarkably well. but the public stock, lam sorry to say, have not grow to be whales-by & long shot. First, they were kept for a time in a xpring pool af the foot of the mountain, in water that was very cold und densely shadad. Next, they were transferred to a newly-excavaled pond in which there was no vegetation, and no food was given tham. Of course, they had to ‘rustle’ for a bave living. Now, at last, they are m better quarters, but yet not good, and they go for the water cress with a yim, W.N. B. —— SALMON CULTURE IN MATNE—1881. yx published extracts from the forthcoming report of the State Fish Commissioners for 1881, furnished by Hon. E. M. Stilhyell, we find facts of interest reluting to the fish hatching operations of Mr, Atking at Grand Lake Stresm. It appeais that they form a kuccesstul and profitable business. The contributions to the Grand Luke Stream fund were as follows : Maine, $300 ; dividend, 60,000 eggs. New Hampshire, $250; dividend, 50,000 ezgx. Mas- fachusetts, $500; dividend, 100,000 eggs. Connecticut, ZH00 ; dividend, 100,000 eggs. United States, 21,461); dividend, 290,000 eggs. Total money 33,000; total eggs, $60,000 (net), Total number of eggs taken at Grand Lake Stream is,..,, .908,000 Rogses astimatedsat. .- 02:2. 0 bua. Whoop eos. . =a 100,000 800,000 25 per vent. reseryed for hatching tor benefit of Grand ToakeW Streams oo see o se. betas ede es sees sete ewes S00, OU, Wetrdivatlen ger prsy.a.h eae Otani MAnoste tr en 600,060 With regard to the salmon culture on the Penobscot we gather from State papers the following : For this year’s work, the coutri- bution of Maine to the Bueksport aud Orland works way 32,000; dividend of salmon eggs, 1,080,000, all of which are to he con- tributed und hatched in the rivers mentioned below. The eontri- butions to the Orland works were as follows: By Maine, %2,000, dividend of eggs, 1,080,000 By Mussachnestts, S5U0; dividend of eggs, 270,000. By Connecticut, $300; diyidend of egee, 162,000. By the United States, $1,757 ; dividend of eggs, 950,000. Total— money, $4,857 ; exes, 2,462,000 (an advance having been already made for 100,000 loss. This much we haye gathered from newspaper extracts taken from the coming report, which we will reyiew when recéiyed. Bront private sources of information we learn that the facilities ‘at both establishments have been greatly improved this year. At Grand Lake Stream they have built a hatching house coyering about 1,450 square feet of ground, on a side hill close by the lake, with facilities for a Tall of nine feet between the upper and lower troughs, which will insure well watered water, and there are now facilities for diyeloping three millions of eggs. At Bucksport-Orland they have built a coment aqueduet 1,600 feet long, with a 4iuch bore, and haye now at vommand copions supplies of both brook and spring water. suflicieht to serye many millions of eggs. The new aqneduct brings a supply of eold water, and obviates the necessity of shipping the uggsin Decem- her, ashad to be done with a large umber of ther last season. Mr. Atkins expects now to begin shipments in Jannary aud finish in March. There has been most extraordinary weather up fo the end of December—warm, with rain. It is thought that ite result on the spawn ut Grand Lake Stream will he to retard the hatehing if anything, There has been a great deal of snow and ice water mingling with the ordinary supply, which 2 largely spring water, ee FISHOCULTURE IN SCOTLAND.—The extracts from a letter written by the gentlemen who brought the turhot and golos ta America and took ont carp in veturn will he read with interest, as in the letter he gives « glimpse of his brother's fiehetlture. Tt is dited Donglass Hall, Dalbeattie, Scotland, 6th Decesnber, 1881, pnd reads as follows: Projfessgy 9, #. Baird; You wil) he~pleased to bear thet the 472 - FOREST AND STREAM. twenty-five leather-carp have been safely landed, after a very Rlormy voyage. The gale was # yery severe one, and on Wedues- day, November 23, the wind blew with hurricane force, and wo were obliged to */ heave to" for twenty-two hours, The seas were yery largeindeed. We shipped one during the night which dis- - abled the fonr seamen on watch; one hed two ribs broken and another his head badly cut; the other two were lumed, The wheelhouse was ‘‘stoyein” and the galley bulged mm. One boat was carried away ou deck, breaking down the chimney stack of the doukey engine, Through all this storm the osrp did well. Tho temperatnie of the water was 6() degrees F. at New York, aad during the voyage varied from 54 to 6215 degrees. I also fed them with a little oatmeal and potatoes four times. The temperature of » the water here at this time of year is abont 44 to 50 degrees, which, Lsuppose, will be rather too cold for the carp. I give them alittle oatmeal but think they don't touch it. My brother is much pleased with the carp, and would wish me to thank you for all your kind- hess. He will value these fish yery much, remembering how he came to get them. Wehave got onr fish-hatching houss up now and a few hatching troughs with Salmo (evenensis ova in, but the ponds outside will be laborions work. ‘lhe hatehing house ip 80 feet long by 30 fest, and built of granite. The first fry pond is just finished, and is 60 feet by 4 feet. The bottom is made of conerete and the walls built up with granite and Portland cement (three of sand and cne part cement), This makes 2 capital pond,—A. Wair- son ARMISTEAD, THE EFFECT OF CULTURE ON THE SPAWNING TIME OF TROUT,—The following is a translation sf a communication by Mr. Muller, of Tschischdort, to the Fischerei Zeitung, of Stet- tin: ‘During the past year the time oeeupied by the spawning of may troul (in Silesia) bas ocenpisd fully five weeks. Year by year it becomes more apparant that artificial culture has changed their habit in this respect. Before I began stocking with artificially bred fry the tims of spawning was divided into two periods, part of the fish spawning generally about the 1st of October and oceu- pying from nine to ten days, and the rest of the fish spawned afterward, sooner or later according to temperature. If the frosts were early they spawned sooner, but if the weather contmned mild the spawning covered a long time. Those which spawned first were the brighter colored ones with reddish tints, while the later ones were darker:and had the white parts dulled with black. “Now We find the fish all come up together to spawn, and this Jast season they ceuld be seen on the spawning beds every day for five weeks. As a consequence the later ones used the same beds as the first and thereby much spawn was lost. This cannot be avoided, tnd, on the whole, is advantageous for the reason that if a flood should occur during the time of first spawimng all the eggs inthestream would be lost but would be replaced by a Jater deposit.” FISHCOULTURE ON. LONG ISLAND.—The lease for the Cald Spring property has been signed by Mr. John D, Jones and his brothers, and by the Fish Commissioners of the State of New York, but no further action has been taken. An early meeting of the Commissioners is talked of in order to determine when to begin and what to do, Mayor Grace, of Naw York, is haviug a trout perserye to cost 36,000 built on his place at Great Neck. Trout ponds are also to be built on the farm of General Casey, at West Deer Park; In several of the ponds on the south side of {he iglund that have been depleted by eels and pike the German carp has been introduced with success, Mr. William Furman, who for many years hag owned trout. pre- serves at Maspeth, owing to his heavy losses at the hands of peachers, has moyed his establishment and fish to the Smithtown River, where he has erected several hatching shanties. Heix hay- ing a boat built to take his fish alive to the New York market. CONNECTICUT SHELL FISHERIES.—The Commissioners on shell fisheries of the State of Connecticut will soomissue their an- nual report, 2,000 copies of which will be printed. Ata recent meeting of the Commission Mr, Bogart, the Surveyor for the Commission, stated to the members that the cost to the State of a survey Of som6 sixty acres of ground made recently was about $20, while the revenue was only $6 50. Inlargetracts, however, there was not a like disproportion, but, instead, a balance in favor of the State. TR. BE. Cutts, of the United States coast survsy, has sent the Commission 106 bottles containing samples of the sound bot- tom at different points in the oyster grounds of the State, and also three packages of oyster shells, showing the growth at one, two and three years from the time of spawning. ‘he specimens of soil were dredged up from the United States steamer Palinurus last summer, and are expected fo proye yaluable in showing the rome productiveness for oyster growing of different kinds of ottom. A STATE ASSOCIATION PROPOSID.—It is proposed to form 4 fishoultural ussociation for the State of Ohio, and we huye re- ceived the following call, which has also appeared in some of the Jocal papers: Zdilor Forest ani Slream: As Gish culture is growing rapidly within this State and others, it seems advisable that those already engaged in this profession, as well as others who tuke an interestin fish culture, should form an sagsociation whose object it would be to advance the science in private as well as in public waters within this State, by collecting facts regarding Pisciculture, protection or cultivation of our own good varieties, introduction of new ones, and arranging for the culturists inter- ests. Gontlemen wishing to join sich un association will please communicate their ideas on the subject, and oblige, yours truly.— Hugo Mutertt, 507 Race street, Cincinnati, O. DEATH OF A FISH COMMISSIONER.—We regret to learm that Mr. J. H. Dinkins, Fish Commissiouer of Texas, died recently from the effects of injuries received by falling under a moving railway car while attempting to board it. Mr. Dinkins was a prominent citizen of Austin and was universally respected. He was an efficient and active fish commissioner and an enthusiastic sportsman. He had already accomplished much in the way of awakening the people and the Legislature of Texas to the import- ance of fishculture. His usefulness was just beginning to be felt. His deathis a logs to his State. BLUE CARP.—A blue yariety of carp is cultivated in Germany and France. It has lately become a favorite, and is called hy some the best of allexrp, On Saturday last the North German Lloyd pteamer Donau brought « can contuining a dozen specimens to Mr, Blackford. Tht gentleman afterward learned that they were from the ponds of Mr, Eckardt, af Lubbinchen, and intended for Professor Baird. TROUT EGGS FOR GERMANY.—The steamer '' Mosel,” of the Breman line (North Germam Lloyds), which sailed on Satur- day, the 6th inst., took out 15,000 brook trout eggs fur Mr. F, Busse, Geestemunde, this being the second shipment made to Mr. Busse this winter by Mr. Livingston Stone. NEW PUBLICATIONS. THE ART INTERCHANGE publishes colored platestrom timé to time, and these plates, besides belny of value as artistic examples, are 4 direct altenipt to raise the standard of art appreciation amon readers by the use of flat tlots and simple effects. The colored heat accompanying the Holliday lssue is an admirable example of the ood results within reach by these simple mens, aud would serve for a handsome wood panelor china plaque. The Christmas nurm- ber is furthe: enriched by an extra doutile sheet supplement—a cactus design for a dress front In bead embroldery. Published at ty Nassau street, New York. $28 year, “COUNTRY PLEASURES.” By George Milner. Published by Roberts Bros,, Boston. The author has looked at nature with the eye of a paloler and Whe soul of a poet, and his chronicle of a, year- Mods its text in the words of Marlowe's Passionate Shepherd, who invites lus love to come and . All the prsaties prove hal hills, and valleys, dales and fields, Woods or steepy mountain ylelds. Mr, Milners work ig merely a transcript trom a diary of a year spent in the country. Ib represents iurpressions and moods of mind induced by the scenes portrayed, with special reference to that litte nook on the sdutheasterh side of Lantashire, where (his garden, whose every phase is represented in pen pleture, is sltuited, The book 18 rich in quotations, and the author bas nob only heeh wn sup- prectative observer himself, bul a keen student of other gifted read- ers of nature. Read under the vas-leht of our new worl metropo- Ils and beside one of our hard coal tres, the pages brought with then a delicious odor of the torest, wiiite the squash of the water in the mountain burns could almost be heard. Too lover of nature in ue poetic moods the book will be a yolunie to be read and read again, THE LIVE STOCK JOURNAL ALMANAC FOR 1882—We have recelyed trom the publishers, Cassell, Petier, Galpin © Co,, the aPove-entitied yolume, If contains, in condensed form, buh conveniently aud at- {ractlveiy arranged, much matter that will be found useful to the farmer, The stock raiser, the Hoancierand the country gentleman. he work Is allractively produced in illuminated paper voyer. Tb dar be furnished by matl from this office, on reveipt of the price, filty The Ziennel, FIXTURES. BENCH SHOWS. January 11 t019. Terre Haute, md., Fifth Annual Bench Show, J. B. Harris Secretary. Jauuary 17 to 20. St. John, N. B, W, Wilson Seoretury. March?. Pittsburg, Pa. dent, May 9,10,11 and 12. Boston, Mass. Third Bench Show of the Massachnsetts Kennel Club, Kdward J. Forster, Secretary; Chas, Lincoln, Superintendent. FIELD TRIALS. feptember. National American Kennel Club Weld Trials on Prairie Chickens. Jos. H. Dew, Columbia, Tenn., Secretary, December. National American Kennel Chub Field rials on Quail, Grand Junction, Tenn. D, Brysou, Memphis, Tenn., Secretary, F —_____+_-_+. TRAINING Vs. BREAKING. Second Annual bench Show. H. Bench Shuw. Chas, Lincoln Superiuten- In Ten Caaprers—Cuar. yi, gE the preceding chapters all of our work has been of a pre- liminary character. We have expended much time and patience in order to perfect our pupil io the rudiments of the education that is 80 indispensable to that pride of the sports- man’s heart, a good dog. Long ago we thought our pet was just about perfection in the performance of his duties and have anxiously awaited the coming of the crisp October days that we might put to the test our hopes, and, ty actual trial in the field, demonstrate how much of wisdoni pertains to the course that we have pursued. Do we live among the forest-crowned hills, the home of the lordly ruffed grouse ; long ago we have located several broods of these regal birds, and as we have paid them an occasional visit, how our blood bas warmed up, how our nerves have thrilled as we fondly dreamed of the sport in store for us when the falling leaf should proclaim that The hunter’s glorious days haye come, The best of all the year; When through the woodland shades we roam With royal sport to cheer. Should our home be tuward the setting sun on the broad Erairie, whose vast expanse teems with numberless broods of the toothsome chicken, with ever-growing delight and satis- faction have we wilneszed from day to day the added strength of the whizzing pinion, and with ever-increasing impatience at laggard time’s slow Hight have we awaited the dawn of the auspicious day that brings such wealth of joy to the spertsman’s heart. Or, perchance, our hopes of happi- ness are turning to the pride of the stubbles, the gamy, beauti- ful quail. How eagerly have we beaten the feeding grounds, and as the merry bevy, with tumultousroar, have burst npon our sight, how have we, with throbbing pulse, watched the flitting wings, aud carefu'ly marked their flight as they settled in the friendly cover or upen the distant hillside. What visions of lithe bounding forms suddenly transformed into living statues, mingled with flashing brown sprites, the erack of the gun, and the cloud of fleecy feathers Hoating in air, have filled us with anticipated satisfaction, as we thought of the pleasure in store for og when the early frosts should call us forth to the field. Or do thoughts of that long-billed aristocrat of birds, *‘ woodcock the maguificent,” alone en- gage our thoughts, Well, we know their sure abiding place, and as we have paid them our devoir and seén them dart through the openings, and heard their querulous whistle, how have we thought that the sere and yellow leaf would soon be here to bring to us most royal sport. Do not look upon this as a digression, for we dearly love the pursuit of every one of these favorites; and we hope that you, dear reader, like ourselves, will so train your dug that, no matter where your lines are cast, your pleasant sport is sure. Our favorite sport since childhood has been the pursuit of that best of all game birds, the magnificent ruffed grouse, and we have ever found, when our dog was anywhere near perfect in circumyenting this most wily bird, that but few days, or perhaps hours, of practice were vejnired to make him equally adept in the pursuit of any of the others. Many writers pronuunce this beautiful bird unfit to train a dog upon ; they rail against his sublle cuoning, and aré unstinted in condemning his swiftness of wing; and they will give you columns in disparagement of his preternatural wisdom, which they miscall wildness, and earnestly advise yon to keep your young dog away from the rnifed grouse’s haunts. Notwithstanding the evident sincerity of these writers, we must beg to differ from their views, and can only regret that their knowledge of the habits of this kiog of birds is not equal to their skillin framing sentences for his vilification. Having decided to give our pupil his first practical lessons With this most potent instructor as our co-worker, let us ‘hie away to the fields with eager dog and trnsty gun,” and test the sport so long anticipated. Our pupil should be kept at heel until we reach the usual haunt of the birds, when he should be encouraged to goon. Let him go where he pleases, taking care only to keep him within bounds and always under your eye, that you may gee just what heis doing. Do nol bother him with any orders, if you can possibly avoid it; above all, do nol make him beat each porticilar corner that you may think desiratle, but rather allow him to take the lead and to have his own sweét will, content to follow him until he has gained some little insight aud become snme- what accustomed to (he new life jush opening hefore him. See with what eager pleasure he explores the hidden mys- teries of the covert, how his every graceful motion tells of joy; how his sparkling eyes mirror his delight: but look, and proudly feast your eyes upon the welcome sight, he has discovered that something is in the witd and the ‘théayen-bora instinct” within has frozen him rigid asthe t-ck by his side. Choke down that rising lump in your throat; qniet the quick throbbings of your Hivart; and, while blessing your good fortune, b¢ cool and collected, for - him from his retreat and cooly bring him down. isfaction is in your heart a8 yousmooth his beautiful plum- age. form. ; noble prize so gallantly won. A glance at the speaking coun- tenance of your four-footed friend tells you that he, too, is happy; and, our word for il, a few days among these crafly birds will do more to develope the hunting sense of an intelli- gent animal than thrice the time devoted to the pursuit of any Gther game. [January 12, 1889" never more need of cool, deliberate action than now. Your dearest foe is tear, and faltering eye or trembling haud will insure bis rrumphant escape and cause you unwelcome dis- cumfiture. Do not hurry, but, wilh delilierate haste, walk forward and force -a tise; calmly now, and, as though on paraie and about to shoot af a chip tossed in air, cooly bring your gun int6 position, glance along the trusty bar- rels and, wilh ‘‘eye of faith and finger of instinct,” “cut loose,” and fortune grant your sim betrue! The chances are greatly against your oblaining a close shot at the first tire, unless among young aud unsophisticated birds; but shool you must, nevertheless, even-should the flashing game be far beyoud your reach or, as yery olten happens, entirely out of sight, for we have not done with him yet; and most potent is the sound of gun and whistle of the hurtling lead to drive from bis crafty brain the wisdom that causes him to shin our close acquaintance. Should yourshot prove deadly and the conduct of your dog be all that you could wish, with a loving pat and kindly words, lead your pet slraight to your viclimt and as som as his sensitive nose locates the _| bird, at once pet and praise him without stint and talk to him as to an intelligent companion. After a few seconds you should pick up the bird in a dainty manner, and while carefully smoothing out the feathers, allow the dog to snuff the grateful perfume, but on no account let him mouth it, nor poke his nose among the feathers, thus teaching him that the greatest care must be taken that not a feather should de displaced. When your pup firs} shows sign tbat he has scent, do not on any account speak to him nor make any sign, but allow him to act his own pleasure. Should he go through the try- ing ordeal to your satisfaction, congratulate yourself that you are possessed of a wonder; should his earnest inclination overpower his innate sense of duty and cause him to become nusteady and flush the bird, you must at once call him in and place him as near as may be in the exact position that he occupied when he should havé pointed, and commanding him to to-he, give him to understand that you are displessed with the performance. If you have killed the bird, and can readily find it, yon will add to the force of this lesson 1f you oblize him to retain hisposition while you go and bring it to him, and as ‘you hold it a foot or two from his nose, repeat your command of éo-ho, This, you will find, will cause him to be more careful in the future. Should he become demoralized at the rise of the bird and give chase, do not despair, but calmly say fo-h7, ani if he disregards the com- mand, let him go, and be thankful that he has ambition, con- soling yourself with the knowledge that in a short time you can eradicate the fault, while the virtue will remain and afford you great satisfaction in the future. When he returns yon should at once replace him in the position from which he broke, and make hit ¢o-Jio for a short time, while you talk to him about the enormity of the offence. It is not adyis- able to shoot when he gtatis to chase, as, should you. kill, he may seize the bird and handle it too roughly for his future good. Neither does the sound of the gun exercise a steady- ing influence upon his excited nerves. Above all else, do not fail to keep perfectly cool yourself under all circumstances, and to issue all your commands in your ordinary tone of yuice, for there is nothing so conducive to unsteadiness in your dog as his knowledze of the fact that you are demoral- ized, and he is sure to become possessed of this kaowiedge almost before it isappsarent to you. Therefore earnestly strive to retain your self control, for without that you can never succeed in tiring outa steady dog. Should your bird escape the first onslaught, let no common occurrence prevent you from immediately tollowiug him wp. Do not undertake this in a half-hearted manner, but put your whole soul into the work and rest not until you haye again routed him. Give him a shot as he rises, and if he again es- capes be not discouraged, but with renewed efforts try him again, secure in the knowledge that, can you buf find and keep him moving—although he may he the wisest and, con- sequently, the wildest grouse of them all—at last your reward is sure; at last, utterly demoralized by the relentless persistency of your pursuil, he has changed his tactics, and, auictly crouching on the ground with fei aud trembling, waits for you to pass. Fatal mistake! The keen-nosed dog,. moore eaer at eacl successive defeat, again becomes statues- que aud unerringly indicates the bird's hiding place. Now is the supreme momect, With nerves of steel—hardened by the excitement of the long continued chase—you literally kick What sat- What light is in your eye as you gaze upon his plump What prideis yours as you coinplacently view the —<$—_$_ ++ —__. GANINE AILMENTS. Ww vive below chapter fiftesn of the appendix to Vero Shaw's Illustrated Book of the Dog whivh will be found to contain much vainable information regarding the course of treatment to be pursned in sonie of the most common ¢ases of ills and accidents which are liable to befall our ‘dumb friends.” This appendix is = {reatise on Canine Medicine and Surgery by Dr. W. Gordon Stables, O. M,, R. N,, and should be in the hands of every breeder, as many of the preseriptious ale invaluable. ‘his number con- clades the series of this valuable addition to the canine literature of the day. We should have published many of the nore im- portant articles contained in this work, had not our pages Leen sa crowded, It is ourintention, howeye1, to give our readers froun time té time such sélections a8 we deem of interestto them. The work van be had of the publishers, Messrs. Oassell, Petter, & Oo., Now York. ABSCESSES, DISLOCATIONS. FRACTURES, WOUNDS, SPRAINS, BRUISES, ETO, Abscesses may be definedas mattor or pus generated and col- lected in any of the glands or tissues of the hody. They sre met with in all regions of the body, and are sometimes small and sometimes very large. They ave usnally very painful, aud in some situations may be highly dangerous, from the effects of their pressnre on importsit parts. The causes of abscess are numerous ;, the presence of some foreign body, as 9 thorn, may give rise to il, or the deposit of un- heallhy matter from constitutional reasons, In dogs lows yery frequeotly give rise to large abscesses. The commonest kind of abscess is the acute or polesmonons ; there is eweiling, a glazed aud glittering appearance of the skin, which is coneiderably reddened, nud there 1s great pain and tonude: ness, kesompanied with heat, and the dog is more or leas feyeced, If let alone the abseass nanally goes on to snppuration, Auctuation is felt, pointing ocenrs, wud finally it bursts. Mam- mary abscess is common in the teats of 2 curring whore there id millin them that is notremoved, at about thy tinte she would hnye had paps had she been in whelp. i =! a ——S — biteh, frequently ae- a: ST Janvary 12, 1882.) | Trealment.—We first endeavor to prevent mattar formitg ; if pnable to do #0, we tale the urliast opportuoiby of evacuating the pus when formed, and afterward heal up the wound. The treatment consists ih the sjyplication of ledches aud cold btions aud discutients, puch as the tincture of iodine for wehronic abscess. In order to promote the absorption of matter m #@ chyonic abscess you may also ase pome mercorial ointment tm the form of plaster ; nothing ia better than the blue-oimtment of de shops. When matturis formed, and the Huctnation 1s diatinet while the pain continues, the abscess must We opened, Wor thik purpose 4 bistom'y or lancét wnay bo nsed. ‘The incision muet be pretty free, and to prevent bugging of matter afterward it must be made on the most dependiig part. Pha incision onght to be made parallel to the conrre of the vessels, und the matter allowed $6 drain out; much squeezing is bad, If thare ba mimch Yleeding cold should be applied, A poultica of wuter-drossing is next to be applied, and probably fi Dit of lint may bave to be stnifediuto the wound to secure healing from below, If there be the slightest tendency to bagging of maliter, a counter-opening must be made toxecure free draming. Tt will be necessary to give the dog a dose or two of opening medicine at fivat, and if the discharge is yery gréat to keep up his girength well, and afterward to use w quinine tonie. Dislocation of Bones.—By dislocation ik meant the displace- ment from their normal porition of the joint ends of hones, The bigns of dislovation of ® joint are, a Chauge in the shape of it, the ‘end of the bone being felt ina new position, and impaired motion and stiffness, Uhigimmobiliy of the joint and the sbyence of any grating dound, as tha ends of Wroken bones ralibing ageinab ‘exch other, guide us in our diagnosis between fracture and dislo- ation, though it must nol be forgotten that the two arc xome- times eombined, Treatment.—Try by means as skill! as you possess to pull and work the joint back again inte ite proper position, while an assist- ant holds the socket of the jomt firmly aud steadily. This the best plan, ligwever, to call in skilled assistance. Do this at onae, for the diticulty of etiecting reduction increases every hour. Only ‘a careful study of the snatomy of the dag enables one suecess- tully to reduce diplocutions, the assistance of a good veterinary purgeon shotild therefore be abvays called in. After the bone has been retumed to its place, let the dog haye plenty of resi, and use cold lotions to the joint, to ayert the danger of inflammation, Frachives.—By # fracture surgeous mean the folution of con- pntey between some parts of a bone—w broken bone, in other words. Fractures are called simple when the bona is only broken in one place, and there is ne wound ; compound or open when there is a wound as well ag the fracture, and communicating therewith ; And 5 etemria wheu the bone is smashed into aeveral frag- ments. The usual cause of a fracture is direct or indirevt yiolence. The dingnosis is generally simple enough. We have the dis- figurement, the displacement, the preternatural mobility, and ae sounds, for our guides. If the fracture be an open one, a he end of the bons often protrudes. We mentionid the mobility; this to the hands of the surgeon, remember, for the dog himself cah rarely Moye the limb, ' Treahnent —We have tirat and foremost to reduce the fracture— that is, to place the bones in their natural }.cgition ; end secondly, Wwe must s0 bandage or splint the bone as to prevent its getting ont of placergain, and thns elableit to nuite without distgure- ent; Very little art suffices one to fulfill the first intention, but cor- rect and successful splinting 1s more difficult to attain, owing to the restlessness of the dog’s nature and the objection he generally evinces to all forms of bandaging. Happily the fractures that are most easily set and vennited are just thope that ave commonest in the dog—natiely, those of the long bones of either fore or hind legs. Vhe splints used may be «ther woud or tin, or, better perhaps than either, besuuse more easily shaped and moulded, futta-percha—this Jaiter is cut info #lipe, and placed in modur- ately hot water to soften it, the fractured limb is meanwhile ast and covered with a layer or two of lint, to arm it against undne presture. ‘he slips of softened giultta-percha are next plaeed in position lungthwise, before and helrind, and gently tied with tape, Téa layer of starched bandage is now rolled round all, the splint- ing will becomplete, We liaye beén vely successful im treating fractures with the starched bandugs alone. Care must be taken, howeyer, nol to apply eilher ¢plinis or bandages too tightly, olse stoppage of the circulation may be the result, and conkequent in- flammation or gangrene itsell. Some little cara and ** can” is nevossary in Applying the starch bandage. After seling the limb, pad it well with lint, tlien apply two. or three strips of strong brown paper dipped in the starch ; aver this goes the roller, well saturated with thick starch, over all the linh, inelnding the jointa, upper and lower. Remember, it musi go very ligllly over the actual seat of injury, your object being to keep the parts in appo- ition withont doing aliything that is likely to excite inflamma- tion. Put over alla temporary splint—say of tin—to he kept on Until the starch dries, which will take fully thirty hours, 1f thers bes wound, » trap cum be cut inthe bandage for the purpose of dressing, ; Practure of a rib or ribs if not am ucommon ocuurrence, and is to be treated by binding a broad tlnnel toller round the chest, but not too tightly, as this would ¢ivye the animal great pain as well ag dyapnrea, Keep him confined and at vest, to give the fractured parts 2 chance of uniting. 7 4 Little constitutional treatmentis reyuived. Let the diet be low at first, and pive ai occasional dose of castor-oil. Sprain.—This is wn xecident which is much more common than fracture, In jumping or running some of the ligatients become stretched and detached from their sheath ; the result 14 lameness, ists pain, and probably 4 considerable depree of heat and some awelling, Treatinent.—Troxt for the injured lirab ig imperative, If there seem to be very great pain, eitber hot fomeptations or the hot Nat- iron will stford relief, especially if a doze or two of tincture of opium or chloval hydrateis given by the micuth. Afterward treat thie sprain with the arnica lotion, A dose of aperiont medicine— slilphate of soda or maguesia—wvill usually be needed, andif the animal seam much distrossed low diet is indicated, : Bruises ure to be treated according to goneral principles, Little Will, 28 a rhle, benceded paying rest, hot fomentations of poppy- hénds, and afterward a free usé of the arnieca lotion, Wounds.—The clage of wounds we are most often called npon to trent are incised wounds and the indications of treatment to be fulfilled are three: (1) the stopping of the bleeding ; (2) cleansing: the wound from foreign matter; (8) securing coaptation, If the bleeding be from an artéry, the open end must be seized hy a pair of forceps, aud tivisted routd seyen ov cight times ; or it may be ligatured, but the firet method is better im the dog. Ibis, how- ayer, but seldom that any other bot & vat, or medical man cau use torsion ; butipresaura slondé iy often quite ae successful, and ean always und easily be applied, Ib must be kept up for an hour atleast, if any good is to he obtained, If the bleeding be not artevial, oxposure to the aly may stop it ; cold is the best etypbie; applied either by ics or rags dnhg ont of the coldest water spro- ourable, The tincture of the perchloride of iron 1s a capital styp- tic, but apt to irritate, 7 Tiyérything of the natnraof a foreign bady must be searched for and carefuly removed before the wound is bound up. ‘The wound i# then wrshed with cold water, and when the bleeding has stopped it should bo gently pponged with a werk xolntion (1 t650) Gf carbolic acid and water, ‘Tue edges of the wound) are then to be brought together, and if nearly every case one oY More _ stitelies wil be necessary, A curyed needle 1% the Vast to uss, and silken {iiread ov thin filver Wire. "Dhe etitehes are pliced wot too near the edver, so as to givé them a fajr hold; they ave placed about half on inch apart, each plitch being tied and quite inde- pendent of the other. Sonie kind of finple dressing will he meéded ; cold water and lint, with a bit of oiled giJlc and a louse bandage is boat, bub the dog must be kept ronzvled, or he will not fail to relicve biraself of dressings, stitched and oll. Tho ound id to be dréxped syery moming and gently pponged, and : touched oyer with the weak carbolic totion. is capable af balding together, ihe stitches must be removed. troublesome complaint to which dogs are somelimes subject, some ¢ases the nails Idoseu aud: fall off, or have to be remoyed, Great cleanliness if necessary 10 aid in healing it, and the use of astringent lotions ; the sore placés inust occasionally be touched with strong solution of nitrate of silyer. ointment will assist nature. worn. FOREST AND STREAM. Az s00n a8 the wound Sore Feel. Dogs that work much in the field or on roads, such ns Fetters aud sheep dogs, ave often the subjects of inflammation avout the toes and feet. —waishing in hot water, the use of the arnica lotion and afew days’ vest, will generally puitice. In bayerer cases it may be nevessary to poulice jie dog's feet, and during the day to wrap them them in rags welted with weulk solution of carbolic acid or chloride of Zine, hice grains to an ounce of water. It is oxsily removed, if seen to at once Uleerations Around the Toe-uils.—Vitis is x very painful and Iu In chronic casés blue In ell cases gocks or shoes must be Warls are too well known toneed description, They oem! on the lips and chesks and on the eyélids, causing the poor animal erent discomfort; they also ovéur on the prepuce or yagina, freatment,—Excision id Lhe hest and most radival cure. They are easily snipped off witha pair of purgical scissors, or dissected off with faresps and scalpel. J£in broad patches, howeyer, on the inside of the elesk or lips, itis preferable to touch them with potaava fusa, on te hommopathic remedy, thuya, may he tried. Hometimes a ddg has a tendency to the growth of warts; in these cases I have known much good done by a course of liquor arstnicalis, , jk Worming the Tongue.—We merely mention the operation im or- der to condemn it 14 a most brutal and nseless act. <4 ESSEX COUNTY HUNT, The Eagex County Hunt, the kenmela of which are located at Liewellyn Park, between Orange and Montelair, has just closed all extremely euceessful lamnting #eason, the last meet haying taken placa on Monday, December 26, The starb was made from Bloomfield, and the yun was an unusually exciting and pleasant oue, the gentleman and lady ridera numbering over tifty, and re- maining m the saddle for hyo hours. About twenty-four meets have been held during the seseon, two huts per week, a fox being killed on each Gecasion. Usually a drag is lnid fox three or four miles, the Wagmani is then turned out, and after a lapse of a Teanonable length of time, the hounds are put ou the geent ; but occasionally a wald fox is ford. Mi. WH. N Munu is master of the hunt, but has not personally occupied tha saddle this season. Harry Howard is now lumtsman, but in consequence. of the un~ expected success of the hunt last year, the managers contemplate engaging the selyicés of a» buntsman from one of the most flourishing English packs, a thoronghly competent man, who will ensure the followers of the hounds the greatest amount of enjoy- ment. The managers are deterined to engage only a perfectly Teliable man, fully experienced im. the most approyed Knglish methods ‘The membership is sixty, with one hundred additional subserib- era, which state of sifairs places the elib on a sound financial and agreeable social footing. Neither membership no} aubscrip- tion is necessary to secure the privilege of joining in the hunt, ae the intention is to popularize the health-giving and inyigor- sting sport of cross-country viding; and any respectable per- so, Who wishes to do go, may ride after the hounds, with a welcome. In fact, the sport is greatly enjoyed by the neigh- boring fatmere and their sons, to whom the club is in- debted for permission to hunt over their lands. There are now at the kennels forty-one hounds, a fine lot and in excel- lent condition alter their labors. Besides excellent Eennel (juar- furs, there are stable accommedations, twelve stalls for the hunt- ing horses and six acres of land. A commiodious club houge hag every couyenienve for the nsa of members, some of whom fre- qnently venitin oyer-night. after the hunts, or entertain them- selyes and their friends with diuner or supper parties. Most of the hounds were purchased from Sir Mugh Allan, of Oanads, proprietor of the Allan line of trana-Atlantic steamers, who imported them for his own vse, They are sre all marked black, tan and white, wid are generally prouounced a yery ‘(sorty? and trug-running pack, ‘The little yillage of Nnglewood, back of the Hudson palisades, was theiy headqnarters for one weel, and from there they had fony Bue hunts, after wild foxes, we believe, the residents epjoying the spert very much, and mabing the menibers yery welcome among then. Mr. George Inness, the celebrated panier of animal subjects, hus made séyeral yisits to the kenbel, and bas been eligaged in paititing im oil several large camtyakex representing hunting Ecenes: the landscapes beimg from stndies taken near Orange, and the figures of dogs being, many of them, portraits of hounds now in the possession of the Fassx County Hunt. Two of these paintings have already been sold to private parties, and a third, now in course of completion, is to lie shown by the arlist at the Spring Exhibition of the National Acudemy of Design, in this city. We hope that by the opening of the next hunting season the ladics aud gentlemen in the vicinity of Orange will be provided with the best of 'mounts,'’ fully prepared to share in the mag- nifivent sport whieh the bint will be ready to furnish them, and to encourage the sportamen at fhe head of affairs to continue in their well-chosen 1ud commendable course. i THE WITHDRAWAL OF OROXTETH. Goymanp, N, ¥., Dec. 26, 1881, Dilivor Forest antl Strecin = I buaye waited for your reporter's return from the National eek hefore writing you ou the subject of the last Eastern riala. You haye taken special occasion twice in your paper to state that you thonght TL would regret my action on thinking over it later. Permit me to say that now, after thirty days, lam not sorry to have wilhdrawn ‘! Crox,* and state aguin here that DT huve been most unjustly treated. IT have given my views at length in another paper, and haye no time to go ilo more controyersies— only I draw your attention to this: HoWwmuch false pointing did Grouse Dale do at Grand Junction? Crox neyer false pointed at Robbins’ Jeland—ilie other dog did. Can you deny 1t? Yours truly, A, B, Goperrnoy. [We publigh the above letter from Mr. Godeffroy, not that we wish to joinin aby controversy upou the subject, but, ad he seeme to think that somehow we haye wrongfully taken sides against him, we deemit West to explain our course aud give the reasons that prompted us to write as we did régarding this unhappy affair. tn onr report of the Wield Trials we endeavored to write a history of the running that should be tiuthful a# well as comprebensiye. With this object im view we very carefully watched syery motion of the dogs and tioted at the time whatever transpired, either to the credit ov demurit of the doga under judgement. In the heat between Grouse Duele and Groxteth wa paw everything that took place, with the exceptionthat two o1 three times, owing to the wide wepiration of the dogs, it was Impossible to gee both of them at the same tie, and even at these times we were singn- larly fortunate in witnessing the only performances of any im- portance thattranepived, We alone, exoapt two of the judges and Mr, Thurtlo, #aw the point of Croxfeth jnst before linch, and a grind one it war. We dlso sasy tha bird finsh before Grouse Dale in the thick sernb. Mr. Godetfvoy will probably remember that he found fanlt that the Judges, who did iot see this, did mot score itaguingt hom. Had they seen it the result would have been the ratte, for the bird waa dnshed by a spectaton aud not by the dog. Regarding the question of false pointing, Mr. Godeffroy cannot hnve read our report, or he would not aesk to place ns m the falza position which bin laxt. question implice, for we entirely agres Wilh him in this, aud presume that the Judges were of the same tind, ov they would net have ont Grongée Dale five pointe there- for, Let ud analyze the judges’ score aud sea by what means 473 they arrived at their decision. In making up the award, or, in other words, the seore, we do not need to go back and take each point of merit aa’ shown during the heat; all that is necessary to consider is, which dog, under the rules, performed his allotted task in the most praiseworthy manner. The positive points of merit, as established by rule 23, are: For pointing, nosé and staunchness, 40; pace, quartering and style, 30; retrieving, 10; backing, 10; obedienos and disposition, 10; total,.100. We take it for granted that the judges, in making np their score, gave the maximum numberof points to the dog, who, in their estimation, acquitted himself the best under each division, aud graded the other accordingly. Thus under the tirst division they considered Oroxteth as the best, and scored hini 40, and gave Grouse Dale but 35. We presume that il was the lack of discrim- ination in the nose of Grouse Dale that influenced them in this; for so far as pointing and staunclmess goes, both dogs exhibited & yery hich order of merit, and, in ouropinion, were entitled to equal rank. We now come to the next division, where pace, quat- tering and style areconsidered, ‘hat Grouse Dale is the faster animal, and quarters his ground more systematically than Croxteth, no unprejudiced obseryer can deny, The atyle of both is simply superb, and we have the beat of reasons for believing that the judges considered them equal in this respect, and gaye Gronse Dale the maximum number of points for his superiority in pace and quartering, and graded Croxeth five points less. Re- trieving was not taken into account, as neither dog had a chaneco to retrieve during the heat; and the judges stated to us that, as Grouse Dale was well known to be one of the best retrievers at the meeting, aud as this point if scored conld not affeot the result, it was not considered. We presume that no one who saw thse worl of Grouse Dale will deny him the praise his due for backing his cOmpanion’s points ina fanltless manner. Croxteth also backed ingrand style, bub when the point was # little tov long to suit him he sometimes became jealous and unsteady, and, we presume, the judges considered this when they gaye him but seyen points and Grouse Dale ten. Although Croxteth was under very good command, we could but acknowledge that Grouse Dale was equally #0, if not a trifle the best, while heundonl|tedly manifested a more cheerlul disposition in the willing alacvity with which he obeyed the orders given him, and this, no doubt, influenced the judges in placing Grouse Dale as the best in this division, while they gaye Croxteth three points less. That exact justice wad meted to each dog in the number of points: given him by the judges wé ave not disenssing, but that their decision, as to which was the better dog, was just, we were forced to admit, although our synrpathies were with the pointer, and nothing would have aiforded us more pleasure thanto haye seen tho fag go up for the grand old dog as the winner, It was our honest conviction that Grouse Dale was fairly entitled to the heat that led us to believe that Mr. Godeffroy, as a sportsman would, after calmly re- viewing the matter, become convinced that his action was, to say the least, ill advised. Thinking thus we penned the paragraph to which, we are extremely pained to say, he takes exception.) SS ee COCKERS AND FOXHOUNDS. [From our Special Correspondent.) Loypon, BEugland, Dec. 1881. Editor Forest and Stream. : ‘I read with much interest ny American sporting papers and note the discussions and articles on dogs and the field sports in which they are employed, and, therefore, the uumerous letters on cacker and other spaniels which have been published during the last twelve months have not escaped me. Iam sorry to say that most of the writerg are bo extremely hazy on the subject that I conld acquire little of desirable knowledge, the result of my most care- ful study of the whole correspondence was, if uot absolutely labor in vain, at least a conviction that ‘ there was more cry than woo), ak the devil said, when he sheared the hogs.” Over and over again haye I noticed correspondents writing of dogs I know to run trom 35 ponnd#tu 45 pounds weight, as ‘*cockers,” showing con- clusively that the writers entertained a total misconception as to what a cocker spaniel is as held by sportsmen in the land of {hem ~ birth. The following are weights of black spaniels of a strain which I am glad to see finds favor in America : Brush, 40 pounds ; Boverlac, 54 pounds; Black Douglas, 44 pounds. ‘The Sussex Batchelor weighed 46 pounds, and many of his descendants are also now in Americas, Of cocker spaniels, Mr. J. Kirby Pain's Nell and Plo each weighed 23 pounds, and these bitches are of the right cocker type, although they would be better a size smaller, I think, but lam not sure, thal IT sawa notice to the effect that these two had also gone where so many of our good dogs, and a host of our duffers, go—to your happy hunting grounds. You somé time ago expressed a wish to have the pleasure of secing a brace of cockers do the work of such, If you lmow the present owner of Nell and Flo, ask him to do you a pleasure. I for one wis nob surprised at your remarks, for, asa Devo parson of sport- ing proclivities observed ta me at an Tixeter show respecting some celebrated prize winning spaniels, if they were to go through one of our furze brakes—which they wouldn't—they would Jeaye their fine fleece behind them, hanging up to dry. Those who keep dogs to work, as well as to look at, hayes had plenty of opportunities of sport. Both the moors and the stubble liave yielded well this year. Many woods have not yet been shot, and those who like the lively game of rabbit shooting have yet to enjoy the cream of it, which is after» few nights’ sharp frost, wheu they leave their burrows to seek the warmth aud shelter of thick hedgerows and tussock; but the open weather has been most Yavorable to bunting, and foxhounds and harriers have, in all counties, been constantly infull ery. Inall, didIsay? No, un- fortunately, notin all. In some parts of poor, delnded Ireland sections of {hat sport-loving people have quarreled with their bread and butter—cnt off their nose to spite their face, as we aay— alld sent masters, huntsmen, horses and honnds, with all their fol- lowing, to spend the wealth they scatter so profusely on the rich shores of England, The long tails, too, have had a rare good innings, nol a single interruption to coursiug from King Trost, who last year was con- stantly at war with followers of the leash, Writing of courking brings to my mind that I saw a series of articles on the training and managing of houndsin a contemporary of yours. These were written by Mr. J. Mortimer Murphy, und the bold flights of fancy and rather mixed notions in which this practical téacher of cynegetics indulges show him to be sadly ig- norant of any practical information of the subjevt on which he at- tempts to write. 'Nhis modern Arion says the funniest things, For instance, about greyhounds, he writes: ‘‘Some sportsmen think thet tha pure-blooded greyhound is not go goad as one having a dash of croes-blood in its yeins, such, for instance, asthatof the foxrownd, Lioadhound, deerhound or bulldog.” The italies are mine, The bull-dog, Myr, Murphy says, gives among other things, ‘'a deep chest, and a ral-like tail,” It wonld be singular indeed if the bull- dog could impart two jjhysicul properties the yery opposite of those which cuaracterize him, But presently Mr, Murphy tells us the greyhound should be ‘wide chested,’ because ‘it shows the animal lias plenty of roo. for the play of the hunags.” Oh, Mr. Murphy, lad you no text bookof comparative auatomy by you when you wrote that nonsense? Whatafler agony, whon knowledge brings reflection, it might bave saved you. Timight goon throngh- ont thé article and show contradictions galore, but one more quo- tation tndt suitice, Mr, Murphy says: “Several dogs were tor- morly employed at a time for coursing a hare, fresh relwys being keptat different points whereif was expected to pass, and slipped mien it wenl peat them.” Lowouder in what far-ayay age that custom obtained. The fact appears to be thaf My. Mnrphy has read some books sore time or another about hunting and coursing, and, on becom- ing author, served np his very mixed idess as an olla podrida; but ae Coursing seem” to be a sport coming more and more mto fayor in America, I think it well to warn young men who dosire tofollow the Jexah ugainst talking Mr. Murphy ass guide and iuelructor, and to enforce my views let me quote; In the ‘Laws of tha Leash ; or, Coursing,” drawn up bythe Duke o ‘Norfolk in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, itis stated that {pot aboyo on brace > ATA — of greyhounds do course a hare at one instant.” Turkerville siys: “If the greyhounds be younge or slowe, you may course with a lash at one hare, but that is seldom keen, and a bras of dogges is ynow for auch s pore beesta;” and, not to lengthen this lotter. let me conclude with the following, written in the second century of the Christin 6ra, by as trie a courser as ever slipped dog: ** Whoever courgeth with greyhounds should neither slip them near the hare nor more than a brace at a time,” ete, ithink the old heathens sentiments nobler and more sports- maniike than any I cau fizd in tha lucubrations of J. Mortimer Murphy. CoRSsENGON. ——s PROTHOT THE DOGS, Hdilor Forest and Stream, > In a recently published article, entitled ‘Protect the Dogs,’ Mr. Arnold Burges expresses a doubt whethor any State allows by law the killing of a dog fonnd running deer, IT am sorry to say, to the disgrace of my own State of Pennsylvania, that such a law atains the statute book. The game jaw, as if has stood for years, reads that xny dog pursuing deer may be killed by any person whatever; and that any dog who habitually pursues deer may be killed by the town- ship constable or other official where such dog has its habitat. This proyision shames the worst features of the worst game laws that England in her worst days ever knew, In that, country at one time if was death to the poxcher who dared to shoot a rab- itor pheasant, But in spite of the enormity of the penalty it had st least the merit of falling upon the intelligent, reasoning and willfnl actor in the trensaction, But what can be said in de- fense of a lay which visits desth upon the dumb brute whose only recognized lay is the will of hia master, and who is simply acting his nature and following the instincts which the God who brought him into being endowed him with. If the law was justly, thongh rigorously, carried out, and none but dogs actually in pursuit of deer were killed—iifamous as it would be—it would not be as bad in its resulis as it now is. But the fact that anybody and everybody is made the sole judge of the transgreasion and the inilictox of the penalty is a standing invita- tion to every wretch in the country who has an aversion to the canine race—a spite to wreak, a special enmity or a disposition of genernl * cussedness to gratify, to indulge his malicious pro- pensities. Dogs anywhore within n score'of miles of a possible deer are ruthlessly killed. I have known them shot down at the door of a shanty in the woods while harmlessly discussing a bone I have known them shot down from behiud a fence or barn when peace- fully following their master along the high road. Many would like to keep beagles or other hounds to hunt foxes and rabbits, but it is ontof the question in those parts of the State where deer arefonnd. Such dogs are liable to leave a fox or rab- bit and follow a deer track at any time; but even in pursuit of a fox or rabbit, 2» honud—the proscribed ontlaw that he is—is liable o ae . victim to some deadly rifle or shot-gun before the raceis finished, To give grester emphasis to the scandal and injustice of this Draconic game law ot Pennsylvania, it is therein provided that the honnding of deer shall be allownuble in three or four coun- tiak, by name, in the State. 4 It is time something were done to arouse public sentiment against such an iniquitous measure as this; and my object in call- ing your readars’ sitention to the matter now is to inyite the co- operation of sporfamen and all lmmansitarians in my own State. T would recommend that a protest by petition and otherwise ba made, aud such an urgent demand for the repeal of the law as even the stupidity and indifference or an ordinary State legisla- ture cannot afford or dare to overlook. Bors. Hazel Glen, Pa., Jar. 2, 1882. a WAS JT INSTINOT ? = ‘ AST Saptember those genial sportsmen and thorough gentle- mien, Messrs. C. P. Frame and G. Hi. Jones, of your oily, made me a présent of ** Dan,” an Trish water spaniel, about a year old and wholly unbroken. Taking to the water ag naturally ag a young duck Dan soon snowed excellent points as a retriever. After I had had him a few weeks a couple of brother sportamen, Joseph Weymouth, Wsq., of Saco, Maine, and John Ferringham of this town, came to me, say- ing that they had killed seven ducks in a little lake about a mile from my house, which they could not recover. Dan had retreiyed seyenteso ducks for me from the same lake the afternoon before, Pag they asked mo for the loan of the dog to go and retreive the irds, Obedient to command, Dan started off with them, but half way to the lake they missed him, and supposed he had returned to me. However, they went on to the lake, and reaching it found the Heven ducks in one pile, and Dan standing guard oyerthem. Hae bad gone ahead and retrieved every bird. After they missed him they hed to go past two lakes where the dog had often been sent in for birds. Was it instinct which directed him to that one par- ticular lake in the woods, or did he know the name of one lake from another, and so go direct to the one they told me in his hear- ing where the birds were? Can he count? They told me there wert seven birds—and the birds wore at different points in the lake—yet he hunted until he found the correct number, and then anak down to rest. r Was it instinct, or waa it reason? I've taken a regular theologi- es] course, and am suppored to be Orthodox, but though it may utme ontrial before my peers, 1 put myself on record in the OREST AND Srxwan as believing that Dan has got-more soul and reason than any pot-hunter in creation, and will stand a good deal better chance in the hereafter. J. Frank Locke. Pillsbury, Minn. i SPANIALS.—Amerioan sportsmen have been for some time past buying spaniels from Eugland. Mr. Jacob's noted kennels haye been drawn on largely, and also the no less famous strain of Mr. Eaaten, which are enfirely, wé believe, of Dr. Boulton’s celebrated Beverly blacks, These two kennels have undoubtedly supplied many of the n.ost beautiful field spaniels seen at our shows during the last year or two, Mr. Hasten has just sent one to Dr. Niven, & noted cocker spaniel breeder, of Canada, who has seyeral times oficitted as n public judge, and also a brace to the New Hamp- shire Cocker Spaniel Kennels, U.8. A. Our American friends have formed #, Cocker Spaniel Club, and these purchases seem to war- rant (heassumption that they give consideration to their eockers, and if so, whats grievous mistake ‘'Stonhenge,” ‘ Idstone,”’ and many other English writers haye been making. “Wethink our own conductora of shows, such as the Kennel Olub, Northern Counties Canine Society, the National at Birmingham, and other influential bodies are wrong in their classification of spaniels, and very much to blame for haying so preatly neglected the useful little breed of ducker spaniels from 141b, to 20lb., of which there are several dis- tinct strains, which only want encouragement in the shape of olasses to themaclyea, with good prizes. No doubt the show spaniel of the day, when fatted up as if for the shambles, with his coat carefully cultivated, conibed, tarded, and polished with macassar oil, looks very beautiful, but put him to work a furze thicket, and he would leaye half his coat hanging up to dry, if he ventured in at all, which with many of them would be more than doubttul. But the merry little cocker, with his close questing, would speedily root ont whatever of fur or feather was harbormg there. Wesse no reason why dogs should not be éncouraged for their beauty ; bnt, with a liking for the country proverb, ‘Handsome is n8 handsome does” we do object to the ngglect of an old and most nseful sort for no better reason than that the fashion of the day walls others considered better looking.—Lonilow Raziar. VALUABLE RETRIBVERS.—The Columbus Hiquirer is respon- sible for this story of a negro thiat's trained cure ; Anight or two ago one ot our mosi prominent citizens was ayouded by a terrible diuts FOREST AND STREAM. 4 ' | tering among the ducks out iu the yard. He had thirbenn dnoke in the drove, and thé unusual commotion at such an hour in the night caused him to get wp and see what was the canse of the dis- turbance. Imagine bis consternation when he found seyen of his ducks lying dead in ths yard, and four others in the hand of 4 negro thief. Thereis not much slrange about this, but'the man- ner in which the theffi was committed is the singular pert. negro had two dogs—one a large while one and the othor a sraall black one. These dogs he sent into the yard fo cateh the ducks, which they did, and would then carry them out into the atrectand give them to the rageal. The dogs wera seen each with # duck, carrying them ont to their master. ALEXANDRA PALACH SHOW REPORT.—Our readers who are curious in such matters, will perhaps ha interested in compsr- ing the report of the Alexandra Paluca dog show, published in the Bazaar, with that which recently. appeared in one of our most esteemed contemporaries. That thacorrespondent of onr conter- porary should haye furnished a report eo yary mnoh like that of the London Bazaar, is only a fresh confirmation of the old adage— ‘* Great minds think alike.’ It sngeests too, interesting speoula- tions az to how closely similar things can be, and stili not be, iden- tical. Thus the substitution of the word ‘I for “we,” or the addition of the words “ of course,” or ‘but it was fair on succeed- ing days,” may make all the difference between a repork by ' Our Special Correspondent” and a report copied snd duly aredited, es it would no doubt haye been, to an English journal. THE MISSISSIPPI DOG LAW.—Philadelphia, Misa,, Dec, 8, 1881.— Editor Furest and Siream : While the subject of pxasing laws to make dogs personal property is being agitated I hope that it Will not be amiss to let you know what my State has done in tia respect, Although the lawis uot as severe us I would like to see it, siillit prevents many persons from interfering with other pad- ple’s dogs. In the Kevised Code of Mississippi for 1851, Section 2,903, ifsays : “ Every psrson who shall feloniously steal, take and carry away any dog, the property of another, shall be guilty of petit larceny, and on being found guilty shail be punished vs in other cases of petit lurceny.”—Fonust Pino, EASTERN FIELD TRIALS CLUB.—A special meeting of the Eastern Field Trials Club will be held at Room 18, Tribune Build- ing, this city, to-day (Thureday) st 2:30 ©. a, to ba followed at 3:30 by the regular annual meefing for the election of officers, ity and suburban members who receive thisuumber of Forms AND SrREAm in time should talce this ay a notice to albond, ay lnosi- ness of great importance will conie before the ulub. WHY is a bench-show prize like a circnmstanes which will aayer happen? Bechuse it is uot going to acu (occur), A PENNSYLVANIA MAN exchanged a five thousand dollar life insurance policy for a dog. The animal was not taken af heuch- show valuation, however, the policy being of the ‘ griyoyard” kind. A MR. WM. TALLMAN, of Providence, h, I, advertises this weel some Grouse Dale puppies tor sale that we presume will soon find purchasers, 48 itis not ovary day that ouimsls of this sort can be had for love or money. MR. CLABRENOE A. FARNUM, Wellaville, N. ¥., wishes us to state that his pointer doz Shot is by Pinknéy’s, instead of Bur- ney's, Diamond, as appeared in our issue of Deo, 29. me KENNEL NOTES. We wish to impress upon the mindsof those, who seud us thems for our Kennel Notes, that to avold mistakes all names should ba printed in PRINT LETTERS, 48 we find ti yery easy to make mistalces where thisis not done. We also would Hke to ba latormed whether the animals male or female, and to know the date of birth and the breed to which they belong, whether pointer, setter, of Dilldog. A careful study of the notes in this number of the piper wilt show. juab whatis wanted. Ouraimis to hayé everyihing correct; bub Until contributors will take the necessary trouble to cohtorm to thu above Tequest we cannot answer for the mistakes that may ocvur. RAMEXS CLAIMED, Bonnie Dala, Belle Dale, Busy Dilewni Besaig Dale—By Mr. Wo, Tall- man, Providence, R.1., for blavk and white telad setter bitches, three months old, by Grouse Dale Out of Bonicel 1. (am —Hanibel), Blanche Dale—By Mr. Wii. Tatlmian, Providence, H. 1., tor chestnut and white setter bitch, three months oid, by Grouse Dale out of Bon- ibel Lf. (Dan—Bonibel). : Beau Dale—By My. Wm. Teliman, Providence, R. 1, tor lemon and white dog. three months old, py Groube Dale cut of Bonibel WW, (Dan —Bonibel). rae = Couiless Rake—By Mr. Edward Odell, New Orleans, La., for black, white and tan setter Ditch, whelped Aug. 30, i851, by hake out of Phylis. Hliri—Mr. George Ayers’ (Warwick, R. 1) setter biteh Flirt is black and tan. Count—By Mr. Wm. H. Whitall, Philadetphia, Pa., for red frlsh setter dog, twenty-l\wo months old, by imported Derg out ol Nora (Hlcho—stella). - Pride of the Neversink—By Mr. A. 1. Godefroy, Guymiurd, N. ¥., tor liver and white pointer dog puppy by owner's Crgxtevh ow of Mr 8. B. Dilley’s Royal Ban. F Crown Prinece—By Mr. John J, Scanlan, Pall flyer, Muss,, for black and white ticked Llewellin setter doz, whelped July 10, 1851, hy Blos Dan (Dash I1l.—Opal) out of Flake (Drild—sweazey). May Morning—By Mr. John J. Scanian, fail River, Mass. , for bine belton Llewellin sétter bitch, whelped Aug. 3, 1851, by Guy (Coln— Countess Lusca) out of Pearl (Dash til—Starlight). BEKD. Low—Sensation—Mir: G. Snyder's liver pointer biteh Lou to the Westininster Kennel Club’s Sensation, Dec, 23, 1851. Duisy—Lester—Mr. H. P. Dortch’s (Goldsboro, N. 0.) Engliah setter bitch Daisy (St Elmo—Piercé's Tip) to Dr. Rivers’ Lester (Linvoin— Petrel IL.), Nov. 28, 1851. : . f Lulu—Billy Flint—Mr. H. P. Dortel’s (Goldsboro, N. C.) English | setter bitch Lulu (Carlowitz—Firt) to Mr. J. i, Grossman's Billy Flint, Dec. 19, 1881. Diana U.—Dashing Rover—My, H. P, Dortth’s (Goldsboro, N. C.} English setter bitch Diana 17, (Dash I1l.—Dlana)to Mr. 7, Ff. Tay- 107°8 Cen AHD Va.) Imported Dashing Rover (Dash 1l.—Norma), Dec.,27, 1851, Bessie—Bob—Mr, D, C, W. Smith's (Philadelphia, Pa.) rocently iin ported black; pointer bitch Bessie to Mr, G. W. imory'’s (Moston, Mass.) imported Bob (champion Bany—Princess Rute), Dee, 85, 1551, Mey Laverack—Count Noble—Mr. J. J. Suellenbure’s (New Brighton, Pa.) black and white sétter bitch May Laverack (Phunder—spor) to Mr. D. C. Sanborn’s Count Noble (Count Wind *em—Nors). Lioness—Turk—Mr. W. EH: Lees (Boston, Mass.) tmported masilh bitch Lioness to owner’s Turk, Dec. 20, 1551. fopsy—Major—Mr. W, H, Lee's (Boston, Mass.) imporled Sussex spaniel Ditch Topsy to owner's Hajor, Dec. 20, 2881. to—Dastk—Mr. L. H, Dulmage’s (Wilghani, Von.) Imported booker spaniel bitch Flo to Mr. Hdwin Tiusley's (Humiliton, Ont.) Dash, Dec. 9, 1851, ,, WHELPS. Doilie—Mx. W. H. Lee’s*(Beston, Mass.) imported cocker spantel bitch Dollie whelped Dec, 25. 1851, Tour—liwo boys and two bitches— by imported Kinchin. Lotta—My. W. i. Lee's (Boston, Mass.) pug bitch Lotta whelped Dec. 31, 1851, seyven—three dogs ard four oliles, Letla—Mr. F, H. Andrew (Charlotte, N.C.) Llewellin setter bitch Leila (Leicester—Kirby) whelped= Dec. 1, 8+], niné—Tour dogs and five bitches—by champion Gladstone. One don and thrés bitdhes black, white and tar, the other lemon and wiilte. SALES, ; Royal Cura C—Pointer thitch puppy (Croxteth— Royal Wan) by Mr. 8. B. Dilley, Rosendale, Wis., to Mr Wasihinylon A. Coster, Fiatbush, L. 1. Crouteth—Royal Ban whelp—Liver and whiilte polntet doe puppy by Mr. 8.5, Dilley, Rosendale, Wis., lo Mr A. 8, Godeffroy, Guymard, N.Y ' .¥. Peqri—Red Irish setter plich (Limcolu and Hellyar’s Pash —Bray's Imported Katey by Mr. W. N, Caliendér, Albany, N. Y\, 00 M1 Gt. W, Butts, Greenbush, N. Y- Horry—Beagis dog, whelped Sept. 13, 1881 (anybler—Cloud’s Tillie), by Mr. Colin Cameron, Brivkvryile, Pin, Wo) Mr Beury Bradley Bi tayla, El, J The | Blanche—Beagie biteh, whelped Nov, 6, 1881 (Rally—Bessie), | Colin Cameron, Brickerville, Pa., tor. Henry Stnttle, Batavi: ._ Ralyh—Beagie dog, whelped June 85, 1891 (Riley—Rinoglet), by olla Cameron, Brickerville, Pa, to Carrtugten & Co., New York. Lillie—Beagle bitch} whelped May, 1879 (Cloud's Rocket—Clone Lille}, by aU Seng Cameron, Brickerville, Pa, fo Moore & Sheld nce, Re “ 5 (—Beacle dog, whelped Jan, 1880, by Mr. Colin Camerg ritle, Pa, to Mr. Win. A. Gibbons, Savannah, Ga, Hoyal—Liver and white ticked pointer doz puppy Ranger Wil Lilly) by Mr. S, B. Diey, Rosendale, Wis., to Mr. H. GO; Snitth Bree ey = i ime Royal—liyer dnd white tleked polnter dog puppy (Re veal a by Mr. 8. B. Dilley, Rosendale, wis, to Mn Jamieson. k Aiuwth—Beagis bitch, whelptd Noy. 5, 18st (Rally —Besste), by - pao Aa esr Brickerville, Pa., to Mr. Charles A. Wiills, Kogk ville, Conn. fijley J-—Beagle dog, whelped June 25,1881 (Riley—Ringle a Colin Cameron, Brickerville, Pa., to Mr. Charles A. Willls, ville, Conn. ‘ Walter—Beagle dog, whelped Sept. 13, 1881 (Rambler—Olo Lillie), by Mr. Colin Cameron, Brickeryille, Pa, to Mr. Arthur Gb man, Doylestown, Pa. PRESENTATIONS, ‘ Vrimbush—Mr. F.O. de Luze las presented the clumber sp Trimbush, formerly owned by Mr. Wii. M. Tileston, to Mr Thompson, Philad elpbta, Pa. ' DEATHS. Riy—MyY. Edward 8. Bradford’s (Sprineheld, Mass.) liver and fioked politer dog Ray (Duke—Daisy), winner of second New Yor Sat), Jan. 6, Funny Fon—Mr. Fred. H. Loudon’s (Rock Hili, S. 0.) lemon an while polnisr bitch Fanny Fern (Fowler—Beas), bec. 19, 1ssi, Shot—Ty, John Thornley’s. (Charlottsyille, Va.) English setter dog Shot (Livingstows Ray—Detta). 1 Rifle and Gyap Shooting. RANGE AND GALLERY. N. R.A. ANNUAL MEETING. . FUE wutiial Meeting of the National Rifle Association was heldt t the cilicers’ room of the Twety-second Regiment Armoi EY. llis cin on Tuesday eventng last. The tmoportant business of ff meeting wads the i esentation of reports trom the working of the body. ‘he election of Directors resulted in the choice of the) low lhe gentlemen ; 1 Vor ‘vhres Years.—Gen. Stephen Smith ; Col. J. A. Cowperthy Gen. Kobert Olyphant; Li-Vol. H. G. Litcthiield; Maj. GL, M Tor One Year—Maj. G,. 5. 8chermerhorn, Jr; Col. Jas. McLeer. Yrsasurer Judd presented the fojlowing summary: RECRIPTS- Balanue on hahd January i, 181... ACCOUNT GT Tange: Markers service, sales of hay, lend, ete. . 3529.99 State of New York—appropriation. .. 5,000.00 Amateur Rite Club, marker’s in 1s 189. fe 2 Ay BP 188} 115.10—4, 193 ; Account uf office = Life memberships...-. A 1,400, 00 be a “badges. 67.50 Annual memberships .. ...... 382.00 Affiliated memberships (CMOS). ..... e+. s ree ie , 75, 00—1, S38 Dos SRR A Lice Sete c. 935.00 Donations debauwiste sae ane Seabees ees 75,00 Untlaimed prizes IDUISOY Cc. cs eceecseeveescss 184, Matctier, entrance fees, A6G....... 62. 0..0. 5.005 y+.- 1,193.58 Proceeds fall mesting....-. --.----.s4,+---. iveieee SOS 7h8 Misvellaneous....-....-.... De iiseih tiated tad eto ce S.4—3.1 DISBURSEMENTS. Atcoult ofrange: = Rent of wert ranpe 1851-82... 2... 6 Pte pters eeer $100.00, Supplies, horse feed, paint, ete. Work—labor (markers, etc.) Superintendent's salary --- SCOL@rs... -s sae Acearnt of office : ses pace es epentes Renvoromice. .......-...5--. ee eee tree aed 180.00 Printing. EBA LE AR? 237.38 Assistant Secretary’s salary 1,200, 00 Omcea hoy. 20s: ra 189.0017 Prives—cash ond purchased. . 94.91 Advertising.......---. atthe us $1.00 TEDp ST TPE adTa ABABA RA RRMA Cees 2 fpf Sl clos eile 60.00 Miscellaneous—stationary, express, pastage, TRYOR) EEO.) tC heres eereleetetenesreeeeth ares | SUL —T (OM OT0. Lése ist and fd Diy, prizes of fall meeting not yet paid for, oa 00 Balaueo on hand danvary 1, 158%..... bene ew aeew nee Seorebary Pruik J. Donadson presented bis simimary of the ye as follows; NeW You, Jan, 1, 188] Lo the National Adana a? Amer ied + Mr. President and Gentlemen: The Secretary ot your association fexspecttudly subniits this, his report of the year i8si. The Treo: gution of the Board of Directors for the year was Ihade on Jun, 11, By the elaction of Mr. i. A. Bick, President; Gen. G. W. Wingate, Vice Prestilent; Hon. D. W. Jutid, Treasurer, ind the undersigned Sucre tary. bir. Buck subsequently fevlined, and, 4 month later, Majt Gen. Winteld S$. Hanceck, U. &. A., was téndered the posttion an Upon Wireent solicitation, was pleased to avcept his unanimous tion to the Presidency ot the Association. ¥ The Standing Committee for the year were appointed by the Pres ident, March 1, as folows* ‘ 4 Bae GED. Georges W. Wiugate, Col dos. G. Story, Col, Geog out. Prize—Mv. Geo. J. Seabury, Lieut, J. R. Andrews, Mr. F. H. Holton, Finance—Col J. H. Cowperthwait, Mr. A. Alford, Maj. Q. |S. Scie! taurhorn, dr. \ By mutual consent and authority, the relative positions of M Seabury and Alford were transposed alinost Immediately athe pointment Theonly changesin the aboya Committees have VAUNOCLES Caused by the resignations of Lieut J. K Andrews Mr, A. Alford from the Prize Committee, which were filed, on Aug.@ by’ a ake Olypuaot sod Cowperthwalt, appointed by the Pre ént. ¥ The Board of Directors, as organized at the beginning of the consisted of Messrs. Judd, Holton, Altord. Seabury, Andrews, Stem Scott, Grant, Wingate, Glidersleeve, Schermerhorn, Cowparw. Donaldson, Porter and Murphy, besides the ex-officio, honorary ex-Ollicio honorary Directors holding their positions by law. - The changes in the Board must he recorded by Lieut. Andrew Col, Porter's and Mr, Grant's resignations, Gen, Olyphant filing farmer 1nd Gen. Christensen the second-iamed vacandy, Honorary Directors ‘thos, G. Alford, Gen. Ronald 8, Mackenzie al Maj. Moreau Morris, M.D., haveretired during the year 1881, by” son of expiration of terms ofolice. The last-named gentieman, Wi aver, still refalts the position of Surgeon N. R.A. Hon, W. W. Astor was, 00 Sept. 14, clected an Honorary Directore the Association and Gen. John B. Woodward was elected to Honora Directorship tor lite. j The Board of Directors has met during the year for the transucten or business sixteen thes, the Executive Committe having held ‘tes meehings. ] Y On April 15 & circular letter was printed and locally distributed ing attention to the need of fds To continue the operations of Association, and utging the Yiends of the organization to roak effort toward providing sama by forwarding to the Secretary i nadies ot gentlemen who would be willing to become lifa membe THs rasulled 10 the election of aboug slxty-iye gentlemen, of y Sid nok aye (uly qualiied, the handsome sim of $1,400 betup ther ynetted | ’ And here tt 1s proper fo remark that the exertions of Mr. E. In this direction have been very Gartest snd substantial, io less eng ying 431 members, It 5 The piel — a en » ui duly of the Seoretary to. renora the Gieceasd, during the yoar 0 Me He ies hon Benjamin F. Britton and. Mr. Edward The annual membership has steadily deareased [rom year lo year Inca 1876 until in (53) but ldi members are recorded. This notlosanls ling off is, howerer, partly attributable to the fact that in June fe as voled fo exfend fuli membership orivileres to the individual mbers of ali affillating associations and clubs, a privileges which eatneyy) Avalled Gilby the Seventh Regiment Rifle Club of New city. 18 club, the New York Rule Club, and the Pennsylvania State Association are the oniy affiliating organizations that qualified the year. ‘Len ofthe silver lite members’ badges (Nos. 100 to 109 pectively) were l4susd to a like number of life members, nine being aid for at the rate of $7.50 each and one presented withont charge. In th+spring of the year an offer was received from the originspor pf arifie jonrmal to print monthly the programmes of mataiies and #uch ofhermatter as might be net y the Secretary aid to distribute same to members and others throughout the country to the extent of ten or fitteen thousand 4 jonth without charge to the ssociotion. This appearing to be 4 very liberal offer it was prompt- accepted, about $20 per month for printing belor thereby regularly ved, with the advantage of 4 mueh larger distribution and irculs- omthan would have been obtaitied oy the tasuing cf monthly pre rammes as formerly, > Phe work of printing and publishing the Annual Report of the ysar 2880 was aise done without ex pense to the Assocation, an agreement Having been entered into with a private purty to Turns two thous. and copies of the hook in consideration of thé exclusive adyerbtisiag privileges accompanying the work. Particularly in Lhe oiaiter or printing, but also in other ways, the Secretary has endeavored to ConomMiszs as Much 4s possible, and though he has vor, at the tlme of wrinng, the cxactiigures, 1018 nevertheless # tact that the Secretary's department has been conducted during the year 188) ais. consider- ably reduced cost. - Amost tmporlant repoiti (that of the lash Moternational maigh in [relond,) was, through an oversight, omitted from the Aniual Report that should have contained It. § §00n a8 my “ifention was culled ‘to this omission, however, J immediately had an extra, page printed numbered 44 A.) giving Atl account of that iatest Amerieun vic ry, and Caused it to be sent to those haying already received noples Of the inctomplefereportand to be inserted in 11s place in the remaining sumbers. The office nt 8T Park Row was found to be too isolated for con- venience, sittiated as it was In the third story of a dullding without an elevator, A room suitable for the purpose, and on the first foor, was found at No, 15 Wassau Street, the rental belug the same, and it now constitutes ie office of the assoclation. Having been appointed Statistical Officer of the last fall meeting, ii is due that & report of same should be submitted, though, as ‘ (Nu. of| Cash, Prizes Total Dothing of any special importance occurred, 1 have determined to Tithe of Match. Date, \ En- | Prizes an Value embody the same in this report, in the following form : tries. | Paid. Valite. Prizes. Fall Meeting N. Ry A,, 1831. > Remibgton Gold.,...../Nov. 5) 10 go 99} 300) 309 99 1 I ; —— } Ballird Rule... :+|May T alt) 2 AU j = 8 aw anes “a oie 18 13} : 00 7 aera 6 |= § 4 Alar’ ife ere HY] i 1D 6 J No.| Name of muteh, |Totat |ES |= Ss Harland Hite. eee | Kee 5 7 1 a | Hie |= [Re Ballard Rife ....,,-...|8eph 7 i 174! } |iriex, |S s We Wil ol| May 7 3 iY 5 St a We Wi iilyune is) als Wel) = atela i 4 |Directors,..-.~---| 1 | $10 | S10 LDOMENS ..0-eeea se. May 28| 73 SEO fa: sreeae se S$ 00 % (Ud... eseee| TAG | 126 | dae Of-hand Individuals: |June 8) 13 50 00)...... ws 50 110 3 [Short Ranye.-.....) 1) | 19 | 119 Thres Distance,....,., {dune 11 7 : 4\Champions......--| 28 | 140 | 140 Three Distance.......,jJune 16] 20 68-00)...--+2-3- G8 00 5IMCUS (stagel)..11 ga | 80 )b on | Three Distance... Tune 22) 20 +5 (M CUS (stage 2).. 38 Biylh, Bkero Mek ny. |Tune 25} a0} -.+.-+--- {9 6 | Wimbledon Cup... Sh) 130 |) 130 Byrlis, slker w@Mekeny.\suly 3 +7 (Qualification.. .... 738 59 By nip ler &Mekny,/ Aug. 20! 150 00 i contins Ae ee ve, ! eno. | Biyn, Baker & Melony, Sept 48 in he yin, B ker & McK ny.\Oct, 10 tf Mad Rang ese va | 800 Champ’n Mark's By. | June 25 > 10 [skirmtspers. is TEA [ppeittaeee fo kr teeh clad Ed AM ee 1 |International M... 8,024 Champmn Maria Bae, a6 4 us 5 i e250. 14 |Imter-State Mil..__ BOY Ghitmoin Mates panos ab ; 3 = Lig Ru. 382 Orl-hand Team a rane 99 : 50 00 14 jArmiy and Nad’. S10 | ‘everybody's. Tuly 16 B83 to «1S IN Y Staten G. 500 | Tadtas,.... any 1 75 00 16 |Ist Division N G 100, Secrebary’s- |July 30 ) 1% |20 Division NG iv) | Secrefary’s. Sang. “4 «1s [Military team...... 10 | geeretary? “lang. et 111 81 1) Am. Chath. 3 486) Geeretaryis..., 1. |Sept. 24 eas abs Ee ek $5 Richwad Gein Top'co.|miy_& y . 2 Se f aoe wore uly i 190 00 oa ofr) Rs , Tc SAE chmird Gem o7co, Faly 27 { POLAL.« pey--y2--.{ sere |---- $52,206} 370 [81 ,US2NG7 2c 135,558 Riehimurd Gemn obi 20. uty a0 ee Bg pe Te Fo gy - SHOT Range, 2 Vas... |July 20 Individual, 1,91¢; Team, 60. "N.Y. State Team, Hntries not puld for. Short RANE, 300 y is? Tuy af 50 09 With this is submitted the complete statistical records of The meet- | Dupyes Skirmishers’..| Aug. 12 o4 12 ing, showing the malones aid scores in pro: shape for publication | Duryea skirmishers’..|6¢pt. 8 In the next Annual Report, sould such be tssued. ALT GOMES ich). of Oct. 22 Prior (Oo the fall ae. 4 committee was appolnted to endeavor to f All Comers’ -\Wov. & 100 00 bDitain a reduced rate of fare thal conld be svsiled of by teams and | Swhstiiunes’............|Nov. a 43 25 “dandividuals purposing to attend same. The following resolution, § Ohrisimas....,,.. ----)Dec. 2a) 160 G0 adopted by the Board of Directors, Sept. 6, attests the success ol the ——] - | ~ | —_——_— | —_—_——_— committee and the co-operation of the railroad companies named: | 2,786] $124 90 $1,941| $2,366 40 _ “ Resolved, That the thauks of the association and of the members of the National Guard are hereby tenaered to the officers of the New York, Lake Brie and Wester Railway Company, and also to the New York Central aud Hudson River Raliroad Company, for their liberal- ity in issuing tickets af greatly reduced rates to those members of the National Guard desiring to attend the rife matches af Creed- moor. The Grand Fourth of July Match annonnced for taal day at Creed- ‘moor, n conjunction with the gala dayot music, archery, lawn tennis, croqeet, ete., arranged by the Avjlenun's Journal, Was, at the Jast moment, postponed to the 16th of the mouth, out of respect to tbe condition of President Garfield. On July 6, the Board of Directors mat, with [ie President of the Association in the chair, and adjourned Immediately after haying | sMlopted the following: . * Whereaa, Thy President of the United States has been stricken ' down by the hand of an assassin, and now Wes in a oritical condl- _ tion ; therefore, be it clation of Amerita hereby tender to President Garfield Its heartfelt sympathy and its sarnest hope that he wili continus (0 improye to perfect health. . : _s *#* Reaoired, What this Board shall jminediately adjourn, out or te- pect to President Garileld’s condition.” ‘The news of the death of (en. Ambrose KE. Hurnside, iirst President @f this Assoclation, was recelved during (he fall meeting at Creed- moor, and, on Sept. 14, the Board of Directors met and edopted the tollowinp resolutions : Resolved, That the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Assocla- dion has learned with deep regret of the death of Major-General Ambrose B. Burnside, whose services, as the tirgi President of this Association, Were of 80 much value in ifs early Gays, Aud will Always be vemembered by those who were associated wihh him Mm Tis forma- tion, and oy their successors who have profited by those serylues. | a olved, That this Board tender to me relatives and friends or ' Gen. Burnside its sincere sympathy af 1h6 greet ss which they and the country have sustained. 4 Resoived, hut thuge resolutions be entered wwpon fhe minutes of fo the family of Gen, Burnside.” ‘The question of slassi{ying amateur and pilolessional ttiiemen proved fo be 4 knotty one that was curried into the year tss1 from the preceding one. After wnch discussion, nd nor « few amend- _ ments; Whe Tolowing * Classification Reiss: (aered 4s & majority adopt oh # sub-committee of threw), were finally, on Aprils, duly adopted: : A Protesstonal Rifleman {8 one who exhibits or advertises his skill _for’a pecuntary consideration ; or who is employed, either cilrectiy : or indirectly, by a mantfacturer or by makers of rifies, to shoot his or their special weapon for the purpose of advertising or selling it; ‘or Who pursues rile shooting a5 h means of galing a Livelihood, ex- cepting in military team competitions. Professionai riflemen shall always submit to a handicapequal to ten percent. (if) or the total ‘possible score, in addition to any handiGap that may be otherivise poxed. Ali competitors in individual matches at Creedpioor, dur- | “‘fne the year 1831. shall be classitied according to thetr records tor the _ year iss0, made ap any sane in the world, buitihe status of a com- petitor in any match must be obisined trom iis best, wwo actual sc0res In similar matches only, to-wit, matehes at the sume dis- ance or distances, the same rifles and same positions pbelug aliowed. Sharpshooters gre those who baye made, as above indicated, 44 polnts in a possible total of 60 points; 31 {196 ; 23 1n 25, or 85 per cent. of any other possible {otal Senior Markamen are those who cannot be elassei as Sharpshoot- “era, but who haye made, as Apoye indicated, 36 points ina possible total of 60 points; 26 In 35; 1810 25, or 72 per cent. of Huy other pos- sible total. Other lndfyiduals shall be known as Junlor Markemen. *sRitlemen may be hyndicapped by the terms of 4 match or by reso- ution of the Board of Directors, such action being printed in the dy POM , Heo S PIZES- J“ ‘*Reselved, That the Board of Diradtorsiof the National Rifle Asso- 4 the Board, and a copy be forwarded by the Seeretary of ihe W. R.A, } FOREST AND STREAM. monthly programmes before © match shali have been shot, and, in Vis manner, any class or Glasses of riflemen nay be excluded from Sny parienlal match. LS ye The Board of Direstors reserve the right to promote riflamen trom. ole class io another, according to the records of the year 1$81, or as it may Geem proper. The Board, ifter on, tuled that, scores made by competitors in team muitches, should ba regarded #8 records in the abuve application. Tiwas likewise ordered that the above rules Should not govern un- finished matenes of the Assoctation, and further still, that they shoul be inoperative during the fall meeting, In fact, the above Tules have only been applied to one certain series of matches since theirudepiion, Bubthetr success was ‘nil, the handicapping sys lem nol beiag relished or approved of by the frequenters, of the range. The invitation to send along range American Rifle Team to Wim- Dledon, to shoot a friendly match with the British In 1851 was nop accepted, if belng decided lnsxpedient to again, and so soon atter 7880, tneur fhe labor and responsibilities of organizing 9 representa- tive team, and of rhising the requisite funds, ete. The idea was, therefore, early in the year, abandoned, and the hope expressed that a team from Great Britain might come to our shores and participate ina triendly contest. This expressed hope produced no result, and the year has passed away without ay international rifie shooting in which America was thiarested, Atthe time of writing tis report the subject of sending # team of our National Guardsmen over to. Wimbledon fn 1HS2, to shoota match with military weanons,and with a \eam of British Volunteers as the opponents, ls being discussed with what appears to be 000 Ghances for the satisfactory arrangement of details and comseqient holditig of the coutest. ‘ Despite cerfat gloomy prognostications in the early spring, the State military authorities have uot only continued the issue of marks- muin’s decorations’ to mambers of its National Guard, thus encour- aging rifle practice, but heye alse appropriated tiie sum of $3,000 to ie National Ris Assoclation as a reitabursement far expenses in furnishing markers, etc., to trospson three days of each week, trom June to Novernber, and aiso im eonsideration of the rebuilding of the markers’ butt upon the Wesh Range at Creedmoor. While this dum 18 barely afleduate to cover the expenses for whitch it is appro- priated, tt nevertheless isa substantial aid to this Associrtion in its operations, noi Only in a pecuniary sense, but aisp inthe moral en- couragement thus officially extended, The matches of the year. as compared with those of 1880, show a Gecided fallite off both th whe feneral attendance and number of en— fries, and alseas to tiie prizes offered, In order to clearly show the Lae os sane, the following tabulated statement has been carefully compiled = ‘ Total Amount, recelved tor entries, $1,427. Total number prizes, 295, *{uchidiog the Gold Champion Marksman’s Badge Comparing with 15S, the following is shown: 1880. Frll Meeting Matehes....-. 19 Ly Pe Siz 0 - é 176 tie. ade 0 ovale. y: ++ BT,T21 56 “uo ¥natrance ees. 2,071 35 Monthly and Special Matches. 92 hee os Sh L Prizes, . ape 642 aati oe " Ty. 3. Sere ee $9,703 93 HO si Entyance Fees, _ AP i. Oa) RODE 1831, Fail Meetiny Mafebes,... tase ere tare 19 j AE ae PLIES, es 870 td value. $3,553 50 . % ntrance Fee 2,206 50 Monthly ahd Speotal Mutches. 4g LIE 33 Prizes. )..,< Se ue se BS ay REEVE, telelohed dele pe tess etek ed aeletd ce a1d . 31,941 50 ‘eo MOS INTRA e eee Gop esag ee vee ulms-- se conse deel Ol RECAPITELATION, Matehes Shot ln 1980, 1iL,...1n1ss0, 41.... Decrease from 1880— 50), Prizes given in 1580, §18-.-.Tn 1891, 605.... s+ 1880153. Cash prizes ctven in 1880, Value prives given in 1530 See 93... 8.160 30 _. 1m 181, $1,546 0. In 1881, 92872 00, S11 ,4u5 02 $10,918 20—Decresse ‘om 7880, $507 03. Wo. of Team Rniviss in 1859.77). In 183), a). TGecresse trom 1880, 111. Wa. Op andey ata Bntrles 1 I63), 5,059, Ta 188], 4,640. Decrease trom , 880, 900, Votal Hatrance Fees recelysd in 4530, 7507S 10. I 1651, $3,632 50. De- Eréase from 158i), $1,402 Gi, itis my duly to again Vecord the réeular receipt at this office with- out charge of the following periodicals, vis: The FOREST AND Svrmamw AND Ron AnD Guy, the Spiitar the Vimas, the Any and Navy Jour- nal, the Lunt, Pieui and Karin, the American Sportsman, the Jorest, Forge end Porm and the Woluntaly Service Guzetie. The resignationof Mr. Weston as Assistant Secretary and Treasurer (reterred to In my last report), was nob accepted, the difliculties of compensation which caused its tender belng satistastorily adjusted. The recent change in Diansgement of the Long Island Ratlroad Company did wot seriously afech the-Interests of this Association, arrangements for transportation o} our members aud of regular tallitery organizaions Iq unlform heving Deen nigde in tho early spring. Thé experiment of rhoning slages [rom Queena to Creedmoor upon maigh days abour owe Sxspelise las been tried, though with poor success peciniarily, Very respecifully, ‘RANE J. DONaLpsoNn, Secretary. —- —-——- GARDNBR, Bf4s2,, dat: 5.—Aj, he lash mech al Hackmatack Range thers wert) & number Of good records made, The inch ring and Orecdmoor targeh Were usea; distance, ii yards, off-hand, The Bcore will tell alory: as Gy se ath Totats ft. N, Dodge, ay YT” 45 18896 6. F, Ellsw dd 99 «dT 188 = 83. F, H. Wishol: ay 4 48 181 g4 A. Mathews. dt 52 «46 1st = 89 CG. Winds..... a2 sh 45 169 = 8T J. &. Wewton : 44 7 |e lft 8=-8S BLL. Walker. ...,..s0-..-..-..-1d 33 7 45 1888 475 BOSTON—MAGNOLTA GALLERY,—The following are the rrize winners lor the several matches shot during the month of Decem ser: All Comers Rifie Match WM NOoreross..--.....--000 vee tf 49 49 AY 49 U6 E F Richardson .,.. By alg 4h 1g iy wt SH Siiitiin esses ceeds ae Se 40 40 a7— 242 Amateur Rifie Match. C GOOGWID...- 02, -..64 caveeee-- oD 4 do, EU 20 —H5 § Canterbury. -...- ee 4S 1S ay 49 49745 Pe ECPEVO ELS to pestersiniets cba es stoma 4S 15 45, ay 52a G@ Walters ........-2.05.:..1-54-4T 48 48 47 25— 28 W H Fuller... 83 §3—Hus DeteLOree iy Peeks ae 5B $1—tis Moh REDON soy de. aad lal esta depres eeas ST =S—261 J H Willtams Beh ST 8 q VEGA TCUEGT Me oer pw ota ee Ba 8850 Practice has been lively during the past week, and some fair scores huve been made. In the umateur rile matth &. Poge bas recorded 45 and 48, and H. Shaw 465,45 and 47. In the amateur pistol match B. Hinds has a record of 227, coniurising 71, 74 and Su. BOSTON, Mass., Jan. T7.—The varying light and shade, glare from the snow, and a brisk, fishtail wind from the northwest, rather Gis- concerted the marksmen ab Walnut Hill to-day, although some very good scores were made. But three matches were shot—badeve matches Nos. Tand 8 and a new match, the latter beng shot under the jfol- lowing conditions : ‘On each Saturday, until further notice, a mateh will be shot at 200 yards on the * Walnut Hill target, to close same day, with prizes as follows: First, 15 per cent. of entry fees; second, 12 per cent.; third, 10 per cent.; fourth, 9 per cent.; fifth, 8 per cent; sixth, 7 percent. Rounds, 1). Thetargetis similar to‘the + Massa- chusetts,* but fhe count begins with 10 (centre of bullseye), then (outer halt of bullseye), and runs down fo 1, on the circumference of a target 24inches in diameter.” The scores in theae matches are appended: Walnut Hill Match. AsGLAGHINS| sense st, st) ee OND TOS Tor 8S <8) 1h oo . 10 8 ‘6 S10 S10 "hss S00) FO See Sd. Ske: 5 8 $10 8 4 9 9-80 Gf ST 9 9s Bes 1°33 & & S 3 by 10— Jeg oem eee ety | ¥L ori, SR GK Ete Se iceeee ht TS 0 6 & 6 § T B—Bs ts te A G- Ty he fy Of, et As OpirsEs LUCK wats ats ahele toele|efotte Acdaoeree otf, Bch Pet Ge Ue yh Be Tie Pty Badge Match No. 7. W Willlams.........4555554545-147 CB Carter,......... 445544514 * ,..8455545445—46 D P Holder,....: :., hdddd45554—AL f Badge Match No. 8. . AC Gould......--... 5bd4564b55—47 F Wesson........ .. dAddddisd5—4p B Anson............4554b55454-46 G H Pield........... dbd4dd 43d —40 CD Brickett....-... 544564555446 ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 2.—Though the weather was unfavorable and rain was likely to fall nearly all the afternoon, 4 sufficient »um- ber of marksmen appeared at Rensselaerwyck to have the rowith colmpetition in the 300-yards’ lite membership match. The light was noti very good; and the falling rainrenderéd the byliseye a little in- distinct, but the marksmen are used to trylng conditions and did their best to overcome them. The first scores showed thirty-two owo of the possible thirty-tive; a little later another thirty-two wis re- corded. The last round gave a military rife thirty-two, which with the allowance of two polnts, made thirty-four standing to uhe credit ot C, White and gave him the competition, The details of the match were 28 follows: 300 Yards Life-Mezabership Match. “2 5 C White, 5S M. 4 56 4 6 5 4-34 Wm # Fitch, Bal S .. 45 5 4 6 5 4-32 James I Miles, Bal 5,..... 5 6 56 4 4 68 4-32 GH Charles, BalS....._. 4444 4 4 42:98 G0 Eateries eos eee ea 455 0 8 4 3 #4 Futteen duplicate entries were made. The programme for ths month of January will havea couple of new matches which will be very interesting to the riflemen, and will probably call out all the expert marksmen {n this yicinity, as there Will be a chance to make a good record, ZEVTTLER RIFLE CLUB.—New Year shooting at, Morrisania, Schuetzen Park, the match was fora revolver; distinece, 200 yards; German ring targets; 30 shots per man: M Dorler 438, C G Zethler 611, H Hoges 604, D Miller 603, G Joiner 590, B Zettler 554, G Judson 573, J O'Neil 574, N D Ward 560, R Zimmermann 559, A Lober 469. Gs THE TRAP. KIRTLAND SHOOTING CLUB.—The Kirtland Shooting Club, or Cleveland, 0.. held a shooting tournament at Rocky River on New Years Day, which was participated in by sportsmen from Cleveland, Youngstown, Meadville, Newburg, Berea and other points, The day was clear and serene, though a trifle chilly, The Kirtiands offerec prizes amounting to $100. The first shoot was for a purse of $30, di- vided as follows: $15 to first, $9 to second, and $9 to third; 10 balls, is yardsrise. This shoot called thirty-two Nimrads to the score, and after a sharp contest resulted in Burger, Roof and Kerstetter dlyiding first money, after pulverlzing thirty balls straight each, Randerson and Wightman dividing second, and Weathertield walking off with third. ‘The following is the score: Berger. sac. .2s »--1111111111—10 M Baton.....-....... 111 11111—10 Powell... + .0011111010— 6 Randerson, .-. --.1111111101— 9 Wilard..... -.G111111i1i— 9 J A MeGregor. -. OUINMTI— 8 --111111111— 9 Huntington 1011 111100— 7 Brown ,..--.-- --1111010111— 8 Sgateestbtect 43 110)01I111— 7 O11 » Wightman... © McCracken. J C Meyers. Moinier.... Clesse .. Jackson Le .2117717111—10 110/011) 14— 8 «-100000T000— 2 ser eteteolSTIIIII10— 9 . fm ele bsfor=isnta -1111111111—10 Wheal., ..1111120111— 9 Seley... --1111111111—10 a. s LIT 1—10 10111 10011— 7 Been 411111171170 rere Li 107010 — 7 LOTION 3 +> LI 1—30 1111111111—10 41112110101— 3 1111101171—10 ALOMITONLO— 6 The second contest was tor a prize of $40, divided ss follows: First prize, $20; second, $12, and third, $8; lu balls, 18 yards rise, Thirty- rour entries came Lo the front lor this trial, and after a brilliant ex- hibition of shooting, closed by Powers and Haton dividing first money after breaking thirty palls straight, Wheal winning second money and Kerstetter third. ‘he score is given below : +s e-1111011021— 8 INN 1H11— 8 Randersou .. +. 1001111111— § MeGregor. W117 1.11—10 Powers wlliNill1—10 ~MeCracken. -» M1111 i—10 Wheal- »lL111l011— 9 Ssilsby - » tt Mitiie— & Jones Roof. .... -.-111111111—10 tree es OMIT 8 ~. 000001 0000— 1 -l0T1i1111— 9 Ramsauer. MiII11—l) ~Jenks.. QWLIIT11 — 9 Kerstette! 11 11— § Jackss: niin C Fenn.. 1O111i1111— # Myers. AON TULI— 6 Calhoon 11111101u1— 8 -1L01111111— 9 1111111111—10 - 11111 111v1— 9 ANOMit— 9 ANNNInN—10 Willlams., .. 1011111111— 9 » ALOOOLILIO— 6 Kroesen...,-....-.-.1111101000— 6 Ehten..- -i—i) SROMIOLL oe aplecelary== 111011N0)— 6 Woodly. wens 22 -sO10L011111— T Heley..... aieeeee dee cn TOI 1001— T Abram............... 1116001111.— 7 Berger ....-- oct=ta rs] 110111111— 9 In addition to the above purse a prize of $20 waa glyen for the best, Averuge in the two shots, and a consolation prize or$i0. ‘he irs of these was divided by Messrs. Root, Jackson, Powers and Baton with- out shooting, while Messrs. Closse, Seley, Powell and Saul divided the consolution purse on the same terms. 'The Kirtlands succeedad ia winning a good share of prizes, though seyera! good places were wou by outsiders, notably Powers of the Cleveland Gun Olwb, Kerstetter of Berea, 4nd Haton of Rockport. The shooting was remarkable for fine scores throughout. Atthe close ot the day’s aport the party ad— journed to the Clif House and spent an hour or so In 2 very pleasant manner, Hyery one seemed well pleased with the snecessial result a pay meeting, and congratulations for the Kirtlands were heard on OS. NEW TARGHT BALL,—Mr. William Wagner, of Washington, D, }., has invented whatis claimed to be an tmprovementin target balls. Tnto an ordinary class ball he puts a quantity of pulverized charcoal. and then hermetically seals the mouth of the ball by a carkor patch. The operation of the Improved ballin use is 4s follows: “Tt is pro- jected into the alr by the usual méans, and upon belng fractured the powder talis in the form of a cloud, and when only punctured by & singie shot the powder is, by the displacement of alr by the entrance of the shor into the balls, torced or putieu out throurh the puncture, and in a cloud or dust-like fori, this untiistakably distloslog the Tach Vhat the ball has been hit.” We understand (hat iis new target 18 meeting with fvvor among those who have tested |ts merits. FALL RIVER, Mass, Jan. #.—At the regular meeting cf [he Fall Riyer Gun Club, Dee. 6, 1851, (he following olficers were levied tor the eusuldg year: J, Borden, Jt, Pres.; J. M. Woud, Vice Pres.; Thos 5. Wall, Sec. and Treas. A 10) ball mateh wus shot here Dee. 20 between H. W. Bullinton, J. BK, Valentine and ‘Thos: 8. Hall, the ast named allowed 10 brokin balls. The baker-Cury rotary trap was used, aud the following score was made: 4 BuMNGOM, - +o .n seen dee 45434428455 4 3-80 Valentine. 44493444 24484444 6 4-76 Halle. Ssustisreccehete eo DL ORBA ASSL di da Pope TL 71h STOUT g ae leetfe atc we) Whe bat Bac bue Bey leleb tf boodo0d Sorta: T. 8. Hy ALGONQUIN CUN CLUB, January 5—Regular monthly meeting. Dr Griswold, 24 yds.... 4 , 2011100171 11111 100101—14 J TT Ul, 24 yds,... 1111011100011 11 11117 KB Rassebeer, 18 yds..,, 1100100 1113111011111—18 G F is¢iler, 16 yds.... sce « LIOOLINO10101) LOLl01—418 J Manon, 20 yela.... OLOOTN LU01OLTT TL —12 J Dupsetth, 27 yds . DET 10010 1.0 111116 GA Wilson, 18 yds... . OUD LOL0L019 10011 LOO—11 George Greener, 18 yds = ALTON UT — 16 Wal) Balden.....sesectss. 2711411 )4112071110111—18 R Auld... 0c - -OL1I0111101010011010—18 EP SLED 1a Vee Pa std nam feclele tia seeecie bran delete . ALOLLOLO101010000111—1 7 AVerare, 15,9-10, Tie shon off: RB Cassebeer, 11110—1; W J Belden, 11111--6, Won by WJ Belden, WELLING TON, Mass,, Jan, 6&—A goodly number of “wing shots 7 faced the traps at Wellington to-day, and Some excellent scores were the result. Many neighboring clubs were represented, and, besides (he regular match, several sweepatales were shol during the course of the atternoon, The addyertised match was for twenty birds, 4 ten yards rise. The following suore resulted : WB Witherell,... eeoo T Franels.... Wo Putring ton GD Weniyss.. J B Valentinoe.,,. Kh O-Butterfeld. t BA Thomas...... EW Fottler.......+- 244 based - DW Young..,,... «lt LL Lovke YW James........ esses lT HN Austin. OW Whilmore....,. yeee---16 M Crans.on........ GEBLO WW each seachcehrenatetoen. 16 WOROGKESTER, Mass., Jin. 7,—The meeting of the Worcester Rifle Ginb Bt Loyoell’s Grove Rabgey this week, was an interesting one. It was Oe OF Lhe Uist since the range was established, and more simi- lar giilierlogs are promised. The Massachusetts target was used. The tollowlug stores were inadé GUL of & possible 120 > © Glare. este cee ree ectl AB dy 8! 129 ae T 8 At It—ids 10 10 8 9 § 18 10 WW 11 S— 6-201 OW Morse.. ..-.-.,--5 59 Wh Ff WwW TFT WM WY SF Be 0 7 Ww 8 9 18 9 4 12 I— H—I189 GA Allen....5,8:......,.20 8 6 12 9 S 9 19 12 "“S—-94 18 10 41 8 6&6 8&8 G6 SBS QD 10— S6—182 Dr Arnold........ yaceee GG BH JL 11 7 OG 12 dt 5B 5—65 -? 9 10 10 # 6 10 12 91 “8 Tl 97—182 AST UCE tewaeass toda ial te OS, 2S SAr aie we sidl “S> Tt —=sp: 9 8 6 WwW 9 FT 1k 1B 9 8B b8—173 J W Murphy.......... el Ok A aS Rw) ako ts 9 4 8 9 ii 6 10 11 8S 9— 55-155 | GQINGINNATE INDEPENDENT SHOOTING CLUB.—Cincinnatl, Jan. 3.—Thirmomeler jay down, aud shooters wore their overcoats, The club however minds neither rain, hull nor show; they *'are in- dependent* of eyerylhlig of this sort, and May be Yount ab Lhe score every Wbursday, LYollowing are scores made at glass balls, Tuesday: TH Ovyerman.-+...-... OL000I—t Wenning, Wro.......1111110101—8 P Kessler. AL) L001100—T Dr A Hoeltre. ~¢y-1110011101—7 Krebs, G ILOI0—Ss J Bauer » LLUL 107 Hoeltge, Jr... . OOLOLI1O11—& A Kleinmetear,.,,---.1100100110—5 M EB Limburg ...,....0011110011I—6 ~Dr B Mosenmeier..,. 101111 1u1t—s tre Phil Vonald.,.....,--0 11101)10—6 Robluson............1000111101—5 Robinson........ wee eel QD01TL1IOI—6 DL Bey... s. eee eee eee LO111LL100—7 Second match: Overman ....... sees ALIMIILIIL—9 ~Kieinmeler.,.. - -LOL0111010—8 Kessler. . yee OIL 1—9 Limb... . O10 0110L—5 reps ... ee LOLOL —8 Domalds 2... i. ...4.2-0101001110—7 Hoelige, Jr.. -.1WN11—9 Roblnson.... oe LOULOLINIO —& Wenning......--....-(1H1010L—5 Mosenmeler, o- DITOLOTOTO—4 Hoel... .s.... se OITIIT0—-8 Juoktrt......5,.5--- 1 10110101—G Bauer, ...--..e---++-- VUUTLUTULI—6 «-Berry,....--........, 1011 LOLs Had not somebody left the door open up North, or 1f somebody had kepl their thumb on the bail of fhe thermometer, ib would have siaod between 40 dev, to bl deg,, I don’t doubt bat we Would liave had a reat shooting match tor the opening of the New Year. John Bauer haa lust his right-arm, and shoots from his right shoulder with lett arm, Hachting and Qanoeing. TAXING OUTSIDE BALLAST —w T is not Hkely that any one giving 4 proposition to tax outside bal- lash a moment's consideration would Hnd it possible to defend such a step, much less (o yote in favor thereol. A cursory glance at tha malter will show that no Jogical grounds exist tor placlug », time welzht pou “outside” Wallasp tor oné thing, and that it would be altoyvelher tropracticable to apply the tax ioranother, Since several clubs are antertalning the revision of thelr meastrement rules at the present time, lo may not be out of place to examine a polnt which, though never Wkely to become a liw, might be the cause o! some Wwasie of time ata meeting, We lhink an article will dispose of any dspositlon phery may haye been im some quarters toward bringiig up the lea of taxing ballast on the keet once for all, though we laye our misgiylus bout being able to render bie matter comprehensible to Uhose who stlil defend such an Lnstitution as & mean léngfhh rule atter the exrevlous folly of the same has been thoroughly demon- straced im FOREST AND STREAM and the London Field and denounced by all whose opinion is worth having. Lotus tirst cousider tae derlvatlvé argument upon which an offer to tax welght oo the kevl is erected, 1b is assumed that in “ ourside” builast ress some virtue nob possessed by ballast which hippens to be ‘'1iside,” and that lt would only be justice to make weights on the keel py to Lhose which are nol. Nothing could, however, be more thoroughly lailaclous, and nothing coull show better upon what shallow, Unsophisticated reasoulng our time allowances are apt to be Goostracted, if this latest proposition can be taken as a sample of the intelligence—or, rather, want vf 1—brought to bear upon so yitul a subject. We aré mu. at the yery oulset by a most stupid confounding of two words WLLh actual physical facts. [b1s asstimed withour diner thought or doubt of any kind thiut outside biullast” possesses, as & matter of course, advantages over ‘Inside ballast,” the kernel in the nub escaping notice entirély, while the worthless shell is chewed all Over with profound absorbtion, Noy, the virtues of ballast do not at All depend upon whether tt be located 1oside or outside, but whether tb be fuwud Aces Ov fow—facts which are antirely independent of and not ab ail truvirully designated by the words inside or outside. ‘hus, upon # couple of haphazard terns which do not express any relation Of value In bhe position of the ballast it Was been proposed to clap a tax, A procediire wiich would be without rhyme or reason and fall Lo accomplish what [ts promoters really seek—the taxlog of a superior, that 15 lower, position of welghis. Certalnly, the meré matter of one yacht's oullast being wet or bolted to the hull in one fashtoh cannot torm Lhe basis upon which bo clatin thine for another yacht's ballast belng dry and slowed in some dilferent way, The underiying idea is NOL buat weizht it outside is more beneficial thah Welhtif inside, Dut thal fower weights are better than higher. Yet this differunue, plain as it is to any One Of Lie feast Comprehension, has escaped those who have undértaken to father afresh piece of Measurement quackery WILICH LU sbUpIdILy wid Wofulrheéss 1s equaled by nothing we have yeb heurd of, Wniess it be the Podunk custom of gauging by mean lenyth. Tt should be added to [he qredit of cur yachtsimen that the proposi- tion has nol made any pene headway, aud that in he Basta Motion of Doe Kid would be Looved down with @ possible iulimation that such a slep tonight be acceptable enough 10 New York sand-bag- gers, bul wus haraly up to the standard or Wastern expectations in regard 10 reform in measurement. To order that the misvarciage of equity which would follow the confounding of ouside and tosite with low and High welghts may be fully understood, we will have recourse to a diagram, though so sim- plea matter haydly seems to justily many more words. Ais the mid- ship section of a yachts with aniron keel, and B, her opponent, hay- yng deep-fhroated floors ls content tostow hey lead shug on the skin © FOREST AND STREAM, inside. The proposttifn amounts to taxtig A biraise her weight happsns to be wet With sea-water gid By, though pike thu more advantageous position of bast, 1 being lower, not only goes Tree, but actually receives the time tYoin A—sppalently beewuse B's ballast 1s wet with bilge water insteati} A more superficial or rididulous plece of quackery it would be hard to imagine So much forte proposijion th its crudity as offered To the public. We will, how ‘ver, deal liberally Wath the questlin aud suppose that, allertion haying beén valled to the impossibility of actepling oulside ballast as equiv— alent to low ballas!,a motion to Correct 15 curried and Wie revised GdiLion 1s Made LO suy “ Lwin place Of outside and “ high” in place of Inside. The proposition would when at leas) have apparent sense, though only upon ihe very surface, Jor it can easily be vebutted jy the process of reduelin ad alsin Tue adyocates af the innovation will say low ballast is an advan- tage; it contributes Lo power" just like beam and depth ought to be accounted for, It is mecdless fo say that such resoniue Is bendath Contempt, and persons deliberately gullhy thereof are Wott Lo Gast an fntelligent volte tor or agaist any kind of rule, much less are they justified In putting themselves to the front in the qiiestion of meas- urement, We will follow them oul to the logicalend, Power ls not the only thing upon whieh rares are won. Close Windedness has often quite as Much to do wlth the result. Now, it low weights are open co jnstifiable taxation Wecause Luey add to power, 80 also should tat Canvas be compelled 10 pay to bagey salis, because Mat canvas is Undoubtedly “an advantage,” and Lt nay oren bd & much greater one than a difference in the sbowage of lead. Again, for exactly as good reasons, u clean bottom shoujd be dis- counted in lavor of je dirty boat. Ii is decidedly “an advantae™ Lo haye a clean bottom, for resistence Is thereby cimfuished, and re- sistence may have quileas auch {o do with winning races as flat vanvas Or as low ballast, And s0 On ad infinitum, Wit reduced to the ridiculous, such as one skipper revelying time from another tor a aor hbecausé no sure We 18 “an udvantage”in jumping about eck, Phe answer which will prabably occur to avery one wlth rerari to adirty bollom Will be that JS only the owners fault if lis boat comies to the tine fowl with cabbages and studded with barnacies and hé cannot. expect lidulyence In time from his competitor on that score, ‘Po this neither Wwe hor any one else will or can take exceap- lion, The same answer will be offered with regard to gulls, ly is no one's fault bul the owners if hls boat has baggy muslin and ap excuse (hat tt is cheaper than bending a new shily has ho standing court. And if 1b 1s also held to oe Tore beneficlal to sull with low ballast than with hivh, it ls only the owner's fault il he falls to stow hislead to the most advantage, aut le Was no more right 60 ¢lalm lime trom one Whols wide awike enough to nave the arrangement Of ballast that wil do the most good Any more than he has a right to Clan time trom the tin who has the kind ot canyas that will do the most good or ths kind of bottom that will offer the least resistence, or the kind of skipper's toes Lhat gel abou ihe jivelles Tr one per son, imbued WILL funhy and orginal ideas, piles his lead on top of the cabin house, would he not be laugued out ot conrt for clatiniag tite from another with his lead Winder the oor, on Lhe ground thar it ts lorer? Wouldnol ile regatia committee ask lilin, why on earth don't you stow yours there, too? And ifthe man who piles his pigs high Wside asks fltwe tro the man who puts the metal lower down on the keel, * Outside,’ lave we not (he same Mght to retort: “Nota bit of it, why don you put yours there, too 7 Amd if outside ballast is mulered because supposed to he lower than some over boat’s ballast laside, why tuen shoud nob ballast on the Skin be assessed a3 against ballashon top of the Hors, and lead as igainst iron since It can be stowed sougger? Aad, carrying out the idea to lis end, why not make all low weights of any klod pay to all high weights. A pound low down lsalways a pound, bein in metal, renee or water, and “an advantage’ over a pound of any slut gher up. ‘There Is bot a trace of sound logic Lb the proposition to tax eltler * outside” or éven “low @ ballast How 15 1, then, \bat any ong ¢an be lead to Instigate such & move- ment except upon the apparent justice of the idea? ‘The answer comes readily to hand, Itarises irvm the mistaken wonception that Lime allowalce should be based ipod “what is an adyantsge™ In the finished boat, instead nf upon initial “lacilities enjayed betore ihe boat has assumed tornior plan ol anysort. Tf tay reformers would only learn 10 apprectate thls distinclion, they woulll cease comloy forward WIND Such exasperating nousense as we haya now under consideration. Uleuliy Lue Manner in which 1 boatis ballasted is no more 4 le- pitinale subject for taxation Tigh the manner in whith sbe is sparred, Neimber 1s the quantity of ballast lo be saidied with a charge aby more than the quantity, that 1s the length, of the spars, or the quantity of sali. All are poluts of desizn dejermliicd upon by those responsivléfor thé boat, and tn fixine upon those polos they should be free to choose as they please wihhout bolas subjected to capricious Hines shiivelling thelr selection, ‘their orlginal opportunity for productoe success Hes in the size of the boat asa whole,in her bulk. That is tha only elemeab in which the builder should be iimited to aquatity with lis vompetiter, or else five an equivalent jn Wiioe tor(he use of an excess, Jor then both yaghts turned out have enjoyed Le same posslblittles for the fuyure. Justhow fhey compare in a race is the verdict upon the measure of siiccess ditalned In eath yacht, aud if Ghwt suceess depencs upon Superiority in One or more Points, upon bertar ballasting, upon baller sparring, upon beter proporiloning of length, beam and depth, upon keeLor board, upon belter ratio of above water body to dlsplace- ment, upon better trim, upon lead or ivon, upon copper or pot lead bortom, Upon Mush or barn-encuinbered deck, upon rail or no rall, upon black or witite paint, upon skippers sore toe or bot— this no good reason, IC 1s (he reyerse of equity, should she be subject to Dlackmall by a production inferior on those paluts, though on- joving the same pussidilities for their acqusitlon and “display lhe much as She is the equal of the other in bulk, from which all the rest springs without excepiion, z We beligyé il unnecessary (o say Taore upon the total lack of sonnd- ness of the proposltion to Tax outsiile ballast. Ib is hardly worlh whilé therefor LO cousider the practical aspects of such a wild measure, to ask how a satisfactory stale of time could be Io- yented furthe purpose; or how long owners would put up with 1b before lecing to ober clnbs not subscribing “to such quackery, o1 how easy it would be to clreumvenut the raije by carrying the var boards and, Uf requived, also tlie heels of the frames down ho a rabbet ina plank below the lead, converting it int Inside ballast with vir- tally no obher change than the addition of a skin each sida; or how readily tron boats could beat the devil around the bush witt heavy construction keels und garbourds. Nor is i, in order to ask wherein would lie Lie object’ol such 4 pro- scription against a Teaturé lhe most praiseworthy yet Introduced in our feet; why obstructlons should be putib the way of a most wholesome change from thé capsizable machine of lhe iy to A boat possessiny safety on account of low weighls; why progress should be hindered and hampered Instead of aided and abetted; why com- mon seuse slowld be Made to pay fo the ienorant stuf tn vorue among sonie builders and thelr following whe ating outside ballist as a vice when itis a virtue: why dererquce should be patd to the shal- lew pated, who, shatlower than the wretched trips they sall,denoubce safe, able bouts with outside blash as machines; why boats wud owners beliind the age should @cpect all boats yeb Lo be bullt forever to pay to these that are only tt tor a bontire. To tax ballast because ltis outside of low 1s a vetrorrads measure without a shidow ol elfher logic or equity. Porbanately thereds no thanee of its everattainlug the dignliy of serious opuslideration in any club, yet time may be saved if over Hasty reformers will read the toregolng wilh a lthble care. —<—<—_ +s — A FLAT TRON,—How hol toro it will be shown dhis year Dy New- port talent, which is just cow Jndulelae in eres Me pediitloas over a peculiar offspring, the virtnes, of whith we confess ol4elves tobally Unable LO appreciahe, Sheis flathar than the flat and wider tian jhe Widest; some 21 {t long, about hall that for beam, a stern 1076 Wide, only 24 in. deep, a Gastlton keel 5 by din. on Uke bontom, aod enormous spars—a Woat WhiGh Wt upproxiuiifa in prinectpla Ue clr gubur craft which were to accomplish wouders, but failed fo do so. Has the Madge lylag at Newport's wharf *‘riz the native Gander” to the extent of the aboveshoal produstiony The experimental crate Js Duilding for Mr, Santord of tur! renown, ¢ 13, 1 ws N OT long ago attention was called th these colunnsto the 2 Sullable cooking lump or stove for small yachts. Ttis ang Ulable tact that coaloil lamps, 5uGh as we Wlorenue, Ristage -, areinvariably accompanied by « dlsigresable smell in cox Quarters, nO matter wheal care Way be Uxéreised in thelr use, danger from explosion by dverbeaig infeilor olis bouwht at nti stores aud Lue mess iN iransferrlug (hem to tunks are always serioy objections, Kerularcotl or Coke stoyes do not solve the dint for Lhey ure heuvy, take up MUch roo and require much time to fr up; They are also slow li cooling down and leat up the cabin digs graeably th warm weather, while soliing decks and salis with sooty smoke, ‘Vo opviule ull these objections a few stove has devised by Mir. Roder V. Danitorth, originator oF the well-tkn Bintorin Fluid. So Jav as our observallons have gone, this & promises to fulfill tie wants of thé sinall yacht owner inasmue lhe new 11g is exceudlog)y cheap, pertectly Gian, tree from odor, Ways teady and sale, Phere ls either Smoke, Girt nor grease, aod Will boil, Try and stew quickly. Tctis adapted nol only for yachting but for the ganole, camp and home, The lamp consists of a elven base, Sin. diameter and 2in deep, containing {he fluid. Into the OF }his wsmell brass tube, yin, diameter, isscrewed, containin witk, The tube has a clroular crown at the heads in. dia plerced around the side with several small holes, The tila tee dues not ignite, Dut, rising in the wick, 1s ab once volatilized py Thy application of a match fo bhe head of the brass tube, he yape cauplog by Ue holes catches fire and furni-hes a large, powertill ik; Tere [8 sO litile residue atter consumption That & saucer, Ley the fame, will Show ho soot or black On its DeLtom, he powel Spread of the flumeds such that coffers may be hadin a cou Tiunutes, and a quart oF wold water will be raised to steam hes less thau-Tiiteen, Phe cost of Lhe shiallest size is irlyial, bun aod wilh this the “single hinder,’ can always count on two eups collee, fried tepsand hain, sonps and sLews al & moment's Lolg Without any atienitinit inconveniences. This stove, though madeor Uin, 1s of strong aL.d durable muke nd Will outlast all first lmpees slons lo the contrary, lor a hoayd may be pul acro-s the top and Weight of & man Susiained without injury. Should any one’ wig something More lake to wppearancd, sheet brass might be sup Mitedand aby additional streuuth sipplied as thoweht necessary, ton a very slight advancein cost, ‘ibe 0, 1 size holds one (uart on tig Datiorth tiufd and will burn 26 hobrs, One gallon costing 45 cents 7 lal. For that Sut Lhe stove will cook ip4 hours or, allowin iiinutes to each culinary undertaluog, will serve up 416 hot m {he cost of preparing each being only about one-sixteeuth oF a copy Which ay be said to be getting your couklng tor practicatly nothing The difference between the Danforth fivid and kerosene or ofin olls is Lhat the fuid liseli’ does ol burn in Lhe operation, but the yn pors liberated by the heat of the matchin the frst piace and iy Hlaime subsequently, ‘he faults absolutely non-explosiye itself, gy when mixed with air, TheSumécun be said ot lis yapors. Ip wilter coursé burn when flame is applied, but won with the avidity or offen olls and can readily be blown out Willi the breath, There is no dan perolany sortin hauling 1, tor Tt will bor leulle trom leat loin bul only upon Lhe tamed application of name, which must Hualied against the satwe as 1h Lue ise of fas or kerosene, the sequences, (hough, balng less serious In thelr nature, A vreat saya luge is chit only ono brand of ihe Danlorth fuid exists lu the mart aud so bub Obe grade can be olfered ty Gonswiuers, and they Just what they litye jot lo dual with, avolding the dangers inetd tal 10 underproof kerosene ot doubtful quality sold throughout tounty Lo uisuspecling people The fuid can be ordered af from headquarters, 941 D street, Washington, D. C., 4s a furthers Huald, and 1s shipped dn gallon cans, or ui barrel lols dt required, sligie gallon will iusb Ud yachtsmen about 100 ditys, 80 Liat the Convenience of repeadly storligup 13 entirely dene away wif couple of cans aS Him iu fel for a whole season. A lady cently laughed at the idew of doing her cookin oh one of Lhe ch Un stoves, but on giving tia weel’s Lal reversed her opinions, f} ing It quite possible to gel breakiast for hve adults daily and an Tan stew lor twelve without dittivulty, Gervainly this 1s a resuitanore ilu cOMmMensirate WIL Lhe price Of The stove and Uie cost of dog it golug. We believe the thing 80 long wanted has been tound in the Danto) fluid stove, as Ibappears 10 Combine clenuliness, compactness, elit clency, safety and chtapness—inore 50 than Loyihing else yet pot yp ou the markeb, Thnutnerable tesiimontals might be produced trom those who hive given the stove 4 ftal, buo we Lave preferred to con pile the above from our Own Observations and experiences, Bup caution is refuired: Never try to substilule kerosene, easoiin Other olls, And be sure fo get Lie genuine uid Only Wefore 16 has b chance to be tampered With. Safety and satisfaction are certain 4 be the reward of these precautions to yachtstuen, campers | canoeists. ‘Nhe following purticuiars In phe prover manogement these stoves wisy be of service: ‘Nake the bntton from top of burier; pull ouf the wick, cutomtia charred portion and wilh wire on the end of the wick pull wick trom Lop Of tube 1-64 below the top. Then put on jie button, Tt arijews sel ob lop of stove be smuked there is tad litttle witk. Adda few Sirands more, A while chin plate one inch above Lue flame cannot be smoked in the least; but if the tame touches then i willsuokes Little, if aty, taulh cau be found with smell when put oul; that can be stopped by touching Lie bution wih u wet cloth, which instantly cools tie Durher ahd puts out the light. 7 ———ee eee A BUILDER'S CHALLENGE, ¥ Nitjlar Forest and Strewi: Isaw 40 ariicie in FOREST AND SrReam of Nov. 31n refevende ta racing yachts onthe rule of length measurement, 1s fallacy, @ Tagree wilh the writer of the ariicle (hat size measurement shoul be the rule Then we can proporiion our models which, tn our ju inent, will give the best form for speed, while takloe into eousider tion the accommodation for comforl and pleasure, What pleas can there bein or ol & yacht sike the Madge, bullp expressly speed amd nothing else? Sle was successtul lust sulimer, wAle Jeads many to the conclusion that she is ot tie best type tor sp ui [never saw the Wave nor the Shadow, but I know lhe Soheemerp over and know sheis not fasti in tough water. T know one or ty yachts that belong to no club, which, if rigged and putin radi order, Can beut the Mudve, but I cannot personally foto the expe But forthe purpose or maintalolng my views—which are that centreboard model 13 the best for speed tn our water—l mike the lowlng proposition or challenge, which will stand uotil wccepted: J Wil build & yacht 20 tl, long, 94g tbh wide and 2 ft, deap, which T will Sail agalnstany yaulit of Ley slz3 thal any man can balid on the eve termodal, The prize to be silverware, Its value notless than $100, (6 be pald for by the defeated puriy. Hast two In threo races shail de cide. Race in any water where spoed Gan be properly tested. Port, Washington, Lowy Tsland, Jan. 2. BE. A- Wiig {We are lad to find a builder of such Intelligence and famtitarity with yachting aifalrs agreeing With 113 on the Measnrament quest 50 far as Wi, Wilts" Ideas about model are concerned, they are, a all, only opinions with which we may honesthy differ. Actual fr 15, 80 Tar, Inch in favor or the cutter. Those who haye seen cul Balllng In Open water Cannot help considering {hem very much perlor to windward fo sneb eratt as Mischiet, Gracie, Fannie, eta A tatch between the iwo types is, however, much to be desired te settle the (uestion for all time, though we have so doubls as to the issue, It fair measurement ls applied | gee THE DIAMOND CANOK, Editor Forest andl Stream > I notice In your issue of Dec, 1 a communication of a diamond model" cinoe, Iam tle owner of one ol! phis particular model, pull by Ll. Joyner, of Glen Palls, N. ¥. Twas shown the * diamond™ model canoe by the above named bulider and decided it was just y Twas looking for. A canve came to hand in ane tine, and was tu up to my expectations, and even better tn some respects. fis e talnly much sleadien, stronger sid a better sea boat than 7 exp Could poosihly be gotten up et 30 In, beam, Wnd as to general a antes she 1s In every respech Up to the clalms of her builder, She Tenly well numed, being Glamound shaped on her waterline and little gem in quality. Sheis very likely toshow herself at the ranoe Ineeting on Lake Georre und perhaps will shinetn harir igbr, but at present this one is a, very Interesting feature in the Hud son Goat Club House, at 135th street and Hudson iver, Wy B. Oy Minhattonville, Dec, 27. ee HAVERUILL YACHT CLUB'S RECORD, Eilitor Foyoat and Styenm: a The Tlavenill Yaclit Clip was organized February 19, 1STd, and ong oF our rules adopted then, aud since printed in our salline regulits tlone, is as follows: No changes wil be allowed in ballast on bu (ay Of [he race, or (rimming by dead welsht during the race. A rules itis 4 Yachts may carry one wan for every five feet of len over OL” ‘THIS Seelis Lo be one or two af the principles of the Toront@ Yacht Olub's congratuiitions, Our leetis composed of small vable yaehts, none over twenty-seven feet over all: none nnder sixte feeh, We cun'n have very large ones, becalse we are on #11 tienty miles from the ocean, stiilimany of our bonts are once a year we all take a cruise for a week along the coast, : YACHTING NEWS, NEW OUTTER.—Lawley & Son, South Boston, live got oun {he stem, keel and post of the aisw eutter for Mr, T tadeltord, Gf Philadel- puis. Wetake the following details from the Bostou J/irald: Sle wil be42ib. long an deck, sé th Gin. on waterline, 7 i. diate ond § Tt, beam. ‘The kéel is af whitt oak, sided Ig inches, 271, deep, Lapel ing todd. Ou the bottom, The traries will he double, cach sided 2 in,, moulded 4 ih. al the keel and tapering (0 2in. ab the head; spaced zy in. Apt eh theceotre, between each of whieh will bea bent frame Qxiigin, Attached to Wy Keel there will be & shoe of lend weighing 6 tons, Bolted Wilh 15 Muntz metal bolts 13, in, in dlametur, WueERe beipg secured to tron floor bimbers by nuts on the enda. ‘ne planktig 18 of hurd pine, i 4 in. thick, plitop, sides and Imige plagks runnin the entire jevgthh, The flush deck is of best white pine, icx2 In, wiihoul butts on whieh will be a large skyllghs, GT) long, and a quadrant-suaped companion way. The musi Above dock will De 30 16, lone, 52 Inekes in dlaieter; Topmash, 2711. fle will Hive a slid- ing LoWsprip, ‘he Cabin will be yery spacious, with 4 long benthis and the usual lockers, chests of drawers and al) 1odera Improye- mints. Morward of (he cabin will be the galley, with sleeping acvom- modution tor a crew of 2 men, PORT AND ATARBOARD,—in steering a sailboat the rudder was AN oxr, OF # Hontd With ahandle, fastened on the rghnsldeas the Tiehusinan faced tie bow, aud colventent to his meht laid. Por a jong ume ali rudders, even when Jess siiyple, wert athached too ves- Bel on that slide, instead of being placed as now, directly astern, Hence Many suppo-e that starboard” is shorh tor *steerboard,” And 1s made trom that usage, as 16 refers to iherightalde. Haying made this explanation of starboard. the Koelish writers deriye “ar board * from Jasbourd, & corruption of tie Dutch bakbowd ; others, with @ little more plausibility, muke lirboard from tiv old Boglisn leer—lett—or the Dutch faager Loyd—lower bord; buy we must con- YeHs cilher bas seemed tO Us a farfetehed and uinatural explana toh. The Meditervanéan was whe frst bome Of nautical seleuce, and the Italian quella berdo—thap side, slorlened tO Yu hurd, and quesio beydo—thia side, shorrened to ‘stu bord, we haye always be- lieved to be the origin of phe terms, And 15 it was found that these two, (nitkly pronounced, were Wkely lo be mistaken tor each other, the substitution of * port "for larboard* becamé almost universal. This hada similar origin, Mort it tiunone—earty the helm, was the order, and the port” sidé was thus easily distinguished trom the Blarboard,—Jowrnal af Conmerce. CUTTERS BY WHOLASALE.—Not planks on edge, bul good, honest ships. D. J. Lawlor, of Chelsea, Mass., can hardly (urn them out fast enough, Heis modeling one flush devker for a gentleman of liila- délphia, to be 4516. on deck and sit beam. We wlll also putiup one for Mr. Augustus Hemmenway, Jr., 5) 16, on deck, 27 £6 on phe line, 7 tt, beam-and 7 ft. draft. Boston experience ts leading to much greater draft than customary in English cutters. Mr, Hemménway'’s ship will have tour tons best metal very low down on the keel, Phe same builder has under way 4 fine vesseltor Mr. Sydney W. Gurcess. she is @ GlULfer, 25 1, on deck, 40 tl. On the lintand Tih beam. with Git 6 in. draft! ‘Think ot that. America sees English cutters and foes them a couple of feet befler, Some p. ople said cutters were not sultable to our waters on accuunt of thel draft, and here we have American graft being built right under our nose in the Cradle of Liberty’ drawing fitty por vent. more than the forelyn orticle. We always Bald ihe scare aboub the cutters drat would prove a buagaboo, pure and slope, and ance the value of deep drath fairly es\ablished objec- tions would dissolve inio the ethereal nothuingnessof which they were coustituved, : aay ie y= Rm cas a FOREST oe Hes . THE WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND CUN. 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Dec30,tf. volumes have already been published. We furnish handsome file binders (price $1.25) which hold twenty-six bumbers, Each yolume ( ULEOUYT COCKER SPANIEL KENNELS.—For when completed may be returned to us for binding, the cost per volume being $1,650. At this slight additional expense each reader may | 4, biipareieuiniess ete ee WALKER preserve an unique library of substantial and permanent valve. r j Franklin, Del. Go., N. Y. July 21-tt SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME. Por sa a cenmaitar ot pened canara Per year, $4; $2 for six months. Toa club of three annual subscribers, three copies for $10; five for $16. Remit by post-office money x: onder, draft or registered letter. Give name, town, county and State. i and broken, satisfaction guaranteed. Address H Address FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO.,39 Park Row, N. Y. City. ter bitch and pair of pups 6 months old; one or all. Fullpedigree. M. A. DINSMORKE, Saligus, Mass. Dec29,36. Wee STER KENNEL CLUB'S Sensation, inthe stud, for $50. Address, Secretary W. K, C., Room 11, 2U6 Broadway, New York city. Dec22,46 ORTRAITS of Eastern Field Trial Winners of 1580, printed on fine tinted paper, will be sent post-oaid for 25 cents esch, or the five for $1 B. RICBMOND, Lakeville, Mass. Sept22,tf —Hes Kennel Advertisements nex! page, 480 Che Fennel. Cameron Kennel, Beagie Hounds bred tor bench and Aeld purposes, RALLY (Sam-Dolly); stud fee, $25. RACKET (Rally-L.ouise); stud fee, $25. COLDN CAMERON, Brickerville, Pa. OR SALE—From the Rory O’More Kennel, a brace of rémarkably fine thoroughbred red frish setter puppies (dog and bitch) 43¢ months old, by champion Rory O'More out of Pearl. Pearl is balf sister to Biz (of late Pennsylvania and Ten- nessee Fleld Trials), Sold singly or together, Ad- dress W. N, CALLENDER, Albany, N. Y. Jan5,imo, a PPORTUNITY—I have one poin‘er pup for Sale, Whelped Augusl 5, oulof my Snapshot §. whe by my Champlou snapshot and imported Pannie) and Mattle May (by Don-Gipsey). Pup is white and orange, nearly all pure white. WiIL make a large, sirong dog (sire weighs 70 1bs.) Has good disposition, and will proper handling would makea prize dog. No batter stock in America, B® A. SINCLAIR, Mottville, N. ¥. Dec29, tL . OR SALE—Dog Ben, Trish and blae Belton, {heroughly broken on partridze, woodeock and quali, Under thorouch subjection ; four years old. fost $100 for his breaking. No fanit, Wl sell che por exchange for breech-loading gun, Ad- dress J. 8. U., FOREST AND STREAM Office. Jani2,1, TEMASKETT KENNEL, N. H, VAUGHAN, pro- N prietor. Middleboro, Mass. Sporting dogs Proken and handled, also a number of broken dors forsale. Dogs abd puppies boarded on reasonable Semis. P, O. Box 3265, Sept22,tr DOR RED TRIS SEMTERS snd Cocker spanieis } oftne most fashionable blood address CHAS, DENISON, Hartford, Cr ee SALH.—Two pure bred Gordon setter pup- mes, dof and bitch, whelped May 26, 1881. Ad- dress, A. WEEKS, vocusi Valley, L, L Seprs, tf Janh 20 ST UNEHENGE ON THE DOG. Price 3 50. yor sale Dy Forest, ind Straam Pnhitahing Co. Sportsman's Goods, THE SNEIDER. Pat, 1865 Reis.1830 Pat. 1880 AND BOLT; AND DOUBL4 GRIP AUCTIONS. SIZES FROM 4 TO 20. Muzzle-Loaders Altered to Breech-Loaders, Fin-Fire Guns Altered to Central-Fire, Stocks Bent io Any Crook. GUNS BORED TO SHOOT CLOSE, Send for Illustrated Catalogue, Clark & Sneider, 24 W, PRATT STREET, BALTIMORE, MD. J. & W. TOLLEY, BATENTEES of the “PERFECTION” HAMMER- BATENTEES of the “GIANT-GRIP” ACTION. Makers of high-class guns only to the individual orders of gentlemen who cannot content themselves with a gun taken down from the shelf of agun-store, Umstrated lists, photos and directions for meas- Bement sent on application. J. & W. TOLLEY, Patentecs and Manufacturers, Pioneer Works, Birmingham, England. THE HUNTINGSIGHT & BYMAN’S PATENT (COMBINA- TION GUN SIGHT Makes a Sporting Ritle perfect. Send for eircular containing full description. Ad- WILLIAM LYWAN, MIDDLEFIELD, CONN. SSF ay y J UAL, Gee 1882 336 to all applicants, and to cuatoiiers with ’ arlene it. Tt contains five colored plates, Su) eneavinese about 200 prtkes, aod full descriptions, prices and directions for peritog 1500) varieties of Vervtable aud Wlower Seeds Piants, ult Trees, etc, Invaluatile toail, Send for it. Adifise, : D. M. FERRY & CO., Detroit, Mich. ove’ EASTWARD HO! or, Adventures at Rangels E Lakes, A capital story of sport and adventure fm the wilds of Maine. interesting alike to old ani Re ung. Has recelyed the highest commendations 3 the metropolitan press. Han asomely bound & cloth, And contains 37h pages, lilustrationn Went oy mall, postpaid, on recelpt of price, $1.50 GAARLES A. J. FARKAR, Jamaica Plain, Masa. FOREST AND STREAM) Sportsmen's Goods NEW. A Splendid Dog Whistle, Water-Tight Match-Box —AND— Reliable Compass, COMBINED. Nickel-plated metal. Sold by dealers in sports- men’s £0ds, or sent by mall on receipt of price, $1. WILBUR & GO., Box 2,832 N. Y. P, 0. THE CLIMAX PATENT GUN CLEANE® IS THE MOST PRACTICAL CLEANER AND ' OILER FOR BREECH-LOADING ARMS HYVER INVENTED. Tt operates on an entirely new principle, and itis astonishing how quick and well if wil mean and Oila gun. Hach cleanéris packe1 in a neat box With full directions for usé, wand will be sent to any address, postage paid, onrecelpt of 31,50 Hlastrated Gircutar Sent Free on Ap-~ plication Tu ordering give calibre of gun, nqguiries to be addresse t CLIMAX M’F’G CO,, Fall River, Wass, All ordors and Bird Dealers and Fanciers will find it to thelr advantage to call at Head- quarters, where they constantly can find a full assortment of Song and Fancy Birds, also all kinds of rare aulmals adapted lor Zoological Gardens and Show purposes. Chas. Reiche & Bro., 585 Chatham St., New York (Established 1547,) WE WILL BUY Liye Rocky Mountain Sheep, Beavers, Antelopes, Wolverines, Whooping Cranes, Wild Turkeys, Prairie Chickens, Qualls, Woodducks, Ete., Ete. THE SEW AMERICAN Breech-Loading Shot Gun. SIMPLE AND DURABLE Rebounding Lock. Choke-Bore Barrels For close, hard shooting excels all others, Extra heavy guns for ducks a specialty. Send stamp for circular. C. 8, SHATTUCK, Manufacturer, Hat- fleld, Mass. To Sportsmen: Why pay eight or ten dollors for cartridge load- {ng tools when you can get a handsome combined pocket Implement for $2 that will do the work of six ordinary tools? Sent by mail on receipt of pricc—s, 10, 12 or i4-gauge. Best recapper in use, Sent for 50 cents. JAS. H. DUDLEY, Poucurrrrsm, N. Y Botels and Boutes for Sportsmen. LEVE & ALDEN, TOUR AND EXCURSION MANAGERS, Offer to tourists and pleasure travelers an un- ren Varieiy of Tourist and Excursion Tickets oa Summer and Winter Resorts. aud polots of interest in the United States, Canad, West Indies, Central and South America, and Europe. General Passenger Agents of the ALLAN LINE ; ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS, BOSTON, PORTLAND, BALTIMORE. During Summer months from Quebee to Liver- pool, offering shortest possible sea route. --FIVE DAYS FROM LAND TO LAND.-- LEVE & ALDEN'S Chief Offde: 207 Broadway, N. Y. Boston, Mass., 201 Washington streer, Philadelphia, Pa., N. EH. Cor. Broad and Chestnut streets. f To LIVERPOOL via HALIFAX, IARRAR’S POCKET MAP of Moosehead Lake and the North Maine Wliderness, a valuable com- ates Tor the sportsman, hunter and lumberman, ately corrected and revised, and now acknowl edged to be the only correct map of this vast recion Sey, bound ta cloth aavers ice esipal, By iat cents, . amal Plain, Mass, es Hotels and Routes for Sportsmen. ASSOCIATED. SOUTHERN RAILWAYS, Rithmond & Danyille Atlantic Coast Bay Line, Line. Line. THE Preferred Routes to Florida AND Atlanta Cotton Exposition, October 5 to December 31, TIME TABLE IN EFFECT DECEMBER 1s, 1881. Richmond and Danville Line- Traim 54. Leaves New York *430am. Phila- delphia*7-06am, Baluimore “9:45am Arrives Lynchburg 5-55 pm. Danville *7-12 pm. Charlotte “12-40 nt, Atlanta "11-0 am. There makes same connections as No, 50 below. Pullman cars Dan- ville to Atlanta, and Atlanta to New Orleans. rain 52. Leaves New York +8-3)am. Phila- delphia 11-15 am. Baltimore 3-10 pm. Richmond "11-25 pm. Danville *7-.00 210. There connécts with No. 62 below. -Pullman Cars from Richmond to Danville. UW's truin connects Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays trom Baltimore at 4-00 9 m direct via York River Line for West Point and Richmond and connecting there with Train 50. Traim v2. Leaves New York {1-40 pm. Phila- delpbta {5-45 pm. Baltimore ts-50 pm. arrives at Lynchburg *4-45 am. Danville *6.57 am, Charlotte "05 p mL Atlanta “12-05 n't. Macon *630 am. Montgomery “7-55am, New Orleans “10-02 pom, 54 hourstrom New York, Pullman Cats New York to Washington, Wu-hington to Charlotte and Charieston. Arrives at Columbia *6-00 p m,and Augusta 10-20 pm. Savanah *2-45pm- Jackson Ville *s-00 a m. Train 50. ville "5-52 p m. Charlotte *i2é5 a m “12-00 pm. Macon *6-55p mm. Montgomery *9 00 Pm Mobile*s-l4am. New Orieans *10-22 p ti. Pullnan Cars New York to Atlunta vin Byachburg and Danville ani Atlanta to New Orleans, Arrives Culluibia, 5-338 a mm; Avgustu, 9-52 a my Savin- nah, 3-45 pm.; Jacksonville, 8 am. Atlantic Coast Lime, Train 40. Leaves New York “4-230am Phtla- delphia *7-!5am,. Baltimore *9-45am Arrives at Richmond “2-55 pm, Wilmington *10-50 p m. Charleston *6-45 am Savanna *10-20am. Jack- sonville #5-30pm. Pullman Sleepers Washington to Charleston. Train 48. Leayes New York *9-00 pm. W. Philadelphia *12-30 ani. Baltimore 4-35ath Arrives at Richmond “!1-30am. Wilmington *9-55 BY m. Charleston *6-45 am. Savannah *10-30am, Jack- sonyille *5-30pm. Columbia *6-20 am. Atlgusta *j0-43am. Macon 645 pm. Savannah *1-20am. Jacksonville via Augusta *5-30 pm. Pullman Sleep- ing Cars New York to savannah, Bay Line Leayes New York }2-40pm. Philadelphia 75-45 pm. Baltimore t8-15 pm. ‘Arrives at Portsmouth T#-i0am. Weldon tl-50 pm. Raleigh 77-35 pm. Wilmington *9-55 pm, Charleston *645am. Sa- vyannah *10-20a m. Jacksonyille 75-30 pm. Colum- bla "6-20 m. Augista *10-43 am. Savannah “7-20 am. Jacksonville via Augusta *5-30 pm, Pullman Sleeping Cars Weldon to Savannah * Daily. + Daliy, Sundays excepted. For reservation of berths, sections, and for tickets, time tables, and for all information, apply at 306 Washington street, Boston, 229 Broadway, New York.= 1845 and 835 Chestnut street, Phila,. Corner of Calvert and West Baltimore streets, Baltimore, 511 Pennsylyinia ayenue, Washington, and leading Ticket Offices Hast. A POPE, Gen'l Passenger Agent. “THE FISHING LINE.” TAKE THE Grand Rapids & Indiana R. R. THE ONLY ROUTE TO THE Trout, Grayling & Black Bass Fisheries, AND THE FAMOUS SUMMER, HEALTH AND GAME RE- SORTS AND LAKES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. The watersof the Grand Traverse Region and the Michigan North Woods are unsurpassed, if equaled, in the abundance and great variety of fish contained. BROOK TROUT abound in the stre: and the famous AMERICAN GRAYLING is found only in these waters. The TROUT season begins May 1 and ends Sept 1, apne GRAYLING Season opens June 1 and ends ov. 1. BLACK BASS, r1KE, PIOKEREL and MUSGA- LONGE, also abound in large numbers in the many lakes and lakelets of this territory. The Sports- man can readily send trophies of his skill to his friends or *‘ club” at home, as lce for packing fish can be had at nearly all points. TAKE YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU. ‘The scenery of the North Woods and Lakes is very beautiful The airis pure, dry and bracing. The cine eis pectliarly beneficial to those suffering Hay Fever and Asthma Affections. The hotel accommodations are excellent, and will be largely increased In time for the sea:on of 1881 by new buildings and additions. During the season ROUND TRIP EXCURSION TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT LOW RATES, and attractive train facilities offered to Tourists and Sportsmen. Dogs, Guns and Fishing Tackie Oarried Free at owner'srisk. It is our aim to Make sportsmen feel ‘at home” on this route. For Tourists' Guide a handsomely iltustrated book of 160 pagessentiree, ‘Time Cards, Folders and further information, address A. B. LEET, Gen'l Pass'T Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. NOTICE TO SPORTSMEN. SHOOTING IN CURRITUCE SOUND, NORTH COROLINA, A dally line of conveyances is established by Mr. M. H. Snowden between Snowden Station, Bliza- beth Clty and Norfolk Railroad and Currituck Court House on the Sound, leaving Snowden on arrival of Norfolk train connecting with Baltimore steamers and returning in time to connect with same train for aft rnoon Baltimore steamer. Time between New York and Currituck Court House, south-bound, twenty hours ; north-bound, twenty- four hours. M. Ky 4 Gen. Manager Elizabeth Clty & Norfolk R, R. Co. rTANDARY 12, 1882. — --—— Hotels and dtesorts for Sportsmen TO SPORTSMEN: The Pennsylvania R. R. Co, Respectfully invite attention to the SUPERIOR FACILITIES afforded by their lines for reaching most of the TROUTING PARKS and RACE COURSES In the Middle States. These lines being CONTINUOUS FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, ayold the difi- culties and dangers of reshipment, while the excel- lent cars whichrun over the smooth steel tracks — enable STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED without failure or tujury. THE LINES OF Pennslyania Railroad Comp'y also reach thé best localities for Gunning and Fishing in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS are sold at. the offices of the Company in 4il the principal citles fo KANH, RENOVA, BED- FORD, GRESSION, RAESTON, MINNEQUA, and other well-known centres for Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting and Still Hunting. Algo tio! TUCKERTON, BEAGH HAVEN, GAPH MAY SQUAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST renowned for SALT WATER SPORT ATER FIN AND FEATIER. : L, TP. BARMER, Gen’l Aass. Agent. FRANK THOMSON, Gen’l Manager. Chesapeake & Ohio R’y. THE ROUTE of the SPORTSMAN and ANGLER TO THE BEST HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA, Comprising those of Central and Piedmont Vir- ginia Biue Ridge Mountains, Valley of V- ja, Alleghany Mountains, Greenbrier and New es Kanawha Valley, and in¢luding in thelr varieties &: game and fish, deer, bear, wild turkeys, wild duck, ‘ouse, quall, snipe, woodcock, mountain trout, ass, pike, pickerel, ete. Guns, fishing tackle and one dog for each sports- man cariied tree. The Route of the Tourist, through the most beautiful and picturesque scenery ot the Virginia Mountains to the té Sulphur Springs and other famous summer resorts. The C. & O. R’y Is reached by rail at Huntingdon, W. Va., from the West, Northwest and Southwest; at Charlottesville, Va., from the North and East, and at Richmond, Va., from the South. The completion of the Peninsular Extension In the summer of 1881 affords THE ONLY ALL RAIL ROUTE TO THE ‘YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL,” and establishes a contingous rail line, yia Rich- mond, Va., and Huntlngion, W. Va., between the mouth of Chesapeake Bay and the Pacific Ocean H. W. FULLER, G. P. &. T, A., Richmond, Va, OLD DOMINION LINE. r per STEAMERS of this Line reach some of the tnest waterLowl and upland shooting sections in the country. Connecting direct for Chinvoteague, Cobb’s Island and points on the Peninsula, Cliy Point, James Riyer, Currituck, Florida and the mountainous country of Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk steamers sall Tuesday, Thursday aid Sat urday. Lewes, Del., Monday and Thursday Full information given ut office, 197 Greenwich street, New York, Bromfield House, Boston. MESSENGER, Proprietor. Wild Fowl Shooting. SPRINGVILLE HOUSE OR SYORTSMEN’S RE- TREAT, SHINNSCOCK BAY, L. L Y A PRACTICAL GUNNER AND AN OLD bayman. Has always on hand the best of boats, batteries, etu., with the largest rig of trained wild geese decoys on the coast. The best ground in the vicinity of New York for bay snipe shoo’ of all varieties, Special attention given by himse! to his eae aAndsatistaction guaranteed. Address WM. N. LANE, Good Ground, L. J. Refers by per- mission to J. ‘6. Shepherd, 891 Broadway, and Wm. Dutcher, 320 Broadway, N. ICHARDSON AND RANGELEY LAKES IL- LUSTRATED, a thorough and complete de book to the Rangeley Lake Region, Kenne- , Cupsuptic, Parmachness and Connecticut trom accurate sur- CHARLES —— =" d ome, orth Soto #20 Bete. Address STINSON & CO a {January 19, 1862. | FOREST AND STREAM. SPRATTY’sS PATENT GENUINE recelyini minster NONE ARE OS SS3qNQO the PG. award for Doy Biscul énnel Club, New York, God Medal; [rish Kennel Club, silve STAMPED. at the Paris ever Mota edal, € MEAT “FIBRINE” DOG CAKES. “SPRATIOS PATENT?” are Puryeyors by Appointment to all the principal Shows and Kennels in the United Kingdom and abroad. The Patent “ Fibrine” Cakes are used at the Dogs’ ee Jardin d’Acclimatation, Lear ete. They have been awarded over 30 Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals ; Kennel Club Special Medal; Grand Gold Medal, Hanover Dog Show, 1879; West- Te., ALC. BEWARE OF WORTHLESS IMITATIONS. Please seo that Every Cake is Stamped ‘SPRATT’S PATENT” and a WHOLESALE ACENTS, Packed in Cases of 112 pounds cach. SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 18 Seuth William Street, FRANCIS O. de LUZE & CO., NEW YORK. WESTERN AGENTS—B. KILTTRIDGE & CO., Cincinnati, 0, Seliscellaneoug SPORTMEN’S DEPOT, (ESTABLISHED 1836). Firat Premium at World's Fair at New York, and Centennial Exhibition. JOHN KRIDER, WN. E. Cor Second and Walnut Sts, Philadelphia, GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, Fishin; Tackle. R Reels, Hees Hooks, Files Leaders, Bnoods, Artie Bait, Fly Hooks, Ete. Salmon, Bass and Trout Flies, Made to Order. Also “ Krider’s” Celebrated ae Enamel Split and Glued Bamboo R Birdy’ Pees, and Birds’ Skins in sonar Varieties. axidermy in all its branches. Spratt’s Patent Dog Biscuit. Repairing of all kinds. Fishing Pants. TO ANGLERS: JOHN ENRIGHT & SONS, Fishing Rod & TackleMiakers Castle Connell, near Limerick, Ireland. Reels and Lines to match balance of roda. No ents. All information respecting fisheries on the Shannon in this locality, as also Catalogues of our greenheart rods and oe assortment of tackle, to be had on applicatio: This lever is a solid piece of steel; “SHORE NOR- WEGIAN General Debility, | Scrofala, )) Rheumatism AND STREAM.” I. HAUNTS AND HABITS. II. RANGE AND MIGRATIONS. III, A MORNING WITHOUT THE BIRDS. daliscellaneoug KNAPP & VAN NOSTRAND, POULTRY «> GAME, Nos. 289 and 200 WASHINGTON MARKET, NEW YORE. THE BEST , Cleaner and Ciler —oo¥ For Hreecb-leading Anns {mn market. Foy One Dollar, one Cleaner, patches Brush and fuil dirsotions seni free of postzze. Tn ordering give callie of gun. Send fer errcular. Pat ' Address Ta YARDLEY BROW Mining, Pei |} Consignments of all kinds of game solicited WE CHARGE NO COMMISSION. We accept consignments. Allow market price day of arrival, and send checks every Tuesday for all invoices of previous week. KRUG & CO’S CHAMPAGNES! STANDARD AWD DRY. The Sporisman's Wing {1 JOSEPH GILLOTTS A. ROCHEREAU & CO., STEEL PENS SOLE AGENTS, SotnBy ALL DEALERS Trroussourc WORLD| | 6 South Willliam St., New York. ‘GOLD MEDAL PARIS EXPOSITION—-I878. 16 aud 1S St. Louis St., New Orleans. VINCENT BiSSIC, Practical Gunsmith 9 CHAMBERS ST., NEW YORE, | New and Second-Hand Guns, Pistols, etc., con- ptantly on hand. Repairing of every desert Hed done in the best manner and warranted. Sored fo shoot close and hard. Pistol grips fitted to stocks. Pin fires altered to central fire, SHELLS LOADED TO ORDER. GOOD’S OIL TANNED MOCCASINS. The best thing In the market tor hunting, Paes Bnow-shoelng, etc * mh ‘ easy to to the feet, aD eee Bush Veterinary surgeon and gin this yy that Ranost net tie Horse m durable. Made to order and Ga; i aarat ubter, says th worthless trash. He . in a vartety of styles, and says that Sheridan's Ovndition Powders are absolute! - stat ranted the 9 genuine ar- and immensely, valuta eae Hels. Send for Brice list MARTIN 8. HUTCH- iat pea Hayopinefooa. Soldey create o INGS, P.O, Box-a6s, Dover, N, H._(Susvessor, to nail for eight | SON & 00., | Frank Good). & ANTHONY, Boston Rae Ae rng eee xe ” | Agents, goes through and through the body. Suortsmen's Goads. ; HODGMAN & CO. 425 BROADWAY AND 27 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK, ARE OFFERING THE LARGEST STOCK OF Russer Fisnine Ourrits, COMPRISING FISHING PANTS, FISHING BOOTS, BLANKETS, Light, Black, White or Tan Color Coats, AND COMPLETE RUBBER SPORTING OUTFITS ESTABLISHED 1838.) Send for Catalogue = C. H. EUTEBROUK, 27 Dock Sq., Boston, Mass. Guns made to order. BIRDS.” A REPRINT OF PAPHRS ON THE SUBJECT WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THH ‘FOREST IV, NOMENCLATURE. ¥. LOCALITIES. , VI, BLINDS AND DECOYS. Sent om receipt of price, 15 cents, by the FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. Bublications. THE FARMER'S ANNUAL HAND-BOOK For 1882 Compiled by H, P. Armsby, Ph. D., Professor of Agricultural Chemistry in the Storrs Agricul- turals School; and E. H. Jenkins, Ph. D, Chem- ist to the Connncticut Agricultural-Bxperi- ment Sattion. Itis the object of this little book to bring to gether, ina convenient, portable, and cheap form, much information of great practi ‘al value to the farmer, but which is scattered through yarlous books, bulletins, and reports. It aims to be to agriculture what the engineer’s and mechanics” hand-tooks are to engineering and mechanics— & book accurate enough for the library, handy enough to be carried every day in the pocket, and cheap enough for all. Tt contains a diary forthe year, and numerous tables, the most of which are: The average purity and vitality of American seeds as found in the market; directions for esti- mating the alaount of manure produced on the farm; frequency and duration of heat in farm- animals suitable age for weaning. Calender for determining the period of gestation of farm and domestic animals—mares, ewes and she-goats, sows, bitches, and cats—largely based on the observations of American cattle-breeders. The stock-breeder’s register, contalning columns for envering name or mark of animal, when served; {E cow, when dry: trom — to —5 when due, date of coming in, sex of young ; remarks, The ayerage composition of fertilizers and fer- tilizing materlals as soldin the American market, compiled from American analyses, with remarks and explanations, Feeding standards for farm-animals; tables or the composition of fodders and feeding-stuffs, complied chiefly from American analysis; the ay- erage digestibility of fodders and Teeding-stufs. The above is but a part of the contents of this most usefut little volume, 16mo, cloth, Price, 50 cents. Forsale by book- sellerrs; or will be sent by mail, postage prepaid, on receipt ol price, by D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers. 1,3 &5 Bond Street, New York. x” NONE ARE ” GTAMPEB, To be had in smaller quantities of Grocers and the Sperting Geods Trade Generally. PublicationgZ, Any of the Following Boeks Sent om Receipt of Price by Forestand Stream Pub. Co. 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The only complete and bei rehensive guide Dook to Northern Maine and ead waters of the Kennebec, Penobscot, St. Tonn's and Aroostook rivers, andthe numerous lakes and ane connected with them. 256 pages, 30 Hlustrations and iarge map, Tinted paper, 1 luminated covers. Price, by mall, Rost-at cents, CHARLES A. J. FARRAR, Jamal Mass. THE a ahe HOW TO USEIT TO KILL EVERY ‘ATR WING SHOT. By Gwynne Price, G U Nv Vice-President Sportsmen's Olub, St a Mo., who defeated Bogardus. “Trap shooting. Plunge-trap and Class Shooting Ex- ped. ‘American Field’ says: ‘* Jt possesses ps4 ine merit.” ‘Kennel & Field? Says: “ Every that uses a gun should have it," Malled for 0, en or currency, by GWYNNE PRICE, St t Mo. 482 FOREST AND STREAM. January 19, 18&g. Ammunition, Ete. ORANGE SPORTING Powder. Orange Lighining. Orange Ducking. Orange Rifle. Creedmocr. ELECTRIC BLASTING APPARATUS, Send postal card for ILLUSTRATED PAMPHI. "IT, showing SIZES of GRAINS of POWDER. Furnished FREE. Lailin & Rand Powder Co., No. 29 Murray Street, New York, CUNPOWDER! Dupont’s Rifle, Sporting and Blasting Powder. THE MOST POPULAR POWDER IN USE! Douront’s GUNPOWDER MILLS, established in 1802, ave maintained their great reputation for seventy- eight years. Manuiacture the iollowing celebrated jerands of powder : an Dupen?t’s Diamond Grain.—Nos. 1 jes) @e 4 (fine) unequalled in strength, quickness anc gleanliness; adapted for glass-ball and pigeun ghooting. Packedinilb canisters, Dupont'’s Kagle Ducking.—NO0s. 1 (coarse) 0 3 (fine); burnsslowly, strong and very Clean; reat penetration, wilh a close pattern; adapted ior glags-ball, pigeoo, duck and other shooting, With either muzzle or breech toaders. Packed in 1 ib. and 5 1b. canisters aud 647 and 1239 lb. kegs. Dupont’s Cheke Bore.—specially adapted for “Choke Bore” Guns, and particularly for prai- | rie and upland shooting. Burns slowly, strong and moist; does not cake or burn on the barrels, gives both a good penetration and a close pattern; willl be found well adapted for glass-ball and pigeon shooting. Made of twosizes, only No, 7 and No. 5, Io. 7 being the coarsest. Packed in 64 lb. kegs and 11». canisters. Dupont's Hagle Rifle.—A quick, strong and slean poder, very fine grain, for pistol snooting. Packea in 11b. canisters and 6% 1b. kegs. Dupont’s Hitle Fg. “Sva-Sheoting.*— F¥g. and FFFyg. The Fs. for long-range rifie shoot- ing, the Fig. and bF Fg. for general use, burning strong and moist. Packed in jy 1b.,11b. and 6 1b, eanisters, 637, 1234 aud 25 1b. kegs. Pg. coarse, FF¥¢. the. Dupont’s Sporting, Mining, Surerinea and Blast- mg Powders of all sizes and descriptions. Special Srades for Export. Also Rifle, Cartridge, Mus- cet, Cannon, Mortar, Mammoth, Hexagonal, Cubi- gal and Pellet Powder, U. 8. Government Standard. Powder manufactiived to order of any required grain or proof. ¢ P Agencies in all the citics and principal towns chroughout the United Staies. Represented by F. L, KNEELAND, 87 Beaver St., N. Y. MN, B.—Use none bunt DUPONT'’S Fg. or Fg, ior grange rile S..0uliug, Oriental Powder Mills, BOSTON, MASS. Western Sporting, Wild Fowl! Shooting, Falcon Ducking, SPORTING POWDER. ALSO ALL GRADES OF Blasting Powder. Agencies at ail Principal Points in the West. FSTERBROOK’S Pens Leading Numbers: 14, 048, 130, 333, 161. For Sale by all Stationers. THE ESTEREBROOK STEEL PEN CO., Works, Camden, N, J. 26 John St.. New York Gnmunition, Lite. The Hazard Powder Co., MANUFACTURERS OF Gunpowder Hazard’s ** Blectric Powder.? Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). Unsurpassed in point of strength and cleanliness. Packed in square cane isters of one pound only. Hazard’s ** American Sperting.”” Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse), In1 1b. canisters and 61 lb. kegs. A fine grain, quick and clean, for up- land prairie shooting, Welladapted to shot-guns Hazard’s ** Duck Shocting.?? Nos. 1 (fine) to 5 (coarse), Im 1 and 5 1b. canisters: and 617 and 124 Ib. kegs. Burns slowly and very clean, shooting remarkably close and with great penetration. For field, forest or water shooting it ranks any other brand and itis equally serviceable for muzzle or breech-loaders, Hazard’s “* Kentucky ifle.?* FEFG, FFG and**Sea Shooting” FG in kegs of 25, 123g and 637 1bS. and cansofé5lbs. FFFGis also packed in 1 and ¥ Ib. canisters. Burns strong and moist, The ¥F FPG and FFG are favorite brands for ordinary sporting and the ‘*Sea Shooting” FG is the standard Rijie Powder of the country. Superior Mining and Blasting Powder. GOVERNMENT CANNON and MUSKET POW-~ DER; also, SPECIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT OF ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF MANUFAC- TURED TO ORDER. The above can be had of dealers, or of the Com~ pany’s Agents, In every prominent city, or whole gale at our office. 88 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. REMINGTON RIFLES, SHOT GUNS, PISTOLS, &C. Ask for Prices. ALFORD, WARD, DAVENPORT & CO. 85 Champers Street, N, Y. Saiscellayeons Advertisements. The Parker Gun. SS Fa Again Victorious atthe Late Exposition at MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, THE PHILADELPHIA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE says: “ At Melbourne they bad an excellent op- portunity of testing their powers beside those of every exhibitor in the world, and they came off con- querors oyer every other maker. Their highest award comes to them from a country whose reputation for this class of goods has for many years been above all others.” They have been In the hands of shooters for the past sixteen years and stood the severest test, and haye won more laurels than any other gun when brought in competition in the field or at the trap, At Coney Island this year, at the New York State Convention, the PARKER won the Pierce Diamond Badge and the ‘‘ Forest and Stream” Badge for the best average over nearly 200competitors. Send for Catalogue, PARKER BROS, Meriden, Conn. CARIYS STANDARD TRAP, FOR WING PRACTICE, SHOW ROOMS, 97 Chambers St., N. Y. “STANDARD” Double, Single, Rotating, Stationary, ii] EVERY WAY (EXCEPT AT SHOOTER). ANY DE- } SIRED DIRECTION. ALL IN ONE TRAP AND ONLY ONE SPRING USED. | : MM i TNC LITE) Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Wifles, Pistols, and all Kinds of Sporting Goods, GREENER’S AND BONEHILL'S GUNS A SPECIALTY. Orders taken for Konehill’s New Hammerless Guns. WILL. H. CRUTTENDEN, Cazenovia, Madison County, N. Y. Illustrated Catalogue sent free on application. EB. F. NICHOLS & CGo., BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, Manufacturers of HEXAGONAL SPLIT BAMBOO FISHING RODS, REMOVED TO 153 MILK STREET, Weare obliged to have more room in our factory and greater facilities for manufacturing our goods to meet the increasing demand. We have recefyed the highest award and silyer medal at the Mas-. Charitable Mech antes’ Association Fair for our superior goods. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 9 FIRST PRIZE MEDALS. 3 KINGS CIGARETTES MILD, FRAGRANT, By WILLIAM S. KIMBALL & CO., HIGH WROUCHT, NUORKISH, VURGINIA and a small por- Peerless Tobacco Works, CHAMPAGNE. THIS WINE Is acknowledged by judges to be the best cuvée mow in existence. It is se= lected by the Czar and is largely con- sumed by the nobility of Hussia, who arc known to be connoisseurs of cham= pagne. AND tion of choice PERIQUE—a mixture not found | Particularly Agreeable. in any other Cigarette. £66 a week in your own town. Terms and $5 outfit free, Address H. HALLETT & OO., RGSHESTER, N. Y. Portland, Maine. REMINGTON’S MILITARY, SPORTING AND HUNTING REPEATING RIFLES. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. KEENE’S PATENT. Simplest, Most Efficient, Indestructible. Adopted by the U, S. Government in the Navy and Frontier Service. 10 Shots, .4B Cal., 70 Grain Standard Government Cartridges. Prices: Carbines, $22; Frontier Rifles, $22; Sporting and Hunting Rifles, $25. Discount to the Trade Only. Send for Catalogue and Price Lists. ; E. REMINCTON & SONS., 283 Broadway, N.Y. P. O. Box 3,994, Whe Baker Guns. DAMASCUS STEEL, - + BEND BTAMT FOR DESORIPTIVH OFROULAR. OUR DOUBLE GUN. PRICE, BEST ENGLISH TWIST BARRELS, OUR NEW MODEL The Best Gun made for THREE BARREL DURABILITY CUN. — AND — FIG.E SHOOTING QUALITIES = 7 $45 - 869 to $200 gun is light and compact, from9 to10 Iba. welght. The rifie is perfectly accurate.” Cc. SMITH Maker, Syracuse, N. Y. THE AMERICAN S PORTSMAN?S = ==N = \ N aN \ . \ JOURNAL. ® Entered According to Act of Congress, in the year 1881, by the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, in the Ofiice of the Librarian of Congress, ab Washington, Terms, $4 a Year. 10 Cts, & Copyel Six VWRenths, $23. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1882. Vol, 17—No, 25. twos. 39 and 40 Park Row, New York. CONTENTS. EDITORIAL :— Pistol Shooting; The Delaware Fish Commission; Oscar ye Wild Goeth a-Angling ; Bye-Ways of the Northwest... THE Srorrsaan Tourist :— Seas Asleap; Memory in Lions ; Minnesota Game Re- i Mortar rere oie oeet tet giata Mytat eects ore ela nare Seal platel fe Bat 483 NavturaL History :— Do Crows Hold Court? The Mistletoe ; Questions About Wild Turkeys..,.-............. Pepin Gawe Baa and Guy :— From Rangeley to Arnold’s Gog; A North Carolina Duck- ing Trip; Machine Rest and Target for Testing Guns; The Cause of Rust im Gun Barrels ; ; Duck Shooting on Moriches Bay; Wing Shooting vs. Treeing ; Muzzle and Breech ; Loading for Gameé..,...-.-,...--0e.-eeeee ees . 488 SEA AND River Fisuine :— The Angler's Dream; The Alewife in Inland Lskes; Color of Gut; A Perfeot Day; Directions for Collecting and Preserving Fish; New Eogland Visheries.............. . 491 FPISHOULTURE -— The Great German Fish Hatchery....,.. THE KennEL :— Training vs. Breaking ; Quartering, Styleland Speed ; Pitts- burg Dog Show; Byron Honnds ; Kennel Notes......... 493 RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. ..... ..--+-.--eac--ae Kddeniale 495 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.........-.----00ceee eee ee nes 495 YACHTING AND CANOEING -— A NGwyiWanloene, ose Sees eaas bees eae BE ee Fs 496 TO CORRESPONDENTS. The FOREST AND STREAM Is The recognized medium of entertainment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. Communications upon the subjects to which its pages are devoted are invited from every part of the country. Anonymous communications will not be regarded. No correspond- 6nt’s hame will be published except with his consent. The Hditors cannot be held responsible for the views of correspond- ents. Snbscriptions. Subscriptions may begin at any time. The subscription price is $4 per year; 32 tor six months. To a club of three annual sub- seribers, three copies for $10; five copies for $16. Remittances should be sent by registered letter, money-order, or dratt payable to the Forest and Stream Publishing Company. The paper may be obtained of newsdealers throughout the United States and Canadas; and is on sale in Hurope by The American Exchange, 449 Strand, W. C., London, Eng.; and by Sm. Terquem, 15 Boulevard, St. Martin, Paris, France. For Sane py Newspsaters EyERYwHERE, Advertisements, Inside pages, nonpureil type, 25 cents per line. Special rates for three, six and twelve months. Reading notices 50 cents per line— eight words to the line, and twelye limes to one inch, Advertisements should be sent in by the Saturday of each week previous to the issue in which they are to be inserted. Address: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., Nos. 39 and 40 Park ot New York City. FOREST AND STREAM. Thursday, January 19. PISTOL SHOOTING. HE doubt with which some of the correspondents of the Forrest AND SrrEam met the assertion that the story of the cowboys of the West and South-west hitting telegraph poles from sixty yards off was somewhat of a myth, opens the question as to what may fairly be done with these small arins. The subject is very barren of record. We have pistol shooting displays in plenty and, probably, in one case in this city may be seen as fine a showing of bona jide targets as can be met with anywhere in the world. Hach record has upon it, too, the exact conditions under which it was made, and those conditious were the best possible for the production of high scores. The pistols used in gallery practice are made specially for such employment, with ten or twelve inch barrels, single breech-loaders and carefully balanced, with sights open, but capable of the finest adjustment. Itis very rarely the ease that peep sights are employed, but they may be if thought desirable. With such a weapon the good holder may rely on securing satisfactory results. Using the short .22 calibre cartridges these pistols afford an endless amount of amuse- ment at a very limited cost, and up to moderate distances are unexcelled. With them shots may be grouped by ten ora dozen on spaces to be coyered-with a silver half dollar. It is such shooting as this that stands recorded in our weekly ac- counts from the shooting galleries. But there is another class of small arms, and they out- number the gallery shooting machines one hundred to one. They are the revolvers of all classes that are turned out in such immense numbers from the various factories. They are marvels of strength, ingenuity and cheapness, and in many cases are as inaccurate as they are pretty to inspect and handle. What these weapons will do under careful test is very wide of an unknown quantity. A few days ago the qvestion was put to the agent of one of the most popular and generally regarded as the best of this class of weapons, whether any test was made of them before shipment from the factory, and the idea of trying a pistol for accuracy seemed to strike him as a noyel one. With him a pistol was a pistol, and having been carefully made, as he knew this particular brand of revolver to be, he could not conceive how it could be anything but an accurate and exact shooter. There is a great deal of pot-Juck work in the pistol manufac- ture, and the majority of those turned out are blank failures when called upon to do any hitting, even at the most moder- ate distances. Taking, for instance, the regulation distance of 12 paces or 36 feet; over this any pistol worth the making ought to shoot with the utmost exactness. We have received many letters from correspondents speak- ing of fine scoring done; and we should be pleased if the writers would send on a target of 10 consecutive shots fired strictly off-hand at 12 paces distance. We will measure the striag and publish the results. In each case particulars of the sort of pistol used ought to accompany the score dia- gram. In this way something practical in the way of record may be arrived at as showing what the various classes of small arms will do. We have seen 10 shots from a smooth bore dueling pistol, carrying a 4 vunce ball, crowded on the space of a trade dollar, but this was fine holding and the weapon was of a capital make. What is wanted is some determination of the average value, as shooting implements of the million odd pocket-poppers of every description which are scattered here and there over this land. — os THE DELAWARE FISH COMMISSION. NB5 of the last to enter upon fishculture, as a State in- dustry, was Delaware. A reagon for this might be found in the fact that the culture of salt-water fishes has but just begun, and her fisheries are mainly in salt and brackish water. With the exception of the Delaware River on her Eastern bordershe has nolarge rivers; and hersmall streams, which mainly flow into that river and the great Delaware Bay, are short. But little interest had been taken in the culture of fish in Maryland, until the appointment of Col. Enoch Moore, Jr., as Commissioner, on the 22d of April, 1881. His appoint- ment was for two years, and the sum of three hundred dollars was appropriated to carry on the work, allowing the Commissioner $2 per day for each day of actual service. This fall Col. Moore received and distributed 3,000 German carp, mostly to private ponds,-and, such is the desire of the people for more, he has over fifty applications for them, which he cannot fill until next spring. This is a very good showing for the few months during which Ool. Moore has been in office, and shows how an energetic man can awaken public interest in this subject, even with such an insignificant appropriation, by merely taking hold of it. Since the appointment of a Commissioner an interest in the good work seems to haye sprung up in all parts of the State, and in the city of Wilmington a fishcultural club has been formed, called ‘*The Delaware Fishcultural Associa- tion.” Its officers are: Dr. E. G. Shortledge, President ; Hon. Mayor John P. Almond, Secretary; 8. N. Pusey, Treasurer. This society has for its object the stocking of the streams wilh food and game fishes, and they have one pond of seven to niné acres with a few carp in it; one pond of three-fourths of an acre, containing 30 leather and 39 scale carp, which will spawn this coming spring. From these small beginnings we expect a future for fishculture in the State of Delaware. OSCAR Y® WILD GOETH a-ANGLING. HE adyent of the English westhete Oscar Wild has nearly turned the heads of the ultra-impressables of New York; and we felt flattered when a highly-perfumed note, in an envelope which exceeded in glory the cover of The Century, invited us to a little lunch and fishing excursion. We missed the lunch and hastened to Pier 42, Hast River, the spot designated as the one to be honored by the poet, aitist and piscator. It was a bright morning; and the end of the pier was occupied by little Patsy Hooligan, and a few friends of his own age, seven tonine, who were fishing from the string-piece. The sun, glancing brightly upon the liquid surface of a passing mud-scow, caused Mickey Gilhooly to turn his face to avoid its glare, and looking up the dock, he exclaimed: ‘‘Hi, Patsy wots this a-coming down the dock ?” Patsy turned quickly, and dropping the broken barrel-hoop which did duty for a rod, simply exclaimed: ‘‘ Well, I’ll be blowed!” We also turned and saw a tall form enveloped in an ulster which reached to his shoes, a sunflower stuck in his button-hole, hair down to his shoulders, and a general lankiness which, to our trained optics, plainly denoted’ the westhete, even if he had not been accompanied by ‘‘ twenty love-sick maidens,” each with her waist under her arms, or none at all, and decorated with daisies, lilies, cat-tails and other emblems of the Renaissance. We lifted our hat as we bade him ‘‘ good morning,” feeling that its nine dollar’s worth of Broadway style paled before the artistic seal-skin cap with beaver trimmings, which sur- mounted the esthete’s dome. The maidens exclaimed in chorus: ‘QO, isn’t this the uttermost verge of the utter?” Patsy Hooligan picked up a stump of a Third avenue cigar and chewed the end in meditative silence, as became a dis- ciple of the gentle Izaak. The gulls flitted toward Black- wells Island, and the breeze laden with the spicy odors from Hunter’s Point played with the flowing locks of Oscar the Wild. The poet produced a rod made by Keats & Co and a reel by Walt Whitman, aad using a silk lily for a fly pro- ceeded to cast. ‘The maidens folded their hands and sighed. Patsy Hooligan whispered to Mickey Gilhooly. We caught the words: ‘‘She’s a-lying on top of a spile down under dere; slip down and fix it.” ‘*Won’t you give me away ?” asked Mickey. ‘‘ Naw, what dye yer take me fur?” scorn- fully answered his preceptor; and the younger of the two disappeared up the pier, and then down underit. The gulls screamed and the water lapped merrily against the pier. We were wrapt in admiration of the beauty of the scene when one of the rapturous maidens exclaimed: “A bite!” The poet's eye and his reel, both in fine frenzy rolling betokened resistance on the pliantrod, which bending under the weight of its prey seemed » sentient thing of lite exjoying the struggle. The maidens clasped their hands firmer: We held ourbreath. He landed on the pier at our feet, his feet and the forty feet of the maidens, a drowned kitten, which was not arecent one. The gulls laughed, the maidens blushed twenty blushes, und the odors of Hunter’s Point subsided in deference to superior force. We ordered a horse-car, on the “ belt line’ and gave directions to drive to Fulton Market, pondering in the meantime upon the uses of the cat-tail in decorative art, and sorrowing that on Pier 42, there was only one to divide vetween those twenty-one persons of refined and elevated tastes. +> Tre St. Nionoras Gon Cron has recently been organized. Its membership is limited to the members of the well-known St. Nicholas Club of New York. The new organization starts out with a roll of sixteen names, and includes some experts with the shot-gun. ‘The management is in excellent hands, and the club’s future most promising. A novel feature of the published set of rules is the provision of some blank score leayes bound up with the book to serve as a per- manent record of the scores made during the year. We welcome the St. Nicholas Gun Club to the long list of similar societies of business and professional gentlemen, who seek relaxation from their work in the manly sports of the field. A Maonryg ror Trstixe Guys has been devised by Mr, F. G. Farnham, who publiches a description of it in this paper. We understand that it answers its purpose most admirably It is a very important addition to this class of machines. 484 BYE-WAYS OF THE NORTHWEST. ELEY HNTH PAPER, HE year 1881 will long be memorable in the annals of British Columbia salmon fisheries. As indicated in # previous letter, a good run was looked for in the river thir season, but up to the middle of July no fish had been taken, The boats had, however, been drilting for them for a week previous, aad the presence at the mouth of the river of great numbers of bonaparte gulls, or, as they are called here, hoolachan gulls, was regarded by the fishermen as a sure sin that the fish were at band. About the twentieth of July salmon began to be taken, and it was not long before the run had so increased that it became impossible for the canneries to use allthe fish caught, and a portion of the boats were taken off, Early in August the catch was from 75,000 to 80,000 fish per diem, with only one-half the boats employed. Tbe canneries were all run at their fullest capacity, and the enormous catch was the talk of the town. At all hours of the day and night some of the steamers employed in col- lecting the fish from the small boats which do the drifting, were tied up at the wharves, unloading theirgtittering freight, and great piles of the shapely fish were to be seen at the landing-places all along the river. No matter how fast these piles were removed, they were almost at once renewed. The fish were mainly the sockeye salmon and averaged from eight to ten pounds in weight, but there were not wanting specimens of the quinnat, the so-called spring salmon of the Fraser, which ran from fifty up to seventy, and even eighty and one hundred pounds. The nets used in the capture of the fish are ordinary drift gill-nets with a 5 7-8 inch mesh, about forty meshes deep and one hundred fathoms in length. They are cast off in the usual manner and drift down stream with the current, meet- ing the advancing salmon which are swarming up the river. From Ewen’s cannery I procured a record of the catch of a few of the boats on one or two ayerage days, which is as follows: ; August 9, five boats took 970 fish. August 9, six boats took 1,667 fish. August 10, six boats took 1,492 fish. August 11, six boats took 1,538 fish. Which gives an average of about 244 fish, or rather more than 2,000 pounds to the boat. All the canneries employ steamers {o patrol the fishing-grounds, and as soon as a boat has a load, it proceeds to its steamer and transfers its catch, the fish being counted as they are receiyed, In this way no time is lost by the fishermen, who are enabled to keep their nets in the water almost all the time. trip. All the canneries are at the water's edge, and the fish are no sooner landed, than the work of prepsring them be- gins. An Indian throws them into a large tub of clear water, from which they are taken one by one, by a women who places the fish on a table before which she stands, and with a large knife removes the head; she then slides it along fo a man who, by a single cut of his knife, remoyes the entrails, and cuts off the fins and tail. The offal is pushed aside into a gutter which leads into achute, and that into the river. The fish is now passed on info a tub of clean water, and after being washed is carried to the cutting table. Here there is a cam armed with knives about four inches apart, which cuts the fish into Jengths, and the p’eces are then placed in the cans, which are filled up even with the top. These are then passed to another set of workmen, who put on the coyera, and then-go to the solderer. Several new in- ventions have been recently patented for soldering on the covers, so that the rendering of each can perfectly air-tight occupies but a small fraction of a minute. Twelve dozen soldered cans are placed in a shallow tray made of strap iron, and this tray is suspended by a chain in a vat of boil- ing water. The cocking occupies but a few niinutes, and on its removal from the water, the rack is placed on a table, and a Chinaman with a small wooden mallet taps each can on the top. The expansion of the contents has made the cover bulge outward, and by tappiog it with the mallet the operator is at once able to determine whether the soldering is perfect,{and the can air-tight, or not. If on being tapped, the coyer yields noticeably, it is evident that there is an escape for the air, and the can is rejected. The operator then reverses his mallet, which is armed on the other end with a small tack, and with a light blow punctures each can, allowing the escape of the air and steam confined in it, and often of a portion of the juices of the fish. As soon as this iscoae, another workman seals up this aperture with fresh solder, and the cans are ready to be Jabeled, boxed, and shipped to a market. The amount put up at this cannery was about 500 cases each day, each case holding, on an aver- age, ten fish. ‘The run of sockeye salmon lasts usually from four to six weeks, and during this time the factory is run from four o’clock a. mM. to seven or eight o'clock p. w., and the work goes on without interruption on Sundays as well as week days. Notwithstanding the enormous numbers of fish which are caught, it was said by old fishermen that in their cpinion not one outof ten thousand of those that enter the river were taken, That the proportion of escaping fish is large; Eee When the steamer z a full load, she proceeds to her wharf, where by means of iron forks and pikes, the salmon are tossed on to the plat- forms. A steamer will land from §,000 to 20,000 fish each ———SSSsss—— FOREST AND STREAM. cain be inferred from the great numbers that are secured, and that without any special effort, by the Siwashes and others farther up the river. Two million fish is a very small esti- mate for the number taken to supply the New Westminster canneries during the fishing season, yet further up the river the salmon are scooped up in purse nets by the Indians almost as fast as the net can be swept through the water. An excursion up the Fraser River to the town of Yale, ‘he head of navigation of the lower Fraser, had been planned by Mowitch, and taking one of the comfortable river steam- ers, one afternoon, we set out with a charming party of friends. The river near its mouth is very muddy, thus resem- ‘ling the Missouri, but as progress is made up its course, it becomes less and less turbid until when Yale is reached, the water, though not yet limpid, has lost its muddy appearance and is beautifuily green like that of Niagara. The current ij everywhere very rapid, and at certain points, where the channel is narrow and the banks steep, its violence is so great that it seems as if it would be impossible for the vessel to overcome its force, The valley of the river for some distance above New Westminster is rather broad and the bottom ex- tensive and covered with a superb growth of large cotton- woods, The mountains are not very high, seldom exceeding 4,000 feet, and only occasional.patches of snow are to be seen on them. ‘Their sides are for the most part very steep, and we saw frequent evidences of extensive landslips, which had laid bare great areas of dark-red rock, which served as beauti- ful contrasts to the prevailing dark-green of the foliage. Sal’s Peak is a noteworthy mountain of great beauty, and Silver Peak, another fine mountain, takes its name from a silver nine Which has been opened near its summit. In many places along the river are to be seen the evidences of the min- ing operations which began here twenty years ago. The gravel and sand bars, and often long stretches of the bottom land, were in many places mere piles of cobblestones, which had accumulated after the finer sand and the soil had been washed for the precious metal which it contained. Many of the bars had been worked over a number of times; all of them twice. Here, as in most other sections of the country where placer mining has been extensively carried on, the white man had gone over the ground at least once, and had been followed by the more patient and perseryering China- man, who found in the abandoned claim enough to reward his industry. On the way up the river I talked with a Mr. Hunter, a civil engineer of great experience, who had secured a grant from the Domjnion Government for a mining enterprise of sreat interest tome. From Quesnelle Lake ariver of the same name runs to join the Fraser, and its bed is supposed to be yery rich in gold—so rich that itis said that the Chinamen, anchoring their boats in the river, and dredging up the dirt from the bottom, make good wages from washing it. Mr. Hunter has obtained the right to mine this river, or s9 much of it as he can make accessible by turning the water from the bed, so that it can bereached and worked in the usual way. His plan is ingenious, but-very simple. He purposes building a dam acrcss the river near Quesnelle Lake, by which, during three or six months of the year, the water can be held back in the lake, go that the yolume flowing through the river channel shall be greatly diminished. Of course, the practical success of the scheme depends on a good many contingencies, but if the dirt is as rich as is supposed, it seems likely to be very profitable. During our passage up the river we passed at frequent in- tervals the fishing camps of the Siwashes, and could sce that they were taking great quantities of fish. Their drying stages—thickly hung with the bright-red flesh of the salmon —stood out in bold relicf against the green of the deciduous trees or the cold gray of the rocks. Only asmall portion of each fishis saved by the Indians, the greater part being thrown back into the river. By a single slash of his knife the Siwash cuts awsy the whole belly from ihe throat back to a point behind the anal fin and extending up on the sides as far as to where the solid flesh begins, and this portion he retains, throwing the whole shoulders, back and tail into the river again, The Indians of the coast, however, save the whole fish. The method employed in taking the salmon is sufficiently simple, and yet owing to their abundance very effective. A. purse net is arranged to run by means of wooden rings on a wooden oval, about four feet long by three in breadth, to which a long handle is attached, the frame resembling that of a gigantic landing net with an ovalring. When the im- plement isto be used a string is pulled, which spreads the net, andit is swep$ through the water with a slow motion, against the current. The string which holds it open is passed by a loop over the little finger of the left hand, and, as soon asthe fisherman feels anything strike the net, is loosed, the rings rua together, and the object is held securely in the bag. The fish, in their efforts to stem the current, pass close to the steep banks, where the force of the water is least and the eddies help them along. The fishing is for the most part done from stages, which are built of poles and ex- tend a few feet beyond the rocky points which here and there project out into the stream. The right to occupy these points descends from the father to the oldest son of the family, A short distance below Yale is the to yn of Hope, a small settlement beautifully located in the wide bottom. It is from this point on the river that the trail for Kootenay, dis- tant about 500 miles, starts, and all the mail and express [Jancary 19,1882. matter goes by this route to this inland settlement. Hope was founded during the early daysof the mining excitement, and when it was thought that the diggings of the Fraser were inexhaustible. Great expectations were entertained of the future importance of the place, and an active specula- tion was carried on in building lots. ut the tide of emi- gration passed on as the washings on the lower river ceased 'o pay; Hope was left behind, and the owners of town lots will be obliged to wait long for the return of the money invested in them. é We found Yale an orderly and respectable town. It was on a Sunday that we reached there, and that the Sunday after pay day, and yet we saw no fighting on the streets, and but few drunken men, probably not more than one in twenty. It is from this point that the Canadian Pacific R. R. is being built eastward, and this is thus the supply point, and the locality where all the laborers employed on the road congregate during holidays. Liquor saloons, of course, abound, and at frequent intervals one stumbles over a drunken man who is slveping off the effects of his potations unheedful of the clamor that is going oa abou; him, Yule is cosmopolitan. You may see here men of all races, but English, Scotch and French predominate. There area few Germans sand Scandinavians and some Americans, Of coursé Indians are numerous, as are also Chinamen. Negro cooks and washerwomen jostle Mexican packers and muleteers, while mixed bloods, whose parentage can scarcely be conjectured from theit countenances, abound. From this point stages run to Lytton, where the river is again practi- cable for steamers, and this is the route taken by those who goto the mines at Caribou. I had learned that there was at Yale a taxidermist who had quite a collection of bird ekins, and as soon as the town was reached I set out toa find him. In this I wag unsuccessful, but I managed t2 obtain access to his collection, which was in some respects interesting. Among the species noted were the cat bird (@aleoscapto: carolinensis), Maryland yellow throat (G@oethlypis trichas), evening grosbeak (Jlesperiphona vespertina), pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator), a species of Leucosticte, snow bunting (Plectrophanes nivalis), black-headed grosbeak (Zamelodin melinocephala), Jazuli. finch ( Passerina amend), white- tailed ptarmigan (Lagopus leucurus), in winter plumage, gray snipe or dowitch (Macrorhamphus griseus) in summer dress, and many others. After looking over the birds, which, how- ever, had to be inspected through glass, owing to the absence of the owner, I walked along the railroad track two or three miles up the river and into the canon. The scenery here is very beautiful, the stream rushing along between high mountains, which rise steeply from its very banks. Just above Yale, at the entrance of the canon, isa large rock, or, perhaps, more properly, asmall island, which divides the current into two streams of nearly equal size. About this rock there is told an Indian legend of some interest. The salmon fishing has always been the most im- portant event of the year to the Fraser River Indians, as it provides them with their winter food, and, indeed, with provisions for almost the entire year. The advent and cap- ture of the first salmon of the season was, therefore, eagerly looked for, and in old times was celebrated with solemn religious rites. This first fish waz regarded, not as the property of its captor, but ns belonging to the Good Spirit. It was, therefore, assoon as caught, taken to the Onief of the tribe, and delivered into his keeping. A young girl was then chosen, and, sfter being stripped naked and washed, cross lines in red paint, representing the meshes of a net, were drawn upon her body, and she was then taken down to the water's edge, and, with solemn ceremonies, the net was washed off. This was supposed to make their nets fortunate. Prayers were then made to the Deity, the salmon was cut up, a small por- tion sacrificed to him and the remainder divided into small pieces, one of which was givea to each individual of those present. ‘The story of the rock runs somewhat in this way. One season the first salmon caught was taken by a woman, and she, being very hungry, said nothing about its capture, but devoured it at once. This was neither more nor Jess than sacrilege, and for the crime she was changed by the Great Spirit into this rock, which was placed where we now see it, to remain for eyer as a warning to wrong- doers. Some believe that, although changed to stone, she still retains her power of thought and feeling, and that each year she is obliged to endure the misery of seeing, re-enacted about her, the scenes in which, as a child, a young girl, and, at last, a mother, she had taken part, Each year, too, she must see her people change, little by little, their habits ; each year perceive their numbers lessening, and the land that once was all theirs passing into the hands of strangers to her race and to the soil. Already the thunder of the blasting has shaken her, although so steadfast, already the scream of the locomotive and the rattle of the paddle wheel have sounded in her ears. Some day an enterprising engineer, who wishes to improve the navigation cf the Fraser, will introduce a charge of dynamite into some crevice of the rock, and the poor sinner, whose punishment has surely by this time expiated her crime, will pass from our sight and at last find rest. Ata point above the first tunnel, an old Siwash was fish- ing with a purse net, catching a salmon at every sweep that he made. Iclambered down the rocks to h’sstege, and, after watching him for a while, borrowed his vet and fished while he dressed those already caught. In about five JANUARY 19, 1882.]! FOREST AND STREAM. 485 minutes I caught as many salmon, each of which would weigh about ten pounds. The next morning at three o'clock the steamer started down the river and by ten we were at New Westminster. Here we had to part with our friends Mr. and Mrs. H., whose kindness to us, strangers, I can neyer sufliciently acknowl- edge. Then we passed on down the river and across the island dotted waters of the genlf; through the narrow pass- ages, where the Indians were still catcbing their herrings ; ont again into the straits, whence were to be seen white, majestic Rainier, and the snow-capped peaks of the Olympian Range, and then around Clover Point and into the snug little harbor and Victoria was reached. A day of hard work enabled us to pack up our traps and take the steamer next morning for Tacoma. All our friends in Victoria had been so kind to us that it was a real pain to me to leave the town. Neyer haye I met more charming or more cultivated people than in this far-away place, and cer- tainly never were strangers more hospitably and genially re- ceived than the three whose wanderings I am detailing. But good-byes have to be said, although I think that they are repéated more regretfully each time that the word has to be used, and the traveler who feels a lively sense of gratitude for kindnesses conferred upon him, by those on whom he has no possible claim, uses the word with a deep appreciation ofits meaning which most people would never understand. He has perhaps been received into the home and, although neyer seen before, been treated as an old acquaintance or as a family friend, and he must, if his spirit be at all sensitive, be deeply touched by treatment such as this. Money can procure ease and comforts wherever he goes, but it can never furnish that friendly solicitude for comfort and well- being whieh is so grateful to the heart of the stranger in a strange land, . The sail over the blue waters of Puget Sound is delightful, but too short, and the evening finds us at Tacoma. A day was spent here, part of which we devoted to an excursion ta a rich coal mine at Carbonado, thirty miles distant, since purchased by Colonel Crocker for the Central Pacific Rail- road. The braneh of the Northern Pacific R.R. which we took passes throngh a country of great beuuty and fertility. Near Puyallup the principal agricultural industry is hop erowing, and itis said that 2,000 Siwashes come in every year to help harvest the crop. In 1879 the growers received, we were told, 40 cents per pound for their crop; in 1880 the price had fallen to 19 cents, and in 1881 it was estimated- that they would get 16 cents, but even at this price there is a fair margin of profit, The houses for drying the hops are a fealtire of the land-eape, There is a large stave factory at Puyallup. Much of the land along the track is cultivated, but as {he mountains are approached we pass through valu- able tracts of timber land, At Carbonado is a sawmill where splendid timber is put ouf. On our return to New Tacoma we net a number of gentlemen, enthusiastic fishermen and hunters, who gaye us yaluable hints in regard to our pro- posed trip over the lines of the N. P. R. R., hints which when adopted, as they afterward were, added greatly to the inter- est of our journey eastward. From here we proceeded by rail to Kalama and thence by steamer to Portland, the sail between these twa points being marvellousiy lovely. At one time we could see from the steamer’s deck no less (han six enormous snow-clad peaks from nine to over fourteen thousand feet in height. These were Mts. Ruinier, St. Helens, Adams, Hood, Jefferson and the Three Sisters. Portland we left early next morning, and proceeded, on a very comfortable steamer, up the Columbia. The river is maanificent, and the Java country, through which it has cut its way, is very beautiful. For the first few miles the bottom is wide and the hills are distant, but after a while we enter a stretch where there is no bottom land, and the river flows between walls of rock, We lounge on the steamer’s deck and lazily watch the changing features of the scene, The long grass, over which the maturing touch of summer has passed, shines yellow on the gently undulating curves of the hills which sweep upward from the riyer banks, but in the shadow of the numberless walls and piles of lava it is brown and dull, without the glimmer and sheen which it takes in ihe sunlight. The country is open and park-like, the slopes, dot- ted with dark spruces and pines, which grow most thickly in the ravines and on the steeper hillsides. Their dark foliage and the paler greens of the deciduous trees and shrubs at the water’s edge are the only pronounced colors of the landscape. Except these, there is only the datk gray of the rock piles and fhe yellow of the ripened grass. Over all a dome bluer than the serenest of Italian skies, a hot August sun and a purple haze that yeils the more distant ills and, while not hiding them, softens their sharper outlines and gives to them a vagueness and 9 dreamy indistinctness which add to their loveliness by calling in the imagination to aid the eye. The beds of Java between which the river hurries are the most siriking characteristics of the landscape and are, indeed, the real reason of its beauty. Without them it would be almost commonplace. A sheet of lava of great thickness covers the whole face of the country and appears everywhere, taking the peculiar forms which characterize eroded yolcanic rocks. The vertical binifs which rise from the water’s edge are com- " posed sometimes of a breccia which, weathering easily under the influence of wind and water, has assumed a thoteand fantaatic shapes, seeming sometimes like columns, or like Statues, or obelisks, or great oyals seb on end, Or we seu a precipice composed of small, basaltic columns, which easily break up, and, falling out in small cubical fragments, form a high talus at the base of the cliff. Sometimes the columns are of large size, and these offer a greater resistance to atmos- pheric influences, eo that there may be no visible wearing away, and the bluff rises bold and bare from the water that Often bold headlands extend out into the very tiver, crowned with 2 fringe of graceful ever- freens, and from these rise rounded, smoothly-sloping hills covered with the yellow grass, and aboye these are lofty, Along the bank of the river the O. R. & N. Co. are building 4 railroad, and thousands of blue-bloused At the Cascades we took the train which carries us seven miles around the rapids, and then, boarding another steamer, pro- ceed until, yust at dusk, we reach the Dalles, Here again we change from steamer to rail, reaching Walla Walla early next morning. This is a charming town of 5,000 inhabitants, with a delightful climate and a fertile soil—a veritable garden dashes against its base. frowning blnifs. and broad-hatted Chinamen are busily at work on it. spot. Yo. — ALL HANDS ASLEEP. LEAVES FROM A LO@-BO0K—VIL HE was buili—no matter where—by an old oysterman: and, as toherage, it isn’t quite the polite thing to in- quire a female's time of life, so the Captain forbore asking She was hearty and strong, however, was Peggy, and cheap as dirt; and if bulk gives speed. as our friend of the yachting page declares it does, she should have But whether it was the model, or the barnacles on her bottom, or the undersize of her sails, or the faulty handling of her skipper, certain it is that the Pegzy’s pace was & very moderate one, and she was more famous for ti steady, sober plodding along in all weathers, than for any this question. been a clipper. good-bye at the dock, and, verily, his words were not with- oulreason. As the hooked end of Crab Point was passed and the open ocean Jay before us, the breeze freshened con- siderably and the topsail was lowered, The little eight-foot life-boat that served as a dingey, which hitherto had lain to the windward of the house, was shoved into the water, and its painter made fast to the Pevgy’sstern. Then the Captain - ~ leaned back against the dandy mast on the first long lez out to sea and smoked his pipe, while he watched the porpoises playing and the distant sails of a fleet of fishing vessels on their voyage home. There is something soporific in thus sifting silently steering under the rays of the summer sun, wilh the light waves plashing around, and only enough wind to rock one gently up and down asin a cradle, and soon the Captain began to feel a drowsy sensation stealing oyer him. An innate facility of sleeping anywhere and under any circumstances, which was a very happy possession in most cases, was here very unwelcome. Fur a while the somnolent sensation was pleasant, and the Captain abandoned himself to a dreamy reverie, but as his head nodded forward there came a sudden ‘‘rat-tat’’ from the loosed jib-sheets, and, awaking with a start, he found the Peggy rounding to; 80, bringing her to her course again, he sat up straight, and began to puff vigorously on the brier-root to keep awake. It was no use, however, aud again the head dropped forward on the breast, the pipe fell from fhe lips, and the lone sailor was in another doze. This time the Peggy kept her course, and worked her way gradually further and further out into the openccean. A party of young people, passing in an Open yacht, saw the sleeping steersman sitting at his post, but took no more notice of the passing craft than to remark the peculiar rig, so seldom seen io those waters. A lumber schooner passed so néar as to endanger the safety of the little smack, and the angry skipper hailed witha gruff, ‘‘ You blasted lubher, haul off! Td ortto run you down!” But the Captain of the Pegzy made no answer, and he of the Jumber vessel sailed away, still hurling maledictions back at the solitary yoyager. Andon and on went the Peggy, and further and further out to sea, and still the Captain slept. At length he dreamed. He seemed to beneara rocky island, searching for a harbor for his little smack. None appeared, and every moment the waves were growing fiercer. He would certainly be lost, A huge, jagged rock was dead ahead. He seized the helm to change his course, The tiller would not stir. He gave it a sudden wrench. It broke in two, and he fell over with the force of the shock. The hiss- ing waves engulfed him, und as he struggled yainly to com- bat them he awoke. The tide had turned, the Peggy had rounded to, and a wave had come ‘‘splash” against the Captain’s face. Rubbing his eyes and looking around with amazement, he saw the faint dark line ofthe shore far way. He looked at bis watch, e had been afloat four hours, and during the greater part he had slept. But now work must he quick, for the hours of daylight are passing quickly, and there are low growlings of thunder away off in the West. The Pegzy is put about, and away we speed forshove. If we can make Connerstown Harbor be- fore dark we are allright. If not, we may be lost. Let us examine the chart. Conners- town lies in a bay midway be- tween two points, Rodney’s and Henderson's. Tuese are nine or ten miles apart. The Peggy’s nose is headed for one of these, but the question is, which one? If Rodney’s, we must bear off to the southward After the old oysterman had made such alterations in rig, cabin, etc., as the Captain demanded, and cleaned, to the best of his ability, the interior, which was redolent with the odor from many years’ hauls of fish and oysters, the Peggy was, withal, quite a trim little ship, and, before completing his first cruise m her, the Captain.conceived a lasting allection for the ¢asy- spasmodic bursts of speed in certain winds. steering, old smack. The tide was ebb in Cob Creek asthe Peggy dropped down toward the gen, floating slowly, while the Captain cooked his dinner on the spirit-stove near the cabin door, necasionally peering over the house to see that her pose was right, The sails were loose, ready to hoist, ropes and rig- zing coiled or belayed in place, and everything prepared as carefully as if the Pezey were a man-ofwar, or fitted out to find the Northwest Passage. And with good reason. The Captain, crew, supercargo and all were one man—a so-called consumplive at that—and where the sailing, cooking,—av, and the scrubbing, of a twenty-two foot two-master depends on so small a crew, there are many things fo be carefuily pondered that would receive buf slight attention were there a man or so ‘'hefore the mast.” As we—the Peggy and Captain—drop down through the mouth of the creel and into the bay, a slight whiff of sir is felt-as we clear the range of the forest of hackmatacks, aud preparations are made for action. The little mizzen is first hoisted and the halliards made fast. Then the jib runs up, the Captain not leaving the cockpit to hoist it. Now the Pegey begins to feel the breath of the light Jand breeze and, as the mainsail is hoisted, ripples the water from her bow with # musical gurgle. With such a light zephyr we can use all sail, and, ag we are anxious to gee how our hitherto comfortable-handling, and safety-assuring ‘notried topsail will work, (hat, too, is sent aloft, and the Peggy has douned her ‘racing rig’ complete. The voyage is to ba made through waters entirely uaknown to the Captain, but the chart shows aplenty of harbors along the coast, and the sea-going qualities of the little smack are 80 well-known that but litile anxiety is felt for the poseibla dangers to be encountered. ‘‘ Sbe’ll find ber way all by her- self,” esid the old oysterman, when the Captain bade him to find the harhor. Jf Hen- dergun's, we must change our course northward. The distance already sailed cannot be accurately calculated, because the ‘wind has doubled its force aince the start, and it is impossible to tell how long its present strength has been kept up. Brom the distance out at sea the captain is Jed to believe that Rodney's Point has been passed and that Henderson's is the onein view. There is no craft of any kind in sight, so infor- mation from that quarter cannot be expected. A nearer peal of thunder warns that hesitation is dangerous, and the prow of the smack is turned immediately northward, though not without many misgivings. Now, every effort is made to discern the expected harbor as the Peggy bow!s along, The wind hag inereased to half a gale, and with reefs turned in in every suil the smack still heels fearfuliy. A sudden wave dashing into the cockpit wets the chart, and its lines are ren- dered almost illegible. The Point is left a mile behind, and still no signs of the harbor. The Captain begins to feel that he has mistaken his bearings, but it is too late to turn back now, and hoping that by some chance he may still finda safe anchorage, he keeps blindly on. 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The exhibition of these weapons at the World’s Fair in London, in 1s5T, created a decided sensation, and secured for them an extensive salein Europe. They were largely used in the Crimea and by Garl- bald! In his Itallan campaigns, and speedily found theip way Into all the Huropean armies. Colt had the méchanical foresizhy ty use the Interchangeable system in his manulactur’, end this tact together with the general excellence of Bis weapon, caye them an enormous popularity. Colt’s success brought others into ihe field and the Derringer, Smith & Wesson, and otler now well known weae pons were brought out. Repeating rifles of thé brvech-loadine type originated with the Spencer rifle, This weapon loads al the breech and holds a Magazine of seven cartridges in the stouk, which “are thrown forward one at atime by a coiled spring when rhe breech 1s Opened to recelvé a new Charge. Many modifications and improve- ments of this type of firearm have since been mad. ‘The application of ube repeating principle to fleld armis Wkewise originaied in his country, the first arm of this kind being the Gatling battery, an auto- malic Machine gun with steel barrels, into which Gartridges are fed trom & hopper and discharged by turn ng a crank, c WELLINGTON, Mass., Jan. 20,—The Raymond club at Wellington to-day which was remarkably well attended: dana Which some brilliant shooting was done. ‘The match wus at 20 birds 10 yalds rise, and over 40 shoolers entered. H. Ray led the score with 19, followed by C. M. Stack and D, Kirkwood with 17. Betore the- shooting began 4 meeting of the club was held im the shooting house Tor the purpose of choosing officers for 1852, and the result was as fol- lows: WB Witherell was chosen president; J F Witherell, yice-presd- ee pe ET a tee apa treasurer, and RK W Waters, AT , iO Ellesworth were elected dir . Thi will hold an extra shoot on Wednesday, Jan, 25, Fam el picts ++ —~ SPECIAL NOTICE. rom Now Until March 1st Only. In order to reduce ny stock and make room for new run 1 will offe1 my gUNB ata di-count of 26 per cent, o the SBIR prices. Call and examine if you wishto buy a fun cheaper than you Inay haye a Chance toagaln, 1 have a full ine of the celebrated W. eas ee sae ea eure, tal several odd guns, such ag c ‘ c Eh mn, Westley Kichards . i. RIZMaNN, 943 Broadway. * y Sra gOS Re Aa er G. G., Poynette, Wis.—l. The address is Hartford. Conn, rifle lg reliable. ° 516 FOREST AND STREAM, Machting and Qanoeing. A THOROUGHBRED. rpae reform movement in yacht building is gathering force every day. The light, flat-bottom trap is fast losing hold upon the yachtsman’s sympathy, and a higher standard Js displacing the yagaries of the fair weather, shoal water school, now happily under the cloud of public disapprobation. We chronicle will pleasure the birth of another fine ship of the undranee brad type in the new deep- keel yacht now building by Alonzo Smith, of Islip, L. I., for Mr. Par- sons, who proposes In his new vessel to haye a craft uuder foot able ta take him to sea as he may list, to carry him safely to the Bermudas or the West Indies, and to knock about our coast in all weathers un- deterred by « iittle jump or the zest of a fresh summev’s gale, ILon- esb keel Doats of depth and welzht are becomming common enough in the Bast, but New York has lagged far astern in this modern Inno- vation, Mr. Parsons’ venture marks a new era in metropolitan yachting, since not onty will his vessel be up to the latest experiences in mold and finlsh, but he wlll himself practice what his vessel preaches, and take to the sea for the scene of his sailing whenever opportunity offers or inclination dictates. Mr. Parsons proposes taking a hand at (he real thing in preference to the sham of a dritt up and down the tedious, muddy contines of the Bay and the Sound. When his yacht pokes her nose beyond the Qull Islands to the east- ward she will not have to turn tail at every black cloud for the shelter or an inland pond, but will only just be beginning her crulse, and the sport of making an outside passage wili give those on board a taste of the genulne article, to which listless drifting about some puddle compares like a cheap, gaudy chromo toa work of artin oll. When the passengers in the Mystery’s cabin turn out in the morning evatch to find themselves aboard the quarter deck of a safe, noble ship, bravely tussleiIng to good purpose with the bright, blue sea, and fetching the weather mark her course has been laid for by tha chart, there will be a uew chapter unfolded to thelr senses, a roman- tic scene, keen relish and grand work, to which the fuir weather babes in thelr pinafore traps are unfortunately still strangers, While Fokest AND STREAM may take to itself the credit ot having inaugurated a general reform and opened the eyes of beginners to the wide range of opportunities before them, but uoknown and un- appreciated by the masses, we are prepared to give duecredit to those who, like Commodore Lee, Dr. Dawson, Mr. Parsons, Mr. Bur- gess and others, have had courage enough to give actual entity to the new phase of the sport in building able ships {n place of the machines upheld by that tribe of verdants and counterfeit tars who see in the subtle art of sailing only another means of excursion, killing time, or, worse yet, ladulgence in license and carousal. As an illustration in practice of the underlying PUReMIES of the honest ship we have brought the abe ee cutter into prominent notice, and in so re in- eldentally gave the very life blood to sundry contemporaries taking their cue from these columns. But FOREST AND STREAM has never urged following to the uttermost end the special variety of form in ebych the Britizh have given expression to the elements upon which wisth and ability depend. While lauding the cutter for her un- odgute dworth, we have steadily pointed out that all her merits could be had in more moderate shapess, which should combine what we heve extolled in the narrow, deep ships launched abroad with the greater statical stiffaess aad wider cabin floors of the typical Amer- igan sloop. We haye sought to impress Certain lessons by compelling ajust appreciation of the polnts of the cutter,and have steadily mulntained that those features could be engratted upon a new type of mefium proportions, greatly to the advantage and satisfaction of all who go down to the sea in yachts 1n strange waters as well as in our own. These may be deemed as comprising good depth of hold, dead rise and an easy bilge, keel and outside welghts, Hush decks, long, light overhang, the section lines belng carried out into un archboard, adding to the room on deck and Lhe grace of the construc- tlon as awhole, and a handy rig under quick and certain control, Allthese goto make up the particular type which we belleye will combine all the thorvugh-golng tar could desire, and which will mule our fidget not merely fast ln fair wealher, but creditable speci- mens of Buval design in the eyes of the sallor, instead of being, like our light dralts of the day, a butt of ridicule and objects of scorn to the are aoe mén of all nations. No better builder than Alonzo Smith could haye been selected to put these ideas into triime, as he has a deservedly might reputation as a capable, consclentious and hiberal-minded mechanic, who 1s not hide-bound by the narrow- minded provinclalsm which Cannot see a step ahead of what has already gone before. If Mr. Smith succeeds in fairing this new charge with the happy results accompanying his previous efforts, we may confidently look fora ship whith Shall be as fast as she will be able and a creuit to her owner, the new school and the county. The fact that some one vessel of the kind has not been abie to heat all creation Is often cited by the superticlal observer as proof against all ossibilities of speed, This does not deter us from high sg et nregard to future ventures of the sort. Rome was not built in a day, and such of the present light dratt machines as are known for their speed in Smopth water were neither (he tirst.of their kind, but have been preceded and are still accompanied by scores of Jament- able fallures. A falr weather machine without speed has nothing to commend her 10 any one’s consideration. An able, safe yacht, though she may be only up to the average as a racer, is at all events a désitable craft for the purposes of cruising, A vessel possessing high qualities in all respects must always be a bird of rure occur— rence, and it is rather irrational to demand exceptional perfection in the first 1epresentatlves of an entirely newtype. Im spite of the reat odds surrounding first attempts, the success obtained In Oriva, Jalkyr, Hesper, Alga and others of their class !s a most encouraging sion for more brilliant attainments Jn iollowing up the valuable ex- perience acquired. Not only do these yachts rank fully up to the average, Dut Valkyr is reputed a goer, and will likely so prove when she has shifted her pudding bags of New York make for a matchless sult to ba sent out from the Gosport loft of Lapthorne & italsey next season, Heaperand Aig. are the equals in speed to any traps of their ‘rength or tonnage, and Oriva is up to the average sloop at logging, while tarsuperior on all other cuunts. Slow boats may be built or any type. Misshapen creatures never can go fash, no matter what school of design they miy approximate, Even the flat irons count thetr slow coaches by the squadron. But the misshapen yachts of the medium und clitter type are always in the lead as cruisers, for they beat their shallow sisters in accommodations, satery and handiness of rig. Failures in this class have a value more {mporlant Lo owners who care not tor the glamour of matches. Iatlures among the ight drafts can fetch only the market price of kindling wood and old iron. Mr. Parson's ship will be 64 ft. over all, of very slrong construc- tlon, with plenty of thorough fastening sultable for extended cruls- ing and as much speed as her builder knows how to produce in a somewhat radical departure from the beaten path. She will be 55 rt. water line, 19 ft. beam, 7ft. 6in. depth of hold and 7 ft. 6 in. draft of walter, about 20 tous of ballast, half of which will be lead on the keel. As will be seen, though a kee) boat, her draftis very moderate and Will not interfere fn the least with along shore cruising, It 1s hhardiy two feet more than Ina machine with the board up, some- thing like 7 £6. less than the machine with her boa d down, about 2ft. less than in the British racing cutter and any amount less than in the modern Eastern racing keel sloop, Plumb stem, easy dead rise, Slow bilge, fairly sharp at both ends, anda long, stylish over. hang aft, none of the docked tall affairs 10 which the sentle mean length rule restricts our yachts, making them look as built by the mile and sawed off to order. Steers with a wheel, has ample sky- Hghts for splendid ventilation, no Gawdlers’ hole in the way of a.sea shipping cockplt, but 6 ft. 4 in. head room instead for accommodation clear fore and aft. That 1s something to brag about. Standing neight in the forecastie, no dog’s Kennel Tor the crew, and plug hats in the cabin won’t be mashed into a pancake the moment you move beyond the limits of the batn which gives such shore and scant Standing room in the orthodox flatiron trap. ‘There are to be two fine staterooms, bath room, closets, four toilet basins, and berths for half a dozen passengers, galley, lce boxes, pantry, etc., all ar- ranged to supply the wants of anextended cruise. The yacht will carry a twelve foot gig and 4 workiog cutter at dayits and be put in perfect sea-golng trim by the first of June. Mast 58 ft., deck to hounds with a lofty housing, topmast to come downina thrash ora blow. Boom 50 ft., with a long gaff of 30 ft. anda holst of maingall of about 45 ft. Bowsprit 20 ft. outboard. She isto havea large jib forordinary weather, with a forestay to be set up at the stem head in slermy times. Tere we find cause of disagreement with the rig selected, as we would much prefer to see the cutter’s double head sail adopted. Possibly the single jib for light weather ls a sop to old notinns, and in time may give way tosomething better. If the ad- vent of the Madge proved nothing else, itat least showed unmista- kably the superlority of the cutter rlg for speed as much as tor handimess. We think no one has ventured to take objections to that littl= hyer on the score of her rig, however unpalatable to the fancies and yapory theories of the ancient school. It 1s our experience and the result of observation that the cutter isa closer winded rig than the sloop and vastly to be preferred in a cruiser for all reasons. Greater simplicity In the practical teatures may be countenanced if thought preferable for special conditions, but the principles of the rig, relating to subdivision of sail, giving better control aud more effective surface than a bagging slogie jib flying ata wide angle on a stay leading to bowsprit end, wedeem as settled beyond contro- versy in favor ofthe cutter. tis enough to say that those who have tried the cutter rig never express the least desire to return to the sloop and have learned by actual experience 10 put falth in the handy rig, as at least as fast under all circumstances as the single [JANUARY 26, 1882, SAIL-PLAN FOR LALOO—Sceale 1-2 in. jib. Only those who have not been weaned from a lubber's preju- dices still cling to the hideous up-country arrangement borrowed trom the North River brick sloop and the Ughter. As many detalls of Mr. Parsons’ new ship have not yet been settled, presumably the tig may also come infor modification. It 13 a matter which can, however, easily be altered some future season by way of experiment it for no other reason. / he day when this new addition to our fleet is slipped will be one fraught with importance far beyond the launching of a dozen big light draft schooners representing nothing more than so many old collier models whittled a bit finer at theends and giyen more area of sail. Mr. Parsons’ is to be contratulated upon his prospects of soon possessing a soundly bullf yacht modeld in consonance with com— mon sense and tit to become the cynosure of admiring salts as a yacht: possessing the qualities of a ship and something more than a gaudy, gilt-edged baby’s play of occasional excursions” down the Bay. a SAIL PLAN FOR LALOO, NY ONH whois thoroughly conversant with canoe rigging is re- quested not to read the toliowing Unes. Tnose who are being luitiated into the mysteries of the most pleasant pastime in exist- ence may iad some quiet hints in these lines, tor the writer knows what itis to Want iniormationa and not be able togetit. Presuming that we are now possessed of a cruising canoe and paddle, lt is but very natural that we should want a safl to aid propulsion while a favorable breeze 14568 or lO screw ourself up to windward racing. We also want Some handy means to reduce sail area ab almost a mo- ment’s notice, and, lastly, we all want to know whatsize of sail to carry on a glven size of canoe. The most important item is to know wiiit size of sail to order; \herefore If 1s useful to have a rule to determine such size, A formula for this purpose is open lo great criticism should other than canoelsts usé it; as, for instance, with yachts, for whose use it is not Intended, and it was “got up” for the private use of some cancelsts on the ‘ omer side of the water.” To caleulate what sail area is required when no ballast except owner Ison board, let B—heam of canoe,L length of canoe; then the square of Bey L —area. Example: Length, 16 ft.; beam, 2 Tt. 8in,; then 2 fb. 8 in. or 2.66x8 — 48 sq, ft, sall area for canoe when only owner is on board. Then, to caletilate what ballast can be carried for raging purposes. B sd. xL= weight in pounds, Example}; Wor 4 canoe 16 tt, by 32 in., 98 lbs. lead, Agaln, to calculate what gall area can be carried when 96 ibs. lead are on board, square of BxL=sail areain ballast. Ex- ample: For a canoe 16 ft. by 82 in.—72 sq. ft. of sail. Now, these figures are within the bounds of safely. A canoe of sles above given can carry very much more sail and ballast, but when an ab- normal spread is hoisted and a cap-ize takes place tt 1s the skippers own fault. The writer has carried on a canoe 15 ft. 6 inx#21n, a8 much 98 150 sq ft. while ractp7,and hus come in to win (ballast about 2001bs. lead); and, had the canoe filled, she would haye gone down and left owner to contemplate a waste of water. The sail illustrated has an aréa of 60 sq. it,; the first reef has 16 sq. fs t;.fecond reef, 15 sq. ft; leaving 29 sq. it. fora close reei when plowing hard. Tlie area of a sail can be calculated by mo Oe length from jack to peak by the length from clew to throat an divide by 2 Thus, jack to peak, 12 it; clew to throat, 10 ft,—120 ft. ; divided by 2—60 sq. ft. sail area. ‘Che Laloo could carry much more sail than 60 sq, Tt., but 12 fect were knocked off for safety, and 26 lbs, ballastleft on shore. Figure lis afull sall plan, showing ail the rigging necessary without being complicated. A 1s main haillard block at masthead and foot of mast; D is double block for topping lift; K is'single small block for jackstay; JS, Jackstay; MH, maln halliard ; T L, topping Nits—one on each side of sall; b, reeting bat tens; R, reet points; RC, forward ree! cord; RC 2, after reef cord - P, loop and toggle to secnre lower end of topping lilt; ©, cleat to receive R C 2 when reef {s hauled down. L =parrel on boom, on which runs a deadeye or block, to which is fastened main sheet, When lying close hauled the block is at the after end of S and S helps to distribute strain on boom, when run- ning free bleck 1s at fore end of S and main sheet does not drag inthe water. M —mast, W on boom and on each Wal- ten are parrels to keep sall closeup to mast so that lb won't bag with the wind, W 0, Jack Block, Figure 2, {llnustrates on a large scale how to fasten halliard to yard so as to dispense with the ser- vices of atraveler. Tat the throatisa loop fast-ned to the yard through which passesa toggle on the end of the halllard, The halliard then passes round the opposite side of the must, from which yard and sail are, is reeved through block Bon yard, then through block A at masthead, then dswa to block at mast foot and thence to cleat. ‘The topping li'ts are toggled to boom s0 as to he easily detatched when spinnaker 1s to be holsted, spinnaker head lying ready to be fastened to elther as required, the other topping lett remaining In its place The jackstay is rigged on the outside of the sail, so that when sall is lowered the triangular part at boom, Y Z, prevents the sail from flopping over the deck on the one side, while the mast prevents It on the other. There are several plans by which the sall can be reefed “ instantaneously.” The one here shown the writer has found to work the best. Letusstart at the back and follow the first reef all round. One end of the cord is secured at the back, and 1s love through plated rings 3-16 diameter sewn On sall where shown, then through block at luff of firs batten then through block in line of mast, then down fo adead-eye at mast foot, then to cleat wherever handiest forowner. Then the after part has tobe looked to, Rig cord in the same way, shartiig at the clew and cleat on © atboom. This gives a very handy plan for reefing quickly ifcaughr, iInasquall while racing. Whell the squall has passed Slack out reer cords and hoist yard at once, For a good deliberate reef while cruising if would be good to tie down reef points, a8 well as the exti'a time it takes is not wasted, Itisacapitalplan to have all blocks for use about the mast fastened fo the mast and not to the deck, 50 that when one comes ashore to disniautie ihe mast sail and rigging ean be removed and returned without whe bother of always re-rig- ing. ) ‘iia Laloo was destened to ba salled witleut a minzén, although an att sail is of great service in mostly ull weather, Atsome future time we may consider how to rig a mizzen. 'The reason that, Leet has been sald here about other shape of salls, such as the use of jtbs, shoulder of mutton sails, lateen galls, éte., is that they have all been found wanting and always had some kink in them that proved crank, A spinnaker !s more bother than all ltis worth while cruising, and while racing it is only sate to use itin very Mght witds well abart the beam, X, at the masthead of igure 2, was almost left outin the cold. Ib is a short few inches of brass rod, to which thé writer hopes to at— tach the burgee ofsome New York canoe club betore Buatey 1s over. REN. OY MURIEL.—This handsome twelve-ton cutterhas been purchased by Mr, Paul Tuckerman, and remains in the 8. ¥.C. squadron. She will do some active crulsing next suuimer. ‘he Muriel has the dis- tinction of being the second cutter on the New York station. Sie was aunched in the summer of is7s. A description of thisyacht ap. peared in our issue for July 11 of that year, ' JANUARY 26, 1882.] THE NEW CLUB. a aN names have been reveived during the past week to he added to tlie lish of fhe new club for small yawns It Is aes oe To organize, Tharéseems nd doubs that success will attend the call Ot Commodore Franklin Beams, and that before the Season opem an effective plan of operations will haye beén drawn up for next BuOimer he objects of the ne\ club baye been stated in the call Mblished thres weeks 420 tn these columns, ond it will now bein order to enlarge Upon them more fully, There 1s nota yachting port in America where small yachts have been so completely neglected asin New York. This {8 allthe more strange since Che large areas of shelrered waters aod streams, including the Sound, would seem to offer a prerilum upon small ships tor near-by crulsing. lf we under- take to trace thia peculiar anomaly the reasons cun easily be tound, For ove thing, there is 4 lamentable lack of harbors tn mepropolitan Waters, aud anchorages are exposed, ‘There are no pretty little nooks Under the lee of protecting blufis, with a bar for a breakwater, as may be tonid away from the clly, Sélll thouch this 1s often clted as @ reason, we think lhe cause really les deeper. Some few small yachts we love, and they manage to outlive ons season after another With no particular trouble ordamage. The yah) mustindeed be a poor one which cannot ride out the worst gale New York Bay or the VWudson have ever witnessed, providing her moorings or ground tacicle be welgbty enough and of stout material Yachting in New York, espectally so lar as the yearly accession of owners is conesraed, Is to a Ver'y lange 6xtent in the hands of the wealthy and fashionable, whose knowledge of the sport and love of the sea is of au GVanescent sort. Scan the lisis or our principal clubs, atid the majority have become owners of big schooners or 60- ton sloops at thelr very first venture lo such property. But few in- deed wiiose dolors float 100 ft. high have graduated from the “*school of the sallor” represented by an actlye experiences in litle vessels of the Corinthian order, in which long voyages and dashing passages have been inade with only self, friend aud a hand or self and friend alone. Fashion las ruled in tonnage 45 much as in the cut of a coat or the color of aturo out for the Avenue,” and fashion, mixed otten with 4 gobd deal of that love of ostentatious display characteritic of The nouveau riche, has dictated the blegest thing your money could float. Not many years past, it was the alm mony newcomers to Deat the rucord in tonnage, resulting to an era of extravagance in which siz¢ and luxurious appoltntments were the stundard of the conimunity and Lotrinsie worth of model or the nautical require ments of the owner were swamped In the efforts to achleve notoriety. “How big is his yacht?” was the question, instead of “How much does he Know about silling?7 when a candidate presented himselt for admission. Suow was the acme be attained; worth received but lute consideration. The era culininated in the clumsy effort of a@ modeller overreaching others with a fiat-bottom racing machine of huye proportions, extraordimary rig and princely httings. The era Closed when that machine ignominiously capsized in smooth water and weub 10 the bottom, sacrificing valuable human itves co the dark igoorance concerning naval deslvno then preyalning to the jmpractigal, (logical theorlalng of untrained men who sought Bpeed inskimming “over the water,"as they deluded themsetves in to bellev- ing they could, instead of golug through 1t, 48 6very ship must. At that time, to be a yachtsman worthy the name, your vessel must noeds have ranked two stleks to her length, forthe individual who could boash of nothing more than # sloop was deamed but a hanger- On, A denizen ot the outskirts Who obtained his light by reflection from his greater assoclates, The owner of the sloop was little more than an outcast, and it lls sloop happened to be small In tonnage, he only had ‘ta, little boat’ which the schooner men pretended to dis- dain, though the “little boat” otten represented vastly better model and higher inteillgencs, SE1il and venluresome daring Chan a score of pig schooners and thelr owners could show upon closer Inspection. Phe most wretuhed Specimens of naval design and bulldin any feet in the world are the large schooners launched during the age we are now speaking of, and if men who were supposed to be experts in their Nine could produce nothing better than what is now laughed to scorn, little could be expected [rom the novices recruited from the Danking house “nd wp-town parlors to be planted upon a quarter deck before they could indicate one tack trom another, distingulsh helween right and left handed rope or tell a lead Une trom a clothes 6. uN was this greed after tonnage which diverted attention from small craft to the bly, and which fora time established a spurious stundard which took lavish expenditure fo Mean warm-hearted sup- port of galling and an adoration of asallor’s ifé by meh who never had been off soundings befor’, and who, after coming into possession of their lght-drutt coffins, Lever once pul to sea, though their faga Might have been sen mastheaded five yearson arun. Hyen to this duy, how few men have been outside In their costly big ships, how yery tay, scarce lal a dozen, huve ever been out sight of land, unless aboard 4 ened ey steamphip, leaning over the rail absorbed, with pallid features Such were the men, and, to some extent, still ave the men Who seb the yachting fashions In New York. Ips, after all, not much of a wonder if the Heet we own to-day dare not face a blow, and siirks a Tun at night lest an unseen pull send the worthless abortion of some 'practical” genius to the bottom in a second and all hands toa watery grave. But what ashame, what a Teflection upon our national skill, that we haye been unable to devise and introduce to popular favor in New York a yacht at once as sale assne shall be able and fast, a yacht which will not, keep the familly at Home in a harrowing state of suspense from day to day while some member is off for a cruise aboard one of those treacherous traps which hays brought many face to face with loss by death long bstore the natural course of life had been ran. In New York yachting began at the top and ts now slowly percolating owl. * Tn other ports, notably Lhe Bast, all hands begin at the bottom and work thelr way to the ue Hence we have numerots gall of large tonnage In New York, while small craft haye been neglected tor want of proper status in the public’s eyes. In Boston we find just the contrary; everybody starts in at the bottom and bullds larger and larger as Gis Dank account develops, though many having tasted the sweets ol Salling their boats themselves, never can be brought lo relinjulshing to & hired automaton. Whlle New York has béep content. to accept Lhe olumsily whittled chunks so-called ‘praciical 7 men heve given her, large boats belny too costly for new hands to meddle with or advise about, Boston has trained up a suhool of intelligent experts 1n the owners of her small yachts, and they we as & Consequence much hebter fitted for the task of select- ing type-in their large vessels when the right time shall come and to take command of them at sea 1648 with the (dea of furthering a school encouraging the arts of Salling and building that we trust to see a new cluD éstablished tn New York with the especial object of gathering under its flag all Who appreciite the important part small boats should ovcupy in the ublicestimation. It is yastly much better that one five ton sloop hould be launched with but a line ortwo notice in the daily prints, than to tind the community gushing oyer the launch of a 300 ton sckooner, lier Ingrain carpets, damasks and velvets, silks and satins, puilt by one ignoramus for another ignoramus to be salled around In fu, te pleasure and option of third ignoramus with the foreign Drogue still on his tongue, and who, unable to get a third mates piilet in a collier brig, finds no browble in palming himself off upon a Pencils, Holders, Cases, Etc. THE CALLI-GRAPHIC PEN, A GOLD PEN and RUBBER HOLDER, contaln- ing ink for several day’s writing. Oan be carried inthe pocket. Always ready for use, -A luxury to persons who care to preserve thelr individuality in All of the followin Ordinary and large FOREST AND STREAM. ee Pichird 48 4 salty skipper of woudrous attainments and in- ty. It is th@ invariable experience that clubs setUlog no limits to ton- hage upwards quickly ollgrow thelr useful relations to yauhts of MOGESL COSt Until the latter are uuceremoniously lumped in with Open boats, citambrans and alle padrita, deserving of a race or two every year fora petly prize just to keep them on the books ant swell the income ui jhe balance sacvet. Existence under such ciroiinstunves becomes obnoxious tomnny. Itis always ‘better to be the head of the mouse than the tallof the rat!’ Small yachts of Lhe legitimate sort will never flourish In New York asthey ought until they unite in concerted action, whieh shall givé them the dignity and power due 0 organization and nit bers Clubs of this kind are very popu- lar abroad and W0-day the owner of a five tonner in British weters figures 1S promloeotly before the public, Wf! he and his boat go de- Serve, a5 the titled selon of analenn llenage who foes to Sea in a smal! tigate with a retinue orlental in force. Stilt be understood that the moyement now under way Is no bantiing of our on under the protection of this jourhal, buy that it isa sportsmau’s wish; emanating from Mauy yaolt owners who seek to bring about the ends here indicated. Moresr anb STREAM has consented simply to accept tho nameés sent ings a matter of } conventiinee to pose directing the scheme, and it willaid as tar as possible by favorably countetancing what we deem the most ad- yantageous step yet taken for the furtherance of yuchting ju New York, Wé desire, in common with all senxihy tlie develpment of the Sport upon sound princtples, to permancutly hablittate the legitt- mate yacht Of small tonhage in our waters, to give har the standing Which Js her due and thereby attract the ereat milllon unable or un- willing fo invest much ime or mauy shekels. Tois to small yachts we look for the development of nayal desizn, Alterations, new types and tanciés, can bA much More readily introduced and tied under varying conditions than in largzée and bostly structures. Rac- ing Will become something More tha an empty term, for matches bel ween the same flyers would be s0 numerous that sources of doubl anderror would be eliminated trom ths record so that reliable ds- ductlons can be madé to the great advantage of all Investing in float- Ing property. + A GAUTIONARY SIGNAL, ( Vee, of respect for old age and ply for dotage Foutesr AnD SrREAat has studiously refrained tron dressing down a yoluable and filghty reporter contributing to the columns of # highly esteemed contemporary, koown better as an wubhorlty on tur! matters than on yachting affairs, Charity on our part has been misconstrued by the reporters vanity lobo establishing some yale to bis case, encourag- ing him in his course of lucubrious literary and technical pranks, Living, 8 he does, upon the leayings.of this journal, it is Hot surpris- Ing he should be tound embroilei in the measurement question, fiounderlog ubout like a cow in 4 pasty pasture, We tale the following atrandom from some of that pergon’s effu- sions, which are disgracetul to a journal aspiting lo teviintcal prot. clancy, One week we find the reporter deltyering his muddled head in this wise: “(Conclusive reasons for penalizing outside ballast....The New York rult (bulk) 1s the best of all three, since all three quelities (une reporter Méant dimensions, but to one of his stamp Chore 13 no difver- ence in the terms.— Ad, F, and 3.) give speed. ...\/he Allantic plan of using length alone fs well enouxh bv long as the yachts are subdstan- tally of the same model, but wills this system (len th) 1s adhered to the cutter model, tris clear, will nob be enrolled in this club, us ib would be placed at a serious disadvantage: for the effect of leneth Measurement has been to induce this club to builu Wids boats and to ylve them as liptle overhang 48 possible. 1) is clear then that a rule which shuts outone type and restricts freedom of model is faulty, and it 1s Sate to say that the progressive Atlantica will Soon be obliged to change their léngth rule.” So far the reporter of our contemporary was pertectly sound, be- cause he stole his ideas and éven layyuire from ihe columns of the FORUST AND SireaM, which Caimot bd said of the following, in which the reporter forgot himselt far enough to dray upon his own wits: “Lead keels (outside ballust) should pay ihe highest penalty, be- cause, while giving power, 10 does notin and of itselr (4 wondertal expression.—Hd, F. and S$.) detract from speed as beam does...,Oul- Side ballast should be taken inlo account in Any system of neasure- ment _._A great déal of power can be pul into lead keel of 4 yery insignificant amountof bulk.” (The reporter 1s evidently teporanh that weight can only be had at the expense of a definite increase In the bulk of a yacht's dlsplacement.— Fd. #. and S.) So far we haye quoted the lucubrations in oir contemporary on one side, We now lurn fo another number and find its reporter guilty of the following : -* The guthor of the paper (our expose oF the fallacy of taxing outside ballast Inarecent issue Of Pobeer AND S7RHAM) begios witha false statement. He (sOREST 4ND Strban) says Wis assumed that in out- side ballast rests some virtue not possessed by ballast which happens to be lnside. No such assumption has been made. The proposition was simply to tax welzht whether Inside or oun” Now we will let the reader decide for himself who has beén guilty of false statement, FokEST AND STRHAM or the ignorant old man who contradicts himself every time he ventures upon the measurement Question or any question at all. Again, alm st {n the same breath, our would-be eritic thus helitties himself; “There 1s an added reason why outside ballust should be taxed.” Was this simply a display of the reporter's Hightiness, or was hia sober mind affected wien, in the same sentence, he writes himself down # fatulent humbug, mistaktug a flow of Incoherent sen- tences as ideas deserving to be put into cold type? Here 18 more of the same sort: “A cultah (the extent of the re- porter’s wit and his stock in trade for want of brains) can’t sail with- out his (sic) welght onbside.” In our article on this subject we showed how all outsidé ballast can readily ba conyerwed ito inside ballast when wanted, afaclb which our slipshod would-be tmitator finds ib econvyenlent as well as necessary tO overlook, thereny resoitlng to misrepresentation for the sake of scoring 4 point, as he titnks. We now reach the sublime, and c4ution the reader not Lo laugh too louti, with the first quotaiions from our tontemporary sul! in hi- mind: Do put boats of radically differeat shipe on an equality can be obtatned equally well by simply taxing mean lousth, and (hus allowing both beam and welght, which ts its equivalent, Lo go tree, (The construction 1s the reporters oWm—Fd, #4 and &) 1 will be found to work equally well elther for depp or shallow ones, for wide or narrow ones**—(yachts, no doubt). Well, first {¢ will—then it won't, You pay your money and take your choice, The reporter, judging obhers by his awn uarrow mind, sxclaims: Nothing will sult the ciittah advocates save a rule (bull he reters to.—Kd. Hand §.) which shall favor their typs unduly.” And above the game revorter tells is hand{ul of readers that length 13 unfalr to the cutter and bulk a just gause for radically aliferent shapes! So much for the braying of & floukey OnG day and the miusie from the same source some other day, It is Wconceivable to limited intelligence that Horesy any Srrwam should seek the adoption of a rnieé fair allie to all types without prejudice for either sloop orecutter, but a rile uuder which all can Indulge in their fancies without let or hindrance. We have advocated the bulk rule 517 hore ou the ground of its intrinsic equity and because the application or the sanie shows favor fo none and permits all types to Houlish sile by side, leaving The permanent éngratling of a particular style to be determined ind legitimue way by the necessiites and conditions surrounding every man’s yachling, We hove taken issue wih other TUles because hey force one nolens velens into & Special shape, We have the writings of our contemporary’s reporter quoted above in justification of Our course. Tadorinnately the digit Is aot much to Orapot In wifording supportin wny case. If is amusing, {he ship- dash grandiloquency of oly contemporary’s reporter bolstenug up ‘his case, itit cat be digoifled as such, by resorting to victories yet to be won next year. Cotinting chickens compiacently betove they are hitched Six races out of séven und the seventh lost by a fine, all #0 for nothing, because they don’t itin. A day belore the Madge races all our conbemporaries were unanimous it tle Oploion tbat our sloaps could sail around her as though sie were anehored, tix vile- tories out of seven vaces toreed dowao vowllling thtoits, The Vootsts deem amatter ot no consequence, but exultingly enumerate lucky days for our Grath Inatched years ago agains toreignh representatives Ol al anclent type, Dow cite ex.iuet, lo sistenaiee OF tlicir empty brag of what wevan do wiih the modern eutier when, ds a fact, we linve been whipped every tine we have faced such a customer af home or abroad, But your Bourboo always did live in fhe pas and never learns anything with the incoming tide. We might go on fabhering by the column ia proof of an assertlon that for grovesqusness nothing in prin} Wil Compare withthe des- ulfory, holt divested compositions emanating from the rayorter of Our highly esi¢emed comtemporary, bub we haye uO desire to inati- gate contention with a source a successful issue with Whileh could bring us néither honor nor profit. We suggest to the Edltor that respect for old age will not save our contemporary trom ridicuwe by the publle us elfectiyely as that respect shields its reporter from beimg displayed at his worth and false pretences Al our liwuds. The space of a jour of character we Should judge too -yaluable Lo he tiled wilh Gmuuetions from an inta- pable and though curbing the license of au ignuorainis who oracn- larly informs us that ** beam creates friction,” might deprive us ol a weekly budget of fun and laughter unsurpassed by /uck, disinter- ested regard tor Gur Conlebipurary promp!s this hint, It is an unjustifiable slur upon the intelligence of the yachting comimuniby what aby edivorlal authority should deem such balder- dash as quoted quite good enough to supply the wants ot fhe reader or svudent Jooking to his journal for information and litruction indorsed a3 authoritatlye by the good standing of the journal in other respects, FOREST AND STREAM has been taken to task for calliig & spade a Spade. Ifexceptions have reasonably been taken Lo our hinSuage in Sole Cases, We are couDUent none Will be advanced in relercose 10 fhe clumsy concelt of the frov of our contemporary abbempting by sheer eftfroatery to expand himself to the Calibre of a jouraul which, in the sheadfast pursuit ol reforms and unswerving attachment to Tixed principles and conyictions may pride liself upon affording an | example for superficially informed weafhercocks blowlng hob one day and cold the next. With tis we dismiss the reporter in question, having no incina- tlon to lnterfere with his wordly prosperity even though ralned by imposing Upon an wesuspecting master and the fraction of the } acht- lng public following his sbultitying tergiversavions, FOREST AND STHEAM does nob tear criticism, On thecontrary, it ls courled trom men competent to the task Kut to be offensively as- salied by any untutored old rounder innocent of tamillarity with the conimognest piitelples of urithmetic, let alone naval design, 1s ty- {ug to our patienve, especialy if the individual bas hilherto been permitted to escape accountability from motives of charitable gener- oslty. : ea LARCHWONT YACHT CLUS.—At o Spectil meeting held at Del- mMovIGO'S last Priday, Mr. Brown, chalrman on revision of constitu. (on aid regulations, reported af length, preparatory to the adoprion Of the cliavges at the annual meelingin March. Hergatter the olfi- cers ae TO cOloprise a Commodore, Viee-Comumiodore and Rear Coiu- modore, with Heecording apd Corresponding Secretailes, Measurer, ‘yreasurér and three Trustees. Second, Wednesday in March to be Lhe date of arial meetings. Play officers to be owners ab lime of eleciion. There will be regatta and membership committees, the former of three and the latter or five members. All niembers Gun yota for flag officers, butthe measureranij all boine’s appertalpiug di. rectly to the yathts to be voted lor by owners only, Negular meet ings on the frst Saturday ln May and Uctober. Inttlation tee; sil ; aAniuAl dues, same, Nous from absent members, and those elected fm Oc ober to be exempt for remainder of the year. Alherations to Salilog regulations as follows; Cablu yachts allowed regular crews (nly in a Maten outside of amateurs. Open boats to be satled by amateurs only, Workiny gall topsall Was defined fo mean an or- dinary crulsing sail. ‘Vheseason f0 b+ Cousidered from May 1 to No- Vemiber 1, Messrs. Laywcton, Scott and Alley were appototed a com- mlt.ee on Meusurement, ‘I'he club house al Larechinont 13 to be ex. tended, The following new members were elected: W. Howard Mitchell, J, M, Woodbury, M. D,, Edward A, Willard (Sloop Eclipse), « Sanford A. Pomerpy, Hdward Wales, BH, D, Morgan, Jr, (schooner Wuuderer gud cutter Muriel), Joho K. Suydam, Jr, (sloop Dodo), J, Lester Wallack (schooner Colunibla), Arthur Wallack (sloop Salpe), George L. dordan, Alexander Dominiok, L. M. Kutherford. Jr, George Work, Morris Ketcham (sloop fantta), Willlam EK. Ford (sluop Cor~ nell), J. Norion Winsiow (sloop Kelple), Jobo Kelly, J. Henry Wads.- worth, Leonard Jucgb, JY, Oswald Sanderson, Charles 2. Goodwin, W. Frank Browa, J. Rogers Maxwell (schooner Crusader), Latham a High (auhooer Agnes), Hernan Qelricks (sloop Hlidegard), Charles it, Pint aud James P. Warie (sloop Gracle), H. W.Haton (sloop Vision) and Theodore P, Jenklus. Anawers te Worresgontents, W. C, G,.38,, Boston, Mass,—Wirile to Mr. 0. H, Goodman, of Spring~ fleld, Mass., for Rattler. J. (, Mev., Vicksburg, Miss.—My sétter hos & running sore in his ear. It Gauses lim grent palo when the ear is pressed or when ha shakes iis head. ‘The sore seemis tO be just Inside of the ean Lam ata loss to know whatto do for tt, and inerefore «sk your advice. Ans. Your destription is nob deliiite enough}for us to determine the character Of thesore, We presuiie that he ts sulfeyine from canker in the eur, in which case youRshould geully BYringé oul the ear with tepid water. ‘hen fli ifwith the following: Bromo chroralium and laAudanum, equal parts, mixed with six times thelr bulk ot water; fently knead the Dase of the ear and repeat twice u dey. Burt, Bristol, RK. .—Whal shall I teed hy setter dee in order to putilesh on him? We is in good health and spirits, but Is as Lhimas imull; slows nearly every boue in his body. My practice ls to boil 4 piece of beef, then chop Jt rather Mne, pre bauk in the water ta whieh tf was boiled and thiokenva with cornmeal. ‘his Is his revue lar food, together with “bils” lvola the laule; Le always was a very ifght eater, and will nol touch vegetables in any forin. Sometimes £ five him milk on bis méal, but he don} seein tO relish anything put meat; willgo all duy frequently eating jothing; has exercise dally. Ans, Give hii a tablespoontul of cod-liver oil twice aday, Write us again fn four weeks. SPOON BAITS. ALL MOUNTED READY FOR USE. g Spoons have best quality TREBLE HOOKS; all, except ‘ Ordinary,” have best quality Swivels; all, except writing. ay til ogi “Fluted,” have best quality white silk-wired gimp. FABIE, TO ; i 180 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.” Ordinary, Kidney Shape.......jccsseceren N08 1 to 6; lengih of spoon, 24 to Lb inches... : 12 Send for Prica-List, i by “ Feathered toy t i ec b : QE t ii "aay dace adliny- inept Pear SE edt hs Pads gd Our Goods ARE Soup wy Fyesr Onass DEALERS | qediym nk ry ie si ges re fe a " af a Peet rT reba rere terees Os 2 z p ARRAR'S POOKED MAP OF THE RICHARD. | 200d, i L erp | fo a atoll fF SON-RANGELEY LAKES RBGION, including | Best, i! U Be bait ime eth ies tt u 2tot all the lakes, ponds and rivers of thatfamouscoun- | Oval ti ue at! poy 4 altoi 4 try, a5 well 48 the head waters of the Connecticut “Wuted tt ead ott "2 on x t River, Connesticut and Parmachenea Lakes, ete, | ,,7 Ulead Seba sateanee oe, eB 22 to2s * Cloth bound. Price, post-pald by ee cents, F ft*) Kidney. “ts t to- 17 ; Fe Le ai to Qs CHARLES A, J, FARRAR, Tamaica P: , Mags, © 6 Oval tc rv to ae fe ti oh to) ¥ ce Ht Kidriey- 14 tr to 15: a te BS typ OL «t *) WEEK. $12 a day at bomeéasiiy made | ‘ ‘* Oval cae Fh to 1; op e 12 rs ye RT Costly Outtt free. Address TRUE & CO. Feat ‘ “ 4 ir a” to t yet “Augusta, Maine. f dney toi; ' 2 tolg ‘* ' sad Mottled Pearl rs Susann 10 to 4; ¥F i sa GIRL as OER” Siew te Nate ete Ry areae fa vechaseanadee fled Advertisements received later than Tuesdiy sannot be inserted Until thé following week's Fsaue, Price, Orders received from porsons residing in cities in which the dealers keep a fuil line of our Zoeds will not be filled atany ABBEY & IMBRIE, 48 Maiden Lane, New York. 518 —=— FOREST AND STREAM. KEEPS SHIRTS. Always the Best. Keep’s Patent Partly-Made Shirts, 6 tor $5; easily finished. Keep's Perfect Fitting Custom Shirts, 6 for 39, to measure. Pertect satistaction guaranteed. FALL UNDERWEAR. 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Mailed to any address on receipt of the price, which is for black handle medium and small size, $2,00; wide } blade, $2,505 ivory, $3.00; extra ivory, $3.50 each, Every Razor is fully Warranted by BRADFORD & ANTHONY, Importers, Manufacturers, Agents and Dealers in | Cutlery. bishing Tackle, Skates. 374 WASHINGTON S8T., BOSTON, MASS. Philadeiphia Fishing Tackle HOUSE. OF MAKING MANY BOOKS THERE IS NO END, Eccl. 12) }2. ESTABLISHED 1836, NEAT AND ELEGANT BOOK BINDING FROM THE Plainest to the Most Elaborate Styles, SPECIMENS ON EXHIBITION. If you want good work, at low figures, and saye Agent's Commission come direct to JAMES E. WALKER, 14 Dey St. (a A FILE OF N. Y HERALD, 1847, AND TIMES, TO DATE, AND ODD NUMBERS, FOR SALE, ae! SIMPSON’S MEW FISHING TACKLE CASE. A want long felt for by sportsmen. All Anglers will acknowledge that the most vexatious thing that can happen him isto have his Spoons, Hooks and Lines all tan- gledup, ‘his case will prevent any such disaster, as It is so arranged that the most careless fisherman can keep his Tackle in shape. They are made of the best material and handsomely ornamented and furnished with a lock 4nd key. This case is approved of by the practical pisca- orial professors who have investigated its perfections. Sizé—Box: Length 12, width 739, depth 437 inches; trays (4): Length 74, width 4, depth 1 to 134 inches; top tray: l Length 1137, width 7, depth 1+ inches. Three partitions neat in each small tray, eight 1n large tray, two compartments : : = in box, making twenty-four places for lines, hooks, sinkers, spoons, reels, fiy-1ouk, and each caro packed in a neat box and sent on receipt of $4.50. ‘To Clubs taking six at one time, $24.00, Send for’ - jalogue of FISHING-TACKLE AND SPORTSMAN'S GOODS, R. SIMPSOS, 96 f:lion -treet, New York. 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Our Bethabara Fly and Bait Rods and Split Bam- boo Fly Rods received the first premiums at the ene ualey Franklin Tnstitute and Penna. State By Price st of wood and rod mounting: tree. Our b-page new Ilustrated Catalogue of Fishing Tackle sent, post-paid, on receipt of ten cents in stamps. FSTERBROOK’S “rene ———S—— = Leading Numbers: 14, 048, 130, 333, 161. For Sale by all Stationers. THE ESTERBROOK STEEL PEN CO., Works, Camden, N. J. 26 John St. New York KRUG & CO’S CHAMPAGNES! STANDARD AND DRY, ‘The Sportsman's Wine ! A. ROCHEREAU & CO., SOLE AGENTS, 6 South Willliam St., New York. 16 aud 1S St. Louis St., New Orleams. HOLABIRD Shooting Suits, Write for circular to UPTHEGROVE & MOLELLAN, VALPARAISO, IND. FRANK BLYDENBURCH, INVESTMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS SECURL TIES, UNGISTED MINING STOCKS, & Pine 8t,, New York, — “WATURALIST ~~ : — AND— \ TAXIDERMIST: Particular Pains taken im mounting pet birds and ani- mals. LakGE Srock oF GROUPS, Bigps, DEERHEADS, AND Gass CasEs for Sale. 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L. 8., this office. UDUBON’S BIRDS AND QUADRUPEDS FOR SALB,—A copy of Audubon’s Viviparous Quad- rupeds of Ameriea, superbly iliustrated with colored plates; 3 volumes, large Syo, brown morocco, a little Tubbed. Also Audubon’s Birds of America, in 7 volumes, octavo, the first volume wanting. With beautiful colored plates, same size and binding Skun k, Red Fox, Raccoon " &c,. | asthe Quadrupeds. or price apply to this office, Bought for cash at highest prices. Send for clreu- lar with full particulars, E. GC. BOUGHTON, 5 Howare St. WILD RICE OR SALE.—A fine.country residence, about 30 miles from New York ; 45 acres improved land, Partridge, quall, rabbit and duck shooting, also ood fishing for bass and pickerel. For particu- ars address N. E. J., at this office. Decls,2mos. SEED forsele. $2 per bushel, CHAS. GIL- ROOK TROUT—Eggs and fry for sale, also CHRIST, Fishery Inspector, Fort Hope, Ontario. | By “trout for table use. Address F. W. EDDY, Randolph, N. Yi Jané,tt. OR SALB, gus with three sets barrels; cost Address P, O. Box 97, New Janl2,3b Wanted. ANTED—Double gun, two sets barrels, 10, 12 gauge, 80 inch, weight not over 8 Ibs. Frat-class maker. address P. 0. Box 2,937, N. Y. Jan26,2t. $500; sell for $300, York. The Fennel. AOR SALE—A well bred cocker spaniel dog, 6 months old, welghing 20 lbs. Price $20, Reason for selling, am going South. A, A. HENA, M. A. C., Amherst, Masz. Janz6,1t. WwW ANTED.—Two Jersey heifers with cult; regis- tered pedigree, Address, with age and price, G. §., this office J4n26,1- OR SALE CHEAP—Young Irish setter bitch, F partly broken. Wil exchange for a tirst- class breech-loading shot-gun H. OTTEN, 37 Bond st., N. Y-. Jan26,1t. TS EAGLE PUPPIES FOR SALE.—Bred fiom im- B orted and Pree WRINE stock, Address BOX 175, Montelalr, N. J. Jani20,16 Sor Sale. FS SALE—A fine Parker breech-loader, ten | gauge, with two sets of barrels in sole- leather case. Callonor address WM. M, COKN- W ALL, 18 Warrenstrect, New York City. JAn19,26, (January 26, 1882. PITTSBURGH DOG SHOW, TO BE GIVEN March 7, 8. 9 and 10, ; WESTERN PA. POULTRY SOCIETY, 18282, BY THE $1,200 IN CASH PRIZES, Also a Large Number of special Prizes. EPWARD GREGG, Esq., President. J. PALMER O'NE#IL, Vice-President, C. A. STEVENS, Esq., Treasurer. U. B, ELBEN, Esq., Secretary. Prize Lists, etc., can be had of CHAS. LINCOLN, Supt., Lock Box 303, Pittsburgh, Pa Entries close Peb’y 25 8 Champion Grouse Dale | I WILL™, SERVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF ~"q PROVED BITCEES AY $40. . Address WM. A. BUCKINCHAM, Norwich, Conn. LARRY. N THE STUD—The Irish red setter diog Larry, T ehampion Elcho ex-champion Rose. Thor- oughly trained on wookcock and quail and a foish- edtield dog. Issolid red, no white, is large, has grand development o! bone and muscle and a Superb head, Has thus far never been shown, but willmakeawinner. Jee low. Address W, H, PIERCE, Peekskill, N. Y. Jani2,th. CHOICE YOUNG SETTER BITCH CHEAP FOR SALE.—A hand ome black and white Eng- lish setter bitch 20 mo. old, little below medium size; has been hunted occasionally the past season on woodcock, (juall and ruifed grouse; 1s a speedy, all-day, stylish worker, perfect disposition, minds Tecely, bas ab excellent nose, very 8 eady and per- fecily staunch ; also stands her dead birds staunch; will make a ilne retriever when allowed; comes from choice field stock, has excellent pedigree and with work next season she will bea superior bitch in the field. Will sell her, if taken now, for $31), and send 6. 0. D. to responsible parties, Address W H. PIERCE, Peekskill, N. Y. Jan2b,1t a \T FOX-TERRIERS—Champlon Royal, by S ircho- Cricket, cho by Artrul-Merry Girl, Art- ful by Pickle-Veney- Winuers of many prizes. Fee $l5. Champion Bow String, by Turk-Veney by Ven- ture-Fussey, Turk by Old Grip, Jessie by 'I'rimmer. First Pittsburg, 1581; First Champion Class N. Y., 1ssi. Fee$lb. Joker by Nailer, Active by Game- ster-Gipsy, Nailer by Buff-Activity. Second Puppy Class Pittsburg, 1881; First Puppy Class N. Y., issi: Second Open Class London, Canada, 1881. Hee $10, Nailer, by Butl-Acttyity, by Tonlc-Not- tingham Nettle, Bull by Bufleit Swan, by Dazzler- Grace, ete, V.h.c. Pittsburg and N. y. 1880-1881. Fee gio. Address by postonly. L. & W. RUTH- ERFORD, 175 Second ay., N.Y. Janz, 2t, ae stTup.—Wire-haired Fox Terrier Tyk gate imported from Mr. Wm. Carrick, oe Carlisle, Hng., winuer of 2d Wolverhampton, 1880 ; ist Alexandria Palace, 1531, and V. H.C., Cryst Palace same year. Stid fee $25. Address NEVER- SINK LODGE KENNELS, Guymard, Orange Co., N.Y. dand9,tt. 3h DALE PUPPIES—For sale, Grouse Dale se tady Thorne) pups, 6 months old; Grouse Dale, ex-Bontbel If, pups, 3 months oud, Very handsome and healthy. W. TALLMAN, 40 Westfield St., Providence, RL Janl24t TUD BULL TERRIER—Squib (white) winner S 2d prize Lowell, Mass., 1881. PO. ‘Box 626, Janl2,30 Hyde Park, Mass. — yery nice pair of Foxhounds, black OE nts with yellow @ars; good hunters; fhree years old, Address BOX #4, Greenfield Ail, Fairfield Uo., Ct. Jani9,8b. —— =s LE—Six pure blood Engiish setter pups, — eae 3 Novo. jssi. Full pedigree. ‘Agaread WALTER A. DAYTON, 95 Magazine sl, Cam- pridgeport, Mass. Janigs,26 — FOREST AND STREAM. JANUARY 26, 18824) = 519 Se ————————————————————————————————____—___ 1982, FOR FIELD, CAMP AND HOME! 1882. THE Som ne Te te eee WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND CUN. PEVOTED ‘€O ,THE INTERESTS OF SPORTSMEN, AND THE INCULCATION IN MEN AND WOMEN OF A WHOLESOME. INTEREST IN OUTDOOR RECREATION AND STUDY. The Gonductora of the Forest axp SreuaM point with much pride and satisfaction to the past and the present of the paper, and pledge their readers that the same high standard of excellence will be maintained in the future. The ForzsT AND STREAM will preserve the reputation it has earned for being: 1.—ENTERTAINING AND INSTRUCTIV#. The “ Sportsman Tourist,” ‘* Game Bag and Gun,” and “ Sea and River Fishing” departments will con- tain sketches of travel, camp life and adventure; ac- counts of shooting and angling excursions ; hints, helps, and experiences; poetry, stories, humor; impartially written reports of all meetings, etc., etc., etc. “ Natural History” will be so conducted as to stimu- late habits of observation and study. Among ite contributors may be mentioned Prof. Spencer F. Baird, of Washington, D. C., the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, who is so well known as the first authority in the country on ornithology and fishcultwre; Dr. Elliott Coues, U. 8. A., and Pref. J. A. Allen, of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the distinguished Writers on birds and mammals; Professors Jordan ana Gill, eminent in icthyology; Dr. Yarrow, the authority on reptiles; Prof Marsh, of Yale College, the writer on fossils, and Prof. Eaton, the botanist. Hundreds of other names, scarcely less well-known, might be added to the list. “ Fishoulture,” edited by a practical and well-known fisheulturist, will receive frequent contributions from the officers of the U. 8. Fish Commission at Washington. This department will prove indispensable to every farmer and country gentleman who can own a fish pond for profit or pleasure. The columns devoted to the ‘‘ Kennel” will be filled with matter of interest and practical worth to sportsmen and dog fanciers. ‘' Rifle and Trap Shooting” will furnish reports of allimportant events in the shooting \ world. ‘' Yachting and Canoeing” will remain in charge of & specialist, its editor being a graduate of the U. 8, Naval Academy at Annapolis, and a practical naval architect, thoroughly informed in every branch of his profession. Due attention will be given to canoeing. as its growing importance demands, M.—HIGH IN TONE. The tone of the Forzst snp Srream is exceptionally high. It is edited for men of healthy minds in healthy bodies. Its reading and advertising columns will be clean. Its pages will sparkle like the mountain stream in the sunlight, and its contents will be redolent of the exhilarating fragrance of theforest. Primarily intended [1,—ADAPTED T0 THH TASTES OF ALL. Among the hundreds of correspondents of the Forget AnD Stream are Business Men, Lawyers, Physicians, Clergymen, Army and Navy Officers, Naturalists, Pioneers, Trappers, Prospectors, College Professors, Tourists, Civil Engineers, Artists, Editors of other papers; young men who have not yet struck out for themselves, and old men who haye retired; in short, members of avery trade, profession, and occupation. Farmers and Farmers’ Boys constitute a large class of our readers. They will find the Forust AnD Stream ever dispos2d to reconcile the seemingly conflicting but really identical interests of respectable sportsmen and reasonable land-owners. V.—_INDEPENDENT. é The position of influence now occupied by the Forxsr AnD Srrzam imposes upon the paper responsibilities which it hasno wish to shirk. The organ of no clique, it will be perfectly free to criticise everything inimical te the interests of the highest and manliest sportsman- ship. Its attitude op all important questions within its field is well understood. For the benefit of advertisers and readers alike, it will also, as in the past, expose and denounce all dangerous irauds. Advertisements of doubtful character will not be admitted to its columns on any terms. ¥.—COURTEOUS. The Forzsr anp Stream will have no room in its columns for personalities and bickerings. Its editors have neither taste nor time for ‘‘mud throwing.” They do not share the opinion, held by some other journals, that blackguardisms and indecencies are essential char- acteristics of a sportsman’s paper. Readers who want that sort of thing must look for it somewhere else than in the Forsst anp Stream. Verbwm sap. VI.—BROAD IN SYMPATHY. The Forzst anp STREAM will ask for, and strive to win, the continued support of readers in every part of the country. It never has been narrow in spirit; nor has it ever held itself wp as the organ of any one “ sec- tion.” The paper is, and will be, American, in the broadest, highest and best meaning of that term. Every State, Territor and Province on the Continent, with many foreign countries beyond, are represented in our list of contributors and subscribers. for gentlemen, it is also a paper for the family centre- table, and one which the entire family, old and young, read with pleasure and profit. The best guarantee of its thoroughly high character is afforded by a reference to a listof those who write for it. The very wide geographical distribution of the friends and correspond- ents of the Forzsr AND STREAM is a sufficient guarantee of the variety and excellence of its contents. Literally and figuratively is it true that THE SUN NEVER SETS ON THE FOREST AND STREAM. CONTRIBUTIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE. ts editors aim to make the Forzsr anp Srream a medium for -the interchange of information, entertainment and amusement among sportsmen. Sketches of field excursions, shooting and angling trips, original observations in natural history, and other like con- tributions are respectfully solicited. Secretaries of clubs and associations are urged to send us reports of their transactions, Expressions _ of opinion upon any subject within the scope of the paper are invited and will be given place in our columns. We beg to suggest to the friends of the Forest Anp Stream that they bring the paper and its merits to the attention of others whose tastes and sympathies are in accord with its spirit aud aims. Free specimen copies will be cheerfully furnished upon application. . A LIBRARY OF PERMANENT WORTH, The weekly issues of the Forxsr anp Stream form two yolumes each year, of twenty-six numbers, or 500 pages each. Seventeen such yolumes have already been publiched. We furnish handsome file binders (price $1.25) which hold twenty-six numbers. Each volume when completed may be returned to us for binding, the cost per volume being $1.50. At this slight additional expense each reader may preserve an unique library of substantial and permanent yalue. SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME. Per year, $4; $2 for six months. To a club of three annual subscribers, three copies for $10; five for$16. Remit by post-office money order, draft or registered latter, Give name, town, county and State. Address FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO.,39 Park Row, N. Y. City. |B RICHMOND, Lakeville, Mass. fhe Hennel. Portraits of Celebrated Dogs NOW READY. FIRST PAIR OF THE SERIES OF FIELD SCENES BY J. M. TRACY. A Grouss Moor.—EMPEROR FRED: Snipe Sheoting im the Mississippi Valley. —THUNDER. : @orrect Portraits of the Two Leading Layerack Dogs in the World. These pictures are large Album Cards. Photo- aphic reproductions of oil palaings by ted xecuted by the Artotype Process, They will fade like ordinary Puouenee ss and are equal im effect and finish to the best steel engray) ag. Price 75c. cach. Large plates, 10x14 Inches, Beautiful pictures for framing. Price $1 eash. For sale by SCHUYLER & DUANE, 189 Broadwey, . PALMER O’NEIL, 68 Fifth Ave, + ©. & W.McCLEAN, 4129 N. Fite St., St. Louis; F. P. TAYLOR, 71 Madison St, Chleago. Will be sent by mail on receipt of priee by J. M. TRACY & CO., Lock Box 351, Chicago, Lil: FLEAS! WORMS! WORMS! Steadman’s Flea Powder for Dogs A BANE TO FLEAS—A BOON TO DOGS. HIS POWDER is guaranteed to Kill flea sa i dogs or any other animals or money returned. Itis putupin patent boxes with sliding pox top, which greatly facilitates its use. Ftopis and efficacious. Price 50 cents by mail, Postpaid. Areea Nut for Worms in Dogs. A CERTAIN REMEDY. Put up in boxes containing ten powders, with tu directions for use. . 4 Price 50 cents per box by mail. Both the above are recommended by Rop amp GUN and FoREsT AND STREAM, Conroy & Bissett, 65 Fultoi street, N. ¥. HENRY C. SQUIRES, 1 Cortlandt street, N, Y. WRIGHT & DITSON, 580 Washington street, Boston, Mass. Dr Gordon Stables,R.N. TWYFORD, BERKS, ENGLAND, Author of the “PRACTICAL KENNEL GUIDE,” &C. axports champion and other pedigree dogs of any preed. Send for “PLAIN HINTS TO WOULD-BE BUYERS,” Price 16 cents, post free. Gives addresses of prin- cipal English breeders. FLEAS! Black Spaniels. BOB IIl., imported, black; First, Strabane, Portadown, Kilmarnock, Belfast, and London, Ont. Special, Franklin, Pa. Stud fee, $15. BENEDICT, imported, black; first and special, New York, 1881. First Atlanta, issi. $20, Puppies by above also by Brag, first and ES cadipger New York, 1881, forsale. Price from $10 upwar HORNELL SPANIEL CLUB, Hornellsville, Dg N.Y. Nove, tf Cameron Kennel. Beagle Hounds bred for bench and fleld purposes, RALLY (Sam-Dolly) ; stud fee, $25, RACKET (Rally-Louise); stud fee, $25. COLIN CAMERON, Brickerville, Pa REAT REDUCTION in price of Von Culln’s Pat. Spike Collar. No. 1, sewed, $2.00, No. 2, riveted, $1.25. Book of Instructions Free with each collar, by mail. Beware of worthless imi- tations Ours the only patented one. Indorsed by the sporting press and used by all the prominent professional trainers. E. & C. VON CULIN, Delaware City, Del t"(Pedigree Printers.) Ok SALE—From the Rory O'More Kennel, a brace of remarkably fine thoroughbred red Trish setter puppies (dog and bitch) 444 months old, by champion Rory O’More out of Pearl. Pearl is alf sister to Biz (of late Pennsylvania and Ten- nessee Field Trials). Sold slngly or together. Ad- dress W. N. CALLENDER, Albany, N. Y¥. Jan5,imo. o ie OMORE KENNEL.—Thoroughbred red Trish setter puppies for sale, by Champion Rory O’More out of Norah O’More (Berkley- Tilly) and Gay (Elcho-Fire Fly), Full pedigrees. W. N. CALLENDER, Albany, N. Y. Deeds, tt ORTRAI’S of Eastern Field Trial Winners of 1880, printed on fine tinted paper, will de sent ost-vaid for 25 cents each, or the five for #1 REST ND STREAM PUB. CO., 89 and 41 Park Row, N. ¥- Decs0,tf. eX RED IRISH SETTERS and Cocker Spaniels oftae most fashionable blood address CHAS. DENISON, Hartford, ct Sepus,tt ULEOUT COCKER SPANIEL KENNELS.—for Cockers of all ages and colors, dogs, bitches and pupples, address with stamp, ROBT WALKER, Franklin, Del. Co., N.Y. July 2i-tf Fo SALE, a number of well bred and well broken pointers and setters, also dogs boarded and broken, satisfaction guaranteed, Address H. Septa2, tf 52) Sportsman's Goods, FOREST AND STREAM) eee ee NN Syortsmen"s Goods. A Shin of Beauty is a Joy Forever, DR. VT. FELIX GOURAUD’S Oriental Cream, or Magical Beautifier, Removes Tab Moth-Patches Freckles, Pim les and every lemish on beauty and de- j ties detection. It has stood the test of 36 years, and isso harmless we taste it to be slire the prep- aration is pro- perly made. Aczeptnocoun- ; terfeit of simt- yi : la! name ‘The SASS : distinguished DrbeA. Sayre satd to a lady of the haut ton (a pa- tent): As you Indies will usethem, I recommend *@btiraud'a Cream’ ae the least hermful of all the Skin preparations,’ One bottle will last six months, using it every day. Also Poudre Subtile removes supersuous halr without injury to the skin, Muez. M, B. 'T, GOURAUD, fole Prop 48'Bond st., N.Y. For sale by all druggists and Faney Goods Deal ers throughout the U, 8, Canadas and Europe Also found in N. Y. Olty, at R. H. Macy’s, Stern’s, Bhrich’s, Ridley’s, and other fancy Goods Dealers. t-Beware of base imitations. $1,000 Reward for arrest and proof of any one sélling the same. SN THE COLLENDER BILLIARD TABLES, PUREFIES ag wall as Beattiifies the Skin | MANUFACIUKED JNLY bY THE H. W. COLLSENDER GO. WARERGOMS: 7658 Broadway, New York; S4 and S86 State Street, Chicage; 1? Sonth Fifth St., St. Lovin. ’s Rust P Eaton’s Rust Preventer, Res GONS, CUTLERY AND SURGICAL EX- SERUMENTS, Sate to handle. WILL NOT GUM and will keep In any climate. Sportsmen every were ili the United States pronounee it the best gunGilin themarket Judge Holmes, of Bay Gity, Mich. writes: “Itis the best preparation £ Haye found in thirty-lve yeats of active and fre. guent use of puns,” The trade supplied by sole manufacturer, GEO. B. EATON, 540 Pavonla Ave,, Jersey City Heiplts, Ne dy Sold by principal’ New York dealers and oy Wn Read & Sons, Loston, Mass; B Kittredge & Co., Cincinnati, O.; E B, Baton, Chicago, IL; Brown & Hilder, St. Louis, Mo.) Thos. W, Parr, Cleveland, Oy Trimble & Kletbacker, Baitimors, Md.; Cropley & Sons, Georgetown, J) G., Jos oh arabe & te, Pilladeiphia POANNOT BE SENT BY MAK, THREAD-WOUND, LONG-RANGE SHOT CARTRIDGE CASES For muzzle and breech-loading, cylindrical and shoke-bore shot-guns. Mads to open just short of 60, 70 anu 90 ya fying close pattern and greal penetration. 10andi2eaure, Send for circular. 20 Sent, Post=paca, for $i. H, H, SCHLEBER & CO,, Rochester, N. Y G00D’S OIL TANNED MOCCASINS. The best thing in the market for hunting, ig, canoeing, Bnow-shoeing, ete. They are \ easy to the fect, and very durable. Made to order ‘ : = in a yarlety of styles, and J warranted the gentiine ar- Hele. Send for price list. MARTIN 8, HUTCH- INGS, P. 0. Box 365, Doyer, N. H. (Successor to Ferrel Good). Braprorp & ANTHONY, Boston KNAPP & VAN NOSTRAND, POULTRY + GAME, Nos. 259 and 290 WASHINGTON MAKREET, NEW YORE, Consignments of all kinds of game solicited. WE CHARGE NO COMMISSION. We accept consignments. Allow market price day of arrival, and send checks eyery Tuesday for all invoices of previous week. 5 es —— MFERRY 2é p: pUSTRATEOR VEANO sf DesoRlP a g ei aS Pas = Willbe majled rrr to all &pplican s PiStitn, ‘Adilyuss, D, M, FERRY & 00,, Detroit, Mich. ASTWARD HO! of, Adventures at Range! Lakes. A capital alory of sport and adventure li the wilds of Maine, Interesting alike to oldand young. Has received the highest commendations the Metropolitan press) Han Jz9mely bound in cloth, and coutaina 376 pages, + illustrations, Sent by mail, postpaid, on Tecelpt of pricé, $1.60 OHARLES A.J, MARRAR, Jauaies Pinte Wass FERGUSON’S PATENT AUJUSLABLE JACK LAMPS, DASH LAMPS, FISH- ING LAMPS, Ete., & Ga For Wight aoe and Fishing, Spearing Fish,Camp- ==, ing, Canoeing, Yachting D: Vibeat NED and Gener: * Tiuminating Purposes, Bicycle anteras, Dark Lanterns, Musicians Band Lamps, Pocket Lanterns Hand Lanterns, etc. send stamp for Mlustrated Price List. Name Iorgsr AnD ALBERT FERGUSON, Office, 65 Fulton Street, N. ¥. (With Conroy, Bissett & Malleson.) THE CLIMAX PATENT GUN CLEANER 1S THE MOST PRACTICAL CLEANER AND OILER TOR BREECH-LOADING ARMS EVER INVENTED. It operates on an entirely new principle, and it ts astonishing how quick and well it will clean and ollagun. Hach cleaner is packel in a neat box with full directions for use, and will be sent to any address, postage paid, on receipt of $1.50) Mlustrated Circular Sent Free om Ap- plication. In iserat give calibre of gun. All orders and nquiries to be addresse | CLIMAX M’F’G CO., Fall Hiver, Mass. Bird Dealers and Fanciers will find it to their adyantage to call at HWead- quarters, where they constantly can find a full assortment of Song and Fancy Birds, also all kinda of rare animadgs adapted for Zoological Gardens and Show purposes, Chas. Reiche & Bro., 53 Chatham St., New York (Establshed 1847.) WE WILL BUY Live Rocky Mountain Sheep, Beavers, Antelopes, Wolverines, Whooping Cranes, Wild Turkeys, Prairie Chickens, Quails, Woodducks, Ete., Ete, THE NEW AMURICAN Breech-Loading Shot Gun. SIMPLE AND DURABLE R ebounding Lock. Choke-Bore Barrels For close, hard shooting excels all others. Extra leayy guns for ducks aspetlalty. Send stamp tor circular. C. 8, SHATTUCK, Manufacturer, Hat- fleld, Mass, Botels and Bantes for Sportsmer. FLORIDA, NEW ORLEANS, Mississippi River. Leve & Alden’s PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOUR, COMPRISING, Section 1.—3$ days’ first class travelling by rail 2nd steamers, Including palace cars, first class hotels; all necessary expenses, $235. Section 2,—30 days; $210. Bosthleaylng New York February 14, CUBA, via cliles of SANTIAGA, CIENFUEGOS thence by rail across the Inland ‘to MATANZAS and HAVANA, seeamers to Florida, visiting all prominent Southern points, ELEVE & ALDEN?S personally conducted tour—35 days, Including all expenses, F250, leaving New York February 28, conducted by Mr. 4. Poey, of New York ard Ouba Mail Steamship line. FLORIDA, BERMUDA. NASSAU HIAWAWNA, other points in CUBA and MEXICO and WEST INDIES,—Single and excursion tickets aaa ese ee r Tourist Gazette, itineraries and other - lculars, send to or call at : Sa LEVE & ALDEN’S TOURIST OFFICES, New York, 207 Broadway, N. ¥. Boston, Mass., 207 Washington streen Philadelphia, Pa., N. E. f tau, phia, .N. E. Cor. Broad and Chestnut ARRAR’S POCKET MAP of Moosehead Lake and the North Maine Wilderness, a yaluable cor- anion for the sportsman. hunter and lumberman, ately corrected and revised, and now ackiowl edged to be the only correct map of this vast recion mall.S0 vents, “GHAWLES a9, PAR RES Peay Plain, Mass, me P Hotels xnd Routes for Spartsinen. ASSOCIATED SOUTHERN RAILWAYS, Richmond & Danyille Atlantic Coast Bay Line, Line, ine. ul THE Preferred Routes to Florida “AND Atlanta Cotton Exposition, October 6 to December 31. TIMH TABLE IN EFFECT DECEMBER 18, 1881, Richmond and Danville Line- Train 54. Leayes New York *4230am. Phila- delphia *7-05aTm. Galtimore "9-46 am.